Traveling through the Poisonous Concubine

The Queen Mother looked at the table full of exquisite dishes and immediately felt her taste buds aroused. Just as she was about to start eating, she heard a sharp voice from outside: "The Emperor has arrived!"

Then, a bright yellow figure walked in. Who else could it be but Emperor Su Wen? Everyone bowed and paid respect to him.

"Your son pays his respects to the Queen Mother. How is your health lately? The imperial physician at the Imperial Hospital said that your appetite has been poor recently. Your son has taken the time today to come and visit you." Emperor Suwen said to the Queen Mother with a smile.

"My son, you have been busy with government affairs all day long and must have worked hard. Come and sit down and try the food prepared by Yu." The Queen Mother invited with a smile.

Emperor Suwen glanced at Yun Yuxi, with a hint of admiration in his eyes, and said, "I didn't expect that the Regent Princess would have such good cooking skills. This table of dishes is full of color, fragrance and taste, and it makes people's appetite increase. There will be a reward later. There is no distinction between the emperor and the ministers today, so everyone please sit down."

Yun Yuxi was not a hypocritical person, she sat obediently next to the Queen Mother. Bai Ling looked at Yun Yuxi and sat on the other side of the Queen Mother.

Emperor Suwen's appetite increased and he praised the food endlessly. Only Bai Ling was filled with resentment. She said, "Aunt, cousin the emperor, try this chicken soup. The Regent Princess has been cooking it for several hours. It must be nutritious and delicious." The Queen Mother looked at Bai Ling in confusion. It seemed that Bai Ling was not too ignorant of the rules.

Bai Ling didn't even bother to look at the Queen Mother's unhappy expression. She started serving chicken soup to Emperor Suwen and the Queen Mother respectively and placed it in front of them considerately.

Emperor Su Wen's face darkened and he said, "It's Ling'er, right? You've grown up so big in a blink of an eye, and your uncle hasn't arranged a marriage for you yet. I'll find a good marriage for you another day." After saying that, Emperor Su Wen picked up the chicken soup and started to drink it.

Bai Ling's heart skipped a beat, knowing that she was too hasty, so she lowered her head and said, "The Queen Mother said to break the deadlock. Ling'er, go get me a cup of tea. I'm a little thirsty." After saying that, she picked up the chicken soup and started drinking it.

Emperor Suwen couldn't help but add another bowl of the delicious chicken soup, but the Empress Dowager, perhaps because of her old age, stopped after drinking one bowl.

After the meal, Yun Yuxi took Yuelan out of the palace. Emperor Suwen gave her many rare and interesting things. Yun Yuxi said happily with a smile on her face, "Yuelan, it seems that today's meal is worth it. With so many rewards, I also made a lot of money from the beauty water today."

"Mother, Ling'er is becoming more and more unruly. Please take care of my uncle in private." After saying this, Emperor Suwen was about to leave. Suddenly, he felt a stomachache. Eunuch Liu hurriedly supported Emperor Suwen. The empress dowager also felt a little uncomfortable, so she called the imperial physician.

Emperor Suwen was almost dehydrated due to diarrhea. The Empress Dowager drank less chicken soup, and her condition was better. A row of imperial doctors were kneeling in the Cining Palace, helpless as the amount of croton oil was too heavy, and the doctors could only stop after all the dirty things in her diarrhea were eliminated.

"Your Majesty, have you consumed any food that you shouldn't have eaten today? There is a large amount of croton powder in your food," the head of the Imperial Hospital replied tremblingly.

"Someone, go take this afternoon's food to the imperial physician for examination," Emperor Suwen said angrily, and then he started to talk nonsense again.

The guards brought the leftover food and the imperial physician examined it in front of Emperor Suwen. Finally, a large amount of croton powder was found in the chicken soup.

Emperor Suwen shouted sternly, "Zhang Biao, take people to the Regent's Palace and capture the Regent's Consort and bring her into the palace." Zhang Biao was the commander of the guards, which shows how angry Emperor Suwen was.

Yun Yuxi and Yue Lan had just returned to Nuanyu Pavilion and were about to take a bath when the guards came to report that the Regent's Palace had been surrounded and the Emperor wanted to arrest Yun Yuxi.

Yun Yuxi walked towards the gate of the palace with a confused look on her face.

"Commander Zhang, why did you surround my Regent's Palace?" Yan Wuque asked.

"Your Highness. Please ask the Princess to go with me. The Emperor was poisoned in the Empress Dowager's palace. The imperial physician has found out that it was the chicken soup stewed by the Princess, which contained a large amount of croton powder." Zhang Biao said quickly.

"Commander Zhang, I will go with you and enter the palace right away. I don't have any chin powder. I believe that the emperor will clear my name for things I have never done," Yun Yuxi said generously.

“In that case, I will accompany the princess into the palace. Mother has also been poisoned. Let’s go see her,” Yan Wuque pulled Yun Yuxi and gave her a reassuring look. Yun Yuxi felt a warm feeling in her heart and nodded.

"Your Majesty, the Regent Princess has been brought here, and the Regent is here too," Zhang Biao replied.

"Bold Yun Yuxi, do you know your crime? The crime of plotting to murder me and the Queen Mother is punishable by death." Emperor Suwen said weakly because he had pulled too hard.

Yun Yuxi knelt on the ground and said, "On the way here, I heard from Commander Zhang that the emperor and the queen mother drank chicken soup with croton powder. I have some medicine here. Your Majesty and the queen mother, please take it. Come back for interrogation when you feel better." After saying that, Yun Yuxi took out two bottles of spiritual spring water.

"Yun Yuxi, I don't trust you. If you dare to pour it out and drink it yourself, I will trust you this time," said Emperor Su Wen with a dark face.

Yun Yuxi poured it out and took a sip without hesitation, and Emperor Su Wen felt at ease to drink the spiritual spring.

After drinking the spiritual spring, Emperor Su Wen felt comfortable all over and was much more energetic. After the empress dowager took it, she was able to get out of bed and walk around. Emperor Su Wen looked at Yun Yuxi with complicated eyes.

"My son, please investigate this matter thoroughly and don't wrongly accuse this girl. She has no right to do this. I'm afraid she has been framed by someone with ulterior motives," Bai Ling supported the empress dowager, her face a little unnatural and a little panicked in her heart.

"Royal brother, the princess really has no right to do this. It will not benefit her at all." Yan Wuque looked into the emperor's eyes and said.

Emperor Su Wen knew that Yun Yuxi must not have done this, because Yun Yuxi was his undercover agent, but the emperor was naturally suspicious and was afraid that Yun Yuxi had been bribed.

"Yun Yuxi, has anyone else entered or left the small kitchen today?" Emperor Su Wen asked.

"Your Majesty, today there are only me and my maid Yuelan in the small kitchen. I went out to ask Nanny Sun to get some mushrooms to make grilled mushrooms, and Yuelan went out to get firewood. Only my cousin Bai Ling came to the kitchen." Yun Yuxi said calmly. Bai Ling's face turned even paler.

"Your Majesty, this cousin was still in the small kitchen when I went out to fetch firewood. When the princess and I came back, the cousin said that she couldn't help much and went back to accompany the Queen Mother, and then left in a hurry," Yue Lan said everything.

The Queen Mother thought of the dinner table, when Bai Ling had been persuading the emperor that the chicken soup was delicious. The Queen Mother thought of what the Emperor had thought of. The Queen Mother looked at Bai Ling with a dark face and said.

"Yu'er, Yuelan, have you noticed anything unusual about our cousin?"

"Replying to the Queen Mother, we haven't seen it," the two said in unison. When Bai Ling heard this, she was secretly glad that as long as there was no evidence, no one could do anything to her.

"Zhang Biao, investigate everything. If he dares to do such a thing in the palace, I will definitely skin him alive." After saying that, he looked at Bai Ling, who was trembling with fear.