Rebirth of the Abandoned Concubine: The Poison Goddess Doctor

Chapter 277 Cutting Trees, The Sacred Heart Is Unfathomable

The woman was dressed in a cross-collar jacket and skirt inlaid with silver fox fur, tangled branches and lotus patterns. She sat on a bed covered with a layer of golden sunlight, and her slender figure was coated with soft warm light.She held a thin volume of book with her white and jade-like fingers, with a light and gentle smile on her face, and her slightly narrowed eyes intertwined with light and shadow, as if expressing affection.

Emperor Ming pushed open the door, saw this scene unexpectedly, paused before stepping in.

Then the smile on the woman's face faded away, her opened eyes were indifferent to indifferent, and her tone was extremely alienated: "The concubine sees the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live."

The scene just now was still in the eyes of Emperor Ming, and Emperor Ming raised his eyebrows, and said with a half-smile: "Hua Yingchu, did you do it on purpose?"

What Emperor Ming meant was that she deliberately showed a false appearance of indifference to attract his attention.Yingchu thought that he suspected that the previous incident was her arrangement, so he questioned her.

"The concubine doesn't understand what the emperor means." Yingchu said innocently.

Emperor Ming smiled inexplicably, and said, "Follow me to Xihe Palace."

Yingchu was surprised that he let her go so easily, looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "What about the general?"

"I let them leave the palace first." Emperor Ming said.

Yingchu thought, does it mean that they didn't solve the case within five days?

Emperor Ming glanced at her: "Qi Changjin learned how to argue with you, and I have to think about whether to punish you. If you can't save the Empress Dowager today, I will punish you for deceiving the emperor first."

"The concubine said yesterday that within three days, the Empress Dowager would be awakened." Yingchu stated the facts.

"Or do you want me to punish you for negligence of duty immediately?" Emperor Ming said.

"The concubine must do her best to rescue the Empress Dowager today!" Yingchu said.Now that she moves her arms a little, her heart hurts. The emperor probably wants to use this method to torture her.

Emperor Ming didn't take the dragon boat, but went to the harem on foot.Yingchu was a few steps behind, and followed at a leisurely pace.

Emperor Ming slowed down, and Yingchu also slowed down. After a while, Emperor Ming turned his head and glanced at her coldly: "Come forward, I have something to ask you!"

Yingchu stepped forward, but was still half a step behind him.

The servants at the front and back consciously distanced themselves, leaving room for them to speak.

Emperor Ming said: "I told you to kill Tong Shangshu, why did you bring him back to life?"

Of course it was to win Zhu Fengyu's trust and get rid of suspicion.Yingchu said: "The concubine went to the post station to investigate the case under the guise of saving people. In order not to smash her own brand, she had to save Tong Shangshu, but the concubine poisoned him with another kind of poison, which would gradually weaken Tong Shangshu. , until death."

"You have quite a lot of poison in your hand." Emperor Ming stared at her deeply, "If one day you poison me, I really can't prevent it."

If it were someone else, he would have knelt down in fear and trepidation at this time, Yingchu only smiled lightly: "The emperor is joking, the concubine has not lived enough, how dare to murder the emperor? Moreover, the poison in the concubine's hands is all from the master He Lao Take it, Mr. He likes to specialize in pharmacology, and there are all kinds of weird medicines. If one day, the emperor really feels uncomfortable, he can go to Mr. He for an antidote."

Emperor Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "You keep saying that you will go to the post house to investigate the case, so what clues did you find?"

Yingchu glanced at Emperor Ming's expression, he seemed to be in a good mood at this moment.So Yingchu said: "On the night of the incident, my concubine found a hair with some stains in the box containing the Buddha statue. At that time, I thought it was left by the assassin who stole it. After thinking about it, I found something suspicious. .”

"Oh?" Emperor Ming gave her a sideways look, "You really just remembered it later?" Don't think he didn't know, she didn't want to investigate the case, so she didn't say anything on purpose.

Yingchu didn't answer, and continued: "That hair is not shiny, it doesn't look like it just fell off, and there is glue at the root, it is very likely that it fell from a wig worn by someone. And the shape and location of those stains , it was the fingerprint left by someone who picked up the edge of the box and got up. There are also a few drops of blood, but the inside of the box is red flannelette, which is not very obvious after it dries up."

Princess Yanhua told them yesterday morning that Huo Mu remembered that the assassin was six feet tall and short, and it was not a lie. Someone must have coveted the Buddha statue, and after opening the box, they clashed with Huo Mu, and fled with serious injuries, which also caused Huo Mu to be seriously injured.

Of course Huo Mu refused to tell her at first, but later he asked her to save Tong Shangshu, so he gave such a useless clue, half of the purpose was to mislead them.

Yingchu knew that the six-foot-tall thief was Li Cangze's dead soldier, his purpose should be to destroy the stone statue and destroy the friendship between Dayan and Zhu Li, so he could fish in troubled waters.And that dead soldier, no matter whether the task is completed or not, has only one way to die.

Emperor Ming said: "Just based on these points, what can you explain?"

"It means that there was a person who was lying in the box and was injured. He was a monk or a bald man with a wig on his head." Yingchu said, "The only person who was injured that night was Huo Mu, and this concubine just wanted to check it out. Huo Mu is this person."

Emperor Ming said, seemingly true or false: "Hua Yingchu, I really want to open your head to see if you have one more brain than others."

Yingchu felt a chill, and said, "Your Majesty, this concubine is sure that she is not a monster."

She didn't think her words were funny, but Emperor Ming suddenly laughed loudly.

In fact, the truth is not that simple at all. Those doubts only made her doubt Huo Mu, but she would never think about petrification.The reason why she was able to confirm Huo Mu's suspicion was because "Flying Bat Bandit" was Qi Changjin's subordinate.

Flying Bat Pirates specialize in tasks that must be completed with extraordinary means, so they are notorious in the world.On the way back to Beijing with Prime Minister Mu and envoy Zhu Li, Qi Changjin sent him to investigate the situation, not wanting to be discovered by Huo Mu. After a fight, the Flying Bat Thief was severely injured and escaped by feigning death.

At that time, Huo Mu probably thought that the Flying Bat Bandit would definitely die, so he used the petrification technique, his arms were like solid rocks, and shot down all the flying Bat Bandit's swords and hidden weapons, only then would the Flying Bat Bandit be defeated.

Yingchu and Qi Changjin knew that Huo Mu knew the petrification technique, combined with the previous doubts, they naturally knew it well, but they didn't want to get involved in the dispute between the two countries, so they pretended not to know.

While searching with great fanfare, they sent flying bat thieves to contact Qi Changsheng and his son. Qi Xiushen was eager to return to his official career, but repeatedly bumped into walls with Prime Minister Mu, so he naturally refused to let go of this opportunity to do meritorious service. It hit it off, and happily took over the "swinging potato".

Of course, what Yingchu and Qi Changjin see as a hot potato is, in their view, a pie from heaven, a great opportunity.

Yingchu said: "Your Majesty, if Zhou Shilang and the others didn't intervene suddenly, the concubine and the general would also be able to catch the culprit." So the Emperor doesn't need to think about it, just forgive them for not guilty.

Emperor Ming naturally understood her implication, and cast a sideways glance at her, with a smile still in his eyes: "You save the Empress Dowager first, and then talk about other things."

"Yes." Yingchu could only helplessly reply.

When he was about to reach the Xihe Palace, he passed under a budding plum tree, and Emperor Ming suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Yingchu followed Ming Emperor's gaze to look at the plum blossom tree, the blossoming red plum blossoms on the branches slightly swayed in the cold wind, with a faint fragrance floating gently.

"Cut it off!" Emperor Ming ordered in a gloomy tone.

Yingchu was surprised, not understanding why the emperor suddenly lost his temper.

Chang Shun quickly glanced at Yingchu, the emperor came out of Xihe Palace yesterday, just in time to see Junjun and General Qi kissing under the red plum tree, his face was ugly and scary.He thought that the emperor would punish them for the crime of messing up the palace, but the emperor just walked away with a sullen face.

I thought it was over like this, but I didn't expect the emperor to come here and suddenly remembered it, and the attack happened on this red plum tree.

While ordering people to cut the red plums, Chang Shun thought to himself that the emperor seemed to dislike the Junjun very much, but he was more lenient towards her than ordinary people.If it were someone else, the emperor wouldn't get angry with a tree and just order that person's head be chopped off.

Sure enough, the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and no one can figure out what the emperor is thinking.

"Why? Can't bear to part with this red plum tree?" Emperor Ming looked at Yingchu coldly.

Yingchu became more and more inexplicable.

Yesterday she was nervous that Qi Changjin didn't have time, so she didn't notice that she kissed Qi Changjin under the red plum tree to detoxify him.Even if she noticed, she might not be able to guess the reason for the emperor's seizure.

Yingchu said: "This red plum tree doesn't suit the emperor's eyes, so it should be cut down naturally, and my concubine has nothing to be reluctant about." Even if the emperor cut down the entire palace tree, it's none of her business.

Emperor Ming glanced at Yingchu's black and shiny Yaotai topknot, on which were a pair of purple jade hairpins, and his tone was even more hostile: "Why have you never seen you wear the white jade apricot hairpin that I rewarded you?"

The jade hairpin that was supposed to be rewarded to Xun Feixing was given to her, of course she would not wear it to hurt the feelings of the sisters.Yingchu said: "The concubine wore it before, but the emperor didn't pay attention."

Emperor Ming's face was still grim, but his eyes were not so cold: "Let's go!"

Yingchu secretly scolded the moody tyrant, and followed him into Xihe Palace.

When Eunuch Hu saw Yingchu coming, he was overjoyed, and after saluting to Emperor Ming, he looked at Yingchu eagerly.If the empress dowager does not wake up again, their slaves in Xihe Palace will be crushed to death by the empress dowager. Now his only hope lies in Hua Yingchu.

"You are very close to the servants of Xihe Palace." Emperor Ming said.

When Eunuch Hu saw Emperor Ming's dark face, he immediately lowered his head in fright, not daring to look at Yingchu again.

"Eunuch Hu is worried about the empress dowager's phoenix body, and hopes that his concubine can rejuvenate." Yingchu said something, and immediately went to see the empress dowager, not wanting to deal with the yin and yang emperor.

The empress dowager was old, so a fall was almost fatal to her. Fortunately, Eunuch Hu gave the empress dowager the pills she left in time, so she hanged herself.

When Yingchu gave the Empress Dowager the injection, she felt a little dignified.Although Lingquan can cure diseases, save lives and prolong life, it cannot make people live forever.The empress dowager's body has reached the verge of failure, she can recover once or twice, but it won't be long before the empress dowager will die.

(End of this chapter)