Chapter 953 Zhu Xiyan!
Half an hour later, Xue Ru took off her outer clothes, wrapped herself in a cloak and stood in the side hall with a murderous look, her eyes full of disbelief.
Rong Yue and the others were also stunned. They didn't expect that the problem actually lay with them, and they didn't expect that the person who was found to have the problem was Xue Ru.
"Doctor Jiang, are you sure you're not mistaken?" asked Concubine Zhaogui.
Doctor Jiang pointed at the clothes on the ground and said, "I am absolutely not mistaken. Miss Xue's outer garment is stained with the juice extracted from horseflies and pangolin shells. These two substances are not poisonous in nature, but they are extremely harmful to pregnant women, especially those who are about to give birth."
"Short-term exposure can stimulate pregnant women to give birth prematurely, resulting in a weak fetus. Prolonged exposure can cause the fetus to be born with intellectual disabilities, physical deformities, or even death in the womb, which can also cause serious damage to the mother."
The faces of several people changed drastically, and Xue Ru also turned pale: "So this is the poison that Sister was poisoned with?"
Unexpectedly, Doctor Jiang shook his head: "No."
"no?!"
Several people frowned at him.
Doctor Jiang glanced at the outer garment and said, "The horseflies and pangolin sap on this garment are fresh. Miss Xue can't possibly have worn new clothes in a few days. Just these two things, unless they are refined into pills or powders and taken directly, or extracted with an object and left near a pregnant woman for a long time, contact with them for just one or two days will only cause a reverse flow of Qi and blood in the pregnant woman."
"I have checked on the little princess before. Although she is a little weak, she does not have the symptoms I have described. The Queen's body was not contaminated with much of these two drugs, so she probably had no contact with them before today, and the poison she was infected with was not this."
"These things that have stained Miss Xue's body seem to be caused by someone who knew that the Queen would have an accident today. They are worried that she would be stimulated and unable to induce the toxins in her body to attack. So they want to use these two things to promote the reverse flow of the Queen's qi and blood, ensuring the toxins will attack."
What Doctor Jiang said was a bit complicated, but none of the people present were stupid.
Cao Dejiang said in a deep voice, "You mean, although we still can't tell who poisoned Miss Xue, the person who infected her with these things is very likely the same person as the one who poisoned her, or even the same person?"
Doctor Jiang nodded: "Yes."
The Queen was frightened during childbirth. She was initially exhausted by the poison in her body. Later, the poison finally subsided and was not as strong as before. But who would have thought that the poison in her body would suddenly be induced and intensified after she gave birth. This was clearly a chain reaction. If someone did not know the Queen's condition, how could he have happened to do something to Xue Ru?
and……
Imperial Physician Jiang's face was solemn. "I have inspected everything in Yongzhao Palace. Everything is spotless. Everything the Empress has access to is in good condition. Furthermore, I have visited the palace every two or three days to check on the Empress's pulse. Miss Yuejian is also knowledgeable in treating poisons. If the Empress is poisoned, it would be impossible for her to hide it from us."
Cao Dejiang looked up when he heard this: "Doctor Jiang means..."
Doctor Jiang said in a deep voice, "The Empress's body is probably carrying not one, but two kinds of poison. One is colorless, odorless, and non-toxic. It won't show any signs of toxicity unless stimulated. This poison must have been injected into the Empress long ago."
"There's another method that can trigger the previous poison, causing it to erupt and destroy Her Majesty's body. The delay between the release of this fusion poison shouldn't be too long, otherwise the toxicity won't be controlled. Before His Majesty can get the message to stimulate Her Majesty, the poison will have already taken effect and both she and her child will die."
"It was able to achieve this effect, poisoning Her Majesty while the little princess was fine. Furthermore, I took Her Majesty's pulse for the last time two days ago. I estimate that the two poisons came into contact with Her Majesty within the first two days of this pulse check, and the other within ten days."
After calculating the time of poisoning, several people in the side hall frowned in thought.
Concubine Zhao Gui said solemnly, "The Queen is always guarded. No one outside Yongzhao Palace can get close to her. Ordinary people can't touch her at all. Liu Qin is only a third-class maid. She can't enter the inner palace and can't touch anything used by the Queen. She can't be the one who poisoned her."
Cao Dejiang rubbed his chin. "With the Empress about to give birth, I'm worried about her health. Liang Guangyi and I are handling almost all the court affairs. The Empress hasn't attended the morning court for several days, and the court officials she can meet with privately are all her close confidants. It's impossible for them to poison her."
He didn't, Liang Guangyi couldn't have it, and Feng Qiuli's loyalty to Xiao Yan was even more impossible.
In addition, Qian Baokun is half of the empress's family, Yu Yanfeng defected to the emperor and empress early on, the people in the Ministry of War were also newly promoted by the empress, and those from the Fu family and the Wenxinhou Mansion who were able to enter the palace to meet the emperor and empress were all confidants of the emperor and empress, and there were no outsiders from the Black Armor Guard Patrol Camp.
These people's lives and property have long been tied to the emperor and empress. They hope for the emperor and empress's safety more than anyone else, and they would never poison them.
Excluding these people...
Cao Dejiang suddenly thought of something and stood up suddenly. He saw Xue Ru wrapped in a cloak also stood up with a gloomy face and spoke almost at the same time as him.
"Candidates who have passed the exam!"
Cao Dejiang looked at Xue Ru.
Xue Ru's face was pale. "It's impossible for outsiders to enter the palace casually, and it's even more impossible for someone of questionable status to approach my sister. However, six days ago, my sister met with the candidates who passed the imperial examination and were eligible to participate in the palace examination."
"These people have different identities. Besides those from Rongsheng Academy, there are also many candidates from other places. They were also in the same room with my sister for a long time. I remember that Minister Qian and Lord Feng were also there. If the person who poisoned the students was among the candidates, it would not arouse suspicion."
She seemed to have figured out the key, and her face looked particularly ugly.
"The students on the list of Rongsheng Academy are the ones I've interacted with the most recently. Because I asked the Feng family to find out about Madam Qin, I've been out of the palace almost every day these days. I even stayed at Rongsheng Academy for a day two days ago, and I saw my sister after returning to the palace yesterday."
Cao Dejiang was the first to realize what she meant and asked in a deep voice, "Did you also go to Rongsheng Academy today?"
Xue Ru nodded: "Yes."
"Who have you met?"
Xue Ru thought carefully about the people she had come into close contact with at the academy since leaving the palace today. "There was Mr. Tong and the two accountants in the academy, as well as Li Chi and a student named Min Jingyuan. In addition, there was also Zhu Xiyan."
The person who could have given her the horsefly and pangolin juice must have been someone who had contact with her today. Among these people, only Li Chi and Zhu Xiyan had had long-term contact with my sister seven days ago.
Li Chi knew everything about her, and this wasn't his first time meeting my sister. If he wanted to poison her, he wouldn't have waited until today. Putting aside the possibility that he was being used, the only remaining possibility was...
"Zhu Xiyan!"
Xue Ru and Cao Dejiang spoke almost at the same time.
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