Soon, Xiaowu led Mingyu to come. After the latter saluted, he said with a blank expression: "Your Majesty, what happened? Why are you here in such a hurry to pass on your concubine?"
Hongli stared at her and said: "Something happened. Shortly after the queen left, Changle suddenly vomited milk and fainted. After diagnosis, the imperial doctor said that he was poisoned by oleander bamboo."
Mingyu exclaimed and said in shock: "Is there such a thing? Then...then how is Changle now? Does it matter?"
"The Imperial Physician of the Song Dynasty is guarding Changle. Whether she can escape depends on whether she can survive these two days." Facing Hongli's answer, Mingyu nodded and then said: "Have we ever found out the cause of Changle's poisoning?
?Logically speaking, it is impossible for her to come into contact with oleander."
"I don't have a clue yet, so I invited the queen to come here. I wonder if the queen knows anything?" Mingyu was startled by Hongli's words, and then said in a trembling voice: "The emperor asked this, but do you suspect that I am a concubine?"
Hongli comforted him and said, "The Queen is overly concerned. I have never said that. I just asked as a matter of routine. If the Queen doesn't know, that's all."
Mingyu sneered and said: "Your Majesty has never said that, but you clearly think so, otherwise why would you call me here in such a hurry? Just like Concubine Xian, I am kind-hearted to see the little princess, but Concubine Xian
But he guarded his concubine like a thief and did not let me touch the little princess."
Hongli glanced at Xianyue who pursed her lips and said nothing, and said: "Neither I nor the noble concubine mean this. Queen, please don't worry."
"Are you worried? I know very well. I have known Concubine Xian for many years, and I know that this child is not easy to come by. Moreover, I am also a mother-in-law myself, and I have also experienced the pain of losing a child. How can I do this?
Inflicting this kind of pain on Concubine Xian?!" At this point, she choked and said: "It's okay for other people to think this way, but the emperor actually..."
Seeing her like this and thinking of Yonglian, Hongli couldn't bear it. When he was about to speak, Xianyue suddenly said: "I remember that when the queen came just now, she didn't have this kind of fragrance on her body."
Mingyu's face changed slightly, and then he said calmly: "The rouge powder used by me is the same as that used in the past. It has never changed. I have told the imperial concubine about this before."
Xianyue took a deep breath and said more confidently: "It's the usual fragrance now, it wasn't just now, I can't smell it wrong."
"What do I have to say so that Concubine Xian will believe it? Besides, even if the fragrance is really different, what's the problem?" Mingyu sneered: "Does it matter what rouge or powder I use?
Do you need Concubine Xian’s permission?”
"Of course it's not necessary, but I suspect that the fragrance on the empress's body is related to Changle's poisoning!" Xianyue knew that in her capacity, saying this was a crime of disrespect, but at this moment, she couldn't care about so many things.
, I just want to find the murderer who harmed Changle."
"Absurd!" Mingyu said with a roll of his sleeves: "I have just said that I will never harm Changle, why do you not believe it, Concubine Xian? Besides, if fragrance can harm people, then why Concubine Yi, A Luo, and
Everything is fine with you, nothing happened to you?"
There was a trace of hesitation in Xia Yue's eyes, "I don't know, but if the queen has no ghosts in her heart, why would the fragrance change?!"
"The fragrance on my body has not changed from the beginning to the end. Concubine Xian smelled it wrong, or..." A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Mingyu's eyes, "Concubine Xian deliberately wronged me!"
Xianyue said sternly: "No! I didn't accuse you wrongly!"
Hongli quickly held Xianyue's trembling hands, "Xianyue, please don't get excited first and let me handle this matter, okay?"
Xianyue shook his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I did not smell it wrong and I did not accuse her wrongly. There is really a difference in the scent. She must have concealed something."
Hongli reassured: "I know, I will find out."
After Xianyue calmed down a little, Hongli glanced at A Luo and others and said, "Who was there when the queen came here just now?"
After Huang and others responded, Hongli said, "Have you ever felt the difference in the fragrance of the queen?"
A Luo and others looked at each other and said there was no difference. When it was Huang's turn, she glanced at Xianyue, frowned and said: "Your Majesty, I know that your concubine has a keener sense of smell than ordinary people. Maybe she really has some fragrance.
It’s something that I, the concubine, and others haven’t smelled.”
Hongli thought for a moment and said, "Xianyue, what kind of fragrance do you think that is?"
Xianyue thought about it carefully and said: "I can't smell it, but it is definitely not an ordinary fragrance, because I have never smelled it before."
Mrs. Huang said from the side: "Mr. Fang and others said that the little princess was poisoned by oleander. Could the fragrance be related to it?"
Mingyu's cold and stern gaze suddenly fell on Huang, who subconsciously lowered his head, but quickly stopped this move and faced her gaze with joy and fearlessness.
Hongli saw all this in his eyes, but did not say anything. He only said: "Xiaoyue, if I let you smell that fragrance again, can you recognize it?"
"Yes." After Xianyue's affirmative answer, Hongli said in a concentrated voice: "Okay, now is the time when the oleander flowers are blooming. Xiaowu, go and pick some branches over." Then he said: "Mr. Fang, we are here.
Will the distance between us affect Concubine Xian?"
Doctor Fang cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as you don't take it, there won't be any harm."
Mingyu said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, by doing this you believe Concubine Xian's words and conclude that I have plotted against Changle?"
Hongli said with some guilt: "I can't let go of any clues until the matter is clear. Besides, if the queen really didn't do it, I can still clear the queen's name."
Seeing Hongli's trust in Xianyue, Mingyu almost gritted his teeth. At the same time, he was more sure of his previous decision, and he couldn't stay with Xianyue!
Not long after, Xiao Wu panted and grabbed a few fresh oleander branches. Xia Yue took them in her hands and smelled them carefully. The fragrance...
When Hongli saw her putting down the branch, he quickly said: "What, is it the one you smelled?"
Xianyue glanced at Mingyu with a complicated expression, shook her head and said, "No, this is not the fragrance that I smell on the queen's body."
Mingyu sneered: "Finally, you haven't told lies with your eyes open, and you have restored my innocence."
Hongli said with some embarrassment: "Since it's not the case, then this matter should have nothing to do with the Queen. Moreover, Dr. Fang once said that although oleander is poisonous, as long as you don't take it, even if you smell it, it won't be a big deal."
"Take food..." A Luo murmured and repeated, and said in shock: "The little princess only takes milk now, is it the two wet nurses?"
Hongli frowned and said, "How could they have the courage to harm Chang Le?"
Mingyu said: "Normally they won't do it, but if they are bribed by others, it would be hard to say."