Chapter 287 Antidote
It was the emperor who shouted to stop, and it was Xie Jingyu who kicked the man away.
One of the two eunuchs was kicked and fell to the ground, and the other fell on a chair, smashing the rosewood chair into pieces. It was obvious that they used a lot of strength.
No one had ever dared to use violence in the Empress Dowager's bedroom. The Empress Dowager was angry and frightened, and her face was as ugly as it could be.
Queen Song stood up angrily, "Prince Jingbei! You are so bold!"
Xie Jingyu ignored Queen Song. He glanced at her coldly, and the nanny who was holding the princess was so scared that she quickly let her go and hid away.
Her father-in-law couldn't even get up after being kicked, and if he kicked her, her old bones would be gone.
Xie Jingyu supported Shen Wan and asked distressedly, "Are you not hurt?"
Shen Wan felt very aggrieved, "My knees hurt..."
The sound was not loud, but the emperor heard it. It was like thunderous rage, but he tried his best to suppress it.
He walked over and asked, "What the hell is going on?!"
There were some faint bruises on the emperor's face, which Queen Song and the empress dowager both saw, but no one thought they were from being beaten. They were just kidding, if anyone touched the emperor, his entire clan would be buried for miles.
Empress Song asked, "The Emperor is not feeling well, why are you here?"
"answer!"
The tone was cold.
Queen Song's face froze. "Just now, Nanyan was accompanying the Queen Mother to relieve her boredom when she suddenly vomited blood and fainted. The imperial physician came to examine her and found that she was poisoned. The poison was found in the jade hairpin she was wearing on her head. That jade hairpin was given to Nanyan by the Crown Prince's wife of Prince Jingbei..."
The Emperor said, "Even if the hairpin is poisonous, it doesn't prove that Wan'er poisoned it."
Wan'er...
What a friendly call!
Queen Song said, "I have thought so too, but I have kept the jade hairpin since it came into Nan Yan's hands. I only wore it into the palace today on a whim. If someone deliberately wanted to harm Nan Yan, they should have tampered with other jewelry..."
The emperor asked, "Has the poison been resolved?"
"The imperial physician can't cure it, we need to find an antidote..."
Before Queen Song could finish her words, Zhao Yuanzheng came in carrying a medicine box.
Zhao Yuanzheng saluted the emperor.
Xie Jingyu said, "Check the jade hairpin."
The jade hairpin was placed next to the empress dowager.
The emperor gave a look, and Eunuch An went over, picked up the handkerchief containing the jade hairpin, and handed it to Zhao Yuanzheng for inspection.
Zhao Yuanzheng sniffed it and said, "The lily of the valley is indeed poisonous."
"but--"
The emperor asked, "But what?"
Zhao Yuanzheng asked Shen Wan, "When did the Crown Prince's Consort give this jade hairpin to Second Young Madam Xie?"
Shen Wan said, "At least ten days."
Zhao Yuanzheng said, "Then the poison was not administered by the Crown Prince's Consort."
Queen Song's eyes turned cold, "What kind of benefits did Zhao Yuan receive from the Prince of Jingbei? How dare you make excuses for the Prince's Consort like this?!"
Zhao Yuanzheng said, "This poison is volatile. If it had been applied to the hairpin ten days ago, the residual poison would not be so strong. If the Queen does not believe what I say, she can ask other doctors in the Imperial Hospital."
The Queen Mother said, "Call Dr. Li!"
Imperial Physician Li is in Shoukang Palace and will be here soon.
Queen Song scolded, "Why didn't Doctor Li tell the Queen Mother? This poison is volatile and has caused the Queen Mother to wrongly accuse the Prince of Jingbei!"
He's really good at shirking responsibility.
Doctor Li was a little confused and looked at Zhao Yuanzheng.
Zhao Yuanzheng shook his head at him, then glanced at the emperor. Doctor Li was a shrewd man, and he immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, please calm down. It's not that I'm hiding something, it's just that my medical skills are shallow, not as good as Zhao Yuanzheng's, so I didn't see it..."
It is not shameful that his medical skills are not as good as Zhao Yuanzheng's. If his medical skills are better than Zhao Yuanzheng's, then he should be the Yuanzheng.
Not only Doctor Li saw the look in Zhao Yuanzheng's eyes, but the Empress Dowager and Queen Song also saw it.
She dared to make excuses for Prince Jingbei's wife in front of them, but it was useless. The Queen Mother had already sent people to Prince Jingbei's mansion to search for the antidote. Once the antidote was found, let's see how she would argue!
The Emperor sat down and said, "I know that the Queen Mother has always loved Nan Yan, but the matter has not been thoroughly investigated. We should not be so hasty to conclude that the poison was committed by Wan Er and wrongly accuse her."
The Queen Mother glanced at Zhao Yuanzheng lightly, "Zhao Yuanzheng knows so much about this poison, it seems that he can cure it."
Zhao Yuanzheng, "..."
not good.
He ran into the Empress Dowager's gun.
Zhao Yuanzheng said, "I only have a slight understanding of this poison. If you want to detoxify it, you still need to find an antidote."
Xie Jingyu said, "The poison on the jade hairpin was put on after my wife sent it out. The person who poisoned it must be in the Jingbei Palace. I think it won't be difficult to find the antidote."
Queen Song said, "What the Prince of Jingbei said is true. The Queen Mother has already sent people to search, and I estimate that they have found it by now."
As soon as Queen Song finished speaking, a young eunuch hurried in from outside, "Queen Dowager, the antidote has been found——"
The Queen Mother asked, "Where did you find it?"
The young eunuch said, "We found it in the old lady's room in the Jingbei Palace..."
The Queen Mother, “……!!!”
Queen Song, “……!!!”
Shen Wan's eyes widened.
She wasn't worried that the Queen Mother's men would be able to search the room where she and Xie Jingyu were staying to find the antidote. Zhao Lanxuan had secret guards, so no one could do anything. But she hadn't expected things to take such a sudden turn, and then take such a sudden turn. The fire actually spread to the old lady, and she didn't know how it got there...
The antidote arrived soon. After examining it, Zhao Yuanzheng said, "It is indeed the antidote."
"Hurry and give it to Nan Yan."
The Queen Mother was extremely anxious.
The Emperor said, "We've found out it was the old lady of the Jingbei Palace who poisoned Nanyan and framed Wan'er. How come the Queen Mother isn't angry anymore?"
This means that the Queen Mother will severely punish the old lady.
The Queen Mother didn't know how things turned out like this, but since she found the antidote in the old lady's room, she had to punish her even if she didn't want to.
The Queen Mother said, "Give Madam Xie twenty strokes of the cane..."
"Twenty strokes of the cane is too light a punishment! She is so vicious. Revoke her first-rank imperial edict," the emperor said with finality.
Shen Wan tried hard not to laugh out loud.
She has been unhappy with the old lady for a long time, causing her to favor Song Nanyue and make things difficult for her everywhere. Now she has lost more than she gained.
Queen Song had not expected this to happen. "Your Majesty, calm down. The old lady of the Jingbei Palace loves Nan Yan very much. She has no reason to harm Nan Yan. Could there be a misunderstanding here..."
Since poison was found on the lily of the valley hairpin, it was determined that she wanted to harm Song Nanyue. Since the antidote was found in the old lady's room, there might be a misunderstanding. Anyway, she was the one who said it.
Shen Wan secretly complained in her heart, while Xie Jingyu said, "If it wasn't because she suspected the old lady, why did the people sent by the Queen Mother search her room?"
Queen Song's throat choked and she could no longer speak.
The old lady's room was searched by the people they sent. If they found the antidote but didn't believe it, then why were they searching? Were they searching for fun?
Xie Jingyu supported Chen Wan. He glanced at Chen Wan's knee, and Chen Wan immediately understood and cried out in pain, "Ouch!" Before Xie Jingyu could say anything, the emperor asked, "Why does it hurt so much?"
"Zhao Yuanzheng, please show me quickly."
Yinchuan immediately complained, "Just now, that nanny kicked the Crown Prince's Consort, and her knee hit the ground, so it must have been bruised..."
The emperor's face turned cold and his eyes swept towards the nanny.
The nanny knelt on the ground in fear.
"Drag him away and beat him to death!"
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