Chapter 231 Six Lives and One’s Inside Story Revealed
Six eunuchs in the imperial palace were poisoned.
Once discovered, someone immediately came over to report to Concubine Fu.
"How could such a good person be poisoned?" Concubine Fu asked, "Have you been sent to the Taipei Hospital? Is it okay?"
"It's still unclear how they were poisoned. We only know that among the six people, only Yongping is still breathing. The other five were sent to the Taiyuan Hospital. The imperial doctor found that their breaths were broken. Now they are all taken out and covered.
White cloth." The eunuch who replied said.
"Wei Zhong, you and Heng Zhao go over and take a look. If you can report anything in time, let's see if anyone has reported it to the Queen." Although she still doesn't know the ins and outs of the matter, Concubine Fu also knows that this matter is important. Several people died at once, and they were all poisoned, which is shocking to hear.
Here Youzhu panicked even more when he heard that someone had died, or poisoned.
He grabbed Xue Hengzhao's hand tightly and said, "God, this...could this be related to the packet of medicine I threw away, right?"
Fangdian was also afraid, but said nothing.
At this time, Wei Zhong's young apprentice came to look for Xue Hengzhao: "Miss Xue, the empress asked you and my master to go to the Tai Hospital to have a look."
Xue Hengzhao agreed, then turned back to comfort Youzhu: "Don't scare yourself first, the matter has not been finalized yet."
Then he whispered in her ear: "Pull out some from each of the eleven packets of medicine, and then take out another packet."
After hearing her words, Youzhu's eyes couldn't help but light up.
In any case, at least this can be used to smooth things over.
Here Xue Hengzhao followed Wei Zhong to the imperial hospital, where several imperial doctors were busy around Yongping.
Filled a camel skin bag with water and poured it into Yong Ping's mouth.
When he was almost done, two strong men held him upside down, and the water he poured in was spit out from his mouth.
This was repeated several times, leaving a mess everywhere. Yongping was like a drowned rat, dripping wet.
"Put him down, and I'll check his pulse again." Doctor Zhou said, stepping forward and checking the pulses in both Yongping's hands.
"It's almost done. Is the medicine ready? Give it to him." Dr. Zhou checked his pulse and then opened Yong Ping's eyelids to take a look.
"Physician Zhou, is he safe?" Wei Zhong asked.
"I hope I can save my life," said Dr. Zhou, "we have to see if he can open his eyes after taking the medicine."
At this time, someone brought the boiled medicine over. Doctor Zhou stretched out his hand to test the temperature and ordered it to be poured down.
While the medicine was being administered, Liang Jing also came.
Apparently the queen also heard the news.
As soon as Liang Jing arrived, everyone present except Xue Hengzhao couldn't help but tense up.
"Can people be saved alive?" Liang Jing asked.
"We're 50% sure." Doctor Zhou said, "This room is too dirty and messy. It's better to ask Mr. Liang to sit somewhere else."
Liang Jing loves cleanliness very much, and everyone in the palace knows it.
"Chief Wei, are you also waiting for him to wake up?" Liang Jing glanced at Wei Zhong and said, "Let's all sit in the next room."
There was no place to entertain guests in Taiyuan Hospital, but chairs and tables were quickly brought over and Liang Jing and the others were invited to sit down.
Xue Hengzhao stood next to Wei Zhong. She was of low status and no one from the hospital moved a chair for her at all.
The court judge personally brought tea and two plates of candied fruits: "Mr. Liang, Chief Wei, these are our newly prepared apricot and pear preserves."
In addition to pharmaceuticals, Taiyuan Hospital also produces candied fruits, specially for the nobles to take orally when taking medicine.
I don’t know what recipe was used, but it’s more delicious than what’s made anywhere.
"Is your hospital so short of stools?" Liang Jing glanced at the judge.
The court judge didn't understand it for a while, and said with an apologetic smile: "It's not missing! Why, Mr. Liang, your chair is not comfortable to sit on? Then I will change it for you."
"There's no need to replace mine. You can just move a handful for this little girl." Liang Jing said, "If you let her stand like this, you might end up with another patient."
"Ah, yes, yes." The judge glanced at Xue Hengzhao. This little girl was as sick as Xi Shi and could not stand for a long time.
Someone had already brought a drum stool for Xue Heng. Xue Heng thanked him and sat down.
Liang Jing looked at the candied fruit again and said, "Give this to her too! Girls always like to eat these sour and sweet ones."
"Then I'll take care of your tea." The judge handed the plate of candied fruit to Xue Hengzhao.
"Is it possible to tell what kind of poison they have?" Liang Jing started to get down to business.
"It's mainly arsenic," said Dr. Zhou. "These people were all drunk, so the effect of the drug took effect very quickly."
"Arsenic? Most people can't come into contact with this stuff. It seems like it was intentionally poisoned." Liang Jing quickly made a judgment.
"It's... I can't explain this humble position." Doctor Zhou hesitated.
Indeed, he only cares about treating illnesses and saving people, and determining the causes of illnesses, but he is not good at solving crimes.
"Wu Yuanjian, if there is arsenic in this palace, it probably flowed out from the imperial hospital." Liang Jing said, "You guys here should remember clearly where every dollar of arsenic goes, right?"
"Remember, remember, of course I remember." The court judge said hurriedly, and asked someone to bring over a detailed booklet.
Then he opened the pages and showed them to Liang Jing.
"From last year to this year, there were only a few times in total. The most recent one was to prepare termite poison for the imperial prison," the court judge said. "The one taken away yesterday was given to... the maid of Furong Palace." Wei Zhong's hand holding the tea cup couldn't help but pause for a moment, but Xue Hengzhao continued to eat the candied fruit without any trouble.
Just as Liang Jinggang was about to say something, Dr. Zhou's apprentice came in and said, "Yongping just opened his eyes."
"Then just carry him over." Liang Jing said.
"Remember to change into clean clothes," the court judge warned.
At this time, he still remembered that Liang Jingai was clean. Xue Hengzhao knew that this person's ability to achieve the position of court judge was not just as simple as his excellent medical skills.
After half a stick of incense, Yongping, who had changed his clothes, was carried over on a spring stool.
After a lot of tossing, he became completely weak and there were many red spots and papules on his exposed skin.
"Yongping, can you speak now?" Liang Jing asked him.
"Liang...General Manager..." Yongping tried his best, but his voice was extremely weak.
"The six of you were poisoned when you had lunch together. Where did your food come from?" Liang Jing asked.
"I...don't know...it was Mao Dachun...he...he invited us..." Yongping said intermittently, "He said...it was Youzhu...girl...please ask him..."
"Youzhu? Is that the maid in front of Concubine Fu?" Liang Jing asked.
Yongping closed his eyes and tried his best to nod, but only his hair moved slightly.
"This...I didn't know about this." Wei Zhong said, "This shouldn't be any of Youzhu's business, right?"
"They...where are the five of them?" Yongping took a few breaths before he could ask.
"Everyone is dead except you." Liang Jing looked confused.
"Ah..." Yongping's eyes straightened up as soon as he heard this. As if he couldn't bear the news, he tilted his head and passed out again.