"emperor."
The queen pulled the hem of Emperor Beili's clothes.
Emperor Beili looked at her coldly. Her face was old and her hair was slightly messy. She didn't have the demeanor of a queen at all.
The purpose of the flower viewing banquet was to make her and Ye Qianning good friends and get some information out of them, but she didn't expect such a scandal to happen.
If Ye Qianning drank tea and caused such a scandal in the palace, and became angry with Marquis Ming, the martial arts world of the four countries would rush in, and Beili would not be able to bear it.
Emperor Beili also had selfish motives. He subconsciously looked at Ye Qianning. His eyes fell on her peerless face, and a fire surged in his heart. There is no one who doesn't like beautiful women.
And she is a peerless beauty that is hard to find in the world.
Sang Qi followed Bei Lidi's gaze and saw Ye Qianning. The surroundings were noisy and harsh, but she just stood there. Her beautiful appearance and cold temperament were incompatible with the chaos in front of her.
I don't know what he was thinking about, he turned around suddenly, and waves surged in his eyes.
The Queen looked up while crying and happened to see the look in the eyes of the Beili Emperor. Her heart suddenly sank. The Emperor looked like this...
"emperor?"
She was tentative and aggrieved.
When Emperor Beili heard the voice, it was as if the beautiful picture was broken. He frowned and lowered his head. What he saw was that the queen's eyes were tired and her face was smudged with rouge and powder. He kicked her away in disgust and annoyance.
"You caused so much trouble during a flower viewing banquet. These people pretended to obey but secretly plotted to harm me, and now they are reaping what they sowed."
The queen saw the disgust in his eyes clearly, and her hatred deepened in panic. She should have known it a long time ago, but this was the first time she had seen such unconcealed disgust in her eyes.
"Um……"
A few moans sounded in my ears at an inopportune time.
"Drag him away."
The Northern Li Emperor showed no mercy.
"Father, these are the daughters of ministers in the court. Now we must first find an antidote to control them." Sang Qi suppressed his inner anger and spoke.
"Your Majesty, the poison was administered by Miss Guan. Perhaps she has a way." Concubine Zhan ordered Guan Mengyan to be brought over.
Emperor Beili sneered: "Wake him up."
The guard brought a basin of water and poured it on Guan Mengyan.
"ah……"
Screams followed.
Guan Mengyan sat up with a startle, the blood from her head mixed with water flowing onto her face. She reached out to wipe it, and her entire face was dyed red, which was very scary.
However, before she could react, the guards took the man into custody.
"Ah... it hurts, what are you doing... let me go..." Guan Mengyan struggled to look up, her vision blurred as she saw a flash of bright yellow, and her whole body trembled immediately.
Concubine Zhan stepped forward and asked in a cold voice, "Miss Guan, what medicine did you put in the tea you offered to Miss Xiang?"
Guan Mengyan was stunned. Even though he didn't understand the situation, he instinctively retorted: "I don't have... any medicine, I don't know..."
"Miss Guan, if you don't tell me, all the women behind you will lose their innocence today. They poisoned so many people, and it is not too much to execute the entire Guan family." Concubine Zhan waved her hand, signaling the guards to take her back.
Guan Mengyan was completely stunned until the guards forced her to turn around. Then she saw that six or seven women at the palace gate had flushed faces and looked uncomfortable all over. Some of them had their collars slightly open. She bit her lower lip and dared not make a sound.
Concubine Dong rushed over and grabbed Guan Mengyan's hair: "Where's the antidote? Where's the antidote?"
Guan Mengyan went from being confused to being terrified, not understanding what was happening.
"They are like this because they drank Miss Guan's tea. Miss Guan, please tell me honestly what medicine was put in the tea and whether there is an antidote." Concubine Zhan made it clear in one sentence.
Guan Mengyan was even more terrified: "How could it be them? I clearly... clearly..."
"Miss Guan, please explain quickly."
"Where is the antidote? If there is no antidote, I want your Guan family to pay with your lives, pay with your lives." Concubine Dong almost went crazy and grabbed Guan Mengyan's neck with both hands.
Guan Mengyan was having difficulty breathing and was about to faint again.
"Pull Concubine Dong away." Emperor Beili scolded.
The palace maid immediately stepped forward and pulled Concubine Dong apart.
“Cough cough cough…”
Guan Mengyan covered his neck with his hands and fell to the ground.
"If you can't produce the antidote, the entire Guan family will be executed." Emperor Beili stared at her with murderous intent.
Guan Mengyan was almost frightened silly. When she came to her senses, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong... I know I was wrong..."
"Antidote."
"I... I don't know. I got the medicine from the nanny at home. I don't know what the antidote is. I don't know..." Even though her head was bleeding, she kept knocking her head as if she didn't feel any pain.
"Your Majesty, why don't you first have someone take the person who was poisoned to a safe place, and then have someone take Miss Guan to the mansion to find an antidote." Concubine Zhan suggested.
"Just as the concubine said."
Emperor Beili waved his hand.
The palace maids and nannies in the hall helped the people who had been poisoned to walk out of the hall.
At the same time, the guards dragged Guan Mengyan away.
The messy hall became quiet. The young ladies from official families were so scared that they almost huddled together. The young ladies who had just taken the medicine behaved in a very ugly manner. If the rumor got out, their reputation would be completely ruined.
I really didn't expect that Guan Mengyan actually poisoned Miss Xiang. Fortunately, they didn't say anything, otherwise, I dare not even think about what would have happened.
Nan Xiang was frightened and pleased at the same time, which made them unable to control their mouths.
If he had no intention to harm others, how could he have ended up like this?
"As the queen, you can't even see through this trick. If everyone follows suit in the future, the harem will be in chaos." Emperor Beili was so angry that his chest felt stuffy.
Let her try it out, and ended up implicating so many officials' families.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was all because I didn't investigate carefully enough. I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
"The flower viewing banquet is over, and it's time for the Queen to go to the ancestral hall and reflect on her past."
"yes."
The queen kowtowed.
Emperor Bei Li took a deep breath and looked at Ye Qianning again. He didn't know when she had sat on the chair, holding the teacup with her fingers and drinking tea calmly. Her posture and every move were beautiful beyond words.
Ye Qianning put down her teacup and looked up to meet Bei Li's gaze. She curled her lips and smiled: "Your Majesty, now that Miss Guan's affairs are dealt with, let's deal with the Queen's affairs."
The queen's relaxed spirit suddenly tensed up again.
"What's the matter, Queen?" Emperor Beili was puzzled.
"I came here to appreciate the flowers today, but I didn't get to see any of them. However, the harem's tricks are endless. It's really an eye-opener." Ye Qianning waved at Yingge.
Yingge walked a few steps to the queen's seat and took down a plate of pastries.
"Today, not only is the tea poisonous, but the cakes the Queen had prepared also seem to be off."
Emperor Beili frowned and stared at the queen with a serious look.
The queen panicked and said, "Your Majesty, I don't have it. I don't have it."
"I am not in a position to explain in detail what happened before Your Majesty came. Your Majesty might as well ask the eunuchs in the palace." Ye Qianning was calm and composed.
Upon hearing this, the emperor randomly selected a young eunuch.
Things had come to this point and the young eunuch dared not lie, so he immediately explained everything to the emperor.
Emperor Beili's expression became worse and worse, and when he heard it, he looked as if he wanted to eat people. Idiots, idiots, a bunch of idiots!
Sang Qi glanced at the queen. Her methods of dealing with people in the harem were very powerful, but they had no effect on Ye Qianning.
The harem is the queen's place, and she has the final say. If one is not extremely favored, he or she will have no ability to resist at all. Even if someone is framed for something dirty, he or she will inevitably lose favor, and in serious cases, he or she will be executed.
The emperor has no love, and he will deal with anything that makes him lose face, even if it is just a rumor.
The Queen was so proud of this because she took advantage of this point, but unfortunately, she attacked Ye Qianning today.
Ye Qianning is different. She is not afraid of anyone, and has been since she was a child.
Children in the imperial city have always had a sense of hierarchy since childhood, but Ye Qianning didn't. Even though he knew he was the crown prince, he still dared to hit him openly.
She was still like this when she was a child, but it only got worse when she grew up. The queen's majesty was not worth mentioning in her eyes. It was nothing more than some dirty tricks that could not be made public.
"If the Emperor wanted my life, he could have come and taken it in person. Why resort to all this circuitous tactics to ruin my reputation?" Ye Qianning didn't even wait for the Emperor to speak. He seemed to suddenly realize, "Or is this the real purpose of today's flower viewing banquet? Now that my reputation has been ruined, His Majesty is pretending to be a good person and granting me a marriage so that our family can be grateful?"
A woman's innocence is more important than anything else. If a woman has ruined her innocence and someone is still willing to marry her, it is definitely a great favor to her.
Emperor Beili's eyelids twitched. It was a good plan.
But it didn’t work!
The queen listened to Ye Qianning's words, and her lowered eyes could not hide her surprise and horror.
Sang Qi sneered inwardly. Did she think that Ye Qianning was as easy to control as those little girls who didn't dare to speak?
Concubine Zhan was terrified. She hadn't noticed at all that if Ye Qianning had really eaten that cake, or drank Miss Guan's cup of tea...
"Your Majesty, I did not do it. I was wronged." The queen was silent for a few seconds and then began to cry.
Emperor Beili was no fool. He knew the truth. He lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Really?"
"No, I swear I didn't." The queen burst into tears.
Emperor Beili seemed to be waiting for these words. He turned around with a sullen face and met a pair of mocking and contemptuous gazes.
Ye Qianning: "If swearing an oath was useful, the world would have changed hands long ago."
“…”
"If Miss Xiang doesn't believe it, please ask the imperial physician to check." The queen sobbed, feeling extremely aggrieved.
Emperor Beili was silent for a few seconds before summoning the imperial physician: "Go and see if there is anything wrong with the pastries."
The plate of pastries was placed intact on the Queen's table. Imperial Physician Li walked over, picked up the pastries, sniffed them, took out a silver needle from the medicine box on his back, inserted it into the pastries, and took it out to observe carefully.
He carefully put it into the box, then reached out and broke off a little bit, crushed it with his fingers and put it to the tip of his nose as if to confirm it again.
Imperial Physician Li brushed off the crumbs in his hands, turned around, walked down, and saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, this cake is not poisonous."
Emperor Beili seemed to be relieved.
The Queen's sobbing face was filled with surprise: "Your Majesty, I did not lie. How could I have poisoned Miss Xiang?"
Emperor Beili looked at Ye Qianning again: "This is just a misunderstanding."
Ye Qianning: "There is no misunderstanding."
Emperor Beili frowned: "The imperial physician's diagnosis cannot be wrong."
"Imperial Physician Li, you said that pastries are non-toxic?" Ye Qianning turned to look.
"yes."
Imperial Physician Li was neither humble nor arrogant.
"Since it's non-toxic, Imperial Physician Li, please have a bite." Ye Qianning waved his hand, and Yingge went up to bring the pastry down and presented it to the Imperial Physician.
Imperial Physician Li was stunned, but remained calm: "Your Majesty, this old minister cannot eat sweets."
"Ye Qianning, I understand your concerns. Imperial Physician Li is trustworthy."
"I'll only believe it if the imperial physician takes a bite, or if the empress takes a bite, but I won't believe the results of the appraisal."
Once a game begins, Ye Qianning will never let things end so easily.
When Imperial Physician Li saw that Ye Qianning refused to compromise, a trace of panic flashed across his determined face.
"It's just a bite of pastry. Why are you resisting so much? It's not poisonous. Please, Your Majesty." Ye Qianning said coldly, picked up the pastry himself and walked over.
The queen was panicked and looked at the emperor anxiously: "Your Majesty, I really didn't poison you."
Emperor Beili knew it very well, and he couldn't allow Ye Qianning to be so aggressive.
"Your Majesty, since Queen Wudu has taken a bite to prove herself, so what?" Concubine Zhan spoke before him.
Emperor Beili glanced over coldly.
"Father, if the Empress is innocent, she should eat something to clear her suspicion." Sang Qi also stood up.
The concubines, officials and daughters of the imperial family who were watching had already retreated far away, and no one dared to say a word regardless of whether they were right or wrong.
"Your Majesty, my wish is..."
Ye Qianning stopped in front of the queen and grabbed the emperor's clothes in panic.
Emperor Beili brought it up impatiently. At this point, everyone with a discerning eye had figured it out. If it wasn't poisonous, why didn't they dare to eat a single bite?
"I, Imperial Physician Li, ask you again, is the cake poisonous? If you don't tell the truth, I will kill your entire clan."
Imperial Physician Li fell to his knees, trembling with fear. "Your Majesty, the cakes... the cakes contain tenderness... Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was the Empress who ordered me to do this. Your Majesty, please spare my life."
Tenderness?
That's the most powerful aphrodisiac.
The queen was completely panicked: "Your Majesty, I don't have it, I..."
"Get lost." Emperor Beili roared, kicking the man over. "Come here, drag the queen away and throw her into the cold palace."
The angry shout made everyone tremble a little.
"Your Majesty, please spare my mother." Sang Le threw himself at the emperor's feet and begged for mercy.
"Shut up! Anyone who dares to ask for mercy will be punished as guilty as before." Emperor Beili was completely furious.
His queen poisoned someone in public in front of so many people. It was poisoning, but it was exposed. If the news got out, where would the royal family's reputation be?
Sang Le was in tears, reluctant to leave and dared not say anything more.
“Your Majesty… Your Majesty…”
The guards dragged the queen away, and her screams became farther and farther away.
Imperial Physician Li was so frightened that his eyes rolled back and he fainted on the spot.
"Take him away and put him in the prison and punish him severely."
"yes."
Imperial Physician Li was also dragged away.
The hall fell silent again. Everyone present had fear and anxiety on their faces, praying that the banquet would be over quickly.
"It's past noon now. The afternoon flower viewing banquet will be hosted by Abbot Zhan Guifei." Emperor Beili glanced around and spoke in a deep voice.
Ye Qianning: “…”
“…”
So, this flower must be appreciated?
The expressions of the others also changed. Every moment they stayed in the palace was torture. How could they have the mind to appreciate the flowers?
"Yes, I obey your order." The concubine saluted.
"Get ready, I'll be with my beloved concubine later."
"yes."
Emperor Beili looked at Ye Qianning deeply for a few seconds before turning around and walking out of Fengyi Palace. Sang Qi followed him with a serious expression.
"Fengyi Palace is too messy. Why don't you all go outside for a walk to relax and then go enjoy the flowers later." Concubine Zhan temporarily dismissed all the young ladies from official families.
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