The eldest prince was poisoned, and the whole palace was shocked.
The emperor brought the eldest prince to Ganxin Palace and immediately sealed off Qilin Palace to search for poisonous substances.
A number of concubines came forward to express their greetings.
Kangpin was so anxious that tears kept falling, "President Zhao, His Highness, how is he...how is he now..."
"Fortunately, it was discovered in time and the poison has not yet invaded the heart and lungs, otherwise even a god could not save him." said Zhao Yuanpan.
After inspection, it was discovered that the handkerchief used by the eldest prince to bandage the wound on his palm had been soaked in poisonous water.
If the poison only comes into contact with the body, it will not cause any harm. However, if it is ingested or seeps through a wound, it can quickly enter the internal organs.
Helian Qi's face was as gloomy as water, "Where did Xiupa come from?"
The eldest prince, lying on the sickbed with a weak face, looked at Concubine Rou in shock.
Concubine Rou was even more shocked than him. She knelt down in disbelief and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to report this. This is the handkerchief that my maid used to bandage the eldest prince's wound... But I absolutely do not have the intention to murder the eldest prince!"
Hong Er, who was accompanying him, also knelt down and kowtowed hurriedly:
"I would never dare to murder the eldest prince! I don't know how this handkerchief could be poisonous."
Helian Qi's eyes fell on the palace maid, his eyes were cold. He said coldly:
"Send him to the Criminal Department. Wu Mi, investigate thoroughly."
Wu Mi took the order and went forward to drag Hong'er away.
Hong Er desperately shook her head and cried, "This slave did not murder the eldest prince... This slave was wronged... Madam, Madam, this slave was wronged..."
When Concubine Rou saw this scene, she was frightened.
She knew that someone must be targeting her.
Although Hong'er was not a servant girl she brought from home, she was also a servant girl she personally selected from the matchmaker.
When I was in the palace, I had been serving her. Now Hong'er's handkerchief is poisonous...
Even if Concubine Rou said it had nothing to do with her, who would believe it? Would the emperor believe it?
"Your Majesty, I really did not murder the eldest prince. I was wrongly accused..." Concubine Rou looked at Helian Qi earnestly, tears falling from her eyes.
When the concubines saw this scene, they all had different expressions.
Wen Shutang thought about it and realized that Concubine Rou was the adoptive mother of the second prince, so she should come out and say a few words to support him. As for whether the emperor believed it or not, that was the emperor's business.
"Your Majesty, Sister Roupin has always been gentle and kind. I don't think she would do such a vicious thing... There must be something fishy about this matter." Wen Shutang said softly.
Yao Jieyu was enjoying the fun and said sarcastically, "Madam Roupin treats the Second Prince as her own son and loves him very much. I'm sure she will love the First Prince as well."
She didn’t say…
But the implication is obvious enough.
Concubine Rou dotes on the second prince. If the first prince dies, the second prince will become the eldest prince.
Some time ago, the court was discussing the issue of establishing a crown prince...
It is possible that Concubine Rou attacked the eldest prince for the sake of the second prince's future.
Concubine Rou did have a motive for committing the crime.
"How could someone poison someone and send their own maid? Sister Roupin must have been wrongly accused." Jingpin chimed in. She had a feeling that this was just the beginning.
Xue Jinshu took over the conversation lightly, "Everything still requires evidence. Otherwise, if you want to harm someone in the future, just send your own maid and say it was murdered."
Although Roupin's maid took direct action, it made people feel that there was another murderer.
But Concubine Rou could indeed send palace maids to do the deed and then put the blame on someone else, saying that she was framed.
So, in the end, it all comes down to evidence.
Kangpin didn't say anything, she just sat beside the eldest prince and cried silently. She had a good relationship with Roupin, but she didn't dare to trust anyone...
soon……
The residence of the palace maid Hong'er was turned upside down, and the palace servants who were on good terms with her were also investigated and interrogated one by one.
Hong Er was stubborn at first, but after the punishment...
Unable to bear it any longer, she let out a sigh of relief: "It was Concubine Rou who ordered me to do this. Concubine Rou said that only if the eldest prince died, the second prince would have hope..."
Wu Mi brought back the blood-stained Hong'er to report.
The concubines looked at him sideways.
Roupin couldn't believe it. "Impossible, I didn't do that. This is a false accusation..."
She never expected that the personal maid who served her in the palace would frame her.
But then…
Wu Mi also reported: "I investigated the palace maids who were on good terms with Hong Er and found that she was secretly in close contact with Xiao Guizi from Yonghe Palace. The two met in private and were witnessed by the palace maids."
Xiao Guizi, who was following Ning Wanyin, felt her legs go weak immediately.
He knelt on the ground with a thud and said hurriedly: "I am innocent. I am just familiar with her, but I didn't know she dared to do such a thing..."
He had a bad feeling ever since Hong'er was taken away.
There were some maids and eunuchs in the palace who were "in touch" with each other privately. He was now the eunuch Gui of Yonghe Palace, and there was no shortage of maids who would please him. This Hong'er was the one he had fallen in love with last year...
He never expected that something like this would happen...
Jingpin's eyes lit up instantly. So that's how it was. This game seemed to be done by Roupin, but it was actually a hint at Ning Wanyin.
"Could it be that Hong'er was instructed by outsiders to deliberately frame Concubine Rou?" Upon seeing this situation, Concubine Yao immediately threw dirty water on Ning Wanyin.
Wen Shutang, Jingpin and others all had the same idea, but they just wouldn't say it out loud.
Ning Wanyin said calmly:
"Yao Jieyu's guess is correct, and this palace thinks so too. Xiao Xiazi——"
Xiao Xiazi stepped forward and said, "Two days ago, the palace maid Hong'er and Nanny Mei, who is beside the eldest prince, met privately."
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
Only Helian Qi looked calm and not surprised at all.
That day, Ning Wanyin came to see him with ginseng soup and asked him to send more people to secretly look after the princes.
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