Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 164
The emperor looked up at the little eunuch, and Li Dequan asked, "Which palace's little eunuch are you, and what is your name? Why didn't Imperial Physician Lu come in person?"

The little eunuch bowed, lowered his head and replied: "Back to the emperor, this servant is Xiao Duzi from the imperial pharmacy. Imperial doctor Lu is showing the prescription to the concubine Qin. He said that if the lady does not wake up after drinking this medicine, Then you have to start a new prescription."

It seems that Lu Zong also felt that her symptoms were wrong, so he reconsidered the prescription, right?
The emperor took a look at the little Du Zi, and said: "Just send it to the door of the inner room and let Bai Lu carry it in."

Xiao Duzi answered yes, carefully holding the food box in his hand, and walked towards the inner room.

His steps were slow, as if he was afraid of spilling the medicine in the food box.

"and many more."

The emperor put down the book and said, "I will go in with you and watch Concubine Qin drink the medicine with my own eyes."

Xiao Duzi trembled slightly with the hand holding the food box.

The emperor strode over to catch up with Xiao Duzi and walked in front of him, and Xiao Duzi hurriedly followed his footsteps.

Bai Lu heard footsteps, stood up from the bed, and saw the emperor and a strange little eunuch walking in.

"emperor……"

He interrupted Bai Lu, "You don't need to be too polite, just feed your master the medicine first."

Bai Lu nodded lightly, and stepped forward to help Xiao Duzi.

Xiao Duzi gently placed the food box on the low table beside the bed, then lifted the red sandalwood top cover of the food box, and took out a small purple sand medicine jar from inside.

Bai Lu was about to pour the medicine inside into the small glass bowl, when the emperor stretched out his hand and lifted the lid of the medicine jar.

She was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the emperor was going to do.

Xiao Duzi's hands hanging by his sides were dripping with sweat.

Inside the medicine jar, all kinds of medicinal materials have been fried for a long time, and they look like a big black ball.

Bai Lu took a careful look inside, and vaguely saw a few tentacles of ginseng, which were not real.

After all, she doesn't know medicine, but just watched her master get sick several times, so she vaguely recognized some herbs.

The emperor is very familiar with pharmacology, and often discusses the condition with the imperial physicians, increasing or decreasing the dosage.

Chen Wenxin used to laugh and say that the emperor is the most valuable doctor in the world, and very few people should be treated by the emperor.

The emperor is looking carefully at the medicine jar now, maybe to see if the medicinal materials are safe?

But the emperor's gaze stayed on the fresh water stains on the edge of the medicine jar.

It stands to reason that the little eunuch took the medicine from the imperial pharmacy to Yikun Palace. It took a long time to get the medicine in the jar to the edge of the jar by accident.

And after arriving at Yikun Palace, he acted cautiously in front of the emperor, so that the medicine would not overflow to the edge.

Therefore, the water stains on the edge of the medicine jar should be the dry traces left on the road, not fresh water stains.

The emperor was a little strange at the beginning, Lu Zong ordered the imperial pharmacy to decoct the medicine, didn't he know that the emperor was still in Yikun Palace, so he should bring the medicine himself?

Furthermore, the previous medicine was taken from the imperial pharmacy and fried in the small kitchen of Yikun Palace, why did it come from the imperial pharmacy this time?

It is midsummer now, and the decocted medicine will not be cold after walking all the way.

So the emperor didn't pay much attention to this detail just now.

It wasn't until he lifted the lid of the medicine jar and saw the fresh water stains that he vaguely understood what it was.

This eunuch named Xiao Duzi has a problem!
The emperor watched for too long, Bai Lu was a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, let our master drink the medicine first? The medicine should be drunk while it is hot."

She held the two ears of the medicine jar with both hands, and poured the medicine juice in the jar into the small glass bowl that Chen Wenxin often used.

The emperor took a closer look and grabbed Bai Lu's wrist.

On her wrists, she wore a pair of silk-wrapped and knotted bracelets gifted by Chen Wenxin, one made of red gold and the other made of silver.

When Chen Wen learned about this pair of bracelets, he praised them as interesting.It is said that this pair of gold and silver is more in line with the color of the other pair of gold and silver.

Later she gave it to Bai Lu, and seeing that her master liked it so much, Bai Lu wore it for her to see every day.

At this moment the emperor was holding her hand, she hurriedly followed the emperor's line of sight, and saw these two bracelets--
Among the gold and silver silk bracelets, a small part of the silver one was slightly blue, as if something had been stained on it.

"The master likes this bracelet so much, and the slaves have been taking good care of it, how could it be..."

She quickly realized it, "Your Majesty, it must be this medicine, this medicine is poisonous!"

Silver needles can be used for drug testing. During the southern tour, Li Dequan used a set of silver needles for the emperor's drug testing every meal.

He once said that silver needles will turn blue when exposed to poison, and even turn blue in severe cases.

Bai Lu didn't believe it before, and discussed it with Li Dequan. She heard that there are some poisons that cannot be tested with silver needles.

Li Dequan said that most of the poisons can be tested with silver needles, but the degree is different.

For highly poisonous drugs such as crane crest red and arsenic, the silver needles will turn black after being pierced.

As for Wudu Powder, which poisons snakes, insects, rats and ants, only a faint blue color will appear when the silver needle is inserted.

Li Dequan has specially studied this, otherwise it would be very difficult for him to be the emperor's personal eunuch.

The light blue color on the silver bracelet must have been caused by Bai Lu accidentally splashing the medicine on the bracelet when she poured the medicine from the jar just now.

The emperor took the handkerchief on the table, and lightly wiped the light blue mark on her bracelet.

There was no trace left on the plain white veil, and the silver bracelet still showed a light blue color.

The emperor looked at Xiao Duzi coldly, and Xiao Duzi was frightened by the emperor's eyes, and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.

He stood far away, not knowing what kind of lawsuit the emperor was fighting for grabbing Bai Lu's arm.

Bai Lu hurriedly fetched the silver needle, put the needle into the concoction she had poured into the small glass bowl, waited for a while, then took out the silver needle.

The silver needle specially used to test poison is more effective than the silver bracelet.

On the needle head, it was glowing blue!

When Xiao Duzi saw Bai Lu fetching the silver needle, he was already dumbfounded with fright.

Seeing the effect of the silver needle at this moment, his legs trembled uncontrollably, and he fell limply to the ground.

"The slave should die, the slave should die..."

"To shut up."

The emperor was tired of the plopping sound of kowtow, lowered his voice, and said sternly: "Come talk outside, don't disturb the concubine Qin's rest."

Bai Lu took out the food box, the bowl of medicine that had been poured into the bowl, and the silver needle.

Li Dequan was waiting outside, and when he saw the emperor coming out with a livid face, and Bai Lu holding the food box with an ugly expression, he understood what was going on.

Seeing that little Du Zi panicked and kowtowed like garlic, he was even more sure.

Bai Lu handed the silver needle to Li Dequan. He is more experienced in drug testing, so he can't make a mistake.

Li Dequan only glanced at the silver needle and said, "Oh, it's poisonous!"

Li Dequan said so, it seems that there will be no falsehood.

The emperor looked coldly at Xiao Duzi who was on the ground, "Okay, you are fine. You dared to poison Concubine Qin in front of me, do you still have me as the emperor in your eyes?"

Xiao Duzi's face was pale, and cold sweat rolled down his face in big beads.

"Your Majesty, I don't know that it's poison, I really don't know it!"

He kept wiping away the sweat with the back of his hand, and the sweat was like rain, and he couldn't wipe it off no matter what.

"You do not know?"

The emperor sneered and said, "If you didn't know, your hands would not tremble. In Yikun Palace, you would instead spill the medicine in the jar to the edge of the jar."

Li Dequan brought the medicine jar in front of Xiao Duzi, and showed him the marks on the edge of the jar.

"These water stains are all fresh, which means that you were not stable in Yikun Palace. If you say that your hands and feet are clumsy, there are no old water stains left on the jar when you walked all the way from the imperial pharmacy."

Li Dequan scolded: "The emperor has already personally investigated, and the evidence is solid, do you still dare to quibble?"

As expected, Xiao Duzi's hands were shaking as if he was sifting chaff, it could be seen that this kid couldn't hold his breath, his hands trembled whenever he was afraid.

Such a useless slave, who would send him to poison him?

Xiao Duzi's face was covered with sweat and tears again, he said urgently: "This slave is forced, this slave has no choice but to do this... Your Majesty, please spare me!"

This little Duzi couldn't speak clearly for a long time, Li Dequan saw that the emperor was impatient, and angrily reprimanded: "Hurry up and tell the truth, who made you poison!"

Xiao Duzi looked left and right, only Li Dequan and Bai Lu were in the hall, and there was no one else.

"Back to the emperor, Concubine Tong ordered the slave to do it. The slave's godfather is Du Si'er, the manager of the Royal Pharmacy, Eunuch Du, and Eunuch Du's godmother is the eldest mother next to Concubine Tong!"

Through Du Si'er and Grandma, Concubine Tong and Xiao Duzi established a definite connection.

Xiao Duzi confessed so happily that the emperor became a little suspicious.

Concubine Tong is not like the kind of person who will leave a definite handle on herself. What she cares about most is her reputation, and she dares not make mistakes the most.

She knew that the emperor didn't dote on her. If she wanted to be a queen, she could only make a name for herself in front of the emperor.

How dare she, how dare she order the little eunuch to poison Chen Wenxin in front of her?

The emperor was suspicious and frowned.

Fortunately, the little eunuch was not too old-fashioned, showing some flaws, but fortunately Bai Lu wore a silver bracelet.

Otherwise, this bowl of medicine would have entered Chen Wenxin's mouth. She was already sick, and if she drank such a bowl of poison, she didn't know if she would be able to recover.

First, Yipin's medicine was aggravated by musk, causing her lifelong infertility.

Then when Chen Wenxin got sick, someone added poison to her medicine.

If this atmosphere is not purged, the harem will never have peace.

He thought about Hai Hong who was imprisoned in Dali Temple during Yipin's affairs. He was a covetous person who was afraid of death, and he said everything under severe punishment.

The emperor blocked the news from the outside world, only when Haihong was stubborn and refused to admit who ordered him to death.

If there is no problem on his side, Yuchang can be her favorite concubine with peace of mind.

And Xiao Duzi confessed to Concubine Tong.

The emperor sighed, he will clean up all these messy things in the palace after a while.

"Send this thing to the Punishment Department for strict interrogation. Please take care of it and don't let him commit suicide."

As long as that matter is over, he can do it.

The most important thing now is Chen Wenxin's illness.

"Go back to the emperor."

Xiao Lizi came in and was a little surprised to see the scene in the palace.

"Doctor Lu has arrived."

(End of this chapter)