newbobooks Chapter 140 The situation is out of control
Chapter 140 The situation is out of control
The emperor looked down at Wei Yingluo who was kneeling on the ground before him for a long time, then slowly turned his head away, speaking in a calm voice, but with an air of commanding and irresistible majesty: "Noble Concubine Gao."
There was no joy or worry in the voice, nor was there any blame, but it still made Concubine Gao's body tremble slightly.
Concubine Gao clenched her fists, feeling very dissatisfied but helpless.
"Your Majesty, this is all my fault." Concubine Gao stood up and knelt down in front of the emperor. "I was careless for a moment and neglected my discipline, which caused this incident. Please punish me."
The emperor tapped his fingers on the table a few times and said calmly, "The lychee tree is an annual tribute from Fujian. It was transported thousands of miles to the capital. I personally gave it to the queen just to make her happy. But your negligence has made my efforts in vain. Now you should not ask for my forgiveness, but apologize to the queen!"
"Yes!" Concubine Gao gritted her teeth and knelt down to the queen: "I am incompetent and have failed to discipline you. Please forgive me, Queen!"
"I only ruined a banquet, but Concubine Yu was extremely frightened! If the handling is not done properly, and the dragon heir is injured, how are you going to compensate me!"
This meant that she not only had to apologize to himself, but also had to admit her mistake to Concubine Yu.
Concubine Gao felt humiliated and was reluctant to apologize to the Queen. But it didn't matter. After all, she was the mistress of the harem, and everyone had to be humble in front of her.
But what kind of person is Concubine Yu? How can she deserve an apology from a concubine like her?
"What?" the Queen asked coldly, "You still feel that you are innocent and refuse to admit your mistakes?"
“…I dare not.” At this point, looking at the emperor’s extremely cold eyes, Concubine Gao had no choice but to grit her teeth and bow towards Concubine Yu, “Concubine Yu, a moment of negligence almost caused a disaster. Please forgive me this time!”
From then on, anyone in the palace who was slightly informed would know that Concubine Gao had bowed her head and apologized to Concubine Yu. What a great humiliation this was.
Concubine Yu looked at Concubine Gao and said tearfully, "My Lady Concubine, I am of low status and dare not resent you. But Concubine Yi was slapped in the face just to protect me. She lost face and is worried every day. I am very upset."
"Okay, later, I will bring Zhilan to your Yonghe Palace to give Concubine Yi... an explanation." Concubine Gao said gritting her teeth, with anger flashing in her eyes.
"Well, if you are wrong, go and apologize!" The emperor glanced at Snowball with disgust, and then made the final conclusion:
"As the head of Chuxiu Palace, Concubine Gao can't even take care of a dog. She is extremely incompetent. She will be fined one year of palace service and confined to her room for three months. She should reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors!"
Concubine Gao's face was as pale as paper, and her lips were trembling slightly. She didn't expect that she would be punished so severely. But she still suppressed her anger and grievance, and quickly knelt down to thank the emperor.
But he secretly swore in his heart that he must find an opportunity to take revenge.
At this moment, Mingyu brought a group of palace servants and brought the enameled Ruyi cups. They respectfully placed the cups in front of each noble, and then carefully poured in the carefully brewed lychee wine.
The emperor was in a very bad mood because of the unpleasant incident that had just happened and was planning to leave, but Empress Fucha persuaded him to stay and drink a glass of lychee wine to relieve his fatigue.
After hesitating for a moment, the emperor finally agreed and prepared to raise his glass to celebrate with everyone.
However, at this moment, Concubine Gao glanced at Concubine Yu beside her unnaturally.
She thought to herself, "You made me lose face just now. I won't be so lucky now."
There was a hint of ruthlessness in her eyes, as if she was waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.
Because she was pregnant, Concubine Yu could not drink alcohol, so she chose lychee drink.
Everyone raised their glasses to congratulate, and the atmosphere seemed to have returned to the beginning of the banquet, extremely lively.
Concubine Gao stood up, which was rare, and raised her glass to toast Concubine Yu.
This move surprised everyone because Concubine Gao was always arrogant and rarely took the initiative to toast others.
However, this time she smiled and apologized to Concubine Yu, expressing her hope to reconcile with her.
Facing everyone's gaze, Concubine Yu felt a little embarrassed, but she still smiled politely and raised her glass to respond to Concubine Gao's respect.
She took a sip of the lychee drink carefully, as if she didn't want to offend the proud concubine.
At this moment, something unexpected happened. Concubine Yu suddenly covered her stomach, her face turned pale, and her body began to tremble.
Then she screamed and fell off the chair. Everyone looked at this scene in horror, not knowing what to do.
Empress Fucha was startled and stood up quickly, her eyes full of anxiety and worry. She knew that if something happened to Concubine Yu at the lychee banquet, she, as the head of the harem, would not be able to shirk responsibility.
Seeing this, Wei Yingluo quickly ran to Concubine Yu and asked her with concern if she felt unwell. Then, she carefully observed Concubine Yu's symptoms and diagnosed her pulse.
After some inspection, Wei Yingluo frowned and said seriously to Empress Fucha: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yu may have eaten saffron by mistake."
"Quick! Go and call Ye Tianshi!" Empress Fucha ordered anxiously, and the emperor next to her also frowned.
Concubine Gao pretended to be worried and said, "Oh, how could this happen? But this is the Queen's bedroom, it has nothing to do with me."
"Everyone present here is a suspect, so just stay still!" The emperor's face was as gloomy as water, and his tone was as cold as ice. He was extremely annoyed by the endless fighting in the harem.
Ye Tianshi hurried over. Concubine Yu had already been helped to the side hall of Changchun Palace. He took her pulse carefully, then glanced at Wei Yingluo and immediately understood.
It was again his disciple who used medicine to fake the symptoms, but this method was extremely sophisticated and ordinary doctors could not detect it at all.
Ye Tianshi hurried to the front of the crowd and replied: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yu did take saffron, which affected the dragon fetus. Now the situation is very critical."
Hearing this, Concubine Gao laughed triumphantly, but she soon realized her mistake and quickly put away her smile, looking at everyone with a serious look.
The emperor was extremely angry. He slammed the table fiercely and roared, "Good, that's great. You guys ruined a good lychee banquet like this!"
The queen and everyone else quickly apologized, not daring to look directly at the emperor.
Wei Yingluo said calmly, "Your Majesty, I dare to guess that the saffron must have been put into the enameled Ruyi Cup, and it was only because Concubine Yu was pregnant that she was affected."
Everyone was shocked, especially Nalan Chunxue, whose face turned extremely ugly. She really wanted to spit out the wine she had just drunk.
She was very worried that taking too much saffron would make her infertile in the future, so she secretly made up her mind to go to the imperial physician to check her physical condition.
The emperor was furious when he heard this. He slammed the table and shouted, "Investigate! Someone actually dared to frame the queen in Changchun Palace. Once the mastermind is found, he must be severely punished!"