What does "Raise a man for a thousand days and use him for a moment" mean?

What does "Fortunately he came first" mean?

At this moment, hearing Yan Shu say this in her heart, and looking at the little niece who suddenly appeared, and the little girl from the Ni family, Yuwen Lan finally realized something.

... His beloved concubine did not invite him here to enjoy the scenery.

Looking at the innocent and clear eyes of his little niece, Yuwen Lan had to quickly straighten Yan Shu and let go of her hand. He coughed and said, "Why is Lanjun here?"

But the little girl answered crisply, "Because Concubine Yi wants to bring us here to play."

As she spoke, she also pulled the little girl from the Ni family in front of the two of them, and said, "And Sister Xiangwan."

But Ni Xiangwan bowed to the two of them with an embarrassed look on her face, and said, "Greetings to Your Majesty, greetings to Concubine Yi. It was the little princess who wanted to find Concubine Yi to play, so the Queen Mother and mother asked me to accompany the little princess."

"I see."

Yuwen Lan nodded, then raised his eyebrows and looked at his beloved concubine, and said meaningfully, "Then why are you all here together?"

He just wanted to know what she was up to?

What do you want to do by bringing these people together?

But Yan Shu coughed and smiled, "Yes... I heard that the lotus flowers are blooming well these two days, and I have long wanted to invite Your Majesty to come and enjoy them. Just before I left, I heard that the little princess was coming to see me again, so I simply asked her to come with me. Anyway, it's a place to enjoy the scenery, and it's more lively with more people."

Of course, Ni Xiangwan followed her, but she didn't know about it. After all, the person who came to ask questions just now only said that Lan Yun was looking for her.

However, the eldest princess has not recovered in the past few days, and the mother and daughter have been in the palace; I heard that Madam Mu was also going back to Mingzhou, so the queen mother also let them stay for a few more days.

The little girl of the Ni family played with Lan Yun every day, so it was not surprising that they appeared together at this time.

But the question is...

Who does Concubine Zhou want to use to frame herself?

Tsk tsk tsk, fortunately she is not staying in her palace, otherwise if Concubine Zhou succeeds, these two little girls will be in trouble, and the Queen Mother, the Princess, and Madam Mu will hate her.

Even if the Emperor wants to protect her, he may not be able to do so!

...

Listening to this silently, Yuwen Lan has almost understood it.

It seems that Lanjun wants to play with her, and the Zhou girl intends to take the opportunity to cause trouble. She predicted the news and asked him to prevent it?

Ha, I thought she really missed him...

Of course, if the Zhou girl really intends to do so, then her choice is not bad.

So after a brief disappointment in his heart, Yuwen Lan nodded and said, "Okay, since we are here, let's go together."

Then he sat down in the pavilion.

However, little girl Lanjun didn't want to enjoy the view. She looked around and immediately asked Yanshu, "Madam Yipin, where is your talking bird?"

Yanshu was stunned. A talking bird?

She was confused and said, "Are you talking about a black mynah bird? But I don't have a mynah bird."

But the little girl shook her head seriously, "It's not black, it's colorful. Madam Zhou said you have a colorful bird that can speak human language and is very beautiful." Concubine

Zhou?

Yanshu paused and understood instantly.

Oh, she was just wondering why Lanjun wanted to come to play with her out of the blue.

It was indeed Concubine Zhou who attracted her.

She had no choice but to tell the little girl, "Madam Zhou is probably joking with the princess. I don't have that magical bird here. If I did, I would definitely send it to the princess as soon as possible."

As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl from the Ni family also advised, "Madam Yi is right. Madam Zhou is joking with the princess. I haven't seen this kind of bird either."

But Lan Jun pouted immediately.

The little girl was a little unhappy because her curiosity was dashed.

But soon, she looked around and saw a boat in the Taiye Lake. Her eyes lit up again and she said to Yuwen Lan, "Uncle, shall we go rowing together?"

Yan Shu was startled. Before Yuwen Lan could say anything, she immediately tried to dissuade him, "No, there are too many mosquitoes in the lake and the boat is not stable. What if we fall into the water? Let's play on the shore."

She was so nervous now, afraid that if the two little girls made any mistakes, Concubine Zhou would put the blame on her.

So today she didn't even dare to bring a plate of snacks or a pot of tea.

She only hoped to sit there for two quarters of an hour and then send Lanyun and the little girl from the Ni family back to Ci'an Palace.

Fortunately, the little girl of the Ni family was quite sensible. After hearing what she said, she also hurriedly persuaded Xiao Lanjun, "Empress Yipin is right, Princess, let's just play on the shore."

The little girl was naturally even more unhappy because her two wishes were not fulfilled. Unwilling to give up, she looked up at Yuwen Lan with the last glimmer of hope.

Unexpectedly, she saw her uncle said, "Not bad, the lake is dangerous, let's play in this pavilion for a while."

The little girl pouted, thinking what fun is there in sitting in this pavilion?

She looked at the lake again, and saw lotus flowers blooming into a piece, the green lotus leaves were like small umbrellas densely propped on the water, and there were water birds and dragonflies flying around in the middle, which looked quite lively.

But the most fun thing was the green lotus canopy in the middle of the lotus.

She wanted it so badly.

But she didn't dare to say it.

Because when the emperor's uncle didn't smile, he looked so fierce...

However, not long after, the little girl couldn't help it, and asked Yuwen Lan carefully, "But, what if Lanjun wants the lotus flowers..."

The little girl blinked her eyes, with a hint of fear hidden in her expectation, which was really pitiful.

Yuwen Lan thought for a while, and said, "Then you sit here obediently, and I will ask someone to pick some for you."

That's fine, the little girl nodded immediately, and Yuwen Lan ordered Fu Hai to find someone to pick lotus flowers.

Yan Shu was relieved when she saw this, thinking that the lotus flowers in the lake should be fine.

But even if there was a problem, it was the emperor who asked people to pick them for his niece, so it had nothing to do with her.

Yuwen Lan, "..."

Well, it really has nothing to do with her.

And he didn't believe it. How could the Zhou family girl make a fuss about the lotus in the lake?

Soon, a bunch of fresh lotus were picked. Lanjun smiled and picked the biggest lotus. She took out an apricot from her small cloth bag and put them together for everyone to see. She said sweetly, "These are for mother. Lanjun wants to give them to mother." Speaking of which

, the eldest princess has been actively cooperating with Yu to treat her illness recently. She seems to have changed her mind and is much better to her daughter than before. Therefore,

little Lanjun also cares about her mother in everything and wants to give her any good things.

The little girl was so cute and adorable that even the apricot looked adorable. Yan Shu couldn't help laughing and said, "Which tree does this apricot come from? How come it's as beautiful as the little princess's?"

Xiao Lanjun giggled and said, "It's from the Yu Garden. Sister Xiangwan picked it for me. Sister Xiangwan even ate it and said it was sweet."

Hearing this, Ni Xiangwan explained embarrassedly, "On the way here just now, the little princess saw that the apricots in the Yu Garden were growing well. I asked the palace maids and they said I could pick them, so I picked two. I couldn't help but tasted one."

Of course, Ni Xiangwan was just a thirteen-year-old girl who was spoiled by her mother since she was a child and had a naive and lively personality. Picking an apricot was not something inappropriate, not to mention that she had asked the palace maids in advance.

But Yan Shu was stunned when she heard that.

She was afraid that someone would tamper with the food of these two people today, so she didn't dare to prepare anything. However, she didn't expect that they picked apricots on the way here and ate them?

Tsk, although she didn't know if there was any problem with the apricots, she was now very nervous.

But she couldn't let others see it, so she could only try Ni Xiangwan, "Are the apricots sweet?"

Ni Xiangwan blushed and nodded and smiled, "It's really sweet, as sweet as honey. I haven't eaten such delicious apricots outside the palace."

Yan Shu suddenly felt something was wrong.

As far as she knew, the apricots in the Yu Garden were ordinary varieties, mainly for viewing flowers in spring. She had picked and eaten them before, and they were not that sweet.

She then quietly asked the system, "Will there be any problem with the apricot?"

The system replied, "Yes, Concubine Zhou asked someone to drug it."

What? ? ?

Yan Shu was stunned.

However, before she could say anything, she saw Ni Xiangwan suddenly stun, and then, she spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell backwards.

Yan Shu's eyes widened and she immediately shouted, "Save Miss Ni, save Miss Ni!!!"

~~

When the Queen Mother and Madam Mu learned the news, Ni Xiangwan was already unconscious.

However, they saw Fu Hai and others carrying her back to Ci'an Palace. The little girl who was still alive and kicking just now had her eyes tightly closed and her face purple, with residual blood at the corners of her mouth.

Seeing this, Madam Mu shouted Xiangwan and almost fainted.

The empress dowager also asked hurriedly, "What happened to Xiangwan?"

Fu Hai said, "Your Majesty, just now your majesty, Concubine Yi, the little princess and Miss Ni were admiring the flowers by the Taiye Lake. Miss Ni was fine, but suddenly she vomited blood. Your majesty immediately summoned Doctor Yu and asked the servants to send Miss Ni back quickly."

While speaking, Yuwen Lan, Yan Shu and Xiao Lanjun also arrived. The empress dowager asked hurriedly, "What happened?"

Yuwen Lan said in a deep voice, "I don't know. Just now we were talking, and Miss Ni suddenly vomited blood and fainted."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw Doctor Yu enter the hall, so he said, "Let's ask Doctor Yu to take a look first." The

empress dowager said yes, and hurriedly asked someone to make room in front of the bed and asked Doctor Yu to diagnose Ni Xiangwan.

But the doctor turned over the little girl's eyelids, felt her pulse, and dipped the silver needle in the blood on her lips. He quickly concluded, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Miss Ni is poisoned."

Hearing this, Yuwen Lan's heart skipped a beat.

It turned out that the apricot was poisonous. The Queen Mother

was shocked, "What? How could she be poisoned?"

Yan Shu hurriedly said, "Just now, I was chatting with Lan Yun and Miss Ni. I heard them say that they had picked apricots in the Yu Garden. Miss Ni ate one and said that the apricots were very sweet. As soon as she finished speaking, she vomited blood and passed out."

Although she was free of suspicion this time, it was too late to stop the little girl from the Ni family.

After all, the system would only warn her of danger, just like the last time when the fake Concubine Xu assassinated the emperor, and would not warn others.

When Ni Xiangwan was picking apricots, she was also rushing to Taiye Lake.

This Concubine Zhou actually came up with such a vicious method to harm her!

Just imagine, if Xiao Lanjun had not wanted to save the apricots for her mother, and had eaten the apricots on the spot like Ni Xiangwan, wouldn't two innocent people be unconscious now?

As soon as she said this, the Queen Mother frowned and looked at Yan Shu, saying, "Didn't Xiang Wan and Lan Jun come to see you today? Why did they pick apricots on the road?"

Yan Shu paused, then lowered her head and said, "I don't know either."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yuwen Lan also spoke, "I know that my mother is anxious, but today I was the first to arrive at the Taiye Lake, followed by Concubine Yi. Miss Ni and Lan Jun were the last to arrive. Before that, they had never met. So as to why Miss Ni ate apricots on the road, Concubine Yi didn't know either. You should ask the palace people who served Miss Ni and Lan Jun."

- As the saying goes, worrying makes you confused. No matter how calm the Queen Mother is, she will not be able to distinguish right from wrong when she is anxious.

On the surface, the emperor and Lan Jun have been together for the past few days, and it is obviously impossible for them to harm Ni Xiang Wan, so only Yan Shu is suspicious.

So what Yan Shu did today was very correct. After she found something wrong, she immediately asked him to go to Taiye Lake together. If

she was a little slow, Ni Xiangwan would definitely faint in her palace.

If that were the case, how could the Queen Mother listen to her explanation in anger?

After hearing what Yuwen Lan said, the Queen Mother regained some clarity and immediately looked at the palace maids who followed Lan Yun in and asked, "What's going on?"

As everyone knows, Lan Yun and Ni Xiangwan have been living in Ci'an Palace these days, so they are also palace maids of Ci'an Palace these days.

As soon as these words were spoken, the palace maids knelt down and said, "Please understand, Your Majesty. The little princess has been playing in the Yu Garden these few days, and has always wanted to pick the apricots there. Originally, we thought the apricots were not ripe yet, so we didn't let the little princess pick them. But today, when we passed by, the apricots smelled very sweet, and the little princess wanted to pick them again, so Miss Ni picked two."

In this way, she finally cleared herself from the relationship with Yan Shu. The Queen Mother

immediately looked at Lan Yun, who was being held by Yan Shu, and asked anxiously, "Did you eat the apricot?" The little girl shook her head obediently, took out the fruit that had not been eaten yet, and said, "Lan Yun wanted to give it to mother, so she didn't eat it herself." The Queen Mother was relieved, but saw Yuwen Lan ordered Doctor Yu again, "Can you tell if there is a problem with this fruit?" Doctor Yu agreed, and hurriedly checked the fruit, and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, there is a pinhole on this fruit, it is very likely that someone has stuffed something into it." As soon as these words came out, everyone came forward to see, and sure enough, they saw a tiny pinhole at the base of the apricot. If you smell it carefully, you can still smell a strong sweet fragrance, which is coming from the pinhole. Doctor Yu thought about it and suddenly said in surprise, "Is this the smell of blackthorn honey? This thing is extremely poisonous!" What? Extremely poisonous? As soon as this was said, Madam Mu, who was guarding the concubine, immediately cried to the concubine who was lying on the bed, "Wan'er, Wan'er, wake up quickly..." The Queen Mother was anxious and angry, and immediately said, "Who on earth has such a vicious heart!" Yuwen Lan said, "I will ask the inner court supervisor to investigate. No matter who it is, it must not be lenient. But the most urgent task is to treat Miss Ni first," the Queen Mother nodded, and hurriedly said to Zhu Shu beside her, "Go and ask Zhang Yuanpan to come here." Zhu Shu agreed and immediately went out to find someone. ——It seems that such a poison can only be cured by the most powerful doctor in the Imperial Hospital. ~~ The situation was urgent, but soon, Zhang Shengkang, the chief judge of the Imperial Medical Bureau, rushed to Ci'an Palace. The Queen Mother did not even ask him to perform the formalities. When she saw him, she said directly, "Go quickly, and make sure to save Miss Ni." ——This is the sweetheart of her best friend, and it is also an innocent life. No matter what, nothing can happen. Zhang Shengkang also agreed immediately and hurried to the bedside of the inner hall to treat Ni Xiangwan. At the same time, the source of the poison was also being traced. Under the guidance of the palace people, the inner court supervisor quickly found the apricot tree in the Yu Garden, and immediately picked the apricots on the tree and checked them one by one. Sure enough, similar pinholes were seen at the fruit stems of most fruits. The pinholes were extremely small, and they could not be seen at all without careful observation. The pierced fruits also have a sweet fragrance, which oozes out from the needle holes. When the juice is squeezed out of the fruits, all ants and insects that come into contact with the juice will die. Or if you drop some of the juice into the water, within a quarter of an hour, all the fish in the fish basin will turn over. After the judgment of three or four doctors in the Imperial Hospital, they all confirmed that the toxin is the nectar of the aconite flower, which is extremely poisonous. After hearing the report, Yuwen Lan sneered, "Very good, the fruit trees in the Yu Garden could also be poisoned so secretly, what are you doing?" Yao Shun, the chief eunuch of the inner court, felt his legs go weak and he immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we have failed in our duty. Please calm down." The Queen Mother also asked angrily, "Where are the people in the Garden Department? Do they know that such good fruit trees have been poisoned like this?" Yao Shun hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, we have interrogated several gardeners in the Garden Department who are in charge of the Yu Garden, but they all said they didn't know." Seeing this scene, Yan Shu on the side sighed silently. ——Of course the people in the Garden Department didn't know about this, after all, it was a palace maid from the Bird House in the Animal Husbandry Department who did this for Concubine Zhou. Tsk, I didn't expect that Concubine Zhou had come to this point, and as long as they were willing to pay money, there would still be people willing to work for her. At present, she was the only one in the palace who knew the truth. She could not remain indifferent. After thinking for a while, she tried to speak, "Besides the garden department, who else would often walk around in the Yu Garden? It seems that it will take time to poison every fruit. It cannot be done in one go, right?" After he finished speaking, Yuwen Lan nodded and said, "They must have to avoid people. Is there anyone who often goes to the Yu Garden at night?" As soon as these words came out, Yao Shun, the chief eunuch of the inner court, suddenly understood and said, "There are also people from the bird house. They often release birds in the Yu Garden, and some of the birds are released at night." Yuwen Lan said, "Why don't you go and check it out?" Yao Shun agreed, quickly got up from the ground, and went out with his people. About an hour later, he returned and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Linzi from the Bird House just confessed that he did it." The Queen Mother immediately asked, "Who told him to do it?" Yao Shun was shocked, coughed, and then said, "Xiao Linzi confessed that Zhao Laishun from the Zhongcui Palace gave him 100 taels of silver and told him to do it." What? Everyone in Ci'an Palace was shocked. Zhongcui Palace? Aren't they Concubine Zhou's people? The Queen Mother was also stunned, and then she said angrily, "Bring Zhao Laishun and his master to me!" The palace servants agreed. Not long after, Zhao Laishun and Concubine Zhou were brought here together. At first, Concubine Zhou did not look flustered, and only said, "I wonder why the Queen Mother asked me to come here?" The Queen Mother's face was stern, and she asked in a deep voice, "The apricot tree in the Yu Garden was poisoned. Xiang Wan is now unconscious. The servants in the Bird House have confessed that it was the servants in your palace who did it. Are you aware of this?" But Concubine Zhou was surprised and said, "Is this true? I just heard about it... Please tell me, Queen Mother. "Jiang, I have no grudge against Miss Ni, why would I harm her?" The Queen Mother sneered, "I was also thinking, you have no grudge against Xiang Wan, why would you harm her? Then who told Lanyun today that there was a talking bird in Yipin's place, and instigated Lanyun to go find Yipin to play?" At first, she also thought that her niece was joking with the little girl, but she didn't expect that her niece was so sinister.

However, after saying this, Concubine Zhou made a cunning excuse, "I was just joking. How could I know that Lanjun would take it seriously? But you can't blame me for this, can you? How could I know that Lanjun and Miss Ni would go to see Concubine Yi together? These are all coincidences. You can't just convict me of guilt based on coincidences, can you?"

- She had planned this carefully with great difficulty, spending money to find people, and asking people to follow the two little girls, find out where they played every day, and even asked people to hide the remaining poison near Ganlu Palace. As long as the two little girls got the poison in Ganlu Palace, Li Yanshu, the bitch, would be speechless... It was

obviously a foolproof thing, but why didn't the two little girls go to Ganlu Palace, but went to the Taiye Lake, and the emperor was there?

But no matter what, it must not fall on her head now.

The Queen Mother is her biological aunt after all, and she doesn't believe that her aunt will punish her family for the adopted girl of the Ni family!

Yu Wenlan, who listened silently, was still confused.

But he couldn't just make himself understand, he also had to make the Queen Mother understand .

Fortunately, at this moment, Xiao Shunzi rushed in from outside and reported to him, "Your Majesty, Zhao Laifu, who hid things outside Ganlu Palace, has confessed that it was Concubine Zhou who asked him to do so."

What?

Everyone was stunned.

Outside Ganlu Palace?

And that Zhao Laifu, isn't he Zhao Laishun's younger brother? The two of them worked together in Zhongcui Palace. Concubine

Zhou was stunned.

Zhao Laifu suddenly disappeared just now. Was he caught by the emperor's men?

However, before she could figure it out, she heard the queen mother's cold voice, "Take these people away and torture them severely. I want to know who has such a vicious heart to let them hurt people like this!"

Everyone agreed.

~~

The queen mother said so, and her attitude couldn't be more obvious.

It seems that she was completely angry this time and decided not to care about family affection and her natal family anymore. She wanted to give Madam Mu an explanation.

Sure enough, not long after, the brothers Zhao Laifu and Zhao Laishun confessed that it was Concubine Zhou who instructed them to do so, and the purpose was to frame Concubine Yi.

However, although the truth has been revealed, the implicated girl of the Ni family is still not awake.

Zhang Shengkang immediately treated Ni Xiangwan after arriving at Ci'an Palace. He gave her acupuncture and sealed her acupuncture points, causing her to spit out some black blood soon. However, more than two hours had passed, and Miss Ni was still unconscious. The Queen

Mother was worried and asked, "Why hasn't Xiangwan woken up yet?"

But Zhang Shengkang frowned and said, "You don't know, this black honey is highly poisonous, and it has been a while since Miss Ni was poisoned. I'm afraid the poison has spread to her lungs."

Even though she didn't know medicine, she knew it sounded very serious. The Queen Mother was worried again, "How confident are you?"

But Zhang Shengkang said, "I dare not hide it. I'm afraid I'm only 50% confident. But even if I can save Miss Ni, I'm afraid her brain will be damaged."

After saying this, Madam Mu almost fainted.

The Queen Mother also said anxiously, "What should I do!"

That damn girl, I really want to cut her into pieces!

Seeing this, Yan Shu also sighed in her heart, and couldn't help questioning the system, [As a harmless and good ruler, how can you be so indifferent to death? Even if you told me half an hour earlier, this little girl wouldn't have to suffer this! ]

System, [??? I am your ruler, not hers. I told you about so many murders, arson, robbery and thefts every day. Are you busy enough? Besides, even if you knew it half a day earlier, Concubine Zhou had already poisoned the apricot tree. There is a saying that goes, "Don't turn back until you hit the south wall." If you go to expose it, will others believe you? Will the Queen Mother be cruel enough to punish her own niece? 】

【The palace is cruel to begin with, it’s either you or I die, even if a Bodhisattva comes down, he can’t take care of so many jackals and tigers. Besides, a blessing in disguise, this little girl might get something unexpected after this experience. 】

Yan Shu almost wanted to vomit blood, [What unexpected gains can there be if the person can’t wake up? 】

But just when she thought of this, she suddenly realized one thing-

Zhang Shengkang can’t be cured, but it doesn’t mean that others can’t be cured!

So she hurriedly said to the emperor, "I wonder if that doctor Jiang Yu is sure..."

Yuwen Lan was also thinking of this person, and immediately nodded, and said to Fu Hai, "Call Jiang Nianqi."

Fu Hai agreed and immediately sent someone to the Imperial Hospital. Not long after, he saw Doctor Jiang Yu rushing in.

The Queen Mother actually still didn't quite believe that his medical skills would be better than Zhang Shengkang's, but there was no other way at this time, so she could only ask him to treat the little girl from the Ni family.

And Zhang Shengkang could only step aside and watch.

——He had just heard recently that such a person had emerged in the Imperial Hospital, helping the eldest princess treat the poison of the Soft Love Powder.

However, the Soft Love Powder could be cured, but the Black Head Honey was different.

He had lived for more than fifty years, and he had never heard of anyone who could detoxify such a highly toxic substance.

So he wanted to see how this person surnamed Jiang would deal with it.

Of course, at this time, except for Zhang Shengkang, everyone in the palace was also paying close attention to Doctor Jiang Yu's every move.

After all, this was probably the only hope for Miss Ni.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Doctor Jiang Yu calmly examined the little girl from the Ni family and quickly concluded, "This girl has been poisoned by the blackhead, and it is indeed more troublesome."

More troublesome?

Does this sentence seem to have room for improvement?

The Queen Mother immediately asked, "Is there any way to cure it?"

Doctor Jiang Yu nodded and said, "Yes, but I don't know if this girl's relatives are still alive? I need to use the blood of her relatives as a medicine."

Relatives?

As soon as these words came out, Yan Shu and Yu Wenlan looked at Madam Mu at the same time.