When Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi rushed to the Zongren Mansion, she had a very bad feeling.

The place of Zongrenfu is the place where the clan relatives are judged, and if the people of the royal family are guilty, they will interrogate him in the Zongren Mansion and sentence him for his crimes, why would the emperor ask them to come to the Zongren Mansion instead of going to the Zhuwang Mansion, which made her palpitate.

Sure enough, the evidence of the subsequent Ji Gang all pointed to the East Palace.

"These evidences," Princess Ning Guo said, "It's not enough to prove that the East Palace was poisoned, Master Ji, do you have any other evidence?"

Ji Gang's fingers moved slightly, Zhang Zhaohua could see clearly, she knew that she had just explained all the doubts before, and these doubts were just suspicions, and next, I am afraid that it will be a "real hammer".

"Among the drugs used by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to treat foot diseases," Ji Gang said slowly: "There is arsenic, which is the most likely source of poison at present. The reason why the minister said this is because the minister got the last packet of bath medicine in the East Palace this month, and after verification, there was no arsenic in it. ”

This package of medicine was taken by Ji Gang, and he asked the imperial doctor to examine it with great fanfare, and he didn't say the result until today, which caught Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi almost off guard.

"How is that possible?" Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi were both stunned.

The Emperor stared at them expressionlessly, discerning the authenticity of their expressions—and Zhang Zhaohua and Gao Chi were indeed amazed. Zhang Zhaohua shook his head and said, "Impossible, unless at the beginning, the herbs from the Tai Hospital were given the wrong one." ”

Ji Gang showed the records of the Tai Hospital, Zhang Zhaohua looked at the herbs in the bag under his eyes, and relaxed slightly: "The herbs were not brought back to be prepared, but prepared by the doctors of the Tai Hospital. Arsenic is a powder, and after it has been sprinkled in, it is not so easy to pick it out. ”

Moreover, when Ji Gang said that there is no arsenic, he means that he can't check it out at all, and it is impossible for a person to be so big as to pick out all the arsenic powder from the herbs - so this bag of herbs is not put arsenic into it at all. And the imperial doctor who prepared the herbs said that he put arsenic in it, so Zhang Zhaohua deduced that this package of herbs should have been replaced.

This is a rather confusing inference, and some are blatantly confusing the public.

Replacing the poisonous with the non-poisonous is an unusual---replacing the non-poisonous with the poisonous can be said to be a false accusation;

"Some people have weak hearts," Yongping said suddenly, "even the arsenic in the foot bath medicine is hidden." ”

"There is only arsenic in the palace for Chunhe Palace," Zhang Zhaohua said bluntly: "Everyone knows it, don't I hide it to cover it up?"

"Since this arsenic is suspicious," Ji Gang said: "The minister will interrogate Ju Sheng, Mei Sheng and Wang An beside His Royal Highness the Prince, and please don't blame His Highness." ”

Zhang Zhaohua sighed in his heart, this is the purpose of Ji Gang, or it is in the calculations of the people behind the scenes. Ji Gang's previous interrogation could not interrogate Mei Sheng, he could only interrogate those who had contact with Jinhua and Osmanthus Cake, and these people did not include Ju Sheng and Mei Sheng, who served Gao Chi closely.

But now, because of the arsenic problem, Ji Gang has a reason to question the people around Gao Chi.

"Good calculation, good calculation!" Zhang Zhaohua was shocked in her heart, she intuitively felt that Ji Gang would interrogate these three people and judge quite bad things.

But she can't stop it at all, and at this time, any subtle expression or movement will be scrutinized and scrutinized.

There is another evidence, and the minister is also quite puzzled. Ji Gang waved his hand, and his subordinates came up with a tray.

The tray holds a concave bottom, arched round cover, and a makeup powder box decorated with eight-petal chrysanthemums in the center of the cover, that is, a box containing makeup powder, this thing is where Jinhua hides poison, and arsenic looks very similar to makeup powder.

"This makeup powder box," Ji Gang asked: "There is a mark on the bottom, with the word Qingyuan written on it, this is the makeup powder of Qingyuan Yinlou - the crown princess, do you think it?"

Zhang Zhaohua took the things in his hand, looked at them carefully, and had to admit: "It's something from my second brother's Qingyuan Silver Building." ”

Qingyuan has now developed into a diversified industry, not only money stores, money villages, but also the production and sales of cosmetics such as Yinlou, and has annexed the largest makeup powder manufacturer in Suzhou, so Zhang Zhaohua has a unique trademark of Qingyuan in his hand for this imitation Song makeup powder box, and there is a unique identification method.

The people sitting couldn't help but gasp, and another piece of evidence pointed to the East Palace.

"Zhang," the Emperor said, "what do you have to say?"

Zhang Zhaohua relaxed a lot this time: "My father doesn't know that the reason why Qingyuan Yinlou has done a big business is because compared with other Yinlou, there are many unusual places. Because the cosmetics of Qingyuan Yinlou sell too well, there are many imitators, so since last year, Yinlou has not taken the low-end road, but began to sell to the homes of dignitaries, which means that this thing is a luxury and ordinary people can't afford it. ”

"A box of makeup powder for ten yuan is made of rice flour," Zhang Zhaohua said: "A box of fifty yuan is lead powder." A box of 100 wen is made of talc, mussel powder, and wax grease, and the makeup powder refined from white jasmine kernels, which was originally sold well in Beijing, is worth 300 wen. And this box of Qingyuan Yinlou's makeup powder, because it uses ten more pearls the size of a thumbnail, its price is two. ”

Is Liangguan an ordinary palace maid affordable?

"Is it possible that the nobleman rewarded her?" asked Princess Zhao.

"This is to tell you about a unique sales model of Qingyuan Yinlou," Zhang Zhaohua said: "When Yinlou sells cosmetics above the consistent price, it will make a registration, record the surname and address of this lady, and if she comes to buy it next time, she can give her a certain discount." I think this box of makeup powder meets this regulation. ”

"And this thing is a new product in early spring," Zhang Zhaohua said: "That is, it just appeared this spring, and I don't think there should be many of them, whether it is the head office in Suzhou or the store in Beijing, it should be easy to find out who bought it." ”

She said and turned to Ji Gang: "Master Ji, did you say?"

Ji Gang didn't speak, and the emperor said, "Then go and find out who bought this thing." ”

Coming out of the Zongren Mansion, Zhang Zhaohua only felt that she was about to collapse, she saw a figure, and suddenly said: "Master Sheng, don't go back to the Tai Hospital first, I have something to ask you." Because during the interrogation just now, Sheng Yin, the judge of the Tai Hospital, seemed to show a suspicious look, which just happened to let her see it.

After sitting in the sedan chair, Zhang Zhaohua couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Master Ji, you are really smart but you are mistaken by being smart." ”