"Of course," Yin Hengyi said confidently. Feng Qing had already checked all these people coming and going, which meant that there was absolutely no poison in their clothes. It must have been in a place that no one would think of. And if they wanted to put the poison in, their hands would have to touch the food, so there would definitely be traces on their hands.
"Then let's leave it to Physician Li." Without wasting any words, Yinzhen asked the person kneeling below if they wanted to confess. Someone capable of such a thing would never confess on their own, so why waste words?
"Stretch out your hands." Yin Hengyi didn't waste any time and walked up to the crowd, speaking in a deep voice.
The women kneeling in the front row, including Qiu Ju and Chun Lan, immediately stretched out their hands. They also hoped to find the poisoner as soon as possible, so they cooperated readily. However, those who were guilty were not so quick to cooperate.
"Extend your hand." Yin Hengyi approached a midwife, his eyes icy.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, the midwife had no choice but to tremblingly extend her hand.
Yin Hengyi leaned closer to sniff, nodded, and then raised his hand. Immediately, someone came to restrain the midwife.
"I'm innocent! This old servant knows nothing! How could this old servant possibly poison the princess? Your Highness, this old servant is innocent!" the midwife cried out after being restrained.
"Block it up, there's still one we haven't found." Yin Hengyi's ears hurt from all the shouting, so he just gave the order.
The two eunuchs holding the midwife glanced at Yinzhen, and when Yinzhen nodded, they immediately gagged the midwife.
Yin Hengyi continued his examination, and then his gaze fell on an inconspicuous little maid. She was the person sent by the Fujin when Yin Qingyi gave birth today, saying that she was worried that Luoxuexuan would be short-handed.
They naturally didn't believe it. This little girl was someone they had been keeping a close eye on, and they would never let her touch the food. But even under these circumstances, the little girl still managed to get in touch with it and successfully poisoned it.
Unlike the midwife, the young girl, who was being held captive, did not cry out that she was wronged. She knelt quietly on the ground.
"Will you confess who ordered you, or will you confess after we torture you?" Yinzhen looked at the two kneeling on the ground, his eyes filled with murderous intent. But now was not the time to kill them. These two were doomed, but before they died, he needed them to reveal who had ordered them.
"The matter of drugging has nothing to do with the Princess Consort; it was all my doing!" the maid said calmly. Just as the people holding her loosened their grip, the maid broke free and, before anyone could react, rammed her head against a pillar in the corridor, dying instantly.
Yinzhen's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and the servants below were also terrified by this sudden scene.
"It's your turn. Speak." Yinzhen took a deep breath and looked at the midwife.
"This old servant really doesn't know! This old servant is innocent!" The midwife was also stubborn. Although she was terrified by the scene, she still stubbornly insisted that she was innocent.
"Su Peisheng, send him to the Imperial Prison for interrogation yourself." Yinzhen had little patience; since he was so stubborn, he would just have to pry him open.
"This old servant is innocent! Your Highness, please understand! This old servant really knows nothing!" Even as she was being dragged away, the midwife still refused to give in.
"Physician Li, please stay at my residence for the next few days. I will explain things to the Emperor myself," Yinzhen said to Yin Hengyi after finishing his business.
"Yes." Yin Hengyi had originally wanted to stay, but he didn't know how to bring it up. Now that Yinzhen had said so, he naturally wouldn't refuse.
Yinzhen originally thought that this midwife was a tough nut to crack and wouldn't confess so quickly, but he overestimated her. In just a few hours, Su Peisheng returned.
"You said it?" Yinzhen looked up at Su Peisheng.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I confess, it was... the Princess Consort." Su Peisheng lowered his head even further.
"...I understand, you may leave." Yinzhen stopped writing, closed his eyes, and remained silent for a long time. He spoke again after about fifteen minutes.
"Yes, this servant takes his leave." Su Peisheng bowed and retreated, truly unable to understand what his wife was thinking, that she could do such a foolish thing. Although it seemed that his master did not intend to punish his wife, he knew that his master's affection for her was waning day by day.
Originally, with Prince Honghui, the position of the Fujin (Prince Consort) was secure. But she insisted on courting disaster, destroying any remaining affection the master had for her. Now, she was just a Fujin, and there was nothing more to her to ask for.
Yinzhen sat alone in his study for a long time, not asking anyone to light a lamp even as darkness fell. Then Su Peisheng's voice rang out from outside the door.
"Your Majesty, Su Xiaobao is back." Su Peisheng's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing Yinzhen.
"Come in and light the lamp." Only then did Yinzhen pull himself out of his chaotic memories.
Su Peisheng quickly brought Su Xiaobao in, lit the lamp, and then Su Xiaobao knelt on the ground.
"Have you gathered all the medicine?" Yinzhen's voice was unreadable.
"My lord, please forgive me. I have failed to do my job properly and have not been able to find them all." Su Xiaobao said, his head pressed to the ground, his voice filled with fear.
"What's still missing?" Yinzhen wasn't surprised. He could tell from the tone of Physician Li that these medicinal herbs were hard to find.
"These three ingredients are still missing." Su Xiaobao handed over the prescription, and the three herbs circled on it were the ones that couldn't be found.
"Alright, I have a way to prepare these three medicines. Su Peisheng, go to Luoxue Pavilion." Yinzhen glanced at them and then put them away.
"Your Highness, you didn't have lunch, so why don't you have some for dinner?" Su Peisheng couldn't help but speak up as he watched Yinzhen head to Luoxue Pavilion again.
"Well then, let's have a meal." Yinzhen stopped in his tracks, only then realizing that he was hungry.
Su Peisheng immediately went to prepare the meal with great joy.
When Yinzhen finished eating and went to Luoxue Pavilion, he heard the loud cries of the triplets from afar. He couldn't help but frown slightly, wondering how these servants were taking care of their young master!
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Xiao Jinzi knelt down and bowed immediately upon seeing Yinzhen at the entrance of Luoxue Pavilion.
Yinzhen glanced at it but didn't even look at it, and walked straight past Xiao Jinzi into the room.
"May your master be well." Greetings could be heard all along the way.
Yinzhen ignored them and went straight to the delivery room. As soon as he opened the door, the deafening trio immediately assaulted his ears.
"Is this how you serve the princes and princesses! They're crying so much, don't you know how to comfort them!" Yinzhen was already holding back his anger, and when he saw the three little faces that looked similar to Yin Qingyi, their faces were red from crying, he immediately became furious.
“Your Majesty, please calm down. The princes and the little princess have just woken up and are only acting this way because they are hungry.” Granny Naqi was already used to Yinzhen entering the delivery room, and she immediately explained when she saw Yinzhen lose his temper.
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