Chapter 607 Poisoned Wine
As soon as he saw her, Xia Yunting was as frightened as if he had seen a ghost. He shook his head desperately, "I, I won't go!"
"Not going?"
Ran Xiaoyu sneered and said, "Zhaoyi, don't forget, this is the invitation of the Imperial Concubine - and also the order of the Imperial Concubine."
“…”
"The Imperial Concubine has power in the harem second only to that of the Empress."
“…”
"Are you going to disobey the Imperial Concubine?"
Xia Yunting was so frightened that her legs went limp. Ran Xiaoyu looked at her and sneered again. Then she said to the two young palace maids she had brought with her, "Please invite Zhaoyi to the Yikun Palace."
“…”
"Don't miss the Imperial Concubine's banquet!"
Two young palace maids came over immediately. Xia Yunting knew that she could not dodge this time, so she could only stand up obediently and let Fulan support her. With them "holding" her from the front and the back, she left Shou'an Palace and walked towards Yiku Palace.
By the time she arrived at Yiku Palace in a daze, it was already dark.
The entire Yiku Palace was brightly lit.
As soon as I walked in, I saw some cold dishes on a round table, and Si Nanyan was sitting right above it.
Concubine Zhuang and Concubine An sat beside her with complicated expressions.
Seeing her come in, Nan Yan smiled and said, "Xia Zhaoyi, you're finally here."
“…”
"I thought I couldn't invite you."
“…”
Xia Yunting's legs kept shaking, as if he was playing the pipa.
She walked over tremblingly and knelt on the ground: "Greetings, Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine."
“…”
Nan Yan looked down at her and said with a smile, "Get up."
“…”
"Today, let's just be good sisters."
“…”
"No need to be so polite."
Although she said so, Xia Yunting was kneeling on the ground and was unable to get up.
It was Fulan who stood up and hurriedly helped her up.
Then, he slowly walked to the round table and sat down.
Nan Yan smiled and said, "The guests are all here, let's serve the food."
Ran Xiaoyu made a gesture to the people outside, and immediately, a group of palace maids came forward with steaming dishes and began to serve everyone.
These dishes were carefully prepared by the imperial kitchen. After all, they were ordered by the imperial concubine, so they naturally had to be different.
There are all kinds of delicacies from land and sea.
However, the fragrance that continued to waft out still did not make people feel more comfortable.
On the contrary, Wu Wan and the others frowned even more tightly as they looked at the food and wine.
As concubines in this palace, they have tasted all kinds of delicacies, but they all know very well that behind the deliciousness of the palace delicacies, there is often a cruelty that is unimaginable to the world.
Last night, they made things difficult for Si Nanyan in front of the emperor.
Who knows what kind of banquet she is holding today.
It was clearly a Hongmen Banquet.
When the wine and food were all served, Nan Yan smiled and said, "Everyone, please."
However, no one present picked up the chopsticks.
Everyone sat still.
Nan Yan smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
“…”
"Why aren't you touching your chopsticks?"
She tilted her head and looked at Concubine Zhuang, who had a serious expression but pretended to be stubborn, and Concubine An who was following her, and then looked to the other side, at Xia Yunting, who was pale and had trembling lips.
Then he smiled and said, "I know. It must be because the wine hasn't been served yet, right?"
“…”
“As the saying goes, no feast is complete without wine.”
After that, he said, "Xiaoyu, go to the bar."
"yes."
Ran Xiaoyu immediately turned around and went downstairs. After a while, she came up with a wine jug in her hand.
As soon as she saw the wine jug, Wu Wan's brows immediately furrowed.
The wine jug was made of pure silver. Under the candlelight, you could faintly see a Tai Chi pattern carved on it.
There seems to be a small mechanism on the handle of the pot.
Nine-curve mandarin duck pot!
After all, she came from a family of officials, so of course she had heard of such things.
This wine jug looks ordinary, but it actually has a sophisticated mechanism inside that allows it to pour out two completely different types of wine, one in front of the other.
It can be said that it is a powerful weapon for assassination!
Could it be that she was going to harm them at the banquet? !
Thinking of this, her heart couldn't help but tighten.
Although she was a little nervous when she accepted the invitation from the imperial concubine today, she was still fearless after the nervousness. After all, her father was Duke Chengguo.
She didn't believe that a newly-enthroned imperial concubine who had no support in the court would dare to attack her.
After all, the emperor hasn't done anything to him yet.
However, when she saw this wine jug, she couldn't help but tremble in her heart.
Gao Yurong beside her couldn't help but get nervous and whispered, "My Lady..."
At this time, Ran Xiaoyu had already walked to Si Nanyan's side. Nanyan smiled and said, "Hurry up and pour some wine for everyone."
"yes."
Ran Xiaoyu took the order and walked to Concubine Zhuang first.
He picked up the wine jug and poured wine into her cup.
A stream of slightly yellowish wine was slowly poured into her glass, filling it to eight-tenths.
Ran Xiaoyu stopped, nodded slightly at her, turned around and poured wine into Gao Yurong's glass beside her.
Hearing the sound of splashing water, Wu Wan looked and her eyes widened immediately.
The wine poured into Gao Yurong's glass was actually colorless!
It really is two kinds of wine!
She immediately raised her head and looked at Si Nanyan——
Isn’t this too obvious?
Without even a hint of concealment, do you really want to kill them?
Nan Yan, however, did not feel embarrassed at all about being "exposed". Instead, after Gao Yurong's glass of wine was filled, Ran Xiaoyu walked over to the shivering Xia Yunting and poured wine into her glass.
This time, it was that yellowish wine again.
Finally, she walked back to Si Nanyan and filled her cup with pure wine.
Nan Yan raised her glass and said to the three of them, "This concubine was recently canonized, and the emperor has entrusted her with the important task of assisting the six palaces. In the future, I will need the full support of all of you sisters."
“…”
"This glass of wine is for you."
After saying that, he raised his glass and drank it.
After finishing the drink, she smiled and handed the empty glass to everyone. Then she looked at Wu Wan and the others and said with a smile, "Why, you're not going to drink yet?"
Wu Wan didn't say anything.
Looking at her glass of dim wine, she clenched her teeth.
Nan Yan smiled and said, "Why not drink it?"
“…”
"Could it be—"
She raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Zhuangpin is worried. Is this poisoned wine?"
Wu Wan glared at her: "Whether it is true or not, I'm afraid only the Imperial Concubine knows."
“Bold!”
Ran Xiaoyu, who was standing by, immediately shouted angrily, "How dare you slander the Imperial Concubine!"
"Xiaoyu," Nan Yan raised her hand to stop her from continuing, then said with a smile, "It seems that Concubine Zhuang is really worried that this is poisoned."
“…”
"How could that be?"
As she spoke, she walked over, picked up the glass of wine, and sniffed it: "Such a beautiful wine, how could it be poisonous?"
“…”
"However, I'm afraid you won't believe me even if I just say it."
“…”
"Why not find someone to give it a try and reassure Concubine Zhuang."
After saying that, she stretched out her hand and placed the wine glass directly in front of Xia Yunting.
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