The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 241 Huasui Serves Tea
Wen Xianqing said.

"This is... Ginkgo bud."

Jingpin said anxiously.

"What are ginkgo sprouts? What are their uses?"

Yinzhen also looked at Wen Xianqing, waiting for him to speak.

Wen Xianqing picked out a few ginkgo buds mixed in the tea leaves, put them in the palm of his hand, held both hands in front of Yinzhen, and said.

"Your Majesty, this ginkgo bud is the result of a hole being opened in the ginkgo nut, allowing the buds to grow from inside.

It looks like tea leaves, and after being processed, it is mixed with tea leaves and is difficult to distinguish.

Ginkgo nuts are originally non-toxic and can benefit the lungs and treat cough and asthma.

But its buds and leaves are poisonous.

The person who sent the tea should know that the ginkgo buds are mixed in the tea leaves and then brewed in hot water for drinking.

It can cause poisoning, followed by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite.

In severe cases, the limbs may convulse and become weak, and the spleen and lungs may even swell, leading to difficulty breathing and death. "

Nian Shilan was shocked that the ginkgo sprout was so powerful!
Who is so cruel as to come up with the idea of ​​mixing ginkgo buds into tea?

"I didn't know what poison the princess had been poisoned by, so I prescribed some medicine to regulate the spleen and stomach.

Now there is a faster way to detoxify. Just boil a little ginkgo shell with water.

Feed it to the princess, and it will cure this mild poison from the ginkgo sprouts."

Wen Xianqing said.

Yinzhen nodded.

“In this case, I will ask Imperial Doctor Lao Wen to do his best to treat Kang Le and prescribe some conditioning medicine.

Children’s stomachs are delicate, so don’t leave any problems.”

Then Yinzhen looked at the people in the Imperial Hospital and said.

"Doctor Qiu stays here, and everyone else goes back.

Also, if you are not qualified for the duties of the Imperial Hospital,

You should resign from your post and return home as soon as possible."

Everyone in the Imperial Hospital looked at each other in bewilderment. What was he talking about? How come they were all wrong ever since Wen Xianqing entered the Imperial Hospital?

But no one dared to say anything, and they all went back to the Imperial Hospital in a timid manner.

But the more they thought about it, the angrier they became.

Yinzhen turned around and looked at the wet nurse who was still kneeling on the ground, pointing at another wet nurse.

"Tell me honestly, who gave you this tea? Why did you drink it while she was fine?"

The wet nurse had wanted to say it for a long time but had never found a chance to interrupt. Now that she saw the emperor asking her, she hurriedly spoke.

“Reporting to the Emperor, the tea that the Ministry of Internal Affairs provides to the servants is coarse tea.

Last month, when I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect my monthly allowance, I complained casually:
The next day, a young eunuch came to find me and took the tea can.

She said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had extra Maojian tea, and because she was grateful to me for being the princess's wet nurse,

He specially secretly mixed some for me to drink, and asked me not to tell anyone.

So the servant drank the tea herself and didn't give her any.

Fortunately, I was selfish at that moment and did not cause any more harm to the princess.

Your Majesty, please investigate!"

As the wet nurse spoke, she pointed at another wet nurse.

The wet nurse who was pointed out also knelt down and said.

"Please Your Majesty, please look into this matter!"

Yinzhen looked at Doctor Qiu.

"What about you? You took the nurses' pulses but couldn't find any symptoms?"

The beads of sweat on Doctor Qiu's forehead were pouring down like crazy on this snowy winter day.

What a coincidence, I really couldn’t diagnose anything.

"Reply, report to the emperor. I really have not diagnosed anything. I am incompetent."

Yinzhen snorted coldly.

"You are indeed incompetent. I think you don't need to be the imperial physician anymore. Go home and farm." Nian Shilan said.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, since we have found out that the problem is with the tea, why not let the princess's nurse find the person who sent the tea.

Otherwise, with such a person in the palace, I am also worried about the well-being of the Third and Fourth Princes."

Yinzhen said.

"That's what I think. Su Peisheng, call the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I want to investigate this matter myself."

When Huang Guiquan, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, was summoned to Xianfu Palace, he was still worried.

But he realized something was wrong when he saw the scene in front of him, because when Xiao Xia Zi went to pass on the message, he only said that the emperor summoned him to Xianfu Palace, but did not say what it was for.

"I am Huang Guiquan, the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department. I pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live the emperor."

As soon as Huang Guiquan saw Yinzhen, he immediately knelt down, and he tried to speak in a pinched voice.

Yinzhen said.

"Huang Guiquan, do you know what the crime of poisoning the princess is?"

Huang Guiquan was stunned. What did he mean by poisoning the princess?
"I don't understand what Your Majesty is referring to. Please explain it to me clearly."

Yinzhen signaled Su Peisheng to tell the story again, and Huang Guiquan immediately said.

"Your Majesty, please be clear! How dare the Imperial Household Department poison the princess? Please be clear!"

While Huang Guiquan was talking, he secretly glanced at Nian Shilan.

Nian Shilan sighed. Huang Guiquan was a distant relative of hers. In recent years, he had been doing very well in the Ministry of Internal Affairs with his help.

But this time, he was implicated in the poisoning of the princess, which was really a headache.

Yinzhen naturally knew about the relationship between Nian Shilan and Huang Guiquan, but when he saw that Nian Shilan did not interrupt, he did not say anything.

Ever since Ulanara heard that Princess Kangle was poisoned, she looked back and forth among the concubines with a hesitant look.

Even she had never thought of this little princess, so who on earth had such thoughts?

Princess Kangle was born to Concubine Jing with the help of Nian Shilan, so she naturally couldn't be Nian Shilan.

But what about the other concubines who don’t have children?

Yinzhen thought about it and asked Su Peisheng to take the wet nurse to the Imperial Household Department, and asked the eunuchs, both on duty and off duty, to stand together and ask the wet nurse to identify them.

About quarter of an hour later, Su Peisheng escorted a young-looking eunuch and a wet nurse back to Xianfu Palace.

Su Peisheng threw the eunuch in front of Yinzhen.

"Your Majesty, the wet nurse is referring to this boy. Please make your decision."

Yinzhen looked at the young eunuch, who looked about twelve or thirteen years old, and said.

"What's your name? Who ordered you to kill my daughter?"

The young eunuch said tremblingly.

"Reporting to the emperor, this is just a small story. I don't know what crime I have committed.

I have never harmed the princess!"

Yinzhen said lightly.

"If you don't tell the truth, you will be slapped twenty times."

The guard at the side immediately stepped forward, grabbed Xiaoduanzi from the ground, and slapped him in the face with a slap as big as a palm-leaf fan.

After a few slaps, Xiaoduanzi's face was swollen, his mouth was bleeding, and a tooth was knocked out.

Xiao Duanzi knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life! I will tell you! I will tell you everything!"

Yinzhen raised his hand, and the guard stopped slapping Xiaoduanzi in the face.

"I gave you a chance, but you didn't speak properly and had to be beaten before you spoke.

So, who instructed you?"

Xiao Duanzi raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, then opened his mouth with difficulty and spoke.

"Your Majesty, yes, it was a maid from the Zhongcui Palace who came to see me that day and brought me a can of tea.

The aunt in Xianfu Palace was asked to give the flower to me, but I was blinded by greed and took the flower and ten taels of silver.

But I really didn't know that the tea was poisonous, Your Majesty! Even if I had ten lives, I would not dare to harm the princess!

I just thought that Huasui and my aunt had an old grudge, and I thought there was at most something like laxative in the tea.

Please spare my life, Your Majesty! Please spare my life, Your Majesty! "