The emperor said, "You don't look good dancing in this outfit. Go change."
Lady Wen looked at the clothes she was wearing and found that they were indeed not very good-looking, so she immediately went out to change her clothes.
The emperor glanced at the eunuch, who immediately poured the soup into a box and asked the guard beside him to take the box away.
Then the emperor began to eat the food on the table leisurely.
When Lady Wen returned, she saw that the soup on the table was gone, so she said, "Your Majesty, have you finished drinking it? Didn't you want me to drink while dancing?"
The emperor said, "I just smelled it and it was really delicious. I was very hungry, so I drank it right away. I hope my beloved concubine will not blame me."
"Your Majesty, you are joking. How could I possibly blame you? Your Majesty's ability to drink is the greatest reward you can give me."
After she finished speaking, Lady Wen began to dance. The emperor pretended to be so fascinated by her that he even forgot to eat the food on the table.
Lady Wen was very satisfied with the emperor's reaction, so she danced even harder. She turned around and walked to the table, poured two glasses of wine, and picked up one for the emperor.
"Your Majesty, how about we have a drink together tonight while enjoying this beautiful scenery?"
"OK."
While drinking, the emperor glanced at the eunuch beside him in a very subtle way. The eunuch immediately understood and winked at the guards outside the room.
Wen Meiren didn't notice any of this and continued with her performance.
Concubine Shu stood under the eaves, looking at the courtyard on the east side and asked, "What's wrong with Lady Wen? The lights are bright tonight."
Concubine Shu and Concubine Wen lived in the same palace, but one lived in the main courtyard and the other lived in the east courtyard.
The palace maid said, "I heard that Lady Wen ran into His Majesty in the Imperial Garden this afternoon, and then His Majesty followed Lady Wen to her courtyard. They should be having dinner now."
"Oh, so that's how it is." Concubine Shu said lightly, and walked back to the room as if nothing had happened, not caring at all.
After Concubine Wen finished her dance, she slowly walked to the emperor's side. Her body softened and she sat on the emperor's lap. Then she looked at the eunuch with great displeasure.
The emperor glanced at the eunuch, then looked at Concubine Wen, and said with a smile: You should leave quickly and don't delay the good time and beautiful scenery between me and Concubine Wen.
The chief eunuch said, "Yes."
As soon as he stepped out of the door, a eunuch came to report, "Your Majesty, an urgent memorial has been submitted. It is extremely urgent."
The eunuch was panting as he spoke. When the emperor heard how urgent it was, he immediately pushed Concubine Wen away and turned away. Concubine Wen quickly ran forward and hugged the emperor's waist, saying coquettishly, "Your Majesty, I'm scared to be alone at night. Can you please not leave?"
The emperor pushed her hand away and said, "My beloved, I don't want to leave either. I'm reluctant to leave you, but there are memorials coming up, and I have to deal with them first. I'll come back to accompany you when I have time."
"Well then, I'll wait for Your Majesty." After saying that, Lady Wen glared at the eunuch fiercely.
After the emperor left, Lady Wen overturned the wine jug to the ground and cursed: "You are a bunch of spineless people. How dare you come and ruin my good deeds?"
After saying that, she took out a whip from the cabinet and started to whip the magpie beside her. The magpie kept screaming after being beaten. Concubine Wen was afraid that Concubine Shu in the other courtyard would hear it, so she took a rag and blocked the magpie's mouth.
Outside the door, a little eunuch with a round face and round eyes was listening to the sounds inside, his eyes red, but he could do nothing.
After the emperor returned to the palace, he immediately asked the eunuch to quietly call the imperial physician. When the imperial physician came, he was still wearing the clothes of a guard. When he entered the palace, the emperor immediately asked the imperial physician to check what was put in the soup.
A moment later, the imperial physician was horrified and knelt on the ground. "Your Majesty, this, this contains a love powder. This powder will make the person who drinks it fall in love with the person in front of them, confusing their emotions, and in serious cases, they will even obey the person's words. It is truly a very dangerous and rare poison."
The emperor's face immediately darkened. What a beautiful lady Wen was! She actually dared to use this kind of medicine. "Where did this love powder come from?"
The imperial physician replied, "This kind of powder isn't found in the mainland. I only heard of this poison in the Western Regions when I was young, traveling around with my master to learn medicine. Even there, it's extremely rare."
"Okay, I understand. You can go down now. Remember, just pretend you don't know what happened tonight."
"Yes, I will definitely keep it in my stomach."
After the imperial physician left, the emperor sneered, "The person behind this is really powerful. They've even reached into my harem. Quickly send someone to investigate the background of this Concubine Wen."
"yes."
The next morning, when Xi Que was carrying breakfast from the Shangshen Bureau back home, she met a young eunuch, who offered to help her carry it.
The two of them looked at each other knowingly, without saying a word, but their eyes were full of loneliness.
The young eunuch felt heartbroken when he saw the wound on Xi Que's face.
As they were walking, they happened to meet Concubine Shu, and Xi Que and the young eunuch knelt down to pay their respects.
While performing the ceremony, Xi Que accidentally revealed a little bit of her wrist, which happened to be seen by Concubine Shu.
There were several red marks on his wrists, and there were even wounds on his face, as if they were caused by a whip. Concubine Shu asked, "How did you get these?"
Xi Que quickly covered her wrist, lowered her head and replied: "I accidentally fell while working, and I have offended the Imperial Concubine. I deserve to die, I deserve to die." After that, she kowtowed several times, and her head hit the ground hard. The sound made Imperial Concubine Shu feel pain.
"I don't blame you. Stop knocking your head and lift your face up to show me."
The magpie raised his head tremblingly, and a closer look revealed that in addition to the wound, there were some bruises on other parts of his face.
It definitely wasn't caused by a fall while working, but Xi Que didn't want to say, and Concubine Shu also chose not to ask. She then said to the palace maid behind her, "Go to my room and get her a few bottles of medicine. They are very effective in treating external injuries. Otherwise, if she gets a scar on her face, her life as a woman will be over."
The magpie kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty."
After Concubine Shu left, Xi Que looked at her back with gratitude. She thought that her day was over. The young eunuch also breathed a sigh of relief, helped Xi Que up, and the two of them walked back one after the other.
Afterwards, Imperial Concubine Shu came to the Queen's bedroom. The Queen was sitting on a soft couch, reading a book and drinking tea. Seeing Imperial Concubine Shu, she was quite surprised and asked, "Sister, why are you here at this time today?"
In the past, Concubine Shu often came to the Queen's bedroom to drink tea and chat, but she usually came in the afternoon and rarely in the morning.
Concubine Shu said, "Originally, I wanted to go for a walk in the Imperial Garden because the weather was so nice today, but just as I was leaving the house, I ran into the senior palace maid next to Lady Wen."
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