Yichun Palace, Yutang Hall.
When Su Jingyao arrived at Yutang Palace, Concubine Shangguan was already there.
She stood in the hall, looking anxious.
Concubine Shangguan was the mistress of Yichun Palace. When she heard that something had happened to Concubine Chu, she immediately rushed over in a hurry.
"Your servant pays homage 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 she has been resting."
"Later, Jingxiang discovered that Lady Chu had slept for too long. When she entered the bedroom to check, she discovered 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 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. It was obviously a sign of poisoning.
Su Jingyao took just one look and then stepped back. Her expression became 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.
Imperial Physician 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 poisoned by the poison of the red-crowned crane.
"Could you please let me see the medicine that Lady Chu took today?" Imperial Physician Jin asked the palace maid beside him.
Jingxiang brought in the remaining soup tremblingly.
Doctor Jin took the bowl of soup 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 poisoning under the real-name system?
"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 was just about 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 gave a slight gesture, 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 Concubine Chu's personal maid Jingxiang.
The four of them knelt in the middle of the hall, looking nervous and frightened.
The first person to speak was the eunuch who was boiling medicine in the imperial pharmacy.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am not the only servant brewing medicine in the Imperial Pharmacy. Several eunuchs beside me are brewing medicine for the various palaces. I have always done my job in a proper manner. It is impossible for me to administer the medicine without anyone noticing. Please, Your Majesty, be clear-headed 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, Your Majesty, I was only responsible for delivering the medicine. I didn't even open the medicine bottle along the way. 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 truly know nothing. I was simply warming the medicine as instructed and never did anything so heinous. Please, Your Majesty, spare my life!"
Su Jingyao spoke coldly, her eyes sweeping across the four people like ice knives.
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 true murderer, then all four of you will be punished for murdering a concubine."
She paused and said in a more serious tone, "Captive death."
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life. This servant/slave has been wronged."
The four men were so frightened that they kowtowed desperately for mercy. Their bodies were shaking like sieves and their foreheads banged against the ground.
Suddenly, the maidservant warming the medicine in the Jade Hall spoke tremblingly, her voice tinged with tears: "Empress, the eunuch who delivered 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. It was Xiao Tanzi who delivered the medicine two days ago. 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 he had a sudden leg cramp and was afraid he would spill Miss Chu's medicine, so he asked me to deliver it."
"Someone, bring Xiao Tanzi here." Su Jingyao's face was gloomy and she ordered sternly.
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