Chapter 593: Flowers are Beautiful and Poisonous
While Ma Xiuying was speaking, the guards successively brought the nurses, palace maids, and eunuchs who served Zhu Xiongying, and also brought the cooks who cooked for Zhu Xiongying today.
A group of people were so frightened that their legs and feet were weak, and when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang, they couldn't stop kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Qingtong Yunyi, and Qingtong Yunyi interrogated these people with a sharp voice, "You will give the emperor a detailed account of serving the emperor's eldest grandson today, and the emperor's eldest grandson's diet should also be made clear." ”
Several people trembled and began to recount Zhu Xiongying's experience today, from dressing and eating in the morning to eating and drinking at noon and where to play.
Chang Meirong listened to them word for word, and occasionally nodded to confirm that what they said was true, and at this moment she was more eager than anyone else to find out the real cause of Zhu Xiongying's death.
The doctors over there had already examined the leftover food from Zhu Xiongying's diet, and they didn't find any poisonous symptoms.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Dao Yan, he said that he suspected that Zhu Xiongying was killed by external causes, but in fact, Zhu Xiongying's contact with things today, including diet, was very normal, could it be that this Dao Yan master couldn't cure the emperor's eldest grandson and made up a reason indiscriminately?
Ma Xiuying said suddenly: "Take the palace to the place where the emperor's eldest grandson has played." ”
Others don't believe in Dao Yan, but Ma Xiuying believes in Dao Yan very much, Dao Yan is not the kind of person who shirks responsibility because he can't cure the disease, he must have a reason for saying this. And Ma Xiuying is also suspicious of Zhu Xiongying's sudden death, how can a good child say that it is gone?
Zhu Xiongying is only four years old, which is the age of ignorance and naughtiness, and in his previous life, Ma Xiuying has seen too many tragedies caused by adult negligence and children's naughtiness. Although there are so many palace people accompanying Zhu Xiongying, it is difficult to ensure that when they are negligent, Ma Xiuying must verify it in person. This is not only to find out the cause of Zhu Xiongying's death, but also to prevent someone from being unfavorable to Zhu Biao. If anyone really dares to murder her son and grandson, she will definitely let that person pierce her heart with ten thousand arrows!
"Queen Mother!" Zhu Biao was ashamed of himself, ashamed that he didn't take good care of Zhu Xiongying, and ashamed that Ma Xiuying still had to worry about these things.
"Thou shalt not be angry, but thou shalt listen to the instructions of the Physician. After Ma Xiuying finished talking to Zhu Biao, she walked to the side of the bed, looked at Zhu Xiongying who seemed to be asleep, and tears rolled out involuntarily, "Good grandson, grandma won't let you go for no reason." ”
"I'll walk with you. Zhu Yuanzhang said, the depressing atmosphere in the house made him feel uncomfortable, Zhu Xiongying is his own grandson after all, how not to let him grieve when he dies suddenly, but he is not as emotional as Ma Xiuying and others.
But Ma Xiuying has been with him for decades, and the sadness in his heart can be heard from his hoarse voice, she couldn't say anything to refuse, nodded, and said to Zhu Biao and Chang Meirong: "You should also go out with the queen mother." ”
"Erchen will accompany Xiongying again...... Arrange his funeral ...... "Zhu Biao knew that Ma Xiuying didn't want them to stay in the house to touch the scene, but since he was a father and husband, he should take responsibility and couldn't blindly escape.
Ma Xiuying looked at Chang Meirong, who was lost in her soul, and sighed, "You take care of her." ”
Dao Yan followed behind Ma Xiuying, preoccupied, he didn't find that this child was sick when he saw Zhu Xiongying in Kunning Palace some time ago, even if Zhu Xiongying had a hidden disease that no one was aware of, it shouldn't have been so fierce that people were caught off guard, so he speculated that Zhu Xiongying's death was caused by external causes.
Out of the main hall, a fragrant fragrance came to her nose, Ma Xiuying looked up, all kinds of flowers in the garden were blooming, red, white, yellow, purple, colorful, competing for beauty. The most striking thing is that there is an entire wall planted with nightshades, especially large clusters of nightshades hanging from the branches, looking from afar, like falling snow covering the branches.
There are stone tables and benches on the grass below the nightshade, which shows that this is a very popular place to cool off.
"It was there that the emperor's eldest grandson became ill. The nurse pointed to the grass with trepidation.
Zhu Xiongying is four years old and still lives a life of clothes to reach out for food and open his mouth, the nurse chased him on the grass for a long time before he finally finished feeding lunch, who knew that it didn't take long for him to suddenly fall to the ground.
Ma Xiuying was just about to walk over, but Dao Yan suddenly stopped her, "Wait, these flowers seem to be poisonous." ”
He finally remembered what the strange fragrance on Zhu Biao and Li Qi'er was before, it was the fragrance of this nightshade.
He vaguely remembered reading a medical book, which was an ancient book that recorded secret medical recipes, including notes on which plants were poisonous. After he became a monk, he also cheekily begged Master Yao to publish this medical book to the public, so as to remind people not to eat it by mistake. It's a pity that Master Yao couldn't find this book at that time.
"Poisonous?" Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying suddenly changed color.
"Let the poor monk take a closer look. Dao Yan went straight to the wall to observe the nightshade, the name in the medical book is not called nightshade, but the shape of the petals outlined is undoubtedly the nightshade. It is also characterized by a fragrant smell, but this flower is actually poisonous, which can make people dizzy, wheezing, cough and insomnia, especially for patients with convulsive heartache.
He looked at the other plants and found several more poisonous flowers. Such as the red and bright poinsettia, the gaudy and enchanting mandala, the silky and light poppie, and the most common azalea. These flowers are all highly toxic, and after a long period of contact, they will cause nausea, vomiting, and difficulty breathing, and severe ones will make people numb their limbs and even die of respiratory failure.
No wonder Zhu Xiongying coughed and fainted last summer, because he inhaled these poisonous pollen. Because these flowers withered in winter and did not grow in spring, Zhu Xiongying's body slowly improved. But in the summer, these flowers bloom again, Zhu Xiongying plays in the flowers all day long, inhaling a large amount of pollen, which is equivalent to the long-term accumulation of toxins in the body, plus he is a young child, his organs are not fully developed, and he is not as resistant as an adult, and finally the toxins completely broke out today, taking his life.
Dao Yan told Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying his speculation heavily.
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and angry, and immediately ordered someone to catch a few dogs and forcibly pour the juice of the poisonous flower pointed out by Dao Yan into the dog's mouth.
Ma Xiuying doesn't like flowers, and she doesn't know most of these plants, so she can't believe that these beautiful flowers are highly poisonous. But when she heard Dao Yan say that nightshade would aggravate the symptoms of patients with convulsive heartache, she understood that the appearance of these flowers in the garden of the East Palace was not an accident, but someone deliberately targeted Zhu Biao and wanted to kill Zhu Biao, and poor her grandson became a victim first.
After a cup of tea, several dogs that were poured with juice showed restlessness and convulsions, although they did not die on the spot, but also made Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying see clearly, these flowers are really poisonous, otherwise the dogs should have run away normally.
Ma Xiuying's legs and feet were weak and she slid to the ground. Oh my God, her son and grandson have been unknowingly corrupted by these poisonous pollen all day long, Xiongying has gone, what about Biao'er? She struggled to get up, stumbled towards the main hall, and let out a terrible cry from her mouth, "Biao'er......"
"Get rid of everything here, and find out who planted it here. Zhu Yuanzhang dropped a sentence and chased after Ma Xiuying. Zhu Biao is the heir he has carefully cultivated, and he must not have anything to do.