Chapter 204 Who Sent You Here?
Qin Jinzhi picked up a fruit and tossed it to Qian Suihong.
"People need to be able to assess the situation. Not just anyone can climb onto this golden branch of mine."
Qian Suihong held the fruit in her hand. "Isn't the princess afraid that I'll tell my father this?"
Qin Jinzhi slid back onto the swing. "Your brother is at the door."
Qian Sui Hong bowed and said, "Qian Sui Hong takes her leave."
After the siblings left.
Qin Jinzhi went to Li Jin's room.
Liu Yiyi put away the needles. "He doesn't have any internal injuries. Someone gave him some medicine. He'll wake up in a bit."
After saying that, she went to Qin Jinzhi's side and took her pulse.
He then handed her a porcelain bottle.
"Take one heart-protecting pill daily."
Qin Jinzhi ate one in front of Liu Yiyi.
Liu Yiyi sat down next to Qin Jinzhi. "I heard in the palace today that the Prince and His Majesty had a big argument in the Imperial Study. His Majesty smashed all the porcelain in the Imperial Study."
As Qin Jinzhi rinsed her mouth with tea to mask the bitterness, she said, "It was an act."
Liu Yiyi had an "I knew it" look on her face.
"Everyone in this palace is a master of acting, but I discovered something today."
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow, signaling her to continue.
Liu Yiyi said with some doubt, "I examined Consort Fang's pulse today, but her pulse indicates that she has never given birth to any children."
A hint of amusement flashed in Qin Jinzhi's eyes, "Never had any children?"
When Consort Fang was pregnant with the little prince and the little princess, her belly was very big.
All the imperial physicians who examined Ping An's pulse at the Imperial Hospital determined that she was carrying twins.
Liu Yiyi was very puzzled. "I have reviewed all of Consort Fang's previous medical records. Although those doctors in the Imperial Hospital are not very capable, their prenatal diagnoses are the most basic and cannot be wrong. Moreover, it is impossible for so many doctors to make mistakes at the same time."
When Consort Fang was pregnant, her rank was not high; she was only a Beauty.
Therefore, there were no dedicated imperial physicians to examine her; usually, whichever imperial physician was on duty would come to examine Consort Fang's pulse.
Therefore, the pregnancy is definitely not faked.
So the only one who could be faking it is Consort Fang, who has never been pregnant.
Qin Jinzhi spoke up: "Does Consort Fang have any traces of disguise on her face?"
Liu Yiyi shook her head. "I also suspect she's an imposter. I took the opportunity to examine her bones, and there was no human skin mask on her face."
Could it be that their disguise techniques are the same as the Hua sisters'?
Interesting, everyone in this palace is hiding secrets.
Qin Jinzhi suddenly realized that although the two little ones were raised under Consort Fang's care, they didn't seem to be close to her.
"I will send people to investigate. Be careful when you walk around the palace. If you encounter any danger that you cannot handle, run to the Empress Dowager's palace."
Liu Yiyi adjusted her hat.
"Now everyone knows I am the close friend of Princess Jinzhi of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion. Who would dare to mess with me?"
Qin Jinzhi smiled and said, "The harem is complicated. Only by knowing how to use power can one protect oneself."
Liu Yiyi picked up the medicine box.
Qin Jinzhi called out to her, "Aren't you going back to the manor to live?"
Liu Yiyi said smugly, "The corpse won't last long before it rots, and once it rots, it won't be of any use to my research. You should be secretly happy to have a kind-hearted fairy like me working day and night for you."
Qin Jinzhi clasped her hands in a fist and said, "Then I thank Physician Liu for his trouble."
Liu Yiyi waved her hand, "No problem, no problem."
Then she looked at Li Jin and said, "He will wake up in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. If you want to ask him anything, just wait here for him."
Qin Jinzhi nodded, and Liu Yiyi then took her medicine box and went to Qianniao Division.
Sure enough, Li Jin slowly woke up after a short while.
He struggled to his feet and stared blankly for a while before noticing Qin Jinzhi.
"Princess!"
He was about to get up as he spoke.
Qin Jinzhi simply waved her hand, "You just woke up, so don't bother with all that formality. What's wrong with you?"
Li Jin shook his head, then widened his eyes and said, "We found out that someone has been buying Cold Toad Incense for a long time, and the amount and time that the Crown Princess used are very consistent. However, the clues in the black market all went cold. I used to hang out in the black market when I was a child, so I thought I would go into the black market to investigate. I found that person's private residence. I had just touched the back door when I felt a pain in the back of my head. When I woke up, I saw the Princess."
Qin Jinzhi frowned. "You were discovered following that person, and the person who knocked you out but didn't kill you proves that person just didn't want you to continue investigating."
Li Jin nodded. "I suspect that person knew my identity and was afraid of angering the princess, so he only knocked me unconscious and didn't take my life."
Qin Jinzhi tapped the table lightly with her finger.
Even if it didn't take Li Jin's life.
They learned that Li Jin was acting on her orders to investigate.
Not letting Li Jin continue would still offend her.
Even if it means offending her, we can't let Li Jin find out who's behind the purchase of Cold Toad Incense.
This person seems to be of great importance.
Li Jin asked, "Princess, after I've rested, I'll disguise myself again. This time I'll be extremely careful and absolutely won't let anyone discover my whereabouts!"
Qin Jinzhi stood up and said, "No need. You should rest well these few days. Someone will naturally investigate the matter of Leng Chanxiang."
Li Jin nodded after hearing this.
Qin Jinzhi left Li Jin's room.
I went to check on Yun Jin's injuries.
He then entered the palace.
Inside the prison, the captured man in black refused to confess no matter how he was tortured.
His chin was removed by Qin Jinzhi, so he was unable to bite the poison and commit suicide.
When Qin Jinzhi arrived at the prison, the jailer hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Greetings, Princess."
She gestured for the jailers to step back.
Just as the jailer was puzzled, Qin Jinzhi pulled out a dagger from her boot.
It was gently inserted into a person's abdomen.
Then, with a swift motion, he cut a piece of flesh from his abdomen.
"Go get a jar of honey, and catch a few mice."
Upon hearing this, the jailer immediately turned around and went to prepare.
Qin Jinzhi wiped the blood from the dagger onto the black-clad man whose flesh had been cut out.
"In a moment, I will have someone apply honey to your wounds, and then I will place you on the ground. The rats will smell the honey and gnaw on your stomach. In the end, you will die from your intestines being torn apart by the rats."
The jailers behind him couldn't help but show expressions of terror upon hearing this.
The black-clad man, whose flesh had been ripped out, had bloodshot eyes. Because his jaw had been dislocated, he couldn't even scream in pain.
Saliva dripped down the corner of his mouth.
Qin Jinzhi smiled slightly as she looked at the remaining angry people.
"A few bites of honey will not fill a mouse's stomach. Don't worry, everyone will get a share."
Everyone looked at Qin Jinzhi with eyes full of anger and fear!
A devil! Qin Jinzhi is a devil!
The jailer soon brought the honey pot and the rat.
The mouse squeaked and laughed inside the cage.
Each sound deepened the black-clad man's fear.
Qin Jinzhi opened the honey jar herself and scooped up a spoonful of honey.
"It only takes a rat the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to gnaw through your intestines, and you won't feel too much pain."
The man kept whimpering.
Qin Jinzhi applied the honey little by little to the man's abdomen.
The man's eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.
The jailer brought the cage containing the rat close to the man's abdomen.
The man was trembling violently.
Qin Jinzhi used one hand to press the man's chin back down instantly.
"Who sent you?"
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