Chapter 720: Lychee Poisoning
Let's just say Mu Ze, his connections in the palace are definitely stronger than himself, but he can only be so bad that Wu Jieyu is wrong, as for what Wu Jieyu did, behind closed doors, who can know?
Yuan Jinyu washed up, changed his clothes, and lay on the bed for a while before Fan Dai came back.
After seeing Yuan Jinyu, she reported directly: "Niangniang, the slave is incompetent, and she didn't find it." β
Yuan Jinyu rubbed his eyebrows, and now the anxiety in his heart was much less: "Forget it, you can go down and rest first." β
Fan Dai glanced at Yuan Jinyu worriedly, but seeing that Yuan Jinyu had closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, she couldn't say anything more, so she could only turn around and leave.
When eating in the evening, Yuan Jinyu found that Concubine Shu was a little absent-minded and kept looking towards the door.
Yuan Jinyu couldn't help asking: "Is the mother concubine waiting for someone?"
Concubine Shu was so frightened by her question that her chopsticks almost didn't fall, and immediately replied: "No, who else can this palace wait for? β
Yuan Jinyu smiled softly and said softly: "Oh, the concubine still thinks that the mother concubine is waiting for her father." β
Concubine Shu knew that her actions had now made Yuan Jinyu find the clue, so she could only stubbornly answer: "Really, I was discovered by you." β
Yuan Jinyu used chopsticks to clip the dishes for Concubine Shu, and Concubine Shu embarrassed her at dinner before, but asked Yuan Jinyu to touch Concubine Shu's taste. After picking up the dishes, she also "kindly" persuaded: "Recently, the Great Zhou has not been peaceful, my father has a lot of opportunities, don't blame him for neglecting you, you have been thinking about your father, presumably your father will definitely know your mind, and when your father is not busy, he will come to this Cuiwei Palace." β
In fact, the emperor hasn't been here for a long time, Concubine Shu's own awkwardness is one thing, and being told by her daughter-in-law is another, how she listens now, how can she feel that Yuan Jinyu is mocking her.
But she couldn't say anything, so she could only eat with her head down.
Yuan Jinyu raised his eyebrows, seeing that this still didn't lead to Concubine Shu's words, his eyes couldn't help but sink.
What is she hiding?
Yuan Jinyu's doubts were answered just after dinner.
Seeing that the table had not been removed, a little eunuch hurriedly ran over and said to Concubine Shu: "Niangniang is not good, Qing Guiren has been poisoned!"
Concubine Shu immediately stood up, and Yuan Jinyu looked at her surprised expression, and also felt a little fake. But Concubine Shu pretended not to know and asked, "What did you say? poisoning?
"Look at the minion's mouth," the little eunuch slapped himself, and then knelt down and continued to answer: "I heard that the lychee was poisoned after eating too much, and I had already fainted just now, and I was covered in cold sweat, and my anger was like a gossamer, and now the imperial doctor has passed." β
Concubine Shu repeated: "Although the lychee is delicious now, you can't eat more, is there any use for dinner?"
The little eunuch knew that Concubine Shu was just saying this casually, and she didn't want him to respond anything, but she still responded very sincerely: "Niangniang, you have to pay attention, you are not in good health, you must not be sick again!"
Concubine Shu waved her hand and motioned for the little eunuch to retreat: "This palace is not a little girl like her, can she still poison herself because of her greedy mouth?"
The little eunuch went down soon, and Concubine Shu looked at Yuan Jinyu and said funny: "Look, let her be arrogant because she slept for two nights, isn't it, retribution is coming?"
Yuan Jinyu also had her own thoughts in her heart, this lychee poisoning incident would definitely not end here, but now, she didn't think about letting Concubine Shu confess anything to her, she just replied with a smile: "Yes, although lychees are good, they can't be greedy." But the Qing nobles are being favored first, and with such a disease, it is estimated that the emperor is going to visit again, right?"
Yuan Jinyu always has the skill to make Concubine Shu's face change with one sentence. She was sick with Yuan Jinyu before, and most of them were pretended, but they did burn all night, and the result was that the emperor sent someone to bring something, and he didn't come to see it at all.
Now when she thinks of him going back to Qingguiren, Concubine Shu is so angry that she can't wait to eat dozens of catties of lychees now, and she will only be poisoned after eating them.
Yuan Jinyu saw that Concubine Shu's face changed, but she still smiled and asked, "Mother, that noble lady is sick now, should we go and have a look?"
When Concubine Shu heard this, she turned her head to look at Mama Li: "Mama Li, go and inquire, what are the responses in other palaces." β
Mama Li came back soon, saying that other palaces had sent people over to condole, and only a few concubines in the palace who were close to the Qing Guiren's dormitory had passed.
Concubine Shu nodded: "Then you can also go to the warehouse to pick up something to send it, remember not to have medicinal herbs or anything." β
At this time, if there is a problem with the medicinal herbs she sent, then she will not be able to pick them out.
Seeing that Mama Li didn't leave, Concubine Shu asked, "What's the matter?"
Mama Li glanced at Concubine Shu in embarrassment, and then said: "Niangniang, the old slave went out to inquire this time and found out that the noble man was poisoned after only eating a few lychees." β
Concubine Shu's eyes widened, and even Yuan Jinyu could hear that something was wrong with what she said.
"How can you get poisoned if you eat a few?" Now she has all the melons and fruits in this palace, and the lychees are even more tender, and she can't wait to eat two plates every day. But how many did the Qing nobles get poisoned after eating them?
Mama Li nodded: "Exactly, but looking at the symptoms of the noble people, it is no different from lychee poisoning...... Mother, this matter ......"
Concubine Shu waved her hand intently: "Since you can see the clues, the imperial doctor will definitely think of it, now wait for the results." β
After that, Concubine Shu looked at Yuan Jinyu: "You are also tired for a day, so go back to the dormitory to rest first, and the palace will call you again if there is something." β
Yuan Jinyu bowed and retired, and then left with Fandel.
When they left, Concubine Shu glanced at Mama Li and asked, "Mama, how did Bengong behave just now?"
She's been over countless times in her heart, so it should be foolproof, right?
Mama Li pondered and said, "The old slave thinks it's good, but Princess Ning is too smart, I really don't know how much she can see." β
Concubine Shu was right: "What did she see? That Qing nobleman was poisoned, and it wasn't done by this palace......
"Niangniang!" Mama Li immediately glanced around, and when she saw that there was no one, she whispered: "Beware of the ears on the wall!"
Concubine Shu immediately closed her mouth and nodded. Yes, in that case, it can't be listened to by anyone who cares.
After Yuan Jinyu returned to the room, he saw that Fan Dai's face was not very good, and he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?"
Fan Dai looked at Yuan Jinyu worriedly: "Niangniang, this matter ...... I'm here for you, isn't it?"
From the beginning, her thoughts were very chaotic and worried about Yuan Jinyu. has been immersed in the palace for so many years, how could she see that this is clearly a ploy used by someone.
There used to be times when she was naΓ―ve, but she had been wiped out by this deep palace. Now she wants to help His Royal Highness King Ning protect Princess Ning, what if the princess is really hurt?
Yuan Jinyu saw that Fan Dai was so frightened that she couldn't do it, so she had to smile and comfort her first: "It's okay, didn't they all say that it was lychee poisoning? The lychees in her palace were not sent by me, and they didn't even affect me." β
After washing up at night, Yuan Jinyu lay on the bed and couldn't fall asleep over and over, and then finally slept for a while, and those annoying people could always enter her dreams.
One moment it was Wu Jieyu, one moment it was Concubine Shu, and one moment it was Concubine De, and later, there were too many characters, and she couldn't tell who was who.
In the morning, she was woken up by a loud noise. Fan Dai knocked on the door in a panic: "Niangniang, are you awake? I heard that Qing Guiren is dying!"
Yuan Jinyu sat up from the bed suddenly, put on his coat, and didn't have time to comb his face and hair, so he ran to open the door, and sure enough, when he opened the door, he saw Fan Dai standing outside the door, looking like he was about to cry.
It was still dawn behind her, and the air still smelled of early morning dirt and dew.
Yuan Jinyu immediately dragged her into the house, and her voice was majestic, forcing Fan Dai to calm down first: "Don't worry, first explain the ins and outs of the matter to me." β
Fan Dai had never been so panicked before, and now she knew that she didn't panic before, she didn't ask for anything by Concubine Shu's side, and now she hopes that Yuan Jinyu can be safe, and she is worried that this matter will implicate her, so she will be so panicked.
After entering the house, Yuan Jinyu once again slapped her shoulder, looked directly into her eyes, and said: "Fan Dai, now in this palace, I can only trust you, you are the palace maid of the concubine for so many years, take out the courage you should have." β
was said by Yuan Jinyu, and Fan Dai finally slowly calmed down. Yes, a situation that is even more tricky than this, she has not faced it, and now she has been educated by a princess Ning who is several years younger than her.
Taking a deep breath, when Fan Dai looked up at Yuan Jinyu again, she really calmed down: "The imperial doctor has confirmed that the poison of Qingguiren is not lychee poisoning, but someone put poison in lychee." β
This time it was Yuan Jinyu's turn to be surprised: "What?
Fan Dai nodded, measured the appearance of the lychee with her hand, and then said: "The skin of the lychee is already uneven, and there is a lot of juice in it, in fact, the slave can think of no less than five ways to poison it." β
Yuan Jinyu nodded, if the poison is smeared on the needle and then pierced into the lychee, then poisoning does not seem to be too difficult, and as long as the freshly poisoned lychee is eaten, then it will not be found that the lychee has been touched by someone.
"Is that all?" Yuan Jinyu continued to ask.
"More than that. Fan Dai then said what Yuan Jinyu was most concerned about: "That kind of medicine, usually taking it will not have any effect, but as long as it touches the lychee, it will become highly poisonous, and the most tricky thing is that the poison has an incubation time, the imperial doctor said......"
Yuan Jinyu asked coldly, "What did you say?"
"It is said that Qing Guiren was poisoned a few days ago!"