Chapter 277: Death in Place
The Eighth Young Master died of poisoning?
This news stunned Chen Tang, because nothing happened to the Eighth Young Master in his previous life, and how could someone in the Jingyang Palace poison a seven-year-old child?
The Eighth Young Master is the second son of the Fourth House and is deeply loved by the Old Madam.
Shen Tang asked, "How could the Eighth Young Master be poisoned?"
Si Er said with a trembling voice, "The Eighth Young Master ate a piece of cake at the old lady's place, and suddenly he started bleeding from all seven orifices. He died before he could even find a doctor..."
After a pause, Si'er lowered his voice and said, "The cakes that the Eighth Young Master ate were sent from the palace, specially given to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess..."
As soon as he said this, Si'er felt a chill on his back.
If the servant in the front yard had not delivered the wrong things, and sent the things that should have been delivered to Chenxiangxuan to Wutongyuan by mistake, Si'er didn't dare to think about what would happen if the Prince and the Princess ate the cakes. He was annoyed with the servant before because he couldn't do even the smallest things well, but now it was too late to be thankful.
When Si'er's words entered his ears, Chen Tang felt a chill spreading from his heart to every part of his body, and the hand holding the ivory chopsticks trembled violently.
The Eighth Young Master died of poisoning in Wutong Courtyard, and died from eating the pastries that the palace rewarded to Chen Tang and Xie Guimo. The two of them must go and take a look, so they put down their chopsticks and stood up.
When they arrived at Wutong Courtyard, they saw from afar the Fourth Master who had rushed back after receiving the bad news.
The fourth master staggered, after all, the one who died was his most beloved youngest son, and he felt heartbroken.
Inside the house, the Fourth Madam was crippled on the ground, holding the already breathless Eighth Young Master, crying uncontrollably. The Second Madam asked the nurse to take the Eighth Young Master away, and the Fourth Madam was like crazy, "Xuan'er is not dead, Xuan'er is not dead, Xuan'er will not die!"
Chen Tang and Xie Guimo walked to the screen and just in time heard the fourth wife crying heart-wrenchingly.
Although Chen Tang and the second and fourth houses were not on good terms, the eighth young master was only a seven-year-old child. He lost his life just because of a piece of cake. Even the most heartless person would feel sympathy.
But thinking that the cakes were taken from her and Xie Guimo by the old lady, and that this disaster was caused by the old lady's greed, Shen Tang could not sympathize with her.
The old lady sat on the Arhat couch, her eyes were red and her hands holding the Buddhist beads were shaking.
Seeing Chen Tang and Xie Guimo coming in, the old lady's eyes flashed with terrifying murderous intent, as if they were the ones who killed the Eighth Young Master.
The old lady would still restrain herself a bit, but for the fourth wife who was already heartbroken and mad, Chen Tang's arrival was the last straw that broke the camel's back. She was about to pounce on Chen Tang like crazy, "It's you! You killed my Xuan'er!"
The fourth wife's eyes were bloodshot and her face was ferocious, which scared Shen Tang. Xie Guimo protected Shen Tang in his arms.
The princess who entered the room earlier had a bad look on her face. "Everyone feels bad about the Eighth Young Master's accident. The Eighth Young Master was eating cakes in Wutong Courtyard. What does it have to do with the Crown Princess and Mo'er?"
The princess knew why the fourth wife blamed Shen Tang and Xie Guimo.
Because the matter of the contraceptive drug was exposed, the old lady brought the disaster to the palace, which angered the emperor and he took back the reward for the old lady.
The old lady was unwilling to accept this, so her servants sent the wrong reward. However, no one thought that the cakes given by the palace would be poisonous. God knows, when the princess heard this, her blood ran cold.
The princess knew that the eighth young master died innocently, but the fourth wife said that it was Chen Tang and Xie Guimo who killed her son. No matter how good-tempered the princess was, she would not allow the fourth wife to throw dirty water like this.
The fourth wife burst into tears, "My Xuan'er died for you!"
Shen Tang didn't like to hear this, as if they deserved to die, and no one wanted the Eighth Young Master to die for them.
It’s just that the Fourth Madam lost her son, and Chen Tang was unhappy, but it was not easy to confront the Fourth Madam, so he could only endure it.
The imperial physician arrived soon. Although the eighth young master was already dead, the servants didn't know about it, so they had to ask the imperial physician to save him. Moreover, they had to determine the cause of the eighth young master's death.
The pastries were sent from the palace, and we had to make sure that the pastries were poisoned before we could report it to the emperor and find out who wanted to harm Chen Tang and Xie Guimo.
The imperial physician came and knew that the Eighth Young Master was dead without even taking his pulse. He was poisoned by a deadly poison. Judging from the time the poisoning took effect, it was undoubtedly from the cakes that the palace had given to Chen Tang and Xie Guimo, but the remaining cakes were not found to be poisonous. Fortunately, when the Eighth Young Master was eating the cakes, some residue fell to the ground.
A thin silver needle pierced into the remaining corner of the pastry, and the tip of the needle was pitch black.
The silver needle seemed to pierce the old lady's heart, and the pain almost suffocated her.
The death of the eighth young master in the mansion was no small matter, not to mention that the cakes were meant for Chen Tang and Xie Guimo. Steward Zhou sent someone to the military camp to report to the prince, and the prince rushed back immediately.
The prince strode into the room. The old lady supported Mother Wu's hand and stood up with difficulty. Her eyes were red as she said, "The gift from the palace was mistakenly sent to my Wutong Courtyard. A small piece of cake took Xuan'er's life. I dare not say that Xuan'er died for the prince and his wife, but the cake sent from the palace was poisoned and was intended to murder our Jingyang Palace. This is an indisputable fact!"
"I can't let Xuan'er die in vain!"
This means that the prince is asking to investigate the person who poisoned the food. In fact, the prince would have investigated even without the old lady telling him to do so.
This pastry is for Chen Tang and Xie Guimo.
Imperial study.
The emperor is reviewing memorials.
Eunuch Xi brought the tea to the dragon table and whispered, "The emperor has been reading the memorials for half an hour. It's time to take a break."
The emperor closed the memorial in his hand, picked up the teacup, and fiddled with the lid gently.
A young eunuch walked in quickly, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The cakes given to the Prince of Jingyang and his wife by the palace have been poisoned. The eighth young master of the Jingyang Palace ate them and died of the poison..."
The emperor's expression changed.
Eunuch Xi asked hurriedly, "Where is the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Jingyang?"
The eunuch replied, "Prince Jingyang and his wife are fine..."
Eunuch Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
I'm glad that the Prince and Princess of Jingyang are okay, but how could the pastries given by the palace be poisonous?
Fengluan Palace.
Empress Xu was handling harem affairs, rubbing her brows tiredly.
A palace maid outside hurried forward and said, "Madam, it's bad. Something happened in Prince Jingyang's mansion..."
Empress Xu's hand rubbing her brow froze, and she suddenly opened her eyes, "What happened in Prince Jingyang's mansion?"
The maid replied, "The Emperor took back the reward for the old lady of Jingyang Palace and gave it to the prince and princess of Jingyang. The reward sent today was poisoned. The servants of Jingyang Palace thought it was still for the old lady of Jingyang Palace, so they sent it to Madam Xie. The eighth young master of Jingyang Palace saw that the cake was exquisitely made, so he took a piece to eat. As a result, the cake was poisoned, and the eighth young master of Jingyang Palace died on the spot..."
Queen Xu's face changed drastically.
The reward given to the old lady of Jingyang Palace was previously obtained by Concubine Ye on her behalf. Because Shen Tang and Xie Guimo were already openly supporting Prince Yu, Empress Xu knew that the Emperor trusted and valued Xie Guimo, so she and the Emperor gave the reward to Shen Tang and Xie Guimo in advance.
The palace had bestowed so many rewards before, and there was no problem with it. But when she wanted to give the rewards to the Prince of Jingyang and his wife, the pastries were poisoned. It was obvious that someone wanted to use her to murder the Prince of Jingyang and his wife!
Concubine Ye!
Queen Xu couldn't think of anyone else except her!
No one else in the palace would do such a thing!
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