"Ruanruan understands!" Little Dumpling suddenly said.
Everyone looked at Ruanruan in confusion.
Ruanruan frowned and said seriously, "The medicine my mother takes conflicts with the medicine in the pillow. The combination of the two medicines can be toxic. This toxicity can numb a person's nerves, and if it continues for a long time, the person will fall into a coma."
"But I also asked doctors to examine Mu'er, and those doctors couldn't find any problems. If these two things conflict with each other, then Envoy Wen couldn't smell anything either." Xiao Dinghan asked curiously.
"The medicine my mother drinks contains a herb called horseshoe beads, and the pillow contains a herb called purple bamboo grass. The two herbs conflict with each other. It is difficult for ordinary people to detect the problem between these two medicines because the purple bamboo grass tastes very similar to the common herb Codonopsis pilosula, but they are actually different."
"This grass grows in the cold regions of the north. Mixing it with horseshoe beads can damage the brain. It's normal that people here don't know about it and think this kind of purple bamboo grass is rare."
Ruanruan remembered that her grandfather had said that this herbal medicine had too many taboos, so few people used it in modern times.
"So that's how it is." The nanny suddenly understood.
"The young lady's eyelids and hands moved several times some time ago, but after she changed the pillow, they haven't moved since then." She always felt that something was wrong with the young lady, but she didn't expect the problem to arise here.
"Why don't you take revenge?" Xiao Dinghan felt angry and blamed himself when he thought of that bitch Su Qiaoer who actually harmed his daughter right under his nose.
The nanny said, "Most of the people in the backyard of this palace are from the princess. I don't have any evidence. If I tell the prince rashly, the princess will definitely find an excuse to shirk responsibility."
"The prince, the crown prince, and the other young masters in the palace are all men. Since ancient times, there has been a distinction between men and women. Even if the prince is thoughtful, it is impossible for him to take care of everything."
"Besides, the affairs of the mansion are still under the control of the princess. The prince and the other princes are usually busy with important matters in the court and are often away from home. They are naturally unaware of the internal strife in the mansion. The young lady is at home, and the servants in the mansion are all profit-seeking. Not to mention that the young lady hasn't been back for five or six years..."
If this palace was in place six years ago when the young lady had not left, the servants in the palace would not be in such a state. The young lady has been away from the palace for so many years, and the servants in the palace naturally try to please the mistress.
"It was my negligence." King Xiao, who had always been high and mighty and never bowed to anyone, suddenly lowered his head. He looked several years older in an instant. He thought he could take good care of Mu'er.
But he forgot that Mu'er had been away from home for nearly six years. During these six years, even he himself rarely went home, and many things in the mansion had changed.
"Your Highness, I found a pillow exactly the same as the young lady's in the princess's yard. It's new." The servant brought the pillow up.
King Xiao glanced at Xiao Shunan who was standing next to him. Xiao Shunan immediately stepped forward and cut the pillow open with the knife from his waist.
Everything inside the pillow fell out with a "clatter". Ruanruan took the thing and took a look at it. "The contents of this pillow are the same as my mother's pillow."
"Good... really good!" A murderous look flashed in Xiao Dinghan's eyes, and the veins on his wrinkled fists bulged.
"This vicious woman!"
"The king asked her to take good care of Mu'er, but this is what she did in private."
He and his sons often went out, and his daughter and grandchildren were still young and had no one to take care of them, so he agreed to the emperor's marriage arrangement.
Xiao Dinghan regretted his decision. His chest felt like it was pierced by a thorn, and blood rushed to his heart, causing a sharp pain.
He was so angry that his face turned red and he couldn't let go of the anger.
No one around dared to speak.
"Puff!" Xiao Dinghan's lips, which had turned purple from holding back, suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood.
"Your Majesty!"
"father!"
"Grandfather!" Everyone was shocked when they saw this and rushed over.
Ruanruan put down what she was holding, trotted over, and slipped into the crowd.
She reached out and held Xiao Dinghan's pulse. "It's okay, it's okay. Grandpa just has a blood attack on his heart. It will be better after spitting out this blood."
Ruanruan took out a tissue from her pocket, handed it to Xiao Dinghan, and patted the back of his rough and wrinkled hand.
"Hey...it's already happened, try to make amends. It's useless to say anything now."
Xiao Dinghan took a few deep breaths. The emperor had persuaded him to marry Su Qiaoer in the past because he wanted to suppress the Xiao Palace through this marriage and test the Xiao Palace and the Su Palace at the same time.
In the court, the Xiao Wang Mansion, the Su Mansion and the Zhenguo Duke Mansion were once the three major forces, but since the Zhenguo Duke Mansion disappeared.
The emperor has always wanted to balance the Xiao Palace and the Su Palace. He knew that the emperor was not at ease with the Xiao Palace, so in order to appease the emperor and for the sake of the palace, he married Su Qiaoer.
Su Qiaoer didn't dare to act rashly because she thought the palace was under her control, and he finally neglected it.
Xiao Shunan frowned and thought, "According to Ruanruan, Mu'er has been poisoned for three years. After my aunt came out of the vase, she was killed by the princess."
"Aunt and she have no grudges against each other, why would she want to kill her? Isn't she afraid that my father will find out the truth?"
"Or did my aunt discover some secret of the princess, which caused her to accidentally injure her head? In order to prevent my aunt from waking up, the princess secretly hid her and even gave her this chronic poison."
Xiao Shunan added, "But Ruanruan just said that this poison is very difficult to find. Even Wen Yuanshi of Gan Country has never seen it. Where did the princess get the poison from?"
"And why did she send him back to Prince Jin's Mansion, making people suspect that it was Prince Jin's Mansion that did it?"
In fact, from Princess Xiao's perspective, if she was really afraid that her secret would be discovered, it would be very easy for her to kill someone.
"Maybe she wants to alienate Prince Xiao's Mansion and Prince Jin's Mansion, so that the Su Mansion and Prince Qing can benefit from it." Xiao Qinmo said.
"Father, I suspect that Su Qiao'er is not the only one who is behind this. Su Qiao'er doesn't have the brains to set up such a big scheme, nor does she have the ability to bring someone to the Prince of Jin's Mansion and even hide from your eyes and ears."
"Prime Minister Su and Prince Qing should also be involved in this!"
Xiao Dinghan glanced at the maids and attendants kneeling on the ground and said in a cold voice, "Seal off the palace. No one is allowed to leave. All these disloyal servants in the palace are under arrest. Anyone who dares to report to the Su Mansion will be dragged away and killed!"
Ruanruan was startled by his loud voice. She stared at Xiao Dinghan with wide eyes and moved to hide behind Zhao Chengqian.
"Grandfather, don't scare Ruanruan. The child is still young..." Xiao Shunan glanced at Ruanruan and said to Xiao Dinghan.
Xiao Dinghan cleared his throat and lowered his voice, "Ruanruan, you just said that as long as we can find out the details of these two poisons, we can detoxify Mu'er?"
"Yeah, but Ruanruan has to go there to prepare the antidote." Ruanruan stared at Xiao Dinghan and nodded her head.
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