Chapter 523 Not dead? The poison is in their bodies!
"Half an hour?"
Li Qingluo looked at Jinhua beside her.
"That's enough."
However, Jinhua did not find any poisoned food on the table in front of the princess.
She shook her head at Li Qingluo.
Li Qingluo looked at Princess Changning. Who else could it be but her?
No, it must be Princess Changning!
Before drinking the hangover soup, Li Qingluo repeatedly instructed the shopkeeper to keep a close eye on Princess Changning, who had been acting strangely today.
And she did indeed notice something amiss with Princess Changning.
On the way here, the shopkeeper said that Changning seemed somewhat evasive while eating.
And he walked back and forth in front of the princess several times.
If the poison wasn't administered at the restaurant, could it be that the person was already poisoned before even arriving at the restaurant?
It just so happened that the poisoning occurred in a restaurant!
However, such methods are far too unreliable.
First of all, if the princess leaves early, or decides not to come to the Flower Pavilion Restaurant halfway through, wouldn't her plan fall through?
More importantly, once the imperial physicians determine the exact nature of the poison in the princess, they will be able to ascertain how long it will take for the poison to take effect.
Therefore, it can be inferred that the poisoning occurred before the person arrived at the restaurant.
Therefore, the poison must have been administered in the restaurant!
Princess Changning couldn't help but show a smug look on her face when she saw that she was trapped in the situation.
His eyes were filled with mockery towards Li Qingluo.
Although she couldn't speak, her expression seemed to have already sealed Li Qing's fate.
Li Qingluo looked at Jinhua: "Senior sister, would you please go and check on the princess again to see if you can help her detoxify?"
"I think this female doctor is also useless."
It's been almost half a day, and they're still taking pulses there.
Not even half a bird was scrambled out.
Li Qingluo stepped forward impatiently, "Are you even capable?"
"Isn't it rumored that the female doctors in your Imperial Medical Academy are the top female doctors in the entire country?"
"You've been watching for ages, but haven't uttered a single sound. Since you're at a loss, why don't you get out of the way!"
She tried to lift the female doctor away with one hand.
The female doctor quickly replied, "No, no, no!"
"I just... find it strange... the princess's pulse looks..."
"It looks like..."
"A burst of ice. Then a burst of fire..."
"This...this seems like poisoning, but it also seems like..."
Li Qinglu rolled her eyes.
Time is of the essence.
She quickly invited Jinhua over.
Jin Hua understood immediately upon feeling the pulse: "Doctor Luo's medicine is somewhat potent."
After she finished speaking, she took the bamboo basket from her waist.
Then a purple stream was poured out.
To everyone's astonishment, Jin Hua made a small cut on the princess's wrist.
Then the purple centipede was placed on the wound, and it continued to suck the princess's blood.
"You—you all!"
"Stop right now!"
"The princess is of noble birth; how dare you act so recklessly here?"
"Our bodies and hair are given to us by our parents. Even Her Highness herself wouldn't dare to bump into her body lightly. How dare you lowly commoners harm her so wantonly!"
The princess's maidservants shouted and rushed forward.
Li Qing didn't even turn her head: "Stop them!"
Seeing that there were no other people available, Cai Jiuniang led her maidservant and rushed forward herself.
"This is saving the princess's life!"
"If the princess lives, then all of us can live today. Didn't you see? Even that female healer was helpless."
"They can definitely save the princess, trust them."
"That's right, when the princess wakes up, we'll all apologize to her together."
The other noble ladies also rushed forward upon seeing this.
At this moment, everyone desperately hoped that the princess would wake up soon.
Therefore, this can be considered a last-ditch effort, and also a testament to working together as one.
The maid was so anxious that she kept wiping away tears, but Li Qingluo had no time to turn around and look at them.
She stared intently at the purple centipede.
To my surprise, the centipede changed from purple to dark purple, and then gradually turned completely black.
Then the centipede's body grew larger and larger, and finally it crashed to the ground.
Jinhua quickly picked it up.
Then he took out several thick, long silver needles and, amidst the maid's screams, deftly inserted them.
However, the princess's eyelashes trembled very quickly.
Just as Jin Hua was about to speak, Li Qingluo winked at her.
Jin Hua instantly understood and nodded secretly.
Li Qingluo suddenly spoke up: "Senior sister, could you please take another look at the table in front of Princess Changning? Is there any poison on it?"
She saw Changning's expression change drastically and uncontrollably in an instant.
He understood even more clearly now.
Just as I expected.
Jinhua moved quickly.
She smelled poison in a stack of pastries after only smelling a few of the items.
"It is indeed this poison."
"This poison can cause severe abdominal pain, so severe that it is worse than death, and an overdose can even be fatal."
The other noble ladies were in an uproar upon hearing this.
"How did it end up at the banquet in Changning?"
"Yeah, isn't she the prime suspect? How could her pastries be poisoned?"
"Could it be that the princess accidentally ate her pastries?"
"What do you mean by accidentally eating them? Those pastries were clearly served to the princess by her own hand, and she even said that the taste on her plate was far more delicious than ordinary food! I saw it with my own eyes!"
"She...she did it on purpose, didn't she?"
Li Qingluo pretended not to hear anything, and instead covered her mouth in surprise: "Has Your Highness consumed too much?"
"It's been so long and he still hasn't woken up."
“I just checked the princess’s pulse, and she looks like she’s about to lose consciousness.”
"Senior sister, is my restaurant really going to go downhill? Today, I'm going to lose a princess's life!"
"Everyone else is going to be finished too..."
"Who could be so cruel as to scheme against me, even dragging themselves into this mess?"
Li Qingluo angrily looked around, finally fixing her gaze on Changning.
Changning looked shocked.
Li Qingluo had Que'er remove the gag from her mouth.
Then he stepped forward personally: "I presume it really isn't Your Highness?"
"After all, no one would be so heartless as to put poison in their own food."
"If Your Highness were to accidentally consume it, you would be the one lying there now."
"But fate is cruel; your seventh princess, whom you've known since childhood like a sister, took the blame for you..."
"It's such a pity that Her Highness, in the prime of her life, had to leave this world in such a miserable way..."
Changning, her face deathly pale, murmured, "How is this possible?"
"No, it can't be like that..."
"It's only a tiny bit, like a fingernail...it should only hurt for a short while!"
"I didn't want to kill anyone..."
Suddenly, a voice cried out: "Changning! So it was you who wanted to harm me!"
Zongzheng Xingyao opened his eyes, pointing at Changning with a heartbroken and furious expression.
Princess Changning stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning.
"You, you're actually awake!"
"Xingyao, you're not dead?"
"No, it wasn't me!"
"I was just talking nonsense! It was Nangong Qingluo who deliberately set a trap for me; she intentionally harmed me!"
"I didn't poison her, Xingyao, it really wasn't me!"
"If you don't believe me, you can search me, and you can check my hands—"
She desperately stretched out her hand, her face pale as she tried to explain.
Li Qingluo: "Of course you wouldn't be stupid enough to poison someone yourself."
"Senior sister, could you please go and check on her personal maid?"
"The poison must be in them."
"If there's nothing on your body, there might still be some residue under your fingernails."
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