Chapter 17: Poisoning

"Let's go, let's go to the main hall and have a look," Xiao Yunyan stood up after slowing down.

Even if she poisoned the wrong person, she wanted to know what kind of situation Xiao Zhuyu was like now, and wanted to see what happened to Xiao Zhuyu with her own eyes!

"Imperial Doctor, what the hell is going on with the Third Prince, why did he faint suddenly?" Master Xiao stood behind the Imperial Doctor, rubbing his hands anxiously.

This is something happened in his prime minister's mansion, and when the emperor investigates it in the future, it has nothing to do with his prime minister's mansion, and he is very impatient.

The imperial doctor slowly took out a silver needle from the body of the third prince, only to see that the lower half of the silver needle had turned black, obviously the third prince was poisoned.

When everyone saw this scene, they were so frightened that they retreated again and again, these three princes were actually poisoned!

Lord Xiao was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly asked, "Doctor, this ......?"

The imperial doctor put away the silver needle and took the pulse of the third prince before he said calmly: "Xiangye, don't panic, although the third prince is poisoned, the toxicity of this poison is not strong, it just makes people faint for a day, and it is not a big problem for the third prince's body." ”

Lord Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and he was almost scared to become like the third prince.

Xiao Yunyan rushed over in a panic with the support of the maidservant, and saw her sister Xiao Qianyue guarding the third prince's side at a glance, crying and crying, and her veils were soaked.

A hint of cunning flashed in Xiao Yunyan's eyes, she knew that her sister must have pretended, and she had no feelings for the third prince.

"Dad, the third prince has this kind of trouble in our Prime Minister's Mansion, you must find out the murderer who poisoned it, if it gets out, our Prime Minister's Mansion will lose face!" Xiao Yunyan stepped forward, grabbed Lord Xiao's sleeve, and said anxiously.

Lord Xiao waved his hand and motioned for Xiao Zhuyu not to speak, he was very good at it, and he knew this truth.

"Please also ask the Imperial Doctor to take a look here and find out where this poison came from," Lord Xiao had regained his composure, and he knew that the first task now was to find out who had poisoned him.

The Imperial Physician walked in the direction that Lord Xiao pointed out, surveyed the food on the table one by one, and within a few moments, he came to a conclusion.

The imperial doctor held up the silver needle and said, "Xiangye, please see, these meals are poisonous, presumably the third prince will faint because of the poison in these meals." ”

Lord Xiao slapped the chair handle heavily, and his beard was raised in anger, "Bold! What kind of person dares to poison my prime minister's mansion and slander the reputation of my prime minister's mansion, I will not let him go! ”

Xiao Qianyue glanced at Xiao Yunyan, who was supporting her behind her, and caught the light in Xiao Yunyan's eyes, and her heart became worried.

If it is found out that her sister did it, I am afraid that she will not be able to eat and walk around.

Xue Bolian hugged Xiao Zhuyu, and his heart became nervous for no reason, and a trace of bad premonition crossed his heart.

"It's okay, I'm here," Xue Bolian comforted Xiao Zhuyu softly, and immediately gave her a sense of security.

A maid looked left and right, and finally knelt on the ground with a thud, and said without saying anything: "Master, I, I know who poisoned me." ”

"Who is it? Say it! He couldn't wait to find out who was killed.

Unexpectedly, the maid actually looked at Xiao Zhuyu directly, her eyes were full of dodge, as if she was afraid of Xiao Zhuyu.

Everyone followed the maid's gaze and stared directly at Xiao Zhuyu.

Xiao Zhuyu was stunned for a moment, staring at what she was doing? Forcible slander?

"I've been following Bo Lian all the time, and I've never left this hall for half a step, so you slanderer also have to tell some evidence, right?" Xiao Zhuyu was speechless, and forcibly buckled the basin on her head, there was really her.

"I know this, don't talk about it!" Lord Xiao pointed to the maid who was kneeling on the ground and shouted.

The maid panicked instantly, and hurriedly kowtowed, "No, master, what the slave said is true, and I dare not say half a lie." It's not Miss Zhuyu, it's Miss Zhuyu's maid, Qingzhu"

Seeing that everyone was looking at herself, the maid continued to defend herself: "I saw Qingzhu hide this small porcelain vase behind the rockery, and I was curious, so I took it. ”

The imperial physician took the medicine bottle handed by the maid, sniffed it lightly in front of his nose, and concluded: "Xiangye, this is the bottle of poison." ”

Now all the people believed the handmaiden's words.

Xiao Zhuyu was worried in her heart, thinking about it, she really hadn't seen Qingzhu all along, and she didn't know where she went, but she would never be able to do anything about poisoning.

"Come on, go and bring Qingzhu to me!" Lord Xiao was furious.

Within half a pillar of incense, Qingzhu was escorted over by two subordinates.

Master Xiao stood majestically in front of Qingzhu, "Let me ask you, is the poison in this meal from you!" ”

Where has Qingzhu seen this meeting, he has long been frightened and trembled, "No, Lord Wang, I didn't give it, the slave has never had the courage to do this." ”

"I clearly see that it's you, don't quibble!" Xiao Yunyan, who was silent on the side, also stood up and pointed to Qingzhu.

Qingzhu was so frightened that she had a handful of snot and tears, Xiao Zhuyu wanted to help, but she didn't know where to help.

"Okay, you said it wasn't you, then I'll ask you again, just now you haven't been in the main hall, where did you go!"

Qingzhu wiped a handful of tears and sobbed: "Aunt Zhen in the mansion said that she wanted to find me for something, so I went with Aunt Zhen, Aunt Zhen's words, how dare I not listen to it?" ”

Aunt Zhen is the most qualified maid in this Xiao Mansion, and she is the head of a group of maids, and she has always been strict with the maids below, and it is not surprising that Qingzhu is afraid of her.

It's just that just now she went to look for Aunt Zhen with the little maid who came to the ward, but the maid took her into a peach forest, and disappeared as she walked.

Qingzhu has never entered the peach forest, and she was stunned to find a way out for a long time before coming out, but she was brought here by someone just now, how can she not be afraid?

"You don't want to make things up here, how can you deceive you, master? Dad, I think this green bamboo has a thief's heart but not a thief's guts, maybe her master asked her to do it! Xiao Yunyan said inexplicably, the meaning of these words couldn't be more obvious.

Master Xiao ignored Xiao Yunyan's words, he still had some trust in Xiao Zhuyu, "Come on, drag this maid down for me, and reward her with fifty boards!" ”

As soon as the words fell, two subordinates came over to pull Qingzhu, who cried and struggled, saying that he was wronged.

Xiao Zhuyu knows what the fate of the fifty boards is, and she is either dead or disabled.

"Wait, Qingzhu is not the murderer, I know who the murderer is!" Xiao Zhuyu stood up and said in order to cover Qingzhu. In fact, how would she know who the murderer was.

Lord Xiao was looking at Xiao Zhuyu, "Who else could it be if it's not Qingzhu?" Don't talk nonsense to protect your maid. ”

Xiao Zhuyu took a step forward, glanced at the frightened Qingzhu, and then turned her gaze to Xiao Yunyan, "You are the murderer." ”