Kangxi Harem Ⅰ: Green Years

Chapter 360 (53) Concubine De Poisoned and King Wrathful (Part [-])
In the Yonghe Palace, Concubine De was leaning weakly on the heated kang with tears streaming down her face, while Li Anzhu knelt on the ground and cried loudly, "Your Majesty, ancestor, Concubine De, my concubine was wronged, my concubine was really wronged!"

Seeing the two herbal medicines brought back by Liang Jiugong who went to investigate Li Anzhu, Xuan Ye was furious, "I'm wronged, didn't you keep these for yourself?"

Li Anzhu looked at the two herbs, and didn't know how to answer. One of the herbs was purslane, and she didn't deny it, but she really didn't know about the other herb, but she didn't dare to say it. She was the one who hid the purslane, and she was also guilty of hiding the purslane alone. This time it was really hard to say.

Seeing that Li Anzhu was silent, Xuan Ye snorted coldly, looked at the imperial doctor and said, "See if these two herbs are the ones that poisoned Concubine De?"

"Yes!" The imperial doctor took it over, looked carefully, held up one of the herbs and said, "Ah! This is the softshell turtle, a medicinal material produced in the Western Regions, according to the medical book "Materia Medica" :'The wood turtle is as big as a wood turtle, round and flat in shape, with white hairs, and bitter in taste. Birds are poisoned by it, they will be numb and convulsed, and die; dogs are poisoned by it, they will be painful and die. If you take it, it will make your limbs convulsed.' It seems that the symptoms are very similar to Debi's."

"Li Anzhu, you are so vicious, you actually wanted to poison me to death, did you cause Yinyou's congenital leg disease?" Debi cried bitterly upon hearing this.

"No...it's not me...I really don't know what's going on with this medicine, it's really not me..." Li Anzhu felt unprecedented panic, she shouted in panic.

"Hmph!" Xuan Ye gave her a cold look, then looked at the imperial doctor and asked, "What is the other herb?"

"Returning to the emperor, according to my ministers, this should be purslane, a wild vegetable that common people often eat. It is mentioned in many medical books such as "Materia Medica". , is a cold food, and should not be taken in early pregnancy." The imperial doctor said thoughtfully.

"Hmph! Li Anzhu, you should also add the medicine to the promised soup!" Xuan Ye glared at Li Anzhu fiercely.

"Your Majesty is clearly investigating, my concubine has been wronged!" Li Anzhu cried desperately.

"Come here, bring Li Anzhu's maid!" Xuan Ye ignored her and ordered sharply.

Li Anzhu's three maids were brought up, all of them trembling with fright, they knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty, forgive me, the servants really don't know, this is our master alone What we did, we didn’t know.”

"You guys are talking nonsense, what did I do!" Li Anzhu stood up suddenly, and was about to pounce on a court lady.

(End of this chapter)