I'm not stupid. There are countless poisons that can harm people. Why would I specifically choose the poison from Bei Li? Wouldn't that be like admitting guilt?
Besides, this is the first time I've met Madam Wang and Miss Dong. We have no prior grudges whatsoever. Would I, with nothing better to do, go and harm them for no reason?
The ladies and young women from noble families nodded repeatedly upon hearing this. In that case, Consort Chun really had no reason to harm these two people.
Dong Menglou panicked at this point, disregarding everything else, "Wu, am I really poisoned?"
She subconsciously didn't want to believe Su Ruojin and only asked Wu for advice.
"Yes," Wu affirmed.
Can it be solved?
"It's too late." As soon as Su Ruojin finished speaking, Dong Menglou suddenly clutched his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
This time the blood wasn't black; it was very, very red.
Dong Menglou collapsed onto the table, her eyes wide open, staring in a certain direction, and then she was lifeless.
He died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
"ah--!!"
None of the ladies present had ever seen such a scene before. Even with the Emperor and Empress Dowager present, they couldn't help but scream. Some were even so frightened that their eyes reddened and their bodies trembled.
Two people died in such a short time!
Who isn't afraid!
I was afraid that I would be next, since we were all together today and had eaten about the same things.
"Your Highness, what's going on?" Xiao Chenyi asked with a dark face.
Good, very good. This is the second person to die in front of him today.
The other party is indeed very arrogant!
"Another characteristic of the poison from fallen fruit is that when the pulse signs of poisoning can be detected, the person who has been poisoned is not far from death."
"Even the Princess Consort can't cure it?" the Empress Dowager couldn't help but ask.
Isn't Su Ruojin supposed to be a highly skilled doctor? She just cured herself of the poison, so why can't she cure Dong Menglou's poison?
"There has never been an antidote for the poison of fallen fruit, from ancient times to the present," Su Ruojin replied calmly.
Su Ruojin was not lying. She had indeed studied the poison of the fallen fruit, and the prescription she developed could only alleviate the effects of the poison, but could not achieve the effect of detoxification.
Given the current situation, there isn't enough time to prepare an antidote for Dong Menglou.
Of course, with Mao Mao there, the moment Su Ruojin diagnosed Dong Menglou's poisoning, there was a way to cure it.
Unfortunately, Su Ruojin is not a saint.
She couldn't possibly risk exposing her own body to save the person who harmed her, since others had already harmed her and her child.
If it weren't for Mao Mao, she and her child would have died long ago.
As for who was behind it all, Su Ruojin didn't need any evidence.
Whether it's Xiang San or Luo Guo, they are both secret medicines of the Northern Li Kingdom. Ordinary people would never even have heard of these two poisons, let alone find them.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the Imperial Medical Academy of the Great Chu Dynasty was unaware of these two poisons, which shows how rare they are.
Finding either of these two medicines is incredibly difficult, let alone finding both at the same time; they are priceless.
Not to mention that both can appear at the same time; only one person could have such power.
Although this person appears extremely calm now.
It seems she's convinced that no one can find evidence to support this claim.
"Who exactly is it?" Xiao Chen glanced at Yao Lan inadvertently.
Having spent so much time with Xiao Chenyi, Yao Lan naturally knew what he was thinking. She stopped crying and instead knelt upright, looking righteous and stern.
"Your Majesty, it was not me. I had no reason to harm these two people. Your Majesty cannot say that I did it just because I come from Bei Li. I would not do something so foolish as to shoot myself in the foot."
Yao Lan knew very well that crying would be useless with Xiao Chenyi at this time; she had to argue with him logically to make him believe her.
Xiao Chenyi looked at Su Ruojin, "Your Highness, what happened to the poison you were given?"
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