To Be a Mighty Empress, Or Not to Be - C130

“Hurry up, don’t delay any longer. I’ll just go back to my bedroom and lie down for a while!” Shi Anran’s face was deathly pale, and her voice seemed to be somewhat powerless.

Liu Yue nodded her head and replied: “Then this servant will be right back!”

Shi Anran stood up, but before she could take two steps, she saw the traces of blood on her clothes. She was shocked, and quickly understood what was going on, and secretly laughed at herself for being slow.

Since Liu Yue could not find Cui Yun, she was afraid that the emperor would blame him for delaying the meal. Thus, she decided to send the food over to the emperor himself.

“Eunuch, this servant came to deliver the emperor’s medicinal food!” Liu Yue bowed.

Eunuch Liu saw that it was not Shi Anran who had arrived, so she took a glance at Liu Yue and nodded: “Quickly go in!”

At this moment, Li Ruolan was accompanying the emperor. Upon seeing Liu Yue come in, he knew that she was a person close to Shi Anran, and softly glanced at him before snorting, “No rules, don’t you know how to salute when you see the emperor and this palace?”

Liu Yue immediately lowered her head in blessing, “This servant greets the Emperor, and the Imperial Concubine! Aunt was not feeling very well, so this servant came to deliver some medicinal food for the emperor in Aunt’s place. ”

Hearing this, the emperor raised his gaze and lightly said, “Bring it up.”

Opening the lid, he took a whiff of the fragrance, which also made Li Ruolan feel that it was extremely fragrant, and said in a soft voice, “Your majesty, even chenqie wants to taste it.”

Li Ruolan was naturally extremely happy in her heart when she ordered Liu Yue to scoop a bowl for the Imperial Noble Consort Lan. She took a sip of her lips and smiled, “The culinary arts of this imperial kitchens are not bad.

The emperor laughed, the spoon in his hand stirred a bit, and just as she was about to put it into her mouth, Li Ruolan slapped away the porcelain bowl in his hand, and spat out a mouthful of black blood with a “Pu”.

Eunuch Zhao was shocked, he looked at Imperial Noble Consort Lan who was in the Emperor’s arms, and immediately called for an imperial physician, then turned his gaze towards Liu Yue who had an expression of ignorance. Before he could say anything, he heard the Emperor angrily say: “Capture him for me!”

Shi Anran was awoken by a nightmare. When she opened her eyes, she immediately saw an anxious Yi Yue. She propped herself up and asked in a rather weak voice: “What time is it now?”

“Miss, it’s already evening …”

After looking at the sky, Shi Anran seemed to have thought of something, and asked: Why am I unable to see Liu Yue, what did she do?

Yi Yue knelt down beside Shi Anran’s bed with a thump. With lowered eyes, she said, “Miss, Liu Yue is now locked in the prison. The medicine she sent to the emperor was poisoned!”

“What did you say?” Shi Anran was shocked, and ignored her own body. She covered her lower abdomen with her hands and lifted the blanket, enduring the discomfort she felt, she asked again, “Your majesty’s medicinal food was poisoned? How could there be poison? ” It was personally made by Shi Anran, and there were no one around, so it was impossible for it to be poisonous. There must be someone framing or misunderstanding, she had to find the emperor to explain it!

“Auntie, you can’t go. Right now, the Emperor is sending people to investigate this matter. If Auntie goes out now, she might be captured as the mastermind!” Cui Yun pulled her arm, and said seriously.

Shi Anran pursed her lips, unable to calm her complicated emotions. She felt that her heart was beating even faster, as if something bad was about to happen. Cui Yun, go and investigate whether or not Liu Yue came into contact with anyone during her journey to deliver medicinal food to the emperor or where she stopped. You must investigate everything in detail! ”

Yi Yue pursed her lips, as though she had thought of something, and said: “That medicinal food was originally sent over by Miss to the Emperor. If it wasn’t for Liu Yue sending over, then the person locked up would have been you, Miss!”

After hearing this, Shi Anran suddenly understood, and she lightly muttered: “So the person that person was trying to frame was me, Liu Yue was just trying to frame him for me …” After saying that, Shi Anran tiredly closed her eyes, and after a while, she slowly opened her mouth: “Where did you go wrong?”

In Phoenix Palace, the Imperial Noble Consort Lan who had been unconscious for several hours finally woke up. She blinked her eyes in confusion, and Pearl saw that she had woken up for a while and was overjoyed: “Empress, you have finally woken up.

After hearing the commotion, the emperor walked in quickly and asked, “Is my beloved concubine better?”

Li Ruolan placed her hand on her abdomen, and upon sensing that the child was still alive, she heaved a sigh of relief. In a weak and angry voice, she said, “Your majesty, you must find out who it is that wants to poison chenqie!”

“My beloved concubine, don’t worry. This Emperor will definitely not let the mastermind off!” The Emperor said this solemnly. Furthermore, the person that wanted to harm him was not the Imperial Noble Consort Lan but himself. As he thought about this, the light in his eyes gradually deepened.

Pearl, who was at the side, warned in a low voice, “Your Majesty, that palace maid called Liu Yue is one of Aunt Anran’s people.”

After hearing that, Li Ruolan immediately understood. Holding the emperor’s hand, she said in a daze, “Chenqie had punished her earlier, so Shi Anran must have acted against chenqie out of the hatred in her heart. Your majesty must make the decision for chenqie!”

The emperor naturally knew that it was Shi Anran’s man, but he still understood in his heart, that Shi Anran had taken good care of him during this period of time. Moreover, if she wanted to poison him, she already had so many chances. There was no reason why she would wait until now. It was precisely because of this reason that the Emperor had delayed sending people to the Palace.

“I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Once my beloved concubine has recovered, so be it!”

That night, Shi Anran did not sleep until dawn, so she woke up early to wash up and prepare to go to the imperial court. Seeing her exhausted appearance, Cui Yun frowned: “Aunt, it’s not the time for the imperial court yet, you should rest for a while!”

How could she still sleep at this time? Shi Anran shook his head and said: “No need, how is the matter that I told you to investigate yesterday?”

Cui Yun was a little suspicious as her lips parted. “When Liu Yue took the medicinal bowl of food, she had already delivered it to the emperor without stopping. She also did not see anyone during this period. Aunt, could it be that the Imperial Noble Consort Lan poisoned her? After all, at that time, she was the only one who was exposed to medicinal food besides the Emperor. ”

Hearing this, Shi Anran thought for a bit, then said: “Imperial Noble Consort Lan values the prince in her stomach very much, she wouldn’t even think about poisoning me. Even if she isn’t worried about her own body, she would still worry about injuring the prince, so I don’t think that’s possible.”

“Aunt’s analysis is correct. But if that’s the case, who on earth would want to use such a malicious method to frame Aunt?”

“I’m not sure about that either …” In the palace, the only people who could not get along with her were the Li sisters. Currently, Li Ruoxue did not even have the chance to get near to the place, and it was even more impossible for Li Ruolan to drug them.

In the morning court, the Emperor looked at her with the same expression as before. Shi Anran lowered her eyes. If the emperor was suspicious of him, she would have sent people to arrest her the moment the poison appeared in the Imperial Noble Consort Lan, because the emperor did not do so, which meant that even he was not sure who it was. Thinking about it, Shi Anran’s heart was filled with waves of confusion and doubt, but she was more worried about Liu Yue.