The imperial doctor bowed and said: "To tell you what the emperor is saying, according to Wei Chen's preliminary inspection, Alian did not die suddenly, but died of poisoning caused by taking arsenic."
Hongli's eyelids twitched and he said: "Poisoned? Was she harmed by someone?"
"Weichen found arsenic in the cup she drank from. In addition, when the palace servant came over, the doors and windows were closed, and there was only Alian inside. Therefore, Weichen guessed that Alian should have committed suicide. As for the reason, for the time being,
I don’t know yet, but Wei Chen found a bamboo tube close to her body
, haven’t opened it yet.” With these words, he took the bamboo tube in his sleeve and handed it to Hongli. The latter took it and unplugged the bamboo tube, waiting to see clearly what was inside by the skylight.
After taking the things, he quickly covered them up and said with a livid face: "Go and ask Tao An to come over immediately."
After Si Xi left as instructed, he said to Xiao Wu: "Go and search carefully. Don't miss anything."
Seeing him like this, Hong Zhou asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, what happened?"
Hongli uttered two words with a cold face, "Miraculous Gu!"
As soon as he said this, Hong Zhou was also horrified. There was a malaria poison in the bamboo tube. Could it be that Alian was the one who planted the poison?
Soon, Tao An appeared in everyone's sight. He was summoned one after another, which made his face look a little bad. This time, he didn't even bother to salute. He rolled his eyes and said, "What's the matter?"
Hongli was used to his rudeness and didn't say anything. He just handed the bamboo tube over. Tao An's expression became very strange after seeing what was in the bamboo tube. In the past few days, he had been relying on Gu insects.
He was looking for the person who caused the poison with subtle traces. He originally thought it was on the east side, but he didn't expect to miss it and found that the poison was actually here.
Hongli said with some disgust: "I see it is motionless inside, but is it dead?"
Tao An shook his head and said: "No, it is just sleeping, and those little black spots around it are the eggs it lays. Once eaten by someone, they will hatch into adults in the human body and suck the blood and essence.
Just like a queen."
"No! No!" A voice suddenly came from among the palace people. Looking around, they saw Qiao Yan'er standing there. The next moment, she walked quickly to Hongli's side and said with some excitement: "Your Majesty
, it can’t be A-Lian, there must be a mistake somewhere, she wouldn’t do such a thing.”
"Do you know A-Lian?" Faced with Hongli's question, Qiao Yan'er nodded and said: "Although I don't live in the same house as her, I will say a few words when we meet occasionally. Although I don't like her,
She laughs and doesn't talk much, but I can see that she is not a bad person and she will not murder the Queen."
Hongli said indifferently: "If you could see through a person so easily, there wouldn't be so many betrayals and killings in the world."
"But..." Qiao Yan'er was about to say more, when Xiao Wu walked out quickly, his face a little ugly, and holding two small spiritual tablets in his hand, "Your Majesty, this servant found these in A Lian's baggage.
, she... is from the Yehenala clan."
Hongli took the spirit tablet with an ugly expression. After seeing the words on it clearly, he slammed it on the ground, trampled it to pieces, and said sternly: "It turns out that she is the remnant of the Yehenala clan who escaped!"
What was written on the two spiritual tablets was the name of the concubine in the fourth room. Hongli remembered that the third concubine who escaped was born in the fourth room and would carry their two spiritual tablets with her. Except for her, there was no one else.
There will be others.
Seeing Hongli trampling on her parents' spiritual tablets, Qiao Yan'er felt so sad that she wanted to rush to slash Hongli with a thousand knives, but she couldn't. Not only that, she also had to pretend to be nonchalant. Only in this way could she
Only by living can we have the opportunity to avenge our dead relatives.
She secretly handed these two spiritual tablets to Yongzhang last night in order to confirm Alian's identity as a remnant of the Yehenala clan. Although she was reluctant to part with them, she could only do this for the sake of great revenge and the future.
Hong Zhou said doubtfully: "My brother remembers that all women who are recruited into the palace must have their identities checked and are only allowed to enter after confirming that they are not suspicious. How did this Alian get in?"
Hongli said coldly: "It is not difficult to replace flowers and replace trees with flowers. She hated me for ordering to destroy her entire family, so she entered the palace in place of the real A-Lian and waited for an opportunity to kill the queen and me with poisonous insects. If it weren't for Tao An,
I am proficient in the art of Gu, and I and the Queen both died without knowing why!"
Qiao Yan'er pretended to be confused and said: "What is Yehenala? Alian's surname is Xu. Besides, she is not a third lady. Your Majesty, what are you talking about?"
Hongli ignored her and continued: "This time I sent Tao An to find the person who caused the poison. She was afraid that she would be punished if she was found, so she committed suicide by taking poison to avoid punishment! But... there is one thing I still want to think about.
not understand?"
Hong Zhou said from the side: "Why doesn't your Majesty understand anything?"
Hongli said solemnly: "Since this woman came here with the heart of revenge, why has she never attacked me since the Queen was poisoned?"
Hong Zhou thought for a while and said, "Because she knows that with Tao An here, she won't be able to succeed even if she tries again."
"Maybe." After saying this, Hongli said coldly: "Take her down and whip her body for three days, and then throw it into a mass grave. No one is allowed to collect her body for her, otherwise she will be considered guilty of conspiracy!"
"Your Majesty, Ah Lian..." As soon as Qiao Yan'er opened her mouth, Hongli said: "Her sin is not something you can ask for, stand down!"
Seeing that the play was almost done, Qiao Yaner said no more, bowed her head and stepped aside. When Alian's body was dragged down by the palace guards, a trace of guilt arose in her heart, but it soon disappeared. In order to take revenge, she
You can even betray yourself, let alone harm someone you don't know very well.
Alian, if you want to blame, just blame the Dog Emperor and the Demon Queen. They forced me to harm you!
The matter of being poisoned came to an end with the death of A Lian. Except for Gao Bin and Yong Zhang, no one knew that Qiao Yan'er was the remnant of the Yehenala clan.
After dealing with Alian's matter, Hong Zhou did not leave the palace immediately, but went to Tao An's residence. As soon as he entered, he bowed his hands to Tao An who was sitting in the chair and solemnly said: "Thank you, Hong Zhou."
Dr. Tao’s life-saving grace!”
Tao An stood up, walked around him, and said coldly: "You used my daughter's bones to force me to come here to save the queen. You deserve to die!"
"Although this matter is forced, it is indeed inappropriate. Because of this, I want to thank Dr. Tao for safeguarding Hongzhou's affairs in front of the emperor regardless of past suspicions. Hongzhou will definitely try to repay this kindness."
Hearing these words, Tao An suddenly sighed heavily, "You are wrong, how can I be right? Because of a wrong rescue, I vowed not to practice medicine again. Over the years, I don't know how many people have knelt in front of me and begged.
But I refused to rescue them and let them or their relatives die. Now that I think about it, I did commit a lot of evil unknowingly. Xiujuan is the most kind-hearted. She
If I were still alive, I would definitely blame me; therefore, when I go back this time, I will reopen the medical clinic and try to save as many people as possible in my lifetime, so as to accumulate some good results for Xiujuan so that she can be reincarnated into a good family in the next life.
, don’t suffer anymore.” At this point, he laughed self-deprecatingly: “I never thought that I, Tao An, have lived for most of my life, but I still can’t think as clearly as a teenager.”
Hong Zhou said in surprise: "Young man? Doctor Tao, are you talking about Fourth Elder Brother?"