Chapter 399 Wait for Me to Marry You
The chief eunuch shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter may have nothing to do with the Regent Princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the young princess."
"I have seen countless people in the palace since I was a child, and I think I can't be wrong."
"The Regent Princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty has a straightforward temper. You saw it too. She poured hot tea on someone and cut their tongue. If she didn't like the Imperial Concubine, she would probably take action on the spot. She wouldn't even bother to poison the Imperial Concubine in secret."
"The Empress' poisoning may have occurred in Ninghe Palace. There must be something we haven't noticed."
Listening to the eunuch chief's words, the palace maid kneeling on the ground seemed to suddenly remember something.
"Your Majesty, if there is anything different from usual... then there is one."
"Before the palace banquet today, a maid from Luoyang Palace came and said that Concubine Rou heard that our mistress had no appetite recently, so she specially sent a plate of hawthorn desserts that she had just made in the palace's kitchenette. Our mistress ate one before going to the palace banquet."
"But I've checked the snacks, and there's no poison in them..."
"Also... the Imperial Concubine rarely leaves the palace on weekdays. When she returned from the palace banquet today, she felt that the dragon heir in her belly was a little restless, so she took a walk in the Imperial Garden for a while before returning."
"But Your Majesty didn't meet anyone in the Imperial Garden, not even the palace maids. It was always this servant who was by her side, and there was nothing unusual."
The chief eunuch narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are there any more snacks that Concubine Rou sent?"
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty ate one piece, and gave the rest to this servant, who hasn't eaten it yet."
Not long after, the palace maid returned with a tray of snacks and handed it to the head physician: "This is the snack. Doctor, please take a look."
The dean picked up the pastry and began to examine it, his brows gradually furrowed.
"You mean that the Queen ate together before attending the palace banquet, and then went to the Imperial Garden after the banquet?"
"Yes, I remember it clearly."
The palace maid nodded confidently, "Our queen has had a poor appetite recently due to the summer heat. She ate a piece of it because it was made with hawthorn. After eating, she lay down for a while before going to the palace banquet. There was nothing unusual during this time."
The head of the courtyard knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the reason why the imperial concubine was poisoned...is because of this plate of snacks."
The palace maid was shocked: "This... How is this possible? The imperial physician has clearly tested this snack and it is not poisonous, and the palace maid who tasted it is fine. How could it be a problem with the snack?"
The head of the Imperial Hospital sighed and said, "It's normal that the Imperial Physician can't diagnose it. I'm afraid that only this old minister in the entire Imperial Hospital can recognize this poison."
"My family has been studying medicine for generations, and I've been going out to collect herbs since I was a child. My grandfather once took me to a very steep mountain. There was a kind of grass there that was sour. It was harmless to eat it alone and it did have the effect of stimulating the appetite, but..."
"But the only thing is that you can't eat it with cakes or dishes containing fresh flowers, and you can't inhale pollen within three hours, otherwise it will form toxins in your body."
The emperor looked at the plate of cakes and said, "Could this... be a coincidence? Perhaps Concubine Rou really does have good intentions."
The eunuch leader's eyes suddenly widened, and he trembled as he said, "Your Majesty, this old servant... suddenly remembered something."
"The day before the palace banquet, Concubine Rou's personal maid went to the imperial kitchen, saying that the Luoyang Palace's small kitchen had run out of ingredients and went to get some. I happened to be passing by at the time and heard her asking about the dishes for the palace banquet..."
"I didn't take it seriously at the time, but if it's really as the dean said, then... isn't it a bit too coincidental?"
The Emperor listened to Concubine Zhang's screams and slammed the armrest of his chair. "Go and investigate! Investigate thoroughly for me. Don't miss any details!"
"Yes, I'll check it out right away."
Queen's Palace
"Your Majesty, the Regent Princess of the Great Zhou has sent someone here, saying that the palace they live in is short of something."
Just as she was about to go to sleep, the queen held her aching forehead and said, "Let someone in."
Guo Lu walked in and bowed to the Queen: "Your Majesty, my princess said she was missing something private..."
The queen understood as soon as she heard it. Although she thought she had no relationship with the Regent Princess, she still cleared out all the palace servants around her.
"Guo Lu thanks the Queen for sending me out of the palace. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to leave so smoothly."
The queen was startled, and quickly stepped down from the phoenix chair and helped the man up: "Lure, are you Luer?"
Guo Lu smiled and nodded: "Yes, the princess and I came to the palace, thinking of thanking the queen, and..."
"This is a letter my uncle asked me to bring to you."
She looked at the Queen's red eyes and trembling hands, hesitant to open the letter. She sighed, "Although you've never been kind to my mother and me over the years, and have occasionally made things difficult for us...but my mother and I both know that you want to protect us and don't want us to get too close to you and become targets."
"You also hate my mother for not fighting for it, and for accepting the imperial decree to marry into the cannibalistic palace. You actually feel sorry for my mother. We all know it, and my uncle knows it too."
"My mother has now... been reincarnated, living happily with her beloved in a place we can't visit. Your Majesty, please stop blaming yourself."
"My Lady, my uncle has never blamed you. He has always known that you have no choice. Otherwise, you wouldn't have married yet."
"My Lady, please believe me, Lu'er. In the near future, my uncle will ride his warhorse and flatten the Beining Palace, take you out of this cage, and welcome you into the palace."
When the queen heard what Guo Lu said, she burst into tears and covered her mouth tightly, not daring to make a sound so that people outside could hear.
"Really...will there really be such a day?"
"After so many years, I am no longer innocent. Your uncle..."
Guo Lu squatted down and shook her head. "My master said that Concubine Shun, the mother of the late Great Prince of the Great Zhou, has already left the palace and is living a simple life in the Great Prince's fiefdom with the young man she brought back from the dead."
"Your situation is the same as Concubine Shun's. If Concubine Shun can do it, so can you. My uncle will not despise you. He only has pity for you."
The Queen's eyes lit up. "Really? Is it true that a concubine in the Great Zhou Dynasty left the palace to be with her lover?"
"This kind of thing... I really can't even think about it."
"Over the years, I've dreamt countless times that your uncle hated me to the core. He said I didn't believe he could marry me and he never wanted to see me again in his life."
"He hasn't returned to the Imperial City since I married into the palace. Isn't it because he doesn't want to attend the various banquets in the palace and doesn't want to see me?"
Guo Lu held her hands and opened the letter...
There are no superfluous words or sentimental poems on it, only four vigorous and powerful characters...wait for me to marry you.
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