"Yes, yes! Xiaojiu said so! Queen Mother, I am truly innocent!"
When Concubine Hui heard Jing Xi speak well of her, she immediately followed suit and said, "Queen Dowager, Xiao Jiu wouldn't lie!"
The Queen Mother glanced at Concubine Hui without saying anything, but looked at Jingxi.
"Xi'er, how do you know it was the imperial physician who made a mistake?"
The Queen Mother asked.
"Grandmother, my mother doesn't understand pharmacology, so how could she know what poison my grandson was poisoned by? She naturally believes whatever the imperial physician says."
Jing Xi explained, "The imperial physician said that my grandson was just sick, so he was sick. How could my mother influence the imperial physician? And if the imperial physician was not mistaken, even if he had ten times the courage, he would not dare to conceal the fact that my grandson was poisoned, unless someone threatened him to do so.
"Mother, am I right? After I drank the bowl of sweet soup you gave me, I vomited blood and nearly died. It was the imperial physician who showed up in time and fed me an antidote pill, which saved my life.
"If the imperial physician truly knew I was poisoned but deliberately concealed it, he should have just let me die. Why would he then feed me an antidote pill that could partially neutralize the toxicity of the sweet soup, allowing me to narrowly escape death?"
Jing Xi looked at Concubine Hui from behind and spoke in a deep voice.
"Yes, yes, yes! Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Xiaojiu is right!"
Concubine Hui was completely convinced that Jing Xi was helping her, so she quickly agreed without even thinking, "It really was just the imperial physician who made a mistake!
"I don't understand pharmacology, so I foolishly followed the doctor's advice, thinking that Xiaojiu was just sick!
"You know, arsenic is extremely poisonous. Drinking it would definitely lead to death!
"If the imperial physician didn't make a mistake, then he did it on purpose. If he did it on purpose, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to detoxify Xiaojiu!
"So, the imperial physician really didn't know. He accidentally saved Xiaojiu's life. Afterwards, he just thought Xiaojiu had an acute illness and misled me!"
The more Concubine Hui spoke, the more hope for life rekindled in her eyes.
She felt that Jing Xi's words speaking for her were enough to clear her of all suspicion.
Jing Xi pleaded for her.
Emperor Cheng Xuan has always loved him, so he will surely listen to him and will not kill him again!
Concubine Hui can be said to be full of confidence.
But the next moment, Emperor Chengxuan suddenly thought of something. He slammed the table with a look of rage and shouted at her, "Concubine Hui! You have such a cruel heart! You actually poisoned your own son!"
Concubine Hui was so frightened that she shuddered all over.
"Your Majesty! I am innocent! I did not do it! How could I possibly poison my own son?"
When she came to her senses, she denied it again and again.
“Bang!”
But the next moment, Emperor Cheng Xuan was so angry that he slapped her hard in the face!
"emperor!"
Concubine Hui was beaten so hard that blood immediately came out of the corner of her mouth, but she still pretended to be innocent.
"Just now, Xi'er didn't mention what kind of poison he was poisoned with, but you directly said that the poison he was poisoned with was arsenic, which is extremely toxic!"
Emperor Chengxuan immediately revealed the flaw in Concubine Hui's words!
Concubine Hui's expression suddenly changed drastically!
She turned her head instantly and stared at Jing Xi. Only then did she realize that Jing Xi's words just now were deliberately setting a trap for her and luring her to reveal the name of the poison!
"The imperial physician didn't know? Yet he suddenly appeared and fed Xi'er the detoxification pill? How could he have prepared the detoxification pill if he didn't know in advance?"
Emperor Chengxuan then questioned.
"Your Majesty, I am wronged! I didn't know! I just said it was arsenic, but it was just a slip of the tongue! But I didn't even know that Xiaojiu was poisoned, so how could I possibly know what poison he was poisoned with!"
Concubine Hui still firmly denied it at this time.
She told herself not to admit anything.
Once you admit it, the guilt is confirmed!
Then she's dead!
"Empress Hui, how could you be so mean! You're still denying it at this point? It's a pity Shuangbao has already figured it out! As a palace concubine, if you want arsenic, you can only ask the Imperial Hospital for help. The imperial physician who treated the Ninth Prince was coerced and bribed by you!"
At this time, Xiao Shuangbao could no longer bear it and stood up to tell the truth, "The imperial physician knew that you were going to use this to harm the Ninth Prince. He was worried that if the Ninth Prince really died, the entire Imperial Hospital would be buried with him. He was also worried that if the case was found out, it would affect his family. Plus, he couldn't bear to see the Ninth Prince die, so he fed him the antidote!
"Unfortunately, arsenic is extremely toxic. That medicine can only remove a small portion of the toxicity, saving the Ninth Prince's brother's life, but it will cause his health to deteriorate rapidly and continue to suffer from the remaining toxicity!"
"You are talking nonsense! You are slandering me!"
When Concubine Hui heard that her plan had been exposed by Xiao Shuangbao, she was so angry that she started to scold her, "You are so vicious at such a young age, you want to kill me! What on earth are you planning?
"What good will it do you if I harm this palace?
"Tell me! Have you been bribed by some queen from some palace? That's why you are so anxious and hasty trying to frame me!
"I'm telling you, no matter how much you slander me, I can never prove anything I didn't do!"
Concubine Hui was also anxious at this time.
After she angrily yelled at Xiao Shuangbao, she turned to Jingxi and urged him fiercely, "Xiaojiu! Tell me now! Has your mother ever hurt you?"
"Mother, Xiaojiu was wrong. Xiaojiu will never dare to do it again!"
However, Jing Xi suddenly seemed to be stimulated by something. His face turned pale in an instant, and he shrank into the Queen Mother's arms, trembling all over. "Please don't hit Xiaojiu! Xiaojiu has never thought of competing with my brother for the throne..."
Upon seeing this, the Queen Mother quickly held him in her arms, patting him gently to comfort him.
"What nonsense are you talking about! When have I ever hit you?"
When Concubine Hui saw Jingxi like this, she was so angry that she wanted to stand up and whip him, and her attitude was very bad.
Her attitude, coupled with Jing Xi's obviously frightened reaction and Jing Xi's panicked words, undoubtedly exposed everything.
"That's right! You biased wicked woman! You wanted the Second Prince to become the emperor in the future, and you were worried that the Ninth Prince was too smart and too favored by Father, and that Father would make him a prince, preventing the Second Prince from becoming emperor. That's why you poisoned the Ninth Prince!"
Little Shuangbao also quickly followed suit and exposed all of Concubine Hui's crimes, "Shuangbao really doesn't understand why in your heart, the Second Prince is more important than the Ninth Prince?
“It’s obvious that the Second Prince is just a straw bag.
"The Ninth Prince has been smart since he was young."
Her little face was full of confusion.
When Concubine Hui heard this, she immediately went crazy and yelled at Xiao Shuangbao, "Yan'er is not a fool! He is the smartest and most well-behaved child in this palace!"
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