After hearing Bai Fu's words, Yushu shook his head desperately: "No, how could I poison the fourth prince?"
"But you did change the medicine, right?" Bai Fu looked at her and shook his head gently.
This Yushu is really not very smart, or maybe she has become obsessed with it.
"I..." Yushu lowered her head and then raised her head. She did not answer Bai Fu's words, but just said, "I will not harm the fourth prince."
"In front of the Emperor, the Queen, and all the empresses, if you continue to talk about him, I will have the eunuch in charge of punishment come and slap your mouth." Bai Fu said coldly, "Everyone is with you in the middle of the night.
Are you playing with me?!"
Yushu winced. Who among the servants in this palace is not afraid of punishing eunuchs?
But she still felt that she was innocent, so she said: "I did change the Suqing Pill, but it is really only the last pill that is poisonous. I really will not harm the Fourth Prince."
Seeing her going around in circles with just these few words, Zhong Jieyu couldn't sit still. She had noticed something was wrong as early as when Bai Fu said that Yushu and people eat together.
But since the emperor and queen were both present, and he had been reprimanded just now, he had no choice but to listen patiently.
Who would have thought that the words that Yushu turned over and over were just these few words? Moreover, although she did not admit anything else, she did admit that she had exchanged the elixir, which is enough to prove that it was not Cen Yunchu's fault.
"Yushu, why did you change the Suqing Pill? Do you know that this will kill me?" Zhong Jieyu stared at Yushu closely, as if she wanted to see directly into her internal organs through the flesh.
Yushu had been holding on, but when she heard Zhong Jieyu asking her, she suddenly started crying.
"My Majesty, my Majesty, please calm down! It's not what you think. The Fourth Prince will be fine." Yushu took a few steps forward on his knees and said.
"It's not what I thought! How can you open your mouth and shut it up and everything will be fine?!" Zhong Jieyu's voice was trembling, "Who asked you to change the pill?! Is it the one who is against you?
Eunuch who eats?!"
Baifu would never bring up this matter for no reason, and anyone who understands would know as soon as she heard it, how could Yushu have the ability to create a fake Suqing Pill out of thin air? Besides, she had no reason to harm the fourth prince.
"Empress..." Yushu still wanted to argue.
But Zhong Jieyu had lost her patience. She stepped forward and slapped Yushu hard.
She wore a jade bracelet on her hand, which hit Yushu's mandible.
Because of the excessive force, the jade bracelet broke into pieces, and the fracture cut her slender wrist, and blood instantly poured out.
This scene made many timid people take a breath.
But Zhong Jieyu didn't care about her injury at all. She asked Yushu: "Answer me quickly! Who asked you to change the medicine?!"
Half of Yushu's face was numb. She stretched out her hand out of habit to help Zhong Jieyu stop the bleeding, but when she came into contact with Zhong Jieyu's cold gaze, she put her hand down dejectedly.
Zhong Jieyu gritted her teeth. She never expected that the person who harmed her son was actually her most trusted servant.
Yushu couldn't bear Zhong Jieyu's murderous gaze, so he had to confess.
"It's...it's Eunuch Yongping..." Just these few words seemed to have exhausted all the strength in Yushu's body.
She was originally kneeling, but after saying this, she completely fell down and put her forehead on the ground.
Zhong Jieyu staggered back a few steps. She knew that Eunuch Yongping was from the Queen's Palace.
Even more surprised than her was the Queen. The Queen's expression was very calm before, until Yushu said Yongping's name. She was surprised and frightened. She quickly stood up and explained to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, this Yongping is a minister.
Someone from the concubine's palace. But how could he do such a thing? Find out quickly!"
At this time, Yongping had already been grabbed and pushed to the ground.
"Empress, I'm sorry for you!" Yongping was born very thin. Like many eunuchs, his face was abnormally white.
"You beast! How could you do such a thing?! Who asked you to do it? Tell me clearly!" The Queen changed her face with anger.
"Queen, calm down, it's... this slave who made the decision on his own." After Yongping finished speaking, he banged his head on the ground a few times, "This slave is just angry with some people, so... that's why he took this step."
"Yongping, who are some of the people you are talking about?" Bai Fu looked at him and asked coldly.
"Yes...it's Cen Zhaoyi," Yongping said, "I just can't stand her."
Cen Yunchu sat there, his expression indifferent from beginning to end.
Yongping's words did not stir up her emotions at all.
But the queen couldn't calm down. She pointed at Yongping angrily and said: "You bastard! Are you going to kill me?! When did you, a slave, interfere in the master's affairs? Have you ever asked me
?!"
"It was the slave who harmed you, and everything was done by the slave himself." Yongping cried bitterly, his expression could not be more genuine.
"Yongping, then tell me what you have done!" Bai Fu asked him.
Yongping explained it very straightforwardly, not as secretive as Yushu.
"The servant couldn't stand Cen Jieyu being so domineering in the palace, and heard that she had given the fourth prince three pills of Suqing Pill. So he colluded with Zhong Jieyu and asked her to change the medicine.
The medicine looked the same on the surface, but it contained insect eggs. After the fourth prince took it, he would get sick in two or three months.
When the time comes, follow the medicine and search, and you will find her."
When everyone present heard what he said, the one who was most shocked was Yushu.
She widened her eyes and asked Yong Ping: "What are you talking about?! What's wrong with you? Didn't you say the first two pills were not poisonous?!"
Yongping glanced at her and seemed to sneer: "Do you believe this too? Are you a three-year-old child?"
Yushu was stunned by what he said, and then got angry and rushed to question him: "You are lying to me! Why are you lying to me?! There is no poison in the first two pills you said. Just let me keep the third pill."
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"Otherwise, would you give the medicine to the Fourth Prince?" Yong Ping said, "Besides, can't you see what the Fourth Prince is like now?"
"That's not the case! You lied to me! You said that the first two pills would only make the fourth prince lose his appetite, and then the imperial doctor would say that he was poisoned, but in fact he would be fine." Yu Shu trembled all over, "You said that!
"
"What's the use of questioning me now?" Yong Ping didn't want to talk to her. "Even if I lied to you, didn't you have some motive to help me harm others? You and I are both guilty of this incident. Let's argue.
These little details don’t help.”
It turned out that Yongping deceived Yushu and said that the first two pills would only cause the fourth prince to lose his appetite slightly and would not cause any other harm.
When the time comes, someone will naturally point out that the fourth prince was poisoned, and they will naturally find out about the Suqing Pill.
The third pill was poisonous, so the finger was pointed at Cen Yunchu.
Then the imperial doctor will say that he can cure the fourth prince's illness. Then Cen Yunchu will be punished and the fourth prince will be fine.