Chapter 96 Concubine Zheng is Poisoned 1
In less than a quarter of an hour, Concubine Zheng felt dizzy and painful in her head. 'Luohui' was indeed a strange poison that could really make people lose their minds.
Concubine Zheng felt so weak that she slipped to the ground. Linglong hurried to help her up, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, how are you?"
"Go find the Emperor first, then the imperial physician. Go quickly."
Linglong quickly ordered someone to invite the emperor and the imperial physician.
While she was still conscious, Concubine Zheng stretched out two fingers and dug into her throat. The first time she didn't spit it out, she didn't dare to waste time and continued digging. The third time, she spit it all out.
The taut string loosened, and Concubine Zheng could no longer hold on and fell into Linglong's arms.
When Concubine Zheng awoke, she vaguely heard the imperial physician's report: "Your Majesty, Concubine Zheng has been poisoned by 'Luo Hui'. Fortunately, she took very little and induced vomiting in time, so she's fine. However, she needs to eat a light diet for the next few days and drink detoxifying tea for two days [made up, cannot withstand further scrutiny]."
"Then Concubine Zheng's body is in your hands."
The time had not come yet, so she continued to pretend to be unconscious. Linglong knelt on the ground and kowtowed loudly: "Your Majesty, please make a decision for my queen."
Concubine Hui was temporarily in charge of the harem affairs, so she took charge of the overall situation and said, "What's wrong with Concubine Zheng? Please tell me clearly."
Linglong burst into tears, "To answer Concubine Hui, my wife became unconscious and passed out after drinking the tea. According to the imperial physician, the tea was poisonous."
Concubine Hui pondered.
Concubine Wan murmured softly, "How could he be unconscious?"
Since the bedroom was very quiet, Concubine Wan's words happened to fall into everyone's ears. They were also very curious about why she was unconscious.
Concubine Zheng cursed in her heart: Concubine Wan is mentally ill! [She is mentally ill!]
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Concubine Zheng climbed up from the bed and threw herself into Xie Junyao's arms.
Xie Junyao subconsciously helped her.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Zheng took advantage of the situation and hugged his waist tightly, buried her little face in his arms, and cried, "Your Majesty, Yao'er is so scared, Yao'er is so scared."
The concubines present could not help but sneer at this scene. She was poisoned but still tried to seduce the emperor. She was filled with hatred.
Concubine Zheng hugged him and cried non-stop. Xie Junyao was already upset, and her crying made him even more upset.
The color of her eyes was now deep and almost black, and there seemed to be a small but invisible flame hidden in it. If there were no outsiders around, he would have pushed her away long ago.
Xie Junyao said impatiently, "Okay, stop crying."
Concubine Wan snorted softly and said to Concubine Hui beside her: "The imperial physician said it's okay, I don't know why you're crying."
Concubine Hui looked at her speechlessly. If it were you, you would probably be even more exaggerated than Concubine Zheng at this moment.
Without hearing her answer, Concubine Wan took Concubine Hui's arm and said, "Concubine Hui, don't you think so?"
Concubine Hui was startled by her "intimate" action. She was puzzled as to what Concubine Wan was doing. She looked straight ahead and stretched out her arms unnaturally.
"Yeah, yeah," he replied perfunctorily.
Concubine Wan was happy.
A thought flashed through Xie Junyao's mind, and he put on a worried expression. His brows were full of spring breeze. He patted her back gently, and his tone was also gentle and affectionate: "Don't be afraid, my beloved. I will definitely find out who wants to harm you."
After saying this, he pushed away Concubine Zheng who was crying all the time and walked behind the screen.
"Li Dexian, you personally lead the search of the six palaces. I want to see who is plotting to murder Concubine Zheng."
After saying that, his eyes drifted to the side. He was looking forward to seeing her jealous, looking forward to seeing her unhappy. Looking forward to seeing all the proof that she cares.
The other concubines noticed that the emperor was glancing over here, and they either deliberately made a shy expression or pretended to be unaware and looked at the emperor.
However, Xie Junyao didn't see them at all.
However, the person involved, Wen Wanyu, had her head lowered the entire time and didn't see the emperor's gaze. Cheng Shuyi didn't know what she had said to her, but she smiled and gently touched Cheng Shuyi.
Xie Junyao gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, okay, the two sisters have a good relationship."
Even through the screen, one could still hear Concubine Zheng's soft sobs.
Xie Junyao tugged at his collar irritably, his brow furrowed, his eyes flashing with anger: "That's enough. Stop crying."
Concubine Zheng was stunned. Wasn't she fine just now? She immediately stopped crying.
Concubine Wan gloated over Concubine Hui and said proudly, "She made her cry, and kept crying. The Emperor must have disliked her."
Concubine Hui took a deep breath and said, "Sister Wanfei, please talk less." It's so noisy.
Concubine Wan didn't hear the hidden meaning and said innocently, "Why are you so quiet? What's wrong?"
Concubine Hui: "..." After a long moment, she smiled faintly: "It's okay. It's okay."
Li Dexian returned with his men. His expression was troubled. "Your Majesty, I found a powder packet in the soil of a pot of roses in the Imperial Household Department. The eunuchs there said it was sent from Concubine Ling's room three days ago."
Xie Junyao looked at her calmly: "Jieyu Ling, do you have anything to say?"
Finally, I can look at her openly.
Wen Wanyu walked to the center of the hall with ease and without any panic, "It wasn't my concubine's doing."
"Then what evidence do you have to prove that it wasn't you? Don't bring up the principle of 'whoever questions must provide evidence' again. This time we have evidence!" said Concubine Wan.
Wen Wanyu looked at Concubine Wan and said, "I know."
"I just want to ask a few questions."
"Ask." Xie Junyao opened his mouth.
Wen Wanyu's gaze fell on Li Dexian, and she asked frankly, "Excuse me, Eunuch Li, how long has that pot of roses been in Changli Pavilion?"
Li Dexian pondered for a moment and then said, "To answer my lady's question, the eunuch said it would only take three days."
Hearing this, Wen Wanyu smiled faintly.
"The Changlixuan was delivered six days ago, and the eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs took it away three days ago. But I have been in Chengqian Palace these days."
Concubine Wan shook her handkerchief and said, "Who knows, maybe you asked your maid to go back and put the powder bag there?"
"What's the hurry, Concubine Wan?" Wen Wanyu met her gaze, her eyebrows slightly raised: "I haven't finished what I want to say yet."
Concubine Wan knew she was in the wrong and lowered her head in embarrassment.
"During those days, I and my maid Bai Su never left Chengqian Palace," Wen Wanyu continued. When she turned around, she was caught off guard and met Xie Junyao's gaze. In just that instant, the two of them tacitly looked away.
"Is Concubine Wan questioning me, or is she questioning the Emperor?"
Xie Junyao's eyes swept over her, and Concubine Wan felt helpless and could only timidly say, "I don't have any!"
Concubine Hui came out to lighten the mood: "I guess Concubine Wan is too worried about Concubine Zheng. That's why she is questioning so anxiously."
I wanted to ease the atmosphere, but it became even more tense and... weird.
Concubine Wan is worried about Concubine Zheng???
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