Chapter 281 Clues

Until she left the Empress' Palace, Yun Qin didn't see any flaws in Nie Danying.

When she walked out, she fell behind, looking at the backs of Nie Danying and Cuixuan in front of her, and finally frowned.

Faced with such facts, it is difficult not to doubt oneself.

"master?"

She was quite conspicuous standing here, and Rong Xin couldn't help but remind her.

Yun Qin came back to her senses, looked at her, and whispered, "Let's go."

Before leaving, she couldn't help but look back at Nie Danying's back. Unfortunately, she didn't have a pair of X-ray eyes, so she couldn't see through the cloth to see if there were any wounds on her back.

She had no other choice but to see if the Wude envoy who followed Nie Danying could discover anything.

But where Yun Qin couldn't see, Nie's expression was not as calm as he appeared.

Turning into a secluded path, she grabbed Cuixuan's arm and asked through clenched teeth, "Is anyone following us?"

Cuixuan immediately looked around and then quickly said, "No!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Nie Danying let go of her hand, took two quick steps, held onto the rockery beside him, and then vomited blood.

"Master!" Cuixuan hurried forward to support her.

Nie Danying had already raised his head and glared at her when he heard the sound, "Why don't you shout louder so that everyone will know!"

At this time, her face no longer had the rosy complexion it once had, but had turned extremely pale, even with a hint of black.

"It's my fault. I was just too worried about you." Cuixuan's eyes were red. She held her arm and asked, "Is you okay, Master?"

"You won't die!" Nie Danying stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, pointed at the bloodstains he had just spit out on the ground and said, "Deal with these first!"

"yes!"

Cuixuan seemed to be very experienced in this matter. She took out a handkerchief and covered the bloodstain with it. Then she grabbed the bloodstained dirt with her hand and wrapped it up with the handkerchief.

As for the little that is left, you only need to rub it with your feet, cover it with soil, and then find some dead leaves and moss to spread on top, and basically you can't see any trace of this place.

Nie, who was waiting on the side, responded and his complexion recovered a little. Then he took Cuixuan's hand and returned to Yanling Palace.

As usual, there were no signs of injury when she walked, as if she had just vomited blood, just as if she had some kind of disease.

Only after he walked into the hall, completely out of the sight of any prying eyes, did a look of pain finally show on Nie Danying's face.

Cuixuan quickly helped her sit down, then quickly unbuttoned her clothes, revealing her body wrapped in three layers of gauze inside and three layers outside.

Because of excessive activity, the wound had already split open and the blood had soaked through the gauze.

Cuixuan's eyes were filled with tears. She quickly brought a basin of clean water and asked Nie to treat the wound.

The gauze was removed, and although the wound inside had been sewn up with needle and thread, it was still very horrific, and a basin of clear water quickly turned into blood.

Cuixuan then reapplied medicine on her and bandaged the wound.

During this process, although Nie Danying frowned, he did not show any pain from beginning to end.

Instead, when she put on her clothes again and was helped by Cuixuan to sit on the couch, her face suddenly turned pale, beads of sweat kept dripping down her face, and she said in pain: "Quickly bring me some medicine!"

Cuixuan did not move, and said with tears in her eyes: "Master, please be patient, be patient, although the medicine is good, it is poison, you can't take too much!"

"Stop talking nonsense and bring it over here!" Nie Danying looked at her fiercely, "Do you want to see me get discovered?"

"master……"

"Go!" Nie Danying shouted, "Apart from you, who else in the palace can I trust? If someone sees me like this, I will still die!"

Cuixuan hesitated, but seeing Nie Danding's increasingly painful expression, she finally went to the inner hall, took out a medicine bottle, poured out a blood-red pill from it, and fed it to her.

The effect was almost immediate. Not long after Nie Danying swallowed the medicine, the paleness on her face quickly faded away, and even took on a somewhat morbid flush.

She slowly let out a breath, and the pain in her body seemed to have gone away, and she was no longer shaking with pain.

"Go in and change my clothes, then open the door to the palace so they can see what I look like now. Then I can have a good rest."

As she spoke, she stood up without Cuixuan's support and walked towards the inner hall.

Cuixuan's eyes were full of worry, but she still followed quickly.

——

Nie Danying thought he was being secretive, but he didn't expect that any clues he revealed had already been caught by Wu Deshi in the dark.

These clues are enough to piece together the truth.

In the afternoon, Yun Qin was called to the Qinzheng Hall by Huo Jinchi, who showed her the clues compiled by the Wude Envoy.

Only then did Yun Qin realize that Nie Danying had vomited blood after paying his respects to the Empress this morning.

Looking at the scattered clues, she was a little confused, "There is no direct evidence that she was injured?"

Huo Jinchi didn't answer, but reached out and put a piece of paper on the top.

Yun Qin was speechless when she saw how he was pretending to be mysterious.

He really treated her as a dog-headed military strategist, didn't he?

Complaints aside, Yun Qin's curiosity prompted her to lower her eyes and quickly read the above content.

The above content is actually very simple, saying: After investigation, some drugs that suppress injuries will backfire on themselves and cause internal injuries.

"Your Majesty has already found out what medicine she took?" Yun Qin asked, looking up.

Huo Jinchi nodded and said, "I have asked Jiang Yuanzheng about her condition, and he said that the symptoms should be caused by Wu Shi San."

"Five-Stone Powder?" Yun Qin was surprised.

This is not a strange name to her. Many celebrities in history died of poisoning after taking Wu Shi San.

But most of this only exists in historical anecdotes, and this is her first time to have such close contact.

"Have you heard of it?" asked Hawking.

Yun Qin didn't know how to answer for a moment. After all, she didn't know what Wu Shi San meant in this time and space, and whether its formula and effect were the same as the "Wu Shi San" she knew.

She could only vaguely say, "I've heard that it seems to be addictive?"

Huo Jinchi did not doubt it, but nodded slightly, and said solemnly: "Yes, it is this Wushisan."

"After taking Wu Shi San, one's complexion will become rosy, and one will feel happy physically and mentally, and all illnesses and worries will disappear."

"In the previous dynasty, the rich and powerful loved to eat Wushisan, and some people in the common people also took it. The wind of luxury and debauchery prevailed, all of which were obtained by exploiting the people, causing the people to live in misery. When our ancestor ascended the throne, he issued a widespread ban, and it was finally eradicated during the reign of the previous emperor."

"Don't say you only heard about it vaguely. Even I don't really understand it."

Hearing that it was similar to what she knew about Wu Shi San, Yun Qin breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. It turned out that although Wu Shi San was a good medicine, some people did not use it to treat diseases but used it for entertainment.

"I don't know where this Nie Danying came from?"

Huo Jinchi said: "There are still people taking it in the barbarian land. Nie Daying came from the border, so he must have obtained it from outside the border."

Yun Qin nodded, looked at his expression, and asked in a low voice, "I wonder how the emperor plans to deal with her?"

When talking about this, Hawking was silent.

Yun Qin knew the reason clearly. He was taking care of General Nie who was at the border. Not only him, but also General Nie's two brothers who agreed were generals in the army. They could be said to be a family of loyal heroes.

Yun Qin suggested, "These are just the emperor's guesses. We still need evidence that Nie Danying was injured." Her eyes turned slightly, "Isn't Nie Danying most concerned about the emperor's favor? Why don't you summon her to sleep with him? Will you be afraid of not finding evidence then?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Huo Jinchi looked at her coldly, "You want me to favor her?"

Yun Qin was stunned. Did he have problems with his comprehension? Did she say the word "favor"?

"I see that Your Majesty is in distress..." She tried hard to smile.

Huo Jinchi's eyes were still cold, "Empress Xi really gave me a good idea."

It is!

Why bother investigating so much and going around in circles? Nie Danying was a concubine who was eager to ascend to the throne. It was only natural for the emperor to favor her. Would she drive the emperor out when she saw such an opportunity?

Even if they really chased them away, doesn't the emperor have the ability to deal with it?

He could even expose her in person, leaving her speechless!

She herself would applaud this idea. Why was he being so weird with her?