Chapter 457: The Prince is Poisoned
Although the prince looked haggard and his lips were pale, he still maintained a humble and calm demeanor: "Mother, don't worry. When I first had the symptoms, the imperial physician said that it was just occasional excessive worrying. As long as I rest more, I'll be fine."
"Madam Wuning, thank you for coming here. It's because your mother is worried that she is confused. Please don't take it to heart."
[What was supposed to come finally came, but why was it me who went to the Eastern Palace? Shouldn’t it be the Marquis who came? 】
Su Qianqian was puzzled by this change and couldn't help but ask in her heart.
The Queen and the Crown Prince were both startled and looked at each other.
[That’s right, the Marquis has been here before, so the prince fell ill. 】The system sighed.
Su Qianqian remained calm on the surface, but her heart was already in turmoil:
[So the Marquis has met the Prince?] So the Wuning Marquis Mansion could not avoid this disaster... What if I saved the prince? Although I'm not sure! 】
[Even if you saved the prince, as long as the prince is safe, there will still be people who want to plot against you. The Wuning Marquisate escaped this disaster, but what about the next one? 】The system reminded helplessly.
[Save people first, we will always find a way.] 】Su Qianqian made a decision in her heart.
The prince's index finger was pierced with a needle to take a drop of blood, which was then tested with a poison-testing talisman, and it was found that the prince was indeed poisoned.
The name of this poison is Qiankuncuo. Originally, they are two non-toxic spices and do not need to be put in food. As long as one of them comes into close contact with people and they smell the odor, and then take special drugs to stimulate it, they will be poisoned.
In other words, both drugs are indispensable. When you want to poison a person, just put the other one on the person to be poisoned. Otherwise, nothing will happen to the person in his whole life.
It is difficult to check if there is no poison. Neither the silver needle for testing poison nor Su Qianqian's poison testing talisman can detect it. The only thing we can do is to find the prince's personal belongings one by one and check them.
"What are the items that your Highness keeps close to him? I suspect he was poisoned. Perhaps it was a mistake. Two spices that were originally non-toxic turned out to be highly toxic when placed together."
Su Qianqian looked around the prince anxiously.
The Queen Mother did not care about the rules and etiquette, and came over to search the Prince. The Prince blushed at this time, and looked rosy.
"Mother, all the clothes under my body are fumigated with scented sachets, scented bags and purses..."
"Take them all out!" Su Qianqian simply rolled up her sleeves and prepared to get to work.
The prince coughed lightly: The thing that fits his body best is his underwear!
All the prince's personal belongings were taken away. In order to prevent anyone else from being poisoned, Su Qianqian asked for a separate room, placed these things separately, and then put on a gas mask and cross-tested them one by one.
Time passed little by little, and Su Qianqian had used one poison-testing talisman after another, and she became a little discouraged.
The prince's underwear, the hairpin on his head and the shoes on his feet, the purse, sachet, pen, ink, paper and inkstone... these are just the ones he has used in the last few days, there are really too many things.
Su Qianqian was about to collapse. She threw a purse on a pair of shoe insoles and sat down tiredly.
[Beep, beep...] The alarm sounded after half a quarter of an hour.
Su Qianqian suddenly stood up, put on gloves, picked up the purse, and also picked up the pair of insoles embroidered with clouds. She tested these two things separately, and then the alarm disappeared.
But soon after they were put together, the alarm sounded again.
[Finally found it!] Su Qianqian quickly separated the purse and insoles, put them in a cloth bag respectively, put away the gas mask and walked out of the room.
The queen was feeling uneasy sitting beside the prince, and when she saw Su Qianqian coming in, she quickly stood up.
"Empress, His Royal Highness, we found it!" Su Qianqian separated the two bags and handed them to the Queen.
“This poison is called Qian Kun Cuo, and because it is a spice, most of it is powder, so it is impossible to identify.
No matter which one is sent to Your Highness first and has already invaded the body, the second one will be sent here and it will be effective. If my guess is correct, this purse was worn recently.
There is a kind of spice hidden in the purse and the insole of the shoe. As long as we find out who made these two things, we will know who did it, but... I'm afraid that the person who did it will not be left alive. ”
His Royal Highness coughed twice. He didn't know about the insole, but the purse...
"Who gave this to you?" The queen followed the prince's gaze and saw the purse, and asked the prince seriously.
The prince lowered his head and remained silent for a moment, then he raised his head and said, "Zhaoyang said Wan Ning's craftsmanship is excellent, and she thinks that only I am worthy of this purse. Although I don't agree with it, it is not good to throw it away. I want to find a suitable time to return it to Wan Ning."
"Wan Ning? How could it be... Zhao Yang's marriage was postponed because the son of Marquis Dingyang suddenly fell ill. I didn't expect that she was still so stupid and was used by the master's knife again!"
The Queen had no way of confirming that it was Xue Wanning, but she was extremely angry with her own daughter.
"I will first help His Royal Highness detoxify the poison, and then we can discuss the rest."
Su Qianqian quickly prepared medicine for the prince according to the antidote recipe in the poison-testing talisman.
These medicines are actually very common, but the saddest thing is that because you don’t know the poison, you can’t be saved until the simplest antidote is right next to you.
In the original plot, the prince died and the queen was too sad to be bedridden. However, Concubine Li gradually surpassed other concubines and took charge of the harem affairs.
Su Qianqian went to the Imperial Medical Bureau to get medicine. She used a prescription for treating cough, but it also included all the detoxifying herbs. She picked out the medicine and asked her personal eunuch to boil it.
The prince quickly took the antidote, and the three of them had already agreed on how to resolve the matter.
Su Qianqian returned to the Marquis' Mansion, changed her clothes and went to Madam Qin's Fu Shou Hall. After entering, she saw Qin Hanzhang was also there, but everyone present had a serious expression on their faces.
"Grandma, mother, what happened?" Su Qianqian asked puzzledly.
"Qianqian..." Mrs. Du's eyes suddenly turned red.
"Mother... let me tell you." Qin Hanzhang stopped Madam Du, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked up with a calm expression:
"Just now, the palace eunuchs came to deliver the imperial decree. Because of your presumptuous behavior and outrageous words in Jiangnan, your title of Lady of Ninghe is stripped."
Su Qianqian looked at Qin Hanzhang without any expression.
"This matter concerns the reputation of Wuning Marquis's Mansion. In this case, what I said before..."
"Hanzhang!" Mrs. Du stopped Qin Hanzhang and turned around to say something to Su Qianqian.
"Mother...it's time to put an end to this matter." Qin Hanzhang stopped Mrs. Du again.
"I talked about divorce before, but because you were named the Lady of the State, I put the matter aside temporarily. Now we can bring it up again."
Qin Hanzhang slowly took out a piece of paper from his arms, folded it neatly, opened it and handed it to Su Qianqian.
Su Qianqian took it, and it was the divorce letter from a year ago.
After reading it word by word, he looked up and saw Qin Hanzhang took out another stack of papers:
"This is the farm and shop that I promised you before, and some silver. It is your compensation for your hard work in the Qin family for six years. You can take your dowry and the things in my private storehouse with you."
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