Xiao Qinmo was very quick. In just half an hour, he came in with a coroner.
The emperor asked, "What happened?"
Concubine Su on the ground looked at Xiao Qinmo nervously, praying in her heart that the medicine for the child would not be effective.
"Your Majesty, this is the blood that I just asked the coroner to take from Su Qiaoer and drip into the two reagents that Ruanruan gave me." He took out the two reagent bottles that Ruanruan gave him from his sleeves, and saw that one of the two transparent reagent bottles had turned as black as ink.
"The reagent has turned black. Su Qiaoer used this kind of poison, and the content is extremely high. Look how black the reagent has become." Ruanruan walked over and said.
The emperor sat on the high hall, staring at Concubine Su, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Concubine Su was so frightened that her face turned pale. "Your Majesty is really not me. I really didn't poison Qiao'er!"
"The evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to quibble about?"
The emperor angrily said, "Xiao Qinmo, take people to search Concubine Su's bedroom."
When Concubine Su heard this, her face froze.
"Your Majesty, I don't have any!"
After a while, Xiao Qinmo walked in, holding a medicine bottle in his hand. "Your Majesty, this is a suspicious item found in Concubine Su's room."
"Show Ruanruan, but that's the poison."
Ruanruan took the medicine bottle, sniffed it, and said, "It's purple bamboo grass, and..."
"These drugs mixed together can paralyze people's nerves and cause hallucinations."
"So this might be why Concubine Su bit her tongue and committed suicide."
The Emperor: "Su Qiao'er, what are you hiding from me? Why are you trying to harm Xiao Qingmu? Are you afraid that Su Qiao'er might let the cat out of the bag, so you're planning to kill her to silence her?"
"No, I didn't. I don't know anything!"
"No... impossible, I didn't. What I gave Qiao'er was not purple bamboo grass at all. What I gave her was heartbreak grass!" Concubine Su was anxious and shouted loudly.
At this moment, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at her.
The coroner said, "It's Gelsemium elegans, that's right. I just heard from the Lord that the prisoner might have died from an unidentified poison. To be on the safe side, we cut open Su Qiao'er's body and found multiple internal bleedings. We also found residues of this poison in her stomach."
"You...you are deceiving me?" Concubine Su finally reacted, opened her eyes wide, and looked at them viciously.
Xiao Qinmo stared at her and said, "We didn't find any poison in your palace. These medicines were all obtained from the palace. The blackening of this bottle is because some purple bamboo grass was added. If we don't do this, can you recognize it?"
Ruanruan pouted, "What about Su Qiaoer biting her tongue and committing suicide?"
"Little doctor, this medicine caused pain all over her body. Su Qiaoer couldn't bear it, so she bit her tongue and committed suicide." said the coroner.
"Time is pressing. I came up with this idea in a short time. I may have deceived Your Majesty. Please forgive me." Xiao Qinmo knelt in front of the emperor and said.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "This matter will offset the fault, I will not pursue it."
The Emperor said, "Someone take this vicious woman to the Northern Pacification Office. Xiao Qinmo, you will personally watch over her. If anything goes wrong, I will punish you severely."
"I obey your order." Xiao Qinmo said.
Concubine Su was pulled up from the ground and dragged out of the palace. She turned back and glared at the emperor with a cold smile, "Zhao Xun, you are truly cold-blooded and heartless. You and I have been together for more than 20 years, just because of a minister's daughter. You arrested my sister and are trying to arrest me now."
"Do you think that since you value the Xiao Palace so much and attach such importance to it, they will show mercy when the Jin Prince ascends the throne in the future? Sooner or later, your Zhao family's kingdom will fall into their hands!"
"Hahaha, Zhao Xun, do you know what you're doing? Raising a tiger to cause trouble!"
"Hurry up and take her away to me." The emperor said loudly with a bad look on his face.
Concubine Su was taken away by Xiao Qinmo's men. Xiao Qinmo raised his eyes to glance at the emperor, and seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, he felt something was wrong.
He quickly knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, the Xiao Palace has absolutely no intention of rebellion. Please understand clearly."
The emperor was originally wary of Prince Xiao's Mansion, and now that Concubine Su said this, it is possible that the emperor would have other ideas.
The emperor pinched his eyes tiredly and said, "Alright, alright, I understand. You can go down first and let me calm down."
Ruanruan, Xiao Qinmo and others all left the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Three days later, the emperor was attending his morning court when a eunuch hurried into the palace and said, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened! Concubine Su has committed suicide in prison out of fear of punishment!"
"The patient was saved, but he is still unconscious. The doctor said there is nothing that can be done."
"It is my fault for failing to supervise properly. Please punish me, Your Majesty." Xiao Qinmo immediately knelt down and said.
The emperor was so angry that he slammed the table and said, "You are not taking good care of her! I asked your people to watch over Su Qiao'er, but Su Qiao'er died. I asked you to watch over Concubine Su yourself, but Concubine Su also fell into a coma."
"Your Majesty, urgent news!" The servant outside rushed in and knelt on one knee.
"Your Majesty, the Turks suddenly attacked Jinzhou with 80,000 elite troops half a month ago. Jinzhou suffered from famine for several days and was no match for the Turks. Jinzhou fell seven days ago, and now they have invaded Jingzhou."
"Jingzhou will immediately send someone to Bianjing to deliver a message, requesting Your Majesty's support."
The emperor's face grew increasingly gloomy, and he glanced sideways at Xiao Qinmo. Prince Xiao was already old now. If he were to go to the battlefield and something happened, some would surely say that the country had no one available, and they would even blame him for mistreating his loyal and capable old ministers and generals.
Xiao Qinbei is not in the capital...
Now, Xiao Qinmo is the only one left in Bianjing. If he goes to Jingzhou, then Bianjing...
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