Faced with Nala's words, Mrs. Liu did not dare to refute. She responded and then walked out with Nala. When she was about to cross the threshold, Ling Ruo's voice came to Nalash's ears, "Your Majesty, you are leaving now."
Well, what should we do if Liu agrees to be poisoned??"
Nala paused and glanced at Ling Ruo sympathetically, "Don't worry, noble concubine, I will definitely get to the bottom of this and will not let such a vicious person go unpunished."
Ling Ruo showed a faint smile, "I'll wait and see."
After Nala, the imperial doctor, and others walked away, Ling Ruo let out a long breath. She was really breaking out in a cold sweat just now. If the kit was found to be arsenic, things would be in trouble.
Qi Jia picked up the brocade bag that fell on the ground, looked at it repeatedly and confirmed that it was her own. However, she was at a loss as to why the contents inside turned arsenic into flour.
After Ling Ruo composed herself, she looked at Sanfu who was standing next to her, "Did you tamper with the kit?"
Sanfu smiled slightly and said, "Master, I dare not hide it. It was indeed the slave who did the trick. He replaced the arsenic with flour. The real arsenic is here." With that said, he took off his hat, revealing a man hidden inside.
When you open the money bag, you will find the same powder as before, but it is a highly poisonous substance, and if it touches it even slightly, it will kill people.
"After I changed the arsenic, I didn't know how to dispose of it. If I threw it away casually, I was afraid that someone would find it. At this time, you and the Queen came again. In desperation, I just hid here."
Shui Xiu pursed her lips and smiled and said, "It's a shame that Eunuch Fu wanted to find such a wonderful hiding place. Even if the Queen wanted to search your body just now, I guess she wouldn't be able to find it."
Qi Jia asked curiously: "But how did Eunuch Fu know that the servant put arsenic on the top of the cabinet?"
Not to mention the Qi Jia family, even Ling Ruo also had this doubt, "Yes, why are you here?"
"At that time, after the master and Qi Jia went to Kunning Palace with Xiao Ningzi, the servant remembered that he had not asked where the remaining arsenic was. If it was hidden in this house and found by the queen, it would be ironclad evidence, so
The servant came here immediately. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived, he saw Dujuan and her people searching here and there. The servant did not dare to show his face. He did not check until she left. Fortunately for the servant, he found a
The tips are on top of the cabinet, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."
"Thanks to your carefulness this time, the Queen and the Liu family returned empty-handed." With that said, she said to the Qi Jia family: "Okay, now it's okay. You can tidy up this place and stay in peace.
"
When Qi Jia heard this, she quickly knelt down and begged: "Mother, although Mrs. Liu has no evidence, looking at her like this, I'm afraid she doesn't believe that this slave is innocent. She will definitely find a way to retaliate against you. Can you
You can’t just die without saving someone!”
Ling Ruo suppressed the dissatisfaction in her heart and said: "Even if Mr. Liu really wants to take revenge on you, she will not do it at this time, otherwise she will be asking for trouble, so you can rest assured. As for the next matter, I will think about it carefully."
I want to talk about it again."
"Thank you, empress." After Qi Jia's thanks, Ling Ruo left the House of Internal Affairs and returned to Chengqian Palace without saying a word. After she sat down, Sanfu said: "Master really intends to help Qi Jia again.
Family?"
Ling Ruo didn't answer, but said: "What's wrong? Do you feel bad?"
"With all due respect, my servant, Qi Jia is too stupid. Helping her can easily get her into trouble. For example, this time, if you don't throw away the kit in time, you are just asking for trouble." Sanfu said these words in front of Qi Jia.
It's hard to say, but there is nothing to worry about at this moment.
Hearing what he said, Shui Xiu couldn't help but said: "Yes, even the slave couldn't see it just now. The master has reminded her secretly, but she still wants to look at the top of the cabinet. Isn't she telling the Queen openly?
, is there something hidden on the top of the cabinet? And the slave looked at her like that. If Eunuch Fu had not appeared in time, she might have said that the poisoning was ordered by the master in order to survive. This kind of person will do anything for himself.
.”
Sanfu persuaded again: "Yes, Master helped her this time, maybe she will ask Master to help her come back to life next time. I see that she is not willing to be an official woman. But if she really comes back, she will only
Bring more trouble to the master."
Ling Ruo stroked her cheek and said, "I know everything you said, so I don't intend to do anything to help the Qi Jia family, but this person must always be dealt with."
Sanfu was silent for a while and said: "Yi Nucai said that the best way is to let the Qi Jia family disappear forever from this world. Only dead people will not be a threat." Seeing that Ling Ruo did not speak, Sanfu said in a stronger tone.
: "Master, I know that you don't want to be cruel and ruthless like the Queen, but you do things with extreme measures. If you only act like a woman, you will only harm yourself."
"Sanfu, what should we do with the official women after they die?" Ling Ruo asked suddenly, which made Sanfu unable to turn around. After a while, he said: "As far as I know, official women are not qualified to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.
They just find a random place to bury them. If they have family members, it's fine. If they don't have family members, they won't even have a memorial tablet. After all, official women are just like the slaves, they are the lowest people in the palace."
Ling Ruo nodded slightly and said: "Shui Xiu, tomorrow you go out of the palace and ask Imperial Physician Xu for a medicine to fake death. It would be better for Qi Jia not to stay in the palace."
Sanfu thought for a moment and understood her plan, "Master wants to fake death to hide it from the people in the palace, and then let Qi Jia out of the palace?" After Ling Ruo nodded, he said slowly: "This is quite reasonable.
A way, but if the news that Qi Jia is still alive is leaked, I'm afraid it will still bring trouble to the master.
If she comes to trouble, especially Qi Jia, who is stupid but unaware of it, she will not understand that the master is doing this for her own good, and may even feel that the master abandoned her outside the palace after taking advantage of her. The queen and Liu's family promised
But they are all in Beijing, and once they collude with them, the consequences will be disastrous."
Ling Ruo flicked her sleeves and said with a cold face: "I know this, so although I spared Qi Jia's life, I will order her to be taken away from the capital, where she will die and never be allowed to enter."
One step away from the capital.”
Seeing that Ling Ruo had already thought about the subsequent arrangements, Sanfu stopped trying to persuade him. After all, if the Qi Jia clan could stay away from the capital, there would naturally be no threat to Ling Ruo.
At the same time, Nala also returned to Kunning Palace. As soon as she stepped into the palace, Liu couldn't wait to ask: "Empress, do you really plan to let Concubine Xi and Qi Jia go? Anyone can see it.
It turns out that the Qi Jia family was responsible for the poison, and Concubine Xi was the mastermind behind it. They wanted to save my concubine’s life for more than a day or two."
Nala said coldly: "So what if you know? Where is the evidence? Where is the evidence?"