Chapter 313 Crazy
Ever since Yun Qin mentioned the old lady, Huo Jinchi's expression became more serious.
He knew that Yun Qin always spoke half-truths. When she said this, it meant that she knew more and had already guessed it in her heart.
But Huo Jinchi did not point it out. He just told Rong Xin to come in and told her what happened in detail.
"Isn't it weird?"
After Rong Xin finished speaking, Yun Qin continued, "An old lady with a hunched body can actually run so fast."
She looked at Huo Jinchi, her eyes sparkling with curiosity, "Your Majesty, tell me, could this old lady be a young woman in disguise?"
Huo Jinchi glanced at her and was about to speak when he saw the Queen Mother's maid rushing in.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother wants you to pass!"
Huo Jinchi immediately stood up, took two steps outside, and turned back to look at Yun Qin.
"Your Majesty and I will go together."
Yun Qin had already stood up and walked to Hawking Chi's side.
At least I have to see with my own eyes what the Queen Mother looks like now. She is paralyzed in bed and wants to see what she is up to.
Huo Jinchi's eyes stayed on her face for two seconds before he nodded.
As soon as he entered the hall, he bumped into a palace maid who was walking out of the hall, holding broken bowls, dishes and spoons in her hands.
He had a bad temper. Yun Qin suppressed the urge to raise her eyebrows and followed Huo Jinchi into the inner hall quickly.
In the inner hall, Fang Danying had already left, and only the Queen was standing by the Queen Mother's bed, wiping her chin with a handkerchief.
Only after seeing the Queen Mother's face did Yun Qin realize that her condition was less serious than she had thought.
At least his mouth and eyes were not crooked, but his face looked older, his eyes were a little red, and there was a flash of stubbornness and madness in them.
Combined with the silver needles that Jiang Yuanzheng had just inserted into the left half of his face, he looked a bit grim.
She seemed unable to move the left half of her body, and it was difficult for her to turn her head to look.
Huo Jinchi had already walked away, but Yun Qin stood there without moving, just quietly looking at the empress dowager on the bed, who seemed to be no different from an ordinary old person.
"My dear, where have you been?"
Apparently speaking also has an impact, as he speaks vaguely and drools uncontrollably from the left corner of his mouth while he speaks.
The queen did not show any disgust and wiped her hair with a handkerchief.
The Queen Mother pushed her hand away with her right hand in a somewhat impatient manner, her eyes fixed on Huo Jinchi, "My son, go, go to the imperial mausoleum and dig her out for me, whip her corpse, chop her into pieces, and I'll see how she can come to seek revenge on me!"
These crazy words made all the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall hang their heads.
The Queen's hands were completely frozen and she looked towards Hawking Chi.
She had no idea what had happened. The empress dowager had just taken a tranquilizer and fell asleep. She didn't know what she dreamed about, but she suddenly woke up and ordered someone to call the emperor. The first thing she said was these words.
Huo Jinchi was the calmest among all the people present. He held down the Queen Mother's hand that was grabbing his arm, and spoke in a cold voice, seemingly without any emotion.
"Mother, Concubine Li has been dead for a long time."
"I don't care. Don't you want to listen to me? I will make her die in uneasiness!" The Queen Mother spoke with a lisp and her words were not clear, but the sadness in her tone was no less.
Concubine Li is Prince Rui’s biological mother.
Yun Qin glanced at Hawking Chi, who was sitting on a stool beside the bed and was silent at the moment.
What is he confirming?
Is it to confirm that this matter is related to Prince Rui, or to confirm that Concubine Li was murdered by the Queen Mother?
If she was responsible for Concubine Li's death, then was she also responsible for Prince Rui's blind eye?
In the end, Huo Jinchi did not respond. He just looked at Grandma Sun beside him and asked her to call Jiang Yuanzheng outside the hall and give the empress dowager acupuncture again, making her fall asleep.
Then, he said to Jiang Yuanzheng: "The Queen Mother is a little confused now, please take care of her."
"Yes." Jiang Yuanzheng bowed in response.
Yun Qin also understood what he meant. It meant that if the Empress Dowager was still not conscious, Jiang Yuanzheng would continue to give her acupuncture.
In order to protect the Queen Mother, Hawking Chi really made up his mind.
Yun Qin sneered in her heart.
The Empress Dowager fell asleep, and Huo Jinchi did not stay in Ci'an Hall for a long time. He instructed everyone to serve her carefully and then left.
Yun Qin naturally left as well, but the Queen seemed worried and still stayed by the bed.
After leaving Ci'an Hall, Huo Jinchi naturally went to Qinzheng Hall to handle official business, and Yun Qin naturally returned to Anlan Pavilion.
When they parted, Huo Jinchi simply said that he would talk about the eldest prince's matter in detail later.
The fact that he could say this showed that he had taken the matter to heart, and Yun Qin didn't care whether it was detailed or not.
Return to Anlan Pavilion.
Naturally, the first thing to talk about was the Queen Mother's situation.
"There are already many rumors in the palace that the Queen Mother suddenly suffered a stroke and that there are wronged spirits seeking revenge." Dan Xue said in a low voice.
When Yun Qin heard this, she paused while taking off her clothes and frowned, "Where did you hear that?"
"Why bother asking? Everyone in the palace is talking about it." Tingchun helped Yunqin take off her clothes from her shoulders and said, "I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some tea today, and I heard two groups of people discussing this matter."
Is Prince Rui trying to make a big deal out of this?
Yun Qin frowned, took the clothes from Rong Xin and put them on, then turned to look at Dan Xue and said to her, "Do you still remember the eunuch who helped the drunk Prince Rui out of the corridor during the little princess's hundred-day banquet?"
"The eunuch with the long face and sparse eyebrows?" Dan Xue indeed remembered him.
Yun Qin nodded, "That's him. Go find Xiao Shunzi and ask him to secretly find out the background of this eunuch."
Dan Xue didn't ask any more questions and immediately left.
After she left, Tingchun asked curiously, "Master, why did you suddenly think of investigating a eunuch?"
Yun Qin had no intention of telling them about Prince Rui so early. After all, if the Emperor was going to punish Prince Rui, it would not be too late to tell them then.
But if Prince Rui escapes unscathed, knowing this will not do them much good.
"Nothing." Yun Qin replied calmly.
She actually didn't have any big purpose, she just wanted to know whether the rumor was spread by Prince Rui or the eunuch made it up on his own.
If it was the former, then she really admired Prince Rui's courage. He dared to do such a thing even though he knew that Hawking Chi already suspected him.
But if it was the latter, Yun Qin would have to know the identity of this eunuch. He was so unscrupulous and had even escaped from Prince Rui's control. Who knew what else he would do next.
Seeing Yunqin's attitude, Rongxin and Tingchun knew that she didn't want to say more, so they didn't ask any more questions.
Instead, he removed the hairpin from her head and re-combed her hair into a convenient style.
After changing into comfortable clothes, Yun Qin leaned back on the couch and breathed a sigh of relief.
"I see that the master didn't eat much for breakfast. Do you want me to ask the kitchen to send some snacks over?" Rong Xin poured her a cup of tea and asked in a low voice.
Yun Qin shook her head and took out a storybook from under the mattress.
She flipped through two pages and looked up at the two of them. "You two can go and have some rest. I don't need anyone to serve me."
The two were about to leave, but Yun Qin stopped them again and said to Rong Xin, "Talk to them about the affairs of the maids around the eldest prince. The emperor will take care of this matter, so we don't need to worry about it."
"I understand."