Chunman Palace

Chapter 18

Everyone saw that it was Shuang'er next to Concubine Chang.

Shuang'er stepped forward to salute everyone politely, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, it is inconvenient for our master to come here, and I have specially sent a servant to testify that Lin promised to be innocent." After finishing speaking, he took out a five-poison sachet from his sleeve.

This sachet was brought by Huayue, and Xiuru was taking a nap every day, so she silently took it away, but she didn't expect it to come in handy today.

The queen also ordered people to check the stitches of the five-poison sachet brought by Lin Qingyu and Shuang'er, and it was indeed made by one person.

And in the Yaohua Pavilion, Shu Xiang also found another five-poison sachet from Xin Changzai's residence. In addition, he also saw that the flowers and plants in Xin Changzai's residence were very strange, so he ordered someone to carefully pick a Huifengyi. palace.

Following the sound of Shuxiang's footsteps, Xin Changzai pretended to be calm, but his eyes began to peek at what Shuxiang brought.

Shu Xiang bowed her knees and saluted: "Go back to Empress Empress, everything has been brought."

The queen raised her hand lightly, "Yes. Did you find anything?"

"Going back to Empress Empress, the servants led people to search the rooms of the two young masters of Yaohua Pavilion, and Zaixin found this five-poison sachet in the drawer of the dressing table, with the same stitches as the red sachet containing violet vetch pollen. In addition, the servants also found that Xin Chang planted many exotic flowers and plants outside the house, which are not like those owned by the harem," Shu Xiang said truthfully.

The queen glanced casually at the sachet offered by the eunuch, and became interested when she heard the following sentence, "What kind of flower is it?"

"This servant doesn't know either, maybe only Xin Changzai knows."

"It's just some wild flowers and weeds from my concubine's hometown, to relieve my concubine's homesickness." Xin Chang had a trembling voice in his words, and the corner of his mouth curved into a smile.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. The queen immediately ordered: "Please ask the two imperial physicians to see if the flowers and plants that Xin Chang is planting are just ordinary wild flowers and weeds."

The two imperial physicians, Li and Liu, followed the instructions and inspected the plants on the tray from left to right. Suddenly, Imperial Physician Li's eyes focused, and he seemed to find something unusual, so he asked Imperial Physician Liu to confirm several times.

"What did the two imperial physicians discover?" Seeing the panic in the eyes of the two, the queen said to calm her mind, "You might as well speak out boldly, even if you say something wrong, I will not blame you."

Dr. Li wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and replied, "Empress, this is a gourd vine, also called heartbroken grass, which is highly poisonous! If you accidentally touch it, it will make your stomach twist like a knife." , died of pain."

When everyone heard the words, they panicked and sighed instantly.

Shu Xiang added: "Not only that, but my servant also found that Xin Chang found poisonous flowers and weeds such as oleander, scorpion grass, etc. near her residence. In a hurry, my servant did not collect evidence one by one."

Xin Changzai stepped forward with a sincere face, and said decisively: "My concubine planted these flowers and plants just to relieve her homesickness. As for poisonous and non-toxic, my concubine does not know the medicine and does not know."

The queen glared at him sharply, and said like a pair of icy tongs, "Xin Changzai, even if you don't know that these poisons are poisonous, you are from Quzhou, are these poisons from your hometown?"

Xin Changzai's weaving words are self-defeating.

Seeing this, Lin Qingyu took the opportunity to take advantage of the victory and chased after him: "Doesn't Xin Changzai know whether it is poisonous or not? Changzai's words are wrong. A few days ago, my palace maid dug up Changzai's scorpion grass. You confronted me that night and used scorpion Find out the medicinal properties of the herb.” Her eyes were dim, but there was a faint smile on her mouth: “If you don’t know the medicinal properties, how can you say that you will get a rash when you touch the scorpion grass, and it is unbearable? Woolen cloth?"

The queen frowned slightly: "Xin Chang is here, is there such a thing?"

Lin Qingyu immediately added: "All the palace officials in Yaohua Pavilion were interrogated by Xin Changzai that day, and they can all testify."

Xin Chang glared at her, gritted his teeth and said, "That doesn't mean that my concubine knows the medicinal properties of all plants!"

While the two were arguing, Imperial Physician Liu hissed at the heartbroken grass, frowning, very strange.

The Queen patted the table to make people quiet, and asked Imperial Physician Liu why he was like this.

"Go back to the empress, please let me take a closer look." After the queen nodded and agreed, Imperial Physician Liu picked up the heartbroken grass and walked to the door. Check, this heartbroken grass is covered with undissolved drug foam, which can reflect a faint red phosphorescent light in the sun, and it is another kind of poison called Chi Linglong."

"What kind of poison is Chi Linglong?"

Doctor Liu said: "Go back to Empress, this Chi Linglong is made of a mixture of various poisonous herbs, whether it is touched externally or taken internally, it will cause people to sting all over, and produce red itchy blisters the size of sesame seeds. If you can't bear the itching, scratching and damage, the consequences will be more serious .”

Concubine Ji took a deep breath, pressed her heart and said in surprise: "There is such a tormenting poison in this world, it's really appalling!"

On the contrary, Ling Concubine didn't seem to be surprised at the strangeness, and said in a strange manner: "Sister Ji Concubine is still rare and strange, no matter how poisonous this poison is, how can it compare with the sinister heart?" After finishing speaking, she glanced at Concubine Min intentionally.

None of the poisons she suffered back then was more vicious and terrifying than this Chi Linglong, and every time she thought about it, the hatred in her heart was hard to get rid of.

The queen suddenly said in a terrified voice: "Xin Changzai, you have conclusive evidence for poisoning Concubine Chang, why don't you plead guilty!"

Xin Changzai raised his head abruptly, and asked doubtfully, "Isn't concubine Chang poisoned by allergies to milk vetch pollen? Even if the heartbroken grass planted by concubine has the poison of Chi Linglong, what does it have to do with concubine!"

The queen's eyes were cold, and her tone was calm, "I deliberately released the news that Concubine Chang was only allergic to zi vetch pollen. Naturally, it was to find out the real murderer."

The original milk vetch pollen allergy, but it became the poison of Chi Linglong?
Lin Qingyu was stunned. If the news passed by the empress was this, why did she alone get the news that Concubine Chang was poisoned by Chi Linglong?
Could it be that the empress has already seen everything?She couldn't help raising her eyes, only to see that the queen was still smiling compassionately, with soft eyes.

Xin Chang was looking at the two of them, he understood in his heart, and sneered, "The Empress is really thoughtful, but even so, you can't say that it's the Chi Linglong poison I gave to Concubine Chang's food!"

She had given up struggling and deliberately showed her feet at the end of the sentence.

Even if it continues, the queen and Lin promised to find all kinds of loopholes to expose her cover-up. Thinking of this, she doesn't want to lose her last dignity.

The queen also took the matter unceremoniously: "In the news released by the palace, there has never been any information about the channel through which Concubine Chang was poisoned? Xin Changzai is so clear." She snorted coldly, "Come on, Take Xin Changzai back to the palace and seal the door, waiting to be dealt with."

The people below began to discuss in low voices.

"I didn't expect it to be Xin Changzai, but she has never had any contact with Chang Concubine, so how could she poison her?"

Another palace concubine answered: "Chang concubine dominates the emperor's favor, so naturally others will bear grudges."

Concubine Min coughed heavily on purpose, pretending to be sleepy, put her hand in front of her face and yawned.

The queen picked up the teacup and said softly, "The matter has been found out, and all the younger sisters are tired, so go back to the palace to rest."

All the concubines in the palace saluted again and retreated.

(End of this chapter)