Chapter 523: Discovering the Abnormality of Tianzhulan
"Okay, if there's no progress in three days, Xiao Hongyi and his entire family will be exiled."
Song Mingen: "Then let's go back to the mansion first and send Mr. Lu to the palace as soon as possible."
"good."
Mu Jingxing also hurriedly turned around and wanted to leave.
"Ajing, stay."
Mu Jingxing watched Song Yu walk out of the hall before turning around.
"Grandfather, is there anything else you want your grandson to do?"
Xiao Yanli: "I intend to exile them to the northwest. If no one comes to rescue them, I will give them poisoned wine when they reach their destination. If someone comes to rescue them, we only need to capture the confidants left by Zhan Lingyuan. The remaining soldiers will defect and we can spare their lives or recruit them. You will leave the palace to find Du Zhiyi. This requires the participation of the Du family. Today, you two will make a detailed plan to avoid alerting the enemy. Everyone must disguise themselves."
"Yes, grandson, take your leave."
As Mu Jingxing left the imperial study, a young eunuch came over in a panic. After greeting Mu Jingxing, he bowed and whispered to Wang Gui, who was waiting at the door, "Wu Qing suddenly fainted just now. His symptoms were exactly the same as Sanbao's."
Wang Gui looked worried. Why did his subordinates fall ill one after another?
"Arrange for someone to take good care of it. Take my sign to the Imperial Household Department and carefully select a few skilled people to come over and let us take a look. This imperial study cannot be short of staff."
"yes."
"Agui, what happened?"
Wang Gui hurried into the imperial study, "Sanbao and Wu Qing have fallen ill one after another."
Xiao Yanli frowned, "What disease?"
Wang Gui said, "The imperial physician diagnosed that it was due to a lack of coordination between body and mind that caused difficulty falling asleep, which in turn led to a loss of appetite, insufficient Qi and blood, and fatigue, which caused fainting. However, Sanbao didn't feel any better after taking the medicine yesterday and is still confused. Wu Qing also has the same symptoms."
Xiao Yanli sat down and picked up the memorial. Suddenly, something occurred to him. "I remember you couldn't sleep well a few days ago. How are you now?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Gui smiled, "I don't have that symptom anymore. I can fall asleep as soon as I get into bed. This has never happened before. It seems like I fall asleep faster after taking the detoxification pill."
Detoxification pill?
"...the detoxification pill should also have a sleeping effect."
"How many detoxification pills do you have?"
"There are still two left. You probably don't need to take any more."
Xiao Yanli lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, "Give one to Wu Qing to try."
"What?" Wang Gui was stunned. "No, they're not poisoned. They can be cured by taking medicine. Isn't Mr. Lu going to the palace today? Let him take a look. Sanbao and Wu Qing are definitely not poisoned. Who would harm them?"
Xiao Yanli thought about it and realized, who would poison them both?
Even if someone wants to poison him, they will poison him.
As soon as Song Mingen left the palace, he sent someone to the Song Mansion to invite Mr. Lu.
"Dad, please invite Grandpa Lu to the palace first. I need to explain the Queen's illness to him in detail so he can be prepared."
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
After returning to Prince Rong's Mansion, the father and daughter first went to the Golden Sparrow Tower.
After entering the inner courtyard, Cuiyun came towards me.
"Young Prince, the Queen has just gone to bed. The Prince said that when you return, go to the flower room to look for him."
The greenhouse is as big as two wing rooms and is exquisitely designed to keep it warm in winter and cool in summer.
When the father and daughter came over, Xiao Yanxu was in the greenhouse checking the temperature and humidity.
"Grandpa, do you take care of all these brightly colored potted plants yourself? The flowers in the yard are all bare."
Xiao Yanxu turned around with a small shovel in his hand. "Eighteen years ago, I was the one taking care of this place. Grandpa had the people Xiao Hongyi had take care of it replaced. What you see now are the ones Grandpa brought back from outside. He also replaced several plants in the yard. When summer comes, the whole palace will be filled with fragrance."
Song Mingen stepped forward and took the small shovel from Xiao Yanxu's hand. "Father, let me do it. I can also take care of flowers."
"Oh, who did you learn that from?"
"I first learned about flower cultivation from books, and later it was my grandfather Wen Can who taught me. Oh, and by the way, I met Wen Can when I was six years old at Wushuang Temple, which was still a dilapidated temple at the time."
"How did you become good brothers? Tell Father quickly."
Xiao Yanxu wanted to know more about Song Mingen's childhood, and once he started talking, he couldn't stop.
Seeing that the father and son were talking excitedly, Song Yu started to walk around the greenhouse.
"Grandpa, this pot of Yaohuang peony is so beautiful. Can I move it to the Jade Pavilion to grow it?"
"If you move there now because it's cold, you won't be able to support them. You can move there when the weather warms up."
Song Yu had no choice but to give up and went to the inner room, where there were only three pots of Indian orchids.
Song Yu's eyes lit up. The color was brighter than the orchid he had seen in the imperial study.
Song Yu went closer and took a sniff. The smell seemed different from the one in the imperial study.
Song Yu glanced casually at the flowerpot.
It can’t be such a coincidence, right?
Was the orchid in the imperial study created by grandpa?
Song Yu hurried outside and asked, "Grandpa, are you the one who takes care of the orchids in the imperial study?"
"right!"
Xiao Yanxu was very frugal with words and continued to watch Song Mingen fiddling with flowers with an admiring look on his face.
"Grandpa, if you don't take care of it yourself, won't the color of the orchid be worse?"
"If you don't take good care of it, the color will naturally be worse. As for the flavor, it's the difference between rich and light."
Song Yu said, "Grandpa, please ask the Emperor to bring back the orchid. When the weather warms up, send another pot. I'm worried that the orchid in the imperial study will wither in a few days."
Xiao Yanxu smiled and shook his head, "No, there are measures to keep warm. The emperor is better at growing flowers than I am, so he will only grow them better than me."
"Grandpa, are you telling the truth?" Song Yu had to look at him with suspicion. "If I hadn't seen the three pots of irises inside, the irises in the imperial study would have been well-maintained."
"How is that possible?" Xiao Yanxu finally looked up. "Grandpa gave the best-looking one to the emperor. It's impossible for the emperor to take bad care of it. It can only be brighter in color than the other three pots."
Song Mingen suddenly stood up and went to the inner room to take a look at the three pots of orchids.
"Father, Sister Yu is right. The basin in the imperial study is indeed of inferior quality."
"What? That's impossible!"
Song Mingen suddenly recalled Du Zhihuan pretending to be Song Yu and entering the palace. "...did Tian Zhulan pass through Li Yue's hands before being sent to the palace?"
"Li Yue? Are you talking about that wild woman?"
"That's right."
Xiao Yanxu was shocked. "Could she have done something? It must be this vicious woman! Ah! Quick, hurry into the palace."
Xiao Yanxu ran out in a hurry.
Song Mingen held him back and said, "Don't worry, the emperor will be fine after taking the antidote pill in advance. We will enter the palace after Elder Lu arrives."
Old Lu rushed to Prince Rong's mansion, and Song Yu wanted to follow him into the palace.
In order to avoid suspicion, Song Mingen did not let her go.
Song Yu went to Phoenix Terrace, "Mother, I'm back."
"Aren't you supposed to follow me into the palace? Why didn't you go?"
"Daddy didn't let me go to avoid suspicion, but bringing Grandpa Lu into the palace won't avoid suspicion either. How could the Emperor not know who Grandpa Lu belongs to?"
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