Imperial Garden.
The female doctor walked around the lotus pavilion, following the fragrance, and her eyes finally stopped on the stone lantern next to the swing.
When the four corner eaves of the lantern tower were lifted, one could see that in addition to the original lamp oil, there was also a round incense box the size of rouge.
The box was open, with the lid aside, and contained fine white powder.
A faint fragrance permeates the air.
Doctor Sun's face changed slightly. She picked up the lid of the box through her handkerchief, sealed the incense box, and handed it to Wu Mi who was standing beside her.
When Wu Mi received the news that the princess was poisoned, he rushed to see Ning Wanyin immediately.
The granddaughter doctor reported: "Empress Chen, the incense box contains Licao incense. The fragrance is light, but the poison is extremely strong. If you inhale this incense for a quarter of an hour, the poison will invade your body. If you inhale it for more than an incense stick of time, even gods and immortals cannot save you."
Tang Miaoling had just been there a while ago, so she was only slightly contaminated and it was no big deal.
Parrots are different from humans. They will be poisoned by even the smallest amount of food. Moreover, they were standing on the lamp tower, closest to the spices, and were the first to be poisoned.
The eldest princess and Nanny Ping stayed here for about a quarter of an hour and were severely poisoned, but fortunately they left in time and were able to be treated within an incense stick of time.
Wu Mi took the eunuchs from the Criminal Court and searched the entire Lotus Pavilion in detail. Apart from finding the incense box, there was nothing unusual.
The person who did it did not leave any suspicious evidence.
As the news of the princess' poisoning spread...
Concubine Zhuang was the first concubine to arrive, and the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair all ran all the way there.
"Where is the princess?" Concubine Zhuang looked at Ning Wanyin, her eyes unable to hide her anxiety.
"I'm in Yonghe Palace. I just took some medicine and am resting now." Ning Wanyin said.
Concubine Zhuang didn't care about anything else and urged the palace servants, "Hurry, go to Yonghe Palace!"
Xiao Yunyao and other concubines also rushed to the Imperial Garden. If something happened to the princess, the emperor would definitely return to the harem, so the concubines could not neglect him.
"Who is so vicious that he would do such a cruel thing to the princess..." Xiao Yunyao had a look of shock and a hint of anger on her face, but she disguised herself very well.
Concubine Kang asked with concern: "Madam Concubine Chen, is the eldest princess okay?"
"My granddaughter received timely medical treatment and is now fine," said Ning Wanyin.
A trace of disappointment flashed through Xiao Yunyao's heart. This noble lady Lu was really...stupid.
He can't even handle such a small matter.
"The eldest princess is fine, so I am relieved." Xiao Yunyao looked very relieved and thankful. She turned to look at Wu Mi and said:
"I wonder if we can find the person who poisoned the princess?"
Wu Mi was carefully identifying the incense box, following the routine procedures of the Criminal Justice Department to investigate cases, checking the regulations of the incense box, and whether there were any other traces, etc.
"In reply to Consort Hui, we are investigating."
As he spoke, Wu Mi looked at Ning Wanyin and reported:
"After my identification, I found that this incense box is an ordinary incense box in the palace, which is very common. But in addition to the scent of Li grass, there is also a kind of incense scent on the incense box. Please ask the granddaughter doctor to identify it."
The female doctor came closer and sniffed it carefully, then nodded in agreement, "Yes, there is also a faint scent of peach blossoms."
Wu Mi immediately asked someone to go to the incense department to get a box of peach blossom fragrance for verification.
Verified.
"Empress Chen, the fragrance on this box is the peach blossom scent from the Caixiang Bureau. This incense is found in the palaces of all the nobles." Wu Mi reported.
As soon as these words came out...
Concubine Lu, who was pretending to know nothing, was startled.
This box of spices had been previously kept in her palace, so it was tainted with the scent of the incense inside.
"Which noble did this? Your Majesty, do we need to search the palace one by one?" Xiao Yunyao looked at Ning Wanyin, looking as if she was actively tracking down the real culprit.
Searching the palace now? How can we find any evidence?
It has been cleared away long ago.
As for the Imperial Garden, anyone can come here. Unless there are eyewitnesses, who would know that it was Concubine Lu who did it?
"No hurry." Ning Wanyin looked at Pengqin and Pengqi and ordered, "Summon the eunuchs from the Weilinsi who are guarding the imperial garden, and ask Madam Ping to come over."
After a while, the eunuch and Nanny Ping arrived one after another.
Also coming was Concubine Zhuang.
She had just arrived at Yonghe Palace and was relieved to see that her daughter was safe and sound. Ning Wanyin sent someone to ask Madam Ping to help investigate the case. She wanted to know who had harmed the eldest princess, so she immediately followed.
Ning Wanyin looked at the guarding eunuch and said:
"Check the people who entered the Imperial Garden today."
This incense box could not have been placed there yesterday, because every morning the palace servants would clean the lamps and add lamp oil.
The guard eunuch took out a small booklet from his bosom, flipped through it and said:
"In reply to Her Majesty, there were twelve concubines who passed through the Imperial Garden this morning, along with twenty accompanying palace maids and twenty-two palace maids from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
The concubines looked shocked.
They knew that there were eunuchs guarding and patrolling everywhere in the palace.
But who knew that the eunuch guarding the gate even recorded who entered the Imperial Garden?
"You still remember this?" Fu Jiaoyi was shocked.
Ever since Ning Wanyin took charge of the Imperial Household Department, she had asked the eunuchs guarding the Imperial Garden, Xianyin Tower and other public places to record the entries and exits.
Because nothing has happened, no one knows the details.
This is also the reason why Ning Wanyin decided to expose her flaws.
She originally planned to spend more time in the Imperial Garden and Xianyin Tower in the next two days, so that she would not have to leave Yonghe Palace, and the people behind the scenes would have no way to start.
And if someone wants to attack her, this list will be extremely useful in identifying the suspect.
So it was right after the first birthday ceremony.
Ning Wanyin also specially sent Lian Rui to instruct the eunuch in charge of the Weilin Division that this matter must not be taken carelessly.
The eunuchs on duty did not dare to be negligent and recorded everything clearly.
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