amaotonovel Chapter 445 The Tea is Poisonous
Chapter 445 The Tea is Poisonous
At this moment, Qiu Shi suddenly stood up, forgot about the hierarchy and loudly questioned Queen Qin,
"Empress, you are so cruel! Didn't our queen just say a few unpleasant words to you? Would you really poison our queen?"
As soon as she finished speaking,
The Queen's maid, Qiaoyin, also recovered from her shock and loudly rebuked Qiushi,
"How dare you slander the Queen."
Qiu Shi stiffened his neck and fearlessly responded,
"I dare not. But our Imperial Concubine looks like she is poisoned! Wuuuuuuu... Imperial Concubine, please wake up? Don't scare me!"
As he said this, he stretched out his hand and shook Concubine Xiao again.
At this time,
When Aunt Liu saw Concubine Xiao's condition, she suddenly remembered the scene when Fang Qingge treated Queen Qin. She shouted "Ah!"
"Stop it! If you two want the Imperial Concubine to be well, then listen to me and don't touch her. Put her down on the ground quickly. Hurry up and don't waste time."
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Hearing this, Chunhua, who was shaking Concubine Xiao's body vigorously, refused.
"Why do you want us, the Imperial Concubine, to lie on the ground? The ground is so dirty."
When Aunt Liu heard that she was still stubborn, she sternly rebuked her,
"Well, if you two don't listen, will you dare to take the responsibility if something goes wrong? I've already said it, don't blame us for not reminding you."
Chunhua and Qiushi shuddered when they heard this. Looking at Concubine Xiao, her eyes were tightly closed, her face was pale, and blood was coming out of the corners of her mouth. How could this be an acting performance? It was clearly a symptom of being poisoned and unconscious? !
The two of them panicked and suddenly didn't know what to do. At this moment, they couldn't get any hint from Concubine Xiao, so they didn't know what to do!
"Wuwuwu... Imperial Concubine? Wake up! Say something! Wuwuwu..."
After shaking Concubine Xiao vigorously twice, they saw that she showed no signs of waking up. The two looked at each other, and thinking about what Matron Liu said, they dared not bear the consequences.
After gritting my teeth,
They had no choice but to obediently lift Concubine Xiao up and let her lie flat on the ground. The water stains and bloodstains on the ground were directly pressed under Concubine Xiao.
Concubine Xiao was so angry that she cursed the two people hundreds of times in her heart!
But once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. She had to continue acting to the end, enduring the nausea and discomfort, and the coldness of the floor beneath her.
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Concubine Xiao suddenly vomited blood, and the other concubines, combined with her chief maid's claim that she was poisoned,
They all looked down at the cup of tea they had not yet had time to drink, their hearts pounding as they tried to guess the Queen's intentions.
It turns out that the Queen lifted the house arrest today and opened the door to allow them to come in and pay their respects. She had a purpose? !
Her son was deposed as crown prince and then exiled, and she became disheartened and hopeless.
It seems like she wants to die together with everyone!
The more Concubine Xian thought about it, the more terrified she felt. She shuddered all over and screamed,
"Empress, is this tea really poisonous?"
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Queen Qin was already suspicious of Concubine Xiao's behavior, and when Concubine Xian reminded her, she immediately looked at her.
"Xian Fei, what do you mean by this? It is true that Xiao Guifei came and drank a sip of tea. Do you also think that I poisoned her?"
Concubine Xian was frightened by the powerful aura of the Queen. She stammered,
"I can't believe it either, but it's true. Concubine Xiao vomited blood after drinking your tea!!"
Upon hearing this, Queen Qin was so angry that she wanted to go up and tear the woman's mouth apart with her own hands.
She tried hard to control her emotions and finally uttered a sentence,
"You? Ridiculous!"
But when she looked up, she saw the concubines looking at her with questioning eyes. Queen Qin was so angry that her lungs were about to explode!
With a "bang", she slapped the coffee table beside her with her palm, causing the teacups to clink.
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Concubine De hurriedly stood up and said,
"Empress, please calm down!"
"Empress, please calm down and take care of yourself!"
A few more people also tried to persuade her. After all, they had come to pay their respects to the Queen Mother in the morning and evening before, and nothing had ever happened.
As soon as the long-unseen Concubine Xiao arrived, something unexpected happened. We can only wait and see who is right and who is wrong.
"Yes, Queen, please don't be angry and take care of yourself!"
At this moment, Queen Qin also calmed down and said,
"All of you sit down, and no one should leave their seats. We will know who is right and who is wrong when the imperial physician arrives."
“Yes.”
Everyone sat back in their seats trembling with fear, looking down at the water in the teacup beside them, as if they were looking at a flood or a monster, and they were so scared that they dared not even breathe!
The timid ones even moved their buttocks towards the edge of the chair.
Everyone had different thoughts, and the inner hall was silent for a while.
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Just at this time,
The young eunuch sang along outside the door,
"The Emperor has arrived."
Queen Qin stood up hurriedly, and saw Emperor Kun striding in from outside the hall, followed by Court Judge Zhou carrying a medicine box, Imperial Physician Wang, and Imperial Physician Niu.
"I, my concubine, meet the Emperor!"
"May your Majesty be blessed with peace and prosperity."
The concubines hurriedly stood up and saluted.
Emperor Kun ignored everyone and looked at Concubine Xiao lying on the ground, and said angrily,
"Why are you making people lie on the ground?"
Chunhua, who was kneeling on the ground and dared not utter a word, seemed to have regained his confidence at this moment, and finally cried out and complained.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are here! Imperial Concubine, please save her quickly! Wuuwuwu…, it was… it was Madam Liu who asked us to put the Imperial Concubine on the ground. Don’t let us move!”
The emperor obviously didn't want to listen to their crying, and looked at Concubine Xiao on the ground with some impatience.
He raised his eyes and looked at Queen Qin.
"Queen, can you explain?"
Queen Qin's heart was beating like a drum, and she pursed her lips with red and swollen eyes.
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When Judge Zhou saw this familiar scene, he quickly glanced at the obviously frightened Queen Qin, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain as if to excuse her.
"Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with laying a patient with unknown symptoms flat on his back. On the contrary, it can alleviate the patient's pain after the onset of the disease."
Hearing this, Emperor Kun nodded unhappily. After all, it was really indecent for a noble concubine to lie on the ground.
But he didn't pick up the person on the ground.
However, Zhou Yuanpan was relieved when he saw the emperor's attitude. He asked the emperor not to vent his anger on the empress, but to regard it as a favor from the concubine who had contributed the treatment method.
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Emperor Kun withdrew his gaze from Queen Qin.
Turning to Zhou Yuanpan, he said,
"Hurry up and see how the imperial concubine is doing?"
"Here."
At this time, Imperial Physician Wang and Imperial Physician Niu did not dare to touch Concubine Xiao after hearing what Zhou Yuanpan said.
When I saw that her eyes were closed, her face was pale, and there was blood at the corners of her mouth, it was obviously a symptom of poisoning!
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