Seeing Concubine Xin looking at her again, Ning Yuxi was speechless. She interrupted her, "Stop it, just like the emperor said, if it was really me who did it, would I be so stupid as to expose myself?"
Concubine Xin still weakly retorted: "Then you can't prove that you didn't put the spices on the lotus. After all, you were the one who distributed the lotus flowers to various places."
Ning Yuxi said patiently, "This spice is extremely rare. I'm afraid we in Great Jin don't even have it. Where can I get it?"
Ning Yuxi then added, hinting, "Such a rare spice can only be found in places where spices are abundant."
Concubine Rong is the princess of Xichu, and Xichu happens to be rich in spices. This is the second reason why Ning Yuxi thinks it was her who did it.
But why did Concubine Rong suddenly want to harm the eldest and second princes? Thinking of the rift between Concubine Rong and Concubine Xin that I heard some time ago, it seemed that Concubine Xin slapped Concubine Rong after she and the emperor left that night.
Could it be that Concubine Rong is holding a grudge?
In any case, Concubine Rong is a person who cannot be underestimated. She is not only a white lotus, but also a white lotus with a deep mind and cruel hands.
Ning Yuxi and she have a deep conflict, so she should be careful, otherwise she might bite her next time.
Ning Yuxi looked at the emperor's complicated expression after she said that, hoping that the emperor could find out that it was Concubine Rong who was behind this.
On the evening of the second day, Ning Yuxi heard that the Imperial Hospital had developed an antidote. However, the disease lasted for a long time, and the two princes did not recover immediately, but their symptoms were relieved a lot.
The imperial physician said that their illness had penetrated deep into their lungs and that they would need to take the antidote and recuperate for a while in order to fully recover.
Ning Yuxi later went to see the eldest prince and the second prince, but found that the eldest prince was obviously much more haggard than the second prince. His body, which was not strong to begin with, became even thinner. On the contrary, the second prince had always been strong, so although he was still sick, he was not too haggard.
Ning Yuxi felt that this illness would consume a lot of the eldest prince's body. Even if he recovered in the end, the root of the disease would probably remain.
Sure enough, after a while, the two men recovered from their illnesses. The second prince was fine except for losing some weight, but the eldest prince was visibly weaker.
As for Concubine Rong, the emperor still had not found any clues. This was also within Ning Yuxi's expectations. Given Concubine Rong's cautiousness, she would have destroyed the spices long ago and would not have left any handle for herself.
Without evidence, even if it's just suspicion, nothing can be done to her.
But Ning Yuxi felt that the emperor was obviously much colder towards Concubine Rong. The house arrest of Concubine Rong and Concubine Xin had been lifted for a few days. The emperor even visited Concubine Xin once, whom he had not visited for a long time, but he never visited Concubine Rong.
You should know that Rong Fei was one of the most favored concubines before.
Although these had nothing to do with Ning Yuxi, they had caused her body to suffer more "damage". Without Rong Fei's favor, the emperor would spend half of the month with her...
The queen had been released from house arrest long ago, but she had been devoted to the eldest prince's health these days and had no intention of fighting for the right to manage the harem.
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It's already June, so naturally we have to go to Qinghe Garden to escape the summer heat this year. This is also the first time Ning Yuxi has been to Qinghe Garden in so many years.
In the past two years, she didn't go in the first year because she was pregnant with Cheng Zhao and was about to give birth and couldn't move. She also couldn't go in the second year because she was under house arrest. This year, the third year, she was finally able to go.
Since she was still in charge of the harem during this period, the matter of moving to Qinghe Garden was given to her.
On the third day of June, the emperor set out for Qinghe Garden. Everyone was together on this trip. She, Cheng Zhao and the twins were in one carriage. Originally, the twins should have been in another carriage with the wet nurse, but she squeezed into one carriage for the convenience of taking care of them.
It only takes about half a day's journey. If you set out in the morning, you can arrive at around four or five in the afternoon.
Sanxiao seemed very excited along the way. Not only Sanxiao, but even her mother was very excited. After all, this was her first time out of the palace in more than two years since she came to ancient times!
If Luoying hadn't stopped her along the way, she would have almost stuck her neck out of the window. Luoying looked at her helplessly: "My queen, you've been looking for so long, you should have had enough."
Before she could say anything, little Chengzhao said like a grown-up, "Aunt Luoying, it's so beautiful outside. I can't get enough of it."
Ning Yuxi narrowed her eyes and smiled, rubbing Chengzhao's head: "Luoying, did you hear that? Chengzhao said he couldn't get enough of it."
At this time, Cheng Yao and Shu Xuan, who were lying in the cradle, were also babbling something. Ning Yuxi kissed each of them and added, "And Cheng Yao and Shu Xuan, they're also saying they can't get enough of it, so Luoying, stop nagging."
Ruyi also joined in: "Hey Luoying, just relax. It's rare that the Queen and the young masters are so happy."
Luoying gave up struggling, and for a moment her carriage was filled with laughter.
They had already left the city and were walking on a pipeline surrounded by green mountains and clear waters. There were few pedestrians in the afternoon, and their laughter and joy could be heard from far away.
In the most luxurious carriage in the front, Gu Qilan heard the laughter coming from behind, and his brows unconsciously relaxed.
During this period of time, the eldest prince was always sick and in pain. Not only the queen was worried about him, but he was also worried. In recent days, he has felt much better, and he can rest assured. At this moment, when he heard the warm laughter of the children, his heart couldn't help but soften.
At 3:00 PM, the imperial carriage finally arrived at Qinghe Garden.
Ning Yuxi carried Cheng Zhao out of the carriage, and the wet nurse came over and picked up Cheng Yao and Shu Yun followed.
Ning Yuxi looked up and saw the Qinghe Garden in front of her. It was similar to the Old Summer Palace in the Qing Dynasty, except that the architecture was more retro and covered a much larger area.
After entering the garden, it was just as she had imagined. There were pavilions, towers, rockery and flowing water as far as the eye could see. There was also a very large lake. The eunuch who led the way said that this was a naturally existing lake, which was specially included in the garden by the ancestors of the Great Jin Dynasty when they built it.
Because she had expended a lot of energy along the way, she felt very tired at the moment and had no interest in continuing to tour the garden, so she asked the eunuch to take her directly to her residence - Linglong Pavilion.
But before she could even sit down, a palace maid came hurriedly to report that the concubines were making a fuss and clamoring to move to another place.
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