Chapter 198 Your Majesty, I don’t have it!

There was dead silence in Zhaochun Palace, and one could hear a pin drop.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the cradle.

Yunhe's childish cry was the first to break the silence.

Immediately afterwards, Yunxi also started crying.

Along with the cries came shocking streams of blood that slowly flowed out of their nasal cavities.

The blood had turned dark red and was flowing freely on their fair and tender little faces, looking particularly horrifying.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't worry. This is the poisonous blood being forced out, and it's a good thing." The imperial physician hurriedly spoke to comfort them.

He quickly picked up the handkerchief beside him and carefully wiped the black blood off the prince's face.

A quarter of an hour later, the imperial physician reached out his hand again to take the pulses of the two princes.

His fingers rested lightly on the delicate wrist, his brows furrowed.

After a long time, he slowly loosened his hand, but the expression on his face became heavier.

Zhang Chengyan looked at the imperial physician's ugly face, and the anxiety in his heart was instantly ignited, "Tell me quickly, how are they?"

"This..." The imperial physician's voice trembled and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

He weighed every word carefully. "The two princes were severely poisoned. Although they were detoxified in time, they still couldn't completely eliminate the poison. According to my understanding of the toxicity of Ziming Grass, the two princes might..."

Zhang Chengyan could no longer suppress his anger, and raised his hand to slap the doctor hard on the face. "Tell me, what are you afraid of? If you dare to keep me in suspense again, I will chop off your head!"

The imperial physician wasn't keeping the secret at all; it was obvious that he was too frightened to speak.

But now, I have to say it!

Bai Wutong, who was standing by, tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand, her nails digging deeply into her palm and blood oozing out, but she felt no pain at all.

"I'm afraid he will become mentally retarded. Even if he isn't mentally retarded, at most he will have the mental capacity of a seven or eight-year-old child, and there will be no way he can improve any further."

Hearing this, Zhang Chengyan felt dizzy and his steps staggered. It was as if all his strength was drained away and he fell back heavily on the couch.

Bai Wutong's tears immediately burst out, "You are talking nonsense! No way, no way!"

She rushed to the cradle, "It's going to be okay!"

She couldn't believe that Yun and Yunxi, who were smart and obedient this morning, had turned into two idiots!

"Go check!" Zhang Chengyan stood up suddenly, grabbed the teacup beside him, and threw it to the ground with all his strength, making a loud noise that scared everyone. "Go check for me! Whoever dares to harm my son must die!"

Following his order, the entire palace moved instantly.

Imperial Medical Service.

Imperial kitchen.

All those who were involved in this incident were arrested without exception!

After a short while, a row of people knelt on the ground of Zhaochun Palace.

The eunuch in charge of the imperial kitchen was so frightened that his face turned pale as paper, his body trembling constantly, and he fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, kowtowing repeatedly, "Your Majesty, I made the medicinal food according to what the Imperial Hospital sent me, and I absolutely did not add anything!"

Upon hearing this, the imperial physician who was in charge of dispensing medicine knelt on the ground and anxiously explained, "Your Majesty, I have always dispensed medicine strictly according to the prescription. Every time I dispense medicine, I check it over and over again. There is absolutely no way there could be any mistakes!"

Both sides insisted on their own opinions and the situation came to a stalemate.

At this moment, another doctor named Wang from the Imperial Hospital stepped forward, took out a piece of paper from his bosom, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, this is the recipe of the medicinal diet that Concubine Zhao left in the Imperial Hospital."

After saying that, he held the paper high above his head and presented it to Zhang Chengyan respectfully.

Although Zhang Chengyan knew little about traditional Chinese medicine and medicinal materials, he clearly remembered that the culprit that caused the two princes to be poisoned was Ziming grass.

His eyes fell on the medicinal recipe, and his pupils suddenly shrank - the name of Zimingcao was on the list!

Doctor Wang straightened his back and continued to report, "I carefully checked the soup base again and confirmed that it was indeed Ziming grass. I also asked the wet nurses and they said that the medicinal food they had eaten had this smell. According to my inference, if nothing unexpected happened, it was Ziming grass that caused the prince to be poisoned!"

Zhang Chengyan's face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out of it. He slowly turned his head and shot a knife-like gaze at Bai Wutong, saying word by word, "How do you explain?"

Bai Wutong's eyes were red and tears were welling up in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

She looked directly into Zhang Chengyan's eyes, her voice choking with sobs and grievance, "Your Majesty, do you think I would harm my own children? I want them to grow up safely more than anyone else in this world! And the original recipe I used did not contain Ziming grass at all, but Xingcao root! These two herbs are very similar, but their effects are very different! Your Majesty, if I had used Ziming grass from the beginning, why were Yun and Yunxi safe and sound all the time, but only had an accident today?"

Although Zhang Chengyan was still furious, Bai Wutong's words did make sense.

He suppressed the anger in his heart and once again looked at the imperial physician who presented the prescription.

Doctor Wang shuddered slightly. "Your Majesty, I have something to say. Although the appearance and efficacy of Star Grass Root and Ziming Grass are different, their smells are very similar. I'm afraid that few people in this world can tell the difference! In addition, unless a large amount of Ziming Grass is used, it will not cause poisoning immediately. Judging from the dosage on the prescription, it is very likely that the daily dosage is too small, and the toxins have accumulated in the body, and it has only exploded today."

The implication is that Bai Wutong was just lying.

Bringing up the starroot grass is just an excuse to get away with it!

What she used was Ziming grass!

"This is impossible!" How could Bai Wutong feed his child something that might be poisonous!

She would never consider even the slightest possibility!

"Your Majesty, I don't have any!"

The imperial physician was not in a hurry. He took out a medical book from behind his back and said, "Your Majesty, it is clearly recorded in the medical book. You can take a look. The toxin of Ziming grass is not actually very strong, but it accumulates over time. Once it explodes, it will be extremely terrifying!"

Bai Wutong looked at the medical book, shocked and angry.

This scheme was so vicious that it took every aspect into account and didn't give her any chance to turn things around!