newbobooks Chapter 244 The Queen Mother Becomes Suspicious of Yan Wan
Chapter 244 The Queen Mother Becomes Suspicious of Yan Wan
The empress dowager sat in front of the emperor's bed, watching the emperor who had fallen into a deep sleep after being fed sedatives by imperial physician Bao, and was silent for a long time.
Aunt Fujia and the Queen Mother whispered:
"Empress Dowager, Concubine Yu has been brought back."
"Well, let's go ask and see what Concubine Yu says."
The empress dowager tucked the corner of the quilt for the emperor and took Hailan to the side hall of the Yangxin Palace. Seeing Hailan kneeling on the ground from a distance, the empress dowager ordered Jinbao.
"Put another basin of charcoal before her. Look at what she is wearing. Poor creature."
The empress dowager no longer needs to dye her hair to cover up her gray hair. Her gray hair highlights her status as the empress dowager.
Through Hai Lan's thin figure, the empress dowager seemed to see the deceased Mei Zhuang.
In a sense, the Queen Mother felt a sense of déjà vu in Hai Lan's infatuation with Ruyi.
Shen Meizhuang also treated Mochou so well.
Mochou's past situation was no less embarrassing than Ulanara's current situation.
"Tell me what you want to say. I want to hear it."
After the Queen Mother sat down, Hai Lan greeted her respectfully.
"Queen Dowager, I want to poison the Emperor, and I want to poison the Emperor through Wei Yanwan, but I have no reason to use my sister to poison the princess.
As long as I succeed and expose Wei Yanwan, my sister will definitely live a better life than now, not to mention being re-inaugurated as queen.
There is no need for me to force my sister to take risks."
Hailan didn't cry as much as she did at the beginning.
"Ah, you have done something sinful. But you have harmed Yongji after all. If you don't have this thought, there is nothing wrong with all this now.
Did Ulanara ever say anything unwilling to give up? "
Hai Lan was stunned. She had never thought about whether Ruyi was willing or not. She had never heard Ruyi say that she was unwilling. At most, Ruyi complained about Wei Yanwan's deep scheming.
“Have her days gotten any worse?
What the Imperial Noble Consort said is correct. Over the years, you have interceded for Ruyi many times in the name of Jingsi and Yongqi, and the Emperor agreed every time after the Imperial Noble Consort's persuasion.
It is possible that the Imperial Concubine wanted to have a good reputation, but Ulanara benefited greatly from it. "
Hai Lan was speechless. The Queen Mother was right. No matter what purpose Wei Yanwan had in doing this, Wei Yanwan had never refused her request.
"Even if this is the case, does that mean the Imperial Concubine is innocent?"
It seemed like the Queen Mother was looking at Hai Lan carefully for the first time. The more she looked, the less Mei Zhuang she could see. After all, she was not Mei Zhuang.
"Take it down."
Hailan saw the guards coming to pull her away and started to scream.
"Queen Dowager, I deserve death, but my sister is innocent. I beg you to find out the truth and not let Wei Yanwan's plot come true.
Queen Mother. Queen Mother…”
After Hai Lan was dragged away, Fu Jia moved the charcoal basin towards the Queen Mother.
"Fujia, do you think what Concubine Yu said makes sense?
"What is the Imperial Concubine planning?"
The Queen Mother lit up her hookah, and in the smoke, Fu Jia saw the hardships that the Queen Mother had gone through in her life.
Even though the emperor was not the empress dowager's biological son and her filial piety was not genuine, it was the empress dowager who supported the emperor to where he is today. Now that the emperor has fallen, the empress dowager's half a life's work has been wasted.
“How can I know what the Imperial Concubine is thinking?
I only know that the Imperial Concubine respects you very much. Jingjun, Jingjun, and the Fourteenth Prince, the Fifteenth Prince, and the Sixteenth Prince, who were raised by the Imperial Concubine over the years, all like you, the Imperial Grandmother, very much.
These children like to go to the Cining Palace more than any other children in the palace.
But the Imperial Concubine rarely went there."
The Queen Mother took a puff of her hookah.
It was like this, Wei Yanwan's children all liked to visit her, and she also liked these children very much. However, Wei Yanwan rarely went to the Cining Palace.
The rumor outside was that Wei Yanwan didn't want people to think that she was using her children to win over the Queen Mother, so she deliberately kept her distance from her.
But the Queen Mother didn't think so.
"I think that from the moment I became the Queen Mother, no one remembered that my name was Nianhulu Zhen Huan.
But the Imperial Concubine remembered.
I always feel that the Imperial Concubine is not close to me. She is not afraid of me, nor does she respect me. "
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly.
"She understands me. Just as I understand her better.
Because I understand you, you won’t come near me.”
Fuga carefully served the Queen Mother and brought her a cup of tea.
"Whether the Imperial Concubine knows the Empress Dowager or not, I don't know, but the Empress Dowager certainly knows the Imperial Concubine. The Empress Dowager is also willing to teach the Imperial Concubine's children.
Take the Fifteenth Prince, for example. He, like the Fifth Prince, received instruction from the Empress Dowager for a few days, and he looks more and more like her as he grows older."
The Queen Mother smiled.
Laughing at the old fox Fuga.
The Queen Mother was not unaware of the fact that Wei Yanwan had sent several children to receive her teachings, and she also liked the Fifteenth Prince very much.
Although he is not as smart as Yongqi, he is still the best among the princes.
If you ask the Empress Dowager to abandon Yongyan now, she would be reluctant to do so.
"Concubine Yu is paranoid. But I also think what she said makes sense. Ask them to check Ulanara's food intake to see if there is anything wrong.
It seems that the Imperial Concubine won’t be able to notice Jingse for a while.
Don't ask the Imperial Concubine's people. "
The Queen Mother eventually became suspicious of Wei Yanwan.
Fuga went out to ask around and came back soon.
"Empress Dowager, I have checked and found that most of what Ulanara has eaten and used over the years is fine. It's just that Ulanara has been served mushroom soup over the past few days."
"Mushrooms are not something that should be available in this season. Moreover, these mushrooms have been mixed with dried mushrooms that can cause hallucinations.
If the Queen Mother didn't have her own informants, this would be really hard to investigate."
Fu Jia held a plate of dried mushrooms. The Queen Mother picked up a piece and smelled it.
"The taste and color are very similar to ordinary mushrooms. In winter, you have to use more soup. Mushrooms are indeed the best seasoning for soup."
"Exactly. Besides the mushroom slave, there was something else that was not normal."
Fuga clapped his hands and two guards were brought in.
"These two are the guards of Yikun Palace. Tell me what you two did."
Fuga's voice became much louder, and the two men knelt down in panic.
"I deserve to die. The weather has been cold these days, and the servants on duty every day would drink a few sips of wine to keep away the cold. That's why I was unable to stop the master in time when she ran out of the palace."
"You just drank too much. Do you remember what you used today?"
Fu Jiali drank it, and a guard whispered:
"Your humble servant, when I was delivering food to Ulanara from the imperial kitchen, I withheld a bowl of soup from her."
After hearing this, the Queen Mother was too lazy to even look at the two of them. Fu Jia hurriedly ordered someone to drag them away.
"They both used mushroom soup."
With mushroom soup and drinking, things became increasingly complicated.
Fuga nodded.
"Yes."
The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment and asked:
"Where did it come from? Was the mushroom soup sent by the Imperial Concubine? And the wine as well?"