Chapter 670 "Victim"? Fu Jinrou's skin peeled off
Mrs. Fu's words startled everyone, and everyone looked at the previous "victim".
Fu Jinrou, who had been hiding in a corner because she realized something was wrong due to the sudden death of the crown prince and the sudden death of the queen mother from poisoning, instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.
There were countless people in the hall, but there was no one around Fu Jinrou. Even Zhou Yuchang, who had been following her at first, had gone to be with Wen Xinhou. She was isolated and helpless, and was put on the stage like this. Her usually beautiful and delicate cheeks turned pale, and her clenched hands couldn't help but tremble.
Prince Ji's concubine: "Madam Fu, you said this peony hairpin was given to Miss Fu by the Queen Mother?"
Mrs. Fu actually felt a little regretful after she said it. She hated Fu Jinrou, but she didn't want to kill her. Moreover, the situation in the palace had changed suddenly. The death of the prince was in doubt, the sudden death of the empress dowager had become a joke, and Xiao Yan was forcing the emperor to abdicate. If Fu Jinrou was involved at this time, she and the Fu family would also be implicated as the one who brought her into the palace.
"I……"
Madam Fu was about to change her words and say she had made a mistake when Madam Cao next to her suddenly asked, "Have you seen this hairpin?"
Madam Fu turned back in surprise, her lips moving as if to say that she had always forbidden herself to speak...
Madam Cao seemed to understand what she was about to say, and her voice became heavier. "This is a matter of life and death for the Crown Prince. If you have seen it, do not try to hide it. Duke Dingguo and His Majesty are all here. Only if you explain it clearly can we find out the cause of the Crown Prince's death as soon as possible, so as to avoid wrongfully accusing innocent people!"
Madam Fu looked at Xiao Yan and the others present and whispered, "The Empress Dowager summoned Fu Jinrou alone once before and gave her many gifts, including this peony gold hairpin. I remember it vividly because of its exquisite appearance..."
In fact, she wanted to take the gold hairpin back to her daughter who was already married, but Fu Jinrou just dodged it. She was resentful for a long time and felt that Fu Jinrou was ungrateful. She lived in the Fu family, ate and drank in the Fu family, but was reluctant to even give her a gold hairpin. She also secretly called her an ungrateful woman.
But who could have imagined that this seemingly luxurious peony hairpin actually contained something that could kill people...
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Something that can kill people?!
Madam Fu's expression changed instantly. She looked at Xu Qiaoqing fiercely and asked anxiously, "Qiaoqing, where is the sachet I gave you? Where did you put it?"
Xu Qiaoqing was startled: "I carry it with me..."
"Take it down!"
Xu Qiaoqing didn't know what was going on, but seeing Mrs. Fu's panic, she still took it off obediently.
Madam Fu quickly snatched it away, looking at the sachet as if it were a flood or a beast: "Madam Qin, I got this from Fu Jinrou, and it was also given to her by the Queen Mother..."
Madam Qin took it, took a look at it, and then put it to her nose and sniffed it: "It's the same as the gold hairpin, with honey in it."
Xu Qiaoqing shuddered, her face instantly pale, and she subconsciously turned her head to look at Madam Xu beside her: "Mother..."
Mrs. Xu was also panicked: "Then Qiaoqing was poisoned as well?"
Madam Qin stepped forward and asked Xu Qiaoqing to give her her hand. She felt her pulse for a moment, then leaned in and sniffed her wrist. Then she said, "This young lady has indeed been contaminated with some of the Miyunzi poison, but fortunately, this sachet is placed across clothing, unlike the gold hairpin which is placed against the hair. Moreover, the young lady probably didn't wear it for too long, so the poison isn't too deep."
"The poison of this Miyunzi will not kill anyone in three to five days. Its most important effect is to stimulate the medicinal properties of Baihuachan. Madam, don't worry. After I leave the palace, I will prescribe two doses of the prescription for this young lady. Let her drink it for seven days and she will be fine."
Mrs. Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Madam Qin, thank you, Madam Qin."
Mrs. Fu's face was also full of fear. She didn't expect that because she liked Xu Qiaoqing, she gave her the sachet given by the Queen Mother, but almost harmed Xu Qiaoqing.
Concubine Zhao looked at Fu Jinrou and said, "Just now, Miss Fu said that the Crown Prince forcibly dragged you into the porch and ruined your innocence?"
Fu Jinrou shuddered and her face turned pale.
There was a hint of coldness in Concubine Zhao's eyes: "The porch was tampered with in advance, and the Crown Prince was framed and trapped by Baihua. And he just happened to meet you, wearing the golden hairpin given by the Empress Dowager to hide the poison."
"Miss Fu, can you explain to me and the others why this is such a coincidence?"
“I…I…”
Fu Jinrou trembled all over, suppressing her fear and whispering, "I...I didn't know there was anything in this hairpin. I really didn't know."
"That day, the Empress Dowager simply asked me to come over, saying that I was serving her wholeheartedly and that she really liked me. Then she gave me these things as a reward. I thought I couldn't neglect the palace rewards, so I always wore them. I had no idea that the Empress Dowager had tampered with them. I really didn't know."
"If you believe me, how could I risk my innocence to harm the prince?"
Concubine Zhao said in a stern voice, "You wouldn't use your innocence to harm the Crown Prince, but why did the Queen Mother reward you with these and not others?"
Prince Ji's concubine frowned and said, "You said before that you had met the Crown Prince several times, and that he was extremely gentle to you. Even today, it was the Crown Prince who ordered you to go to the porch. Fu Jinrou, was your accident today an accident, or did you and the Crown Prince have a long-standing relationship, so the Queen Mother, knowing your relationship, gave you these things?"
"I'm not! I didn't!"
Fu Jinrou's face changed drastically. She didn't dare to admit what happened with the prince.
If she was forcibly insulted today, even if the prince died and she was disgraced, she would still be a victim. Then she could pretend to be weak and gain sympathy. Even if she could not marry into a wealthy family in the capital, as long as the Fu family could think of a way, she could still marry into a good family elsewhere.
But if people knew that she and the prince had already had an affair, or even that it was not the prince who was forcibly insulting her innocence today, then she would be finished. The Fu family would not protect her, and the royal family would not keep her.
She...she will die!
Fu Jinrou said anxiously with a pale face, "I didn't. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I have only met twice. I have nothing to do with him. I do admire the Crown Prince, but we really have nothing. It was the Queen Mother who drugged the Crown Prince and he forcibly insulted me."
Concubine Zhao sneered, "The Queen Mother truly has a keen eye. She can spot the one who could kill the Crown Prince among all the ladies entering the palace."
Fu Jinrou's face turned pale after hearing what she said. Everyone in the hall was looking at her with suspicion in their eyes. The things the empress dowager had rewarded her with were too strange. Moreover, the fact that the honey cloud seeds could stimulate the medicinal properties after the prince took the Chinese medicine must be known only to the person who gave the medicine to him.
If the Queen Mother had not been certain that Fu Jinrou would go to see the Crown Prince and even be "dragged into the porch" by the Crown Prince, how could she have given this thing to Fu Jinrou alone?
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