Concubine Huang said she wanted to leave

Chapter 34 Eating Toxic Pastries
Concubine Ning clenched her handkerchief tightly, Cui'er also looked flustered, she couldn't help but approached Concubine Ning's ear, and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, what should we do?"

Dozens of pairs of eyes are now on Concubine Ning's master and servant, and any careless move will cause people to talk about it.

Seeing that Concubine Ning only took a sip of tea and didn't respond to her, Cui'er had no choice but to put away her flustered thoughts and clenched her hands tightly, but a layer of cold sweat gradually appeared on her forehead.

The Empress Dowager has always attached great importance to the heirs of the Jin family, seeing Shang Kelan's confident appearance, she couldn't help guessing in her heart: Could it be that the person who murdered Concubine Ning's womb was really someone else?

Just when the main hall was quiet, suddenly, a palace servant came in and respectfully said to the Empress Dowager: "I would like to report to the Empress Dowager, Madam Chen, together with Director Li of the Imperial Dining Room and Doctor Li of the Imperial Hospital, seeks an audience."

The queen mother raised her hand: "Xuan!"

As soon as her majestic voice fell, Nanny Chen walked in first, followed by a young man carrying a medicine box and a chief eunuch holding a whisk.

The three of them came to the main hall and knelt down to salute one after another.

Seeing the arrival of the three, Shang Kelan smiled slightly, folded his hands in front of his forehead and bowed to the queen mother: "I want to report to the queen mother, the witnesses of the concubines are all here, and now we can continue."

The Queen Mother hummed lightly, although she was still not very satisfied with this Concubine Chen, she also wanted to find the real murderer of the Dragon Heir.

Shang Kelan's voice is gentle and sweet, which makes people feel kind and warm.

Li Chenxiu, who was standing aside with his head bowed, couldn't help staring blankly. This voice was similar to Yan'er's voice before!

He couldn't help raising his eyes to look in the direction of the person who spoke, but saw a slender purple figure coming in front of him, and asked: "Mr. Li, when you asked for Concubine Ning's pulse the day before yesterday, did you open it for Concubine Ning?" Where is the prescription for the medicine?"

Li Chenxiu clenched his hands in his sleeves, but he replied with a neither humble nor overbearing face: "Returning to your mother, those prescriptions are all kept in the imperial hospital, and I didn't bring them with me."

Shang Kelan asked this question as if she was chatting with him. As soon as Li Chenxiu finished speaking, her voice rang again: "I went to see those prescriptions with Mother Chen before, but it's just that Sister Ningfei has an accident. The day before yesterday, Tweety went to the Imperial Hospital to look for you, and then took a pack of poppy shells from you, and you gave Tweety a prescription, right?"

The old doctor had said before that it was the poppy husks in the pastry that made Concubine Ning vomit. Unexpectedly, Cui Er asked the doctor Li for the poppy husks!

For a moment, the hall was extremely quiet, and it seemed that if one wrong step was made, one side would fall into a state of eternal doom.

"Tweety was unwell that day, and using poppy shells together with other medicinal materials can relieve her pain, so I prescribed such a prescription. Could it be that I am guilty of treating diseases and saving lives?"

Li Chenxiu lowered his head and said, although he didn't raise his eyes to look at Shang Kelan, but his words made it impossible to refute.

Shang Kelan lowered her head and smiled, then raised her head and looked directly at him and said, "It's nothing, I've finished asking questions from the palace, next is Manager Li."

Just let him go?
Li Chenxiu couldn't help frowning, this concubine Chen didn't look like a person easy to deal with, he had to be more vigilant, not to fall into her trap!
At this time, Li Xiulian stood up and said, "Chen Concubine, the servant is here."

Shang Kelan came to Li Xiulian and asked: "Mr. Li, Xiaoxia has been making Yunzhi Cake under your nose, and you have seen the whole process. May I ask Xiaoxia to use poppy shells in the pastry?" This material?"

Li Xiulian shook her head and replied, "No."

Concubine Hua was confused when she heard it, and couldn't help frowning: "Sister Concubine Chen, you are making up some nonsense, are you trying to mislead us? Even if you didn't poison the cakes, Aren't you going to tamper with the pastry on the way?"

Shang Kelan raised her eyes and looked at her lightly, and said, "From Sister Hua Concubine's point of view, you know a lot about poisoning? Why should I admit to something that I haven't done? Let's listen to what I have to say. Done, it's not too late for Sister Concubine Hua to raise objections!"

Before, no matter how provocative and sarcastic Concubine Hua was, she always had an easy-going attitude. Unexpectedly, she seemed to be a different person now, indifferent and majestic, making people dare not oppose her.

The queen mother frowned, seeing all this in her eyes, although she was impatient in her heart, she quietly waited for the result.

Afterwards, Shang Kelan turned around and clapped her hands, and Zhizi walked over with a food box.

After putting the food box on the table, a stack of stinky and discolored Yunzhi cakes appeared in front of everyone. There were still three pieces in this stack of Yunzhi cakes.

Concubine Ning immediately recognized this stack of Yunzhi cakes, which was exactly the stack that Fupu took away from her Qin Palace the day before yesterday, and Cui'er also recognized it, and couldn't help exclaiming: "This is not the stack of poisonous cloud cakes. Cheesecake?"

Shang Kelan looked at her, and said calmly: "Exactly, this stack of Yunzhi cakes is the same as the previous two stacks of Yunzhi cakes, originally there were six pieces, but I gave this stack of Yunzhi cakes to Ning Concubine Ning and Concubine Hua each ate a piece when Concubine Concubine and Sister Concubine Hua, and Concubine Ning did not show any abnormality at that time."

"But later, after Concubine Ning ate a Yunzhi Cake in the bedroom, she vomited continuously and showed symptoms of poisoning."

As he said that, before anyone could refute, Shang Kelan suddenly smiled, took a piece of Yunzhi cake from the second stack of Yunzhi cakes with poppy shells, and put it into his mouth.

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice, "The pastry is poisonous, what are you doing?"

The others were also surprised, a little puzzled by what Shang Kelan meant.

Shang Kelan's throat twitched, and after swallowing the Yunzhi Cake, he turned to the old doctor and said, "After eating such a piece of Yunzhi Cake, will I have the same reaction as Sister Ning that day?"

A layer of cold sweat broke out on the old doctor's forehead, he didn't expect this Concubine Chen to be so cruel to him!
So he wiped his sweat and said respectfully: "This... I'm going to tell you, only if you take too much poppy shell for a long time or take too much at one time, you will vomit continuously, and even have short-term hallucinations. Insufficient, there will be no such symptoms.”

After listening to the old doctor's explanation, before Shang Kelan could speak, the queen mother angrily slapped the table and pointed at Cui'er, "How dare you use poppy shells to harm Concubine Ning?"

"thump!"

Tweety trembled all over, and her legs limp and fell to the ground!
She hurriedly kowtowed to the queen mother and said: "The queen mother, please forgive me, the slaves really dare not do such things!"

Concubine Ning frowned, and said softly: "Empress Dowager, it's not too late to make a decision after hearing the testimony of Concubine Chen's younger sister."

What she said was very fair, but the queen mother suppressed the anger in her heart, and Tweety's life was temporarily saved.

"Concubine Chen, keep talking!"

The Empress Dowager spoke to Shang Kelan majestically, and Shang Kelan looked at Imperial Physician Li at this moment and said, "Dare to ask Imperial Physician Li, you go to ask for the pulse of Concubine Ning every day, do you even know when she was poisoned?" Don't you know?"

(End of this chapter)