Cheng Yuan's words not only shocked the people in the side chamber, but also Zhao Yuanzhi and Yuanzhi. Zhao Yuanzhi had already told Yueqi that she couldn't afford to be careless with the medicine.
However, she didn't expect Qi to tell Cheng Yuan about this and tell her to drug it. Cheng Yuan went to find the palace maid and didn't know what to do.
Yuanzhi didn't expect that Qi Jian would want to apply medicine on such an important party. Luckily, they didn't succeed now, or else the Prime Minister's Estate would really lose all face!
As for Imperial Concubine Liu, after hearing Cheng Yuan's words, her originally unsightly expression turned completely dark. "It's better than Qi!" Is what she said true? "
Imperial Concubine Liu had originally disliked Qi, but now, her disgust was all over her face. As she stood there, her face was pale and tears were still rolling down her cheeks.
"Imperial Concubine, you have to be clear-minded!" This subject does have some enmity with elder sister, but it is not to this extent. No matter what, we are sisters! This official's daughter would normally not even want to trample an ant to death, so how could she do such a heinous thing?! "
As she spoke, she wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief. She looked as if she had been framed by Cheng Yuan, and was extremely sad.
Furthermore, the hidden meaning behind Qi Qi's words was to force her to quit and be the scapegoat. Naturally, she was unwilling, "Empress, don't listen to her nonsense! It was her who poured the medicine into the wine jug on my table. She also threw the medicine bottle under the table. It's true! "
The emperor didn't know who to listen to at the moment, but he had rarely seen the auspicious sign before. So the emperor was more biased towards the latter. Now that he heard Cheng Yuan's words, he immediately sent people to search for him.
Not long after, Qi Qi also didn't expect Cheng Yuan to choose to break down. She knew she wouldn't be able to escape this time, so she couldn't help but resent Cheng Yuan.
She was already like this, but Cheng Yuan didn't even help her. Cheng Yuan was the granddaughter of the Cheng Guo, even if she had to deal with this, he would have a way to save her.
But she was different. She had already stolen away the eyes of the emperor, and neither the emperor nor the government would let her go.
"Your majesty, this old servant happened to meet Imperial Physician Huang and Imperial Physician Wang on his way here, so I asked them to come over and see if the wine jug really contained anything like Miss Cheng had said."
After speaking, he handed the items in his hands over to the two imperial physicians. After the two of them looked through them separately, they exchanged their findings before replying, "Reporting to your majesty, the wine jug really does have the same medicine bottle inside."
"Do you know what poison it is?"
Imperial Physician Huang paused before replying truthfully, "This bottle contains a large number of pure aphrodisiacs. Just a little is enough to make a person infatuated, but now all of them have been poured into wine jugs."
Because there were still many people in the side chamber, Imperial Physician Huang kept his words to himself, but none of them were stupid and stupid, so they all knew in their hearts.
The Emperor had a cold expression as he looked at the Prime Minister. "Prime Minister!" You taught me a good daughter! You even dare to deceive us! " The more the emperor spoke, the louder his voice became.
"I beg of Your Majesty to atone for your sins! If your son does not teach his father any manners, your subject is willing to accept any punishment. " After saying that, she turned around and saw Yu Di still leaning on Zhao Yuanzhi.
"Evil creature!" Kneel down right now! " Yuanzhi realized how serious the situation was and quickly kneeled on the ground, not daring to utter a single word.
At this moment, the mama by Imperial Concubine Liu's side came in and whispered a few words into her ear. Following that, Imperial Concubine Liu looked at Yuqi and the Fifth Prince with a faint smile …
"The Fifth Prince drank too much during the banquet and prepared to go rest. Why did he run all the way to the side hall of Supreme Harmony Hall?" Only after hearing Imperial Concubine Liu's words did everyone remember.
The Fifth Prince was a man, and even if he wanted to rest, he shouldn't appear in the Supreme Harmony Hall, unless someone had intentionally brought the Fifth Prince here.
The Fifth Prince clearly understood the meaning behind Imperial Concubine Liu's words. He raised his head to look at the pitiful Yuqi who was kneeling on the ground. She had originally felt ashamed that she had ruined the woman's reputation for no reason, but now it seemed like it wasn't what she had expected.
The Fifth Prince lowered his eyes and covered up the waves that were surging within them. At this moment, Madam Ji suddenly opened her mouth and said, "Ah? Didn't the young miss just say that she admired the Fifth Prince and drew quite a few of them!? "
The others also nodded in agreement after Madam Ji's words were spoken. They understood what was going on with the Emperor. It was because Qi liked the Fifth Prince less than him, they decided to take advantage of this opportunity to cook the cooked rice.
At that moment, everyone felt that Qi was closer to the Fifth Prince on purpose than to be shameless. Not giving Qi a chance to refute, Imperial Concubine Liu directly said, "Miss Yu is staying in the palace to learn etiquette, everyone else can leave!"
After Imperial Concubine Liu finished speaking, the emperor stood up and held Imperial Concubine Liu's hand as they left the Supreme Harmony Hall. The emperor returned to the Imperial study to prepare the imperial reports, while Imperial Concubine Liu stayed behind to do so.
"Yun'er, that Cheng Yuan said the medicine was fresh. When we were at the palace, you drank the wine. Are you alright?" Is there anything wrong with it? "
Seeing Imperial Concubine Liu's concerned expression, she felt a tinge of embarrassment, and her face reddened slightly. "Empress, don't blame this subject's daughter. This subject doesn't like to drink, so I prepared a handkerchief and placed it in my sleeve before entering the palace. When I drank, this subject's daughter's lips had a smudge of everything else lying on the handkerchief."
As she spoke, she took out a wet cotton handkerchief from her sleeve. Seeing this, Imperial Concubine Liu smiled, extending a finger stained with bright red nails and pointing it at her head.
"Girl, you really have a lot of devious ideas. I was thinking that you had a great tolerance for alcohol, but I didn't expect you to be here!" Seeing that Imperial Concubine Liu didn't blame him, she stealthily let out a sigh of relief.