Chapter 491: Crisis Everywhere
Since Lin Yingxue said she wanted to eat sour things last time, Mingxiu asked her family to prepare some to send to the palace.
"...You must be well in the palace. Being able to serve the Empress is a blessing that no one can ask for. Look at the maid next to the Empress, now he has become the general's wife!"
"Mom doesn't expect you to have such a great future. She just wants you to be safe and secure. She will marry a good family after leaving the palace..."
Since Mingxiu came to the palace, she has never met her family again. At this time, the mother and daughter finally reunited by giving Lin Yingxue plums.
Mingxiu wiped her tears and said, "Mom, don't worry, the Queen is so good. Everything is fine in the palace. Just take care of yourself and your father at home."
After the mother and daughter were speechless for a long time, Ming Xiucai returned to Chaofeng Palace with a small basket of plums.
"Empress, I have washed all these plums. How about you try it?" Lin Yingxue disliked the people below crying for nothing, so when she returned to the palace, Mingxiu was eager to arrange other things as if nothing had happened.
Lin Yingxue had a lot of appetite when she saw the green plums. When she heard Mingxiu say this, she immediately picked up a plum and tasted it.
"How is it?" Seeing Lin Yingxue's expression of enjoyment, several palace maids were very curious.
Lin Yingxue nodded with her eyebrows and said, "It's delicious, you can try it too."
Several palace maids started to swallow their saliva when they saw these plums. At this time, Lin Yingxue spoke, and naturally they couldn't wait to pick up the plums and taste them.
After biting it down with a bite, a continuous sniffling sound came from the room, "Empress, these plums are so sour, why do you still think they are delicious..."
The faces of several palace maids were sore that they were deformed, and they looked at Lin Yingxue with confusion.
However, Lin Yingxue picked up the second plum as if nothing had happened, "I feel sour, I think it's just right."
Seeing Lin Yingxue eating with relish, the palace maids stopped talking - indeed, those with body were different from normal people like them.
Lin Yingxue seemed to like the plums sent from Mingxiu's house very much. In a few days, she ate the small basket of plums. After eating the sourness, Lin Yingxue's appetite seemed to have improved a little, and at least she could eat something to eat.
"Why would I ask my family to send some more plums to the palace, but the imperial physician said that the empress should not eat too much sourness, this time the empress should be more modest."
Several palace maids now look at her like a thief, for fear that she would steal the sour plums in the palace.
Lin Yingxue was a little amused for a moment, "You little girls, take advantage of the fact that I don't have the energy to teach you a lesson now, you are taking care of me."
"I have received the emperor's instructions!" Mingyue helped Lin Yingxue to the chair and sat down. "If the empress thinks that something is wrong with me, when the child is safely born, I can teach me any lessons!"
"You guys, now you all learn.
He will use the emperor to suppress me." To be honest, Lin Yingxue is really afraid that Murong Jun will come to find her. After all, the one who looks at her like a baby now, wishing she would lie on the bed all day long.
Every day, she could only take a breath while Murong Jun was busy.
The second batch of plums was quickly sent to the palace. Lin Yingxue thought it was so great after not eating it for a few days.
"Mingxiu, hurry up and wash some and let me taste it." Lin Yingxue began to swallow unconsciously.
Seeing Lin Yingxue's pitiful appearance, Mingzhu and others couldn't bear to take Lin Yingxue too seriously. "The Empress can eat it, but she can't eat too much, and she has to promise her servants that she has to eat half a bowl of rice later. How about it, can the Empress agree?"
"I agree." Now, as long as Lin Yingxue can eat plums, she is willing to let her give up this position.
Soon, the washed plums were brought up.
Although there are only a few, it is enough to satisfy Lin Yingxue's craving.
Lin Yingxue picked up a plum and was about to put it in her mouth, but a loud shout came from outside the door: "Empress, wait!"
When everyone heard the sound, they turned their heads and looked at the door. They saw Su Lingxi, the daughter of the Minister of Rites, walked in anxiously with her skirt. Behind him was there a palace maid jogging in.
"Empress, I originally planned to come and report it, but Concubine Su said that there was an urgent matter to find the Empress, so she rushed in by herself." The palace maid frowned and explained anxiously.
Lin Yingxue looked at Su Lingxi's breathing and sweating, and couldn't help but raise her hand, "It's okay, you guys go down first."
"I don't know why Concubine Su is so anxious to come to this palace." In front of outsiders, Lin Yingxue returned to the dignified and generous empress.
"Back to Empress, this plum cannot be eaten!" Su Lingxi paused for a long time before he recovered.
After hearing this, Lin Yingxue and several other people in the house were shocked.
Mingxiu was even more excited and said, "What does Concubine Su mean? This plum was picked from the tree and sent to the palace by my servant's parents. What's the problem?"
Mingxiu said, and grabbed a plum, endured the sourness and ate it clean.
"How is it? I've finished eating now, aren't there anything else?" Mingxiu's face turned red with anger. After all, she said that there was something wrong with her plum, which was saying that she had something wrong. If she couldn't explain the matter clearly, she would lose her head!
"I don't mean that." Su Lingxi did not care about Mingxiu, but frowned and explained: "I just saw a large push of the thrown plum in the backyard. I remembered that the only one who ate the plums in the palace was the Empress. I was afraid that there was anything to do with it, so I rushed over and talked to the Empress."
"Is that true?" Lin Yingxue looked down at the plum in her hand. It was green and looked particularly attractive.
"Take it down and check it for the imperial physician." No matter whether Su Lingxi's words were true or not, she had to be careful as long as there was something wrong.
"Yes." Mingxiu retreated with the plum, and when he left
Wuwuxiang glared at Su Lingxi angrily.
"Guru Su must be tired all the way, so why not sit down and have some tea." Lin Yingxue smiled and invited Su Lingxi to sit down.
But unexpectedly, Su Lingxi refused, "No, I just came to remind the Empress. Now that I have brought the words, I will not leave more."
Su Lingxi bowed and retreated before she could wait for Lin Yingxue to speak.
"The nobleman Su's temperament is a bit strange." After watching Su Lingxi walk away, Mingzhu walked up and said, "I am usually cold and cold. I have never seen anyone who is particularly close to anyone, but I didn't expect that I was quite enthusiastic."
"Some people cannot see through the surface just by relying on the surface." Lin Yingxue said thoughtfully.
After sitting in the room for a while, Mingzhu came back with red eyes.
As soon as he entered the room, Mingxiu knelt down with a 'plop', "Empress, I am guilty. Please punish me!"
"Punishment? If you have anything, get up and explain it clearly." Looking at Mingxiu's reaction, Lin Yingxue had already guessed something in her heart.
Sure enough, Mingzhu choked and said, "I just took the plum to the imperial physician for examination as the empress's instructions. The imperial physician said that the plum was soaked in some poisonous water in advance, and even if it was washed clean, there would be some residue."
"If a normal person eats these plums, it will cause diarrhea and abdominal pain. If a pregnant person eats too much in the early stage, it will cause... miscarriage..."
When the word "miscarriage" was spoken from Mingxiu, the temperature in the room seemed to drop.
Lin Yingxue couldn't help but touch her belly, "Don't you be afraid. I believe this has nothing to do with you. Didn't Concubine Su say that someone has dealt with a large number of plums?"
"Maybe someone dropped the plums and these plums you sent from your house. You can go and check them secretly to see what's going on."
Lin Yingxue's trust moved Mingxiu. She raised her sleeves and wiped her tears, and responded in a deep voice: "Yes, I will check who wants to assassinate the Empress!"
After saying that, Mingzhu turned around and retreated.
After Lin Yingxue experienced this, she couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Mingzhu, who was standing beside her, looked at Lin Yingxue's face, so she couldn't help but walk forward and said with concern: "Is there something uncomfortable about Empress? I'd better help Empress in and rest for a while."
"Yes." Lin Yingxue responded softly.
Lin Yingxue returned to the room and lay down, and after a while he frowned and fell asleep.
The room was quiet, but Lin Yingxue was not sleeping very peacefully.
After just a short while, Lin Yingxue opened her eyes. She was soft and weak, and she slowly wanted to move her body.
But as soon as her eyes touched the table, she suddenly widened her eyes and a chill rushed to her mind - she saw that a dead young bird and a green plum were placed on her table.
Who is it? While Lin Yingxue was panicking, the feeling of vomiting surged up again.
"Come!" She quickly turned her head and asked Ming, who came in soon
Zhu said: "Everything is done on the table."
"This..." Mingzhu was also shocked when she saw the dead young bird on the table.
She picked up the two things and was about to leave, but she heard Lin Yingxue say, "Be careful, don't be discovered by others. In addition, the emperor is not allowed to know about this."
"But..." Mingzhu knew that Lin Yingxue was afraid that Murong Jun would be worried, so she didn't say anything and quickly retreated with the things.
As soon as Mingzhu left, the room became quiet again.
Lin Yingxue used to be quiet, but now she is too quiet and will make her feel a little nervous for no reason. It feels like she knows that someone is staring at her in the dark, but no one around her can protect her.
Who put these things on, and the sword spikes from last time... Could it be Murong Xun?
Chapter completed!