"Medicine King, please help me find the origin of this poison. It has stumped all the imperial doctors." The emperor felt ashamed. What kind of useless thing are these people he has raised? They are useless at the critical moment. Maybe this Medicine King can be used by him in the future.
The Medicine King took the wine glass and began to observe.
However, Cui Mixue was still greatly surprised. The Medicine King was not someone you could just casually meet. As far as he knew, this was a close friend Xuan Ling had met during his earlier travels in the martial arts world. Their relationship was quite extraordinary. So, if Xuan Ling hadn't acted as a matchmaker, how could the prince have possibly met the Medicine King...
Cui Mixue is now full of confusion, but no one explains to her that the prince is indeed acquainted with the Medicine King, and is helping the prince to get rid of suspicion.
All of this, every single one of it, seemed to be out of Cui Mixue's control, which made her feel very insecure and panicked. She could imagine that the prince now seemed to be even more powerful.
After reading from the cup, the Medicine King began to carefully examine Hui Feifei's body. After repeated inspections, everyone was waiting anxiously.
"Medicine King, have you found out anything?" The emperor asked anxiously. Judging from the Medicine King's expression, he seemed to know something.
The Medicine King reported to His Majesty: "Your Majesty, I have indeed found out what this poison is. If I am not mistaken, this poison is extremely dangerous. It is the Death Powder. The reason why this poison is so dangerous is that it is colorless and odorless, and can kill people in one blow. It is too vicious, so it has been lost long ago. I didn't expect to see it in the palace." After saying this, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Then where did this Jueming Powder come from, and how did it appear in my palace?" The emperor was also greatly surprised. As soon as he heard the name, he knew it was very sinister.
"In reply to the emperor, only the poison doctor family in southern Xinjiang can develop it. It is difficult for others to make it." The King of Medicine's words focused everyone's attention on Concubine Bai.
The emperor knew all too well about Concubine Bai's origins; her maternal family was indeed closely connected to the Miao region. He clenched his fists. If this was indeed Concubine Bai's doing, then the woman he kept by his side every day was such a vicious, venomous woman.
It’s scary to think about.
Concubine Bai knew that the emperor had already suspected her, and she immediately knelt at the emperor's feet. "I am innocent. It is impossible that I did it. You cannot condemn me like this. No one in the entire Imperial Hospital can identify this poison. I don't know where this so-called Medicine King that the prince brought from, is it real?"
"Your Highness, please show more respect to the identity of the Medicine King. I dare not act rashly in front of my father." The prince reminded her kindly. Royal Concubine Bai glared at him and then started crying again.
Upon hearing the woman's crying, the emperor became even more impatient. He waved away the arm that was held by Concubine Bai, and Concubine Bai was immediately thrown to the ground. She was dressed in plain clothes, as if she had been banished to the cold palace.
This commotion was truly frustrating. Now everyone was suspecting him, so who was it? The emperor felt an unbearable headache and decided to end it all.
"Everyone, listen to my order. Now everyone is a suspect, and no one knows what the suspicion is. So I will send you, Situ Zhao and Situ Yao, to investigate this incident together. You must get to the bottom of it. All of you, step down." The emperor gave the order weakly, slumped in the dragon chair, feeling very tired.
The emperor also made a good plan. If he let two people investigate the case together, he wanted to clear his suspicion as soon as possible, so he must try his best to find evidence against the target, so that the problem would be solved.
After Situ Zhao and Situ Yao received the order, they withdrew.
Concubine Bai returned to her chambers, distraught and overwhelmed, unable to even drink a sip of water. She was deeply troubled. She wondered if Situ Yao had come prepared. Was the connection to the Miao people a fluke? Or was she simply walking into a trap?
She was still worried, so she immediately ordered her personal maid to write a letter to her mother, asking her to ask the Miao people to leave quickly or hide and not be discovered.
Soon she received a reply from her mother, which came as fast as she could. Concubine Bai slumped in a chair, her face pale. Her mother told her that the prince had been prepared and had captured the Miao man.
No, Concubine Bai cheered up again. She must let the Miao man die so that there would be no evidence. Otherwise... she immediately sent someone to pass a message to Situ Zhao, asking him to come to the palace.
"What's wrong with mother? Why are you so anxious?" Situ Zhao was confused. He was trying hard to find evidence to clear his name, and he was busy when he was summoned.
Concubine Bai looked very unhappy. She held her son's hand affectionately and said, "Zhao'er, you are my only son. You have to help me do something, otherwise mother..." As she spoke, she started crying again.
"Mother, please feel free to speak." When Situ Zhao heard this, he knew it was a big deal and did not dare to delay. He sat down immediately.
"Hurry up and find someone to find that Miao man and kill him, otherwise your mother may not escape punishment." Concubine Bai knew that she could not hide it any longer, so she had to tell it.
When he heard about the Miao people, he immediately felt uneasy. And it was related to his mother. He grabbed his mother's hand and said, "Mother, did you really order someone to do that? What is going on?"
He was a little angry. After all, he had no idea what was going on and was still involved.
"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have asked someone to call you over. There is no time to lose, and we must quickly catch that Miao man." Concubine Bai was anxious and her face looked very worried.
Seeing his mother's uneasy face, he was certain that it was really his mother who did it, but he still asked: "Mother, did you really kill Concubine Hui? Why didn't you tell me at the beginning?"
"Mother, I was afraid that if you knew about it, something bad would happen, so I did it alone. It should have been foolproof, but how come a jade pendant and that Medicine King appeared..." Concubine Bai looked guilty, but there was nothing she could do. It was not the time to feel ashamed of what had already happened.
"I know about this matter. I will have someone capture the Miao people, but why did you kill Concubine Hui for no reason?" As far as he knew, Concubine Hui was not favored in this palace and could not pose any threat to the imperial concubine.
Killing a concubine for no reason like this would inevitably cause a huge uproar.
Concubine Bai sighed, her brows furrowed. "It's a long story, son. In this palace, I, your mother, naturally enjoy unlimited glory. But this Concubine Hui has something on me and keeps threatening me. I have no other choice, so I resorted to this desperate measure. Otherwise, I wouldn't be like this..."
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