205. Nightmare(1/3)
"Your Majesty, I went to see Zhi'er yesterday. He is much better. After a few days, he will be able to share his worries for the emperor." Miao clamped Su Zhen's shoulders and said in a gentle tone. Her appearance was not outstanding. Su Zhen married her just because he was attracted by the power of the Miao family.
After all, she was a woman. Miao had expectations for Su Zhen, until she found out that Su Zhen really liked her, and there was only one Mei Suxin from beginning to end, so she was already cold.
Su Zhen nodded slightly, "Well, let him take good care of his health. The prince of Nanzhao cannot be weak or timid or afraid of things."
Obviously, Su Zhen learned from the imperial physician that Su Zhi’s real physical condition was not only weak, but also poor mental state, and a little noise could scare him.
Miao sighed, "It will be fine in a few days."
The palace maid brought me carefully cooked chicken soup. Miao said it was cold today and asked Su Zhen if he wanted to drink some to warm up his body.
Su Zhen nodded. After the eunuch tried the poison, Miao and Su Zhen each drank a small bowl of chicken soup.
The palace maid hurriedly came to report that Yu Fei was sick and asked Su Zhen to come and take a look.
Su Zhen immediately shivered. Seeing this, Miao scolded the palace maid with displeasure, "If you are sick, you will ask the imperial physician. What's the use of finding the emperor?"
But Concubine Yu's palace maid knelt in the rain and said that Concubine Yu was very ill and must let Su Zhen go over and take a look.
Seeing that Su Zhen was about to get angry, Miao quickly persuaded him, "The emperor doesn't know how Sister Yu'er is? Let's do this, I'll go over and take a look. It suddenly changed. Her body is weak, so I'm afraid she's really sick."
When Su Zhen heard this, he stood up and said, "Well, you go, I'll go to Mei'er's place for dinner."
"I respectfully send you to the emperor." Miao clasped her eyes and covered a dim light.
Su Zhen left, and Miao took the man to Yufei and invited two imperial physicians to come over.
Speaking of Concubine Yu, compared to Miao and Mei Suxin, she is considered a newcomer in the palace. She was originally just the daughter of an imperial physician. Because of her beautiful appearance, she ran the imperial examination girl and entered the palace at the age of fifteen, and was once quite favored.
But this Yufei is not very smart and has a very strong spirit. She always wants to blow the wind beside her pillow to let Su Zhen promote her brothers.
After a while, it got bored Su Zhen. If it weren't for her youthful and beautiful appearance, Su Zhen would have no place to live in her harem.
And this Yufei is the girl Xie Jingci liked when he was young. Xie Jingci liked her innocence and thought that she would marry him when she was pregnant, but he was sincere and finally said that he just treated him as his brother.
Xie Jingci initially thought that Concubine Yu was brainwashed by the family and used it as a tool to climb up. He said that with his grandfather's face, Concubine Yu did not need to run for the imperial examination.
But Yufei told Xie Jingci that he was just a fool and didn't even have a single official position. Why should he marry her? Tell Xie Jingci not to stop her good future.
Xie Jingci was struck by lightning at that time. Perhaps those who fell in love were blind, and all lovers they saw were good. This incident directly led to him from an innocent boy to a prodigal son who was unrestrained and plays with flowers. He didn't know who he was taking revenge on, but he was just a depraved thing. Once he started, he would become addicted and numb. With no one to control him, he could not find a reason to turn back. Over time, he became like this.
Concubine Yu was sick today, as Miao expected. Because she would come out every time it was cloudy and rainy, and it must have happened in the evening, so she called Su Zhen to come and stay in her palace.
Su Zhen came to Hanxiang Palace in the rain. If it were the past, Mei Suxin would have welcomed her happily, but today, she knew that Miao had poisoned Su Zhen and planned to frame her. It would happen within an hour. In order to clear her relationship, Su Zhen could not let her eat and drink anything.
Therefore, when Su Zhen entered Hanxiang Palace, he was told that Mei Suxin was infected with cold and had already fallen asleep after taking medicine.
Su Zhen was not happy. When the palace maid said that Mei Suxin was getting up, she calmly said that there was no need and turned around and left.
He looked for the women in the harem to serve him and to relax, he did not want to see the crying or the sick.
The rain was getting heavier. Mei Suxin sat up from the bed and heard from the palace maid that Su Zhen had left, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
She was doing the whole show. Before Su Zhen came, Hanxiang Palace was really boiling a decoction for Mei Suxin to cure wind and cold. She didn't drink it, but if she wanted to check it, the medicine was all there.
"Shui." Mei Suxin said a word.
The palace maid quickly brought a glass of warm water, and when she saw Mei Suxin wave her hand, she left.
Mei Suxin took out a small jade bottle from under the pillow, poured out a pill with a sweet fragrance from it, put it into her mouth, and drank water to take it.
That was the antidote that Su Yi secretly sent yesterday. There were four in total. Mei Suxin just took the second one.
She knew that there would be no peace tonight and had to make the worst plan. She had already bribed the bottle of poison in the imperial kitchen, a little eunuch who delivered meals to Miao's family every day, and threw it into a vase in the Miao's room without anyone noticing.
The Nanzhao prince only left the palace to live after he became an adult, and lived in the palace before he became an adult.
Su Mo was sent to Dongming as a proton when he was fifteen years old, so he had no mansion outside the palace. Before he was ten years old, he lived in the side hall of Hanxiang Palace. Between ten and fifteen years old, he lived in a place called Chenxiang Palace.
In those years, as long as Su Mo didn't go out, he was rarely bullied because no one was willing to come to the Agarwood Palace.
The Agarwood Palace is an ominous place in the Nanzhao Palace. When Su Zhen forced the palace to usurp the throne, he detained his father, his brothers and nephews in the Agarwood Palace and all slaughtered them, including Mei Suxin's former husband Su Heng. Because that direction is said to be the place where evil spirits are suppressed in the palace.
Su Mo lived there like a ghost for five years.
After Su Mo left, the Agarwood Palace was sealed again, and it has been empty for more than five years so far.
The night is deep and the rain is pouring.
Su Mo held an umbrella and appeared in the dark agarwood palace with Yuan Qiu. Each door was covered with a talisman of warding off evil spirits. It can be seen that although Su Zhen was vicious, he was afraid that the ghosts of his relatives who died at his hands would come back to find him. And it was obvious that he had asked Su Mo to live in the agarwood palace that year.
He was torturing Su Mo in that way, hoping that Su Mo would be scared to sleep at night, be entangled by resentful spirits, and even wait for him to go crazy one day.
Su Mo pushed open the door of the main hall of the Agarwood Palace, and a cold air came to his face.
"Aren't you afraid of living here?" Yuan Qiu could feel the gloomy coldness in front of him, with his eyes blindfolded.
Su Mo chuckled, "There were many people who died here, but later, this was probably the cleanest place in the entire Nanzhao Palace. When I first moved in, I could always hear someone crying at night. Later, I found that it was Su Zhi who bribed the servants who served me and asked them to act as ghosts at night to scare me."
"Have you fought back?" Yuan Qiu asked.
"I acted like a ghost in the opposite direction. In just one time, I scared them all out. The palace soon spread the haunted news of the Chenxiang Palace, and no one was willing to come and serve him. Su Zhen arranged for people to come and sweep and deliver food on time every day, so there was no need for servants to stay here at night." Su Mo said.
"You are only ten years old, so you are the only one who stays in this ghost place for the night? They are the real evil ghosts." Yuan Qiu said coldly.
"Actually, I'm not afraid. From childhood to adulthood, I'm most tired of dealing with people in this palace. As you said, they are real ghosts. I have never done anything wrong, so why should I be afraid of the ghosts in the Agarwood Palace? I don't believe this." Su Mo shook his head slightly, "So the five years I lived here were better than the ten years I had lived in the Hanxiang Palace. At first, I was alone, and later I had Afu. When I was thirteen, I found me here. I wouldn't be discovered even if I practiced in the Agarwood Palace. How great is it."
Yuan Qiu knew that Su Mo had hope for life, even if this hope had nothing to do with anyone. Until he knew that his biological mother had poisoned him for ten years, and that poison would take away his life, and the originally faint light completely dimmed.
Su Mo didn't want Yuan Qiu to enter. It was not live in it for a long time, and the yin energy was too heavy.
The two stood quietly in the corridor, listening to the sound of rain. Su Mo untied her coat, wrapped Yuan Qiu in her arms, and said softly, "After I learned light skills, I often went to the library to steal books and secretly sent them back after reading them. Once, I was discovered by an old eunuch from ABC Novels. He pretended not to see me, and later secretly threw me a key to the small door. When I left, I buried it under the tree in the agarwood Palace, and it should still be there."
Yuan Qiu imagined the life of the young Su Mo and couldn't help but smile, "You might have read all the books in the library, right?"
"Most of it," said Su Mo. "The books I have read have all the leaves of the agarwood palace inside, but no one seems to have discovered them."
"Is it just for fun?" Yuan Qiu asked.
Su Mo chuckled, "I was young at that time and just thought that I would put a leaf in. The next person who opened the book would be stunned and a little surprised when he saw the leaf. Even if it didn't make any sense, my life at that time was meaningless. Those leaves would have been scattered into mud and could be preserved. Now, looking at it again, it is the mark of time."
"It's very cute." Yuan Qiu said. Su Tianxian has always been a very romantic person. Even when he was in a life of nowhere, he was still beautiful, elegant, and cute.
Su Mo turned his head and kissed Yuan Qiu's forehead lightly, "Thank you for the praise."
The noise from afar came, Yuan Qiu hummed lightly, "It's started."
Because Miao went to Yufei's place, Mei Suxin fell down from the cold. After Su Zhen left Hanxiang Palace, he returned to the imperial study room, had dinner alone, and continued to review the memorials.
As a result, he suddenly started vomiting blood without any warning, his whole body became weak, and he fell on the dragon's desk.
All the imperial physicians were summoned to come. From the color of Su Zhen's vomiting blood, it could be judged that he was poisoned, but no one could tell what poison it was, and he could not make up for the moment how to solve it.
In fact, if you can become an imperial physician, your medical skills are naturally not bad. But at this time, even though you know the situation is critical, no one is willing to rush forward because you are not sure enough and you will lose your head if you accidentally.
Su Zhen was weak and powerless, but he was very clear-minded. While ordering the imperial physician to find a solution, if he could not relieve the poison, he would die. At the same time, he ordered the palace to be blocked and summoned all princes to enter the palace to meet immediately, but no ministers were allowed to enter the palace.
After giving the order, Su Zhen recalled the food he had encountered today and asked the Queen Miao and the Concubine Mei Suxin to bring him over immediately!
Su Zhen hadn't eaten anything in Hanxiang Palace today, but he still thought that Mei Suxin was very suspicious, because at this time, the one who was most likely to take action was Su Yi, who was unwilling to be given up.
Before the princes arrived, Miao and Mei Suxin came one after another.
Seeing Su Zhen’s appearance, both women were red in their eyes.
"Kneel down!" Su Zhen roared weakly, "Come on, search for him! Go to Kunning Palace and Hanxiang Palace to search! Don't let go of any suspicious things!"
Miao and Mei Suxin knelt down immediately, saying that they were innocent and felt aggrieved because of Su Zhen’s distrust of them.
The nanny who was ordered to search for her body did not encounter any obstacles. She searched Miao and Mei Suxin and found nothing hidden.
"Your Majesty, I have never done anything, I have a clear conscience!" Miao said, wiping her tears.
Mei Suxin looked sad and choked, "Emperor..." she burst into tears as soon as she opened her mouth.
The storm was storm, and the atmosphere in the entire palace became tense.
The imperial physician was discussing how to detoxify Su Zhen, and Mei Suxin suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I heard that there is a capable man in General Miao's mansion, who is a master of poisoning skills. Maybe he can invite him to the palace."
Miao's face darkened, "Mei Suxin, what do you mean?"
Mei Suxin looked innocent, "I have no other intention, just to save the emperor. This is the most important thing, right?"
Su Zhen felt that his internal organs were being pulled by one hand, and it hurt so hard that his heart was eroded. When he heard the two women quarrel, he felt a split headache, "Shut up... call that person!"
"Your Majesty You was originally just a guest at the Miao family. A few days ago, his junior sister came to find him. Now he may have left the Miao family and returned to the master's sect. I will send someone to take a look. If he is still there, call him immediately." Miao said quickly.
Mei Suxin did not finish the fight because she knew the reason why too much was too much. If You Wu could not invite him and said that he was leaving at this time, Su Zhen would not believe it. This was in Mei Suxin's plan.
The princes entered the palace one after another. Su Zhi was carried by a sedan chair, and someone carried him on his back when he entered the door. Judging from his mental state, he was not much better than Su Zhen now.
Su Zhen did not allow anyone to approach him, and his sons knelt on the ground behind Miao and Mei Suxin.
Su Yan knelt behind Su Zhi and Su Yi, lowered his head, and remained silent. He knew that there must be something about Su Mo, but he would never expose it, because if Su Mo succeeded, Su Yan could get that position.
The people who went to Kunning Palace and Hanxiang Palace to search came back and found a bottle of poison in the vase in Miao's room. No suspicious spot was found in Hanxiang Palace. Because Mei Suxin had already mixed the antidote pills she had taken in the past two days with the fragrant pills she had taken for many years, and it seemed that there was no difference.
After careful examination, several imperial physicians asserted that Su Zhen was the poison! It was colorless and fragrant, but the poison was very domineering.
After finding the poison, the group of imperial physicians began to study how to detoxify.
When Su Zhen heard this, his eyes lit up, "That's it! Take the poison and give tea to the queen, Concubine Mei, the crown prince, and the eighth prince!"
Su Yan could notice that some people's eyes were about to tear him, but he didn't care and even wanted to laugh.
To be continued...