The next day, Xue Jinshu took the opportunity to run into Xiao Yunyao while she was taking a walk in the Imperial Garden.
"Concubine Hui is doing well." Xue Jinshu smiled gently.
"Hello, Concubine Xue." Xiao Yunyao returned the greeting, thinking of the people she had arranged yesterday, and deliberately said:
"I heard that Concubine Xue gave a piece of rare white jade to the eldest princess at her birthday banquet last time. You really love the eldest princess."
"This is the only child left by my eldest sister. How can I not care about him?" Xue Jinshu said.
From what Xiao Yunyao heard in her words, she realized that she really wanted to raise the eldest princess.
But before she could be happy, she heard Xue Jinshu continue:
"Although I want to get close to the eldest princess, I also understand that Concubine Zhuang is deeply favored by Your Majesty and is the one Your Majesty loves. Concubine Zhuang has been your childhood sweetheart since childhood, and she saved your Majesty's life. This friendship is unmatched by anyone."
"It is a good thing for the eldest princess to be raised by the queen. Your Majesty often goes to Linlang Palace to visit Concubine Zhuang, and the eldest princess can often see her father. The friendship between them is naturally better than the father-daughter relationship that does not meet often. If she is really raised by me, then the eldest princess will rarely see Your Majesty, which will also affect her future."
Xue Jinshu looked pleased, "Now I can see the eldest princess often and take care of her more for my sister. I am already satisfied."
Xiao Yunyao: ...
Having said so much, you just feel that Concubine Zhuang is favored and you can't compete with her.
He didn't dare to kill her.
You are so lucky that your last name is Xue, but you don't even dare to deal with a Concubine Zhuang...
"Everyone says that Concubine Chen is the most favored one in the six palaces, but I think that His Majesty is also very fond of Concubine Zhuang. His Majesty made her a concubine because she had no heir, and also gave the legitimate princess to her to raise. If it were someone else in Linlang Palace, they would have fallen out of favor long ago, but His Majesty often visits her." Xue Jinshu seemed to sigh casually.
Xiao Yunyao was extremely jealous of all the special treatment that Concubine Zhuang had, but on the surface she smiled and responded:
"Your Majesty has always been a man who values friendship and cherishes old times."
"Yes, His Majesty entrusted an important task to Concubine Hui as soon as she entered the palace. When Concubine Zhuang first entered the palace, she was made a consort. His Majesty does indeed have feelings for her." Xue Jinshu nodded.
Xiao Yunyao was so angry that she had a headache. She had just entered the palace, and Concubine Zhuang was made a concubine. She was Zhaoyi...
In a good mood to appreciate the flowers, after meeting Xue Jinshu, Xiao Yunyao turned around and went back to Shuyu Garden.
Xue Jinshu couldn't be relied upon to deal with Concubine Zhuang, but she certainly wouldn't let her go so easily.
The most crucial point is that she cannot do it herself, so as not to arouse the suspicion of His Majesty.
"Suxian, please invite Concubine Lu to have tea." Xiao Yunyao's eyes were cold.
…
In early summer, the scenery in the Imperial Garden is pleasant.
The swing at the lotus pavilion was the eldest princess' favorite thing to play with recently. Early in the morning, Mammy Ping accompanied the eldest princess to swing on the swing.
The eldest princess's clear laughter echoed in the lotus pavilion.
Aunt Ping watched from the side with concern, "Princess, please be careful and hold on tight—"
As she spoke, she smelled a faint fragrance wafting over.
It was very normal to smell fragrance in the Imperial Garden. The garden was full of flowers and plants, with all kinds of fresh and fragrant aromas. Perhaps it was some kind of flower with a strong scent. Nanny Ping didn't pay much attention to it for the time being.
Not long after.
A green parrot fluttered over, circled the swing, and landed on the stone lamp next to the swing, shaking its head.
"Huh? Parrot——" The eldest princess looked at it with wide eyes.
Tang Miaoling chased after him, panting, "Stop! I told you to keep silent! You ate secretly and ran away so fast!"
"I have met Concubine Tang. Is this Concubine Tang's parrot?" the eldest princess asked curiously.
Because the two of them often went to Ying Zhaoyi's palace to eat and drink, they became very familiar with each other.
"I just raised it. It's a stupid bird and doesn't like to talk." Tang Miaoling reached out to catch the bird.
The parrot immediately flew up from the lantern, saying triumphantly, "Fool! Foolish!"
Tang Miaoling rushed over to catch it angrily.
It was really a place where birds were flying and people were dancing, and everyone was having a great time.
This made the little princess next to her seem particularly steady.
While the parrots were flying around...
Somehow, he suddenly fell straight from the air and hit the ground.
"What's wrong?" Tang Miaoling picked up the parrot that seemed to be unconscious, but no matter how she shook it, it wouldn't wake up.
"Maybe it's sick? Let's ask the imperial physician to take a look." The eldest princess was worried about the parrot when she saw it suddenly fall down.
Tang Miaoling said, "It's too far to come from the Imperial Hospital. I just happened to be going to my cousin's palace, where the imperial physician checks her pulse every day. Sister Wei made some new snacks and sent them over today, so the imperial physician must have stayed."
If she hadn't chased the parrot to the Imperial Garden, she would have been eating and drinking happily in the Yonghe Palace now.
"Snacks!" The eldest princess' eyes lit up immediately, "I will also go to pay my respects to the Empress Chen!"
A couple, one big and one small, arrived at Yonghe Palace.
Wei Yingya was introducing the newly developed nectar ice jelly to Ning Wanyin, while Dr. Sun was checking the ice drinks one by one.
"Doctor Sun, help, help, help - my parrot suddenly fell from the sky!" Tang Miaoling walked forward holding the parrot.
The female doctor said uncertainly, "I am not very proficient in this..."
The Imperial Medical Bureau did not have any imperial physician who was proficient in treating birds.
She took the parrot, took a closer look, and her face changed slightly. "This parrot has a faint strange fragrance, which is a deadly poison - the smell of Licaoxiang."
"What?" Tang Miaoling was shocked. "Someone poisoned the parrot to hurt me? Quick, quick, am I poisoned--"
The female doctor quickly checked Tang Miaoling's pulse and said after a moment: "Zhaoyi shows signs of mild poisoning, but fortunately it is very mild. I will prescribe a prescription for you to remove the poison..."
Ning Wanyin frowned slightly, her eyes fell on the eldest princess who was traveling with her, and said:
"Thank you, Doctor Grandma, for checking the eldest princess' pulse."
The eldest princess didn't understand, but when she heard Ning Wanyin's words, she obediently stretched out her arm.
The granddaughter doctor put her finger on the eldest princess' pulse and her expression changed instantly:
"The princess is deeply poisoned..."
As she spoke, she quickly dug out the silver needles from the medicine box, gave the princess a few injections to delay the onset of the poison, and hurriedly wrote a prescription...
Aunt Ping was horrified. How could the princess...
"Doctor Granddaughter, take Madam Ping's pulse." Ning Wanyin ordered.
Something happened to the eldest princess, and Nanny Ping might have been poisoned as well.
The granddaughter doctor examined Madam Ping's pulse. As expected, she was poisoned just like the eldest princess, so she quickly treated Madam Ping as well.
Doctor Sun checked the two men's belongings and could not find the source of the poisonous incense.
"Where did you meet just now?" Ning Wanyin asked speculatively.
Madam Ping suddenly realized something and recalled something, "Lotus Pavilion. I smelled a faint fragrance at that time and thought it was a new flower in the imperial garden and didn't pay much attention to it... It's all my fault for being careless."
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