usatvline Chapter 436 I know you are anxious, but don’t be anxious first
Chapter 436 I know you are anxious, but don’t be anxious first
"We'll know whether the drug was given or not after testing." Xie Qingrou said, but her eyes were fixed on Zhou Xiang, not missing a single detail of Zhou Xiang's expression.
Zhou Xiang lowered her head, feeling extremely guilty, but she didn't dare show it on her face. "Princess, please understand. I really didn't drug you."
"I've said that words are not enough to prove anything. We'll know after testing whether drugs were used or not." Xie Qingrou stood up and walked leisurely to the broken teacup. She slowly squatted down, casually pulled out the silver hairpin from her hair, and put one end of the hairpin into the water and let it rest for a moment.
When he picked it up a few breaths later, the silver hairpin had rarely turned black.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Xiang's heart finally settled down and he raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
She was not afraid of going to hell with her parents. What she was afraid of was that she would go to hell first without taking revenge.
"Princess Rou, Your Majesty, please understand. I really did not give you any drugs." Zhou Xiang knelt on the ground, not daring to look at the two of them.
Xie Qingrou not only did not believe Zhou Xiang's words, but sneered, "Some medicines may not be found by silver needles. Let's call the imperial physician."
Xie Qingrou shouted outside, "Someone come here."
After waiting for a while and seeing that no one came in, Xie Qingrou realized that she had already sent away the maid who was serving her. She lifted up her skirt and stood up, striding to the door. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Xie Qingzhi, Gu Jianchu and Xie Ci'an standing outside the door.
"Why are you here?" Xie Qingrou asked with raised eyebrows.
She had heard a long time ago that the Queen liked to join in the fun and watch the show. Xie Qingrou glanced back at the little maid and Prince Dongli behind her, and immediately understood that the Queen might have also noticed something between the little maid and Prince Dongli, and when she saw the two of them leaving the table at the same time, she came over to watch the fun together.
Xie Ci'an supported Gu Jianchu's waist and took the initiative to explain without waiting for Gu Jianchu to speak, "The Queen is tired. I will bring her to the back hall to rest for a while."
Xie Qingrou, who had long guessed the purpose of the few people, crossed her arms over her chest, leaned against the door frame naturally, and smiled. "I didn't expect that our Xie family would have such a romantic man like the emperor. Let alone the emperors of the Xie family throughout history, even the princesses have never been romantic men. Xie Qingzhi has found several men in a row."
"I came here to accompany the Queen to rest. What are you doing here? You have had a bad relationship with the Emperor since childhood. There is no close brother-sister relationship between you, and you don't have much contact with the Queen. Not to mention that you are also here to accompany the Queen to rest." Xie Qingrou's words directly blocked Xie Qingzhi's other excuses.
Xie Qingzhi came to join in the fun and watch the show, and he felt guilty, so he did not pursue Xie Qingrou's unreasonable behavior.
If it were any other time, the two would have started arguing.
"Who's accompanying the Queen? I've had too much to drink and my head is dizzy. Can't I just take a break? I'd like a bowl of hangover soup."
"This side hall isn't marked as your residence, so can't I come?" Xie Qingzhi's voice became louder and louder.
Xie Qingrou shook her head, "No."
She knew her sister too well. She would argue even if it was unreasonable. The louder her voice was, the more guilty she felt.
The queen is indeed a charming person, and her sister is a proud and arrogant person. I didn't expect that she could still be by the queen's side.
Gu Jianchu did not forget that they came here to eat melons. Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Gu Jianchu quickly shifted his gaze and stuck his head into the inner hall.
Zhou Xiang was seen kneeling on the ground, with a broken teacup at the feet of King Dongli. "What happened? Or is this little girl not serving me wholeheartedly?"
After all, the little girl in front of them is a member of the palace. Even if they want to deal with her, they cannot get past the emperor and the empress.
If she didn't know who the emperor and the empress were, just based on the empress's attitude of joining in the fun, she would have suspected that this little girl was arranged by the empress and the emperor to seduce Prince Dongli, so that they could take this opportunity to place a spy around Prince Dongli.
Xie Qingrou sneered and said, "How could she not be doing her best? She even served Prince Dongli in his arms and even put drugs in his tea. It's really rare to see a girl who serves so wholeheartedly."
Without waiting for Gu Jianchu to speak.
Zhou Xiang knelt before Gu Jianchu and kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I never drugged the King of Dongli. I gave him a sobering pill. I didn't intend to throw myself into his arms. I just stood up and lost my balance, so I accidentally bumped into him."
"Get up." Gu Jianchu waved his hand, asking Zhou Xiang to stand up and answer first, and then he came to the couch table and sat down with the help of Xie Ci'an.
After helping Gu Jianchu sit down, Xie Ci'an walked around to the other side of the table and sat down.
There were two seats in total, and the emperor and empress both sat down. Even if the emperor and empress did not sit down at the table, if one of them sat down first, it would be difficult for them to sit down, after all, there was a huge difference in their status.
Yunhe reacted quickly and immediately arranged for someone to bring a throne and place it below the emperor and empress, waiting for the two princesses and King Dongli to take their seats.
Xie Qingrou looked at Gu Jianchu suspiciously.
The queen believed what the little maid said in a confused manner.
Or was it really someone arranged by the emperor, who came out to protect the situation when he saw that things were failing?
But judging by the Queen's past behavior, she is not that muddle-headed person.
"Queen..." Before Xie Qingrou could finish the words, Xie Qingzhi directly pressed down Xie Qingrou's hand to prevent her from continuing.
"I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious yet. Let's see how the Queen handles it."
Xie Qingrou glanced at Xie Qingzhi's meaningful eyes and retracted the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
Gu Jianchu played with the jade pendant at her waist, her eyes falling coldly on Zhou Xiang. "One claims to be innocent, while the other accuses the other of drugging. This makes it difficult for me to handle this. Yunhe, go outside and bring in Imperial Physician Lin. Let Imperial Physician Lin take a look. Is the tea filled with sobering pills, or is it the unknown drug Princess Rou mentioned? Is it meant to attack Prince Dongli?"
Doctor Lin had been brought here by Yunhe a long time ago and was waiting outside Qingliang Palace in case of any emergency.
Not long after Gu Jianchu gave the order, Yunhe brought Doctor Lin over.
Since following the Queen, Doctor Lin has become accustomed to this kind of scene.
It's quite interesting. I can follow the queen and have some fun.
Without waiting for Doctor Lin to greet him, Gu Jianchu said, "No need to be so polite. Go check what was put in the tea."
"Yes." Doctor Lin walked to the broken teacup, squatted down, and took the medicine box handed to him by his young apprentice.
Doctor Lin took out a spoon, scooped a small spoonful of tea from it, and put it to his nose and smelled it.
Seeing this, Zhou Xiang's heart was beating fast. She didn't know if it was because the room was too hot or because she was too nervous, but beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.