Qingyue Garden, a secluded place in the garden.
One maid was meeting with the cook in private, while another maid was keeping watch nearby.
"The master ordered you to poison the second prince." Lixiang said.
Wang Yuchu's face turned pale. "It's not that I didn't try my best. The princes' diets are checked by the imperial doctors. This... This is simply impossible..."
"The master knows. So..." Li Xiang handed him a brocade box and explained in detail in a low voice:
"You just need to..."
After hearing this, Wang Yuchu took the brocade box and said, "Your Majesty, your plan is brilliant. I will obey your orders."
After the cook left.
The two palace maids also pretended nothing had happened and walked out of the garden.
"No one noticed?" Li Xiang asked.
The palace maid Tao Xiang nodded, "Don't worry, sister. I'm watching carefully. There's no one nearby."
"That's good."
Tao Xiang asked in a low voice: "I am a little curious, why did the master arrange such an important matter to be assigned to an outsider. He used to be Shufei's man..."
"This is exactly what makes the master so smart. Even if it is exposed, it won't be traced back to the master." Lixiang flattered.
Taoxiang nodded, "Sister is right. His mouth should be tight, right?"
"Don't worry, his most important person is in the hands of his master. He will never betray his master even if he dies."
Wang Yuchu was a chess piece that was deployed in the Mountain Resort early on when Concubine Shu was in power.
The first draft had not yet begun.
Therefore, if one wants to trace Wang Yuchu's origins, one can find out that he entered the dining room of the Mountain Resort when Concubine Shu was in power.
Later, Concubine Shu ordered him to take action against Concubine Jing who was hiding in the Mountain Resort.
but……
Before he could take action, Concubine Shu was gone.
Wang Yuchu had no intention of dying for Concubine Shu. With his master dead, he could just break away from her control and become a good cook who was paid by the emperor.
But he didn't expect that Concubine Jing would discover his origins...
…
Qingyue Garden, Mufeng Garden.
"Han'er, look at this word, this is Yue--" Roupin was holding a piece of rice paper with words like Qingyue, Mufeng, etc. written on it. She pointed at the words on the rice paper one by one and taught.
The second prince is now three years old, which is the age for learning to read.
Concubine Rou was very patient in teaching him.
The delicate little girl sat beside her and followed Roupin's baby voice and said, "Yue——"
"Han'er is so smart. The jade plate hanging high in the night sky is none other than the bright moon." Roupin said with a smile.
The mother and son were talking happily.
Qing'er walked in quickly and reported, "Your Majesty, the dining room just sent over some mung bean and lily soup to cool down the body, but it was stopped at the door by the Imperial Concubine's people..."
Concubine Rou was very surprised and said, "I will go out and take a look."
At the gate of Mufeng Garden, Xiao Xiazi grabbed a plate of cooling soup. He had already sent someone to inform the imperial concubine.
The beauties living next door were startled by the noise and started talking in low voices.
"Did Concubine Rou offend Concubine Guifei? Even if she cut back on food, she wouldn't be so arrogant as to come and rob directly, right?"
"Although Concubine Rou has never been favored, she is the one who supports the Second Prince after all. Even if the Imperial Concubine wants to target Concubine Rou, she has to take care of the Second Prince who still needs to drink."
"The Imperial Concubine has always been kind and fair. There must be some misunderstanding. I believe in the Imperial Concubine!"
Several beauties were whispering nearby.
But no one dared to come close and speak. Even those who were jealous of Ning Wanyin and spoke ill of her behind her back did not dare to openly jump out and accuse the high-ranking concubine.
Some concubines were very supportive of the Imperial Concubine and believed that there must be a misunderstanding.
This noise lasted only a moment...
Concubine Rou came out, and at the same time, the imperial concubine's carriage also arrived.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you." Concubine Rou bowed and looked at the scene in surprise: "Your Highness, is there anything wrong with this cooling soup?"
The last time the eldest prince got into trouble, the imperial concubine was grateful to her for finding out the truth and clearing her of all grievances.
Seeing Xiao Xia Zi intercepting the cooling soup, Roupin's first thought was that there couldn't be something wrong with the soup.
Ning Wanyin nodded slightly, "Granddaughter doctor, thank you for your help."
The accompanying female doctor took out a silver needle and tested it in the cooling soup, and found that it was not poisonous.
The imperial doctors had already examined this cooling soup before it was delivered.
Xiao Xiazi affirmed, "My Lady, there is definitely something wrong with this cooling soup. I saw with my own eyes that Chef Wang took out a spoon and a box of green powder from a brocade box. He poured the green powder into the cooling soup."
Doctor Sun immediately picked up the spoon and checked it again, and it was still not poisonous.
After hearing what Xiao Xiazi said, Ning Wanyin roughly guessed why the poison could escape the inspection of the imperial physician...
Ning Wanyin put the spoon into the cooling soup, "Doctor Sun, please check again."
Doctor Sun dropped the silver needle into the soup bowl again. In an instant, the silver needle turned black. "Poisonous!"
Among the strange poisons, there is a very rare combined poison. The poison is divided into two parts, and both are non-toxic when tested separately.
You need both to be combined to be poisoned.
Half of the poison is in the cooling soup, and half is on the spoon.
When Concubine Rou saw this, her face turned pale, "This... this... someone is trying to harm the Second Prince!"
She instructed the imperial kitchen to make this cooling soup for Han'er.
Haner has been feeling a bit hot lately and his favorite drink is mung bean and lily soup.
"Pass my order to arrest Wang Yuchu. Lianrui, go and report to His Majesty." Ning Wanyin ordered.
Someone actually wanted to murder the second prince!
When the emperor received the news, he immediately rushed to Mufeng Garden, and all the concubines also came to express their condolences and concern.
Wang Yuchu knew in his heart that if the second prince was poisoned to death, he would definitely be held accountable.
He had already prepared himself mentally for this.
But I never expected that the second prince didn't drink it? Why did a little eunuch stare at him and find out that he had poisoned him?
But these things are not important to him.
He knew that his master had asked him to do this just to send him to his death.
"The criminal is the Empress Shufei's man. He poisoned the Second Prince today in order to give the First Prince a chance to return to the palace. As long as all the princes in the palace are dead and only the First Prince is left, then His Majesty can only pass the throne to the First Prince..." Wang Yuchu directly followed the words that the maid Lixiang told him:
"The Second Prince is only the first. The criminal's accomplices will also attack other princes."
If anything happened, he would take all the responsibility in the name of Concubine Shu.
Moreover, it hinted that there were people of Concubine Shu in the Summer Palace. In this way, if any other princes got into trouble next time, it could be blamed on Concubine Shu.
this……
This was Concubine Jing’s plan.
Get rid of the second and fourth princes and put the blame on Concubine Shu.
At that time, she, who was far away in the palace, directed and acted out a good drama in which the third prince was almost killed.
in this way……
It seemed to be more confirmed that this was an old person left behind by Concubine Shu, who poisoned other princes for the sake of the eldest prince.
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