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Chu State Imperial Palace.
The King of Chu personally attended the birthday party of Concubine Hua to celebrate the birthday of Concubine Hua.
In the back garden of the palace, there are lights and decorations everywhere, and everyone's faces are full of smiles.
No matter what the situation in Chu State is now, the palace is still a luxurious scene. A birthday banquet, with civil and military officials attending the celebration, laughter and joy.
The Crown Princess Shi Huanong was also dressed up tonight. Because the young emperor's grandson was too noisy tonight, he came after coaxing him to sleep with the wet nurse. It was getting late. Now, he was hurried to the banquet with a palace maid Man'er who was serving her intimately to send gifts to her mother's birthday.
On the road ahead, a person also came in a hurry.
She was wearing light green clothes and lowered her head along the way, looking panicked, not knowing what she was rushing to. In a panic, she didn't see who was coming towards her. Not only did she not get out of the way, she even came to the crown princess.
Man'er, who was walking beside the Crown Princess, was completely unprepared, and even let the rash palace maid hit the Crown Princess head-on.
The green-clothed palace maid was startled and exclaimed in panic: "It's not my business, it's not my business, please spare your life..."
With a trembling hand, an exquisite bottle fell out of her hand and rolled to the side. She quickly picked it up and took it back into her arms in panic.
"A bastard, I can't treat you when I see the Crown Princess!" Man'er knew that she had not protected the Crown Princess well and made a big mistake, so she could only scold her immediately: "Even the Crown Princess dares to hit her, are you brave enough to eat the bear heart and leopard?"
When the green palace maid looked up and saw the Crown Princess, she was stunned for a moment. After a moment of stalemate, she immediately knelt down and begged: "Crown Princess, please spare me, I didn't mean it. Crown Princess, please spare me!"
Shi Huanong was a little impatient and was anxious to go to the banquet to celebrate the birthday of Concubine Hua, but the palace maid seemed a little strange.
After living in the palace for several years, she felt unusual when she saw the palace maid. People who have lived in the palace for a long time are more careful in their minds, so even if she was anxious, she still asked calmly: "Which palace is you from, and you are walking in such a panic, what do you want to do?"
"No... nothing was done." The green-clothed palace maid replied in a soft voice.
"The Crown Princess is asking you which girl in the temple you work?" Man'er's voice was a little louder and asked in a deep voice.
The green-clothed palace maid was timid, but she didn't dare to answer her questions.
Man'er suddenly became angry and shouted: "Bitch slave, which ignorant girl in the hall is it? Lift your head and show it to the Crown Princess!"
The green-clothed palace maid is still shining, unwilling to answer or look up.
Man'er was so angry that she kicked her, "I must have done some shameful things!"
The green palace maid was kicked by her and fell to the ground and screamed in pain. She didn't hold her hands firmly, and the bottle in her hand rolled down again.
She still wanted to pick it up, but Man'er grabbed her. Shi Huanong stared at the bottle on the ground and asked coldly: "What is this? If you don't say it, I will call someone immediately."
If it weren't for Concubine Hua's birthday party tonight, she wouldn't want to alarm the people at the banquet, and at this time she had called the guards to come and capture her.
However, this palace maid seemed to be powerless. Even if she didn't call the guard, she could subdue her with Man'er here.
The green-clothed palace maid seemed very nervous about the small bottle and kept trying to pick it up, but she was obviously not as strong as Man'er, and she couldn't get away from Man'er's clamping no matter how hard she made her.
"The Crown Princess is the maid in the Prince of Hai's Mansion." Man'er finally recognized it and exclaimed: "You are from the Prince of Hai's Mansion, how could you come to the palace?"
"Brother of the Three Emperors?" Didn't the Three Emperors have already left the imperial city for a long time and returned to the border city base? How could the palace maids in his mansion appear in the palace at this time?
This bottle...
"Come!" Shi Huanong's eyebrows tightened and he immediately shouted.
This matter is definitely not simple! What's more, after Prince Xuan and Prince Nan left Chu and broke up with the King of Chu, Prince Hai became the crown prince's biggest competitor. His people appeared in the palace. Tonight it will be the birthday party of Concubine Hua, the mother of the crown prince, and the birthday party...
This is so strange!
As soon as he heard Shi Huanong calling for someone, the green palace maid who was originally subdued by Man'er suddenly struggled desperately. He didn't know where the strength he got, so he broke Man'er away. He didn't bother to pick up the bottle, and turned around and ran into the flowers.
"Crown Princess." The two guards arrived from somewhere and came to Shi Huanong to salute.
"There is an assassin, hurry up and chase, a palace maid in green clothes!" Shi Huanong pointed his finger deep into the flowers.
When the two guards heard this, they immediately chased after him.
"Crown Princess..." Man'er got up from the ground and looked at her.
"Pick up the bottle and see what's inside." Shi Hua said busyly.
Man'er picked up the bottle as he spoke, poured out a little powder from it, then looked up at Shi Huanong, shook her head and said, "Empress, I don't know what it is."
Shi Huanong felt a little uneasy. He looked at the bottle and thought about the direction the palace maid hurriedly came. Suddenly, her face changed drastically, and she took big steps and ran towards the banquet: "Get the bottle, hurry up!"
Man'er didn't know what she was thinking, but seeing that she was so anxious, she had to hold the bottle in her hand tightly and chase after her quickly.
At the banquet, everyone was drinking and having fun. When the prince Chu Lingjin saw that Shi Huanong had not arrived so late, he felt a little unhappy. He was afraid that his mother and father would be unhappy, so he picked up his cup and stood up, saying to King Chu and Concubine Hua: "Qing'er has been unwell these days. Huanong has been taking care of him. Perhaps tonight it was because he had to take care of Qing'er that he had not arrived yet. I would like to ask my father and mother to forgive him. My son actually served Huanong with his father and mother."
The King of Chu smiled gently and said with a gentle voice: "It's okay, I have also heard that Qing'er has been making trouble in the past two days, and if Huanong can take good care of him."
Concubine Hua also smiled and said, "If it is inconvenient, I will just let a palace maid go over and say to her that I won't use it tonight. Just take good care of Qing'er. I will just know that she is good."
Chu Lingjin still raised the quilt and said, "My son still wants to respect the father and mother for Huanong."
After saying that, the cup was raised and delivered to his mouth.
As soon as the edge of the cup touched his lips, he only tasted half a sip of wine. At the entrance of the red carpet of the banquet, a person rushed over and shouted, "Don't drink, the wine is ous!"
Poisonous! These two words made everyone at the banquet change their faces.
Chu Lingjin also immediately threw down the cup, but had already taken a sip of the glass of wine.
Before he could say anything, he suddenly felt a pain in his throat and it became like a fire. When everyone looked at him, his lips turned black and he was obviously ous.
The palace maid and eunuch who were serving the side suddenly screamed, and the Concubine Yehua, the King of Chu, was so scared that she was nowhere to be looked down upon. The guards immediately rushed over and surrounded everyone at the banquet.
"Come...Come! Pass on the imperial doctor!" The King of Chu finally came to his senses and immediately shouted after realizing it.
All the ministers present were so scared that they didn't dare to exhale. When Concubine Hua saw the situation of the prince, she was so scared that she almost fainted.
She rushed over and picked him up, looked at the King of Chu and cried, "Your Majesty, please help me!"
The imperial doctor arrived soon and immediately started a rescue banquet for Chu Lingjin, which was completely in chaos...
"You said that I saw the maid next to Prince Hai walking around the palace tonight. Is this bottle left by the palace maid?"
In Xuanhua Palace, the King of Chu stared at Shi Huanong standing in the hall and asked in a deep voice.
The bottle was held in the hands of the imperial physician and was under study.
If the imperial doctor had not arrived in time just now and expelled the prince's , no one would know whether Chu Lingjin could still be alive at this moment.
Fortunately, the prince didn't drink much wine, and it was thanks to Shi Huanong who came in time.
Shi Huanong looked back at the King of Chu and said in a deep voice: "Yes, the palace maid Man'er around Erchen recognizes that the green-clothed palace maid is from the Sea King's Mansion."
She looked back at Man'er and said, "Man'er, tell your father the truth. If there is any lie, be careful of your head."
Man'er was so scared that she couldn't stop trembling all over. She walked to her side and knelt down, met the eyes of the King of Chu, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the palace maid is Lu Ying, who is from the Princess of the Sea. I once followed the Princess and Princess to the Princess of the Sea to the Princess for a banquet. At that time, Lu Ying kept following Princess of the Sea. He should be Princess of the Sea's personal maid."
"Confirm?" The King of Chu's face darkened and he said coldly: "Do you know that slandering a king is a serious crime to destroy the nine clans?"
Man'er was so scared that she trembled again, but she was not because of her guilt, but because she was simply scared by the words "Destroy the Nine Clans".
"Emperor, everything I say is true. The emperor can order people to thoroughly investigate the Sea Prince's Mansion and find people out. I believe that there is not only one who knows Lu Ying." Although her voice was slight, she could still make it clear and clear word by word.
The King of Chu did not speak, but looked at the imperial doctor standing aside to study the bottle.
After a while, the imperial physician took a step forward and looked at him and said, "Back to the emperor, after research by the old minister, the bottle is indeed filled with , but..."
"But what?" Shi Huanong looked at him, and it was related to his husband, but he couldn't help but feel anxious: "Imperial Doctor, is this ous?"
"Go back to the Crown Princess, this is indeed powerful." It is powerful, but why has time passed and the on the Crown Prince's body seems not as powerful as it was at the beginning?
However, how can we talk about these things that he can't even guess thoroughly before the emperor? Isn't this admitting that he is not good at medical skills?
"Father, it seems that someone really wants to return the crown prince, and that person..." Shi Huanong looked at the King of Chu and did not say anything about what he said next.
Slandering a king is indeed a great crime, and he should be punished for his crimes. Especially, Prince Hai is still the largest general of their Chu State, and even the prince and Prince Hai have been fighting openly and secretly. Since Prince Xuan and Prince Nan left, the struggle between the two sides has never stopped. Although the King of Chu did not say these things, he naturally knew them in his heart.
Therefore, if you want to say bad things about Prince Hai, Shi Huanong dared not say anything randomly.
Chapter completed!