The Legend of Zhen Huan: Entering the Palace to Become the Queen Mother

Chapter 109 Summer Ice, Strange Taste

Yikun Palace

Hua Fei was wearing a purple nightgown, leaning on the couch, holding a silver fork in her hand, picked up a piece of watermelon from the disk printed with a pattern of fish playing on lotus leaves, and put it in her mouth to chew it carefully.

Songzhi, who was standing by, did not forget to hold a round fan and gently fanned Hua Fei.

There was a large basin full of ice cubes in the hall. Such a large amount of ice cubes could only be found in Fucha Zhixi's palace, apart from the palaces of Concubine Hua and the Queen.

After all, ice cubes in summer are a rare item for the royal family. Naturally, not everyone can have it. Even if someone can have it, it is rare to have such a full basin.

This amount is almost equivalent to the amount of ice an ordinary concubine would have for three days.

Although Fu Cha Zhixi was favored, her position did not allow her to get so many ice cubes. The reason why she got so many ice cubes was that the emperor deliberately gave her part of his own share.

After all, pregnant women are most prone to heatiness.

Although Zhen Huan is very popular now, she has to get more ice according to her quota. Although she gets more as a favorite concubine, it is not much more.

It was simply that the Ministry of Internal Affairs gave Zhen Huan the shares of other unfavored concubines in order to please her.

"already dead?"

Hua Fei asked slowly after she finished the watermelon in her mouth.

"My lady, she is dead."

Songzhi said firmly.

“I heard that when they were taken to the mass grave, some people took a curious look, but they were very scared.”

"Didn't the Queen Mother say that she would give Yu Ying'er a cup of poisoned wine? I heard from that person that Yu Ying'er's neck was almost broken. It doesn't look like she died of poison."

When Songzhi thought of that scene, she felt a chill in her heart.

"Humph, do you think those people are good?"

"Every one of them is very ruthless."

"We kept delaying the action because we were afraid that the emperor might still have feelings for Yu. That's why we didn't dare to take action against Yu directly."

"But now that we have received the Queen Mother's decree, these rootless guys will naturally not be polite to Yu."

Concubine Hua glanced at Songzhi, looking at her useless appearance with some disgust.

"So that's how it is. It seems that Yu Shi refused to die despite the Queen Mother's order, which is why the eunuchs took such a ruthless action."

Songzhi then suddenly realized.

"It's not that simple here."

Hua Fei lazily took a piece of watermelon and snorted coldly.

"This Yu family even dared to offend the people in front of the emperor. Naturally, these eunuchs will take revenge and grievances."

"She didn't say anything she shouldn't have said."

Concubine Hua looked at Songzhi with some uncertainty and asked.

"Don't worry, Madam Yu, she doesn't dare to talk nonsense. She wants her whole family to live well."

Songzhi nodded very firmly.

"That's good. I don't think she would be that stupid."

Concubine Hua nodded indifferently and ate the piece of watermelon on the fork.

"This Zhen Huan is quite clever. She even knew to go to the Queen Mother. Humph, it seems that I underestimated her."

Concubine Hua stared at a distance with cold eyes and spoke softly.

"Don't worry, Madam. Zhen Huan is just a clown. She won't be around for many days."

Seeing this, Songzhi quickly spoke to comfort her.

"It's too dull today. It's time for a heavy rain to wash it off."

Concubine Hua looked at the changeable weather outside, frowned and said.

Cheng Qiangong

"Is it going to rain outside?"

Fu Cha Zhixi couldn't help but look at the dark sky outside the window. He didn't know why he felt so stuffy in his heart tonight. He should have gone to bed at this time, but he couldn't fall asleep.

"Yes, Madam, it looks like it's going to rain heavily today. It's been sunny for so long, finally it can rain to cool down."

Suqin spoke up.

Fu Cha Zhixi took a deep breath and walked to the window, and couldn't help but open the tightly closed window.

A damp air with the smell of earth invaded her nasal cavity directly, making her feel that the depression in her heart suddenly disappeared and her whole body became unobstructed.

At this moment, Fu Cha Zhixi felt the baby in her belly kick her, and she couldn't help but reach out and touch her lower abdomen.

"What's wrong, dear? You like this smell too, don't you?"

The baby in the belly seemed to understand and kicked Fu Cha Zhixi in the stomach again. The kick was not heavy, but enough to make its presence felt.

"Oh, it seems like you really like it. You are exactly like me, your mother."

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, blowing the leaves of a pot of spider plant next to it all over the place.

Suddenly, Suqin smelled a very strange smell. The smell was so faint that Suqin thought she had smelled it wrong at first. But after smelling it carefully again, she found that the smell was real.

"what happened?"

Fu Cha Zhixi looked at Su Qin with some confusion, as she saw that she had a strange expression on her face.

"I smell a strange smell, but I don't know what it comes from."

Suqin quickly opened her mouth to explain.

"My lady, why are you standing in such a draught? What if you catch a cold?"

As soon as Aunt Fangqiu came in, she saw Fucha Zhixi standing by the window and looked at him with some disapproval.

"Aunt, I just feel a little stuffy, so I want to get some fresh air."

"By the way, Suqin smelled something, but I didn't smell it. Did Auntie smell it?"

Seeing that Aunt Fangqiu was about to nag him again, Fu Cha Zhixi quickly changed the subject.

"What is the taste?"

"Your Majesty, come here first. Don't stand there. Let this servant go over and smell it."

Aunt Fangqiu frowned when she heard this and said with some concern.

"Yes, madam, you go first. My aunt and I will go and find out what it is."

Suqin then realized her oversight and quickly spoke up to persuade him.

At the same time, he did not forget to look at Aunt Fangqiu with gratitude. Thanks to an old lady like her, otherwise he would have made a big mistake.

"Okay, I'll go over first, you guys look for what it is."

Fu Cha Zhixi thought about it, then, holding her belly, was helped by Suqin to move away from the previous position.

Aunt Fangqiu walked over and smelled it carefully, and soon she also smelled the smell that Suqin described.

Although it was very faint, she was very sure that Suqin did not smell it wrong.

There must be something wrong with this inexplicable fragrance. Could it be that someone wants to harm the Empress?

But except for cleaning, no one else is allowed to enter the hall.

Even if he came in to clean, Suqin and the others would watch him carefully, so it would be impossible for him to do anything under their noses.

But now he discovered a strange smell, which really made Fang Qiu a little confused about what was going on.

"Auntie, look at how the roots of this spider plant have turned black."

Suqin suddenly glanced at the pot of spider plant next to her and saw that the innermost roots had turned black. There was something really wrong.