jdhmnovel Chapter 140 Warning
Chapter 140 Warning
"Sister Shufei, where did you get the crabs?"
After eating and drinking her fill, Concubine Hua finally remembered the main ingredients of the crab roe pastry.
An Lingrong pointed backwards with her delicate hand.
"Bao Ge led people to fish in the back lake."
At that time, Shen Meizhuang came up with a bad idea. The kitchen removed the expensive snacks, including her favorite crab roe pastry.
If she could get some crabs, she could have delicious snacks every day.
After figuring it out, Concubine Hua winked at Songzhi and asked her to ask Baoge how to catch crabs.
Her Qingliang Palace is also by the back lake, hehehe!
After sending away Concubine Hua who had eaten and taken everything, An Lingrong asked Baoge to take the small box to the kitchen to destroy the evidence.
Originally, she wanted to order someone to secretly bury the small box contaminated with manic drugs in Taohuawu, but after thinking about it carefully, she found that it was not appropriate.
The Queen's Taohuawu is not an ordinary place. No matter how many people are sent there, the result will be that none of them will return.
What's worse, if it falls into the hands of an angry emperor, the result will be even more disastrous than the gain.
The Fourth Prince had his face injured, and perhaps he, who had the Sixth Prince as his son, would also be targeted by the Emperor.
It would be better for her to focus on her pregnancy.
This time, having twins was a bit torturous. An Lingrong often woke up in the middle of the night due to cramps. Baoque and the other two took turns sleeping on the chaise longue beside the bed to serve her.
An Lingrong was right. The emperor did have people keeping an eye on Shangxia Tianguang, but those people were mainly focused on protecting them and their child.
The emperor, who was writing at his desk in the Qinzheng Hall, put his red brush aside in annoyance and shouted outside.
"Su Peisheng!"
"I am here! Master, what do you want?"
"Has there been any news from Changchun Garden?"
Su Peisheng, who was kneeling on the ground, wished he could lie flat on the ground. The two people in Changchun Garden were too seriously injured, and the imperial physician did not dare to report the news even if he had any.
He had no choice but to report it in fear.
"Your Majesty, there is no news yet. I will personally go to Changchun Garden."
The emperor looked at Su Peisheng, who still wanted to conceal the news, and waved his hand to let him go.
"You better guard the Qinzheng Palace."
In fact, he learned from Xia Qie in the second half of the night that the evil creature Hongshi had scratched Hongli's face with a dagger and injured one of his eyes.
Hongli is ruined!
Therefore, he asked Xia Qi to send more people during the daylight hours overnight.
The emperor was waiting for Xia Qi's investigation results in the Qinzheng Hall.
Anyone who dares to attack the prince must be prepared to bear the emperor's wrath.
With Su Peisheng's advice, the Jingshifang wisely avoided getting close to the emperor.
As night fell, Xia Qi, dressed in black, emerged from behind the curtain.
"Your humble servant Xia Qie pays respect to His Majesty!"
"Lord Xia, please stand up. How is the investigation into the Changchun Garden incident going?"
"Your Majesty, the two gentlemen each hold a different view, each accusing the other of harboring ulterior motives."
"Through investigations by our subordinates, it has been confirmed that the Fourth Prince's cousin was indeed severely beaten after leaving Changchun Garden. The scene was in disarray, and all the belongings of the master and servants were looted."
"The lost property turned up on the bodies of several beggars in the city. They all claimed to have found a windfall when they woke up early in the morning and knew nothing else."
The emperor understood that this was the end of the clue.
"In your opinion, who are the criminals who attacked Hongshi?"
"Your Majesty, I believe that gentleman is quite skilled. Anyone who can take him down must be a skilled fighter."
The scope was narrowed a lot, and the first people the emperor thought of were the princes who had criticized him.
"How's Hongli's eyes?"
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Physician said that the Fourth Prince's eyesight is extremely difficult to recover."
"Our men also caught someone adding something that would worsen the wounds to the two masters' medicine."
"It is only my incompetence that I failed to discover in time that their teeth contained a deadly poison that would kill instantly upon impact."
"Go get five boards yourself."
The emperor waved his hands weakly. Xia Qie was still very useful and could not be severely punished for the time being.
The foolish Hongshi was instigated by someone and brutally attacked and deposed Hongli.
Everything is linked together so perfectly, and it can only be done by a few good brothers who are eyeing the throne.
As for adding ingredients to the medicine, the emperor already had a guess in his mind.
"Su Peisheng, please go to Taohuawu."
When Yixiu heard that the emperor was coming, she hurried out to greet him.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. May I ask what brings you here so late at night?"
The emperor glanced at Jianqiu and Jiang Fuhai standing in the room.
"Both of you please go out. I have something to tell the Queen."
Yixiu, who was half squatting, felt a pang of anxiety in her heart and winked at the two of them, asking them to leave.
"Queen, it's been almost thirty years since we got married in the blink of an eye."
Without waiting for the queen's reply, he continued on his own.
"The late emperor valued his legitimate son and never paid attention to me and my other brothers."
"My second brother's position as crown prince was established and deposed twice, and the brothers were fighting among themselves."
"I was afraid that a similar situation would occur in my mansion, so I tacitly approved of some of your actions."
"But now I have no children. You should never attack Hongshi and Hongli, who are no longer a threat."
The queen, feeling panicked, asked in a puzzled manner.
"Your Majesty, I don't understand what you are saying."
"Queen, you are a wise person. For the sake of the Queen Mother, I don't want to explain it too clearly."
In fact, he knew that if the Queen Mother did not intervene, the Queen would not be able to get away with everything.
"Also, if anything goes wrong at Hongzhan's first birthday party, no matter who is responsible, I will hold you responsible."
"Your Majesty, I am wronged! These princes are all my children. How could I possibly attack them?"
Seeing that the queen refused to admit it, the emperor gave orders with a dark face.
"You are pregnant with the dragon fetus, so you should not overwork yourself. The palace affairs will be temporarily handed over to Concubine Hua."
"Your Majesty, my concubine..."
"Queen, there's no need to say more. I have something else to do, so I'll return to the Qinzheng Palace first."
Jianqiu, who was guarding outside the palace, saw the emperor come out and hurried into the house after paying his respects.
Looking at the queen kneeling on the ground in despair, she walked forward with heartache.
"My Lady, how are you? Don't scare me."
"Jianqiu, Jianqiu, the emperor knows, the emperor knows!"
Yixiu tightly grasped the hand stretched out in front of her as if it were a life-saving straw.
"He knows what I did!"
Jianqiu gently patted the queen's back and whispered comforting words.
"My lady, don't be afraid. I will take care of everything."
"You are pregnant with a little prince, so don't worry too much."
The fact that the emperor did not attack the queen on the spot meant that he did not know about Queen Chunyuan yet.
As long as the queen gives birth to a prince, everything will be solved.
"Yes, yes, you are right. I still have a little prince."
"Hurry up and wait for me to rest."
Jianqiu had just coaxed the queen to sleep when Jiang Fuhai approached her with a worried look on his face.
"Jianqiu, someone from the Qinzheng Palace just came to tell you that the Emperor has ordered you to come over."
"You'd better take care of yourself!"
"Eunuch Jiang, I will. Please take good care of the Empress."
Without time to pack up, Jianqiu followed the man into the darkness.