coobybook Chapter 220 Blind Date?
Chapter 220 Blind Date?
Xu Yingying looked at the maid coldly, "Since you know that what the emperor gave me is not poisonous, why don't you dare to eat it?"
Xu Yingying picked up the chopsticks that the maid had dropped on the ground, picked up the dish she had picked up before, and personally handed it to her mouth, "Come, I will feed you myself."
The maid looked at the dish at her mouth, her face turned pale, and her lips trembled, but she didn't dare to open her mouth.
Seeing this situation, there was nothing Xu Yingying didn't understand.
She sneered, "Come here, send all these dishes to the Imperial Hospital for inspection. I want to see if there is any poison in these dishes. If there is, who is trying to frame the emperor?"
Her words were so powerful that the legs of the maid kneeling beside her trembled.
Time passed little by little, there was no sound in the room, and everyone was waiting for the results from the Imperial Hospital.
Finally, someone came from the Imperial Hospital.
But the result was beyond everyone's expectations, the dishes they sent over were tested and were found to contain no toxins!
"This is impossible!" Camellia's eyes widened, expressing everyone's thoughts.
However, the people from the Imperial Hospital naturally could not hear any nonsense, so they got up and left after bringing the test results.
The maid who had been kneeling there breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the result.
With a smug smile on her lips, she looked up at Xu Yingying and said, "My lord, can I stand up now?"
Xu Yingying looked at her coldly, but the anger in her heart was surging and she could hardly suppress it.
She had never expected that the Imperial Concubine's hands were so long that not only could she control the maids in the palace to poison her, but even the people in the Imperial Hospital were willing to listen to her and confuse right and wrong.
But I can do nothing about her!
Outside the palace walls.
Li Siqi released the carrier pigeon in his hand and looked at the news from his spy with a gloomy look in his eyes.
He held the note in his hand and brought it to the candlelight on the table. He watched the jumping flames lick the note clean, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
With my current abilities, I cannot guarantee her safety in the palace, so it would be better to bring her out of the palace. At least I won't let her suffer from the Imperial Concubine's anger again!
So the next morning, when Xu Yingying got up, she saw Li Siqi who had been waiting for her for a long time, and was even more frightened by his dark circles under his eyes.
"What's going on? You didn't sleep all night?"
Li Siqi was relieved to see her heartless look. "Pack your things and follow me out of the palace now. I will talk to the emperor."
"Ah? Now?" Xu Yingying was surprised.
"Well," Li Siqi frowned, "There are too many people in this palace who want to harm you. It's not the time for us to break up with her yet."
He didn't say who that "she" was, but both of them understood.
Xu Yingying was not stupid either. She had thought about this problem carefully last night. Staying in the palace now would be of little use and would instead give that woman the opportunity to kill her.
There is only a thief who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days. If one day I am not careful and really get harmed by that woman, it will be a waste of time.
The Ninth Prince happened to come to pick her up, so it was a legitimate reason for her to leave the palace and have fun.
She didn't even have time to eat breakfast. She immediately asked someone to pack up and prepare to leave the palace with Li Siqi.
But before the two of them could move, there was a noise outside.
The eunuch's sharp voice reached everyone's ears, "The Imperial Concubine has arrived!"
Xu Yingying and Li Siqi looked at each other, bowed their heads and bowed to the Imperial Concubine, saying, "Your subordinate greets the Imperial Concubine."
"No gift."
The Imperial Concubine sat down at the stone table in the middle of the room with a swaying figure and without looking around.
Her almond-shaped eyes swept over the package Xu Yingying had packed and she said, "I heard that County Magistrate Xu is leaving the palace?"
Before Xu Yingying could reply, Li Siqi chuckled, "The news from the imperial concubine is really fast."
The Imperial Concubine was unmoved. She looked down at Xu Yingying with an indescribable arrogance in her tone, "Speaking of which, I haven't had a good chat with County Magistrate Xu since he came."
"Speaking of which, I have a cousin in my family who is about the same age as County Magistrate Xu. She is of the right age for marriage. County Magistrate Xu, why don't you stay in the palace for a few more days so that I can talk to my family and find a matchmaker for you."
The corners of Xu Yingying's mouth twitched.
cousin?
Matchmaking?
"Don't worry, Madam Noble Concubine. Your cousin, Magistrate Xu, is out of your reach!"
"How can this be considered marrying above your station? County Magistrate Xu has good character, which is hard to find even with a lantern."
"Really?" Li Siqi curled his lips and sneered, "I heard from outsiders that all your in-laws are either rich or noble, and the ones you look down on the most are those who only have good character!"
"you!"
The Imperial Concubine was so angry at Li Siqi that she was speechless. Her eyes were wide open and she wished she could eat him.
But Li Siqi didn't care about that. He grabbed Xu Yingying and strode out of the palace.
It was the first time that Xu Yingying saw Li Siqi's domineering side.
Even Camellia excitedly whispered in Xu Yingying's ear, "I never thought that the Ninth Prince had such a domineering side. It's so refreshing. The Imperial Concubine was so angry that she almost bit her teeth off!"
"puff!"
Xu Yingying couldn't help laughing out loud.
Seeing Li Siqi looking over at her, she quickly said seriously, "Um... this won't have any impact on you, right?"
"Don't worry, no matter how long her arms are, I will never let her touch a hair on your head."
Xu Yingying returned to Li Siqi's mansion. Li Siqi was worried that after this incident, the imperial concubine's hand would reach out even further, so this time he directly stationed hundreds of guards outside the mansion.
He even gave half of his best personal guards to Xu Yingying. Except when it was necessary to go to the palace to investigate the cause of Camellia's death, Xu Yingying basically stayed in the same room with Li Siqi most of the time.
Even when Li Siqi went to Baihua Tower, Xu Yingying would follow him.
only……
Li Siqi went to Baihua Tower to discuss matters with Cui Jiangyuan, but as for Xu Yingying... naturally she went there to have fun!
That day, Xu Yingying came to Baihua Tower in Li Siqi's carriage as usual.
She now knew Baihua Tower very well. After seeing Li Siqi go upstairs, she took her two personal guards and went to her usual room to take a nap.
Baihualou held a small auction today.
It's called an auction, but the only things Baihualou can offer are girls. To put it bluntly, it's just to let the rich people present find a new way to pay.
Of course, in order to save face, the girls in Baihua Tower were all ready in the morning. They went upstairs one by one singing and dancing, hoping to be noticed by some wealthy official.
Chahua and Zhong Lin were sitting in the first row of the crowd, admiring the beauty's dance with great interest.
Zhong Lin pointed at a woman in yellow who was dancing and said, "Tsk tsk, such a good figure is wasted. In the previous dance, if she had lowered her waist a little more, the effect would have been completely different!"