Chapter 99 Cinnabar Poison
At this time, only Concubine De dared to speak a few words of joke, but it was obvious that the emperor had no intention of agreeing, and the atmosphere in the palace became cold again.
In the inner hall, Lady Liu's screams gradually faded.
Just when Huo Jinchi couldn't help but stand up and wanted to go in to take a look, Jiang Yuanzheng finally came out holding the hand of a palace maid.
"What's the matter?" Huo Jinchi asked immediately.
President Jiang hurriedly said: "It's rescued, it's rescued, the dragon fetus is rescued too!" After saying that, he finally pulled up his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his head.
Upon hearing this, everyone had different expressions on their faces. Compared to Jiang Yuanzheng's obviously relieved look, the palace concubines' expressions were somewhat complicated.
After receiving the exact news, Yun Qin lowered her eyes again, and the stone in her heart fell heavily to the ground.
She asked Xiao Dezi to keep an eye on the movements of Yukang Palace. On the one hand, she wanted to see if anyone wanted to take advantage of the situation. On the other hand, she wanted him to send someone pretending to be from Yukang Palace to ask for help directly from Jiang Yuanzheng as soon as he found anything wrong, so as to avoid delays in treatment.
The moment she saw Jiang Yuanzheng, Yun Qin knew that although this arrangement was risky, it was indeed useful.
Although Lady Liu was abominable, her crime did not deserve the death penalty, especially as she was pregnant.
Although the expression on Hawking Chi's face did not change much, the cold and hard aura around him relaxed, and everyone in the hall felt as if they could finally breathe normally.
"What a blessing!" Concubine De beside him also breathed a sigh of relief and said to Huo Jinchi: "Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune, and his offspring will be blessed by God."
These words were like an arrow that shot Su Meiren's heart, causing her already gloomy expression to become somewhat distorted.
Why is her child not blessed by God!
Why does Miss Liu have it!
Hatred and resentment almost ate away her heart.
Except for Yun Qin, no one at the scene noticed her expression. Everyone was looking at the Emperor and Jiang Yuanzheng, wondering why Concubine Liu's pregnancy had suddenly become so dangerous.
Huo Jinchi glanced at Concubine De, showing the only smile in such a long time, and then ordered: "Give a seat to President Jiang."
After he finished speaking, he sat back in his chair.
Everyone sat down with him, knowing that the main event was about to begin, and no one chose to leave.
"What on earth is going on?"
In full view of everyone, Hawking finally asked this question.
Jiang Yuan was just putting the handkerchief he used to wipe his sweat back on the tray when he said, "It's cinnabar. When I induced vomiting in the lady, I found cinnabar in her vomit."
"Cinnabar?" Huo Jinchi frowned slightly. He glared at the palace maids in Yukang Palace and asked angrily, "How did you take care of me? Don't you know that I can't take pills during pregnancy?"
Taking elixirs to prolong life has been a tradition since ancient times. Although Hawking Chi did not like it, he did not forcefully stop it. But he did not expect Miss Liu to be so ignorant of the seriousness of the matter!
Qing He, as the head maidservant of Lady Liu, was the first to cry out that she was innocent.
"Your Majesty, the beauty has never had the habit of taking elixirs! Not to mention elixirs, she hasn't even used her favorite body fragrance pills since she became pregnant. How could she use such a strong elixir, Your Majesty!"
Huo Jinchi's eyes were as sharp as lightning as he scanned the crowd, "Where did this cinnabar come from?"
As they were talking, Doctor Yu, who usually treated Lady Liu, was also brought to the palace.
"Did you cover it up for her?" Huo Jinchi leaned forward slightly, with no expression on his face, but he frightened the doctor so much that he trembled all over.
The doctor fell to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not conceal the matter of the Dragon Heir. You have indeed never taken any elixir. The body fragrance pill contains musk. I told you once and you never touched it again. I have written all this down in the pulse record!"
Jiang Yuanzheng's face was sweating again, and he said, "I have read the beauty's pulse record, and there is indeed no record of the majesty having the habit of taking elixirs."
The testimonies of the palace maid and Doctor Yu were consistent, and with President Jiang also testifying, it seemed that Lady Liu really did not take the elixir.
Huo Jinchi's expression became colder and colder. "Where did this cinnabar come from?"
Hearing this, Yun Qin couldn't help but glance at Lady Su who was sitting in front of her. She had some knowledge of ancient alchemy and knew that cinnabar was the main raw material and it was also a heavy metal substance.
There is indeed something wrong with that Taoist nun!
I don't know whether the queen detained the man or sent him directly out of the palace.
If it was the latter, the nun would have disappeared without a trace long ago.
Jiang Yuanzheng wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Your Majesty, there is cinnabar in the Yu Hospital. I will ask someone to check the records of its use."
Although cinnabar is toxic, it is also a traditional Chinese medicine, so it is not surprising that the hospital has it.
Huo Jinchi nodded slightly, and said with undiminished confidence in him, "We'd also like to ask the dean to check on Lady Liu's diet."
"This is the duty of an old minister."
So Jiang Yuanzheng checked Lady Liu's daily diet, the residue of medicines she had taken, and even her teapot and water cup.
The sky outside was gradually getting brighter, but there was still nothing to discover.
Gradually, some people in the palace could no longer sit still. The first one to stand up was Concubine De. She bowed to the Emperor and Empress, "Your Majesty, Empress, the eldest prince has almost woken up. If I were not by his side, he would probably cry. Please allow me to leave first."
"You should go back soon." Huo Jinchi waved his hand at her and said, "I will go to see the eldest prince another day."
The queen also nodded, and when she wanted to speak she coughed.
Huo Jinchi glanced at her and said calmly, "You are not in good health either. You don't have to endure this. Go and rest."
"I can still hold on." The queen smiled at Huo Jinchi.
This is a matter of the harem, and she should stay and take charge of the situation.
She was not there the last time something happened to Lady Su, and she didn't know how much criticism she received. Of course she had to stay this time.
Huo Jinchi just said it casually. Since she didn't appreciate it, he didn't try to persuade her anymore. He just said loudly: "Lady Liu is fine now. You don't have to wait any longer. Go back."
As he spoke, his eyes swept over Lady Su, especially Yun Qin behind her.
The little maid has been standing for a long time. She is weak to begin with, and it will be time for her to take medicine soon.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave."
Several concubines could no longer bear it and stood up when they heard this.
Only Su Mei and Shen Daying were still sitting.
"I will stay and talk to the Empress." When Concubine Su saw the look in Huo Jinchi's eyes, she immediately smiled.
I guess Yun Qin is the only one who knows the truth. She probably stayed to see how things would turn out and whether she would be dragged into it.
Shen Daying said shyly, "I want to stay and accompany the emperor."
These words made Yun Qin couldn't help but look up at her.
However, she underestimated Shen Danying's ambition.
Huo Jinchi smiled at her and patted the back of her hand gently, but his eyes were somewhat unfriendly when he looked at Su Meiren.
But it was not easy to make it too obvious, so he could only tacitly let her and Shen Danying stay. However, he could not help but glance at Yun Qin several times.
Unfortunately, Yun Qin kept her eyes down and did not see the concern implied in his face.
Not long after the concubines left the palace, Jiang Yuanzheng finally got the result.
The conclusion is that everything about Lady Liu's food, clothing, housing and transportation is normal, and there is no trace of cinnabar at all.
This is very confusing.
Yun Qin couldn't help but have her eyes flicker, she hadn't expected Lady Su to do things so cleanly this time.