"Poisoned?" Everyone standing in the palace looked at each other in disbelief, but the palace maid suddenly fell to her knees and said hurriedly, "Princess, it's none of your business. Just now Aunt Qinyi asked your slave to come in.
The mat was laid. When the slave came in, he saw the cat lying lifeless on the ground. The slave was startled, so the slave could not help but scream. Later, he thought that the cat was picked up and fed by the slave together with other palace maids.
As he sat there, he was afraid that the princess would blame him, so he thought about throwing it out of the window and dealing with it later. The slave never thought that this cat was actually poisoned to death..."
Yun Shang glanced at her lightly, "Whether it is right or wrong, I believe that this gentleman will give me an explanation..."
The supervisor of the Supervisory Office hurriedly lowered his head and responded, "Yes, this is the slave's responsibility, but murdering the princess is a serious crime, and the slave must report to the emperor. Princess, do you see?"
Yun Shang nodded, "This is natural, but your subordinates must all have responsibilities, so let my personal maid report to my father." Just as the manager was about to say something, Yun Shang helped him.
Well, he said, "It's really disappointing to encounter this kind of thing as soon as you come back. You must find out the real culprit for me as soon as possible, otherwise I won't be able to live in peace here. Qin Yi, go ahead."
…”
Qin Yi nodded and hurriedly retreated. Yun Shang said again, "Although no one was killed here this time, the poison was put in my princess's medicine bowl. If I accidentally drank it, I'm afraid...
There is no way to talk here now. No matter who is responsible for the poison, it must be someone from the Qingxin Palace. My lord, please have the Qingxin Palace locked up to prevent the murderer from escaping."
The supervisor of the Supervisory Office nodded in agreement, "The princess said yes, I will do it now."
Yun Shang nodded, coughed twice, leaned against the bed pillar and closed her eyes to sleep. Her face was pale and she looked weak.
"The princess's medicine has also been spilled. How about I make another bowl for you?" Yun Shang closed her eyes and heard Qin Meng's low voice. Yun Shang did not open her eyes and waved her hand, "Forget it.
Forget it, this princess's body is just like this. Don't bother making any medicine. I can still breathe now. If someone really poisons me, I'm afraid I won't even be able to breathe. This medicine doesn't harm me.
."
Hearing this, Qin Meng stepped aside timidly. Her eyes swept over Yun Shang's body, then she lowered her head and stared at the toes faintly exposed under her dress. The hands in her sleeves were tightly clasped together.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please walk slowly, don't be in a hurry..." There was a hurried shouting outside the door. It was Eunuch Zheng's voice. Father is here? Yun Shang thought in her heart and opened her eyes.
He saw a flash of bright yellow flashing in front of his eyes, and when he looked again, he saw Emperor Ning's face appearing in front of his eyes, his eyes full of anxiety, "Shang'er, are you okay?"
Yun Chang shook his head quickly, "Father, don't worry, Chang'er is fine. It's just that this poor cat has to suffer on Chang'er's behalf. It's really a sin."
Emperor Ning hurried over. Seeing that Yun Shang was fine, he calmed down a little. He sat aside and looked back at the supervisor of the Supervisory Office who was kneeling on the ground. "Investigation, we must find the murderer."
The supervisor of the Supervisory Mansion responded quickly, "Yes, I will investigate right now." After saying that, he stood up and said to a few eunuch-looking people behind him, "Go and bring all the palace residents in this courtyard to the main hall."
After giving the instructions, he turned around and asked Emperor Ning, "Your Majesty, do you and the princess want to..."
Emperor Ning turned around and said softly to Yun Chang, "Shang'er is not in good health, so he won't go out. I'll just go and take a look."
Yun Shang thought for a while, "After all, this matter started because of Chang'er. If I don't go and see the murderer in person, Chang'er won't be able to feel at ease, so let's watch together. Besides, everyone in Qingxin Palace is suspected.
, I am naturally no exception."
Emperor Ning was silent for a long time, then sighed softly, "Let's go together then." After saying that, he stood up and walked outside.
Qin Yi quickly helped Yun Shang to follow him. Emperor Ning and Yun Shang sat down in the main hall. The father-in-law named Mr. Cui had also gathered all the palace people in the main hall.
"Who got this medicine from the imperial doctor? Who boiled it? Who keeps the jars for boiling medicine? Who sent it to the princess's bedroom? Who has touched the medicine during this period? Come here one by one.
Let’s talk about it.”
Hearing this, Yun Shang took out a silk handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped the sweat on her forehead, then smiled and said softly, "Normally, the person who is trying the case should be better than this princess, but when I was at Ningguo Temple before, someone
When I saw someone who had been interrogated once in the temple for the first time, I felt that Abbot Wu's method was not bad. It would be better to lock these people in different rooms and have different people interrogate them at the same time. Record the results of the interrogation and see what happens.
If it doesn’t match, you’ll know after just checking it.”
When Eunuch Cui heard what he said, he repeatedly said yes, "Abbott Wu is indeed a man of great wisdom. I am a slave, but I still don't do what the princess said."
Then some eunuchs questioned people one by one and took away all the people who had contact with the medicine. After taking them down, Cui Eunuch ordered the questions to be asked one by one and let them go and ask.
In less than a cup of tea, everyone asked for the results.
"At the moment of Shen Shi, Qin Meng and Xiang'er grabbed the medicine together from the Imperial Hospital, and prepared it for Jingxi and Qiu Wen. During this period, Jingxi came out once. At the second moment of Shen Shi, Qin Meng brought the prepared medicine to the princess. The princess
He said the medicine was a bit hot and wanted to let it dry for a while before drinking it, so he and Qin Yi went out for a walk. During the walk, the palace maid Yan'er went into the palace to spread a mat for the princess... During the whole process, Qiu Wen boiled the medicine, Qin Meng served the medicine, and cleaned.
Yan'er who lives in the palace, and Qingxin who keeps the princess's tableware are all suspected." After Cui Eunuch said this, he saluted Emperor Ning and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask that these people's rooms and bodies be searched."
Emperor Ning nodded, "That's right."
"After all, they are all palace maids. If you want to search your body, you'd better ask a few nuns to do it." Yun Shang reminded softly.
"Yes, I saved you." Eunuch Cui responded and led the people down. After a while, he came back with two paper bags, "Report to the emperor, princess, I found Qingxin and Yan'er under the pillow.
There was a paper bag containing the medicine."
Emperor Ning put the cup in his hand heavily on the table, making a "bang" sound, "Go and bring them up!"
Eunuch Cui waved his hand, and someone went out. After a while, he came in with all the palace maids. Emperor Ning frowned and said sternly, "There is no need to interrogate anymore. I am waiting beside the princess, but I have something on my body."
Take all these unclean things out and chop them up."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two people kneeling in the middle screamed, and a palace maid in pink clothes quickly shouted, "Your Majesty, I am unjust. The contents in this paper package are just ordinary licorice powder. I have been coughing recently.
, so I made a special trip to the Tai Hospital to get some licorice. It should have been boiled in water to drink, but the slave felt that there were too many things to do in the kitchen and didn’t have much time, so she asked the people from the Tai Hospital to grind it into powder and put it in water to drink.” (