Chapter 92 Chapter 92 Concubine Shu's Fifth Day

After Doctor Xue went in, he listened to the imperial physician's account of what had just happened. He picked up the dregs of the medicine that the imperial physician had originally prepared for the eldest prince, turned it over, and then left.

The queen came out with Doctor Xue.

The concubines all bowed to the queen, but were stopped by the queen raising her hand.

Doctor Xue bowed to Ji Chen and said, "Your Majesty, if I'm not mistaken, the prince initially suffered from vomiting and diarrhea because he accidentally ate croton seeds an hour before the symptoms began. Later, the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician stabilized the previous symptoms, but aconite was added to the medicine, which caused the prince to show acute symptoms of wind-cold fever, palpitations, and flushed face."

"The wood chip presses on the specific meridians, causing the pulse to become disordered, so that the imperial physician cannot tell what the disease is and cannot prescribe the right medicine."

If diarrhea and high fever were separated, even if the patient's pulse could not be taken, medicine could be prescribed through observation, smell, and questioning. But the bad thing was that the imperial physician treated these two diseases as one.

Moreover, the prince's status is noble, and he cannot be treated boldly unless it is absolutely necessary.

Among the three imperial physicians, only Imperial Physician Zhao is truly worried about the eldest prince. Even if he is capable, he will be led astray by the other two imperial physicians.

In addition, Doctor Wu took the responsibility of the matter and spoke with great confidence, so if Doctor Zhao had any further guesses, he would only doubt himself.

Even if he realized what was happening after this incident, how could Doctor Zhao dare to speak out?

Doctor Xue continued, "This was originally a trick used by folk performers to fake death, but I didn't expect it to be used in a different way on the prince. Your Majesty, you still need to take medicine when you are sick. Things like witchcraft and talismans cannot cure diseases. Instead, they will delay the disease and turn a minor illness into a major one. I have seen more than one such case when I was traveling abroad."

Witchcraft harms people. If this matter had not been involved, he might not have agreed to the request of the Xu brothers and sisters to come and treat the prince.

But the truth had already been revealed when he arrived, so he didn't actually need to do anything.

Ji Chen said: "I know, I have never believed in the theory of witchcraft."

Upon hearing this, Doctor Xue's expression became even more sincere.

Ji Chen immediately rewarded Doctor Xue and the Xu family with 100 taels of gold each. Xu Luotu saw that the eldest prince was not involved in witchcraft, so the dirty water could not be thrown on Concubine Shu. After accepting the reward and expressing her gratitude, she took Doctor Xue and retreated.

Concubine De looked at the doll that had been placed on the tray and thought for a moment: "This doll was found in Concubine Shu's Fenghe Residence. Even if the eldest prince's illness has nothing to do with this thing, Concubine Shu, can't you explain why you have such a thing?"

Xian Fei said sarcastically: "People in the palace often say that Madam Shu Fei has a good heart, but Madam Shu Fei, the eldest prince is close to you, how can you do such a thing to curse the eldest prince?"

Shen Qing said calmly: "This is not my thing."

[The stitches on this doll are so dense, my beloved concubine does not have such skills. 】

Shen Qing: “…”

Seeing that the emperor did not say anything, Defei was obviously displeased with the cursed doll, so she smiled and said, "How can others believe that this is not yours, Concubine Shu?"

The Queen raised her eyelids slightly in the direction of Concubine Zhang.

After receiving the Queen's signal, Concubine Zhang defended her, "My Lady Defei, please allow me to say something. My Lady Shufei has only been at the Mountain Resort for two nights. This child may have been at Fenghe Residence before she came. How can you be sure that it is my Lady Shufei's?"

Concubine De smiled more deeply, "Empress Zhang may be short-sighted, but I will not hesitate to tell you something. The fabric used on this doll is Tiansi Yunjin, and only one piece of it is given as tribute every year. If I remember correctly, the emperor only gave it to Concubine Shu in the palace?"

Defei looked at Ji Chen and asked from the side.

Ji Chen: “That’s right.”

[It is not easy to obtain tribute. We only need to find out how many horses were produced in the past few years and who got them. Then we can know who is colluding with the Summer Resort from inside and outside the palace.]

When the other concubines saw that the Emperor did not favor Concubine Shu, they knew that this was an excellent opportunity to bring Concubine Shu down.

Concubine Xuan, Concubine Lin, and Lady Jiang all spoke up to agree with Concubine De. [Well, remember this. You don't need to take care of them when you get promoted in the future.]

Shen Qing: “…”

Shen Qing ignored Ji Chen's thoughts and confronted Concubine De, "I got three pieces of this Tiansi Yunjin in total. One piece was cut into clothes, and the other two are still in the storeroom of Chengqian Palace. When that piece of Tiansi Yunjin was sent to the Siyi Division to be cut into clothes, I sent it in its entirety. Later, when my maid went to get the clothes, she only took the finished clothes and did not take the remaining fabric away. The account books of the Siyi Division should be able to check it."

Xian Fei was surprised: "Hasn't Shu Fei ever made any gadgets with Tiansi Yunjin?"

How could an average person remember fabric so clearly, unless Shen Qing had never done anything with fabric himself.

Shen Qing lowered her head slightly and said shyly: "I am not very skilled and I don't like sewing things very much."

The last time she did that was when she was sewing a purse for Ji Chen. She hadn't touched needle and thread since then, for fear that Ji Chen would see it and say he wanted one too.

Shen Qing seemed to remember something, looked at the puppet, and reminded: "The stitches of the puppet are very dense, and I cannot do it to this extent. When I was a palace maid, I carefully sewed a little tiger for the eldest prince. If the things are not lost, you should be able to take them out for comparison."

The Queen agreed, "Your Majesty, I still have some of the things that Concubine Shu made. I'll have someone get them for me right away."

Because it was ugly, Ji Can still liked it very much and thought it was very unique. When he learned that it was sewn by Empress Shu, he wanted to take it with him wherever he went.

"No need." Ji Chen looked at Qian Ji, "Go and get my purse."

【She also embroidered one for me. 】

How could Ji Chen miss the opportunity to show off? Shen Qing didn't let him wear the purse, but he kept it well and brought it with him to the Mountain Resort.

Qian Ji agreed and made the trip in person, but when he saw Shui Fang Yanxiu, he couldn't help but twist his face for a moment.

This is the Queen's territory. It would be much more convenient for the Queen to ask someone to get something instead of going to the Queen's purse.

The Concubine Shu was unwilling to talk about the purse, which showed that she was definitely not satisfied, but the Emperor insisted on taking it out for everyone to see.

Shen Qing closed her eyes. How could the complexity of Ji Chen's purse be compared with that of the little tiger? Just for the finger-sized dragon, the embroiderer wished she could split the gold thread into spider silk to embroider it. Now that it came to her, she could only imitate it roughly.

She took a deep breath and stopped looking at the puppet: "I only stayed in Fengheju for one night. There were palace servants around me all the time that night. It is impossible for me to take the puppet out of the box and put it in the secret compartment of Fengheju cabinet in front of everyone and wait to be discovered today."

"Wouldn't that be hopelessly stupid?"

Shen Qing looked at Concubine De: "Madam Concubine De, you don't mean to say it's not impossible, do you?"

The smile on Concubine De's face disappeared, and she thought that the person who designed all this was such an idiot, with so many loopholes, that she couldn't help even if she wanted to.

Concubine Xian asked, "Madam Shufei, do you mean that someone placed this thing in Fengheju in advance?"

The Queen then spoke up: "Whether it is true or not, we can find out by checking. Otherwise, why didn't you expose this matter in the palace? Why did you have to wait until everyone came to the Summer Resort to plan all this?"

Wang Ding has something to say.

Ji Chen said: "Speak."

Wang Ding bowed his head and said, "When the Concubine mentioned the boxes just now, I remembered that the boxes that the Concubine brought to the Mountain Resort were checked and put away by me and my men. There was no such doll inside. Your Majesty, please call Xiao Hezi and Xiao Dengzi to check and verify that what I said is true.

While Qian Ji was not back yet, Ji Chen asked the two eunuchs to come out to verify.

Sure enough, what Wang Ding said was true.

In addition, Qian Ji appeared with a purse, and after another comparison, even if someone wanted to say that the doll was embroidered by a palace maid, they would be unable to open their mouths in the face of all the evidence just now.

Ji Chen naturally took the purse and tied it around his waist.

And Shen Qing didn't notice his actions at all.

The matter had been going on for a long time, and news came from Wang Jigui that the matter was indeed related to Concubine Yan, but the mastermind was Concubine Yu.

Ji Chen raised his eyes, but did not see Concubine Yu.

The Queen said at the right time: "As soon as Concubine Yu arrived at the Summer Resort, she felt unwell and asked for leave from me. I also appointed the imperial physician to take care of Concubine Yu."

"Which doctor?"

Queen: "... the Doctor Miao who was with Doctor Wu."

Ji Chen said, "Yanpin has evil intentions. Keep her under guard. When she returns to the palace, her position as a concubine will be abolished and she will be banished to the cold palace. This is the second time that Yu Guiren has done this. It is clear that her mind is hopeless. She has harmed the heir to the throne and framed high-ranking concubines. There is no need to wait any longer. She will be deposed and given the white silk."

The queen said yes.

The concubines present were all shocked to hear the emperor's words, but after thinking about it carefully, they understood that the crime of harming the royal heir was enough to sentence Concubine Yu to death, not to mention that they were dealing with Concubine Shu.

Concubine Yu can only pray that the Emperor will not investigate further and not implicate her family.

But why should Concubine Yan suffer? She was already a concubine, and if she could endure another great conferment of the six palaces, she would be the stable queen.

Her Yonghe Palace still has no main seat.

However, when you think about how favored Concubine Yu and Concubine Yan were in the past, it is not difficult to guess why they would have such an idea. Pulling down Concubine Shu would be far more effective than just accumulating experience honestly.

Ji Chen has been staying in Shuifang Yanxiu for half a day since he received the news. Seeing that the matter has come to a conclusion, he wants to leave with Shen Qing.

At this time, Concubine Xian was surprised and asked, "How can Concubine Zhiyu have such great power?"

Shen Qing took a look at Concubine Xian and felt that she was the real devil.

Ji Chen asked the Queen casually, "What is Concubine Yu's last name?"

The Queen gnashed her teeth in hatred for Concubine Yu, and said in detail: "The surname is Wei, and Concubine Yu is from the Wei family in Jiangnan. The Wei family is a well-known wealthy businessman in the area."

[We need to ask Ji Xian to investigate the Wei family thoroughly.]

The Queen had to pay attention to the eldest prince and thoroughly investigate the Mountain Resort, so Shen Qing did not stay to cause trouble for the Queen.

After all, she is not fighting for palace power, so why should she get involved and show off?

However, not long after Ji Chen left, Bai Ying came to her and said that Concubine Yu wanted to see her.

Shen Qing still had some doubts about Concubine Yu, so he agreed.

Concubine Yu did not move out of her residence, but the place had been taken over by the eunuchs in the imperial court.

The eunuch retreated, leaving Shen Qing space to talk to Concubine Yu. Shen Qing did not let Bai Tao and Bai Ying leave. After all, there was nothing they couldn't hear. Besides, the two of them had martial arts skills, so even if Concubine Yu suddenly attacked, they would be able to protect her.

Seeing this, Yu Guiren laughed sarcastically: "I am powerless, what is Concubine Shu worried about?"

After hearing this, Shen Qing stopped claiming to be himself and thought for a moment before saying, "If I can't protect myself, someone will worry."

"The Emperor is the most heartless. If you are ruined, he will only support someone he likes."

Shen Qing complained in her heart. She didn't say that Ji Chen was worried. If he couldn't protect herself, the Shen family would fall into endless pain. The pain of losing a daughter is not something that everyone can endure.

She said, "Thank you for your advice. I will try my best to do well."

Concubine Yu choked when she heard this, but when she looked at Shen Qing's calm eyes, the endless resentment in her heart suddenly disappeared, and she slowly calmed down.

I also have the desire to talk.