0p0 Chapter 156 A Slap
Chapter 156 A Slap
"The little princess is fine, please rest assured, Queen."
Murong Taiyi's words relaxed the queen's frown, and the look she gave Concubine Liang became much sharper.
Her bottom line for the women in the harem is that they cannot touch children.
Concubine Liang has crossed the line, not to mention that Ji Qionghua is still her Achilles' heel.
"What happened? Tell me one by one."
The emperor's expression was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry. He raised his hand to signal the prince to stand up and answer, then sat upright in his chair without looking at Ji Wangshu again.
"Father, you know that Bubai was at the banquet with Qiong Huaer that day. When this plate of cakes was served, Bubai suddenly went crazy and threw it to the ground."
"I was worried that something was fishy, but Bubai was still young, and I was afraid that it was deliberately making trouble, so I did not tell you, father, but took this cake and sent it to Doctor Murong for examination."
The prince paused for a moment, and Murong Taiyi leaned forward to continue the conversation.
"I can testify to this."
"There are some medicines in this cake that can be used to nourish the body. It is harmless for young children to eat it."
"But I have studied the pharmacopoeia in depth, and I know that many drugs are ineffective when used alone, but when mixed together, they can kill people."
"I therefore examine the jug of wine that the Crown Prince drank at the banquet that day."
Murong Taiyi picked up the wine jug and poured out the little wine left in it.
"There are also many tonics mixed in this wine. Two of them, if mixed with the medicine in the cakes in the stomach, will produce toxins."
"It is the third formula of the Three Souls of Death, Ghost Powder."
"It is precisely because the Crown Prince entrusted me with this important task that I have read many pharmacopoeias one after another. Today, I was able to find out the source of the poison in the emperor and the fourth prince, so that I could prepare the antidote as soon as possible."
"There are several colleagues in the Imperial Hospital who can testify to this."
Murong Taiyi had no intention of taking credit for himself, and after testifying for the prince, he stepped aside.
"It's my fault. If I had told you earlier, maybe you and my fourth brother wouldn't have been harmed by the traitor."
"Fortunately, my fourth brother and I are very close, and as soon as he woke up he guessed that someone was also trying to harm me and my father."
"Fourth brother, thank you for your hard work."
The prince looked guilty.
The red eyes made the queen unable to help but cover her cheeks with a handkerchief, and her mood became depressed.
Ji Wangshu almost vomited blood.
He should have used this incident to gain power, but the credit was stolen by the crown prince.
But he couldn't figure out whether what happened that day was really exposed because of a dog.
Ji Wangshu, whose head was about to explode, caught a glimpse of Ji Qionghua's thoughtful expression as she curled up in the chair.
The little kid's expression is more serious than that of an adult.
This made Ji Wangshu shu shudder all over.
Monster, this is a monster!
Ji Qionghua, who was attacked by Ji Wangshu's eyes, came back to his senses after being distracted.
She stuck out her tongue at Ji Wangshu and smiled so innocently that Ji Wangshu was so angry that his mouth was crooked.
"You want to get to the bottom of this before telling me. This is as it should be. I don't blame you."
The emperor motioned the prince to come over: "You are thoughtful."
"Since the other party was able to attack my three sons and me, it means that he is in the palace."
"Do you have any clues about the murderer's identity?"
The emperor was lenient and inquiring.
When the murderer was mentioned, everyone in the room looked over.
"Father, it was my incompetence that prevented me from finding the murderer."
He originally wanted to sit back and wait, but the Black Widow disappeared. He searched the palace thoroughly but could not find any trace of the woman.
"But I have other clues."
"According to Imperial Physician Murong, the master of the people who used the Three Souls Powder is the same person."
"Hard work pays off. I have found the trace of that master."
The prince ignored the small soldiers and went straight to capture the general.
"Bang!"
The sound came suddenly.
It was Dingchun, a palace maid serving in the palace.
The last time Concubine Liang discovered that the maid around her was having an affair with her son, the maid disappeared in the harem.
Life and death do not know.
From then on, it was Dingchun who served Concubine Liang.
Being able to become a senior maid beside Concubine Liang, she must be nimble and nimble, so how could she make any noise at such a time?
"This slave deserves to die!"
Dingchun knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, then raised his hand and slapped himself.
[Who said that one hand can't clap? This is quite loud. ]
Ji Qionghua's ridicule was completely off topic.
The atmosphere in the palace was cold and all the palace servants were acting very cautiously. Some of the timid ones wanted to shrink into a corner and not move at all.
"Get up."
The emperor just said it casually and did not punish anyone.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave now."
Dingchun had a smile that looked like he was about to cry on his face, and he got up and walked outside.
He moved at such a rapid pace, as if he was afraid of dying here.
[Why are you leaving? It's not your turn yet. ]
However, Ji Qionghua's voice came out in time, and the emperor looked up at the palace maid.
"Continue to serve here."
Who dared to disobey the emperor's order? The palace maids who had reached the door had to retreat.
The expression on Bitter Melon's face was very complicated.
"Go on."
The emperor motioned for the prince to continue.
The prince nodded and observed the palace maid out of the corner of his eye.
The person who can make Qiong Huaer care about him is not simple.
"I found out that a month ago, after the palace dismissed a group of older palace maids, a new group of people came in to replace them."
"Among the latter group, there was a palace maid named Hanxiao whose identity was replaced by someone else."
"The real Hanxiao died of an acute illness before entering the palace. When her family reported it, the news was blocked."
"And this fake smile disappeared on the day she entered the palace."
"I suspect she has changed her identity and is hiding in the harem."
Although the harem is strict, there are many people.
With so many people up and down the palace, it is easy for corruption to creep in. As long as it is done properly and with caution, hiding someone in the harem is not a problem at all.
"I followed the clues and found a body in the harem."
"After soaking in the well for so long, his face was ruined and all his clothes were taken off."
It can be seen that the person behind is very careful.
It is difficult to identify the person just from a rotten corpse.
"Fortunately, this palace maid has a birthmark on her body, which allows me to confirm her identity."
From what the prince said, I guess the birthmark is in some private place.
"The deceased palace maid was named Ayun. She was punished by her master for her dirty hands and feet when she was serving him some time ago."
"Her companions said that Ayun was very afraid of entering the palace and had thoughts of committing suicide."
"But Ayun didn't commit suicide. Someone strangled her and dumped her body into the well."
"That person should have replaced Ayun's identity."
Ayun in the story is a low-ranking palace maid in the harem, and neither the emperor nor the empress has any impression of her.
"After the banquet, I interrogated those who had come into contact with the cakes that day. One of them said that Ah Yun had appeared when the cakes were being served."
"But that night, Ayun never came back."
Speaking of which, he had met that Ayun once before, when Qiong Huaer said that she was the Black Widow.