Chapter Twenty-Three: Poison Testing

Nian Lunyu hadn't finished speaking, but he only heard Yuan Diyi say, "If you want to prove whether this is poison or not, why do you need to find cats and dogs to testify, wouldn't it be more convincing to ask people to try." After speaking, he stepped forward and took the bag of poison powder, and poured the whole bag into his mouth.

No one thought that she would make such a move, even Feng Michu and Lu Cunxi were surprised, and the emperor hurriedly said, "Nian Lun Domain, don't you hurry up and treat Miss Yuan!"

This poison is common to ordinary people who eat a little bit of it and their intestines will rot, not to mention that Yuan Diyi swallowed it whole. The Queen Mother was also nervous, and she couldn't hold her breath anymore, "Quick, go and call all the imperial doctors on duty in the Tai Hospital!"

Yuan Diyi said with a smile, "Why should the emperor and queen mother be nervous, I think it's good now, but this flour has been left for a long time, and the taste seems to be a little sour, and I don't know if I will have diarrhea after eating it." ”

The Queen Mother said, "Why do you still have the heart to joke." She instructed Nian Lun Yu to say, "Take advantage of the fact that you have just eaten it and see if there is any way to induce vomiting and let her spit out the poison." ”

Nian Lunyu grabbed her right hand to diagnose the pulse, but it was diagnosing and diagnosing, the doubts on her face became more and more serious, and after a while, she couldn't believe it again, and changed her left hand to diagnose the pulse. “…… Miss Yuan's pulse was peaceful and there was no poisoning. ”

Yuan Diyi was determined, "This is flour, how can flour be poisoned." Nian is the leader of the hospital, so I naturally don't dare to doubt your medical skills, but people will make mistakes. ”

She put her hands behind her back and flicked her fingertips to flick off the remaining powder from the paper.

Nian Lunyu was distressed, he could clearly see that it was indeed scorpion powder, no matter how old he was, he would not even be able to recognize scorpion powder and flour clearly. But if it was really scorpion powder, how could it be okay if he obviously watched Yuan Diyi eat it?

Yuan Diyi returned the yellow paper that was originally packed with poison to Nian Lunyu, and said, "I think this slave is either stupid and blunt enough to admit that the flour is wrong, or he is dishonest and deliberately framed. It should be thrown into prison and interrogated. ”

The eunuch shook his head, incredulous, and said in a hurry, "That's obviously scorpion powder, and the slave took it from the Tai Hospital." Just mixed some into the water, the horse licked a few bites and died, how could it be ......"

Emperor Yuan seemed to unintentionally break through the suspicions, "The queen asked you to buy people to poison them, and you succeeded, but you are not in a hurry to escape, and you still stay in the Zhan Wang's Mansion and wait for the horse to drink water and die? ”

The eunuch's body shook slightly, probably realizing that he had said the wrong thing, and lowered his head and said, "It's not that the slave doesn't want to escape, it's just that he can't escape." ”

Yuan Diyi smiled, "Whether you don't want to escape or you can't escape, it's a matter for the imperial court officials." It's just that I swallowed the whole bag of medicine, and I can still live well, which is enough to prove that the bag of medicine is not poison, and the queen mother did not murder the prince. ”

The Queen Mother also took the opportunity to intercede, "Even if the queen is at fault, she can't stand Pingle's plea if she thinks about it, and it's understandable." She will not be confused about the major rights and wrongs, and she will never do anything poisoned. ”

The queen doesn't want to defend herself, she will admit that she did it, if she didn't do it, she won't admit it, even if she uses a heavy punishment, she won't admit it. "The concubine is indeed at fault, knowing that it is wrong, she still helps the princess to make mistakes on top of mistakes. If the emperor wants to punish his concubines, he has nothing to say, but if he says that the concubines are poisoned, the concubines can swear to the gods, and if they do, the sky will thunder. ”

The oath to the gods is not much evidence, but now that the physical evidence is gone, and the testimony is full of errors and omissions, it is impossible to convict the queen.

Zong Zheng simply did a favor, "Since the queen mother has sworn to the gods, I also want to believe that she was innocently framed. Tonight's events are caused by me, and if I have wronged the innocent if I have not found out, I will surely have a restless sleep after that. ”

The sixth prince spoke, "According to Erchen, it is better to hand over this slave to the Criminal Department. Although he has a hard mouth, the Criminal Department has hundreds of criminal laws, and he will always be able to call him honest. ”

The emperor nodded, and agreed to the method of the six princes, waved his hand and asked people to drag the eunuch down, but when he dragged it to the threshold, he saw that the eunuch's legs hung down and he bit his tongue.

The Queen Mother didn't have any compassion in her eyes, she just looked at the corpse numbly, "He also said that he didn't want his family outside the palace to be affected by him, so he turned himself in, and now he bites his tongue when he hears that he is going to enter the punishment department, which is really full of lies." Although the person is dead, it can be seen that there must be someone behind the instigation of the murder of the mother of a country, the emperor, this matter cannot be stopped. The man's family will also be convicted according to the rules. ”

Yuan Musheng heard that the Queen Mother had the intention of pursuing the joint sitting, and couldn't bear to say, "Even if this person is really framed for guilt, his family is innocent......"

The emperor raised his hand to stop him from continuing, which showed that he had already made a decision, "He himself knew what the result would be, but he still played tricks in front of me, I did not punish him severely according to the law, I am afraid that more people will follow suit in the future, isn't this just going to be chaotic." ”

Yuan Musheng couldn't bear it, knowing that the emperor wanted to investigate the eunuch's family in order to prevent a similar situation from happening again.

The emperor said to the queen mother, "This time, even the queen knows that she is wrong, and if she is wrong, she cannot go unpunished." Even if it is pity Pingle, it should not be indistinguishable from wrong, otherwise how to be an example of a concubine in the future. The affairs of the harem have always been the queen mother's work for me, and how the queen should be punished, please ask the mother to deal with it. As for Pingle ......" the emperor turned his back and said in a deep voice, "She made mistakes again and again, and she was punished, but she still didn't repent, but she intensified her efforts to do such foolish things as chin bean powder." Such behavior will not be tolerated in the palace. I decreed today that she would be taken back as Princess Pingle and relegated to a commoner from now on. ”

The Queen Mother was surprised, "Your Majesty, this punishment is too heavy." Even if Pingle is no longer sensible, you have to take into account that her biological mother lost her life in order to give birth to the imperial heir. If you are like this, don't you make the people under the Nine Springs feel uneasy? ”

Everyone interceded for Pingle, except for Yuan Diyi. Whether Pingle will be abolished or not has nothing to do with her.

The emperor seemed to be determined that he would not tolerate it anymore, and Pingle heard that he was about to be reduced to cloth, and he couldn't stand the stimulation, so he closed his eyes and fainted.

The Queen Mother was distressed, and hurriedly called someone to carry Pingle down first. Just thought about procrastinating, "No matter what, it is the emperor's flesh and blood, thinking of the flesh and blood family over the years, even if you have to rush, wait until you wake up and make sure that there is nothing to do." After saying that, he went back to the dormitory.

The emperor said that he would send someone to send Yuan Diyi back to his home, but Yuan Diyi said with a smile that the imperial capital was safe and secure, and he did not close his house at night, so there was really no need for this. The emperor didn't insist either, and just let them all disperse.