Chapter 118: The Trap

Jin Su was directly escorted to the main hall of Ningshou Palace, and those who also knelt in the main hall were Poria and a imperial doctor.

"Courtier, An Jinsu, meet the Queen Mother," Jinsu knelt down and saluted.

The Queen Mother had a straight face and glared angrily.

The atmosphere in the room was a little oppressive, especially Poria Cocos, who had been avoiding her gaze since she came in, as if she had done something wrong.

No one else spoke, so Jin Su had to ask respectfully, "The Queen Mother summoned me, I don't know what happened?" ”

Mama Hua glanced at the Queen Mother, and then asked calmly, "I heard that Miss An knows a lot about the art of medicinal stones, and she is still a close disciple of Kyoto Divine Doctor Kong Yi, right?" ”

"Yes."

"I heard from the palace maids, you and the palace maid Yuelan had some unpleasantness in the past two days, and you were forced to sleep on Poria's bed last night, right?" Mama Hua continued.

"Yes," Jinsu's answer was still simple.

"When you get up and go out this morning, is there anyone else in the room?"

"It looks like there's still two people asleep."

"Have you figured it out?" Mama Hua asked.

Jin Su also thought about it seriously, the real intention of Mama Hua's question, "It seems that there is really no one around." ”

"So, Yuelan and Chunxin were indeed poisoned by you?" The Queen Mother asked coldly.

"Huh? Poison? Jin Su looked dazed and puzzled, "Are they dead?" ”

"Hmph, you don't pretend garlic here, isn't it clear enough that Mama Hua asked just now? Not only do you know how to cure diseases and save people, but you also know how to poison and kill people. Moreover, the mourning family has interrogated the palace maids in Ningshou Palace, in the past two days, except for you, the two of them have not had a quarrel with anyone! Today, you are the last to go out, what else can you deny? ”

"No, no, the queen mother, the courtiers are wronged, and the courtiers have had some unhappiness with them, but it is far from the point of taking their lives. Someone must have framed the courtiers, please let the Queen Mother know! The courtiers are innocent! After Jin Su finished speaking, he solemnly kowtowed to the Queen Mother.

Of course, she didn't expect the Queen Mother to return her innocence, but at this time, she should say such things and perform such a courtesy.

When she got up, Jin Su looked at Poria and wanted to see some clues from her, and even wondered if she had planted it for her?

"Humph! Still quibbling, Doctor Tai, tell me about it! The Queen Mother ordered.

"Yes, the Queen Mother," the imperial doctor replied to the Queen Mother's salute, and then she said eloquently, "When the minister went to the palace maid's room to check, it was about three o'clock. At this time, the breath of the two palace maids was gone, and the blood overflowing from the corners of their mouths was black, which was obviously caused by poisoning. However, the body is still soft and movable, so it can be seen that the time of death from poisoning is still short, and it should be within two hours. ”

"Even so, that doesn't mean it's a courtier......"

The Queen Mother raised her hand, and Jinsu's argument came to an abrupt end.

"Poria, you say!"

"When I got up this morning, the slave maid saw that Yuelan and the others hadn't gotten up yet, thinking that they were tired, so they didn't wake them up, but went to the small kitchen to get them some steamed buns. When I went back to the room, I happened to meet Miss An coming out of it. Then ......"

Speaking of this, Poria was a little excited, and took out the broken silver from her waist and presented it to the Queen Mother, "Then, Miss An took the slave and maid at the door and talked for a long time, and finally took some silver to the slave and maid, and said that if the slave and maid helped her, she would definitely give the slave and maid more benefits." ”

"Hmph~" The Queen Mother snorted coldly and glared at Jinsu angrily, "You still want to buy the people around the mourning family?" ”

Poria hurriedly kowtowed, "Please rest assured, the slave knows that she is a person from Ningshou Palace, and it is impossible to be bought at will, and it is even more impossible to do things that are sorry for the Queen Mother and Ningshou Palace!" ”

"The queen mother, the courtiers gave Poria silver to it, that's because the courtiers slept on Poria cocos bed last night and were grateful, so they took the silver to make up for it. If the courtiers want to buy Poria cocos, how can they use a few taels of broken silver? Jin Su argued.

At this moment, another grandmother beside the Queen Mother led two palace maids to come in with the futon and her baggage.

"Mama Li, have you found anything?" The Queen Mother asked.

"Empress Dowager Qiyu, the slave maid found this in Miss An's bedding." As she spoke, Mama Li took out a small bag of things, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and handed it to the Queen Mother.

"What is this?" The Queen Mother glanced at it, then covered her mouth and nose, and raised her hand, "Quickly show the imperial doctor." ”

Mama Li presented the things to the imperial doctor again, and Jin Su stretched her neck, only to see that the handkerchief was wrapped in red beans.

"Back to the Queen Mother, this is the fruit of Nantianzhu, it is poisonous!"

Mama Hua didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and reminded, "Imperial Doctor Wang, can you see clearly?" ”

"It's true! You can't go wrong! The Imperial Doctor said affirmatively.

"Ahh The Queen Mother pretended to be surprised, and her fear was overflowing, "Don't hurry up and throw this poison out!" ”

"Yes," Mama Li responded, and her hand quickly threw the thing into the spittoon next to her, and then picked up the spittoon and walked out.

The Queen Mother slapped on the table with a "snap" and scolded, "An Jinsu, what else do you have to say now?" ”

"The courtiers are wronged, the fruit of Nantianzhu is poisonous, yes. But the baggage brought into the palace by the courtiers was all inspected, how could they bring in so many poisonous fruits? Jin Su said.

"Empress Dowager Qi," the imperial doctor arched his hand, "the fresher the fruit of this Nantian bamboo, the stronger the toxicity, the fruits that Mama Li took just now look bright and very fresh, and it will only take a day or two at most to pick them, and they should not be brought in from outside the palace." ”

Jin Su glanced at this imperial physician with a fair and strict face, I don't know if it was deliberately arranged by the queen mother.

"What the Imperial Doctor said was Nan Tianzhu?" Mama Li came in from outside, "It's okay to have other things, Nantianzhu's words are also in the palace, why do you need to bring them from outside the palace?" ”

"Also in the palace?" The Queen Mother frowned and asked in disbelief.

Mama Li walked to the Queen Mother's side and said softly, "Yes, not far behind the Begonia House, I used to know that its leaves can be used to treat cough diseases, and it should be a flavored medicinal material." Today, it is known that its fruit can easily kill people, which is really appalling! ”

"Begonia House?" Poria muttered a recitation, and then suddenly shouted, "Queen Mother, Miss An practiced etiquette in Haitang Residence yesterday." ”

"The courtiers are indeed learning etiquette in Haitangju, but they haven't picked any Nantianzhu fruits, and they haven't even seen the shadow of Nantianzhu, and they also ask the Queen Mother to see it, this is obviously someone deliberately planted it for the courtiers!" Jin Su justifiably argued.

But suddenly I thought about it and felt that it was wrong, yesterday afternoon, when she was with Prince Li, Aunt Wenli was not present.

"Go, bring Wen Li to interrogate, if you find out that you are half a lie, the mourning family will not be spared!" The queen said expressionlessly.

"Queen Mother, the courtiers remembered, yesterday afternoon, Aunt Wenli said that she was not worried about the seventeenth princess, and she wanted to go and see, so she let the courtiers practice by themselves. But at this time, the prince of oak came to pick the begonia fruit, so he asked the courtiers to help him pick it together! After ......"

Before she could finish speaking, the Queen Mother slapped on the table with a "snap" and reprimanded, "What a bunch of nonsense!" Just said that he was learning etiquette in Begonia, and the mourning family said that he would let Wen Li confront him, so he immediately changed his rhetoric, and said what begonia fruit to pick for the prince? ”

"Queen Mother, what the courtiers said is true! You can call the prince to ask for clarification. Jin Su wanted to argue with reason, and unconsciously, he raised his voice and angered the Queen Mother.

"Bold! Do you know who you're talking to? In your eyes, is there still the queen mother of the mourning family, and is there a distinction between monarchs and ministers? The Queen Mother scolded in a louder voice.

"Queen Mother, slave Wenli visits the Queen Mother!" Aunt Wen Li saluted and said.

"Humph!" The Queen Mother snorted coldly, gasped for breath, and motioned to Mama Hua next to her to ask.

"Wen Li, you will report yesterday's situation truthfully!" Mama Hua said.

"Yes," Wen Li raised her head and told the truth about what happened yesterday, neither deliberately hiding anything nor adding fuel to it.

"You said you went back to the Seventeenth Princess before the time came?" Mama Li asked.

"Yes! At that time, the slave maid thought that the Begonia Residence was close to Ningshou Palace, and there was only one way, so she did not send Miss An back in person. Aunt Wen Li said unhurriedly.

"But, Miss An, when you returned to Ningshou Palace, it was already dark, right? Even if the prince can prove that you didn't pick the begonia fruit in the afternoon, what about the time from Wen Li's departure to your return home? It's been more than an hour, what are you doing? Does it take that long to get back from Begonia House? Mama Li asked.

"When the courtiers returned to Ningshou Palace yesterday, the backyard door was closed, so they had to come back from the front, but they got lost around the circle, so it was indeed delayed." Jinsu said.

"Humph! What a clever statement! The facts are in front of you, but you still refuse to admit it, the mourning family doesn't have the time to listen to you make up stories! ”

After the queen mother finished scolding, she immediately shouted, "Come on, drag An Jinsu down, take him to the prison first, and hand over the evidence to the criminal department for trial!" ”

A few fathers-in-law came in, answered yes, and were about to do it.

Jin Su struggled to fall on the futon on the side, and took advantage of the chaos to check every corner of the futon, and after making sure that there was no patch, he was relieved to let a few fathers-in-law hold it.

Of course, while being detained, she still shouted, "Queen Mother, the courtiers are wronged, the courtiers are wronged?" ”

"Don't go down yet!" The Queen Mother roared angrily, and several fathers-in-law accelerated the movements of their hands, and pulled her out of the main hall of Ningshou Palace in one fell swoop.

On the way out, Jin Su was shouting that he was wronged, and it was not until he left Ningshou Palace that he finally stopped.

Today's events are too strange, originally changed the bedding to prevent Yuelan and others from breaking it again, who knew that Yuelan and the others were both killed, and the quilt she changed, but no one found out.