"Your Majesty, Concubine Jing has been poisoned!" said the imperial physician solemnly.
Upon hearing this, the emperor was furious: "How could poison appear at the palace banquet?"
"Doctor, is there a cure for this poison?"
Doctor Zhong was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, I will give you acupuncture to suppress the spread of the poison. If you want to detoxify it, you still need to know what the poison is!"
After saying this, Doctor Zhong hurriedly took out the silver needle and gave acupuncture to Concubine Jing.
The emperor was furious: "Come here, check everything that Concubine Jing has eaten and touched!"
The chief eunuch Song Qu hurriedly bowed in response.
Ning Yuxi stood in the bedroom with the other concubines. She was nervous. Who was so bold as to poison someone in public at the New Year's Eve banquet?
And he was poisoning Concubine Jing. Concubine Jing was usually quiet. Apart from her indifferent eyes that seemed to show that no one could please her, she was fine in other aspects. She didn't make things difficult for others and was kind to her servants.
Who would make an enemy of her?
However, Concubine Jing was extremely favored by the emperor. She was the one who slept with the emperor the most on weekdays. It was not ruled out that someone who was jealous of her poisoned her.
The emperor respects the empress, and his favor towards the imperial concubine is more because her mother's family is highly valued by the emperor. He truly likes Concubine Jing.
This can be seen from the fact that when Concubine Jing fainted at the banquet just now, the Emperor quickly ran over and picked up Concubine Jing regardless of the presence of the princes of the royal family.
Soon Song Qu returned with a report: "Your Majesty, I have had someone check everything Concubine Jing has eaten or touched, and only this thing is poisonous."
As he spoke, Song Qu signaled the young eunuch behind him to bring out a bowl of soup.
When the emperor saw it, he realized that it was Concubine Jing's favorite lychee soup. Because lychees tasted bitter, no one liked them, except Concubine Jin.
Song Qu continued, "The imperial physician found that this thing was poisonous, but he didn't know what the poison was."
At this time, Doctor Zhong had finished acupuncture. Upon hearing this, he hurried over and picked up the bowl to examine it.
After a moment, Doctor Zhong apologized, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am incompetent and have never seen such a poison."
Song Qu continued, "Just now, I took it to the Imperial Hospital and all the doctors checked it out, but they didn't recognize this poison."
What kind of poison is so strong that all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital are helpless?
The emperor's brows knitted into knots, and he ordered Song Qu: "Pass on my decree. A huge reward is offered for this item. Anyone who can detoxify this poison will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"
Song Qu quickly responded: "Yes!"
At this time, Concubine Jing, who was lying on the bed, started coughing violently again until she coughed up a mouthful of black blood and then fainted again.
The black blood in the distance spread with an unpleasant and pungent smell. Everyone covered their noses with their hands and looked disgusted.
The smell was so bad that Ning Yuxi couldn't help but cover her nose. Faintly, Ning Yuxi felt that the smell seemed a little familiar.
But I didn't think of it for the moment.
At this time, the second-in-command eunuch Wei Qi came in and bowed: "Your Majesty, we have found out that it was a palace maid who served food..."
Before he could finish his words, the emperor shouted angrily, "Bring the man up here!"
Wei Qi had no choice but to wave his hand to signal the eunuch to bring the person up.
After a while, a palace maid who was about sixteen or seventeen years old was brought up.
The palace maid was terrified and knelt on the ground, trembling.
The emperor said solemnly: "Did you poison me?"
The maid waved her hands in shock, "No, it wasn't me. It was, it was Lady Xie. I saw with my own eyes that Lady Xie put poison in the brocade lychee soup!"
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A single stone caused a thousand ripples. Ning Yuxi was suddenly startled and turned to look at Concubine Xie who was standing not far away. The same thing happened to everyone else.
All eyes turned to Concubine Xie for a moment. Concubine Xie seemed stunned. It took her a long time to react before she knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I did not. I have never been near that soup."
The palace maid continued, "I saw with my own eyes that Concubine Xie took out a packet of medicine from her body and put it into the soup. The packet might still be on Concubine Xie."
The Emperor's sharp gaze fell on Concubine Xie, and his tone was icy: "Search!"
Concubine Xie seemed a little incredulous. The Emperor wanted to search her body? Whether or not she found anything so humiliating, she would be ridiculed.
Concubine Xie was filled with sorrow. She looked at the emperor's cold eyes and allowed several palace maids to grope and search her body.
She held her back straight, clenched her teeth, and stubbornly refused to let her tears flow. She was not afraid of being searched for anything she hadn't done!
It was not until a palace maid took out a medicine bag from her arms that Concubine Xie's eyes were filled with surprise and her heart turned cold.
The maid brought the medicine package over, and Doctor Zhong hurried forward to examine it. After a moment, he said, "Your Majesty, the medicine in this package is the same as the medicine in this soup!"
Xie Guiren's body was cold, and he said in disbelief: "No, this is not mine, this is not mine!"
Facing the emperor's furious gaze, Concubine Xie said anxiously, "Your Majesty, I really don't know why this thing is on me. I have no grudge against Concubine Jing, so why would I harm her?"
At this time, Zhou Changzai, who was standing behind Ning Yuxi, suddenly said, "Everyone knows that the Emperor loves Concubine Jing. How could you know that it's not you who's jealous of Concubine Jing's exclusive favor?"
"you…"
Zheng Da Ying also agreed: "That's right, among the newcomers, you have to endure the most rain and dew, but it's not even half of what Concubine Jing has received. Maybe you are unwilling to accept it, so you killed her."
After much difficulty, two of the newlyweds were pregnant and could not sleep with the emperor, and Concubine Qin was banished to the cold palace. Zheng Yuan'er finally had a chance to come out, but who knew that she would be snatched away by Concubine Xie.
These days, besides Concubine Jing, Concubine Gui and the Empress, Concubine Xie has been the one who has slept with the Emperor the most.
Zhou Changzai had served the emperor in bed once, and she promised him that the emperor never thought of her once. How could she not be jealous!
They all entered the palace together, so why should Concubine Xie be the only one favored? Now that she can be stepped on, she will naturally seize this opportunity.
"You! You guys!" Concubine Xie was speechless after hearing what Zhou Changzai and Zheng Yingyu said back and forth. She was not good at arguing, and the two of them sang the same tune and shut her up.
The Queen considered, "Your Majesty, this matter may be..."
She originally wanted to say something for Concubine Xie. Among the newcomers, the emperor has always been indifferent to everyone.
Now that Concubine Xie has finally won the emperor's favor and she comes from a prominent family, she still hopes that Concubine Xie will be able to suppress Concubine Liu's arrogance.
Although Concubine Jing was favored, she was not competitive and her family background was not noble, so she did not regard Concubine Jing as a threat.
The Emperor, however, did not want to hear what the Empress had to say on behalf of Noble Lady Xie. He interrupted her, saying, "Your Majesty, there is no need to say more. I will make the final decision!"
"Wei Qi, how's the investigation going?"
Wei Qi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have checked and found that only Concubine Xie left during the banquet. No one else was present."
The emperor looked at Concubine Xie with a colder look: "What else do you have to say?"
Concubine Xie was stunned for a moment and suddenly thought of something: "Your Majesty, I was splashed with soup by a maid who served the dishes, so I went out to change clothes.
Yes, that packet of medicine must have been stuffed into my clothes at that time, Your Majesty."
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