"What did you say?"
Consort Liu looked at Su Liluo in disbelief.
After a moment of stunned silence, I found it somewhat amusing. Was there something wrong with her head?
He broke his own vase and then said he should thank her?
Su Liluo calmly explained, "Breaking the Imperial Concubine's vase saved her life. There are traitors in your palace, and many of the vases and ornaments in your palace are poisoned."
If the Empress were to be exposed to these poisons for an extended period, she would eventually become weak and die as if from a serious illness.
"Nonsense! How dare you curse me! Guards, drag him away and give him twenty lashes!"
Consort Liu sneered, she didn't believe Su Lilu was talking nonsense.
Several palace maids walked towards Su Liluo and reached out to escort her away.
Su Liluo shouted that she was wronged and struggled.
The two palace maids were pulling with great effort. Su Liluo secretly shifted her body weight closer to Consort Liu, and the maids could only escort her past Consort Liu.
As Su Liluo walked past, the hem of her robe brushed against Consort Liu.
"Your Highness, I'm not lying to you. You're already poisoned. If you don't receive treatment in time, your life will be in danger!"
"That's utter nonsense, you're cursing me---ugh..."
Just as Consort Liu was about to scold her, she suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood.
Her face turned pale with fright, and she finally believed Su Liluo's words.
"Slow down! Stop!"
She called out to the palace maid.
He stared in horror at the blood he was vomiting in front of him, his hands trembling as he pointed at Su Liluo.
"You said that many things in my palace have been poisoned. What other things are poisoned?"
The palace maid then brought Su Liluo to Consort Liu.
"Please trouble Your Majesty to have someone release me first, and I will find the items for you one by one."
Su Liluo concealed the smile in her eyes.
"Let her go."
Consort Liu gave the order.
Su Lilu walked towards the vases and decorations in the palace, touching each one with her delicate fingers before asking for confirmation.
"This, this, and this, and this..."
After going around once, they pointed out about seven or eight items.
Consort Liu was terrified, never expecting that so many things were poisonous.
However, to confirm whether it was true or not, she still had someone summon the imperial physician.
Su Liluo stood quietly to the side, not worried that things would be exposed.
Just now, when she was framed by the palace maid, she asked the space artifact spirit for some colorless gaseous poison and sprinkled it on the surface.
Then, when they passed by Consort Liu, they used some fake poisoning techniques on her.
As for the poisonous objects she pointed out, they were naturally contaminated with poison since she had touched them.
"Your Majesty, you have indeed been poisoned, and these objects do indeed contain the same poison as the one in your body."
After examining Consort Liu's pulse, the imperial physician also examined the poisonous objects and drew a conclusion.
Consort Liu looked both shocked and furious. She grabbed a teacup from the side and threw it at the palace maids.
She roared, "A traitor has appeared in my palace! Tell me, who did it? Who wants me dead!"
"Your Majesty, please spare me! This servant knew nothing and would never dare to poison Your Majesty!"
A group of palace maids knelt on the ground, their faces pale with fright.
They genuinely had no idea why there was poison in the Imperial Concubine's palace!
Consort Liu was furious. "Guards! Tell the Emperor that someone in my palace is trying to harm me. They must have been bribed to kill me!"
This matter must be thoroughly investigated, otherwise I will never have a peaceful life again.
Consort Liu instinctively assumed that one of the concubines in the harem must be jealous of her, and that's why she bribed her maid to harm her.
Soon, Emperor Wenjian learned of the news and rushed to the Imperial Concubine's place.
After learning the whole story, he looked at Su Liluo with considerable surprise.
"Did the Crown Princess discover that the Consort's palace had been poisoned?"
Su Liluo bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, it was my daughter-in-law who discovered the poison on the vase."
This was the first time she had seen the emperor. In her previous life, because the crown prince was not favored, she had also helped the crown prince oppose Consort Liu.
Therefore, he was basically never summoned by the emperor.
Emperor Wenjian appeared to be in his fifties or sixties, with a robust physique, imposing presence, and a few wrinkles on his face from the passage of time.
At this moment, the gaze directed at him was filled with inquiry.
Consort Liu sneered from the side, "She just got lucky. She made a mistake and was afraid I would punish her, so she talked nonsense. Who would have thought she would guess right!"
She didn't want to admit that Su Liluo had saved her life.
Emperor Wenjian clearly didn't believe it, and asked doubtfully, "Oh? You managed to guess it right? Imperial Physician, what do you think?"
The imperial physician shook his head respectfully and earnestly.
"Your Majesty, this poison is colorless and odorless, making it extremely difficult to detect. Every item the Crown Princess pointed out was indeed poisonous. It would have been impossible to guess them all correctly without knowledge of poisons."
Consort Liu was so angry she was about to grind her teeth to powder. This imperial physician had actually undermined her!
Su Liluo concealed the smile in her eyes.
He humbly replied, "My daughter-in-law has been studying poisons and medicine recently, so she has gained some understanding of them."
Emperor Wenjian nodded, "Yes, you did well this time. Thanks to you for saving the Imperial Concubine, you deserve a reward!"
"No, I dare not accept any reward. Just now, the Imperial Concubine said she was going to beat me to death. I only beg Her Highness not to punish me!"
Su Liluo suddenly knelt down, looking terrified.
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