Chapter 290 Which villain wants to harm me?

Xie Yun-yang was speechless, and decided to give up entirely: "Logically speaking, if Imperial Physician Zhou was guarding the Rejuvenating Herb at the time, it should have been another imperial physician who went to get the medicine. So, what Imperial Physician Zhou meant was that you happened to be the only one in the Imperial Hospital at the time, which is why you went to get the medicine. In other words, when you got the medicine, there was no one watching the Rejuvenating Herb?"

"Exactly!"

Physician Zhou thought for a long time before speaking. He asked once, and found that this situation had only occurred once in the past ten days.

Therefore, that was the only time to take action against the Rejuvenating Herb.

They're all smart people, and once things have come to this point, no one will ask, "Why can we be so sure that someone tampered with it? There's clearly no substantial evidence to prove that the Rejuvenating Herb was deliberately sabotaged."

The reason is simple: firstly, the weather in Beijing has been very good recently, with neither wind nor rain, and even the sunshine is just right.

Although Rejuvenating Grass prefers abnormal weather, it will never suddenly "die" under normal weather conditions.

Considering the Rejuvenating Grass that Sheng Sheng herself planted, if the Rejuvenating Grass of the Imperial Hospital could "die suddenly" on its own, then the Rejuvenating Grass grown from the same seed that came from the same flower should also "die suddenly" on its own.

But no, it was Xiaobai who killed it.

Xiao Bai is no ordinary cat; she is the cat raised by the Empress Dowager. Her daily food and drink are taken care of by special palace servants, and her diet is no worse than that of her masters.

So, how did Xiaobai get poisoned for no reason?

Unless Xiaobai accidentally ate something, such as going to Mirror Lake to catch fish or eating fruit from a tree.

But the imperial physician said that the poison came from the Tibetan region on the grasslands. If it wasn't intentionally created, how could it have appeared in the capital out of nowhere?

And just by sheer coincidence, Xiaobai ate it, and then just by sheer coincidence, she ran to Yuqing Palace, and just by sheer coincidence, she only wanted to cause trouble with the Rejuvenating Grass.

If it were just a coincidence that so many things happened in a row, who would believe it was just a coincidence?

Someone must have done this on purpose.

Unless it was a physician within the Imperial Medical Academy, aside from the time when someone from Liuyun Pavilion came to get the medicine, as Physician Zhou mentioned, outsiders had no chance to make a move.

In conclusion, it can now be confirmed that it was done by someone, either by a physician within the Imperial Medical Academy or by someone tampering with the medicine while Physician Zhou was dispensing it.

"The reason I rely on asking other imperial physicians about the condition over the past ten days is because I also know of a medicine that, when sprinkled on plants, can cause them to gradually wither within seven to ten days. This medicine is called glyphosate, and it is one of the methods used by the common people to control weeds."

Sheng Sheng thought for a moment: "It withers gradually within seven to ten days, but didn't the Rejuvenating Herb of the Imperial Hospital wither suddenly?"

“That’s right!” Doctor Zhou said with a serious expression. “Glyphosate powder was introduced to the Central Plains many years ago. After it spread to the grasslands, Tibetan medicine improved it. By mixing glyphosate powder with the juice of a plant called silver thread vine and alumina powder, a new powder was made – glyphosate.”

"Another Tibetan?"

Sheng Sheng realized the meaning behind Doctor Zhou's words almost instantly.

Physician Zhou suspected that the Rejuvenating Herb in the Imperial Hospital had been sprinkled with this powder, which caused it to wither.

And coincidentally, the culprit that caused Xiaobai's "personality change" came from the Tibetan people.

Therefore, it is highly likely that these two things were done by the same mastermind.

But who is it?

Was it done by someone from the Imperial Hospital, or did an outsider infiltrate the place?

Based on various clues and speculations, they all had their own answers.

Although both Xie Yunyang and Shengsheng had the same name in mind at the same time, neither of them could make a definitive judgment without concrete evidence.

She pursed her lips and said to the two of them, "Alright, alright, let's not talk about this for now. The most important thing is to find some clues. Physician Zhou, you go back to the Imperial Hospital first. We'll go to Yuqing Palace and search from both sides."

"Yes, I will send a few people to the Imperial Hospital to assist you in a while. Also, Father should be sending people over soon."

Imperial Physician Zhou quickly replied, "Your subject obeys the decree!"

...

Yuqing Palace.

After being forced to vomit several times by Physician Li, Xiao Bai was lying on her back on the ground, seeing stars and looking utterly hopeless.

Yan Hu and Shi Tou squatted down next to Xiao Bai and sighed in unison.

"Brother Xiaobai, you're finished."

"Yeah, you're finished."

"You actually ruined the Fourth Prince's medicine, you're really finished."

"Yeah, you're really finished."

"This was raised with great care and effort by Her Highness the Princess herself, and we all took care of it together for so long."

"Yes, that's right."

"You're finished, Brother Xiaobai."

"Yeah, you're finished."

"But it's okay, Brother Bai. You didn't do it on purpose. You were just framed. You didn't want to be drugged, right?"

"Yes, there's a reason for this. Sheng Sheng is very understanding and will definitely not blame you. At most, you'll just have to bear the guilt towards the Fourth Prince yourself."

After a pause, Yan Hu added, "Oh, if you're thick-skinned, you don't need to worry about this."

Xiao Bai: "...Thank you so much for your comforting words."

Xiao Bai lay sprawled on the ground, having vomited several times. He felt as if all his cat bile had been vomited up to his throat.

Its tongue lay limply outside its mouth, too lazy to move, like a dead cat.

After hearing what Shi Tou and Yan Hu said, he felt even more like he was living a life worse than death.

"Brother Xiaobai, it's alright. Even if we lose the ones here, we still have the Imperial Hospital. There's always a way out. Our princess is so powerful, even if there's only one left in the Imperial Hospital, she can definitely make the Rejuvenating Grass multiply!"

Yan Hu glanced at the stone strangely, seemingly wondering what it was talking about.

After thinking for a moment, she suddenly remembered that Shitou was only two months old: "Oh, I almost forgot you're only two months old, and you don't understand human speech very well yet."

"Uh-huh?"

Stone was somewhat puzzled: "Isn't what Master is saying in human language?"

He clearly understands what his master is saying.

“Sheng Sheng is the exception.”

"Oh, right."

Little White sighed, "Damn it, which villain is trying to harm me! If I had known that fish was poisoned, I would never have been so greedy... Thank goodness, thank goodness I only ran to Yuqing Palace and didn't go to the Imperial Hospital first. Otherwise, those old geezers in the Imperial Hospital really wouldn't dare to arrest me..."

Shi Tou asked Yan Hu why the people from the Imperial Hospital didn't dare to arrest Xiao Bai. Yan Hu replied that it was because Xiao Bai was the Empress Dowager's cat, and then said to Xiao Bai in a complicated tone, "Actually..."