Chapter 230: The unexpected disaster is coming, but the medicine is nowhere to be found
Not long after Xue Hengzhao came back, Chi Su also came back.
Xue Hengzhao asked: "You're back so soon? I remember you said you liked horse riding, didn't you take this opportunity to enjoy it?"
Chi Su smiled, but felt somewhat lonely, and said: "Originally, the fourth prince asked me to ride. There is a small white horse, which is a horse breed from Mobei. It has a docile temperament. Although it is not good at running fast, it has excellent endurance.<
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When I was outside, my grandfather specially found such a horse for me.
I was really moved when I saw that horse today.
The fourth prince asked me to ride on it and run around for a few laps, and then the sixth prince went.
Seeing that my riding skills were passable, he said he wanted to compete with me. I hurriedly declined and came back."
"Why is there no competition?" Xue Hengzhao asked.
"You are so smart, how could you not have thought of it?" Chi Su glanced at her, "The fourth prince is just fine, he is used to being careless, and the fourth prince's concubine is also a broad-minded person.
I don't dare to provoke the Sixth Prince, there is a tigress hiding in his room.
I heard some time ago that because there was a little girl in their house who said a few extra words when serving tea to the Sixth Prince, she answered after the Sixth Prince asked her.
The jealousy jar of that one was overturned. When the sixth prince left the house, she ordered someone to beat the little girl and then sold her to a brothel.
There are many people in this palace, but there is a group of people who love to accuse people.
Stepping on other people's bones, asking for some scraps of cold treatment, and enjoying the success.
It turns out that the people on the Queen's side see us in the palace as having blue eyelids, and they still want to find some excuse.
I don’t want to give someone else’s tongue, it’s more important to save my own life.”
"You are becoming more obedient now." Xue Hengzhao nodded appreciatively, "This can avoid disaster!"
Chi Su's face turned red and said, "Stop teasing me. In the eyes of a smart person like you, I'm just a stupid idiot."
"Look, don't belittle yourself at all times. I never meant to look down on you." Xue Hengzhao gave a rare toothy smile.
"You just look down on everyone." Chi Su rolled his eyes at her, "I really don't know what kind of person can walk into your heart."
"I have told you before, I am an unintentional person." Xue Hengzhao said, "When I was very young, someone told me that with my body and bones, I would never be able to be a romantic partner, otherwise I would definitely die young." "Bah, bah, bah, don't talk about those dead and living things all day long." Chi Su went up and gently slapped Xue Heng in the photo, "You should say more auspicious things at a young age."
Before he finished speaking, You Zhu rushed in without warning and said, "I'm afraid I'm dead this time!"
"Look, just after I finished talking about one, another one came." Chi Su sighed helplessly.
When Youzhu came in, he grabbed Xue Hengzhao's hand and said in a tearful voice: "Hengzhao, you must help me. I'm going to panic to death."
"What's wrong? Sister, don't worry, sit down and talk slowly." Xue Hengzhao asked her to sit beside his bed.
Youzhu's palms were cold, covered in cold sweat, and still shaking.
After taking a few deep breaths, he said: "The day before yesterday, the people in the imperial prison said that the weather was getting warmer, and there were a lot of wooden furniture in their warehouses. The first priority was to prevent termites.
The empress asked how they did it every year. They said they just sprinkled termite poison everywhere in the room.
The empress said that in this case, it should be the same as in previous years.
So he sent Fangdian and I to get the powder back, ready to sprinkle it this afternoon.
But just now the two of us took a look and found that one packet of medicinal powder was missing. We searched everywhere and counted again and again, and it turned out that one packet was missing."
"Is this termite poison poisonous? Why is there a pack missing? Isn't it always kept in your house?" Chi Su asked.
"Hasn't it been kept in our house all this time?" Youzhu said, "That thing contains arsenic, and it's no joke."
"Does the empress know about this?" Xue Hengzhao asked.
"Before I have time to tell you, I am not thinking that I can get back the packet of medicinal powder so as not to alarm my queen, so I just want you to think of a way." Youzhu said.
"This matter is both big and small." Xue Hengzhao analyzed, "If it was accidentally lost somewhere, all it takes is to find it.
If it is taken by someone with intentions, he will probably do something bad."
Poison is a taboo in the palace, so be extremely cautious no matter how you take it or use it.
It stands to reason that Youzhu and Fangdian are not careless people, so they naturally know how powerful this is.
It shouldn't have been accidentally lost.
"Ah, what should we do? When we went to get the medicine, we checked it out in person. We packed it tightly in a bag. After we got it back, we put it in the cabinet and never touched it again.
Hearing what Xue Hengzhao said, Youzhu became even more anxious, "Besides, half a day has passed, how can we find it back?"
"Don't scare yourself first. Let's find more people and search separately." Chi Su quickly comforted her, "We'll go there and start searching in your house first."
The house where Youzhu lived was next to Xue Hengzhao's house. When a few people passed by, Fangdian was squatting on the ground and pulling under the cabinet.
"Still not found?" You Zhu knew this but couldn't help but ask.
Fangdian was anxious and panicked at this time, with sweat all over his face: "No!"
"Where is that baggage? Let me take a look." Xue Hengzhao said.
"Here it is," Youzhu took an eggplant-purple bundle, "There were originally twelve packages, but now there are only eleven packages left."
"Let me count," Chi Su pointed out quickly, "There are really only eleven packs..."
But Xue Hengzhao picked up the medicine packets one by one and examined them carefully.
"Why are you looking at them?" Youzhu wondered, "There's no writing on them."
That is the straw paper specially used by Tai Hospital to wrap medicine. Because it is wrapping poison, it is double-layered.
"Is this furoshiki new? Where did you get it from?" Xue Hengzhao asked.
"It's new. We collected some outdated materials years ago. We cut them into small pieces and took them out of the cabinet when we went to get the medicine yesterday." Fangdian said.
Xue Hengzhao walked over, opened the cabinet and took a closer look inside.
The other three people didn't know what she was looking at, but seeing that she was engrossed in it, they quietly didn't disturb her.
Xue Hengzhao had just straightened up when he heard a commotion outside.
"What's going on?" Youzhu was already feeling guilty, but when he heard the movement outside, he couldn't help but become even more panicked.
"I'll go take a look." Chi Su's legs were quick, she opened the door and went out.
After half a stick of incense, I stumbled back.
"Heng Zhao, what should we do?" Chi Su stared at Xue Heng Zhao as soon as he entered the door, "Something happened, people died, several people died."