Chapter 522 The Emperor isn't dead yet, and he's already going to take charge?
Everyone was still shaken.
Jiang Nuanzhi frowned, looked at the dishes in front of her, and then stepped forward to examine them more closely.
Lin Chun was startled and grabbed Jiang Nuanzhi abruptly: "Madam, be careful! Let me handle this!"
Jiang Nuanzhi patted her hand reassuringly, then stepped forward, squatted down, and examined her carefully.
You wouldn't believe it until you looked into it, and what you found out was quite something.
The four dishes, one soup, and rice were all tampered with.
“These dishes are all poisonous.” Jiang Nuanzhi’s voice was cold: “Heartbreak grass, arsenic... trap medicine... Gelsemium elegans... It’s rare that so many poisonous substances were found in just a few dishes. It really took some effort.”
Hearing Jiang Nuanzhi's words, Sanqi also stepped forward to look: "Damn it, it really is! I wonder which despicable person did this!"
“But this soup…” Jiang Nuanzhi’s eyes flickered as she looked at the soup, scooped up a spoonful, and brought it close to her nose to smell it.
"How is it? What kind of poison is this?" Sanqi leaned closer and looked at the soup in Jiang Nuanzhi's hand again.
Just then, a loud bang was heard.
The eunuch who had brought them food from the imperial kitchen was now deathly pale. His lips trembled as he collapsed to the ground. His lips gradually turned blue and his eyes became unfocused.
Sanqi's complexion grew increasingly pale, and his lips turned noticeably bluish-purple.
Jiang Nuanzhi's pupils suddenly contracted, her gaze finally landing on the tray. Then she slapped away the chopsticks that Sanqi had picked up at some point: "These chopsticks are poisoned too, and so is the tray!"
As she spoke, she suddenly grabbed Sanqi's wrist to check her pulse.
In the blink of an eye, just like the little eunuch on the ground, Sanqi also fell down stiffly.
Sanqi realized he had been poisoned and quickly used his internal energy to seal his heart meridian. He said with difficulty, "Someone, quickly go and call my grandmaster to save me!"
He forced himself to say it, his throat feeling like it was blocked with phlegm, making it very difficult for him to speak.
In a flash, Jiang Nuanzhi scooped up a spoonful of soup from the table and fed it directly to Sanqi.
"Dr. Jiang, if you want to poison me, just say so!"
Sanqi rolled her eyes and managed to squeeze out this sentence with great effort.
Jiang Nuanzhi rolled her eyes, pried open his mouth, and gulped down the spoonful of soup.
Fortunately, the soup had cooled down by the time it was brought here from the imperial kitchen, otherwise it might have scalded people.
She didn't stop, but took the spoon again, filled it with another large spoonful, and poured a spoonful of it into the little eunuch on the ground.
In just a few breaths, their complexions improved.
"Huh? I can... I can move now."
Sanqi flexed her wrists and let out a heavy sigh.
The little eunuch lying on the ground gradually recovered, panting heavily as if he had survived a disaster.
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at her hands, took out some wine, and washed them together with Lin Chun before secretly letting out a sigh of relief.
They didn't spend as much time with the eunuch as they did, nor did they use chopsticks to pick up food and bite them to observe things like Sanqi did, but they were still afraid of the toxins entering their bodies.
Then Jiang Nuanzhi handed one of the porcelain bottles containing wine to Eunuch Liu, who was standing next to her.
The eunuch Liu behind him shook his head: "This servant didn't bring chopsticks, so we probably don't need them."
Jiang Nuanzhi handed it to him: "You helped set the table, so just in case, wash it. It'll put your mind at ease."
Eunuch Liu nodded and began washing himself.
Sanqi and the little eunuch's complexions returned to normal after a short while.
"They're poisoning people nowadays, and they don't even hide it! Investigate! We must find out the truth! I will definitely report this to the Emperor! Doctor Jiang, please rest assured, the Emperor will surely give you justice!"
Eunuch Liu immediately nodded: "Doctor Jiang, rest assured, I will report this matter to the Sixth Prince. I will certainly not let you suffer any injustice."
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at the indignant Sanqi beside her, and at Eunuch Liu, whose face was pale. Her gaze then fell on the food on the table in front of her.
He merely nodded slightly, lost in thought, and remained silent.
At this moment, the eunuch looked at Jiang Nuanzhi and kowtowed to her several times, saying, "Thank you, Doctor Jiang, for saving my life. I will remember your great kindness. If Doctor Jiang ever needs my help again, I will go through fire and water for you."
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at him: "You've been to school?"
The young eunuch in front of him was taken aback: "I've never read it. This servant used to serve in the Imperial Study."
Eunuch Liu glanced at him and suddenly asked, "Are you currently working in Consort Shu's palace?"
"Eunuch Liu has a good memory, that's right. I'm just running errands for Consort Shu, I don't usually get to see her."
Upon hearing this, Eunuch Liu's expression turned somewhat strange.
Seeing Jiang Nuanzhi looking over questioningly, he gave her a wink, indicating that it was not convenient to talk at the moment.
Jiang Nuanzhi understood and immediately dismissed the young eunuch.
At this point, only a few people remained in the room. Without hiding anything, Sanqi immediately began to curse loudly.
"Xiao Yuanshan is truly shameless. As the regent, he actually resorts to such petty tricks that even a lowly person wouldn't stoop to. Does he have no shame at all? Now, he's not even bothering to cover it up! Does he think no one can touch him? The emperor isn't even dead yet, and he's already trying to take over?"
Sanqi's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, and his handsome face twisted in pain: "I'm going to report this to the Emperor!"
Lin Chun frowned: "He hosted a banquet, inviting the general and his wife to attend. Yet now he's secretly plotting against us. This man's methods are truly unpredictable."
“He’s testing me.” Jiang Nuanzhi’s eyes turned slightly cold as she looked at the food. “If I can’t identify these poisons today and die from them, he can just use that to demoralize the Emperor and A Rong.”
If I recognized it, it must be heavily poisoned. I would be distracted and unable to pay attention to anything else.
The poison on the chopsticks and tray probably can't be neutralized. You'll all die in no time, lying dead in the library.
As Jiang Nuanzhi spoke, her gaze fell in the direction where the little eunuch had just left.
At this moment, Eunuch Liu said, "Doctor Jiang, that person is not as blind as he claims. He is very favored in Consort Shu's palace and rarely goes out. Such a job is not for him."
Jiang Nuanzhi suddenly remembered that this man was indeed much more handsome than ordinary eunuchs. His speech was also impeccable. He was a clever man.
Lin Chun frowned sharply: "That person was from Consort Shu's palace. Was it done on purpose? If he really died in the library, could there be other connections?"
"Could this matter also involve Consort Shu?"
Sanqi shook his head in a daze: "Put aside Consort Shu for now, but the antidote has also been sent along with it. What does this mean?"
(End of this chapter)
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