Yichun Palace, Yutang Hall.
When Su Jingyao arrived at Yutang Palace, Concubine Shangguan was already there.
She stood in the temple, looking anxious.
Concubine Shangguan was the mistress of Yichun Palace. When she heard that something happened to Concubine Chu, she immediately rushed over in a hurry.
"Your servant pays respects to Her Majesty the Queen." Shangguan Guipin greeted respectfully and bowed slightly.
Su Jingyao spoke indifferently, with no expression on her face and a cold voice.
"Get up, do you know what's going on?"
"Your Majesty, Lady Chu has been feeling unwell these past few days, so she has been taking medicine. At lunch, after taking the medicine, Lady Chu's personal maid Jingxiang said that Lady Chu has been resting."
"Later, Jingxiang discovered that Lady Chu had slept for too long. When she entered the bedroom to check, she found that Lady Chu had passed away."
There was a trace of emotion on Shangguan Guipin's face, regret and pity in her eyes, and she sighed softly.
I didn't expect that a person who was still alive a few days ago would be gone like this.
Su Jingyao walked into the bedroom expressionlessly and looked at Miss Chu lying on the bed with sharp eyes.
His face was blue and his lips were black, which was a very scary sign, obviously a sign of poisoning.
Su Jingyao took just one look and then stepped back. Her face became even uglier, as if covered with a layer of frost.
Not long after, Doctor Jin also hurried over.
Su Jingyao let him in to see Miss Chu without saying anything extra.
Doctor Jin walked into the bedroom, pried open Lady Chu's eyes to check, and then carefully pried open her mouth to check.
It was undoubtedly poisoning, and it was poisonous to him.
"Can you bring me the medicine that Lady Chu took today?" Imperial Doctor Jin asked the palace maid beside him.
Jingxiang brought in the remaining soup tremblingly.
Doctor Jin took the bowl of soup, leaned in and sniffed it, "Your Majesty, this soup is indeed poisonous."
After hearing this, Su Jingyao frowned and felt very angry.
Who is this idiot? Is this a real-name poisoning?
"Jingxiang, who got this medicine?"
Before Jingxiang could answer, Anshun's shrill voice suddenly rang out from outside.
"Your Majesty has arrived--" The voice was drawn out and echoed outside the palace.
Along with the voice, Jun Zechen strode in, followed by a group of high-ranking concubines.
The Queen Mother must have ended the welcoming banquet early, so Jun Zechen and the concubines all rushed over.
"Have you found out anything?" Jun Zechen asked.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Chu has been ill these past few days and has been taking medicine. Today's medicine was mixed with poison, which led to Concubine Chu's tragic death."
Su Jingyao spoke slowly, her voice steady but her expression very solemn.
"I am preparing to have someone bring up the palace maid who touched the medicine today."
"Well, go ahead." Jun Zechen nodded and responded with a serious expression.
Afterwards, Su Jingyao and Jun Zechen sat on the chairs in the hall.
The concubines sat on both sides with their expressions unclear.
Su Jingyao gestured slightly, and soon, Su Jingyao's people brought three people up. The eunuch who boiled medicine in the imperial pharmacy came in, as did the eunuch who delivered the medicine to the Yutang Palace, and the palace maid who warmed the medicine in the Yutang Palace.
In addition to the three of them, the only person who had come into contact with this medicine was Lady Chu's personal maid Jingxiang.
The four of them knelt in the middle of the hall, looking nervous and fearful.
The first person to speak was the eunuch who was boiling medicine in the imperial pharmacy.
"Your Majesty, Queen, I am not the only servant who makes medicine in the Imperial Pharmacy. There are several eunuchs beside me who make medicine for the various palaces. I have always done my job in a proper manner, so I cannot give you medicine without anyone noticing. Please, Queen, be careful and clear my name!"
As he spoke, he kept knocking his head, and soon a redness and swelling appeared on his forehead.
Afterwards, the other two also made excuses and refused to admit it.
The eunuch who brought the medicine to Yutang Palace opened his eyes wide and spoke in an anxious voice.
"Your Majesty, Queen, I was only responsible for delivering the medicine. I didn't even open the medicine jar along the way. How could I have poisoned you? I am innocent!"
When the palace maid who was warming the medicine in Yutang Palace burst into tears and sobbed.
"Your Highness, I really don't know anything. I just followed your instructions to warm the medicine and never did anything so evil. Please spare my life, Your Highness!"
Su Jingyao spoke coldly, her eyes sweeping across the four people like an ice knife.
He said in a cold voice: "The medicine for Lady Chu only passed through the hands of the four of you. If we cannot confirm which of you is the real murderer, then the four of you will be punished for murdering a concubine."
She paused and said in a more serious tone: "Execution."
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life. I am innocent."
The four men were so frightened that they kowtowed desperately and begged for mercy. Their bodies were shaking like sieves and their foreheads banged on the ground.
Suddenly, the maid who was warming the medicine in Yutang Palace spoke tremblingly, her voice filled with tears: "Empress, the eunuch who came to deliver the medicine today has been replaced by a new person."
The young eunuch who delivered the medicine was so frightened that his face turned pale and he kowtowed profusely.
"Your Majesty, I am only helping to deliver the medicine. The person who delivered the medicine two days ago was Xiao Tanzi. He was not feeling well at the time, so he asked me to deliver it for him."
"Oh? Did he come into contact with today's medicine?"
Su Jingyao narrowed her eyes slightly, with a scrutinizing look in her eyes.
The young eunuch who delivered the medicine seemed to realize something and nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
Lian Lian said, "This decoction was given to me by Xiao Tanzi. He said that he had a sudden cramp in his leg and was afraid that he might spill Lady Chu's medicine, so he asked me to deliver it."
"Someone, bring Xiaotanzi here." Su Jingyao's face was gloomy and she ordered sternly.
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