Several dark shadows were illuminated by the lantern in Wanzhu's hand. They turned out to be Zhang Li, the commander of the Imperial Guard, and several guards.
Wanzhu, who was already trembling with guilt, was so scared that the lantern in her hand dropped to the ground. She subconsciously turned around and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Zhang Li by the shoulder.
"Wanzhu, why are you running?"
Wanzhu turned sideways, her teeth chattering, but she tried to remain calm: "Commander Zhang, I thought I had run into some bad guys and got scared."
Zhang Li sneered: "Do I look like a bad guy?"
He picked up the lantern. Fortunately, the candle was still on and illuminated Wanzhu. His eyes fell on Wanzhu's hand.
Wanzhu clenched her fists, and her fists were shaking.
Zhang Li asked, "What's in your hand?"
Wanzhu shook her head: "No, nothing."
Zhang Li said in a slightly stern voice, "Open your palm and let me see it."
Wanzhu did not do as she was told, but instead clenched her fists even tighter.
Zhang Li gestured to the guards around him.
The guard stepped forward and grasped Wanzhu's fist with his big hand.
The poison that Yu Jinshu took was given by Wanzhu. If she opened her palm, she would be dead.
At the last moment, Wanzhu clenched her fists, bent down and squatted, shouting loudly: "Empress, help! Empress..."
The wooden house was not very soundproofed even though the distance between them was short. Xu Huan faintly heard Wanzhu's shouting in the side room. Thinking of the poison in Wanzhu's hand, she was horrified and ran out without even having time to put on her shoes.
When Xu Huan ran to Wanzhu, Pu Kun also came.
Pu Kun looked at Xu Huan's panic and became more certain that Wan Zhu had something in her hand.
He said to Wanzhu, "Wanzhu, take out what's in your hand."
Wanzhu had no choice but to obey the emperor's words.
Wanzhu was about to open her palm when Xu Huan walked over to her and grabbed her hand. "Wanzhu, you know I hate being alone at night. Why did you come out here? Come back with me."
Wanzhu's eyes were filled with tears, she didn't know what to do?
But she knew that if the emperor saw the poison in her hand, it would mean death.
At this time, the queen pulled her and asked her to go back, and of course she was eager to leave quickly.
But the guard held her wrist tightly and didn't let go.
Even when the queen arrived, the guards didn't want to let go.
Pu Kun looked at Xu Huan's feet and sneered, "Queen, why are you so anxious?"
Xu Huan quickly explained, "Your Majesty, although Wanzhu is only a palace maid, she grew up with me and we are like sisters. When I heard Wanzhu's screams just now, I thought she had been met by thieves."
Pu Kun snorted softly, "Is that so? But I've heard that the Queen is usually very harsh on Wanzhu."
"No, nothing happened." Xu Huan's face turned pale with nervousness.
Pu Kun looked at Zhang Li and said, "Take what's in her hand. If she doesn't cooperate, cut off her hand. I want to see what secrets she has that she can't show to anyone."
Zhang Li felt a little embarrassed when he saw Wanzhu's hand being held by the Queen.
After all, she is the queen. How can a guard like him touch the queen's hand?
Seeing that Zhang Li was hesitant, Pu Kun walked up to the guard, suddenly pulled out the sword hanging on the guard's waist, turned around, and slashed at the hands of the Queen and Wanzhu.
Wanzhu widened her eyes.
Queen Xu Huan was so frightened that she quickly let go of her hands. She lost her balance and fell backwards.
The long sword in Pu Kun's hand stopped above Wanzhu's wrist, and it seemed that Wanzhu's hand would be separated from her body just a little bit.
Wanzhu was so scared that she quickly let go of her hand and threw the small bottle of poison in her hand to the ground.
Zhang Li picked up the medicine bottle, opened it and smelled it.
As the commander of the Royal Guards, he is not only a martial arts expert, but also has some knowledge of poisons. He can tell the toxicity of poison just by smelling it.
"Your Majesty, the diarrhea poison that Grand Secretary Yu ate must be this."
Pu Kun's face darkened and he waved his hand: "Catch the queen and her maid Wanzhu for interrogation."
Xu Huan shouted in panic: "Your Majesty, I don't have it, I don't have it..."
But she was not given a chance to plead, as the two guards detained her.
At this moment, she completely lost the dignity of a queen.
Xu Huan and Wan Zhu were interrogated separately.
Both were hung up.
Xu Huan naturally would not admit it. If she admitted it, she would die.
Wanzhu couldn't stand the intimidation and confessed quickly.
The Queen had the poison since the day she entered the palace. Duke Xu bought it for her to use in palace infighting and to eliminate dissidents.
The only symptom of this poison is diarrhea, which cannot be detected even with a silver needle, and there is no antidote yet.
That night, Zhang Li led the Imperial Guards into Duke Xu's mansion and arrested him immediately.
Soon, the Royal Guards found the same poison as the one in Wanzhu's hand in Duke Xu's bedroom.
Duke Xu's bedroom contained not only this kind of poison, but many other kinds, even love potions that could charm people.
It is really unbelievable that the dignified Duke Xu actually secretly kept so many poisons that harm others and himself. It can be said that he has been harboring evil intentions for a long time.
This time, Xu Huan had no chance to quibble. She was taken directly to the capital and imprisoned in the imperial prison with her father and family.
From this day on, the Duke's Mansion was doomed.
Pu Kun took Yu Jinshu back to the palace.
The concubines were still staying in the villa, and Pu Kun arranged for someone to write letters for all of them when they got married and returned home.
As for the dowry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will prepare it in the next few days and send it to their homes one by one.
When the concubines saw the queen's death, they were all glad that they chose to marry and return home. Otherwise, they would have been jealous and might have made the same mistake as the queen.
Yu Jinshu went to the palace and lay safely in Pu Kun's arms, without any of the diarrhea that had been rumored.
Before going to the banquet, Yu Jinshu told Pu Kun that after she took the detoxification pill, no poison could kill her.
At the banquet, Yu Jinshu took advantage of others' inattention and took the food in front of her to the system for testing one by one. She found out that the small bowl of soup in front of her was poisoned, and the poison was so strong that it could cause diarrhea and there was no cure.
After she confirmed the matter, she told Pu Kun that the food was poisonous, and began to pretend to be sick. She also had someone spread the word that she had diarrhea.
Pu Kun was very worried about her: "Jinshu, are you really okay?"
When they went to the banquet hall, he said that he would not let her eat dishes that he had not tasted, so he tasted the dishes in her bowl first before putting them into her bowl.
But she didn't expect that after she drank the soup, it wasn't the soup that was poisonous.
Yu Jinshu rubbed against his arms: "Don't worry, I'm really fine."
Pu Kun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was really fine.
The harem was also very lively that night. Kunning Palace was raided and many contraband items were found, all of which were used to harm people.
As soon as Yu Jinshu entered the palace, he met Yu Meilin.
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