The most beautiful lady in the harem

It rained a lot today. It is a nice season in late spring, but because of the cold rain, it has a bit of winter chill.

The ginger and sugar water prepared by the cook was very good. After one bowl of it went into her stomach, the maid felt that every part of her body was warmed by the warmth and her whole body relaxed.

The cook added sugar to the clay pot and stirred it evenly. She took it from the stove, got the lacquer tray, put a wet cloth on it, and put it in place for her.

He turned around and said, "You have to carry the things and the umbrella. You can't do it by yourself. Let the eunuch hold the umbrella for you and take you there."

The maid nodded quickly and said yes.

Today, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor went to Ci'en Temple, and many of the servants in the palace followed them.

The remaining servants didn't know where to hide and slack off, and for a while there was no one in the yard to help her.

Otherwise, at this time, she would have to cover the clay pot and go back in the rain. It would be hardship for herself, but she couldn't let her master's food get wet.

After hearing this, Xiao Fuzi nodded, looking as if she was willing to help.

He quickly put down the things in his hand, held an oil-paper umbrella for the maid and waited for her outside.

Both of them had half of their bodies wet in the rain, protecting their master's food and delivering the soup to Wei Lanxin's room intact.

After it was delivered, the maid brought the food in and served Wei Lanxin some soup.

Xiao Fuzi came here naturally, and did not leave. He found a place to squat outside.

There were numerous eunuchs of his age in the palace. As they had lost their ancestry, they grew slowly as they aged. They were not tall, and looked thin and feminine. They all wore palace robes, so at first glance, it was difficult to tell the difference between their faces.

Therefore, he did not stand out in this harem where there were already few people.

Xiao Fuzi calculated the time and thought that the medicine would take effect in about an incense stick of time.

He knew that Miss Wei Lanxin would take a nap after drinking the sweet soup, so he added tranquilizer pills into her sweet soup to make her sleep more deeply that day.

In order to make it easier for him, he added some sleeping pills to the bowl of ginger and sugar water that the maid had just given him, but the amount was much smaller, just to make her take a nap and sleep soundly.

She didn't dare let the maid fall into a deep sleep, otherwise if Wei Lanxin woke up, she would find that she couldn't wake up her maid.

If you were more attentive, you would definitely be suspicious and realize that someone had tampered with the food.

They want to do it without anyone noticing.

Wei Lanxin had two maids serving her. She only brought one with her when she entered the palace for a short stay. The other two were arranged for her by the Empress Dowager's palace.

The weather was bad today, so there was no need to go out and there was nothing to do. In addition, the Empress Dowager Dong was not at home, so Wei Lanxin had nothing to do, so she just let her personal maid be on duty.

When the maids were eating in the small kitchen in the afternoon, the cook also added some medicine into the soup.

Not much, enough to make them drowsy immediately, but enough for them to take a nap and have a deep and sound sleep.

The new cook in Empress Dowager Dong’s palace is the sister of the previous cook who was bullied by Wei Lanxin.

The Empress Dowager Dong loved Jiangnan cuisine, and these cooks were "captured" from Jiangnan back then.

The reason why it was "caught" was that before these two people entered the palace, they were already married and had a family and children. They were unwilling to enter the palace and just wanted to run their own restaurants and live a simple life.

But the world is big, and the emperor is the greatest. In order to win the beauty's smile, the late emperor captured both of them and brought them to the palace.

One worked specifically in the small kitchen of the then queen, now Empress Dowager Dong, and the other stayed in the Shangshi Bureau.

Although ordinary people could not enter the palace, many people yearned to work in the palace so that they could leave when they were old enough and have a royal title, and they could also make money under the name of a royal family. However, these two cooks did not pursue such fame and fortune like some people.

Working in the palace, he had a good reputation in the village and the salary was decent, but just decent.

They opened restaurants in the wealthy area of ​​Jiangnan, and the money they earned throughout the year was no less than what the palace earned.

I am on duty in the palace and I don’t know when I can leave and return home.

The Empress Dowager Dong was overbearing. Ordinary people could return home in glory after a certain age, but it was not necessarily the case for them. They could not leave without the nod of the noble.

Moreover, working in the palace, one has to risk one's life to earn money, and one has to look at the faces of the nobles and live at the mercy of others.

Although there were ruffians and local tyrants in their hometown, they were not as oppressive as the imperial power in the imperial city, which sometimes made them feel suffocated.

A few days ago, the cook was really scared to death by Wei Lanxin's shouting and calling for trouble just because the soup was not cooked well.

Fortunately, she was sent to the Shangshi Bureau by Emperor Yongjia and saved her life, and then her sister came instead.

Xiao Fuzi and Aunt Mingyue had to work very hard to find out these stories about the cook.

Originally, he wanted to bribe them with money, but Concubine Qin said that this was inappropriate.

They are not short of money for their small business outside the palace, and they cannot be influenced by silver. What they lack is compensation for their longing for their families.

Qin Liuse herself is far away from home and misses her mother, so she understands this mentality very well.

They knew that of the two cooking sisters, one had a soft temper, while the elder sister who took over later had a tougher temper. She often offended people in the Shangshi Bureau. When she first entered the palace, she did not know many rules and suffered a lot.

Qin Liuse decided to attack from her side.

She promised her that if she missed her family and wanted to write home, she could give the letter to Qin Liuse to help them deliver it.

As servants in the palace, they could naturally exchange letters with their families, but they had no background and everything in the palace was business. Even when they corresponded with their families, they were often plotted against.

Not only do they have to pay for running errands, but there are also many restrictions, so I can only send a few letters home throughout the year.

Those people can help them send letters home, but whether the letters from home can reach them depends entirely on the mood of the people in charge and whether the money they give is enough.

But Qin Liuse was different. After all, she was a noble, so it was much easier for her to let servants enter and leave the palace or communicate with the outside world. There was no limit on the number of times they could do so, and they could even entrust some small items.

Qin Liuse was thinking of sending the letters to her close friends or mother in Yangzhou, and then asking them to forward them to the cook's family.

After hearing this, the cook agreed to help.

I thought it was just a matter of adding some sleeping pills, not a large amount, and it could also reduce the arrogance of this Miss Wei, so why not feel good about it.

That’s why today’s event started off so smoothly.

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Inside the room, the maid scooped some barley soup for Wei Lanxin and served it to her. She then brought a basin of hot water and wrung out a wet towel to wipe her face and hands.

After Wei Lanxin finished eating, she took off her clothes and lay down on the bed to take a nap.

The maid let down the bed curtains for her, went outside to put away the pots, bowls and spoons after eating, then went back into the inner room and lay down on the footstool at the end of the bed.

The sky outside was getting darker and darker, as if it was about to collapse, and lightning flashed from time to time.

It looks like the thunderstorm is coming again.

Xiao Fuzi calculated the time it would take for the medicine to take effect, and when he saw it was almost time, he walked to the door and took a look inside. It was quiet.

He should have gone to bed.

I looked around the yard outside again. Heavy rain was falling, splashing water on the ground.

The yard was empty; at this hour, everyone was hiding from the rain or taking a nap.

Xiao Fuzi then stretched out his feet and slipped into the house.

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In less than half a cup of tea, Xiao Fuzi had come out of Wei Lanxin's room.

When he finished his work, he took out a piece of medicinal material not even as big as a fingernail from his pocket and threw it into the stove in the inner room.

The flames sizzled as the medicinal herbs were burned up, emitting a faint smell.

This herb is used to refresh the mind.

Zijin was afraid that the dosage of the sleeping pills might vary from person to person, and worried that Wei Lanxin might be sensitive to the pills and become suspicious after sleeping for too long, so he asked Xiao Fuzi to throw the pills into the stove when she left.

If sleeping pills were considered "poison", then this medicinal tablet could be considered an "antidote" that could offset the feeling of tiredness in her body and maybe even help her get up earlier.

After all, in the end, you will never realize that you have slept soundly. You will just think that you were tired today and slept particularly soundly.

The amount of the medicinal slices is also very small. In just a cup of tea, they will be burned like charcoal ash and finally merged with the ashes. Even if God came, he would not be able to pick out the difference from the charcoal ash.

Xiao Fuzi, holding an oil umbrella, trotted back to Shu Yuexuan to report his errands.

Qin Liuse felt relieved when she saw him coming back.

As for the remaining half, I will have to wait until tonight to find out Wei Lanxin’s reaction.

In the afternoon, dark clouds rolled in the sky and heavy rain fell. After a while, lightning and thunder began to roar.

Suddenly, lightning bolts came like long snakes descending from the sky, twisting and crawling towards the imperial city, and then exploded on the top of the harem, as if exploding on the head.

Qingqing was dozing off with her chin supported by her hand, but she was so frightened by the thunder that seemed to have exploded beside her that she jumped up.

"Ah! What a big, huge thunder!" Qingqing said, patting his chest.

At this moment, there are many people like her in the imperial city.

Wei Lanxin in the Cining Palace was also frightened by the thunder and sat up from the bed.

She reached out her hand, drew aside the bed curtain, and saw that it was dark outside. It was clearly just after noon, but it seemed as if the sun had already set after dusk.

The maid also woke up at this time. Knowing that Wei Lanxin had woken up, she went outside to boil water and prepare some hot water for her to wash her face and mouth.

Wei Lanxin felt a little uneasy because she was suddenly awakened.

Afraid of more thunder and unable to sleep anyway, Wei Lanxin got out of bed and walked to the dressing table, waiting for the maid to help her wash and dress.

Just as I sat down on the stool and looked at myself in the mirror, at this moment, a flash of lightning came from outside the window, shining brightly in the room for a moment.

At this moment, Wei Lanxin saw herself clearly in the mirror.

She cried out "Ah!" in horror.

She was shaking all over, staring at herself in the mirror in disbelief, her eyes wide and bulging with horror.

The lightning illuminated her face. She looked in the mirror. The woman in the mirror seemed to be herself, but also seemed not to be herself. She seemed to be possessed by the late queen.

Wei Lanxin tried to stand up with trembling legs, but found that her legs were so weak from fear that she seemed unable to control herself.

She murmured to herself, "Empress, Empress", and the jade comb she had just picked up fell to the ground with a crisp sound, but she could not hear it at all because of the thunder and lightning outside.