He could hear it - the empress wanted to keep this person alive.
Xiao Chenzi closed his eyes and paid attention to any possible movements coming from the palace.
The man covered with a black cloak was taken out of the box and knelt on the ground to salute Emperor Qingming.
"See Your Majesty..." There was a hint of numbness in the hoarse voice.
Emperor Qingming looked at the people on the ground and said, "Doctor Qiao know why I invite you here?"
"The villain doesn't know."
"I don't know..." Emperor Qingming laughed inexplicably, with a look in his eyes: "Then do you still remember that I ordered you to prepare a poison that has no cure?"
"The villain remembers."
"Then tell me, why did the poisoned person not die?"
"Your Majesty, this is impossible..." Qiao Bingying always maintained a prostrate and kowtow posture, never raising his head, making it difficult to see his expression at all, but he could only hear a slight surprise in his tone at this time.
Emperor Qingming's face turned cold: "You just need to tell me whether it is really a poison with no cure!"
"Return to Your Majesty..." Qiao Biying replied with fear: "The poison is indeed not untreatable in the true sense. Your Majesty once explained that it must be colorless and odorless, and difficult for people to detect and diagnose. Under this condition, it is limited to
If there are too many, it is impossible to find a truly untreatable poison, but the method of detoxifying it is extremely difficult and complicated. There are probably only one or two people in the world who can cure this poison..."
"One or two people..." Emperor Qingming almost gritted his teeth.
But such good luck happened to happen to Xu Qiwei!
What a blessing. There was a traitor around him, and there was more than one...
"I wonder if Dr. Qiao has met anyone in private during this period, or has he told anyone about this detoxification method?" Emperor Qingming looked at Qiao Bingying intently, the candlestick casting his figure behind him,
The black shadow shrouded him, making him look like a giant beast that would rush forward and tear people into pieces at the next moment.
"How can a villain have the opportunity and why do he do this?" Qiao Bingying froze and said in a trembling voice: "The villain only wants to ensure that his wife and children are safe at home... How dare he have second thoughts!"
Emperor Qingming stared at him closely until beads of sweat formed on his forehead.
"I thought so too, that's why I patiently listened to Dr. Qiao's explanation..." The emperor spoke again, his voice suddenly softer, but no matter how you heard it, it still made people feel creepy: "But Dr. Qiao missed my important matter, too.
Facts, and I have always made clear rewards and punishments... I am reluctant to punish Dr. Qiao, and after much thought, it can only be Mrs. Qiao."
Qiao Bing suddenly raised his head.
"Your Majesty... This is the villain's fault. Please punish the villain! I heard that my old wife has been frail and sick in recent years. Please spare her a life!"
As he spoke, he kowtowed heavily.
Emperor Qingming sighed vaguely: "It's too late. What I ordered Mrs. Qiao to take was exactly the poison prepared by Dr. Qiao - it can only be cured by one or two people. I think Mrs. Qiao will
You may not have such good luck."
The blood on Qiao Bingying's face faded, and her body froze.
What his wife took was the poison he was destined for?!
Why did the emperor do this?
Is it really to punish him, to vent his anger on General Xu because he was saved, or is it... that he wants to use his wife's life to test something?
He knew too little information, and even the fact that General Xu was saved was inferred from the emperor's attitude!
No matter what, he could only keep kowtowing and begging the emperor for mercy, and repeatedly promised that he would work harder in the future.
Knocking his head down, the gold bricks in front of him were soon stained with blood.
Emperor Qingming watched this scene with great interest. After a long time, he said as if he had softened his heart: "Okay... I am not the one who wants to kill everyone. The reason why I do this is just because I am afraid that Doctor Qiao will secretly alienate me.
, I just want Dr. Qiao to take advantage of this to build a long memory. Since I know that this poison can be cured, I have left room for it——"
As he spoke, he told Li Ji: "Get some paper and pen and give them to Dr. Qiao."
Qiao Binying paused in his kowtow and raised his head in a daze. His face was now covered with blood and tears.
Emperor Qingming seemed to be quite intolerable: "Mrs. Qiao wrote down the detoxification prescription, and I will send someone to detoxify Mrs. Qiao——"
If Qiao Bing really had secretly colluded with others, he might not be able to reveal the real antidote easily. This was something he had to guard against.
"Yes, yes! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Qiao Bingying quickly thanked him, took the pen and paper from the prison prisoner's hand, dipped his hand in ink, and wrote quickly and tremblingly.
However, at the end of writing, something suddenly occurred to me. The hand holding the pen paused, and he shook his head with a pale face, muttering: "It's too late... I'm afraid it's too late to find this medicine..."
Emperor Qingming narrowed his eyes slightly: "Doctor Qiao, don't worry about this. Is there any medicine in the world that I can't find?"
With that said, he motioned to the internal supervisor to put the prescription away.
The eunuch then handed over the prescription with some sloppy handwriting.
Emperor Qingming's eyes moved inch by inch on the paper. He knew nothing about pharmacology and had no idea what these medicinal materials were. But one thing he was sure of was that there was no word "Lingguozhi" on it...
He raised his eyes and looked at Qiao Bingying: "Has Dr. Qiao written down all the medicinal materials needed to detoxify this poison?"
"Yes... Your Majesty, the last medicine called Fire Lotus is extremely difficult to find. I only saw this medicine when I traveled to the territory of the Li clan when I was young... I am afraid that it may not be found in the capital in a short time!" Qiao Bi
His face should be constantly changing due to uneasiness.
"Fire Lotus? Li Clan?" Emperor Qingming's expression suddenly changed.
Could it be that the medicine that can cure this disease is not Ganoderma lucidum, but a strange medicine grown in the Li tribe?!
If this is true, no wonder Xu Qiwei, who was poisoned in Dongyuan City, can successfully detoxify!
Did Qiao Bingying get the news that Duke Zhen was going to conquer the Li people, so he deliberately prepared the poison in advance?
This speculation was rejected by Emperor Qingming in just a moment - it was impossible, he ordered Qiao Bing to prepare the poison even before Xu Qiwei left, let alone Qiao Bing, even the queen could not predict the future.
ability!
So it can only be a coincidence...
Xu Qiwei did not die because he took advantage of the right time and place. The Queen and the Imperial Master had nothing to do with this matter?
Emperor Qingming's eyes rolled over several times. Looking at Qiao Bingying, who was helpless and embarrassed, he suddenly smiled and said: "Don't worry, Dr. Qiao, I will definitely order someone to find this medicine and detoxify Mrs. Qiao."
Qiao Bingying's face was still dazed, as if he no longer dared to have too much hope, but he still knelt tremblingly: "Yes, thank you Your Majesty..."
Emperor Qingming held the prescription in his hand tightly and said in a cool voice: "Come here, please send Dr. Qiao back."
The two palace attendants silently stepped forward and packed the person into the lacquered wooden box like an object.
"Go ahead and arrange it." Emperor Qingming stood up and threw the paper ball at his feet: "This person can no longer be kept..."
