Just a moment ago, the little palace maid was crying and begging for her life, but now she slowly collapsed in front of everyone and stopped breathing.
She died kneeling and curled up, with black blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.
He clearly died from poisoning.
Xiao Chen was furious. The other party was killing someone right in front of him, clearly disregarding his imperial authority.
"Investigate! Investigate for me!"
Seeing the young palace maid die like that, the ladies and young women from the surrounding noble families were all terrified and their faces turned pale. Su Ruojin, however, remained calm, as if she had already expected this outcome.
If the other party dares to make a move, they certainly won't easily leave any evidence against them.
The other party could kill the palace maid at will, but what about Dong Menglou?
Su Ruojin got up and walked to Dong Menglou's side.
Dong Menglou had already gotten up with the help of her maids when Su Ruojin arrived.
She was still a little dizzy, and was sitting with her arm half-leaning against her maid.
When Dong Menglou saw Su Ruojin walk to his side, he avoided her eyes.
"Miss Dong, let me take your pulse."
Just as Su Ruojin was about to take Dong Menglou's pulse, Dong Menglou vomited black water and then fainted, so Su Ruojin didn't have a chance to take Dong Menglou's pulse.
Upon hearing this, Dong Menglou panicked and hurriedly said, "This humble woman dares not trouble Your Highness. Wu Tidian has already examined me, and I am fine now. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."
Su Ruojin looked at Wu Tidian, who quickly replied, "Your Highness, Miss Dong is indeed well."
"Have you been able to determine what kind of poison she was given?"
"Your Highness, it is not certain, but after examining Miss Dong's pulse, I found that there are not many toxins left in her body."
Your humble servant suspects that after Miss Dong fell into the water, she must have inadvertently inhaled some kind of toxic algae in the lake during her panic, triggering a reaction. Combined with the murky water she inhaled, this caused her to vomit black, foul-smelling substances.
Although Wu himself felt that this explanation was somewhat far-fetched, it was the only explanation he could think of.
If someone had truly poisoned Miss Dong, the poison wouldn't have been neutralized simply by her vomiting black liquid.
Su Ruojin looked at Dong Menglou and said, "Miss Dong, why don't you let me examine you? That way you'll feel more at ease. Or perhaps you have something to hide and are afraid to let me treat you?"
"No, no, no," Dong Menglou quickly denied. "This humble woman was really just afraid of tiring the Princess."
"Someone, go and check the princess's pulse." Xiao Chenyi wasn't stupid; how could he not see the guilty conscience in Dong Menglou's eyes?
Two old women stepped forward and held down Dong Menglou's hands. How could Dong Menglou dare to refuse the Emperor's order?
Su Ruojin gently placed two fingers on Dong Menglou's pulse, then withdrew them after a short while. She took the handkerchief handed to her by Huanzhi and wiped her hands.
"Miss Dong, do you know you're going to die?"
Dong Menglou immediately raised his head and stared intently at Su Ruojin, his face full of disbelief. "What did you say?" He even forgot to use honorifics.
"I said, Miss Dong, you're about to die!" Su Ruojin said, enunciating each word clearly.
A flicker of panic crossed Dong Menglou's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure. Impossible, impossible, she couldn't possibly be dead.
“Your Highness, I don’t know why you say that. Just now, Instructor Wu also checked my pulse and said that I am fine.”
"Times have changed. Wu, please examine the patient again."
Upon hearing this, Wu Tidian quickly took Dong Menglou's pulse, then his expression changed drastically. "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Just as the princess said, Miss Dong's pulse indicated that the poison had reached her heart, and she didn't have much time left.
"It's very simple, she's been poisoned. This is the characteristic of the poison she was given; at first, it doesn't seem very serious, and her pulse may even be normal, just like a healthy person. Only later will the symptoms of poisoning slowly appear," Su Ruojin said.
Wu Tidian was somewhat surprised, "Your Highness, what kind of poison is this? Why have I never heard of it before?"
"This is not a poison from our Great Chu. Very few people know about it. If I hadn't once been interested in studying poisons, I probably wouldn't know about this poison either."
"Your Highness, where is this poison from? What is it called?" As a doctor, Wu Tidian's main job was to treat and save lives, but he couldn't help but be curious when he encountered such a strange poison.
"If I remember correctly, this poison is a unique poison of the Northern Li, called Falling Fruit."
As soon as Su Ruojin uttered the phrase "the unique poison of Bei Li," many people subconsciously looked at Yao Lan.
Yao Lan noticed it too, but she wasn't in a hurry. She snorted coldly, "Although I am a Bei Li person, I have never heard of this so-called Fallen Fruit Poison. Just because I am a Bei Li person doesn't mean that I was the one who poisoned it."
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