allonlinenovel Chapter 253 Horrible
Chapter 253 Horrible
The next day, Concubine Jing got up early, but before she had time to wash and dress, she saw the palace maid coming in in a panic.
Aunt Rong, who was serving beside her, scolded, "What's the matter? Are you so flustered? Are you going to go back on the rules I taught you?!"
The little palace maid trembled like a sieve, fell to her knees with a plop, and replied in a trembling voice:
"I know I was wrong, but, but, Your Majesty, something strange has happened in the palace! Everyone, everyone is frightened..."
Concubine Jing frowned and interrupted, "Speaking of the point!"
The little palace maid replied with a pale face:
"Your Majesty, early this morning the eunuch who was in charge of the imperial garden discovered that all the flowers in the garden had withered overnight!
It looks like the temperature dropped suddenly and it withered early. But, but the temperature didn’t drop last night…”
In fact, the maid had more to say. Now the palace was saying that Concubine Jing had made extensive changes to the Imperial Garden in order to hold a flower viewing banquet, and she was afraid that she had angered the God of Flowers.
"Totally withered?! Are you talking nonsense? If even a word of yours is false, I will beat you to death!"
Imperial Concubine Jing quickly tidied herself, changed her clothes quickly, and ran towards the Imperial Garden. Before she even got close, she saw a desolate scene everywhere she looked!
She staggered and was held tightly by Aunt Rong, but her hands were already cold, revealing her fear and panic. She said in a trembling voice:
"My Lady, this, this..."
Suddenly, an idea struck her, and she immediately changed her words:
"Could it be that someone poisoned it? This is clearly man-made!"
A sinister look flashed across Concubine Jing's eyes, and she gritted her teeth and said to the servant behind her:
"Immediately call all the doctors on duty in the palace, and bring all the craftsmen who are responsible for taking care of the garden here for questioning!
I want to see who has the guts to ruin my good deeds!"
The banquet was to begin in two hours, but time was tight and there were no clues, so in the end it ended in vain.
This incident caused such a big stir that it naturally alarmed the emperor and empress.
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory gave the final explanation that it was due to the abnormal weather last night. The flowers in the garden mistakenly thought that winter was coming and withered hastily. This situation has happened before.
In addition, several people in the palace caught a cold due to catching cold, which made this statement even more convincing.
The current emperor is kind and loves his people, so he would not allow the eunuchs and palace maids who are responsible for taking care of the imperial garden to be beaten or killed because of such a small matter.
Imperial Concubine Jing had no choice but to swallow her anger and let the matter go. She only fined a few people one month's salary and let it go.
It was obviously too late to notify everyone to cancel the banquet at this time. In addition, it had already been delayed once, and if it was cancelled again, who knows what bad rumors would spread.
The banquet venue had to be temporarily changed from the Imperial Garden to the Jingyue Palace. It was the so-called Hundred Flowers Banquet, but in the end the noble ladies could only admire the chrysanthemums, crabapples and other flowers that they had long been tired of seeing.
The banquet started well but ended badly. I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but today it gives me a feeling of everything withering and the bleak autumn wind.
There was no beautiful scenery to enjoy, there were so many people that it was difficult to turn around, and the talent show was a complete mess.
Zhongli Rushuang, the youngest daughter of the Minister of Revenue, wore a dress of misty gauze and looked like a butterfly fairy. However, when she was dancing on the stage, she accidentally fell down because the stage was too small and broke her right leg.
There was also the little granddaughter of the old chief priest, who had intended to paint on the spot, but a gust of wind blew over and the entire drawing paper fell onto her, with ink staining her face and body.
The little girl was shy and embarrassed. She covered her face and cried on the spot.
And the little daughter of the Liu family, because she was too nervous and afraid that something unexpected would happen again, she ended up playing a good pipa piece "Ambush on All Sides" into "The Army is Broken"...
In short - it's horrible!
Shangguan Qingyue, dressed in a light blue and plain dress, was hiding in a corner of the pavilion like a transparent person, secretly eating snacks in her secret bag and watching the excitement. How happy she was!
The ladies of each family were all focused on themselves, fearing that they would make a fool of themselves by mistake. They had no time to gossip about the little daughter of the Shangguan family.
Xuanyuan Chen, who was originally full of vigor and vitality, now had a pale and red face, which made Shangguan Qingyue cover her mouth and laugh secretly. She couldn't help but lean close to Baili Nanqing's ear and whispered:
"Mother, look at the Fifth Prince's face. He looks like he has a stomachache and is enduring it with great difficulty."
Although the little girl's voice was low, she was too outspoken. Baili Nanqing pinched her chubby face helplessly and said only one sentence: "Don't be naughty."
In fact, she really said it, and everyone thought that the fifth prince was angry. After all, a good blind date banquet, oh no, a hundred flowers banquet, has now become a joke, and anyone would be angry.
But in fact, he just had a stomachache. Maybe he caught a cold last night, and his stomach kept rumbling, and the medicine he took before coming here didn't help.
He cursed the court doctor in his heart. At this moment, he had only one thought: it doesn't matter who Concubine Jing likes, he just wants the banquet to end quickly. He has already reached his limit!
At this moment, a little girl in a pink dress and a string of peach blossom beads on her head walked shyly up to Xuanyuan Chen and Concubine Jing. Just as she was about to salute, a tall figure suddenly stood up.
Because the action was too sudden, the surroundings fell silent, and only a "bang" was heard. He, he couldn't help but fart loudly...
Concubine Jing, who was drinking tea, spit it out, choking and tears streaming down her face. She coughed for a long time before she recovered. She had just recovered from her illness, and she felt dizzy and weak again.
Xuanyuan Chen was extremely grateful to Concubine Jing for her cough, which just relieved his embarrassment and the heat from his red cheeks gradually faded away.
He just glanced at the young eunuch behind him, and the man instantly understood what his master meant. He knelt on the ground with a dejected face and kowtowed continuously until blood flowed down his cheeks to his neck, and he did not dare to stop.
He kept begging for mercy:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I had a stomachache and I lost my temper. I had no choice but to disturb you. Please forgive me this time..."
This eunuch had been with Xuanyuan Chen for many years and had already figured out his temper. He knew that he was the only one who could bear this matter. The only way to escape was to pray for a little sympathy from the imperial concubine.
As for the Fifth Prince, he hoped that he would die as an atonement to wash away the humiliation he had just suffered.
Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Xuanyuan Yan kicked him over and cursed fiercely:
"You little dog slave, you only know how to embarrass yourself, what use are you to me!"
He looked at Concubine Jing with an apologetic look.
"I am extremely ashamed for disturbing the Imperial Concubine. I cannot bear to stay here any longer. I will take this servant back to your residence and punish him twice as much. I will come to the palace to pay my respects to you another day."
Concubine Jing was very satisfied with Xuanyuan Chen's contingency plan. But she didn't expect that the other party was in a hurry to leave. She hadn't found a girl she liked yet, so how could the protagonist leave early? !
So she tried to put on a gentle and generous smile and said:
"Chen'er, you've only been here for a short time, and there are still many girls who haven't had time to show their talents. Do you want to stay a little longer?
Everyone is bound to be defecating. You don't have to be too harsh on this eunuch. It's not easy to be a servant. Our emperor governs the country with benevolence, and you should learn from him."
The latter part of the sentence already contained a warning, and she thought the other party would understand it.
However, Xuanyuan Chen was already in so much pain that he was sweating profusely, and he really couldn't stay any longer. This time he could find a servant to replace him. If he didn't leave, when a series of frustrated voices sounded, I'm afraid even the gods wouldn't be able to save him!
He could only bite the bullet and insist on leaving on the pretext of feeling unwell, leaving Concubine Jing alone, disheveled in the autumn wind...
Trash, you are a piece of rotten mud that can't be helped!