This, this... everyone at the scene turned their attention to Zhou Xue, with shock and disbelief in their eyes. At the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, someone dared to poison her?
"Afu, are you sure?"
Zhou Xue glanced and said, not quite believing it either.
"Mother, I must be sure."
Ah Fu snatched the cup from Zhou Xue's hand and poured a small amount onto the table. Black smoke immediately erupted from the juice on the table.
Zhou Xue couldn't help but be stunned, and then took a picture.
Fortunately, Ah Fu had sharp eyes and discovered it in time, otherwise she would not have survived. In fact, she was overthinking it. If Ah Fu had not discovered it, Li Yang would have snapped his fingers and knocked the cup over in her hand with his internal force.
"Is this really poisonous?"
"The Queen Mother's birthday party, who is so brave?"
Everyone was in an uproar and their expressions changed drastically.
The Queen Mother had a sullen face and remained silent. The Emperor Zhu Wenyu was livid and furious: "The poison entered my Palace of Preservation and Harmony and was even brought to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. Zhang Hua, how did you do this?"
"Old slave deserves to die, deserves to die."
The great eunuch Zhang Hua was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, trembling.
"What are you yelling at him? Can he be an ordinary person who dares to poison? Besides, the most important thing now is a thorough investigation, not accountability. Send the imperial doctor to the palace to check the poison."
Duanmu Shujie glared at Zhu Wenyu and said indifferently.
Immediately, a eunuch ran out to find the imperial doctor. Everyone at the scene was whispering to each other.
"The wine in my cup should not be poisonous. I poured some on the ground. There is no black smoke."
"Me too, I'm afraid the person who poisoned her is just targeting the Crown Princess."
"I remember this glass of juice was brought over by Concubine Hua..." When Hu Qiuyan heard this, she stood up and rushed to Deng Changhe, the Minister of Rites, and slapped him directly.
"What do you mean by this? Do you think the poison was caused by me?"
Hu Qiuyan said coldly.
"Your Majesty, I'm just stating the facts..." Deng Changhe said solemnly, his whole body shaking with anger. He was also a first-class official, but this woman actually slapped him in public.
"Master Deng doesn't mean that. Sister, please calm down."
Yang Huanhuan advised.
"Stop pretending to be a good person!"
Hu Qiuyan said coldly.
"Sister, as the saying goes, a person who is clean will be clean by himself. If you don't stick around and insist on making trouble, you will give people the feeling of being a thief."
Yang Huanhuan said indifferently.
"you!"
Hu Qiuyan frowned, becoming more and more angry.
Duanmu Shujie and Zhu Wenyu all looked at Hu Qiuyan with suspicion flashing in their eyes.
"Hua Fei, go back to your position. Master Deng is the Minister of Rites, ranking first-rank. You have gone too far!"
Duanmu Shujie said, "What Concubine Xi said is not wrong. Lord Deng is just stating the facts. You did send the poisonous juice, but don't worry. The imperial doctor will come soon and check it on the spot. As long as the poison is found elsewhere, you can
There is no more suspicion, my old lady still believes in you!"
"Yes, Queen Mother!"
Although Hu Qiuyan was domineering, she did not dare to make any mistakes in front of Duanmu Shujie. When she returned to her seat, she did not doubt Li Yang. She just felt that she was unlucky. The poisoner happened to be poisoned in the public area and she caught him.
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"My lord, what do you mean by this poison?"
Liu Pengfei turned around and asked softly.
"I still have to ask, Li Yang did it!"
Qiu Yutang said angrily.
At this moment, he also wanted to understand. Li Yang is a clever boy. He framed Concubine Hua for poisoning and made the emperor feel that the concubine was in danger in the palace. In this situation, once someone proposed to let Zhou Xue secretly leave the palace to have an abortion,
If you give birth to a child, the Emperor will most likely agree to it.
Liu Pengfei nodded, feeling that Li Yang was causing trouble, but they would not stand up and report Li Yang no matter what! After a while, the imperial doctors dared to come over.
There were about a hundred people in total, and the entire Imperial Hospital was dispatched, with the chief physician Zhang Qingling personally leading the team.
"I will see you, the Emperor, and the Queen Mother!"
A group of imperial doctors knelt on the ground and paid homage. Everyone had a premonition that something serious was going on. The eunuchs rushed to the imperial hospital in a panic and conveyed the emperor's oral instructions, asking them all to rush to Baohe Hall.
"Someone poisoned the Queen Mother's birthday party. Please check it for me quickly. Check all the food, drinks, and tableware for me!"
Zhu Wenyu said in a deep voice.
"yes."
The imperial doctors were all horrified when they heard this and did not dare to neglect for a moment. They got up and dispersed their work, using silver needles to check for poisons.
Everyone was staring at the imperial doctor closely, and the atmosphere was solemn and tense.
After about ten minutes, the imperial doctors stopped what they were doing, gathered together, and reported to Zhang Qingling, the head of the imperial hospital.
Zhang Qingling finally returned on behalf of the Taiyuan Hospital: "To the Emperor and the Queen Mother, the birthday banquet site has been inspected by ministers and other officials. Except for the fact that the juice in the Crown Princess's cup is poisonous, everything else is normal."
What?
Hu Qiuyan couldn't help but be startled, with confusion on her face.
"Who set the plate and served the meal at the Crown Princess's table?"
Zhu Wenyu turned to Zhang Hua and asked.
"It's a slave and a shirt."
Zhang Hua replied truthfully.
Bi Shan is the old nanny next to the Queen Mother, and her status is no longer beneath him.
"Then the problem isn't the cup."
When Zhu Wenyu heard this, he turned his attention directly to Hu Qiuyan, "Hua Fei, please explain to me, there is no problem with the cup, and there is no problem with the public area. Why is the juice you got from the public area poisonous?"
"How could I know this? This is strange."
Hu Qiuyan said blankly.
Then she was really confused and puzzled.
"Sister, you are wrong. What is in the belly of the Crown Princess is the heir of the royal family. Do you poison and kill the heir because you want the emperor to annihilate his descendants?"
Yang Huanhuan started to attack and started to fight.
"Concubine Hua, your behavior is simply insane!"
Su Wan followed closely.
Li Yang asked Haitang to give her a message. She must maintain the same attitude as Yang Huanhuan.
"Concubine Xi, you are slandering me. And you, Su Wan, who are you? How dare you talk to me like this? You are so presumptuous!"
Hu Qiuyan's eyes widened and she said coldly.
"You are the one who is presumptuous."
Zhu Wenyu shouted angrily, "On the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, you did poison and harmed the Huang family. You are extremely abominable!"
Only then did Hu Qiuyan realize the seriousness of the problem. She was now too suspicious. If she couldn't explain it clearly, the consequences would be disastrous.
She hurriedly stood up and sat down, kneeling in the palace: "Your Majesty, this matter really has nothing to do with me, and I am not a fool. If you want to poison, kill the princess, and kill the emperor's heir, how can you do it yourself?
Is it so obvious?"
"Yes, Concubine Hua must have been wronged. I hope the Emperor will learn from it!"
Hu Yidao also stood up and said.
"This..." Zhu Wenyu was also confused. What the father and daughter said was not unreasonable. Although Concubine Hua had a bad temper, she was not mentally retarded.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen just checked the poison and found that the poison in the princess's cup is a chronic poison. After taking it, it will not cause an attack on the spot. It will take about three months to suddenly die."
Imperial physician Zhang Qingling said truthfully.
"That's it, Concubine Hua, it seems your explanation won't pass the test!"
Zhu Wenyu sneered.
"what happened?"
Hu Yidao was also panicked and asked urgently.
"Father, I, I... I understand. This bitch, Concubine Xi, framed me. The reason why I went to the public area to get juice for the Crown Princess was because she was instigated by Li Yang, the manager of the palace! " " Hu Qiuyan finally woke up.
God, pointed at Li Yang and said.
"When did I encourage you? How dare I, a little eunuch, dare to do this?"
Li Yang raised his head and asked pretending to be nervous, not admitting it at all.
"Is it okay not to admit it?
My palace maid Xiaoxiao is the witness, and she also heard it."
Hu Qiuyan said sharply.
"Empress, I'm sorry. This matter is too big. I can't help you as a witness. Li Yang just begged for mercy and asked the empress not to scald him with boiling water anymore. He didn't say anything else."
Xiaoxiao replied.
This Xiaoxiao was Concubine Xi's spy for Concubine Hua. The last time Li Yang asked Concubine Hua for a miniature camera, it was Concubine Xi who she told.
"You lied. You and Concubine Li Yangxi are in the same group. I will kill you!"
Hu Qiuyan was so angry that she seemed to be going crazy. She grabbed the sword from the guard's waist and charged towards Li Yang with the sword.
"Take this poisonous woman down for me!"
Zhu Wenyu slapped the table directly, and the sound echoed throughout the hall.