Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 440: Inside story?

Changchun Palace.

The eldest prince Qin Mingyu sat upright beside the couch, holding the medicine bowl in his hand. After blowing away the cool air, he slowly handed the spoon to Shunpin Shi Qingzhang's lips.

While asking Empress Shen Ningyue, "Mother, how could Mother be poisoned? Mother has always been cautious and prudent, and has always been friendly with the people in the palace. How could she suddenly suffer such a disaster?"

For some reason, I had a bad feeling in my heart.

Shen Ningyue embraced the sobbing Fifth Princess Qin Jingshu and shook her head gently.

"My mother has no idea. It may be an ordinary accident, a conflict of food, or someone may have been accidentally dammed. We can only make a conclusion after we find out the whole story."

Shunpin Shi Qingzhang's face was slightly pale. She leaned on the soft pillow, tilted her head slightly, and sipped the medicine handed to her.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw his daughter Qin Jingshu seemed about to retort, so he glared at her.

Seeing this, the eldest prince Qin Mingyu frowned and asked, "What kind of riddle are mother and Jingshu talking about?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, His Majesty has summoned you." The eunuch came hurriedly to report, his expression urging.

"I see. Could it be that something urgent happened to my twelfth brother?"

The eldest prince Qin Mingyu then handed the bowl in his hand to the eldest prince's wife Zheng behind him: "You serve mother well here, I will be back soon."

"Mother, please wait for me to come back. Mother, I will leave Changchun Palace in your care."

After saying that, the eldest prince Qin Mingyu rushed to the Qilin Palace at the urging of the eunuchs.

Looking at the departing back of the eldest prince Qin Mingyu, the fifth princess Qin Jingshu leaned against Shen Ningyue and deliberately glanced at the eldest prince's wife Zheng who took the soup bowl and prepared to serve the medicine.

She tilted her head and asked softly, "Mother, why didn't you let me tell my eldest brother that the wine brought by my twelfth brother was poisoned?"

Shunpin Shi Qingzhang took a sip of medicine from the hand of the eldest prince's wife Zheng. Before she swallowed it, she wanted to answer, but she was choked and kept coughing.

“Ahem, your eldest brother is filial. If he knew that it was your twelfth brother who caused your mother, ahem, to suffer this disaster, he, ahem, ahem…”

"Mother, why are you in such a hurry to answer? My sister-in-law comes from a noble family and has been spoiled since she was a child. I'm afraid she is not used to serving the elders. Let me do it."

The fifth princess Qin Jingshu anxiously pushed aside the eldest prince's wife and patted Shunpin on the back.

Shen Ningyue raised her hand slightly and asked Xiaoji beside her to take the bowl from the eldest prince's wife and then serve Shunpin to drink the medicine.

Seeing a flash of anger on the eldest prince's wife's face, Shi Qingzhang lowered his eyes to hide the sarcasm in his eyes.

Shen Ningyue softly instructed, "Zheng, go for a walk outside the palace and take a breath. Shunpin, I and Jingshu are here, so you don't have to worry."

"Chunhui, accompany the eldest prince's wife for a walk by the Mirror Lake." After giving the eldest prince's wife instructions, Shen Ningyue instructed Chunhui, the head maid of Changchun Palace.

"Qingzhang, aren't you afraid that Mingyu will hate you and Twelve? Why would it come to this?" Shen Ningyue said after watching the figure of the eldest prince's wife gradually disappear.

Shunpin Shi Qingzhang lowered her eyes to hide the ripples in her eyes and smiled slightly: "I raised the eldest prince by myself. Your Majesty also knows how I treat him."

"He is getting older, and his heart is getting bigger. I can't control him. For his own good, I have to do this.

What his biological mother’s family instilled in him year after year and day after day has fueled his ambitions. If he continues like this, he will definitely reach a point of no return.”

Shen Ningyue sat down beside the bed, put her hand on the back of Shunpin's hand and patted it gently.

"With you here, my lady, I am not worried about the future of the eldest prince. I would be worried if he fell into an unknown situation because of his fight with the ninth prince."

Shunpin Shi Qingzhang's fingers were unconsciously fiddling with the edge of the quilt, with a bitter smile on the corner of her mouth.

Shen Ningyue sighed softly: "I will go to Qilin Palace to watch."

If the eldest prince, who is the eldest son, is disqualified from competing, it will be beneficial to her and her ninth prince.

She couldn't stop Shunpin's actions, and naturally she wouldn't hypocritically persuade her to turn back. She just reminded Shunpin and sighed with emotion.

"Farewell, Her Majesty. Thank you very much." There were sparkling tears in the corners of Shunpin Shi Qingzhang's eyes and she pressed down the corners of her lips.