The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 158 The Man Behind the Scenes

After the emperor issued the order, he also came to Xue Qingyin, bent down, and together with King Xuan, almost blocked the sight of the rest of the people.

Emperor Liang De's eyes wandered over Xue Qingyin's face, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's take her away first."

What a good thing to say.

It's as if I'm dead.

Xue Qingyin pursed her lips and closed her eyes peacefully.

Several strong palace servants quickly came forward to carry her away.

Looking at the imperial physician again, he had already started writing a prescription without saying a word.

The whole garden fell into a dead silence, and everyone didn't even dare to breathe.

What happened to Xue Qingyin?

Why didn't the imperial physician say a word?

This made them even more panicked.

The emperor's personal guards quickly moved a chair, and Emperor Liang De sat down steadily, asking in a deep voice: "Who brought the tea, who brewed the tea, have you taken them all?"

Xu Zhi was calmer at this moment, and she was not so afraid of the emperor in front of her. She bowed and said: "They are all servants of the Xu family, so they will be detained for the time being."

"Tell me what happened in detail." Emperor Liang De said.

The maid next to her tremblingly stepped forward and began to tell the story.

Emperor Liang De's eyes quickly fell on Lu Shuyi: "So it was the girl from the Lu family who discovered the abnormality in the tea?"

Lu Shuyi knelt down and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I am very sensitive to smells...especially musk and other things. The doctor in my family has carefully taught me how to identify them."

This is not surprising.

The Lu family trained their daughter to be the mistress of the house, and even to ascend to a high position. Naturally, they would teach her how to avoid these common house fighting methods.

"Send the Lu family." Emperor Liang De said.

This is to confirm what Lu Shuyi said.

"Bring up the two servants as well."

"Yes, yes."

Lu Shuyi became more and more nervous, and her whole body was cold.

Will the emperor suspect her? Or...just take the opportunity to deal with her?

She raised her head carefully, trying to look for the figure of King Xuan. But he was no longer in the garden...presumably he had gone with Xue Qingyin.

Xue Qingyin was lying on the bed at this moment, with King Xuan sitting beside the bed, the imperial doctor sitting in the distance, and the guards guarding the door...

The rest of the people were not even allowed to enter the door.

Seeing that there was no one else, Xue Qingyin struggled to sit up, but was firmly pressed back by King Xuan.

"I'm fine." Xue Qingyin whispered.

King Xuan was unmoved.

He lowered his eyes, and the tears in his eyes disappeared, as if what he saw just now was just Xue Qingyin's illusion.

... Angry?

Xue Qingyin twisted her body and leaned her head towards King Xuan's hand.

"How much did you drink?" King Xuan held her head and asked in a deep voice.

Xue Qingyin said: "I vomited right after drinking it. Your Highness doesn't know how bad it is..."

But King Xuan's expression did not relax. He pursed his lips hard, and his eyes became colder: "Do you know how poisonous Aconitum and Blister Beetle are?"

Xue Qingyin was stunned: "Is it... useless to spit it out?"

The imperial physician saw that King Xuan was full of murderous aura, and quickly interrupted: "The concubine's pulse is stable, so she must be fine."

As he spoke, the medicine boy came with the boiled medicine.

Xue Qingyin frowned: "Even if she is fine, you still eat it?"

The imperial physician whispered: "This is a detoxification soup. If the concubine drinks some, she will naturally feel more at ease."

Xue Qingyin sighed: "Okay."

Now she really hated the person who poisoned her behind her back.

King Xuan held her waist and helped her sit up, and the medicine boy carefully brought the medicine bowl to her.

Xue Qingyin pinched her nose and drank it all in one breath, saying, "I have heard of Aconitum, but what is Mylabris? I remember that Mylabris seems to be used as medicine?"

The imperial physician said, "Yes, it can be used as medicine. But if used improperly, it is very poisonous." He paused for a moment and continued, "Mylabris is a kind of insect. It is usually dried and made into medicine after death. Its feces and secretions are poisonous. The most common is..."

Xue Qingyin: "Ugh."

"Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh..."

She grabbed King Xuan's arm and pressed her entire upper body on King Xuan's legs, then leaned her head out of the bed and vomited out all the medicine she had just drunk.

"..." Xue Qingyin lay there weakly.

Who gave her the medicine...

This hatred is irreconcilable! ! !

The imperial physician hurriedly poured a glass of water for Xue Qingyin.

Xue Qingyin rinsed her mouth several times with a gulp.

King Xuan stroked her back gently, feeling angry and distressed.

The imperial physician smiled awkwardly, cleaned up the mess with the medicine boy, and then turned and walked out.

Soon, only Xue Qingyin and the other two were left inside the door.

The king helped her lie down again.

"Sleep for a while." The king said, "When you wake up, everything will be settled."

When he said the second half of the sentence, a bit of cruelty flashed across the face of the king.

Xue Qingyin didn't want to lie down, she stretched out her hands and hugged the king's waist tightly, whispering: "Is your highness angry?"

The king paused and said: "I'm not angry with you."

Xue Qingyin raised her head and smiled: "That's good."

"When the eunuchs sent the news to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, they said you were poisoned." The king suddenly said lightly.

Xue Qingyin was about to say, isn't this nonsense? But then she thought, yes, it was indeed found that there were other things in addition to safflower and musk...

Xue Qingyin whispered: "Was your highness worried at that time?"

"What do you think?"

"I cherish my life very much... I won't die easily." Xue Qingyin said softly.

The king didn't say anything, but he held her waist with more force.

Xue Qingyin said again: "No wonder your highness hurried back from Guannei Road... Your highness is right, someone really wants to poison me."

The king replied: "Yeah." He still looked unhappy.

Xue Qingyin looked up at him again.

The king's face was as cold as frost, and the murderous aura on his body was not reduced at all...

But she is fine now...

Xue Qingyin felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, and couldn't help but grab his palm.

At this time, the door was pushed open from the outside.

"I came to see you." The voice of Emperor Liang De sounded.

The king let go of Xue Qingyin, stood up and stood aside, making some room for Emperor Liang De.

"Your face is pale." Emperor Liang De sighed softly.

Xue Qingyin nodded weakly.

"Don't go out for the next few days. You need to rest well after such a serious illness." Emperor Liang De said.

Xue Qingyin asked: "What about the baby in my belly..."

"Although there are signs of miscarriage, the imperial doctor used many medicines and barely saved it... I will reward you with some more precious medicinal materials."

Still playing?

Xue Qingyin's expression was even more depressed.

But she could vaguely guess what Emperor Liang De was thinking...

"It was tortured out." Emperor Liang De suddenly said.

"Hmm?" Xue Qingyin was more energetic, "Who is it?"

"For this flower viewing banquet, the Xu family was worried that there were not enough people in the mansion, so they specially invited a few people, the chef and tea doctor of Biyunju in the East Market. Even if you don't drink tea today, you still have to eat. You can always be fooled."

Xue Qingyin felt a chill on her back.

"The Biyunju is the property of the Dongxing Marquis' Mansion." Emperor Liang De said again.

"Dongxing Marquis' Mansion?" It sounded familiar.

Where have you heard of it before?

Xue Qingyin frowned.

At this time, Emperor Liang De answered her confusion: "Your aunt is the wife of the Marquis of Dongxing."

Ah, yes.

Aunt Xue married the Marquis of Dongxing.

But in the capital, there are differences between marquises.

Some marquises are favored by the emperor, and with the influence of their fathers, they hold some real power.

Some are so poor that they have to rely on begging to maintain their lives.

The Marquis of Dongxing is in the middle. He is not favored by the emperor, but he is not poor. He has a title and seems to be a person of noble status.

Although Xue Qingyin hated the Xue family, she still had to say: "... My aunt did this to me? With her temperament and brain, it shouldn't be that way."

Emperor Liang De laughed and said: "Yes, Biyunju is just a trick set up by the mastermind behind the scenes. After all, this matter is still caused by the fraud case..."

"The King of Xuan found out that Guanglu Doctor Ju Xing was responsible. Ju Xing was filled with resentment and wanted to eliminate the heir of the King of Xuan. Not only that, he also wanted to eliminate the people favored by the King of Xuan... This thief is rampant."

"But fortunately, it has been found out now and has been put in prison."

Hearing this, Xue Qingyin felt a very subtle feeling in her heart.

...Too fast.

The truth came out too quickly.

Xue Qingyin wrinkled her nose and said, "Father, you must whip him a few more times for me! How dare he order someone to put bugs in my tea? It disgusts me to death."

Emperor Liang De laughed: "Do you know what a blister beetle is? Okay, I will whip him a few more times for you."

As he said this, his eyes fell on Xue Qingyin's belly and he said lightly: "Wait a little longer. You see, you are pregnant now. You are very favored both inside and outside the palace. It is just what you want. You don't have to be afraid of the Princess of Wei bullying you."

Xue Qingyin sighed: "I'm just afraid that it will be difficult to act in a few months."

"If you can't act by then, I will cover for you." Emperor Liang De said lightly, and then looked at King Xuan beside him.

"King Xuan is really worried today, so you don't have to go to the court meeting for the time being. Stay and accompany Qingyin." After saying this, Emperor Liang De turned and walked out.

King Xuan responded and ran to see Emperor Liang De out.

Xue Qingyin turned her head and looked at King Xuan.

She found that King Xuan's expression was even colder.

He looked at the back of Emperor Liang De, with an imperceptible darkness in his eyes.

The door closed again.

King Xuan returned to her side and hugged her tightly in his arms.

He said nothing, suppressed and restrained.

Outside the Xu family at this time.

Xu Qi had just returned home.

He was dumbfounded when he entered the alley.

Countless people with knives, swords, and long spears.

Some wore ordinary round-collared robes, and some wore armor. They were fierce and surrounded the Xu family.

Not long after, several middle-aged men came out of the door one after another.

They were dressed in official uniforms.

Xu Qi couldn't tell what rank they were, but judging from their aura, they were all unusual.

Isn't there a flower-viewing banquet today?

...This, this is his home?

Why does it look like his house is going to be raided?