Chapter 26: Poisoning
Concubine Liang is the main concubine of Suyun Palace, and those who live in Suyun Palace with her are also Concubine Wan and Cui Guiren.
These two people, like the good concubines, are both gentle and fearful of things, and they shrank tremblingly, not even daring to raise their heads.
Wan Concubine was the first person to find out that Liang Concubine was poisoned, and when Liang Concubine was poisoned, she was also in Liang Concubine's Ruixin Palace, drinking tea with Liang Concubine.
When the good concubine was poisoned, she immediately announced the imperial doctor, and called someone to report to Zhaojin Palace.
It's a pity that before Empress Chen and her party arrived at Suyun Palace, the concubine had already died.
Wan Concubine, who was with the good concubine, was naturally trembling at the moment, afraid of being regarded as a murderer.
Sure enough, Empress Chen pointed at her arrogantly: "You little hooves still dare to pretend to be innocent, who else can you be? ”
Concubine Wan knelt on the ground, so anxious that tears broke out in her eyes: "Niangniang Mingjian, the concubine and the concubine have no enmity in the near future, what do you have to do to poison her, the concubine is really just invited by the concubine to taste tea!"
Empress Chen didn't listen to her explanation at all, and said angrily: "You still dare to quibble, you really don't cry when you don't see the coffin, come here!"
Seeing that Empress Chen was about to call someone to be punished again, Shen Ruojiao was speechless and choked.
She was not familiar with Empress Chen in the past, and when she first saw Empress Chen's actions, she thought that Empress Chen was jealous and vicious, so she deliberately framed and murdered.
In the incident of the palace maid Sandalwood, it was Queen Chen herself who was put on the table.
And looking at what Empress Chen did today, Shen Ruojiao understood that she had thought too complicated in the past, and Empress Chen was really just simple-minded and rude.
She sighed secretly in her heart, and persuaded her: "Niangniang, don't make up your mind too early, a good concubine may not be harmed by a concubine." ”
Empress Chen was refuted by Shen Ruojiao several times, which made her lose face, she was such an arrogant person, but she was so embarrassed in Xuanjing Palace that day.
All of this was attributed to Shen Ruojiao's meddling.
She glanced at Shen Ruojiao lightly, and sneered: "Shen Guifei's hand is too long, this palace is still the master of this harem." ”
Shen Ruojiao said lightly: "Just because Niangniang is the master of the harem, she must be more cautious in everything, if you really wronged the concubine, it will only damage the prestige of Niangniang." ”
Empress Chen was choked like this, and she didn't know how to refute it for a while, and said indignantly: "This palace can't say you, since you are so capable, then this palace wants to see how you can decide, and the poisoning of the good concubine will be handled by Shen Guifei." ”
Shen Ruojiao bowed her head indifferently: "I am willing to share my worries for my mother." ”
Empress Chen thought that she had put the burden on Shen Ruojiao, but unfortunately this was in Shen Ruojiao's arms.
Even if Empress Chen insists on making her own decision, she will also find a way to secretly investigate.
There are constant disputes in the harem, but poisoning and murder is still rare, and in addition to himself, he was poisoned in his previous life, he was a good concubine.
Killing people with poison is not something that ordinary palace concubines dare to do, so she must know who poisoned the concubine.
Shen Ruojiao's appearance of the sky collapsing in front of her and her face did not change made Empress Chen even more angry, so she snorted coldly and sat down in the hall, took the hot tea handed over by Yuanqiu in her hand, and watched from the wall.
Shen Ruojiao swept the tea cup in her hand and kindly reminded: "Don't forget, Niangniang, the concubine died of poison, and it is better not to touch the food and drink in the Cloud Palace." ”
Empress Chen was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly threw out the teacup in her hand.
Her beautiful eyes were full of anger, and she slapped her backhand: "A dog thing that doesn't have a brain, do you want to kill this palace." ”
Kite Qiu was slapped firmly, her cheeks were red and swollen, she covered her face, and knelt down crying and begging for mercy.
Shen Ruojiao looked away in disgust.
looks humble in front of the master, and in the blink of an eye, he shows off his power in front of others, such an ugly and mischievous attitude is really despicable.
This slap was not enough to avenge the frost, and Shen Ruojiao would not stop there.
But for now, there are more important things.
Shen Ruojiao opened the curtain and saw the imperial doctor waiting outside the hall.
When the imperial doctor saw her come out, he panicked and wanted to salute.
Shen Ruojiao raised her hand and asked, "Have you tested all the tea and snacks used by the good concubine?"
The imperial doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It has been tested, and there is no poison." ”
"Tested them all?"
"Yes, everything has been checked, and nothing has been missed. ”
Shen Ruojiao lowered her eyes.
It seems that the so-called mistaken ingestion of poisonous fruits in the previous life is self-defeating.
But why? Why did Bai Zhen meddle in the case of the concubine in his previous life, and he found an excuse to close the case in a hurry.
Could it be related to Concubine Liu?
After the palace maid case, Liu Jian was divided into some powers, and Concubine Liu Guifei was also much more restrained.
This change is something that has not been seen in previous lives.
If Concubine Liu had a little brain, she would not have made a move on the concubine at this time.
Shen Ruojiao couldn't figure it out, and asked again: "What kind of poison did the good concubine die of?"
The imperial doctor looked frightened, and hung his head in a cold sweat: "The minister is incompetent, the poison in the concubine, the minister...... I can't check it out. ”
Shen Ruojiao was stunned, no wonder the imperial doctor's expression was wrong, the poison that killed the concubine couldn't even be detected by the imperial doctor.
She frowned: "It's a big hospital, there should always be someone who knows about this poison, you can't recognize it, so change someone." ”
The imperial physician smiled bitterly and pointed to the side hall: "The good concubine is poisoned, the ministers dare not slack off, all the imperial doctors are here." ”
Shen Ruojiao was dumbfounded, she thought that it would not be difficult to find out the person who was poisoned by following the source of the poison.
But the result was that the imperial doctor checked the entire Suyun Palace, and he didn't know how the concubine was poisoned.
This poison can't fall from the sky.
Shen Ruojiao rearranged her thoughts, asked the imperial doctor to continue to think of a way, turned around and pulled up the curtain and returned to the hall.
Concubine Wan and Cui Guiren were still red-eyed, standing in the corner, not daring to move.
She looked at Wan Concubine: "You tell me again carefully, the scene when the concubine was poisoned." ”
Wan Concubine's little face turned pale, and she recalled the terrible scene: "After the concubine drank the tea, she suddenly fell to the ground, and the concubine thought that the concubine just fainted, but who knew that she was helped up and looked at it, only to find that the concubine was bleeding and foaming at the mouth." ”
Wan Concubine's voice was trembling, which showed that that scene really frightened her.
The concubine was poisoned after drinking the tea, but this doesn't make sense, first, the imperial doctor carefully checked the concubine's teacup, and found no poison, and second, if there is a problem with the tea, the concubine who tasted tea with the concubine was safe and sound.
Shen Ruojiao raised her eyebrows and continued to ask, "Why did the good concubine invite you over to taste tea?"
Concubine Wan knew that she was the most suspicious now, so she didn't dare to hide it: "Because this cake of tea is produced in Yunzhou, the concubine's hometown." The good concubine thought that the concubine was thousands of miles away from home, and specially let the concubine taste the newly harvested moonrise tea this season, who knows......"
Wan Concubine said, crying silently.
This month's tea, Shen Ruojiao knows, I heard that this tea is picked at night, at the moonrise, the frost and dew bloom, hence the name.
Moonrise tea is fragrant and fragrant, and it is the only tribute tea in the three northwestern states.
After the first day, the thirteen states came to the court, and Yunzhou did offer a batch of good moonrise tea, but the number was not much, only the main seat of each palace got a cake.
So there is no problem with Wan Concubine's rhetoric.
The good concubine who died was also a person who valued love and righteousness.
A few days ago, she saw the good concubines a few times, and the good concubines were all gentle and lovely, not like a person who would offend people.
What's more, there are so many ways to retaliate against people in the harem, what kind of hatred can there be, and you have to let the concubine die a tragic death?