Chapter 112 Rash
Su Qingqing stared at the palace maid, watching her running towards the queen in panic.
The next moment, the palace maid arrived in front of the queen and whispered in her ear. Before the palace maid could finish her words, a notification sounded outside.
"Your Majesty has arrived~"
All the guests stood up in astonishment and bowed respectfully.
The Queen and the Queen Mother exchanged a quick glance, and the Queen stepped forward, smiling broadly, "How did your Majesty find time to come over ?"
The queen's smile froze when she saw the person who followed in.
The Ninth Prince of Nanliang followed beside him and greeted the Queen with a smile, "I heard that there was a banquet here, so I asked His Majesty to bring me here to have a look. His Majesty happened to be free, so he personally brought us here. I hope we don't bother you?"
Guests: ...
Depend on!
What did the Queen Mother just say?
The Queen Mother said that the Ninth Prince's wife of Southern Liang was not feeling well!
I feel unwell somewhere!
The Queen Mother only felt a burning pain on her face.
Qin Wanru silently gave Su Qingqing a thumbs up in her heart, looked at her and asked: Did you arrange this in advance?
Su Qingqing smiled but said nothing.
The queen nearly clenched her fists before she managed to keep a smile on her face. "No, I should have invited you, but I didn't because I was afraid you would feel bored and restrained."
As she spoke, she gave the emperor a glare, "Your Majesty, you should have informed me in advance so that I could be prepared."
The Ninth Prince of Nanliang smiled and said, "I didn't tell you in advance because I was afraid of causing trouble for you. Let's go and take a look."
Queen Mother: ...
Queen: ...
Guests: ...
If we say that Su Qingqing insisted on seeing Su Yunyun just now, we can attribute this to Su Qingqing's unreasonableness, cunningness and willfulness.
But now the Ninth Prince of Nanliang has come and wants to see Su Yunyun. Isn’t this a bit of a coincidence?
The Emperor walked up to the Queen Mother and greeted her graciously, "Mother."
The Queen Mother smiled and replied, "You came so suddenly. Look, where can I let you sit?"
The joke did not ease the atmosphere in the hall much.
The emperor didn't know what had happened before, he just smiled and said, "I will sit next to my mother and bring another table for the young couple."
As he spoke, the emperor sat down in the seat where the queen had just sat, and looked at Su Qingqing in confusion, "Why are you standing?"
Su Qingqing knelt and saluted, "In reply to your Majesty, I am in a bad mood."
Qin Wanru almost burst out laughing.
The emperor smiled and said, "It's fine, why are you in such a bad mood?"
Su Qingqing said, "I gave Princess Qingyun a gift, but she was not present for the entire banquet. I feel that she does not respect me, so I plan to find fault and get the gift back."
Attribute the previous outburst to finding fault.
The Crown Princess was a precious princess of the Zhao Kingdom. After coming to the Yan Kingdom, she did things as she pleased. It was understandable that she was just looking for trouble.
However, this act of looking for trouble just happened to give the Queen Mother a slap in the face.
The emperor smiled and said to the empress dowager: "Look at this temper, he is not willing to suffer any loss. I think he is more cunning than Xiao Qi."
The Queen Mother snorted in her heart, but smiled and said, "He has the nature of a child, but Yunyun is also like that. He has been missing for a long time."
After that, the Queen Mother ordered her personal nanny, "Go find her. What are you doing? Ask her to come and talk to the Ninth Princess."
The Ninth Prince's wife of Southern Liang smiled.
Because of the emperor's arrival, the atmosphere of the banquet changed from the weirdness and stalemate just now to the current repression, restraint and a vague expectation.
Something bad would happen every time there was a palace banquet.
Is there any melon today?
The guests looked submissive on the surface, but in their hearts they were craning their necks to look forward to it.
The emperor was talking to the Ninth Prince of Nanliang. After a while, Su Yunyun did not come back, nor did the people sent by the Queen Mother. He wondered, "Could something have happened?"
The Queen was also worried. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly said, "I'll go take a look. Maybe Xiao Qi got stuck."
The Queen stood up and was about to go out, when the Queen Mother's nanny came in with Su Yunyun.
She was still wearing the same clothes as before, but Su Yunyun's hair was obviously a lot more messy. The nanny's face was solemn. Although she tried her best to appear calm, careful people could detect her anger.
what happens?
Su Yunyun stepped forward and saluted, then stood up and walked towards her seat. The Ninth Prince of Nanliang looked at her suspiciously, "What's wrong, Yunyun? Are you feeling unwell? I see you don't look well."
Su Qingqing snorted coldly, "You haven't come for a while, I thought you ran away with my Eight Treasures Pearl."
Su Yunyun pursed her lips and said nothing, walking straight to her seat. But the moment she sat down, Jixiang raised his lowered wrist and a small bead popped out.
The bead flew straight towards Su Yunyun's knee. She screamed, staggered and fell to the side.
Next to her was Qin Wanru.
Qin Wanru raised her hand to help her.
Su Yunyun's dress, which was originally well-dressed, became a little more open at the chest after Qin Wanru held it up.
Su Qingqing screamed, "What's wrong with you? Oh my God, it can't be scarlet fever, it's a highly contagious disease!"
Su Yunyun was helped by Qin Wanru to stand steadily, and she hurriedly pulled her dress straight.
Su Qingqing looked at the emperor with a panic expression, "Your Majesty, please ask the imperial physician to take a look at her. There is a red rash on her chest. This is what scarlet fever looks like."
As soon as Su Qingqing mentioned scarlet fever, the entire banquet hall was immediately filled with noisy discussions and a sense of uneasiness.
The nanny behind the Queen Mother looked even uglier, "Your Highness, you are too kind. How could there be scarlet fever out of nowhere?"
Su Qingqing said, "Let's check and confirm it. I'm so scared."
On Su Qingqing's side, Qin Wanru looked at the emperor, "Father, you should check it out. I saw it just now. There are several scarlets. If it is really scarlet fever... And the Ninth Prince's wife also said that Yunyun's face doesn't look good, as if she is not feeling well."
Su Yunyun immediately shook her head, "I'm not feeling unwell, I...the rash is from mosquito bites."
Su Qingqing rolled her eyes. "This is the Queen's bedroom. It's autumn now. Where did the mosquitoes come from? Don't hurt and yourself. Are you going to infect us all? After you infect us, you'll go to Nanliang and infect them?"
Scarlet fever is a highly contagious disease.
No one dares to delay this matter.
The emperor's face darkened and he immediately summoned a female doctor.
The Empress Dowager's personal nanny was extremely anxious but could do nothing. The Emperor was right in front of the Empress Dowager and she didn't even have a chance to inform him of the news.
The female doctor received the order and took Su Yunyun to the side hall for examination. The chief eunuch waited at the door to be on the safe side.
Everyone was anxious and waited for the result.
After about a cup of tea, the doctor came out and Su Qingqing asked hurriedly, "How is it?"
The female doctor knelt down with an embarrassed look on her face, "It's not scarlet fever."
"What is that? Did you look carefully? The Second Prince's wife and I both think that red is not right."
The female doctor shook her head. " It's really not scarlet fever, it's just a common rash."
Hearing this, all the guests breathed a sigh of relief. The chief eunuch walked to the emperor's side and whispered in his ear, "It's a mark of joy."
