"Yo, shattered peace, good sign!" Concubine Shu's brain was bright, and she stroked her palms and smiled. Shun Zhaoyi and Xu Cairen looked at each other and smiled, and they were also happy.

Several imperial doctors hurriedly stepped aside, and the palace maid subconsciously went to clean up the ground, but unexpectedly, she bowed her body and forgot what she had in hand, and all the soft pillows and brocades fell into the tea.

"The slave didn't mean it, please ask Niangniang and Xu Cairen to forgive the sin, and the slave and maid will clean it up immediately!"

The palace maid kept kowtowing, looking frightened, obviously affected by the disposal of Linghua and others, for fear of being angered by Concubine Shu and others.

"Okay, no one blames you, get up and clean up!"

Concubine Shu said lightly.

The maid of the palace was pardoned, gasped heavily, and ran out to get a broom.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd on the opposite side let out a low exclamation.

"What's wrong?"

Shun Zhaoyi was suspicious.

I saw that Imperial Physician Li had a strange expression, staring at the ground thoughtfully.

The other imperial doctors also felt strange and asked one after another.

Imperial Physician Li was in a complicated state of mind and did not speak.

He was calm, but he couldn't hide the surprise and suspicion on his face.

"Imperial Doctor Li, is something wrong?"

Shun Zhaoyi continued to ask.

Imperial Physician Li thought for a while and replied seriously: "Qi Yu Niangniang, Weichen and Weichen have a matter, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?" ”

Concubine Shu hated this set of rhetoric the most, and immediately reproached: "Imperial Doctor Li, just say what you should say, and don't say what you shouldn't say." If you really shouldn't talk about it, then what else do you ask? ”

Imperial Doctor Li was robbed by Concubine Shu, and was very embarrassed, so he could only hurriedly say: "Niangniang taught me a lesson." Niangniang, Weichen suspects that there may be something wrong with Xu Cairen's pillow. ”

"Questions? What's the problem? ”

The three spoke almost in unison.

The palace maid ran in at this time and was about to clean up, but was blocked back by Imperial Doctor Li.

He frowned deeply, and slowly picked up the soft pillow: "Two mothers and Xu Cairen, please see if the place on this soft pillow that has been soaked in tea has changed color?" ”

After he said this, everyone noticed that the small piece of tea on the pillow had turned dark blue at this time!

"How so?"

The three of them were surprised almost at the same time.

Imperial Physician Li frowned deeply, and said in a deep voice: "If Wei Chen's inference is correct, this embroidered pillow should have been soaked in two spices: rest and cloves. These two spices are mixed and only change color when they encounter tea, so they can't be seen at all on weekdays. In order to further confirm, Wechen implored Niangniang to allow Wechen to do an experiment. ”

Shun Zhaoyi and Concubine Shu glanced at each other and nodded.

Doctor Li then asked someone to set up a pot in the courtyard, and after the water boiled, he carefully dismantled the embroidered pillow, cut off a piece of the outermost pillowcase and the fabric of the compartment, and put it into the pot to boil.

After half a cup of tea, Imperial Physician Li scooped a bowl of water out of the pot and tried it with a silver needle, but it did not change color.

Then I poured a cup of tea into the bowl, and it suddenly turned a dark blue.

Imperial Physician Li slowly straightened up and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Master Li, do you suspect that the embroidered pillow is poisonous? That's why you use silver needles? ”

Shun Zhaoyi wondered.

"But the silver needle hasn't changed color, Master Li should be more worried."

Concubine Shu continued.

However, Imperial Physician Li raised his head, but his face showed a little fear and uneasiness.

He hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "Dare to ask Xu Cairen, do you have the habit of having some incense when you go to bed every day?" ”

Xu Cairen nodded: "Of course." Lighting incense can calm the mind and calm the mind, and it will be used in every palace. ”

"Sandalwood?"

"Not bad."

Imperial Physician Li's body trembled visibly.

"Is there a problem?"

Shun Zhaoyi noticed the strangeness of Imperial Doctor Li and asked tentatively.

"Please allow Wechen to do another experiment."

Imperial Physician Li arched his hand.

Shun Zhaoyi immediately agreed, and Imperial Physician Li asked someone to bring a plate of sandalwood, scooped up a bowl of water in the pot, broke the sandalwood, smashed it with a pestle, and then put the sandalwood powder in and stirred it, and finally inserted the silver needle into it and shook it.

By the time they were taken out, the silver needles had turned a terrifying black, shimmering with an eerie glow in the sunlight.

The faces of the three concubines suddenly changed greatly.

"This, this, this embroidered pillow ......"

Xu Cairen was dumbfounded and began to speak incoherently.

Concubine Shu stepped over with an arrow step, carefully looked at the qiē action of Imperial Physician Li's experiment, sank her face, and her eyes flashed: "The rest and cloves in the embroidered pillow are not poisonous themselves, but they will be poisonous after being fused with sandalwood, right?" ”

Imperial Physician Li sighed: "Niang Niang is wise. ”

"How do you see the spice being added to the pillow?"

"In Weichen's opinion, someone should have soaked the silk and cotton threads of the outer cover of the embroidered pillow and the compartment in the water boiled by these two spices for a long time, and then fixed it on the thread with white wax and sewed it into the outer cover and compartment."

Concubine Shu nodded slowly: "I see." Xu Cairen pillows it every day and lights sandalwood every night. When you go to bed, most of the doors and windows in the house are closed, and the heat of sandalwood can smoke on the pillow, so that the toxicity will volatilize, and it can penetrate through the skin unconsciously, day after day. Isn't it? ”

"Exactly. This kind of toxicity can make people confused and tired all day long, although it is not a major harm to the human body, but it will make people's physique weak. The worst thing is that this toxicity cannot be diagnosed by diagnosing the pulse. Therefore, Weichen and several adults have never determined the crux of Xu Cairen, and Weichen is really embarrassed. ”

Imperial Physician Li took a deep look.

"The person who poisoned him is so insidious, how can he blame Master Li and a few imperial doctors?"

Imperial Physician Li was ashamed and said, "Thank you for your consideration." Niangniang, Weichen believes that the mind of the person who poisoned is not only meticulous, but also extremely deceitful. ”

"Oh? How so? ”

"The cover of the embroidered pillow is usually cleaned regularly. Despite the use of white wax to seal the spices, the man had soaked the compartment in the spices for the sake of caution, and it appeared that the amount used was much larger than that of the outer cover. In this way, no one will touch the compartment and it will not be cleaned, which will naturally ensure that the spice can always be kept in the embroidery pillow and will definitely be able to blend with the sandalwood. Weichen was ashamed, and the matter of rest and cloves being poisoned by sandalwood was still accidentally read through ancient medical books two days ago, and he would know when he saw this precedent in the previous dynasty. Alas, anyone who can think of this plan must know pharmacology and toxicology very well! ”

Concubine Shu was thoughtful, she walked back to Shun Zhaoyi and Xu Cairen, and saw that the two of them were in a trance, obviously they were shocked, so they had to call twice before they pulled the two back to their senses.

Shun Zhaoyi has always taken care of Xu Cairen, but seeing that someone actually used such a scheming to harm her at this time, she couldn't help but have a chill down her spine, fell into deep thought, and was shouted by Concubine Shu, but she quickly sobered up.

She suddenly twisted her eyebrows and asked in a deep voice, "Huaiying, where did this embroidered pillow come from?" ”

I saw Xu Cairen biting his lips tightly, tears in the corners of his eyes, and his thin body trembling in the early summer wind.

After a while, she slowly turned her head to look at Shun Zhaoyi, then at Concubine Shu, and spit out a few words with difficulty: "It's Zhi, Concubine Zhi, she, she sent ......"

At this moment, everyone was stunned on the spot.

In the middle of the night, Concubine Shu suddenly walked to the center of the courtyard, summoned all the palace people from Chaoyang Palace, as well as the people brought by herself and Shun Zhaoyi, as well as a few imperial doctors, Zhengse ordered: "Today's matter, no one is allowed to say it, if there is a leak, the palace will not spare it, have you heard?" ”

Everyone is submissive, how dare they disobey?

After everyone retreated one by one, the three concubines began to speak.

"Huaiying, what are you going to do?"

Shun Zhaoyi asked with a sigh.

"I, I, I don't know anything, I don't know anything."

Xu Cairen has long been without a master, so why do you have any ideas?

Concubine Shu frowned slightly: "Don't ask her, let her calm down!" ”

"What does the lady mean?"

"If it's really Concubine Zhi's hands and feet, it will be terrible. But fortunately, we blocked the news in the first place, so we won't startle the snake. ”

"Well, the mother is indeed thoughtful. Without further ado, how about we go and report to the queen now? ”

Obviously, Concubine Shu and Shun Zhaoyi thought of going together, and she nodded immediately.

For the sake of prudence, Xu Cairen was not allowed to accompany him.

- Fengcheng Palace.

The queen tilted her head slightly, and her beautiful face was full of melancholy and distress.

She took a deep breath, then raised her head and looked at Shun Zhaoyi and Concubine Shu and said slowly: "Xiuzhi has been in the palace for so many years, and the palace still knows her well, how could she do such a vicious thing?" ”

"The concubine knows that Niangniang will not believe it lightly, but how can the concubine and Sister Lian be willing to believe that she is the culprit?"

"This embroidered pillow was given by Concubine Zhi herself, and the poisoning method is so secretive, if it weren't for the palace maid's mistake today, and Imperial Physician Li happened to know its toxicity, I'm afraid we will never know it in our lifetime, there is such a despicable trick in the world that harms people invisibly."

After listening to the words of the two, the queen felt even more headache.

"How can this happen? Unexpectedly, Xu Cairen's illness was not providential, but man-made. If you know about it, you will definitely be furious! ”

Concubine Shu persuaded: "Sister don't worry, as long as we can find out the culprit and calm this turmoil, Your Majesty will definitely appreciate it." ”

The queen muttered: "What the palace is asking for now is to find out this matter as much as possible, and the palace will not care if it is appreciated or not." Begonia poisoned Xin Guiren before, and the manager and supervisor can't ask a clue until now, who knows that this wave of unsettled waves has risen again and again, alas! ”

After a pause, she said again: "In your opinion, is Xiuzhi really a murderer?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and Concubine Shu said first: "People's hearts are unpredictable, and the concubines are not judged." ”

"Although the concubines are also surprised, but so far, only Concubine Zhi is the most suspicious."

The queen frowned slightly: "But as far as the palace knows, Concubine Zhi was born in a scholarly family, and there has been no doctor in her family for generations, how could she know such a complex and mysterious poisoning technique?" ”

"Mother, that's hard to say. Imperial Physician Li once said that he had seen this technique in the ancient books of the previous dynasty, and even so, of course Concubine Zhi might have seen it. ”

Shun Zhaoyi said.

"So, you all believe she's the murderer?"

Queen's Road.

The two were silent.

"But Hongu still doesn't want to believe it."

The Queen shook her head.

After pondering for a long time, her eyes suddenly flashed, and she sighed: "Things have come to this point, and there is no other way in this palace. Since you all suspect that Concubine Zhi is the murderer, it doesn't hurt to give her a try first. ”

"How are you going to try it?"

Concubine Shu asked anxiously.

"First find someone she won't be guarded against to probe her tone, if Xiuzhi really has a ghost, there will definitely be something suspicious to be revealed, and it's not too late to make plans then."

"That's a good idea. But who to go to, so that Concubine Zhi will not be suspicious at all? ”

Shun Zhaoyi said.

There was another brief silence between the three of them.

"How is Yoo Qingyan?"

Concubine Shu said suddenly.

"Why did you think of her?"

The queen wondered.

"Although she is close to her sister, and of course Concubine Zhi knows this, but we have blocked the news, and she probably won't think that Yeon Guiren will have any intentions. Moreover, even if the news leaks, Concubine Zhi must be in a hurry to find a way to get away with the crime now, if Yan Guiren suddenly visits, she guesses that her sister sent it, and she will show some clues. As long as the noble Yan pays a little attention, they will know whether Concubine Zhi has been poisoned or not. ”

The queen listened and nodded slowly: "That's a good idea. ”

Then he frowned slightly: "But although Qingyan is smart, sometimes she is not calm enough and is easy to be impatient, and this palace is afraid that she will make trouble." ”

Shun Zhaoyi thought for a while and said, "Why don't you let Lan Baolin go?" Lan Baolin has always been dignified and steady, calm and calm, and should be more suitable than Yan Guiren. ”

The queen glanced at Concubine Shu and saw that she also agreed with Shun Zhaoyi's construction, so she happily agreed, summoned Xing Ruolan to whisper like this, Xing Ruolan understood, did not delay, cleaned up and went to Zhihua Palace.