Chapter 269: Koi Carp Brings Disaster
Judge Guo received the order and examined the pulses of the Empress, Imperial Concubine, Song Zhao, and Concubine Ying in turn.
The pulses of the first few people were normal, and there was nothing strange to be seen.
But when Judge Guo finally took Concubine Ying's pulse, his expression suddenly changed.
After a while, he replied to Xiao Jingheng in a solemn voice.
"Your Majesty, the Empress, Imperial Concubine, and Concubine Yi are all fine, and they have no symptoms of having used Nine Yin Powder. But... Concubine Ying does have symptoms of having used this substance in her body."
Concubine Ying was horrified, with a look of disbelief on her face, "How... could this be possible? Will this hurt me?"
Judge Guo said, "Don't worry, your Majesty. Fortunately, the dose is not heavy. I will prescribe some nourishing medicine for you later. You will be fine after you take care of yourself."
At this moment, Xiao Jingheng's expression was extremely complicated, and the queen also tried her best to defend herself.
"I have also sent this plum soup to Concubine Gui and Concubine Yi, and I have also drunk it myself. Why is it that only Concubine Ying is feeling unwell?"
"The Queen is so bold to ask this question."
Concubine Chen rolled her eyes at the Queen and said sarcastically, "I dare not drink a single sip of the plum soup you sent me. After experiencing Yu'er's miscarriage, how can I dare to use the things you gave me?"
Song Zhao was puzzled, "But I did drink the plum soup that the Queen sent me that day. How come I am fine?"
Xiao Jingheng said, "You have been eating and drinking with me these past few days. The Queen brought plum soup to me that day. Things in front of the emperor must be carefully checked. Of course, there will be no dirt mixed in."
As soon as he finished speaking, he stared at the queen with gloomy eyes.
"What does your Majesty mean by this?" The Queen asked anxiously, "Could it be that...your Majesty thinks that I really did this?"
She stood up with her sleeves untied, knelt straight in front of Xiao Jingheng, and said in a sonorous voice:
"I don't have any! If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask someone to search my room carefully to see if there are any of these dirty things!"
"Search now? Ha~" Concubine Chen sneered, "You can say that, I'm afraid you have already dealt with that dirty thing long ago."
"That won't happen." Concubine Ying stepped forward and stood beside the Queen, helping her out.
"It happened suddenly. I was in the Queen's room talking to her at that time. The servant came to inform her that Concubine Tong had her period. The Queen rushed over with me immediately.
And Judge Guo just said that if a woman is not pregnant, the Nine Yin Powder will only have the effect of preventing pregnancy and will not be noticed by others. Even Tong Changzai did not know that she was pregnant, so how could the Queen know that such a big commotion would happen today?"
What Concubine Ying said made sense, but the matter suddenly turned around and pointed the finger at the Queen, and the Queen did have a precedent, so Xiao Jingheng couldn't trust her completely.
"Jiang Deshun, take someone to the Queen's room to investigate. This matter is unfair and it also damages the Queen's reputation."
The Queen said respectfully, "I thank the Emperor for seeking justice for my innocence!"
When Yu Jiang Deshun led his men to search the Queen's room, the Queen remained calm throughout the entire process.
She even went to the inner chamber to visit Rong Yue, who was still in a coma, and asked the imperial physician to take good care of her and make sure her body was in good condition so that she could continue to have children for the royal family in the future.
About a quarter of an hour later, Jiang Deshun returned and replied:
"Your Majesty, I did not find anything that should not be there in the Queen's room."
Hearing this, the Queen finally put her worries to rest.
She let out a long sigh, all the grievances in her heart poured out, and she choked up and said:
"Your Majesty, my innocence has been proven clear."
But just as he finished speaking, he saw the little seal in front of the emperor coming.
He was holding a wooden barrel in his hand and covered it with a white cloth.
Even so, everyone could still smell the faint fishy smell coming from the wooden barrel.
Concubine Chen covered her nose and took two steps back, saying with disgust:
"What is this? It's so fishy that it makes me sick."
Xiao Yinzi said, "Your Majesty, please bear with me. Your Majesty, this was fished out from the pond in the backyard of the Empress's residence."
He lifted the white cloth covering the barrel.
Everyone looked into the bucket and saw five or six koi carps with their bellies turned upside down, floating lifelessly on the water.
Xiao Yinzi explained, "These koi fish gathered together and turned upside down. Koi fish are easy to keep alive, but it seems a little strange to see so many of them turning upside down in one place. I thought it was inappropriate, so I picked them up."
Xiao Jingheng glanced at the wooden barrel and said to Guo Yuanpan: "Go and take a look."
Judge Guo bowed and accepted the order, and asked the medicine boy to take the wooden barrel outside first, so as to avoid ripping open the intestines and disgusting the masters.
After a while, when Judge Guo turned back, he had a white handkerchief in his hand, with some black sticky powder stained in the middle.
He presented this to Xiao Jingheng and replied solemnly:
"Your Majesty, this thing was found in the intestines of a koi fish. It is the Nine Yin Powder. I think someone poured the Nine Yin Powder into the pond and the koi fish accidentally ate it.
If other fish had eaten this by mistake, they would not have turned upside down so quickly. But koi have no stomach, and the food goes directly into the fish intestines, so they digest it very quickly, which is why they are poisoned and die. However, it is precisely because koi have no stomach that I was able to obtain these relatively intact dirty things from the fish intestines. "
The meaning of what Judge Guo said was very clear.
The Nine Yin Powder must have been thrown into the water not long ago and was accidentally ingested by the koi, causing them to flip over for no reason.
Just now, Concubine Ying said that she and the Queen were in a hurry to leave.
The way the Nine Yin Powder was handled now also proves that someone must have been in a hurry to deal with it, so they threw it into the pond in a hurry, thinking that it would be over once and for all.
Seeing that the criminal was caught red-handed, the queen could no longer sit still.
She didn't care about Empress Fengyi, and hurriedly stood up and shouted loudly,
"I am innocent! I have never done such a thing. I don't know who set up such an elaborate scheme to frame me! I..."
"Framed you?" Concubine Chen stopped the queen in a stern voice. "You gave the plum soup, and the Nine Yin Powder was found in your room. Except for you, all the concubines who drank the plum soup showed signs of poisoning. Tell me, who has the ability to frame you, the queen who is so precious!"
She pressed the queen step by step, her tone quite angry and excited,
"Have you forgotten how you caused me to have a miscarriage that day? You used such despicable means! Now that you have done so many evil things and can no longer have children, you want all the concubines to be unable to have children with you? Queen, you are so vicious!"
The queen was forced to retreat repeatedly, and finally her foot tripped over the leg of a chair and she stumbled and fell to the ground.
"No, I didn't do that!"
Concubine Chen glared at the queen fiercely, then turned around and knelt in front of Xiao Jingheng, saying solemnly:
"Your Majesty, please investigate this matter thoroughly and clean up the palace. Never allow this vicious woman to harm the country again!"
She took the lead, and Concubine Yao followed suit and knelt on the ground. During this time, she did not forget to pull Concubine Hui and asked her to kneel down with her.
After Song Zhao and Concubine Ying exchanged a glance, they knelt down together and said to Xiao Jingheng in unison:
"Your Majesty, please give justice to Concubine Tong and her unborn baby!"
[This is a game within a game, and it is also the first time that Huipin, the violent loli, has shown her palace fighting skills. The big boss has officially come online and applied to join the melee.
[The overall situation will be reviewed tomorrow, traditional art, happy Monday. 】
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