The Ministry of Rites initially planned the date for the ceremony, which would be the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, which was Concubine Li's birthday. Holding the ceremony on this day was of great significance.
It is now mid-March, and there is still a month left until the Queen's coronation ceremony.
Luo Lan brought her three children to the Yangxin Palace to pay her respects to the emperor. Among the three children, the emperor loved An An the most. She was not only beautiful and likable, but most importantly, she had a sweet mouth and always made the emperor smile.
Although Huaiyu is older and smarter, he is always taciturn and not good at speaking. In addition, the emperor is indifferent to him because of his father, so he is also very cold to the emperor.
Lele has a stubborn personality and he doesn't like to say nice things to please others. This is similar to his father Leng Yu. The reason why he agreed to enter the palace was just to see the excitement in the palace.
After Luo Lan brought the three of them to pay their respects to the emperor, he left on the pretext of something. As expected, the emperor called An An to his side.
"Can you play chess? Play a game with Grandpa Huang?"
An An pouted and nodded.
"I can play a little bit, but I always lose to my younger brother. If I lose later, I'll let my younger brother play with Grandpa Huang. He's a very good chess player."
Hearing that Lele was good at chess, the emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at Lele, then nodded.
"Okay, play a game with Grandpa Huang first."
As he spoke, Eunuch Liu set up the chessboard. An An sat opposite the emperor with a serious face and started playing against him.
Huaiyu and An'an stood quietly aside. An'an originally wanted to follow his mother to the back garden, but his mother said that he had to stay here with the emperor for a while, otherwise she would not take him to the back garden.
Helplessly, he could only watch these two people, whose level was extremely poor compared to him, play chess, and look around from time to time.
Huaiyu is different. He is not interested in playing chess. What he is best at is martial arts. Therefore, my grandfather likes him more now because he is quite proficient in martial arts.
After settling the three children, Luo Lan pondered for a while outside the Yangxin Palace. In order to find out the ingredients contained in the medicine that Concubine Li gave to the emperor, she had to find a way to find the small pills that the emperor took.
Just as she was about to go to the imperial pharmacy to inquire, she met two young eunuchs coming towards her.
One of them was carrying a tray and was about to step into the Yangxin Palace. Seeing this, Luo Lan hurried forward and asked:
"The Emperor is not available right now, and it's not even lunchtime yet. What are you holding?"
The two young eunuchs bowed and saluted when they saw Luo Lan.
"Princess Yu, this is the medicine the emperor must take every day. No matter how busy he is, he dare not delay."
medicine?
Could this be the little pill?
She glanced at the tray and said seriously, pretending to be indifferent:
"What kind of medicine is this? I heard that Concubine Li and Prince Xi prepared special medicine for the emperor. How dare you give him this messed-up medicine?"
Hearing her somewhat stiff tone, the two young eunuchs hurriedly bowed, and one of them timidly replied:
"Replying to the princess, this is the medicine sent by Concubine Li. You don't come to the palace often, so you may not know that these pills are delivered by the two of us every day. Don't worry, there will be no mistakes."
Is this the little pill? Luo Lan suddenly had the feeling that after searching for a long time, he finally found it without any effort.
She wiped the corners of her mouth with the handkerchief in her hand, and said with rolling eyes:
"The three young ladies and the young master of Prince Yu's Mansion are playing chess with the emperor. They cannot be disturbed. Please give me the medicine and I will take it inside."
Seeing that she was about to take the tray, the eunuch stepped back.
"Princess, Concubine Li said that this pill must be handed to the Emperor personally, and he must take it under his watch. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, we cannot bear the responsibility."
Luo Lan raised his eyes slightly, frowned and said angrily:
"Are you still worried that I might steal some food? This is at the entrance of the Yangxin Palace. What do you have to worry about?"
As she said this, when she went to take the tray, she directly handed a silver ingot from under the tray to the young eunuch.
The saying that money makes the world go round will never be wrong. Although the young eunuch did not dare to disobey Concubine Li's order, he was still tempted when he touched the silver ingot.
So, he stuffed the silver into his sleeve, bowed and replied:
"Then I'll trouble you, Princess. I'll be back to report."
Seeing this, another young eunuch wanted to stop it again, but was pulled away by this young eunuch.
When Luo Lan got the tray containing the small pills, a sharp look suddenly appeared in his eyes.
She lifted the bowl on the tray, and inside appeared a black pill the size of a thumb. There didn't seem to be anything unusual about the pill.
In order to avoid being discovered, she only picked off the medicine residue as small as millet grains, then closed the bowl again and handed it to the father-in-law inside intact.
At this time, An An had just lost two games to the emperor. She was pouting and waving at Le Le.
"Brother, Grandpa Huang is very good at chess. Come and play a couple of games with him."
Lele stood there, shaking his head somewhat unhappily.
"No."
The emperor frowned and looked at him in confusion.
"Since you can get off, why not? Don't you want to accompany me?"
Lele hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed, saying:
"No, even though Lele can play chess, he may not be able to defeat Grandpa Huang. Rather than making a fool of himself in front of Grandpa Huang, it's better not to do it."
"Hahaha……"
His words caused the emperor to laugh heartily. After laughing, he waved his hand at Lele and said:
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