Chapter 100 Early Planning
The more we can't find out, the more it shows that there is something strange about this matter.
Huo Jinchi's face was as gloomy as water. He glanced at Qinghe who was kneeling on the ground and winked at Xu An.
Xu An immediately stepped forward and continued to ask, "Did Miss Liu have any unusual behavior during the day? Or did anyone come to visit her?"
Qing He was also restless at this time, and said incoherently: "No, no one came. The beauty was a little lazy yesterday, and didn't get up until noon. She painted her nails in the afternoon and played with us for a while. She went to bed after dinner in the evening, and suddenly cried out in pain in the middle of the night. There was nothing unusual during this period!"
It really sounded like nothing unusual, Xu An couldn't help but emphasize, "You have to think about it carefully, this matter concerns your life!"
Qing He, who was already a little hesitant, was even more terrified. She fell to the ground and burst into tears. "I dare not lie, nor conceal anything!"
Jiang Yuanzheng, who was standing by, looked thoughtful and asked, "Does the beauty often paint her nails?"
Qing He raised her head and sobbed twice before saying, "Yes, the beauty usually takes good care of her nails. She will dye them again if they fade a little. If she wants to keep her nails bright red, she has to dye them many times."
After she finished speaking, she realized something and hurriedly said, "The beauty has asked a doctor, and the doctor said that using henna to dye nails is harmless to the dragon fetus!"
As Qing He spoke, he went to see Doctor Yu who was also lying on the ground.
Doctor Yu also said hurriedly: "Yes, the nail polish that Lady Liu used was not the iris flower, but the powder made from the leaves and stems of the iris flower. It is harmless to the body, so I did not ask Lady Liu to stop using it."
Jiang Yuanzheng nodded slightly and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the Phoenix Flower has the effect of promoting blood circulation, so pregnant women must not use it. The Henna Flower is a tribute from foreign countries and is not toxic."
He then said: "But I still need to see it to know."
Xu An immediately said, "Why don't you go get the nail polish for the beauty."
Huo Jinchi also quietly instructed the maid beside him, "Go and cut off the beauty's nails and bring them to Jiang Yuanzheng for inspection."
When Qing Hearing that she was going to cut Lady Liu's nails, she raised her head abruptly, but in Xu An's sight, she did not dare to open her mouth to stop it.
Yun Qin lowered her eyes, and when President Jiang Zheng pointed out the abnormality, she clearly saw Concubine Su tighten her fingers on the armrest, and she knew in her heart that the abnormality was caused by the nail powder.
The cut nails and henna powder for nail dyeing were all brought to Jiang Yuanzheng.
He picked them up to examine and smell them one by one. The more he examined them, the deeper his brows furrowed, and in the end his face changed drastically.
He stood up and bowed to Huo Jinchi, saying, "Your Majesty, I am old and my sense of smell is not as sharp as before. Maybe there is something wrong. Please ask other doctors to come and take a look."
Yun Qin frowned when she heard this. Could it be that there is something else in the pollen besides cinnabar?
Huo Jinchi glanced at him and frowned slightly, but did not press the issue. Instead, he looked at Doctor Yu who was kneeling in the hall.
This is not a readily available one.
"Come and see!"
After the doctor examined the patient, his expression changed drastically. He glanced at Jiang Yuanzheng and realized that he was doomed this time. There was no need to implicate Jiang Yuanzheng any further, so he just pointed it out.
"Your Majesty, I can't help but test the cinnabar in this Sanmo pollen, and also, there is the smell of iris."
Jiang Yuanzheng added: "This cinnabar has been specially processed, and the smell is not obvious. The beauty has been dyeing her nails every day these days, and her hands are inevitably in contact with food, so she has taken a certain amount of cinnabar. And the iris flower..."
He lowered his head. "Even if you don't take it, the toxin will enter your body through the skin. Although the amount is not much, if you are exposed to it every day, even gods may not be able to save the dragon fetus in the beauty's belly."
After hearing this, Huo Jinchi could no longer hold back his anger and slapped the armrest of his chair, "Great, that's great!"
This clearly shows that there are two groups of people who want to harm Lady Liu and her unborn child. If it was just one person, why would they need to add cinnabar since they already have the phoenix flower?
The only difference is that one of them was taking his time, while the other was impatient and wished that Lady Liu and her son would die immediately.
Yun Qin's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.
It doesn't take much thought to know that this kind of defenseless method was done by the mastermind behind the scenes.
She thought he would take advantage of the situation, but she didn't expect that she had already set up the trap, and it was Su Meiren, the stupid fish, who fell into her net himself.
Yun Qin looked at Lady Su with cold eyes, and sure enough, she could see her tense jaw and slightly open nose. Sure enough, she was also extremely shocked.
She must be full of regret in her heart. As long as she endures for a few more days, something will happen to Lady Liu.
Perhaps Miss Liu is really blessed by God.
Yun Qin sneered in her heart. If she hadn't been so anxious to get rid of Concubine Su and dragged her into this, she might not have uncovered the conspiracy. Compared to the poison that slowly penetrated into the flesh and blood, cinnabar seemed easier to deal with.
If Su Meiren is beating her chest and stamping her feet in her heart, the mastermind behind the scene must be gritting her teeth.
The empress, who had been silent the whole time, was also filled with anger and rage. She looked at Qing He and the others and said angrily, "How on earth do you do your job? Such an important thing could be tampered with twice! Hurry up and bring the person who is in charge of this thing to me!"
Not long after, a little palace maid was thrown into the palace by the eunuch.
"Did you do it? The beauty treated you well on weekdays, but you actually betrayed the queen!" When Qing He saw it, he immediately rushed over and beat her.
After a while, the maid's face was covered with scratches and bruises.
"It's not me, it's really not me!" The palace maid, who looked no more than eleven or twelve years old, was pinned to the ground and had no power to fight back. She could only scream softly.
When the palace maid came to the palace, Yun Qin observed Concubine Su's expression and saw that she had no unusual reaction. She realized that this palace maid was not someone she had planted.
Who could that be?
The Queen's forehead twitched and she shouted angrily, "Stop it now!"
Qing He finally stopped after being yelled at. After kneeling down again, she pointed at the palace maid and said, "It's her, it must be her!"
Hawking Chi didn't even bother to look at this stupid look and just winked at Xu An.
Xu An immediately asked the palace maid, "You said it wasn't you, then who else could it be?"
"Slave, I don't know." The little palace maid cried breathlessly.
Xu An frowned and asked again: "I'm asking you a question. If you don't answer it properly, I'll have to drag you out and beat you up first!"
The palace maid was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and dared not cry anymore.
Xu Ancai continued to ask: "Besides you and the people from Yukang Palace, has anyone else ever been close to this thing?"
The young maid hesitated and said, "The things are in the storehouse, together with the spices and other things that the queen uses daily. People often come in and out of the storehouse. Slave, slave..."
As she was speaking, she raised her eyes inadvertently, and her voice suddenly stopped. She pointed her finger at the maid beside Lady Shen and shouted, "She, she went into the storehouse with me a few days ago!"
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Shen Danying, with shock in their eyes.
Yun Qin came back to her senses the fastest. She immediately lowered her eyes to look at Lady Su, and sure enough, she saw that the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.
I couldn't help but be even more shocked. She actually bribed the palace maids around Shen Danying to do things for her!