A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace Chapter 1276 - 1274: An Even Greater Surprise
Previously on A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace...
From the Ningshou Palace, Luo Manman returned in constant unease.
Her mind kept replaying the words Shih Wanxin had said to her this morning.
"Find a way to make him take this medicine!"
"One pill a day, a total of thirty pills, and after a month, we’ll be even, and you’ll be free!"
Luo Manman sighed and dismissed the palace attendants.
She took out the white porcelain bottle from her bosom and curiously opened the lid for a look.
Inside were red pills, with no noticeable smell when closely sniffed.
She didn’t understand a thing about it, much less what it actually was.
Anyway, it was definitely not some good medicine.
The Emperor liked her so much and treated her so well.
And it had taken her such a long time to live such a happy life; now destroying it with her own hands, how could it be easy?
But...
Whenever she thought that she’d be free in a month’s time,
they would no longer force her to do anything, and the Emperor would be safe and sound.
She was no longer afraid.
Yes!
Since it wouldn’t be life-threatening, there should be a way to remedy things, right?
She would accompany him to find famous physicians to cure the illness!
Yes! It must be possible!
By then, they would be the most beautiful immortal couple in the world.
Their story would be passed down as a beautiful legend, widely celebrated.
Everything would be restored to its beauty!
Indeed!
Luo Manman tucked the medicine bottle into her sleeve, her eyes showing unprecedented determination!
Emperor, for our happiness, I’m sorry to trouble you.
...
Luo Manman grappled with her thoughts for half a Shi Chen, then spent a day plotting this matter.
The time for the evening meal arrived.
Zhao Junyao, accompanied by Li Shengan, routinely came to Xifu Palace.
Luo Manman approached with a bright smile to pay her respects.
"Greetings, Emperor!"
Zhao Junyao smiled faintly.
"You may rise!"
After speaking, he walked into the inner hall and sat down in his familiar seat.
A palace attendant presented a cup of fragrant tea.
Zhao Junyao took a sip, tasted it, and then set it down.
"Still, the tea you brew personally is the best, unforgettable!"
Luo Manman’s eyes lit up.
"Isn’t this tea good?"
"This tea was brewed by the palace’s best tea aunt!"
Zhao Junyao shook his head.
"I think...it still lacks the taste of what you make!"
"Isn’t that right?"
Zhao Junyao gazed at her intently.
Luo Manman felt a bit flustered, not daring to meet his eyes.
Somehow, she always felt that the Emperor could see through everything in her heart, including her guilt and ambition.
"Your...Your Majesty speaks too kindly!"
"Since you don’t like it, I will brew you some personally!"
With that, before Zhao Junyao could respond, she fled in a hurry.
And Zhao Junyao...
He watched her hurried departure, a meaningful smile playing at the corner of his mouth.
...
A quarter of an hour later.
Luo Manman gracefully entered with a fragrant tea.
"Emperor! This is brewed personally by me! Made with the finest tea leaves, please have a taste?"
Zhao Junyao took the tea she offered with a smile on his face.
"This is right, isn’t it!"
"This is you!"
With that, he slowly brought the tea cup to his lips.
Yet Luo Manman’s heart pounded fiercely, undergoing the most intense challenge imaginable.
She wanted him to drink, yet didn’t want him to drink, wished to stop him, yet didn’t wish to stop.
The complex emotions coursed through every blood vessel in her body.
She was filled with anxiousness.
Zhao Junyao watched her with a subtle smile, bringing the tea cup inch by inch to his lips.
His actions were slow, as if waiting for something.
"Wait!"
Luo Manman suddenly stopped him.
She was at a loss, face turning pale, filled with reluctance.
Shih Wanxin hadn’t told her what these medicines were, what if she was tricking her? What if she intended harm to the Emperor?
That woman was insane; who knew what she might do?
But on a second thought,
the Emperor was, after all, the Empress Dowager’s flesh and blood, and even a tiger wouldn’t eat its cubs.
With the Empress Dowager around, Shih Wanxin likely wouldn’t act recklessly.
Thinking of this, Luo Manman slightly composed herself, forcing out a smile.
"It’s nothing!"
"I just wanted to remind the Emperor that this tea...is a bit hot!"
Zhao Junyao suddenly laughed.
"No worries! It’s been sitting for a while; it’s not hot anymore!"
With that, he lifted the tea lid and drank it all down in one go.
"Emperor!"
Luo Manman was terrified.
Now it truly couldn’t be undone.
She felt a bit of regret in her heart, but more than that, excitement.
Taking the first step was tough, but thinking of the beautiful future ahead, it didn’t seem that difficult.
Things were good this way, weren’t they?
After drinking the tea.
Zhao Junyao read a little more.
After a while, he expressed feeling tired, so the two retired for the night.
As for anything else, there was nothing, and there could be nothing!
He had vowed long ago that other than Qingqing, he would never touch another woman in this life.
...
Life continued as usual.
Since the first step she took that day.
Luo Manman had long shed the guilt and fear in her heart.
The ambition she had hidden for so long gradually surfaced.
As the red pills dwindled, she became more and more adept.
Some pills went into soups, others into tea, and some into dishes.
In various forms, ever-changing.
In this way, a month quickly passed, with only one pill left, and her promise was about to be fulfilled.
On this particular late night.
Zhao Junyao had already fallen into a deep sleep.
Luo Manman excitedly got up, repeatedly playing with the exquisite vial holding the last pill.
The small red pill rolled around inside, truly a delightful sight.
Watching the dark night outside, a charming smile curved her lips.
"Once tonight is over, by tomorrow morning, all this will end!"
"He will forever be mine!"
"All of it, mine!"
"Haha...Empress...just you wait!"
"I’m about to challenge you, and our contest is about to begin!"
"I just don’t believe that I can’t defeat you!"
Completely indulged in her self-satisfaction, she never imagined.
The man behind her wasn’t asleep at all.
He was wide awake, staring at her, listening to her every word.
Zhao Junyao slightly curved his lips, saying in his heart.
’What is this? Even bigger surprises await you! Excellent! Is your game over already?’
’And mine is just beginning, isn’t it?’
...
The next morning.
Luo Manman served tea as usual.
Zhao Junyao drank it without a second thought, just as always.
However...
Immediately after drinking the tea, he was in extreme pain.
Furious, he slammed the tea cup, clutching his abdomen in agony, his face pale and drenched in sweat, soon fainting onto the floor.
Luo Manman was terrified.
"Emperor? What’s happened to you, don’t frighten me, Emperor!"
"Emperor?!!"
"Someone! Someone please, call the Imperial Physician!"
Luo Manman cried out in a frantic panic.
Soon, people arrived, and after a flurry of chaos, finally managed to lift the unconscious Zhao Junyao onto the bed and called for the Imperial Physician.