Chapter 519 Murder
"Master, Concubine Jing is going too far. Asking the Emperor to leave at this time." The maid Luo Mei helped Concubine Lin back and said.
"I think Concubine Jing has something to do. Don't take it to heart." Concubine Lin said with a smile.
"The master has a good temper." Luomei sighed.
When Qi Yixiu arrived, all the lights in the Taiji Palace were on, which meant something must have happened.
He didn't rush to ask and went in directly. Seeing Lady Yao at the door, he waved his hand and asked her to get up.
Lady Yao hurriedly explained for Shen Chuliu: "The queen was sleeping, and suddenly a poisonous scorpion landed on the couch and on the queen. Fortunately, the queen reacted quickly, and the gods and Buddhas protected her from being hurt."
"Poisonous scorpion?" Qi Yixiu frowned.
"That's right. Yuanxiao and the others have been catching them for a while now. There are seventeen of them. They are all black poisonous scorpions, half the size of a palm, and extremely poisonous." Lady Yao said.
Qi Yixiu's face turned dark instantly.
When he came in, everyone greeted him, but he just waved his hand.
Then he saw Shen Chuliu sitting on the couch outside, and responded a little slowly: "Your Majesty."
When she stood up to salute, her legs felt weak and she had to be supported by Chi Su.
Qi Yixiu came over to support her: "Didn't you say you weren't hurt?"
"Your Majesty is frightened. You are most afraid of these things." Concubine Yao still remembered that many years ago, a spider on a tree scared Shen Chuliu.
"It's okay, I'm fine." Shen Chuliu supported the emperor's hand and sat down with a bitter smile: "My legs are just weak."
"Call the imperial physician." Qi Yixiu said.
"They've called, come quickly." Shen Chuliu said, "Yuanxiao and the others checked, and the scorpion came in through a small hole under my bed."
"How could there be a hole?" The inner room was not a kitchen, so how could there be a rat hole without food? "It was dug out. I don't know how long it took to dig. It's also because my room is right next to the outside." Shen Chuliu said, feeling his throat dry, so he drank a sip of water.
"The imperial physician is here." Yinhu said outside.
Doctor Zhao came in and saw the emperor was there, so he hurriedly paid his respects.
He didn't dare to say much, just took Shen Chuliu's pulse.
After a while, he said, "Your Highness is frightened and needs to take good care of herself."
"Hmm." Shen Chuliu took another sip of water. "I've been thinking about this for a long time. Where did this poisonous scorpion come from? Some people in the folks eat it, but it's impossible for the palace to eat it. So it can only be your Imperial Medical Bureau."
"This... The Imperial Medical Bureau does have this. It's a medicine that is found in many medicines. But I don't know whether what is brought back is usually a living thing or a dead thing." Imperial Doctor Zhao didn't care about this.
"Go call the imperial physician. Whoever is in charge, call them here. On the fourth day of the first lunar month, send someone to investigate." Qi Yixiu bowed with an unpleasant expression, "Let me see who doesn't want to live anymore."
This was clearly intended to put Concubine Jing to death. If she hadn't dodged so many poisonous scorpions and been stung several times, how would she have survived?
After being frightened, Shen Chuliu felt exhausted and fell asleep curled up on the couch in the outer room before the imperial physician's order arrived.
Qi Yixiu didn't ask anyone to move her, but just asked someone to bring a clean quilt that had been checked to cover her, and that was it.
When Doctor Song arrived, he saw the situation but didn't dare to say anything. He just whispered, "The Imperial Medical Bureau did use scorpions this time, but they were not this kind. And to avoid frightening the nobles, they usually send in finished products, not live ones. And these scorpions are not the kind found in the imperial city. I'm afraid they are from the north."
"Yes, yes, yes, the local scorpions are very small, not this big." Doctor Zhao also said hurriedly.
"Very good, check for me where these things came from." Qi Yixiu said angrily.
Everyone responded quickly.
Doctor Zhao gave Yuanxiao a few instructions and then left.
The inner room was quite uncomfortable, and Qi Yixiu didn't want to go in, so he just lay on the couch in the outer room with his clothes on for two hours.
In the morning, the queen learned about the incident and rushed over early.
As Doctor Zhao had predicted, Shen Chuliu had indeed developed a fever.
This was a follow-up reaction to being frightened. When the emperor came in, Imperial Physician Zhao had already made preparations. Shen Chuliu had medicine to drink in the morning, so she was not nervous.
When the queen arrived, everyone told her what had happened, and she was also shocked.
"This is really crazy. I will ask people to check every part of the palace. Concubine Mei is still pregnant, so make sure there is no trouble."
"Well, Queen, go ahead. If you go back now, they should go and pay their respects. Let's talk. I have something else to do today. I won't be free in the morning. I'll go to your place in the afternoon."
Shen Chuliu was very listless at the moment, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty and Your Majesty, please go and do your work. I cannot go to Fengzao Palace today. I will check my own palace first."
"You should take a good rest. We'll talk when you feel better." The queen patted her hands.
Shen Chuliu agreed and saw the emperor and empress out.
She had no appetite for breakfast, so she just drank a small bowl of porridge and fell asleep again. She didn't go into the inner room, but just lay there.
In the inner room, the bed had been moved away, and the hole was indeed dug out by humans, and it looked like it had been there for a long time, not just recently.
As to whether it was added during the renovation of Yufu Palace or it was there originally, it is hard to say.
However, since someone knows about this hole, there is no need to worry about finding it.
"The outside of this cave is blocked with bricks. Isn't there a forest over here? Usually no one visits it." Yuanxiao whispered to Chi Su and the others, "I'll go report to the Queen first. We need to find out who came here yesterday."
"The neighbor dared to frame our master before." Chi Su gritted her teeth: "Could it be that she is asking for death?"
"Tsk, it's hard to say, but this scorpion...she's just entered the palace, so it might be difficult to deal with her, right?" Yuan Xiao said.
"No matter what, go and report it first. Don't find out. You're looking for death." Chi Su was very angry.
Yuan Xiao nodded: "I'm going, you guys look after the master."
In Fengzao Palace, the Queen told everyone what had happened, and everyone was terrified.
This is really scary. If you get stung by a poisonous scorpion in a dream, you might die instantly.
Isn't this too cruel? "This matter must be investigated strictly. I am telling you to be careful in your own palaces and check every corner." The Queen said calmly: "As for who did this, don't take any chances. Concubine Jing was born in the Shen family, and her family has been meritorious for generations. She entered the palace and gave birth to the Sixth Prince, and she is in a high position. This is really bad, and the Emperor and I will never let it go easily."
The queen looked at the people below and said, "That's all I have to say. You guys take care of yourselves."
Having said this, she stood up and went into the inner room without telling anyone to leave.
Concubine Jin was unique today, and she stood up hesitantly: "Then let's disperse?"
Not many people bought it. They just said ok to her perfunctorily and then went their separate ways.
Yuanxiao came and told the Queen what had happened, and the Queen immediately asked someone to invite the people from the Internal Criminal Department directly.
The manager from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who had participated in the renovation of Yufu Palace also came.
This matter needs to be dealt with from the root. It has become such a big fuss and has shaken the world. If we don’t find out the cause, I’m afraid even the Shen family will be unable to do anything about it.
What's more, this was a direct murder. If Concubine Jing hadn't been lucky, she would have died.
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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