The maid hurried downstairs to prepare the sweet soup.
The queen immediately stood up and greeted him with a smile.
Pei Su walked in and gave the queen a gentle smile.
"Is the Queen feeling better today?"
"I feel much better. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."
Pei Su patted her shoulder gently and said in a slow voice, "Didn't I tell you to call me "Zhen" in private as before? Why are you still so reserved?"
The Queen smiled and said, "Yes, I am used to it."
The two sat opposite each other, and Pei Su leaned closer to look at her face.
The queen tilted her head slightly, her cheeks flushed with shame, "Brother Su, why are you looking at me like this?"
Pei Su said, "You look much better now. It seems you are well again. In that case, I will stay in the Queen's Palace today."
The Queen's mouth twitched, "Brother Su, what did you say?"
Pei Su was slightly puzzled, "Why, you don't want to?"
The Queen shook her head, "I dare not, but... Your Majesty... has not stayed in my palace these days, and I am a little surprised."
"I told you to just call me by my name. Why are you being so polite? Today I've turned over your name card, and those nonsense rumors in the palace can finally stop."
He deliberately asked the people from the cleaning room to deliver the sign while he was chatting and laughing with several concubines.
He said in front of everyone that he wanted to come to the Queen's Palace.
The queen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and suddenly thought of the sweet soup again.
Since Pei Su is staying, there is no need to prepare sweet soup.
Just when I was about to run away to stop them, I found that the Tremella, Pear and Cherry Sweet Soup had already been served.
Pei Su was caught off guard and started eating as soon as he took it.
"I'm hungry too. Let me eat something first to fill my stomach. Later I want to eat the pickled goose feet and duck intestines, as well as the hot chicken skin soup in your palace.
I know your cooking is the best, so you can't hide it from me, do you hear me?"
As he spoke, he fondly touched the queen's nose with the handle of a spoon as a teasing gesture.
The queen had no choice but to force a smile and ordered people to prepare the meal.
After the meal, the queen's medicine was served.
Pei Su fed her the drink with his own hands as usual.
As I was feeding the baby, I felt my body burning hot, my eyes were doubled, and my head was dizzy.
With a snap, the bowl in his hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
The queen knew the time had come and the medicine began to take effect.
So she didn't dare to neglect him and immediately stepped forward to support Pei Su, "Your Majesty, are you tired? Otherwise, I will help you lie down and rest."
Pei Su's eyes were blurred, and he was supported by the queen and was about to lie down on the bed.
But he soon realized something was wrong.
Turning around, the tenderness in his eyes disappeared instantly, replaced by suspicion and questioning.
"Did you drug me?"
The Queen trembled with guilt and fell to her knees. "How dare I give the Emperor drugs? Even if the Emperor gave me a hundred times the courage, I would never dare to do it. Your Majesty is well aware!"
"Investigate clearly? Good." Pei Su waved his hand and called over his personal eunuch, "Go and investigate!"
"yes!"
The eunuch immediately took people to search the Queen's palace, and sure enough, they found the palace maid who was about to destroy the evidence, along with the unwashed sweet soup bowl in her hand, and a small coffee table.
There was some white powder left on the small coffee table.
The palace maid was beaten black and blue, and all the bones in her hands were broken. She screamed in pain and confessed.
Admitted to drugging the emperor.
Pei Su endured the discomfort in his body, used his internal strength to suppress the effects of the medicine, and looked at the queen coldly.
The Queen immediately pointed at the maid and scolded her, "You little bitch, when did it ever become your turn to dictate matters between the Emperor and me?
Even if you want to help me, but you do something dirty for this, I will never tolerate you!"
The Queen immediately knelt down and said with a look of deep sorrow, "Your Majesty, Cui'er has been my personal maid since childhood. She heard rumors in the palace that were unfavorable to me, so she took the initiative to drug Your Majesty.
"I failed to discipline my servants. It is my fault. I accept the punishment!"
After she finished speaking, Pei Su did not react at all.
The Queen took the opportunity to shout, "Come here, drag her away and beat her to death with sticks. She dared to use aphrodisiacs on the Emperor. I will never show favoritism or bend the law. I will definitely purge the harem!"
The palace maid cried for mercy and begged for mercy in various ways.
But the queen was determined to put all the blame on her and clear herself.
After all, if the charges were proven, she would surely be put to death, and her entire family would be confiscated and exiled.
This risky move is like dancing on a tightrope.
If you win, everyone is happy; if you lose, there is no recovery.
The maid knew that she had no hope of survival, but her relatives were still in the hands of the queen.
I can only accept my fate.
Soon, from outside came the dull thud of sticks hitting people, the crisp sound of bones breaking, and screams mixed with cries for help.
In just ten seconds, there was no sound.
The queen felt that every second was like a year, and she knelt on the ground, trembling all over.
At this time, the imperial physician arrived.
The powder remaining on the table was identified as ebony and acacia powder.
There is no medicine to cure it, and only the Zhou Gong ritual can provide relief.
Pei Su sneered at the Queen, "You really don't know about this?"
The Queen kowtowed profusely, "I really have no idea where this girl found this filthy thing. I have no idea. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty!"
Pei Su nodded, "Since you say so, I might as well believe it, but I remember that ebony is rare and the inner bark can be fermented to make wine.
Just one drink can stir up love between men and women. This ebony is only grown in Suizhou, and your mother is from Suizhou."
Pei Su said nothing more, stood up and left.
It was these few unfinished words that were like a sharp sword hanging over the queen's head, ready to fall and pierce her skull at any time.
Cui'er in the yard had been beaten to the point where her bones were broken and blood was all over the floor.
The skull was shattered, one eyeball popped out, and the other protruded from the eye socket, staring at the queen.
Before her death, the resentment and anger in her heart had reached its peak.
The queen was so frightened that she screamed and fainted.
When Pei Su broke in, Qiao Luoluo was playing a game of Go with Zaohua in the room.
His white pieces were in a desperate situation. He could see that he would lose if he moved horizontally or vertically, and there was no possibility of survival.
She wondered irritably, should she get up under the pretext of going to the bathroom and accidentally knock over the chessboard, and then just pretend nothing happened?
Or, just say you're tired and wait another day, and then there's no such thing as another day...
Oh, I’ve used all these tricks before. Isn’t it too deliberate?
She and the system, one person and one machine, were completely unable to defeat Zaohua and were pinned to the ground and rubbed madly.
Qiao Luoluo ridiculed the system: Artificial intelligence can't even play chess, I think you are an artificial idiot.
The system mocked Qiao Luoluo: "You're the heroine, how come you can't even play Go? You little loser!"
Bang!
The door was kicked open.
Pei Su staggered in, with the crown on his head askew.
His face was red, his eyes were bloodshot, and his nostrils were flaring. Seeing Qiao Luoluo was like a wolfdog seeing a bone!
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