Rong Yuan walked around the bamboo forest and found nothing suspicious. However, he checked several jars and found that the remaining dew inside all contained Red Lady's poison, and the toxicity and weight were exactly the same.
Strange, who came here without knowing it and poisoned all the bamboo jars? You must know that several bamboo jars were hung at a height of one person, and they were also leaning on two people.
The little eunuch could barely reach it by stacking the Arhats on top of each other.
There are so many bamboo jars spaced so high that it is not impossible to go through them one by one, but it is a bit unbelievable to do this every day. Isn't he afraid of being discovered when he poisons? Faced with Rong Yuan's questions
, no one can explain it, because they also find it incredible.
The summer wind blew through the green and slender bamboo leaves, making a rustling sound. Yubi inadvertently raised her head and discovered a strange place. She timidly said: "Your Majesty, have you noticed the color of the bamboo leaves here?
Different, some seem to be greener."
Uh, is there such a thing? Following Yubin's words, everyone focused their attention on the bamboo leaves. At this glance, they really saw some clues. Under the sunlight of summer, some of them
The bamboo leaves that grow higher up appear particularly green, like emeralds, and do not wilt at all under the scorching sun of June and July.
Rong Yuan's eyes moved, and he quickly asked someone to pick off a piece. After careful inspection, a happy look appeared on his face, "Your Majesty, I know how the red lady's poison was put in the dew."
Yinzhen vaguely guessed something, raised his eyebrows and said: "But because of these bamboo leaves?"
"Your Majesty, that's exactly what happened. Someone smeared the red lady's poison on the bamboo leaves, so any dew passing through these bamboo leaves will be contaminated with poison. After the non-toxic dew is mixed with them, it will naturally become toxic, so
, the dew collected from this bamboo forest must be poisonous."
Wen Ruqing was startled and lost her voice: "What a vicious thought."
She was not the only one who had such thoughts. Ling Ruo was even more frightened and grateful because Rong Yuan happened to come back today, otherwise she and Hong Li would not be able to escape even if they jumped into the Yellow River.
Wen Ruyan let out a long breath and said: "Now that we know where the poison came from, the suspicions on Concubine Xi and Fourth Brother can be cleared. The third brother's poisoning has nothing to do with them."
"Perhaps the poison on the bamboo leaves was painted by them. Who can guarantee this?" Nian was never convinced.
Wen Ruyan said displeasedly: "What the imperial concubine said is a bit unreasonable. Not to mention that if Concubine Xi and Si Age wanted to poison her, there would be no need to go to such great lengths. Just saying that Concubine Xi herself was poisoned would be enough to prove her innocence.
Already."
"Humph, didn't the queen also say that it might be a trick? Concubine Hui, you are on good terms with Concubine Xi, and you help her speak out in every way, but don't forget, my own Hong Sheng has just gone around the gate of hell.
I almost died!" After saying this, Nian couldn't help but get excited.
Nala patted her shoulder gently and comforted her: "Sister, don't get excited. Maybe Concubine Xi is really innocent."
Nian glared at Ling Ruo and her son with hatred and said nothing. At this moment, she still doubted them the most.
Guarjia had been contemplative and silent since just now. Until this time, he said softly: "Your Majesty, the third elder brother's poisoning did not happen in a day or two. According to the imperial doctor, it lasted for half a year. During this half year, not to mention bamboo."
The leaves replace themselves, even the poison on the leaves will change day after day or
It is gradually depleted by exposure to the sun or rain, so I feel that the poisoner must come back to apply poison on the bamboo leaves every once in a while. Maybe the palace man responsible for cleaning up the bamboo forest will know something, otherwise, he will go from palace to courtyard.
Search here, as long as the poison is still there, we will definitely find clues."
Nala's eyes narrowed slightly, "What do you mean by Jin concubine to search the palace?"
Guarjia bowed slightly and said respectfully but persistently: "There is nothing we can do about it. There is nothing more important than finding out the murderer of the third elder brother."
Nara flatly refused and said: "No, the palace search is of great importance, and no matter what, it is only a matter of searching one palace and one courtyard. How can we search the entire harem? If it is spread, the royal family will lose face."
The corners of Guarjia's eyes raised and she said without hesitation: "Then does the Queen have a better way? Or should we just let the murderer go unpunished?"
"Sister, does Concubine Jin mean to treat us all as gangsters? Will anything happen?" Wen Ruqing tugged on Wen Ruyan's sleeves uneasily.
"It will be fine. We should worry about those who have done bad things." After reassuring Wen Ruqing, Wen Ruyan sneered and said, "The Queen has obstructed her in every possible way, do you have a guilty conscience?"
As soon as such sharp and direct words were spoken, even the empress, who was as profound as the empress, could not help but change her expression and shouted angrily: "Concubine Hui, you are so bold, how dare you make up words to slander me!"
Wen Ruyan didn't show much fear, she leaned forward slightly and said, "I don't dare. It's just that the Queen doesn't let people search the palace, which is really confusing to me, so I have the courage to speak out."
Ever since Han Yan got married, she no longer had much to care about. If she didn't care about it, there was no need to be afraid.
"You!" Nala was so angry that her fingers trembled slightly. As the middle palace, the mother of the world, who else but the Nian family would dare to be so presumptuous in front of her.
"Empress, please calm down." Wen Ruqing knelt down and begged for her, "Hui Fei also wanted to find the murderer as soon as possible, so she spoke arbitrarily. Please see that she didn't mean to offend, please spare her."
Sin."
Nala took a deep breath, suppressed her anger and said: "Concubine Hui, you have been in the palace for many years in vain, but you are not as sensible and sensible as noble Wen." After that, she turned to Yinzhen and said: "Your Majesty, in order to prove my concubine's
Innocent, please order the palace search."
"First call the palace servants who were cleaning up the bamboo forest for questioning." Searching the entire harem was of great importance, and Yinzhen was also worried. Because of this, he did not stop Nala just now.
Su Peisheng told the accompanying young eunuch, and within a short time, the two palace servants were brought up tremblingly. They knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Slaves, please give your regards to the Emperor and Queen, and to all of you ladies."
Yinzhen twisted the bamboo leaves and said, "I ask you, have you seen any suspicious people near this bamboo forest in the past six months?"
The palace servants looked at each other, wondering what Yinzhen meant by asking, but they did not dare to say anything. They thought about it carefully and said: "When I returned to the emperor, the servants did not see anyone suspicious, but Eunuch Fu came here.
A few times."
After hearing this, Sanfu quickly stood up and said: "To inform the emperor, I have indeed been here a few times, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the poisoning. The master wanted to make some bamboo pens, so he specially asked the servant to come here to get some energy.
Twigs.”
"In that case, why didn't you say anything just now?" Wen Ruyan asked aggressively. Although he was talking to Sanfu, his eyes were always looking at Nala.