Chapter 357 Who Poisoned Me?
The Emperor's expression froze, and he placed the soup in his hand steadily on the table.
The person who came was Xiao Heng.
It took Xiao Heng a long time to catch his breath: "Father, this soup is poisonous, you can't drink it!"
The queen's nanny was eager to protect her master, so she didn't care about overstepping her bounds and said: "Xiao Heng, don't talk nonsense. Our queen just drank a bowl of this soup herself, and she's still standing here in good health! Even this bowl was brought by the eunuch!"
The queen was also annoyed, and pointed at Xiao Heng's nose and cursed: "I was feeling guilty about being angry with you that day, but today you are so slanderous. Am I giving you too much face?
It was you who used my name to let the prince lead the army to the capital to assemble, wasn't it you?"
The emperor looked at the two people in front of him leisurely, as if he wanted to see through them.
Xiao Heng was confused: "What army? I just accidentally discovered that someone in the empress's palace secretly prepared the herb. I was worried that my father was in danger, so I tried every means to find out the whereabouts of the herb. I found that the herb was finally in the hands of the empress's personal nanny!"
The nanny and the empress were obviously a little flustered, but they quickly calmed down.
They did get the herb, but who would be so stupid as to poison them on the first day of their friendship and personally offer the poison.
Xiao Heng is really stupid!
The queen said innocently, "Xiao Heng, I know you don't like me. I did hit you impulsively that day. But, no matter what, I am worthy of your title of mother. Even if I slapped you, you shouldn't have blamed me so much. If you want to poison me, the Erosion Powder in the palace is so powerful. If I really want to harm the emperor, why would I go to so much trouble to find poison outside!"
Xiao Heng said calmly, "Could it be that the Erosion Powder is for the royal family only and the queen wants to clear herself?"
The queen sneered, "The second prince just came back from Dashuo and has no one available by his side. If How could you find out everything in my palace? If it wasn't a frame-up, then shouldn't you have said a few days ago that the second prince had help from outsiders? Could this outsider be from the Dashuo royal family? "
Xiao Heng said calmly, "The Queen is right. Xiao Heng really has no one to use. There is only one strategist, Jiang Ping, and one servant, Xiao Dao, who has been following me. Don't you think it's a coincidence that the maid in your palace happened to be the lover of Jiang Ping before entering the palace!"
The maid in charge of bringing the intestinal stagnation grass into the palace happened to be the Queen's maid. The Queen suddenly felt that every step she took was in Xiao Heng's calculation. Before, she still underestimated Xiao Heng.
No, there was one thing Xiao Heng didn't calculate correctly. There was no poison in the soup.
The queen couldn't continue to argue with Xiao Heng. This guy was sharp-tongued and dug traps for her one after another.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Heng is a liar and a sharp-tongued man. I can't argue with him. I have no choice but to prove my innocence." After saying this, she picked up the bowl of soup and prepared to test the poison on herself.
The emperor was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "Enough, an empress and a prince, quarreling like a bunch of idiots, how can this be
allowed?" The empress bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, please ask the imperial physician to test it. If it is poisonous, I will do whatever I want. If it is not poisonous, please give me justice!"
The emperor looked at Xiao Heng: "Do you dare to test it?"
Xiao Heng said calmly: "Father, I also ask you to test this soup, so that those people with wolves and ambitions will have nowhere to hide!"
The emperor's expression was gloomy, and he couldn't make up his mind. Who did the tiger talisman thing?
Logically, it shouldn't be Xiao Heng, but the empress's words made sense.
Fortunately, all the military commanders obeyed his orders, and he also sent people to keep an eye on them. Nothing would go wrong for a while. The most important thing now is to find out who is behind this.
He was eager to know the answer!
The imperial physician came soon. He carefully tested that the soup in the empress's soup bowl was not poisonous, and no poison was detected in the residue of the bowl that the empress drank.
However, the bowl that the emperor was originally going to drink contained the highly poisonous intestinal weed.
After hearing the report from the imperial physician, the emperor's face turned ashen. They poisoned right under his nose.
The imperial physician also said: "Your Majesty, the dosage is very particular!"
"Speak!" The emperor said in a cold voice, emitting a chill all over his body.
The imperial physician lowered his head and reported: "The poison of the herb is extremely strong and can easily be fatal, but the dosage in this soup is very small and will make people weak and faint slowly!"
"Queen, do you have anything else to say?" The emperor stared at the queen with a cold look, full of anger.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent. You watched me pour the soup. I had no chance at all. I poisoned this bowl. There must be something wrong with this bowl!" The queen was completely confused. She really didn't poison.
The eunuch saw that the queen was making random accusations and said that there was something wrong with the bowl. Doesn't this mean that there is something wrong with him?
This is a matter of life and death, and he can't take the blame.
He stepped forward and said, "Empress, this bowl was just replaced by the palace maid today. If you want to tamper with the bowl, then all the bowls must be poisoned. Otherwise, how can we guarantee that the bowl that the Empress drinks is poisonous or not?"
The Emperor sometimes eats in the Hualong Palace, so there are bowls and chopsticks here, which are changed every day.
The Emperor said in a deep voice, "Then check all the bowls!"
The imperial doctors were busy again, but there was nothing wrong with all the remaining bowls.
"Empress, the evidence is conclusive, what excuse do you have!" Xiao Heng asked provocatively.
"Evidence, what evidence is there? There is nothing wrong with my soup. It was you, you poisoned it, right?" The Empress gradually became hysterical.
"Your Majesty, it's useless to act crazy and do stupid things. You'd better confess as soon as possible. After all, it's not the first time you have poisoned an adult!" Xiao Heng's tone was full of sarcasm. "
Your Majesty, I will give you a chance. If you tell the truth, I will spare your life. If you take responsibility, don't blame me for being rude!"
The emperor's tone was intimidating without anger, which made people shudder.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I really didn't poison you. How could I have second thoughts!" The queen felt guilty when she heard the last sentence.
But she quickly adjusted her composure, pointed at Xiao Heng and said, "The soup was fine, but something went wrong as soon as you arrived. The poison must be on you, because I was the one who gave it to you, and you're making random accusations. There's no evidence, and I deny anything!"
The emperor couldn't figure it out either, because he was present throughout the entire process of the empress serving the soup, and it was impossible for her to have done anything. Could it really be Xiao Heng?
The emperor looked at Xiao Heng, who was also filled with righteous indignation: "Father, according to the news I have received, the Queen is planning to work with the King's uncle to poison you and make you look sick so that the army can enter the capital smoothly and seize the throne. Father, you are very clear-sighted!"
The emperor said coldly: "Empty words are not enough. If you want me to believe you, then show me the evidence. Otherwise, I would rather kill someone by mistake than let anyone go!"