Wen Liyu thought about it for a whole day and felt that it was too troublesome to keep coming up with excuses. The little carp would not lie!
Just tell Shaoyao directly, why go through so much trouble.
She glanced at the gradually darkening sky and Chu Shaoyao who was practicing sword nearby, and while there was no one around, she jumped out of the bucket and turned back into human form.
"Peony!"
Chu Shaoyao wielded the sword smoothly, like a noble and elegant white crane dancing by the river, his posture light and powerful. When the sword thrust forward, the air made a piercing sound, which was terrifying.
He paused in his swinging movements, insisting on completing a set of sword techniques before retiring. He looked sideways at the slender beauty standing not far away, panting slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "What's the matter?"
She actually called him by his name! She was truly deeply in love with him.
Wen Liyu saw him stop, and she trotted to his side, holding up the hem of her skirt. Her cheeks were flushed from running, like a ripe and juicy peach, so cute that people couldn't take their eyes off her. Her clear and watery eyes could see into people's hearts at a glance.
She didn't notice Chu Shaoyao's increasingly dark eyes. She pulled his arm, stood on tiptoe and whispered, "I just calculated something, it's very important!"
“…What?” Chu Shaoyao felt a little dry in the mouth, and his nose was filled with the fresh, faint fragrance like lotus emanating from her body.
Her fragrant and soft arms gently clung to him, as if he was her only support.
The places she touched were emitting heat, which gradually spread to all parts of his body, causing an unknown fire to burn in his body.
Wen Liyu easily pulled him back to the room. After closing the door, she peered around and then stood on tiptoe, whispering, "I figured someone would frame you for murdering a concubine tonight."
"Are you serious?" The wandering thoughts in Chu Shaoyao's head instantly dissipated, his brows were furrowed, and there was annoyance and gloom between his eyebrows.
"Yes, I just calculated it." Wen Liyu nodded seriously with a stern face, her lips slightly pursed due to nervousness, "And I also calculated that it was Chu Shaohua who did it!"
Chu Shaoyao's eyes suddenly darkened, and a biting chill emanated from his body. "I understand."
He originally believed 70% of the little carp's prediction, but when he heard that it was Chu Shaohua's work, his belief immediately became 90%.
At the same time, I thought of the crossbow I saw on the beam last night.
Early in the morning, he followed the transparent silk thread wrapped around the crossbow and walked to an uninhabited cold palace next door. There were traces of people entering and leaving the cold palace.
Perhaps they thought that no one would come to such a remote place, so they didn't even try to hide it and left the exclusive mark of the Second Prince's secret guard in the corner of the house.
His fingers hanging at his side touched the jade pendant hanging around his waist, his fingertips rubbed the jade face, and he lowered his eyes to think about how to deal with things in the evening.
Wen Liyu let go of her hand and sat on the stool, "Don't worry, I have a way!"
"What method?" Chu Shaoyao raised his eyebrows slightly, not really believing that this little carp could come up with any good idea.
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"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner." The maid stood outside the screen and bowed respectfully to her master behind the screen and said, "Eunuch Rong said that His Majesty will arrive later tonight."
Wen Yan, sitting on the chaise longue, threw the note in her hand into the incense burner beside her with her slender fingers. The note was ignited by the incense wood sticks and turned into a ball of black powder in the burner.
"Empress?" The palace maid Hongxiu raised her head in confusion, and could only see the graceful figure of Concubine Wen behind the screen.
Wen Yan's voice was soft and sweet, like the most fragrant honey. "I have no appetite. Please leave."
"Well... Your Majesty is not feeling well. Do you want me to call the imperial physician?" Hongxiu didn't think much about it and asked with concern.
She said she wanted to eat one second, but didn't want to eat the next. Others would think that the imperial concubine was a little moody.
But the imperial concubine was arrogant and willful. She could do whatever she wanted in the harem, and other people's opinions had nothing to do with her.
"No need." Wen Yan supported her chin with the back of her hand and looked up at the table.
Just now, a piece of paper appeared out of thin air on the pearwood table, with a clumsy and ugly handwriting on it saying: The dinner is poisonous. If you eat it, you will die suddenly at 10:00 p.m. tonight.
Wen Yan paused and raised her voice slightly, "Hong Xiu."
"Yes. What are your wishes, Madam?"
"Have someone catch a mouse and let it eat our dinner." Wen Yan sighed softly, "Don't let anyone know."
Hong Xiu was confused after hearing the Empress' request and said, "Yes."
Although she couldn't figure it out, she still followed the Empress's request and asked Little Li, who was also her confidant, to catch a mouse.
The two men watched as the mice ate the empress's dinner in the side hall before returning to report.
Not long after, Xiao Lizi, who was guarding the side hall, ran to Hongxiu in a panic, "Hongxiu!"
"What happened? You look so panicked. If someone..." Hong Xiu frowned and wanted to teach him a lesson. If someone saw him like this, it would be a disgrace to the Empress.
"The mouse! The mouse is dead!" Little Li stamped his feet anxiously, interrupting her and saying in a low voice, "I saw it die with foam at the mouth!"
"You mean...!" Hongxiu choked on the words she hadn't said, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
Little Li lowered his voice, angrily and anxiously, "The dinner was poisoned."
Hong Xiu was flustered for a moment before calming down. She thought of the Empress' sudden decision to clear the dinner, "Go clean up everything. I'll go find the Empress."
"Okay." Seeing that she was confident, Little Leo calmed down, turned around and walked quickly to the side hall.
Hongxiu ignored the inquiring gazes of the palace maids around her, returned to the house, picked up the freshly brewed tea, and walked towards the main hall.
Concubine Wen is His Majesty's most beloved woman. She is extremely beautiful and has a spoiled personality. Many people in the harem regard her as a thorn in their side.
But thanks to the emperor's favor, her status in the harem gradually rose, and even the queen had to give her some distance.
The current queen took over after the previous queen passed away, and she is the mother of the second prince Chu Shaohua.
Concubine Wen has never had a child of her own in the four years since she entered the palace. This is one of the reasons why the jealous current queen has never bothered her.
Without a prince, there is no security. Once the second prince ascends the throne, a mere imperial concubine will be at her mercy.
Wen Yan leaned half of her body against a soft pillow, her figure slender and attractive. After hearing Hong Xiu's words, her expression did not change at all, and she said lightly, "I understand."
"Your Majesty, do you know who it is...?" Hongxiu knelt beside the table, her eyes full of worry and anxiety.
"Send someone to call His Majesty over and tell him that I was so heartbroken that I fainted. You don't need to say anything else." Wen Yan stood up and walked to the dressing table, taking off the gorgeous pearl hairpin on her head. "Come and do my makeup."
"Yes." Hongxiu stepped forward to help, and gave the empress a simple and plain hairstyle, and then used rouge to make her look like a sickly beauty.
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