Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 491 Family
Mr. Li Chu was arrested for poisoning.

At that time, she was standing in front of the tea her father Li Dai was going to drink, holding a pack of medicine in her hand, and there was another pack stuffed in her purse.Her maid, Jin Qiao, was standing nearby to watch for her.

Those who witnessed this scene included the attendants sent by the King of Sui in the west courtyard to serve the successor King Li Dai, Princess Pei's confidant maid and the third lady Li Yanjun.

The witnesses and material evidences are all complete, and Mr. Li Chu cannot deny it at all.

The point is, she herself admitted to drugging, but she didn't admit that she wanted to poison her father Li Dai, but wanted to play a prank on her stepmother, Princess Pei—the person she drugged was Princess Pei.

However, it was Li Dai who was really drugged.He was still weak at first, and after drinking the soup mixed with poison, he vomited and vomited continuously. After suffering for a whole day, he recovered a little, and he was naturally furious at his daughter's evil deeds.If he hadn't been too weak to get up, he might have beaten the eldest daughter half to death with a horsewhip on the spot, so how could he just put her under house arrest in a room in the west courtyard and give her a chance to argue?

When Li Jianrang heard this, he immediately noticed something was wrong, and he grabbed the nurse Cang and asked, "What's the matter? Since the eldest sister was caught while poisoning, how could Aye be poisoned?!"

Cang Niangzi sighed: "The eldest lady was caught when she went to administer the medicine for the second time. The medicine she gave the first time...has already been taken by the king!"

Lady Cang deeply felt that the eldest lady had bad luck.In fact, Li Chujun really wanted to drug Princess Pei, and he didn't mean to target his father Li Dai, but by mistake, Li Dai became the one who got caught instead.

Recently, because Princess Huo wanted to take Princess Pei back to her natal home for a short stay, the heir king Li Dai was very upset.But King Sui had already nodded his head after being persuaded by Princess Huo Guochang for two days, and Li Dai couldn't resist his father's wishes, so he could only reluctantly agree to his wife's request.

Concubine Pei specially came over to accompany him for lunch, comforted him with soft words, and said that she would go to Princess Yuzhen to meet a famous Taoist doctor and ask him for recuperating soup for bone injuries.This is actually good for Li Dai's health, and he was gradually calmed down by coaxing him, but he still had to speak hard and say some unpleasant things, as if scolding his pregnant wife severely, and stepping on his mother-in-law a few more times on the way. Demonstrate his masculinity.

Concubine Pei was displeased at this time, and after apologizing to her husband, she retreated to a side room to make some adjustments.

The soup that Li Chujun prescribed medicine was served before she left the table, but at that time Li Dai and Concubine Pei were concentrating on the conversation and ignored it, and Li Dai took a few mouthfuls until the latter left the table.

Li Chujun has been wanting to attack his stepmother for some time, but she has not been able to find a chance.Concubine Pei seldom comes to the west courtyard, but Mr. Li Chu can't leave the gate of the west courtyard. If she wants to prescribe medicine to her stepmother, she can only find a chance to do it while Princess Pei is staying in the west courtyard.It just so happened that Princess Pei was planning to go back to her natal home for a short stay, and she didn't know how many months it would be.Seeing his stepmother coming to accompany his father for dinner in the west courtyard, Li Chujun was worried that he would miss this opportunity, and he didn't know how long it would take, so he acted decisively.

She did not expect that when the poisonous soup was brought to the table, Princess Pei happened to leave the table temporarily because of embarrassment, and Li Dai ate the fragrant soup.She was not in the house at the time and could not see this scene. She only knew that her stepmother was safe and sound talking with her father after dinner. She thought it was because the medicine was too little and the effect was not obvious, so she sneaked to the tea room to take the medicine for the second time. Then he was caught.

In fact, when she was caught, Li Dai just felt unwell.The attendants around him wanted to go to the waiter to get some hot tea soup for him, so they bumped into Mr. Li Chu and poisoned him.

The poison was not too severe, Li Dai was a weak person, and he just vomited and vented. After taking the detoxification decoction prescribed by the doctor, he got better.It's just that Concubine Pei is pregnant and still has unstable fetal gas. If she really takes this poison, it's hard to say what will happen.Li Chujun insisted that she was just trying to play a prank on her stepmother, but just looking at the amount of medicine, it is hard to believe that she really has no intention of killing her stepmother.

After listening to Mrs. Cang's words, Li Jianrang was full of despair.

He knew that this time there was no way to defend his sister no matter what.

The witnesses and material evidence were complete, and she herself admitted to the poisoning.Even if she claims that her goal is not her father but her stepmother, what will change?Whether it is playing a prank on the father or harming the stepmother and the fetus in her womb, it is an unforgivable sin.Li Jianrang really didn't understand, what's the point of his sister's sophistry on this kind of matter?
Lady Cang told him: "My lady thinks that this matter must be explained clearly. She feels... that she was plotted by Princess Pei. Princess Pei knew that she was going to poison her, so she dug a hole to frame her. .If it weren't for this, the heir king wouldn't have been poisoned!"

This is what Li Chujun is arguing about now.As long as it is proved that her father Li Dai's poisoning was caused by the conspiracy of her stepmother Princess Pei, her crime will be greatly reduced.As a father, he would only resent his stepmother instead of continuing to get angry at her.

Li Chujun's thinking can be said to have seen through the character of his father Li Dai, but Li Jianrang couldn't understand her thinking: "How could the stepmother frame her?! She wanted to poison herself, and the stepmother was just lucky to escape. In case Did the stepmother also drink that soup?! Then Aye and the stepmother will be poisoned!"

Lady Cang whispered: "My lady's thoughts... are not completely unreasonable. Princess Pei's month is not too young, and in fact, the time of feeling sad has passed. She will suddenly leave the table feeling sad after the soup is served. It's just a weird thing..."

Lady Cang was very grateful to Princess Pei for taking good care of the young master Li Jianrang's body, but she was emotionally closer to Li Jianrang's sister Li Chujun, and she didn't think Princess Pei was really innocent in this matter.

However, when Li Jianrang went to see his grandfather King Sui, Princess Pei happened to be there to defend herself.

She really wasn't upset, and she would leave the meeting with the excuse of being upset at the time, just because her husband Li Dai's words were too harsh.It doesn't matter if you scold her, even her mother and his aunt, Princess Huo, scolded her too, which really made her unable to bear it.It's just that she knew in her heart that if she refuted a sentence, Li Dai would definitely be even more angry, and what she said would only be more unpleasant.She was about to go back to her mother's house for a short stay, and she didn't want to cause trouble at this time, so she endured it.Not listening to Li Dai's words, she avoided it with the excuse of being embarrassed.When he came back, Li Dai had already started eating.She had no appetite, so she ate two appetizers with chopsticks and finished.

She didn't know there was something wrong with the soup.But Li Jian was quite satisfied with the soup, so she didn't intend to share it, lest her husband would be unhappy again.

Princess Pei's explanation is very reasonable, and it seems that Li Chujun's accusation is very unreasonable.Besides, she blamed not only her stepmother Princess Pei, but also her concubine Li Yanjun, who believed that Li Yanjun colluded with her stepmother and participated in her frame-up.

In this regard, Li Yanjun also cried in front of the King of Sui and made an excuse: "The elder sister ordered Yinqiao to send a message to the son to go to the small kitchen and the tea room, but she didn't say what to do. The servants around the concubine are with us, just in case...Eryuan didn't know that the elder sister was going to poison her!"

This means that Li Chujun was actually prepared long ago to use Li Yanjun as a scapegoat, but he did not expect that the latter would pay more attention to find someone to go with him, and instead became a witness.

When Sui Wang heard this, he just wanted to sneer.He didn't even want to listen to the words of his precious grandson, so he ordered Li Jian to go back: "This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't meddle in it. Chu Niang made such a big mistake, and she still refuses to admit it honestly. If she doesn't learn a lesson, I don’t know what will happen in the future!”

Li Jian was speechless.

(End of this chapter)