At this time, Ling Ruo could conclude that someone must have changed the stew pot quietly. As for why she did this, she couldn't figure it out for the moment. Or maybe she had thought of it, but the idea was so ridiculous that she couldn't think of it until she had evidence.
Dare to think deeply. As for Yinzhen, after hearing Ling Ruo's suspicion, he said nothing.
The imperial doctor followed Si Xi to the Yangxin Hall. Ling Ruo handed him the ginseng soup and said, "Check carefully to see if this bowl of ginseng soup has been tampered with."
The imperial doctor naturally understood what Ling Ruo meant. Although he did not think that anyone in the palace would be so bold as to plot to kill the emperor, he still checked carefully. First, he tested the poison with a silver needle, and then tasted the ginseng soup himself. He shook his head and said, "Please report to the emperor."
"My dear concubine, nothing else has been added to this ginseng soup. If there is anything unusual, it is that the ginseng flavor is unusually strong, so strong that it doesn't even resemble ginseng soup."
Ling Ruo was startled and asked: "Are you really not drugged?"
"Yes, Wei Chen tasted it himself. It is indeed only ginseng. It's the too rich ginseng soup that Wei Chen doesn't understand."
Si Xi said from the side: "Your Majesty, my servant watched the stew of the ginseng soup in person. Apart from the ginseng in the stew pot, there is nothing else."
Listening to what the two of them said, Yinzhen suddenly said: "Bring me the stew pot."
Sixi quickly handed the stew pot to Yinzhen, who carefully looked at the inside and outside of the stew pot. He found that this stew pot was slightly larger than usual, and the side walls were thicker. It should be a folk stew pot.
It’s because the kiln’s firing techniques are not as good as those of the official kiln, or maybe…
Yinzhen's eyelids twitched, and after ordering Lingruo and the others to move aside, he slammed the stew pot to the ground, causing broken porcelain pieces and the ginseng soup to splash all over the floor.
Ling Ruo was startled and didn't understand why Yinzhen suddenly threw the stew pot. Even if it was just to vent his anger, he shouldn't have done so. Although Tang Xushen was not drugged, the stew pot from a folk kiln was still very suspicious.
.However, after seeing something in the broken porcelain pieces, she suddenly understood the real reason why Yinzhen did what he did.
After the stew pot that originally contained only ginseng whiskers was smashed, sliced ginseng appeared, at least dozens of pieces scattered on the ground. No wonder, no wonder the taste of ginseng whiskers soup is so strong, with so many ginseng in it,
It’s hard not to think too hard.
The imperial doctor endured the surprise in his heart, picked up a piece of ginseng from the ground, examined it carefully, and said: "Your Majesty, this ginseng should be an old ginseng, at least a hundred years old. This kind of ginseng is usually a great supplement, but if you put it on the emperor
There is a serious poison in his body, because the emperor is weak and cannot use tonic medicine. Once he takes this amount of ginseng soup, the emperor is likely to...will..."
He couldn't continue, but Ling Ruo said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, this stew pot has an interlayer. It is exactly the same as the stew pot that Wen Ruqing used when she harmed Liu's unborn child. Someone...someone wants to harm the Emperor!
"
Hearing this, Si Xi's whole body went limp, and he collapsed on the ground with a "plop". If he were outside, he would not be so panicked. Although the Qing Dynasty has been in the customs for nearly a hundred years, some remnants of the Ming Dynasty are still doing what they are doing.
The absurd dream of rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and the waiter wanted to assassinate Yinzhen.
But this is the Inner Forbidden Palace, the most heavily guarded place in the entire Qing Dynasty. Someone here actually wants to murder the emperor. It's really... it's really...
Si Xi didn't know what words to use to describe this matter. In fact, he didn't have the heart to think about it anymore, because he discovered a very scary thing. He was the one who stewed the ginseng soup, and he was also the one who brought it.
...He is the most suspicious person.
Thinking of this, Sixi trembled all over, and what frightened him even more was that Yinzhen's eyes on him were like sharp knives, full of life-threatening suspicion.
He was so frightened that he crawled to Yinzhen's bed on hands and knees, kowtowed with all his strength and said: "Your Majesty, I have never done anything. Since the Emperor came to the throne, I have been by your side and loyal to the Emperor. I have never done anything."
I will never do anything to harm the emperor.
The slave also felt something was wrong about this stew pot before, but An Lu always insisted that there was nothing abnormal, so the slave didn't think much about it. He never thought that someone would dare to go against the emperor. The slave really didn't do anything. I ask for the emperor's enlightenment.
!" When it came to the end, Sixi was about to cry.
Yinzhen said with a gloomy face: "You are always careful and cautious in doing things, but why are you so careless this time?"
Faced with Yinzhen's question, Sixi was sweating coldly and replied nervously: "Over the years, Anlu has taken care of the imperial dining room very carefully, and there has never been any problems. The servants are very reassured by him, so he suddenly
Careless. Your Majesty, even if this slave is very brave, he would not dare to hurt a single hair of your Majesty. Besides...besides, I have no reason to do this!"
Ling Ruoding said: "Your Majesty, Sixi has always been with the Emperor and has never been disloyal to the Emperor. I feel that this matter has nothing to do with him. The problem...should be in the imperial kitchen."
Fortunately...fortunately she noticed in time that the color of the ginseng soup was wrong, otherwise if Yinzhen had let him drink it, even if the imperial doctor was by his side, there would probably be nothing he could do to save the day.
"Go and bring An Lu immediately, and also go to the Royal Pharmacy to check if anyone has taken ginseng that has been used for more than a hundred years recently!"
Xiao Wu, who was watching on the side with fear, quickly agreed and left the Yangxin Hall quickly. Because of this cup of ginseng soup that was intended to kill people, the Yangxin Hall became undercurrent.
After receiving Xiao Wu's hurried and urgent summons, An Lu quickly came to Yangxin Hall. As soon as he entered, he saw the mess on the ground and Si Xi who was still kneeling beside the bed. Although he didn't know what happened, he
Keenly aware that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the Yangxin Hall, he knelt down carefully, and after saying goodbye, he said, "I wonder if the emperor has sent this slave to come here. What are your orders?"
Just as Yinzhen was about to speak, Ling Ruo already said: "The emperor's dragon body is not in good condition, so I'd better ask my concubine." After Yinzhen agreed, Ling Ruo walked up to An Lu and said, "An Lu, I will ask next.
You must answer your question honestly, do you understand?"
An Lu repeatedly agreed, "Just ask, I will tell you everything you know."
"Okay." Ling Ruo nodded and said, "The emperor's stew pot is placed in the royal kitchen after each use. Is it up to you to keep it?"
An Lu was surprised by Ling Ruo's question, but he still said honestly: "To tell you the truth, my servant puts it in the cabinet personally every time, and will not take it out again until Eunuch Xi comes over the next day.
"
"So, no one in the royal kitchen touches the stew pot except you, right?"
Regarding this question, An Lu thought for a while and said: "That's not true, but when other people touch the stew pot, the slaves will watch."