Chapter 179 Throwing bait
"Empress Yun?"
Everyone's eyes were immediately on Concubine Yun, which made her feel like a thorn in her back.
She hurriedly stepped forward and explained, "Today when I went to Yu Garden, I happened to run into the fourth lady fishing in Jinnan Lake. At that time, the fourth lady almost tripped and fell, and it was I who helped her."
"Then the fourth lady let me eat the fish to thank me."
"They all know all this."
The maid beside Concubine Yun nodded, "Your Majesty, it is true, everyone saw it at the time."
Concubine Yun paused, and then said, "I just don't know if the fourth lady vomited because of the chili pepper. At that time, the fourth lady smeared a lot of chili pepper powder on the fish, which tasted very spicy. I can't eat spicy food, so I didn't move my chopsticks after taking a bite. The rest was eaten by the fourth lady alone."
The queen frowned and turned to look at the imperial physician, "Is that the reason?"
The prince stroked his beard and nodded, "Most children can't eat spicy food. If they eat too much, it is easy to hurt Taicang and cause vomiting. It's not impossible."
"Then what do you do?! Don't you hold back?!" The queen questioned the maids in Changqing Palace.
The maids had no words to complain and didn't know how to defend themselves.
How did they know that Lin Baoer couldn't eat spicy food and put so much in it? ! Seeing her look at that time, I thought she could eat a lot!
Seeing that the queen was about to spread her anger to Qinglian, Lin Baoer coughed quickly, attracting the attention of others.
Seeing that she woke up, the queen quickly sat down beside the bed, "Baoer? What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
Lin Baoer glanced at her, then glanced at the others with her peripheral vision, and said weakly: "I just feel hot in my stomach and dizzy."
After saying that, she squeezed out two more tears, "I want to see my mother."
The queen was startled, and suddenly felt embarrassed. She whispered, "Don't worry, Baoer, the imperial physician has prepared the medicine, as long as..."
"Your Majesty is here--"
Everyone was shocked and knelt down quickly.
"Your Highness!"
Lin Baoer's eyes widened in surprise.
[They actually came?]
The emperor hurried over and looked at the palace maids kneeling on the ground, dignified and solemn, "What's going on?"
The people around him quickly told him the whole story.
The emperor frowned, said nothing, just walked to the bedside, his expression relaxed, "Baoer, are you feeling unwell?"
Lin Baoer's mind was in a whirlwind, and she simply pretended to climb up with difficulty, weak, "Your Highness..."
"Hey!" The emperor quickly supported her, his tone softened a lot, "You are sick, no need to be polite."
At this time, another person spoke.
"Your Majesty, it seems that the palace maids are not doing their job well. The fourth lady obviously cannot eat spicy food, but she still refused to do so. Now she is so weak after being tortured. It's so pitiful. We can't just let it go. Otherwise, how can we explain to the Lin family?"
The voice was so charming and coquettish.
When Lin Baoer heard it, she knew that this person was Shen Ruyu.
Shen Ruyu glanced at Lin Baoer with interest, and a few words of hers decided the fate of the people below.
"Your Majesty, calm down! Your Majesty, calm down! We servants don't know that the fourth lady can't eat spicy food, Your Majesty! And the people around the fourth lady..."
"Your Majesty!" Lin Baoer interrupted the voice in time and said, "This has nothing to do with them. It was Baoer who wanted to eat and didn't control her mouth."
Lin Baoer narrowed her eyes, her cheeks flushed, her voice was soft and sticky, and she looked very pitiful, "I just miss my mother a little bit. In the past, after eating spicy food, she would feed Baoer some nourishing food, so it wouldn't be like this."
Everyone was stunned, with different expressions.
"So that's it." The emperor's expression did not change. I don't know why, he even took the initiative to approach and touch Lin Baoer's head, and said gently: "In this case, let your mother come to see you tomorrow, how about it?"
Qinglian's eyes flashed with surprise.
Lin Baoer's attention was not on this sentence, but on the emperor.
When the emperor came closer, she could easily smell the smell on him, which was indeed very similar to the box of calming incense she had destroyed before.
[It seems that it is indeed him without a doubt. ]
After confirmation, Lin Baoer nodded obediently, "Okay, thank you, Your Majesty."
The emperor smiled and said nothing more. After giving a few more instructions, he left.
The palace maids of Changqing Palace were naturally punished for this. Among them, Zhu Lu and Bai Ruan were replaced, and two other girls were transferred.
[Who knows who is the spy with all these replacements. ]
Lin Baoer was silent, and just let them go.
However, Lin Baoer did not treat the palace maids involved in the punishment unfairly. She gave each of them a few hanging money as compensation. After all, this matter was caused by her, and they were indeed innocent.
After everyone left, Lin Baoer jumped up from the bed, threw the quilt aside, and muttered, "I'm dying of heat!"
Qinglian, who came in with medicine, was not surprised to see this. After looking at Lin Baoer, she poured the medicine directly into the potted plants.
She told Qinglian that Lin Baoer was pretending to be sick early in the morning, and reminded her to always pay attention to the behavior of others. Afterwards, Qinglian said that many people took the opportunity to check Lin Baoer's bedroom and found the topographic map.
Fortunately, there was nothing on the picture, and Lin Baoer deliberately scribbled some talismans on it and put it out openly. Even if someone had doubts, they couldn't say anything.
After hiding it from others, the two had a good rest.
The next morning, Shen Xuelan entered the palace.
After arriving at Changqing Palace, Shen Xuelan's eyes turned red when she saw Lin Baoer.
Lin Baoer was no different, and she rushed over directly.
"Mom!"
"Baoer!"
The mother and son hugged each other for a long time, and then returned to the bedroom.
As soon as she sat down, Lin Baoer was turned over and over by Shen Xuelan, with a worried look on her face, "I heard you have a fever? What's the matter? Did something happen?"
Lin Baoer had a good physique since she was young. She had never been seriously ill during the previous escapes, but this time she got sick for no apparent reason, which made everyone in the Lin family very worried.
However, despite their worries, they still had some reason. After hearing that Shen Xuelan could enter the palace, they asked her to ask more carefully what was going on.
When Lin Baoer heard Shen Xuelan say that although Lin Qiming and his brothers were worried, they didn't act impulsively, she patted her chest with peace of mind and whispered, "Mom, I lied to them!"
"Fortunately you didn't act impulsively. If you had gone to the emperor to make trouble, you would have been in trouble!"
Shen Xuelan felt relieved for the time being and tapped her forehead helplessly, "What happened?"
Lin Baoer then told her everything that happened before in detail.
"I smelled the smell on the emperor's body, and it was indeed very similar to that smell. He must have been poisoned."
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