The sudden rebuke made Prime Minister Luo panic for a moment, and his face looked a little gloomy, but the person he was facing was the current emperor. Even though Prime Minister Luo was confused by the rebuke, he could only hold back his anger in his heart.
However, he dared not raise the wine glass in his hand any higher. Prime Minister Luo could only sit upright on the armchair alone and just smiled away all the toasts from others.
What a joke! He is now being watched by the emperor. How dare he drink?
Prime Minister Luo was smiling in his heart, but deep down, he really wanted to curse. Who could tell him what had happened?
The banquet was about to begin, but the issue of the palace secret medicine had not yet been resolved among the female relatives.
Long Moxun watched the bizarre interaction between the Emperor and Prime Minister Luo, and some strange ideas began to arise in his mind. He called over the guards he was familiar with, went to the back garden of the female family, and inquired about the situation.
Although it is not excessive for each government to have a group of trusted aides, and this is a fact known to everyone, no one would display their private power in public.
In the palace, if Long Moxun wanted to investigate something, he naturally could not expose his secret guards. He could only find one or two inconspicuous soldiers to secretly investigate the situation.
Long Moxun vaguely felt that the emperor's sudden attack on Prime Minister Luo today was certainly not because Prime Minister Luo had made any mistakes. It could only be that something went wrong with the female members of the family, which implicated Prime Minister Luo.
Thinking of Luo Xuening's troublesome wife, Long Moxun felt a little worried.
Although he understood that Luo Xuening could handle these things by herself, Long Moxun was still worried that Luo Xuening might need his help at a critical moment.
Luo Xuening didn't know that she was being framed in the hall at the moment, but there was someone beside her who was silently working for her.
Following Luo Xuening's words, the imperial physician was quickly brought over by the palace maid. Holding a medicine box, he ran breathlessly. He stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead first.
The queen glanced coldly at the imperial physician with gray beard, then fixed her gaze on the two sisters Luo Xuening and Luo Xueyao, her eyes becoming increasingly cold.
"Doctor, do you know what kind of exotic fragrance they used on their bodies?"
On the way here, the imperial physician had already heard the palace maid's general account of the matter. When the empress asked the question, the imperial physician knew what he should do.
However, the imperial physician Sui was an old man with gray beard, but the issue of sex difference still existed in his mind. He did not dare to touch the clothes of the two noble ladies. But when the wind blew, a strange fragrance wafted in the air. His nose wrinkled, and then he looked at the empress embarrassedly.
"Your Majesty, the two young ladies are too close to each other, and their auras have blended together. I cannot distinguish them clearly at the moment. Please allow the two young ladies to take off their outer clothes inside so that I can compare the fragrances on their bodies."
This was the most compromising solution. The queen was silent for a moment, but finally agreed.
Soon, palace maids took Luo Xue Ning and Luo Xue Yao away separately. Luo Xue Ning had a calm expression without any anger on her face, but Luo Xue Yao was not so calm.
Luo Xueyao's expression remained calm. It was obvious that the pleasant and lingering fragrance was coming from Luo Xuening's body. Why did she have to be implicated and be examined by others?
Luo Xueyao opened her mouth, looked back to meet the Emperor's gaze, and was about to plead for mercy, but she caught a glimpse of her mother, who was still worried about her.
The eldest lady just shook her head at Luo Xueyao with a frown. Luo Xueyao understood the deep meaning behind her words. She knew that if she offended the empress at this moment, she would certainly not end up well. However, she could not swallow the anger in her heart.
Luo Xueyao swallowed the impulse deeply, and reluctantly took off her coat as the palace maid left.
Looking at Luo Xueyao's leaving back, the Queen let out an inaudible sigh.
She had always thought that Luo Xueyao was a clear-headed person, and that her sister, the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was also a clear-headed person. But today, it seemed that the two of them were simply idiots.
During the Qixi Festival banquet, in the main hall, they actually dared to use drugs openly. Even if they could harm Luo Xuening this time, in the end, it would still be the Prime Minister's Mansion that would lose face.
Luo Xueyao seemed to be a smart girl on weekdays, but when it came to serious matters, she was not as independent-minded as Luo Xuening, a girl of concubine's origin.
In her heart, the Queen compared the performances of Luo Xuening and Luo Xueyao, and felt more and more that her niece was not a good candidate for the role of Princess.
As a princess, if she doesn't have the ability to raise a fortune and get out of this predicament, how can she protect herself and her family in the future?
The Queen herself thought that the union of Luo Xueyao and Long Lingxun would be a closer relationship and the icing on the cake, but now it seems that she should give up on this closer relationship.
Luo Xueyao was useless to them in terms of status, and she was not valued in terms of ability. If she was really allowed to enter the Shouwang Mansion, who knows, she might even hinder the Shouwang's steps.
How could such a good Prime Minister's Mansion produce such a short-sighted girl?
Luo Xue Ning, why didn't you deal with her at any other time? Why did you have to do it now, in front of so many people? It's really stupid.
The Queen glanced coldly at the eldest lady who was still unaware of what she had done wrong, and her eyes darkened. “Gu Lan, oh Gu Lan, you are really regressing as you grow older.”
When the lady met the queen's eyes, she was startled for a moment. The panic in her heart was weighing on her mind more and more, but she did not dare to show any of it on her face.
She could only stare in the direction where Luo Xueyao had left. Now she could only look forward to the doctor's test results.
At that time, they had already taken away the handkerchief that Luo Xueyao used to wipe Luo Xue Ning's sweat. In this way, the matter had nothing to do with Luo Xue.
Although the development of today's events was somewhat unexpected, the eldest lady was still confident that her plan was foolproof.
Even though the eldest lady had made all kinds of plans, the countermeasures she discussed with Luo Xueyao had actually been known to Luo Xue Ning a long time ago. Luo Xue Ning was simply taking advantage of the situation today.
And when the old doctor compared Luo Xuening and Luo Xueyao's outer clothes, she discovered it.
The so-called saying that the two daughters in the Prime Minister's Mansion have strange fragrance on their bodies is just nonsense, because it is obvious that the eldest daughter in the Prime Minister's Mansion has applied the secret palace medicine "Please Surround" on her body.
This kind of medicine is colorless and odorless. After applying it for a long time, the fragrance will dissipate and it will be difficult for people to detect it.
However, Luo Xuening and Luo Xuyao had just danced together, and as the medicinal effect evaporated with their sweat, the fragrance was dissipated more thoroughly, which aroused everyone's suspicion.
The doctor's old eyes looked back and forth at the two coats, and then he made a judgment in his heart.
When the queen heard the diagnosis given by the imperial physician, her face darkened and she slammed the table in anger: "Luo Xueyao, what on earth is going on?"
Luo Xueyao had always believed that she was innocent, but when the queen slapped her, she was startled and hurriedly knelt down in front of the queen. There was still some resentment in her eyes, and she explained with tears in her eyes: "My queen, I don't know anything."
"Where did you get this ring around your body?"
Luo Xueyao's face froze. She knew that the medicine her mother gave her could indeed arouse desire, but she never expected that her mother would be bold enough to use it on her to achieve Qing Huan Rao.
Even though Luo Xueyao was still young, she understood the situation and it couldn't be explained in a few words. Qing Huan Rao was a secret medicine of the palace.
Moreover, she had clearly been the one who had brought Qing Huan to Luo Xuening, but in the blink of an eye, she had become the scapegoat.
No, clearly, when she was wiping the sweat off Luo Xue Ning, the Qing Huan Zao had already fallen on her body. Luo Xue Ning could not have noticed it. Moreover, even if she had noticed it, it was impossible for Luo Xue Ning to have the Qing Huan Zao fall on herself without anyone noticing.
However, the imperial physician said that the virus was found on his own clothes, which is totally inconsistent with the facts.
Luo Xueyao realized that something was wrong. She thought that she had been tricked by Luo Xuening in secret. In the current situation, she could not admit it. If she admitted it, would she be able to hold her head up and live her life in the future?
"Your Majesty, there is no Qing Huanrui in me at all. Did the imperial physician make a mistake?"
Luo Xueyao became nervous and questioned the imperial physician's professional judgment as soon as she opened her mouth. Her first reaction was that Luo Xuening had teamed up with the imperial physician to frame her.
When these words were spoken, the imperial physician with a white beard was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
"Miss Luo, I have been practicing medicine for decades. I generally would not make such a low-level mistake."
"This Qing Huan Rao was clearly found on Miss Luo. Could it be that Miss Luo doesn't even remember what she used?"