Chapter 156 Concubine Xian poisoned?

Yichun Palace, Yutang Hall.

When Su Jingyao arrived at Yutang Palace, Shangguan Guipin was already there.

She stood in the temple, looking anxious.

Concubine Shangguan was the mistress of Yichun Palace. Upon hearing that something happened to Concubine Chu, she immediately rushed over in a hurry.

"Your servant pays homage to Her Majesty the Empress." Shangguan Guipin greeted her respectfully and bowed slightly.

Su Jingyao spoke indifferently, without any expression on her face and with a cold voice.

"Wake up, do you know what's going on?"

"Your Majesty, Concubine Chu has been feeling unwell these past few days, so she has been taking medicine. At lunch, after taking the medicine, Concubine Chu's personal maid Jingxiang said that Concubine Chu has been resting."

"Later, Jingxiang discovered that Miss Chu had slept for too long. When she entered the bedroom to check, she found that Miss 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 never expected that a person who was alive a few days ago would be gone just like that.

Su Jingyao walked into the bedroom with an expressionless face and looked at the beautiful Chu 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 looked even uglier, as if covered with a layer of frost.

Not long after, Doctor Jin also hurried over.

Su Jingyao directly let him in to see Miss Chu without saying anything extra.

Doctor Jin walked into the bedroom, opened Lady Chu's eyes to check, and then carefully opened her mouth to check.

It was definitely poisoned, and the top of the head was red.

"Can you please let me see 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 also 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, echoing 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 days and has been drinking medicine. Today's medicine was mixed with poison, which led to Concubine Chu's tragic death."

Su Jingyao spoke slowly, her voice calm but her expression very solemn.

"I am preparing to have someone bring up the palace maid who touched the medicine today."

"Well, go on." 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, including the eunuch who boiled medicine in the pharmacy, 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 other 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 pharmacy.

"Your Majesty, Queen, I am not the only servant who boils the medicine in the pharmacy. There are several eunuchs beside me who boil the medicine for the palaces. I have always done my job in a proper manner. It is impossible for me to give you the medicine without anyone noticing. Please, Queen, please be more careful and clear my name!"

As he spoke, he kept bowing his head, and soon a red swelling appeared on his forehead.

Afterwards, the other two also made excuses and refused to admit it.

The eunuch who brought the medicine to the Jade Hall opened his eyes wide and spoke in an anxious voice.

"Your Majesty, Queen, I was only in charge of delivering the medicine. I didn't even open the medicine jars during the journey. How could I have poisoned you? I am innocent!"

When the palace maid who was preparing the medicine in Yutang Palace burst into tears and sobbed.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know anything. I just followed your instructions to warm the medicine. I never did anything so evil. Please spare my life, Your Majesty!"

Su Jingyao spoke coldly, her eyes sweeping across the four people like an ice knife.

He said coldly, "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 all four of you will be punished for murdering a concubine."

She paused and said more emphatically, "The death penalty will be imposed."

"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 chaff and their foreheads banged against the ground.

Suddenly, the maid who was warming the medicine in the Jade Hall trembled and spoke in a sobbing voice: "Empress, the eunuch who came to deliver the medicine today has been replaced by someone else."

The young eunuch who delivered the medicine was so frightened that his face turned pale and he immediately 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 soup?"

Su Jingyao narrowed her eyes slightly, with a look of scrutiny in her eyes.

The little eunuch who delivered the medicine seemed to realize something, and his head was nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

Lian Lian said, "This soup was brought to me by Xiao Tanzi. He said that he had a sudden cramp in his leg and was afraid that he might spill the medicine for Lady Chu, so he asked me to bring it to you."

"Someone, bring Xiaotanzi here." Su Jingyao's face was gloomy and she ordered in a sharp voice.

At this moment, the hall was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

Everyone held their breath and dared not utter a word. The air seemed to be frozen.

Not long after, Su Jingyao's people came in hurriedly to report: "Madam, Xiao Tanzi is dead, but the servant found He Dinghong in his room."

The visitor showed the Hedinghong. The powder was wrapped in a handkerchief with a delicate little flower embroidered on one corner.

Bai Fei seemed to have discovered something and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, isn't this handkerchief Bai Zhi's from Xian Fei? I've seen it on Bai Zhi before."

She pointed at the handkerchief, her face full of surprise.

Concubine Xian was secretly happy in her heart that the Third Prince's biological mother had died, and no one would miss the Third Prince anymore.

When she heard Bai Fei's words, her body shook as if she was struck by lightning.

Only then did she suddenly wake up. What happened today was actually directed at her? !

When Bai Zhi heard what Bai Fei said, she stared at the handkerchief, her eyes widened and she instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

It was indeed her handkerchief!

Her lips began to tremble and her face turned as pale as paper.

Su Jingyao's face froze.

Tonight I went there for Concubine Xian.

Jun Zechen, who was sitting next to him, was becoming increasingly impatient, his face looking terribly gloomy.

Now that he is no longer a member of the harem, what are these women planning?

He suppressed his anger and turned the ring on his hand.

He looked at Concubine Xian with a serious look, as if his gaze could pierce through her.

Instead, Bai Zhi was the first to kneel on the ground with a thump, and her forehead hit the ground heavily.

She cried out in a sobbing voice: "Your Majesty, Queen, this handkerchief, this handkerchief is indeed mine, but...but I don't know why it is in the little pond!"

As Concubine Xian listened to Bai Zhi's words, her heart began to sink.

She must have been tricked.

But now the only one who has a grudge against her in the palace is Concubine Chu, the biological mother of the Third Prince. His Majesty has not even entered the harem, and she has never offended anyone. Who on earth could have harmed her?

"Your Majesty, Queen, someone must have deliberately framed me!"

Concubine Xian raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes, her eyes full of pleading.

Yan Zhaoyi, who was sitting next to him, had a sarcastic smile on his face, his eyes full of contempt.

She said, "Sister Xianfei, Lady Chu is just a little beauty with a low status in the palace. It seems that no one has any intention to harm her."

"But now the Third Prince is under the name of Concubine Xian. Sister Xian will not want to get rid of his birth mother and completely erase all traces of the Third Prince's birth mother, right?"

Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but just loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly.

After saying this, he gave Concubine Xian a provocative look.

The other concubines also began to whisper to each other, looking at Concubine Xian back and forth and talking to each other.

Concubine Xian is indeed the one with the greatest motive, and now the evidence points to Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xian was speechless and looked at Su Jingyao eagerly for help.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent."

His eyes were like a drowning person desperately grasping at a life-saving straw.