Chapter 39 The Tea is Poisonous
Others, including the teacher, saw Ling Chan's unfocused eyes...and thought she didn't understand.
"Princess Wanyue, what I'm talking about now is a little difficult for you to understand. How about this: After the afternoon class, Princess, stay behind and I'll give you a make-up half an hour."
The teacher smiled kindly and was thinking about Ling Chan wholeheartedly.
Ling Chan was about to refuse when she suddenly saw Princess Yongning and the two princesses An Ping'an looking at her with faint smiles.
Princess Yongning lives in the palace, but the two princesses are about to leave the palace.
In this case, after the afternoon class, she will definitely have to leave the palace with the two princesses, which will make it inconvenient for her to install surveillance equipment.
If she took extra classes after school, she wouldn't have to leave with the two princesses, and she could... find an opportunity to install surveillance.
"Okay, I'll be thanking you, Master."
The person who was most happy to learn that they were going to have dinner in the Empress Dowager's palace was Princess Yongning.
"My grandmother must have prepared a lot of delicious food for me." Princess Yongning was eight years old, at the age when she was lively and lovely.
Unlike her happiness, Anping and Anhe seemed a little depressed, and they would get together from time to time to whisper something.
Ling Chan didn't know what they were talking about...
However, Hongdou knew what she didn't know.
"Every time we go to the Empress Dowager's palace for a meal, she prepares cherry meat for our princess. But our princess doesn't like it at all." When Yanyun said this, Xiangling nodded in agreement.
And Kidney Bean shrugged helplessly.
There's nothing we can do about it. Princess Yongning is the Empress Dowager's granddaughter and the only legitimate princess born to the Empress despite her illness.
As for the two princesses Anping and Anhe, their fathers are Prince Duan Xiao Yan and Prince Cheng Xiao Ping respectively. These two princes are not the Queen Mother's biological sons.
Moreover, when the mothers of the two princes were alive, they both had conflicts with the Queen Mother.
Therefore, the Queen Mother didn’t care much about what the two princesses really liked to eat.
When they arrived at the Queen Mother's palace, the food had already been served.
Seeing the familiar cherry meat on the table, Anping and Anhe exchanged a look that showed as expected.
"Yongning pays his respects to the Empress Dowager."
"Anping and Anhe pay their respects to the Queen Mother."
"Wan Yue greets the Queen Mother."
"Stop standing and sit down to eat."
As soon as everyone sat down, the Queen Mother asked Nanny Xian to serve food to Yongning and the others.
Nanny Xian picked up several of Yongning's favorite dishes and half a bowl of cherry meat for An Ping'anhe.
The color of the cherry flesh is as bright red as a cherry, bright and attractive, but it is a bit greasy.
How could young and ignorant girls like Anping and Anhe, who are only eleven or twelve years old, like to eat?
The two of them swallowed their saliva in embarrassment and forced out a happy smile.
When it came to Ling Chan, Nanny Xian also symbolically picked up two dishes.
Ling Chan never treats herself badly. She eats the dishes she likes and doesn't even touch the ones she doesn't like.
She stopped eating until her stomach was about 80% full.
As soon as she stopped, Nanny Xian brought her tea.
With the experience from last time, Ling Chan naturally wanted to test it first.
The result is the same as before, this cup of tea is poisonous.
Just at this time, Yongning, who had eaten a lot of dishes, felt thirsty and clamored for tea.
Yongning happened to be sitting next to Lingchan, so Lingchan handed the teacup directly to Yongning, "Princess Yongning, please drink first."
Rong Ruxiang watched Yongning take the tea, her heart startled, and she reached out to grab the teacup in Yongning's hand.
"Grandmother?" Yongning was puzzled.
"Yongning, this cup of tea is for Princess Wanyue." The Queen Mother took the teacup and returned it to Ling Chan.
Ling Chan handed it to Princess Yongning again, "It's okay, let Princess Yongning drink first."
Rong Ruxiang stopped her again and pushed the teacup to Ling Chan, "Wanyue, don't indulge her."
"If she wants to drink, just ask Madam Xian to pour her some more."
Ling Chan's smile did not fade as she continued to push the tea to Yongning. "It's okay. Isn't it too hot? This cup of tea is already cold, just right for drinking."
Seeing Ling Chan's persistence, the Queen Mother panicked and knocked the teacup to the ground with one hand.
"Madame Xian, pour another cup for Princess Wanyue." Rong Ruxiang said calmly.
Nanny Xian poured tea for everyone again.
"Haha." Ling Chan took it and chuckled softly, looking up at Rong Ruxiang, "It's just a cup of tea. The Queen Mother is so nervous. If someone who doesn't know the truth saw it, they would think the tea is poisoned."
She shook the teacup gently, and when she saw Rong Ruxiang's pupils dilate instantly, she raised the teacup with satisfaction and drank the tea in it.
The Queen Mother finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I love you so much, how could I possibly poison you?"
Nanny Xian poured tea and prepared to bring it to the Queen Mother.
Ling Chan suddenly stood up and stopped the tea, "Let Wan Yue present this cup of tea to the Queen Mother."
"Thank you, Queen Mother, for loving Wanyue and giving her the opportunity to study and learn etiquette."
As he spoke, he put the two doses of poison he had sucked out into the tea...
"Wanyue will always remember the Queen Mother's kindness to her, and will repay her a hundredfold and a thousandfold in the future."
Rong Ruxiang's heart, which had just calmed down, began to lift again. She felt that there was something behind Ling Chan's words.
But she had just drunk that cup of tea...
She must have been overthinking it, that must be the case.
Rong Ruxiang took the teacup from Ling Chan's hand and drank it without any doubt.
Putting down the teacup, she said earnestly, "You are all good children. You must listen carefully to the teacher and study hard."
"Especially you, Wanyue."
After dinner, they rested for a while and then returned to Chongwen Hall.
Nanny Xian and Nanny Qu stood in front of Rong Ruxiang uncomfortably.
"Empress Dowager, she... couldn't have noticed it?" Nanny Xian knew Rong Ruxiang's thoughts best, so she expressed Rong Ruxiang's thoughts through her own mouth.
Aunt Qu frowned, "No way? Didn't she just drink that cup of tea?"
"If you knew there was something in the tea, how could you possibly drink it?"
"Madame Qu is right, Queen Mother. We must have been overthinking it." Madame Xian comforted Rong Ruxiang.
Rong Ruxiang carefully recalled Ling Chan's every move just now. She had said that very calmly, as if it were just a casual remark, and she drank her tea with a quick and decisive action...
So she couldn't have known.
Rong Ruxiang pinched her nose. Yongning almost drank the cup of tea just now, which really scared her.
"Madame Xian, please go to the Queen's Palace and ask her to take good care of Yongning. As the legitimate princess of Daqi, you must not forget the rules."
Nanny Xian agreed.
At this time, a palace maid came in from outside the hall.
"Queen Dowager, Prince Huai has arrived."
"Let him in." The Queen Mother's tone was bad because Xiao Yi had not come to the palace to see her for a long time.
This visit to see her is probably related to the rumors outside.
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