Chapter 243: The Irritable Queen Mother vs. the Cold Imperial Master (26)
The next day, Cining Palace.
Not long after Lu Cha finished breakfast, Ming Yan came over with a wooden box. He didn't mention anything about what happened yesterday, as if nothing had happened, his eyebrows and eyes were indifferent:
"Has the Queen Mother taken the medicine from the past few days?"
Lu Cha nodded obediently, without any guilt.
As long as she doesn't tell anyone, the villain won't know she's watering the flowers!
Looking at the white jade porcelain cup handed to him by Ming Yan, which was filled with dark medicinal juice, Lu Cha blinked:
"Isn't the Imperial Master leaving?"
"I will wait until the Queen Mother finishes drinking."
“…”
Oh no, it can’t be poured out.
Lu Cha quietly picked up the porcelain cup and took the first sip. Her face wrinkled because it was too bitter. "I remember it wasn't this bitter before."
"The medicine Her Majesty had taken before was too slow to work, so I changed the prescription."
Ming Yan drooped his eyelashes slightly, raised his hand to pour a cup of tea and placed it next to Lu Cha.
He originally wanted to continue poisoning, but when filling the porcelain cup, he somehow replaced the "hundred-day dream" with a tonic medicine.
The Queen Mother had nothing to do with my mother's death.
She is innocent and should not be involved in this dispute.
After all, it was just medicine delivery, so Chu Yixiao wouldn't check it.
At that time, he would think of other ways to find out the whereabouts of that person.
Lu Cha finished the medicine in one breath, then immediately picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, but it still couldn't dispel the bitterness spreading in his mouth.
She couldn't help but start to miss the taste of the poison.
At least it's sweet!
At this time, Jin Yu entered the palace and reported: "Empress Dowager, Minister Li is here and wants to discuss something with you."
"I'll take my leave."
Ming Yan did not take back the porcelain cup, but only picked up the wooden box. When he walked out of the hall, he brushed past Li Yuanfan who was coming in.
He looked back.
The girl in gorgeous clothes sitting on the chair had a soft smile on her lips, and her eyes seemed full of anticipation as she looked at Li Yuanfan.
The Queen Mother was happy to see Minister Li.
Ming Yan turned his head calmly, his fingertips hooked around the wooden box, tightening their grip.
And inside the palace.
Lu Cha looked eagerly: "Where's the roast duck I asked you to bring?"
"Here." Li Yuanfan quickly took out the oil-paper bag in his arms:
"It rained this morning and the temperature was a bit low. I was afraid it would get cold, so I didn't put the food in the lunch box."
Lu Cha couldn't wait to open the oil paper package and tear off a duck leg to taste.
The skin is crispy and the meat is tender, with a fresh and fragrant aroma.
tasty!
When she learned that Li Yuanfan would come today, she asked Jinyu to tell him in advance to bring a roast duck from the east of the city.
She has been thinking about it ever since she came back from the palace last time!
While Lu Cha was eating, Li Yuanfan talked about recent events:
"With Lord Mu's help, I have already won over several senior officials in the court, and the number of my private soldiers has exceeded 10,000."
"However, progress on General Jiang's side is slow."
"Although I have become close friends with General Jiang these days, he is very wary and I cannot get any useful information from him."
"If we knew who his confidants were, it would be easier to take action."
Li Yuanfan sighed lightly, and suddenly a piece of paper appeared in front of him.
"Focus on investigating these officials."
"They are all General Jiang's confidants, and they have done many dirty things for General Jiang in secret."
Li Yuanfan looked at Lu Cha in shock: "When did the Queen Mother sort it out?"
"last night."
The original owner was the daughter of General Jiang after all, and she had paid close attention to the people who visited the Jiang Mansion.
It was naturally clear who General Jiang had the closest contacts with.
Lu Cha casually placed the bones on the porcelain plate, acting nonchalantly, but Li Yuanfan was impressed by him.
He didn't expect that the Queen Mother would solve the problem so easily just when he encountered it.
He really didn't follow the wrong person.
"Then I will go investigate now."
Li Yuanfan carefully put away the paper, bowed and left, unable to hide his excitement.
Maybe we can deal with General Jiang in the next few days.
He was so excitedly thinking about things that he didn't notice that the coachman waiting outside the palace gate was stiff and motionless.
"Go to the Mu Mansion!"
After Li Yuanfan finished speaking, he got on the carriage and suddenly felt a chill on his neck.
The man sitting upright on the chair was elegant and noble, with his slender jade fingers gently holding a dagger engraved with intricate patterns.
Li Yuanfan didn't dare to act rashly, so he asked tentatively, "I wonder what I have done to make the Imperial Master draw his sword against me?"
"Minister Li, you're too close to the Empress Dowager."
Ming Yan lowered his head slightly, and his deep pupils were filled with frosty coldness.
He didn't like that the Queen Mother had a concubine.
Li Yuanfan was stunned for a moment, vaguely guessing what Ming Yan meant. His eyes became subtle, but he did not dare to reveal his cooperative relationship with the Queen Mother. He hesitated:
"Did your Excellency misunderstand something?"
"I have already married."
"If you don't believe me, please follow me to the palace and take a look."
Ming Yan looked at Li Yuanfan quietly, then retracted the dagger, but did not get out of the car, obviously going to the mansion.
Discovering that the groom who was tied up outside had been untied, Li Yuanfan hurriedly ordered him to drive back to Li Mansion, then sat obediently in the corner, when he suddenly realized a problem.
The Imperial Master's move clearly showed that he was treating him as an imaginary enemy.
Then the Imperial Master... doesn't that mean he likes the Queen Mother?!
Li Yuanfan opened his eyes wide in surprise.
This doesn't make sense!
Because Ming Yan was right next to him and had just wanted to kill him, Li Yuanfan resisted the urge to ask and kept his mouth shut.
Not long after, the carriage stopped at the gate of Li's mansion.
When the servants told me that Li Yuanfan had returned, a gentle-looking woman came out, supported by a maid. It was Li Yuanfan's wife, Madam Li.
Her belly, which was difficult to hide, showed that she was already pregnant.
Recognizing Ming Yan beside Li Yuanfan as the current imperial tutor, Madam Li saluted respectfully:
"I greet the Imperial Master."
Madam Li looked at Li Yuanfan, who came to help her, with confusion, and whispered, "Why did the Imperial Preceptor come back with you, my husband?"
Li Yuanfan didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Even though Madam Li deliberately lowered her voice, it was a remote and quiet place, so Ming Yan could still hear roughly what she said.
He pursed his lips lightly and handed a piece of talisman from his sleeve to Li Yuanfan: "A talisman for peace."
After saying this, Ming Yan turned and left.
The hurried footsteps were a little panicky.
Li Yuanfan couldn't help laughing after all.
My Lord Imperial Master, this is so interesting!
The next time he goes to the Cining Palace, he must tell the Empress Dowager about this!
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the next day.
Seeing that Ming Yan did not come, Lu Cha asked Jin Yu to call all the concubines in the harem to have breakfast together.
Looking at the beautiful girls surrounding him, Lu Cha felt satisfied.
The daughters-in-law are all so beautiful!
Unfortunately, the little heroine is accompanying the hero and can’t come!
Lu Cha ate the food fed to him by a concubine beside him with melancholy.
The concubines saw that Lu Cha was not as scary as the rumors said, and was surprisingly easy to get along with. Someone then boldly suggested:
"I see that the Queen Mother is not in a very good mood. Why don't we go to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers later?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was suddenly a noisy sound outside.
Immediately afterwards, General Jiang rushed into the palace, ignoring the palace guards who tried to stop him, with an angry look on his face:
"Jiang Lucha, you rebellious girl!"
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