Chapter 321: Poisoning is done with great skill

Xiaoqiu and Xiaodong did not return to the main courtyard until almost three o'clock in the morning.

The King of Jin and the Queen were anxious to know the results of their investigation, and they stayed up all night.

Xiaoqiu and Xiaodong, wearing nightgowns, stood respectfully in the King of Jin's bedroom.

Yin Xizi, dressed as a maid, also stood by, looking at the two eagerly.

Princess Jin sat up from the bed and asked in a low voice: "How is it? Have you found anything useful?"

Prince Jin echoed: "Tell me quickly!"

Xiaoqiu said: "We really found a lot this time."

"We found that the old woman was secretly boiling medicine in the house."

"We looked carefully and her method was very strange."

"She didn't use a medicine hanger to boil the medicine, but a copper basin to boil it."

Yin Xizi frowned when she heard this: "Are you sure? She really used a copper basin to boil the medicine?"

Xiaodong nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we both saw the copper basin."

"Also, there seems to be something in that copper basin. It looks round and bulging, and it

doesn't look like a medicinal ingredient." Princess Jin and King Jin looked at each other, "Your Highness, do you think that what she boiled was meant to poison us?"

"But, if she boiled a poisonous soup, where did she put the poison?"

"Could it be that they didn't have time to administer the poison yesterday, and will continue to do so tomorrow morning?"

The King of Jin lowered his eyes, "What the princess said is also possible."

Xiao Qiu took the initiative to say, "How about we wait until the second half of the night, use smoke to knock out the old woman, bring some medicine over, and let Doctor Yin test it?"

The King of Jin waved his hand, "That's it for today, don't go yet, in case you alert the enemy."

After everyone discussed it, they decided to steal the medicine if they still couldn't find the poison the next day.

The next morning, breakfast was served.

Yin Xizi checked the food on the table one by one, and when he checked the small bowl of millet porridge, Yin Xizi accidentally broke a porcelain bowl next to it.

There were two bowls on the table, and they were the bowls that the King of Jin and his wife used to eat.

"Oh, damn it, I actually broke the bowls of the prince and princess!" Yin Xizi apologized hurriedly.

Princess Jin waved her hands: "It's okay, it's just a tool. If it breaks, it breaks."

A trusted maid in the room squatted down skillfully to pick up the fragments on the ground.

"Doctor Yin, be careful, don't let the fragments hurt your feet." The maid said considerately.

Yin Xizi stared at the fragments on the ground in a daze.

Suddenly, she said excitedly: "I know, it's the bowls!"

The prince and his wife looked at her in amazement, not understanding what she meant.

Yin Xizi squatted down and picked up a piece of porcelain bowl fragments: "I'm afraid that the old woman cooked these two bowls!"

Hearing this, everyone in the room was stunned.

"You mean, boil the bowl with poison?!" King Jin's eyes widened in shock.

He had lived for so many years, and he had never heard of such a trick of poisoning.

Yin Xizi said seriously: "Boil the bowl or other food container with poison, and some poison will be absorbed on the inner wall of the container."

"When eating, use this container to hold rice or soup, and a small amount of poison will be incorporated into the soup or rice." "

Although the amount is not large, if it continues for a long time, people will continuously eat poison and form chronic poisoning."

Hearing this, King Jin and his wife showed a look of shock on their faces.

"Then ask Doctor Yin to check it quickly." The princess urged.

Yin Xizi nodded, took another bowl that was not broken, poured a little water into it, and shook it again.

Then, she poured her special potion into the bowl.

A quarter of an hour later, the water in the bowl turned light blue.

Everyone looked at the result, and they were all stunned.

"It changed, it changed, it turned blue!" Xiao Qiu whispered.

Yin Xizi pursed her lips as if relieved: "Finally, we found the source of the poison."

"It seems that it is the bowls that the prince and princess use to eat every day."

King Jin subconsciously held the princess' hand tightly, "What a vicious mind!"

"The poison was so cunning, it is really not an ordinary method."

Yin Xizi sighed and said: "Indeed, she put it on the utensils. Even if the prince and princess are cautious, they usually only test the poison on these foods, and they certainly don't think of the utensils."

"Moreover, putting it on the utensils can ensure that the amount is small enough that it will not be noticed all at once."

"This method is really too extreme."

King Jin looked at the bowl on the table, and the more he thought about it, the more scared he became: "Doctor Yin, I ask you a question, please answer truthfully."

"What would happen if my husband and I didn't find out that we were poisoned and kept eating like this?"

"Will the princess and I die? Will the baby in the princess' belly die in her womb?"

Yin Xizi thought silently for a while before saying, "Based on the dosage of this poison."

"It is enough to guarantee that the baby will still be alive before it is born full-term."

"It is very likely that the princess will give birth to a dying baby when she is full-term, and the baby will die within a day or two, or she may give birth to a stillborn baby."

"As for the prince and the princess, they will not die from the poison, but after a few months, they will become weak and exhausted due to chronic poisoning."

Hearing this, Prince Jin and his wife felt a chill down their spines and broke out in cold sweats.

The Prince of Jin paused for a long while before saying to Xiaoqiu and Xiaodong, "You continue to keep a close eye on Madam Xie."

After that, he went to the study, wrote a secret letter, gave it to his confidant, and immediately sent it to the Prince's Mansion.

On the other side, the Prince received the letter, read the contents, was shocked, and immediately went to the palace to discuss with Emperor Mingxi.

The Prince had already reported to Emperor Mingxi about the poisoning of the Prince of Jin and his wife.

Today is a day of rest, so there is no need to attend court.

Emperor Mingxi stayed in Kunning Palace last night.

When he got up in the morning, he had breakfast with his mother-in-law and the whole family, and then Xia Miaoyuan pestered him to play with her.

In order to please his precious daughter, Emperor Mingxi ignored the majesty of the emperor and played tossing pots with Xia Miaoyuan, Xiao Wanyin, the fifth prince and several other little kids.

The prince came at this time.

After paying his respects to Emperor Mingxi, the prince winked at him.

Emperor Mingxi understood, put down the feather arrow in his hand, and walked towards the inner room.

When there was no one in the inner room, the prince spoke: "Father, the tenth uncle just sent someone to deliver an urgent letter. They have found out the poison." As

the prince spoke, he took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Emperor Mingxi with both hands.

At this time, Xia Miaoyuan sneaked over.

[Looking at the expression of the prince, something big must have happened. Is there any news from the imperial manor? ]

Xia Miaoyuan thought to herself, and tiptoed behind Emperor Mingxi and the prince.

"Miao'er! You naughty boy!" The prince suddenly turned around, scaring Xia Miaoyuan.

"Prince brother is annoying!"

The prince picked her up lovingly.

"But is there any news from the imperial manor?"

The prince scratched her nose: "You are the smartest, that's right."