"I...this servant...this servant should handle these matters myself when I return..."
The Empress Dowager suddenly interrupted her: "Wash it right here! Someone, wash off the nail polish from Consort Yue's hands!"
Several palace maids entered from outside the door, and soon they came in carrying water and other utensils.
Yueji forced a smile, but the cold sweat on her forehead betrayed her.
"Yue Cairen, you're sweating a lot. Are you scared?" Gu Jiangli asked with concern.
Yueji was taken aback, looked up and met Gu Jiangli's scrutinizing eyes, and subconsciously shook her head.
"No, I'm not... I'm just a little hot."
"Is it hot?" Gu Jiangli asked in return.
It's just past Mid-Autumn Festival, and it's been incredibly cool every day, so how could it be hot?
She was clearly sweating because she felt guilty.
Gu Jiangli asked one question and then shut up.
Watching the rose's hand being immersed in water mixed with medicine, a basin of clear water instantly changed color.
However, the palace maids who were tending to Yueji and cleaning her nail polish looked suspicious.
"Huh? Why is the water this color?"
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager immediately turned her head to look.
"The balsam flower stain should be red, so why did the water turn grayish-black after you removed your nail polish?"
Rose nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"This servant...this servant doesn't know either..."
The Empress Dowager pointed to the basin of water and said to the imperial physicians beside her, "Come and see, why is this water this color!"
The imperial physicians stepped forward one by one, and after examining the patients, one of them replied in alarm:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this water is poisoned!"
The emperor broke the silence that had been building up, and without asking any further questions, directly ordered: "Take Lady Yue away!"
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