The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

Jiang Shiying recounted the conversation with Qingshan in the Anhe Pavilion, and then said: "Aunt Qingshan has arranged for someone to keep an eye on her. I think there will be results soon."

Before dinner time, a young eunuch came into the palace and announced: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Liu who is with the Queen Mother wishes to see you."

Jiang Shiying and Lu Zhaolin looked at each other and knew that the result they had been waiting for all afternoon was finally here.

"Call him into the palace."

After Liu Baoshan entered the palace, he bowed and said: "This servant sees your majesty and the pure concubine."

Then, without waiting for Lu Zhaolin to ask, he heard him say: "Your Majesty, the palace maid Guijiu in the Anhe Pavilion was caught tampering with the Queen Mother's medicine."

Hearing the name he reported, Jiang Shiying was a little surprised: "Guijiu? I remember that she is the eldest maid of the Queen Mother?"

Liu Baoshan nodded and said, "Exactly. Guijiu has been with the Queen Mother since she entered the palace. It has been nearly fifteen years now."

Lu Zhaolin also knew this matter clearly.

He only knew a lot more than Jiang Shiying about the useful palace people around the Queen Mother.

He frowned: "There is something wrong with the Queen Mother's medicine. Why wasn't it discovered before?"

Liu Baoshan said: "Guijiu did not poison the medicine, nor did she add anything that should not be added. She just replaced several key medicinal materials with those that have lost their potency. Therefore, the palace maid who tried the poison could not Something went wrong, and even the medicine dregs tested and found nothing wrong. But such medicine, when the Queen Mother drank it, had no effect in curing the disease at all, so the condition continued to linger. Today, the slaves were also keeping an eye on her. His actions caught her while she was changing the medicinal ingredients."

Lu Zhaolin clenched his fists and squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "The Criminal Division will interrogate you strictly."

Days and nights passed, and the Shen Xing Division had not yet produced any results from the trial, but the rumors in the garden quietly changed direction.

Yu Chengyi lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, there are many people in the palace who have spread privately that the Queen Mother's illness is all because of you."

"What?" Jiang Shiying raised her eyebrows.

Yu Chengyi said: "They all said that in the past years when she went to the palace to escape the summer heat, the Queen Mother never got sick. This year she got seriously ill just after she came to the garden. And the reason why she came to the garden this year is because of your health. inconvenient."

After hearing this, Jiang Shiying heard A Yuan say before she spoke: "Is this rumor meant to make Your Majesty and the Queen Mother divorce you?"

Jiang Shiying frowned and remained silent.

After a while, she shook her head and said, "No, this rumor is probably just a cover."

Then, the corners of her lips raised slightly, and her voice was very soft, but with a bit of joy: "The person behind the scenes is panicking."

Neither Yu Chengyi nor A Yuan understood why she said this.

In the Mingguang Palace, Lu Zhaolin coincidentally said the same thing.

Yao Xingde had just reported the rumors against Chun Fei and was waiting for his wrath. Unexpectedly, after his expression darkened, he sneered and said this again after a while.

After all, Yao Xingde knew more than Yu Chengyi and A Yuan.

After listening to Lu Zhaolin's words, he turned a few corners in his heart, bowed his waist and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

Lu Zhaolin leaned on the back of the chair and said, "I couldn't wait to drag Ah Ying in as a cover."

Then, he saw his smile disappear again: "This move is somewhat similar to the hairpin used when my precious concubine gave birth last time."

They were all openly targeting Ah Ying, the beloved concubine, but in fact they had other goals to achieve.

He tapped his fingers regularly on the table a few times, and then said: "Summon Concubine Chun over."

Yao Xingde said "Promise", then left the palace and went to Xiangying Residence to invite people in person.

After Jiang Shiying entered the palace, he only blessed her body slightly and was lifted up by him with his own hands.

Jiang Shiying said with a smile: "Your Majesty summoned my daughter to come here at this hour, but what rare good things did Mingguang Palace cook for today's dinner that I want her to enjoy together?"

When Lu Zhaolin heard this, he laughed first, and then said to Yao Xingde: "Did you hear what your Master Chun said? Go and tell the imperial kitchen that you have to make something special for Concubine Chun today."

Yao Xingde took the order and retreated.

Jiang Shiying joked with him for a while before asking, "Has your Majesty heard about the new rumors in the garden?"

Lu Zhaolin nodded and said, "Ah Ying heard about it too, right? I don't think you're worried about it."

Jiang Shiying leaned on his shoulder and said, "A Ying knows that neither Your Majesty nor the Queen Mother will have a grudge against A Ying just because of such a few uninformed rumors. What is there to be anxious about?"

At this point, she raised her head slightly and looked at him: "Others don't know how your Majesty and the Queen Mother treat my sister. Doesn't she know it? If she is worried and anxious after hearing these rumors, she will be so ungrateful. What’s the difference between the villains?”

Hearing what she said, Lu Zhaolin felt really happy. He first gently held her hand and placed a kiss on the back of her hand, and then said, "What A Ying said is true. Besides, the rumor , I’m afraid the drunkard’s intention is not to drink.”

"Oh?" Jiang Shiying had already guessed it, but still pretended to be ignorant.

Lu Zhaolin said with a smile: "Ah Ying, you might as well guess the purpose behind this rumor."

Jiang Shiying pretended to think for a long time, and then, as if an idea came to her, she sat up straight, looked at him and said: "Is this rumor to cover up the one a few days ago? Let His Majesty's attention be drawn from King Xianduan If you move your body away, you just think it’s a fight for favor in the harem?”

Lu Zhaolin nodded and said, "That's exactly it."

But he said this is the imperial dining room.

Although the phrase "use something special" is just a joke between the emperor and his concubine. But when it reached the ears of the cooks, they had to treat it as a big deal.

After sending Yao Xingde away, several chefs in the imperial dining room began to worry.

This matter itself is not difficult. Who can cook in the imperial kitchen but doesn’t have some unique skills? The difficulty is that when Yao Xingde came to deliver the message, it was less than an hour before dinner.

At this time, it is really too late to do anything complicated.

Just as he was feeling worried, he saw a little palace maid who was doing chores taking two steps forward and walking up to the crowd.

The nun who was leading her was about to reprimand, when she heard the palace maid say, "I have an idea."

At noon, dinner was served.

Jiang Shiying glanced at the dining table and smiled, saying, "It's really thoughtful."

Lu Zhaolin also nodded and said, "Who made the idea for this table today?"

What this means is that I want to meet the cook who is in charge today.

After a while, in addition to a middle-aged cook, there was also a little palace maid who looked thin, weak and undersized.

"This servant (servant) joins your majesty, and joins the pure concubine." The two of them knelt on the ground respectfully and saluted.

"Let's get up." Lu Zhaolin said, "Did you two come up with this full Dutch banquet?"

The middle-aged cook cupped his hands and replied: "It was Qiao Rong who came up with the idea, and my slave slapped the board and held the spoon."

"Qiaorong?" Jiang Shiying smiled and looked at the little palace maid standing there with her head bowed: "In such a short time, you can come up with the idea of ​​this full Dutch banquet, which is both suitable for the occasion and elegant. It is really clever."

The most important thing is that although this little palace maid is young, her appearance is vaguely extraordinary. After a few more years, when she grows up, she won't be buried in the smoke and smoke of the imperial kitchen. Sooner or later, he will be sent to the imperial court.

If not, the cook wouldn't have brought her into the palace today.

It's just a little palace maid, she just took advantage of her idea and took away her credit, so what?

Qiaorong bowed and said, "Thank you very much for your compliment."

Jiang Shiying only smiled slightly but said nothing.

Lu Zhaolin's eyes only glanced at the two of them, and he said casually: "Reward."

Then, let the two of them retreat.