Chapter 949 Whose person is Wuxin?
Wuxin escorted the Second Prince back and bumped into the little eunuch rushing back outside the door. "Xiao Shuanzi, what are you doing outside? What happened? Didn't I tell you to stay in the Imperial Study? Why did you come out?"
Xiao Shuanzi said, "This servant just ran to the imperial kitchen to serve the meal, and now I'm rushing back because I'm afraid Xiao Luzi can't keep an eye on things by himself."
Wuxin was also afraid that something might happen to the Second Prince again, so he hurriedly had a carriage driven to hand him over to Consort Gao before rushing back.
"The Emperor ordered that the woman surnamed Bai be served the meal, and that she be dining with the Emperor in the Imperial Study. What did the Emperor say?" Wuxin asked.
Xiao Shuanzi whispered, "His Majesty said to go together."
Wu Xin was so angry that her teeth were grinding. The Emperor was still not satisfied even with such a good woman as the Empress. It was obvious that the woman surnamed Bai wanted to climb the social ladder. How could the Emperor not see through her true colors?
Just as the eunuchs from the imperial kitchen were about to deliver the meal to the door of the imperial study, Wuxin suddenly stopped them and inspected it before letting them in.
Immediately afterwards, Wuxin also entered the Imperial Study. Xiao Luzi stood respectfully to the side and saw that the Emperor was drinking tea with Bai Zhiyan. Their relationship seemed normal, with no inappropriate or ambiguous behavior.
Wu Xin bowed to the Emperor before saying, "This servant has already delivered the Second Prince to the Noble Consort's side."
Xiao Shuanzi had dishes brought over one after another, but he had no interest in arranging them himself.
Once all the dishes were served, she had no intention of serving the Emperor any food. Unexpectedly, the Emperor personally served food to Bai Zhiyan, as if he cared about her a lot.
More than a dozen delicious dishes were laid out in front of Qin Yunyan, and the Emperor served her food. She felt happy and blushed.
Wu Xin glanced at Xiao Lu Zi, who shook his head, indicating that the woman surnamed Bai had indeed tried to seduce the Emperor, but he had stopped her on a whim, and the Emperor hadn't come near her before sitting down to drink tea.
Unbeknownst to them, their subtle actions had not escaped Xie Shang's notice. With a smile on his lips, Xie Shang continued to put food into Qin Yunyan's bowl, but he didn't eat a single bite himself.
Xie Shang wondered if the Empress was very popular, or if she had planted people around him.
Wuxin stepped forward and served Qin Yunyan another dish, saying, "Miss Bai, please try this dish."
When Qin Yunyan couldn't see, he secretly shook the powder under his fingernails. Just as Qin Yunyan was about to put the food in her mouth, Xie Shang suddenly took the food from her lips and said gently, "This dish is my favorite. I think it looks delicious."
In Qin Yunyan's eyes, she only felt that the Emperor was teasing her. The Emperor eating her food was the Emperor's pleasure. The Emperor's meaning was obvious: he was seducing her, or wanted her to seduce him.
At the same time, Wuxin was inexplicably terrified when she saw the Emperor about to eat the food in her hand, and quickly stopped him, saying, "Your Majesty..."
Xie Shang pretended to put down his chopsticks and said in a deep voice, "What's wrong?"
Wuxin quickly placed a bowl of soup in front of the Emperor: "This is a medicinal meal specially prepared for Your Majesty by the Imperial Kitchen at the Empress's instruction. Your Majesty, please eat it while it's hot!"
Xie Shang put the dishes on the plate, tasted a little of the medicinal cuisine, and asked, "Did the Empress order the imperial chefs to make this?"
While tidying up the dishes in front of the Emperor, Wuxin said, "Yes." He felt nervous, but thankfully the Emperor hadn't eaten yet.
Xie Shang noticed Wu Xin's unintentional actions and said calmly, "Since it's the Empress's idea, please thank her for me. I was just about to eat it, and the Empress really knows how to take care of my stomach." Jiang Fenghua didn't care about him at all; Wu Xin was truly considering her needs in every way.
Wu Xin replied, "Yes."
The Emperor's words made him feel that something was wrong, but he also felt that there was nothing wrong with them. The Empress had indeed not instructed the Imperial Kitchen to prepare dishes specifically for the Emperor.
Wuxin could only sigh, unaware that the emperor had begun to suspect him.
It all started when that flower inexplicably grew between Jiang Fenghua's eyebrows...
Xie Shang began to have doubts after he learned that Jiang Fenghua had regained her memory and continued to lie to him.
Xie Shang's memory returned to that day. The antidote he gave her was clearly fake, and she still didn't regain her memory after taking it. However, she did regain her memory, which means she knew that the antidote in the bottle was fake, and only Wuxin knew this.
She regained her memory but still cooperated with him by saying that she hadn't.
The key point is that Gongsun Lan did not return at that time, and no one knew that Guining Pill did not have a real antidote. She may have regained her memory after taking what she thought was the "real" antidote, and the bottle of the replaced "real" antidote was disposed of unintentionally.
Is Wuxin also one of Jiang Fenghua's people?
Xie Shang's lips suddenly curled into a mocking smile. He should have realized that Jiang Fenghua had lived through two lifetimes, and that her planting people by his side was her way of preparing for the future.
He didn't disturb Wuxin, but instead ate the medicinal food and said, "I'm full, have it taken away!"
Wuxin asked, "Is Your Majesty eating so little? Is the food not to your liking?"
"I still have state affairs to attend to," Xie Shang said.
Wuxin didn't say anything more. Anyway, the Imperial Study always prepared pastries for the Emperor. Since the Emperor wasn't eating anymore, Bai must still be hungry!
He then served the woman surnamed Bai some "special" dishes so she could eat her fill.
Qin Yunyan was carefully eating her food when Xie Shang suddenly said, "Miss Bai, come and grind the ink for me!"
Seeing such exquisite dishes, Qin Yunyan wanted to eat some more, but since the Emperor had already put down his chopsticks, she couldn't bring herself to pick them up again.
She didn't know that Xie Shang didn't want Wuxin to drug her. In fact, Wuxin wouldn't poison her to death. If someone died, the matter would become a big deal. At most, he would cause her physical problems, disfigurement, or something, and then kick her out of the Imperial Study.
Xie Shang seemed to see through Wuxin's thoughts. His master wasn't worried, but he, a mere servant, was in a hurry to get rid of the beauties around him.
Since that's the case, he insisted on keeping Qin Yunyan here. He didn't care about the empress who had any other women around him, so why would he care about Qin Yunyan, who had no status or position?
No, the Empress doesn't care about any of the women, but she hates Qin Yunyan without any attempt to hide it.
She is a very stable person, and with such a confident attitude, why would she be so wary of Qin Yunyan?
What exactly is threatening Qin Yunyan to her?
Xie Shang could never depose Jiang Fenghua from her position as Empress. Even if she lied to him, disliked him, or hated him, no matter what, his Empress could only be Jiang Fenghua.
Jiang Fenghua wouldn't care about Qin Yunyan's appearance, because no one could match her beauty, so what did she care about?
Xie Shang stared at Qin Yunyan's face, wondering if Jiang Fenghua would be angry.
The Emperor asked Qin Yunyan to grind the ink, which made her very happy. Being hungry, she didn't have a belly, and her waist looked even more slender.
So she happily went to the imperial desk and began fiddling with the inkstone on the table.
Seeing this, Wuxin's heart skipped a beat; he had failed to drug the man surnamed Bai earlier.
Wu Xin would never have put all the medicine into the Emperor's food. If the Emperor accidentally ate it, he couldn't bear the blame. Now he could only look for another opportunity.
At this moment, everyone in the Imperial Study had their own little thoughts.
Jiang Fenghua, upon returning to Kunning Palace, would never have imagined that Xie Shang had already seen through Wuxin.
Gongsun Lan saw that she entered with a cold face, so she stepped forward and asked, "Who made the Empress angry?"
Jiang Fenghua and Xie Shang had been married for so many years, and no matter their status, she had never been this angry. But today, she suddenly became angry because of Xie Shang's attitude towards Qin Yunyan, and her chest felt tight.
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