Jiang Yimian's words were so certain that everyone in the room was stunned.
A hint of surprise flashed in Liu Zixun's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He didn't believe that this woman could see through his poison.
It might just be made up.
For a moment, Chen Yuanshi was also somewhat incredulous, suspecting that the other party was talking nonsense. He said in an annoyed tone, "Miss Jiang, you can't talk nonsense about this. Every day, the physicians from the Imperial Hospital come to take General Wei's pulse."
If General Wei was truly poisoned, how could no one have noticed?
Isn't this blatantly admitting that the medical skills of the Imperial Medical Academy are inadequate? How could he tolerate that?
The other physicians nodded in agreement, "That's right, we come to check General Wei's pulse every day, how could we not know that General Wei was poisoned?"
"That's right. Although we old men are getting on in years, we still have some medical skills. We can't be so bad as to not be able to tell that General Wei has been poisoned."
Seeing everyone questioning the medicine, Old Chen said seriously, "There is indeed poison in this medicine, but the antidote has also been added to the bowl."
He looked at the medicine bowl and medicine pot on the table, and his brows furrowed.
He's been manufacturing drugs for years; when it comes to drugs, no one can compare to him.
When he heard someone calling him, he thought it was a joke, but after smelling the medicine, he realized it was real and that someone really wanted to poison Wei Jinghai.
But the person who poisoned him was quite skilled; for a moment, he couldn't tell what kind of poison it was.
Dean Chen was stunned, his eyes filled with disbelief. He immediately jumped up and denied it, "How could that be? I just checked the medicine pot and the bowl of medicine with my own eyes. There was no poison in them. Stop talking nonsense."
He was quite confident in his medical skills; otherwise, he wouldn't have become the head of the Imperial Medical Academy.
He had just examined it carefully; if the medicine really contained poison, how could he not have noticed?
Old Chen just snorted and said irritably, "I'm talking nonsense? Your Imperial Hospital is getting worse and worse. You can't even detect such obvious poison. No wonder you're becoming less and less noticeable in the palace."
These old fogies are proud of the medical books passed down from their ancestors. Instead of making progress, they always want to live off their past achievements. The Imperial Medical Academy has fallen to its current state because of these people. They have no one else to blame but themselves.
Chen, the Imperial Physician, was furious and was about to rush towards Old Chen when he heard Jiang Qingyuan say sternly, "Miss Jiang, regardless of whether the medicine is poisoned or not, you say that General Wei has been poisoned. What makes you say that?"
Everyone in the room looked at Jiang Yimian before they came to their senses.
The issue right now isn't whether the medicine is poisonous or not, but rather the poison in Wei Jinghai's body.
If Wei Jinghai were to meet with misfortune in their hands, they would become eternal sinners of the Great Jin Dynasty.
Jiang Yimian concealed herself with her sleeve and took out silver needles from her spatial storage, piercing several acupoints on Wei Jinghai's body.
The person, who was originally pale, gradually turned bluish-green, and even their lips slowly turned purple, which was clearly a sign of poisoning.
Jiang Yimian pricked Wei Jinghai's finger again, and immediately, black blood beads flowed from his fingertip, dripping onto the ground.
Everyone was shocked.
Imperial Physician Chen stared wide-eyed in disbelief and said, "This, this is a sign of poisoning. How could General Wei be poisoned out of the blue?"
And yet, right under the noses of so many people, not a single one of the Imperial Medical Academy personnel noticed it.
How is that possible?
Jiang Qingyuan immediately roared, "Zhang Shan, bring all the people who handled General Wei's medicine here."
He wanted to see who was trying to harm Wei Jinghai.
Zhang Shan quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, responded, and was about to leave.
Jiang Yimian merely glanced at Liu Zixun and said indifferently, "No need to look anymore, the person who poisoned us is right there."
Everyone followed her gaze and saw Liu Zixun kneeling on the ground, barely managing to remain calm as he said, "My lords, I was unaware of General Wei's poisoning."
Besides, Zixun's only job is to brew medicine for General Wei every day. With so many people watching, how could I possibly do anything to him?"
Although he remained outwardly calm, his heart was in turmoil. He couldn't understand how Jiang Yimian could tell that Wei Jinghai was poisoned and was so certain that he was the one who poisoned him.
This woman is terrifying.
He should have killed her the day he first met her; otherwise, he wouldn't have been discovered today.
Dean Chen still didn't quite believe that Liu Zixun would poison someone, and looked at Jiang Yimian and said, "Miss Jiang, why are you so sure that Zixun poisoned them?"
He had worked diligently in the Imperial Medical Academy for many years, dedicating himself entirely to medicine; how could he have done such a thing?
Liu Zixun was someone he had personally promoted, and he really couldn't believe that the other party would do something like murdering Wei Jinghai.
The other medical officers exchanged glances, clearly not believing that Liu Zixun was the one who poisoned them.
In truth, he was usually a gentle person, very patient with everyone, and didn't seem like the kind of person with malicious intentions, especially since the victim was Wei Jinghai.
Even Old Chen looked at Liu Zixun curiously and said strangely, "You usually brew medicine in General Wei's courtyard. It's really strange that you can avoid the soldiers in the courtyard when you administer the medicine."
It wasn't that he didn't believe Jiang Yimian's words, but he was really curious about how this person could drug someone right under everyone's noses.
While others might not know, he did. In addition to the soldiers protecting Wei Jinghai outside the courtyard, Lu Cijian had also secretly sent people to protect him.
If this person really poisoned Wei Jinghai, how did they manage to slip the poison into his medicine without being noticed by so many informants?
Zhang Shan was also a bit confused. After carefully recalling what had just happened, he said to everyone, "Just now, Physician Liu was outside brewing medicine, and we were chatting on the side. We didn't see him add anything to the medicine pot."
Furthermore, since this medicine was intended to poison General Wei, why did Old Chen say that an antidote was added to it?
Did the person who poisoned him regret it?
He was completely confused at this point.
Seeing that everyone believed him, Liu Zixun breathed a sigh of relief, but continued to stand tall with a humiliated expression, saying, "My lords, I respect General Wei very much, how could I possibly poison him?"
I have no idea which villain poisoned the medicine, causing Miss Jiang to mistake me for someone else. I implore you gentlemen to seek justice for my daughter.”
Lu Cijian merely glanced at him indifferently and said calmly, "Since Physician Liu says that he was not the one who administered the medicine, then I am truly curious, during the time you were feeding the general the medicine, who else besides you touched that medicine bowl?"
Hearing this, everyone in the room was stunned, somewhat confused as to what Lu Cijian meant by suddenly saying this.
Zhang Shan scratched his head, chuckled twice, and hurriedly said, "Lord Lu, I was the one who was about to feed the general the medicine, but I didn't administer the poison."
How did it end up with suspicion falling on him? He's been by Wei Jinghai's side for years; if he wanted to poison someone, he would have done it long ago. Why wait until now?
No, he is extremely loyal to General Wei and would never poison or harm him.
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