Chapter 354: Butterfly Dance Peach Killing 7
Judge Guo had already spoken in a very reserved manner.
You will never be able to stand up again in this life. In plain words, you will become a paraplegic in the future, bedridden all day long, and your eating, drinking, defecating and urinating will all be solved in this three-inch world.
Xiao Jingheng was saddened and remained silent for a long time.
Song Zhao also cried even more sadly.
She leaned on Xiao Jingheng's shoulder, sobbing sadly.
"Xiao Lang! The person who poisoned me has evil intentions. If it is true as Xiao Fuzi said, then that person came for me and Ruoxin. I really don't know who I offended in the past to be framed like this..."
While crying, Xiao Yinzi hurried into the hall again.
"Your Majesty, I was ordered to search the six palaces and found this in Concubine Yao's palace."
He took out a palm-sized rough wooden box and presented it to him.
Seeing Xiao Jingheng trying to open it, he hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty! This thing may be strange. Let's let Director Guo examine it first."
After receiving a look from Xiao Jingheng, Judge Guo strode forward to take the rough wooden box and opened it cautiously.
But he only took a glance at the powder inside, without even checking it carefully, and immediately asserted:
"Your Majesty! This is the Five Poison Powder!"
"How dare you!" Xiao Jingheng's eyebrows twisted and he asked sternly, "Where in Yaohua Palace did you find this dirty thing?"
Xiao Yinzi stuttered back, "Yes...it was in the inner chamber of Concubine Yao..."
Xiao Jing's face became increasingly grim, "Send her over!"
Xiao Yinzi said hurriedly, "When Concubine Yao saw this thing being turned out from her inner bed, she was also shocked. Concubine Yao said that she didn't know about this matter, and hurriedly said that she would come with the servant to explain it to the emperor in person. She is waiting outside the palace now."
Xiao Jingheng's face was covered with frost, and he shouted angrily, "Bring him in!"
As soon as Concubine Yao entered the palace and before she could begin her petition, she heard Concubine Hui's desperate cries coming from the inner chamber.
"My son is not even three years old yet. How can you tell me that he will be bedridden for the rest of his life and will never be able to stand up and walk like a normal person? I don't believe it!"
The sound was as shrill as an impatient cat in a spring night, sending chills down one's spine.
Following that voice, Concubine Yao knelt in front of Xiao Jingheng with a horrified look on her face, and said bitterly:
"Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me. I don't know who secretly placed this rough wooden box in my palace!"
Xiao Jingheng stared at her with bloodshot eyes, veins popping out on his forehead.
But perhaps because he had doubts in his heart, he did not scold Concubine Yao, but let her continue talking.
Concubine Yao took a breath and continued, "On my birthday a few days ago, many concubines came to my palace to congratulate me. Maybe someone took advantage of the chaos and put this thing in my palace. Who knows!"
She stepped forward and clung to the hem of Xiao Jingheng's dragon robe, not knowing whether she felt wronged or afraid, tears welled up in her red and sour eyes.
"I am truly wronged! Your Majesty, if I had done this, I should have dealt with these dirty things long ago. Why would I have kept them there and waited for someone to search the palace?"
Her argument was clear and logical, and she had caught the flaws in the matter.
At the same time, Concubine Hui also walked out from the inner chamber with a sad look on her face.
She was not angry with Concubine Yao, but instead spoke up for her.
"Your Majesty, I also find this matter quite strange. The imperial physician said that the Five Poison Powder is extremely toxic and takes effect quickly, so the butterflies whose wings were contaminated with the Five Poison Powder died after a short while.
But Sister Yaofei has not been in or out of Changle Palace today. If those butterflies flew out from Yaohua Palace, they must have died on the way, and the Five Poison Powder scattered along the way must have hurt the palace maids. Why did the poison take effect only in Sister Song's palace?"
Concubine Hui wiped her tears and looked back at Song Zhao. In her sorrow, she found some leisure and said to her with concern:
"Sister Song, this might be someone in your palace who did this, so that the poisoned butterflies can only fly around in your palace. Sister, think carefully, who did you offend?"
With just a few words, Concubine Hui directed all the blame on Song Zhao.
Yes, the incident happened in Song Zhao's palace, but Song Zhao was unharmed, and the dead Chunhua and Qiuyue were not her close servants.
Instead, Cheng Jing almost lost his life because of this incident.
After some speculation, it is possible to say that someone was targeting Song Zhao in this matter, or that Song Zhao was deliberately plotting to murder Concubine Hui's only son.
It has to be said that Concubine Hui has been with Xiao Jingheng for too long, and she really knows how to take advantage of his suspicion of the emperor.
At this moment, Xiao Jingheng's gaze towards Song Zhao had changed from original concern to a hint of suspicion.
Song Zhao was stunned. He did not answer this question, but asked a question in return.
"Someone in my palace did it?"
She looked around, her eyes filled with even more fear.
"But I have never offended anyone..."
At this moment, Doctor Zhang suddenly said,
"Your Majesty, this five poison powder is not allowed in the palace. If you want to use it to harm people, you must buy it from outside the palace."
He was reminded by Guo Yuan, the judge of the sutra, and he also said:
"What Imperial Doctor Zhang said is quite true. Moreover, this Five Poison Powder itself is a medicine that can be used to fight poison with poison, but because of its strong toxicity and the limited number of diseases for which it can be used, there are not many vendors in Kyoto selling this medicine. Your Majesty can bring them in one by one for careful interrogation, and perhaps you can find some clues."
Therefore, Xiao Jingheng temporarily put aside his suspicion and asked Jiang Deshun to personally lead people out of the palace to carry out this task.
The emperor's thunderous power remains undiminished, and those in his presence dare not neglect their duties.
That night, Jiang Deshun captured all the vendors selling the Five Poison Powder in Kyoto.
Among them, only one vendor had recently sold the Five Poison Powder. The painter of Ruyifang listened to his description and drew a portrait of the person who bought this item.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs took the portrait for comparison and found out that the person in the painting was the eunuch in charge of purchasing goods outside the palace, Xiao Yaozi.
That night, Xiao Yaozi was taken to the Ministry of Punishment and tortured severely, in order to extract the truth from him.
When the concubines went to pay their respects to Concubine Chen the next day, Xiao Jingheng also came.
He ordered someone to bring Xiao Yaozi to the palace and asked him to identify who had asked him to go out of the palace to buy the Five Poison Powder.
When Xiao Yaozi arrived, he had been beaten to a bloody pulp, with only half his life left.
But as soon as he entered, he pointed his bloody finger at Caiying who was serving beside Rong Yue and said weakly:
"Your Majesty...it was the Five Poison Powder that she asked me to buy from outside the palace..."
As soon as the words fell, the whole hall was in uproar.
Everyone turned their eyes to Rong Yue.
Even Song Zhao looked at her in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice:
"I have no grudge against you, why do you want to hurt me like this?"
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