20demayo Chapter 164 Drugging
Chapter 164 Drugging
The inside and outside of the Shuiyun Hall are filled with chrysanthemums of various colors, vying with each other in beauty and blooming.
The guests who had arrived earlier were already gathering in groups of three or four around the palace, admiring the flowers and chatting.
The Fifth Prince's wife seemed to be deliberately making friends with Yun Fuling, and was actively bringing her into the circle of noble ladies in Daqi.
Yun Fuling didn't know what the purpose behind the Fifth Prince's wife was, so she could only remain unchanged and wait and see.
The Fifth Prince's wife was very popular, and having her accompany Yun Fuling provided a lot of convenience for Yun Fuling's social activities.
Besides, Yun Fuling was the Princess Yi who was officially canonized by King Jing. No matter what others thought, she had done enough to save her face.
In such an occasion, no one dared to be the first to speak out and embarrass Yun Fuling in public.
After going around in circles, Yun Fuling secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The situation was much better than she had expected.
She had originally thought that someone would cause trouble for her, and had prepared many response plans in her mind in advance, but she didn't expect that none of them would be useful.
However, the palace banquet has not yet begun, so we must not be careless before leaving the palace.
Yun Fuling was admiring chrysanthemums with several princes' wives when she suddenly caught a glimpse of Yun Lingzhi out of the corner of her eye.
She was immediately surprised.
How did Yun Lingzhi get into the palace?
She is no longer qualified to enter the palace and attend palace banquets.
Yun Fuling immediately glanced at Yaoguang beside her and whispered a few words to her.
Yaoguang nodded and retreated quietly.
After a while, she reappeared and whispered to Yun Fuling: "Yun Lingzhi was brought into the palace by the prince of the Duke of Anguo Mansion as a maid."
Yun Fuling raised her eyebrows when she heard this.
I didn't expect that Yun Lingzhi, who has always been arrogant, could achieve such a thing.
However, Yun Lingzhi's behavior made Yun Fuling more alert.
What on earth is there in this imperial palace that could allow Yun Lingzhi to sneak into the palace even if she had to disguise herself as the personal maid of the prince of the Duke of Anguo's mansion?
Or maybe she sneaked into the palace to do something?
Yun Fuling couldn't guess Yun Lingzhi's thoughts for a moment, so she had to ask Yaoguang to keep a close eye on Yun Lingzhi to see what she was trying to do!
Yun Fuling thought about it and asked Yaoguang to report to Xiao Jingyi.
Xiao Jingyi is more familiar with this palace than she is, and they also need to be on guard against Xiao Jingyi's side.
Who knows if Yun Lingzhi will go crazy and do something to Xiao Jingyi?
After all, Yun Fuling was able to drive Yun Gansong's family out of Jichunhou Mansion so quickly and efficiently, somewhat thanks to Xiao Jingyi's power.
After Yaoguang went there, she quickly brought back Xiao Jingyi's reply.
"His Highness said that he has some people in the palace, and he will be in charge of keeping an eye on people. If there is any news, he will have someone tell the princess."
Yun Fuling nodded.
She was confident in Xiao Jingyi's ability to do things.
However, until the palace banquet began, Yun Lingzhi was well behaved.
Yun Fuling felt more and more strange.
She didn't believe that Yun Lingzhi sneaked into the palace just to attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet.
She always felt that something would happen today.
Suddenly, a voice saying "Your Majesty has arrived" interrupted Yun Fuling's thoughts.
Yun Fuling quickly knelt down and saluted along with everyone else.
After hearing the word "stand up", Yun Fuling stood up and took her seat.
Emperor Jing and Empress Dowager Cui sat on the upper seats on the left and right respectively.
On either side of them sat Concubine Cui and Concubine Shu respectively.
After the death of the queen, Emperor Jing did not appoint another queen, but gave the power to manage the six palaces to Concubine Cui and Concubine Shu, ordering them to manage the harem together.
However, Imperial Concubine Cui and Imperial Concubine Shu had a long-standing grudge against each other and had always been at odds with each other.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about the two of them joining forces and colluding in the harem.
This Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet was jointly organized by Concubine Cui and Concubine Shu.
It has been a common practice from ancient times to the present that no matter whether it is a large or small meeting, the top leader attending the meeting always has to give a speech first.
Yun Fuling sat in her seat, listening to Jing**'s speech with boredom.
In such occasions, it’s nothing more than singing praises, you praising me and I praising you.
After Jing** finished his speech, the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet officially began.
As the sound of stringed instruments rang out, the court dancers swayed into the hall and began to dance gracefully.
Teams of palace waiters shuttled around the hall, serving food to every seat.
Yun Fuling was enjoying herself while eating, drinking and enjoying the dance.
She was watching with great interest when a young palace maid she didn't know came over and reported in a low voice, "Princess Yi is fine. I have been ordered by His Royal Highness Prince Yi to monitor Yun Lingzhi."
"Yun Lingzhi put drugs in the wine of the Prince of Anguo. Just now, the Prince of Anguo left the main hall and went to the back hall where the nobles used to rest."
"As soon as the Prince of Anguo left, Yun Lingzhi followed him secretly."
As soon as Yun Fuling heard the word "drug", she immediately understood Yun Lingzhi's plan.
Yun Lingzhi wants to seize the opportunity of her marriage with An Yulin.
However, at the palace gate, the old lady of the Anguo Mansion had already made her attitude clear, and it was obvious that she did not want her grandson to marry Yun Lingzhi again.
Yun Lingzhi wanted to make the matter a fait accompli and force the Duke of Anguo to marry her even if they didn't want to.
No wonder she went to such great lengths to sneak into the palace.
Those who can enter the palace and attend the palace banquet are all well-known figures in the entire Daqi upper circle. In the presence of so many witnesses, if An Yulin and Yun Lingzhi are husband and wife, then the Anguo Mansion will have no choice but to recognize it.
What's more, in addition to a group of nobles, Queen Mother Cui and Jing ** were also there.
If Yun Lingzhi's trouble was brought before Empress Dowager Cui and Jing **, then the Anguo Mansion would have to give an explanation.
This is really a good calculation.
It's just that the means are too despicable.
I didn't expect that after so many years, Yun Lingzhi's only trick is to administer medicine. She really hasn't made any progress at all.
Yun Lingzhi wanted to take over the Anguo Mansion, but Yun Fuling prevented her from doing so.
Yun Lingzhi snatched this marriage from the original owner, and Yun Fuling would never let her marry into the Duke of Anguo's Mansion.
Yun Fuling glanced at a figure sitting in the men's seat opposite her, and an idea suddenly popped into her mind.
She said to the little palace maid, "Can you try to lead Prince Yu to Yun Lingzhi?"
The little palace maid nodded and said, "I'll go right away."
After the little palace maid left, Yun Fuling used the excuse of being drunk to help Yaoguang out of the hall.
As soon as they left the main hall, the two went to the back hall that the little palace maid had mentioned.
Yun Fuling guessed that Yun Lingzhi must have acted on impulse. Besides, she couldn't get her hands into the palace. No matter how clever she was, her arrangements would not be perfect.
When Yun Fuling rushed to the back hall, she saw Yun Lingzhi and An Yulin talking under a flower tree in a secluded place.
An Yulin seemed to have just taken effect of the medicine, and he was touching Yun Lingzhi all over.
Yun Lingzhi said, "Brother Yulin, you are drunk," while dragging him into the room.
She had already bribed a young palace maid to put drugs in An Yulin's wine, and would also be the one to bring people over later. All of this would be done by this young palace maid.