Chapter 69 Poisoned
Today the tyrant had his meal but did not sleep.
Until dawn.
Eunuch Li and Aunt Qu both felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.
Anjiu tried to coax the tyrant to go to bed, but he refused.
He pointed at the big tree outside, eager to try...
An Jiu didn't dare ask him to go out and climb the tree, lest the wound would tear again.
"Your Majesty, it's too high up there. I'm scared. Can we just play on the ground?"
The tyrant looked at her for a moment and nodded.
It was almost dawn when he fell down and lost consciousness.
An Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. Aunt Qu brought a chicken and An Jiu started stewing the chicken again.
Originally, today was the last day of hunting, but because of the assassination of the emperor yesterday, no one dared to go to the forest.
Just wait for the emperor's order and then enter the city.
Although the young masters and ladies were very excited when they came, everything was inconvenient in the wild and the conditions were not good. They did not really come here to hunt, and they were bored and wanted to go home afterwards. How could the wild be as comfortable as home?
Prince Duan hunted a lot of prey on the first day. Although he encountered an accident yesterday, he still had a good harvest. He didn't come yesterday because it was too late, but he came early this morning. As a result, the emperor was still sleeping. When Prince Duan was about to leave, he saw An Jiu coming out.
"How is my brother?" asked Prince Duan.
An Jiu: "Your Majesty, His Majesty is much better now."
Prince Duan looked at An Jiu and said after a while: "You are quite capable. My brother, who is not interested in beautiful women, is fascinated by you."
An Jiu shook his head: "Your Majesty misunderstood, I am just better at taking care of people."
Prince Duan looked at her suspiciously.
An Jiu is open and frank. She now regards herself as a kindergarten teacher.
Thinking this way, I feel much better.
"Really?" Prince Duan obviously didn't believe it.
But An Jiu said firmly: "Yes."
Prince Duan "..."
I still don't believe it.
…
The emperor slept until noon. When he woke up and yawned, his steaming hot meal was served on the table.
Fresh chestnuts, pheasant and potatoes are stewed until soft and sticky, and are delicious when paired with rice.
An Jiu specifically asked the imperial physician and was told that no bad seasonings were added, but the ingredients were so good that the emperor ate with a hearty appetite.
"Where does the rice come from?" The emperor couldn't help but ask in his busy schedule.
"I brought it before I came here."
An Jiu brought a small bag of rice, thinking that the emperor might want to eat at any time.
The emperor nodded, completely forgetting that An Jiu had forced him to drink medicine before.
At this time, the food from the imperial kitchen also arrived. Today it was a pancake that looked pretty good, a bowl of mushroom soup, and some vegetarian dishes.
As mentioned before, in this dynasty, most people had not yet solved the problem of food and clothing, and the cooking methods were very simple, with most dishes being stews and boiled dishes. They did not know how to stir-fry, and their stews were not as delicious as the ones made by Anjiu.
The emperor took a look and suddenly smiled.
An Jiu noticed that his smile was very unusual.
[Qin Bao...] The emperor thought about this name in his mind.
An Jiu felt that the name was very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment. Then there was a noise outside. Eunuch Li went out to see, and saw the emperor eating without even raising his head.
An Jiu looked at the mushroom soup on the table and suddenly remembered who this person was.
The steward of the imperial kitchen.
It's him.
Not long after, Eunuch Li came back and said calmly, "Your Majesty, the concubines and beauties who came with you have all been poisoned."
The Emperor: "If they are poisoned, go find the imperial physician and find out why they were poisoned."
Eunuch Li went out again.
The emperor ate his meal leisurely, rinsed his mouth, and lay down on the bed again.
An Jiu and Xiao Xia cleaned up the table and came out to see a group of people gathered not far from the camp. An Jiu remembered that was where the beauties and concubines lived.
Poisoning...
Could it be that he had eaten the mushroom soup from the imperial kitchen?
An Jiu glanced at the soup in the basin, and a guard came over and took the soup away.
Not long after, Eunuch Li came back in a hurry.
Xiao Xia's face was full of gossip: "What happened again?"
An Jiu shook his head.
But they soon found out.
There is an area in the hunting ground where there are mushrooms. Normally there shouldn't be mushrooms in the mountains at this season, but probably due to the special climate in that forest farm, there are mushrooms, but not many.
So the people in the imperial kitchen picked the mushrooms and made mushroom soup for these nobles.
The emperor didn’t eat because he had eaten what Anjiu had made, but the others were not so lucky. Several beauties came for the emperor this time, but the emperor didn’t see them and just stayed in the camp. It was inevitable that he was restless and had a poor appetite for several days. Today, he saw the fresh mushroom soup and couldn’t help drinking some. Who knew that not long after eating, he felt unbearable abdominal pain and vomited continuously...
The imperial physician came and knew at first glance that the patient was poisoned.
They also took away the emperor's soup and confirmed that it was also poisonous...
"Your Majesty, Qin Bao has been brought here." Eunuch Li came over and said.
The emperor raised his hand and looked at An Jiu weakly. An Jiu didn't understand. The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and was a little impatient.
[What are you looking at? Change clothes, change clothes, change clothes! ]
An Jiu "..."
The wound on the emperor's back could not be touched, so An Jiu put a thin piece of clothing on him and added a cloak.
The emperor walked out of the tent and strode to the center of the camp, where many people had gathered, and Qin Bao was also brought up.
"Unjust... Your Majesty,... I am wronged..."
The emperor did not speak. King Jing said coldly, "Qin Bao, you are the chief steward of the imperial kitchen. The nobles were poisoned after eating the food you sent. Do you still dare to cry out for injustice?"
Qin Bao hurriedly said: "I have failed in my duty. This mushroom must have been accidentally sneaked in by my subordinates. I really didn't mean to do it."
Prince Duan laughed and said, "You said it wasn't intentional, so it wasn't intentional?"
The onlookers also started talking.
What is the imperial kitchen? If the food they cook is poisonous, how can the emperor's safety be guaranteed?
An adult stood up and said, "In any case, Qin Bao cannot escape blame."
King Jing sneered: "Fortunately, Your Majesty didn't have a good appetite today and didn't drink that bowl of soup, otherwise..."
Before he finished speaking, everyone already understood what he meant.
An Jiu "..."
She suddenly remembered something.
The emperor usually tests poison here, and An Jiu does it herself. She always eats some before meals.
What's more, it's the imperial kitchen...
But these poisonous mushroom soups were served on the tables of nobles and emperors...
If Qin Bao didn't have a special relationship with the empress dowager, the emperor wouldn't need a reason to kill him given his status.
Now, Prince Jing has also come out to confront them. It seems ridiculous, but it actually tells everyone how much the emperor cares about the empress dowager. He even has to come out personally to deal with the chief steward of the imperial kitchen, and he has to involve Prince Jing as well.
Why……
An Jiu noticed that some people's eyes had changed and they were staring at Qin Bao fiercely.
This Qin Bao is the Queen Mother's man...
When the emperor ascended the throne, the empress dowager was unhappy. If the emperor died, wouldn't the empress dowager's son...
The scene suddenly became eerily quiet, with only Qin Bao's voice being heard.
"Your Majesty, you can't kill me. The Queen Mother will be unhappy."
An Jiu heard the emperor sneer.
[I'm waiting for you to say this. ]
He said with a pale face: "Since they are the Queen Mother's people, leave them to the Queen Mother to deal with. I am tired, so let it be."
Everyone had heard that the emperor was injured in an assassination attempt yesterday. Seeing his pale face, bloodless lips, and shaking body...
Look at Qin Baogou's aggressive look as he relies on the power of others.
That's too much.
It's really too much.
A dog slave plotted to murder the emperor and did not take the emperor seriously. Who gave him the confidence?
[It’s the Queen Mother.]
【Hahaha. 】
[Queen Mother, I want to see you send Qin Bao off with my own eyes! ]
An Jiu looked at the emperor, who lowered his head with sharp and vicious eyes.
She discovered that the emperor really had many sides.
But it was really satisfying this time, I finally dealt with this dog slave!!!
An Jiu felt very happy.
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