Pei Yuan looked at Huang Qi and didn't speak for a long time, until he saw that Huang Qi's knees were a little unstable, and then he said loudly: "Get up, I know that this matter has nothing to do with you, but this matter must be found out to me as soon as possible." ”

"The emperor is sympathetic, and Weichen is grateful," Huang Qi prostrate on the ground and kowtowed heavily to Pei Yuan, "Weichen is the imperial doctor, but he didn't know that His Majesty had made such a mistake, it was really the minister's negligence, and the minister must have caught the mastermind behind the scenes to atone for his crimes." ”

Pei Yuan nodded with satisfaction, and motioned to the chief manager beside him to help Huang Qi up, and then asked, "Lord Huang, can you smell what is in this medicine?" ”

Huang Qi bowed and replied: "This medicine is completely boiled according to the prescription, but a little extra thing was added when the pot was raised, but what exactly was added, I still need to give the minister a little more time to study it." ”

Pei Yuan waved his hand: "Why bother so much, if you catch the mastermind behind the scenes, you will naturally know what is in it, but it is always something that is not good for the queen." ”

"I want to see the results of this matter as soon as possible, if I find out what eyebrows, I will tell them first, and I don't have to startle the snake." Pei Yuan got up and said, "I still have official business, so I won't stay with you." ”

After sending Pei Yuan away, Huang Qi wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, turned his head and coldly ordered the people under his subordinates: "Go and bring me the kid who boiled medicine for the queen's mother, I want to see who is so big and dares to commit trouble in the palace." ”

The person who boiled the medicine soon brought it over, and when he heard that it was the imperial doctor who ordered him to find him in person, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and couldn't get up as soon as he entered the imperial doctor's office, Huang Qi snorted coldly when he saw this: "Do you know what good things you have done?" At this time, I knew that I was afraid! ”

"The slave is wrong, the slave is wrong," the man kowtowed in a panic to admit his mistake, "The slave should not be lazy, leave this matter to others, and beg the adults to spare the small moment in the face of the past!" ”

Handed over to someone else? Huang Qi frowned deeply: "You said that you didn't boil the queen's medicine?" ”

The man replied tremblingly, "Isn't it because of this that the adults are looking for the little one?" ”

Huang Qi said coldly: "Yes, that's it, you can tell this matter in detail." ”

"A few days ago, the villain gambled on the silver overnight, and the next day he was sleepy, so he thought that he would be lazy, so he went to beg Yan Yao, who lived in a room with the small, and handed it over to him, at that time he was happy to help the little one, and then a few days when the little one wanted to do it himself, he found that Yan Yao had helped the little one get it early, and the little one didn't take it seriously, and let him go."

Huang Qi nodded, and then looked at the kid but his teeth itched with hatred, it seems that the mastermind behind the scenes is Yan Yao, but if he hadn't been lazy for a while, he wouldn't have let Yan Yao have a chance.

After thinking about it, Huang Qi instructed: "Today, the official is looking for you, remember not to tell others, you know that although you are not doing anything wrong, if you let people know, you will also be punished, and the official let you go today, so don't shout everywhere." ”

After the kid kowtowed and left, Huang Qi personally went to Pei Yuan's place and told him about the situation: "There are already signs of the matter, I don't know how the emperor is going to deal with it?" ”

Yan Yao, Pei Yuan chewed on the name, it seemed that some things were not so easy to solve, and he said after a while: "I want to catch him personally, but I still need Lord Huang's cooperation." ”

A boy in the room was arrested by the imperial doctor Huang Qi for questioning, and came back unharmed after half a day, Yan Yao felt that it was too strange, but after inquiring for a long time, he didn't get any useful words out of his mouth.

And on the second day, when he wanted to continue to boil medicine for others, he didn't refuse, saying that Lord Huang Qi personally boiled medicine for the queen's mother, and the doubts in his heart were even greater.

While he was busy in the small kitchen, he pretended to ask casually: "The Imperial Doctor Ling actually boiled medicine for the queen mother himself, do you think we can't get through it?" Yesterday I was called by the Imperial Physician in my room, saying that he had just asked if the procedure for boiling medicine was correct, but I looked at him as if he had been taught a lesson. ”

"Hey, you still don't understand what is going on in the palace!" The man's eyes looked outside, and then he leaned over to Yan Yao's side and whispered, "Now that the queen is being favored, the imperial doctor has ordered the adults to stammer, and they may be able to lie down again in the future, you, why can't you see this at all." ”

Yan Yao could only see a corner of the queen's palace through the doors and windows of the small kitchen, and he felt a little confused, not knowing if the words of the man just now were worth believing.

Another day later, he went to the small kitchen to boil medicine as usual, and yesterday the man came over to him and smiled proudly: "Have you seen it, yesterday I personally boiled the medicine that was to offer hospitality, you see, I won't come today, it's not that we people are tired and tired." ”

There seems to be a little truth in what he said, but Yan Yao still didn't dare to take it lightly, he looked at the medicinal juice slowly poured out in front of him, it was black, no matter how much medicinal powder was put in, it couldn't be seen on the surface.

The bag of medicine powder was in his sleeve, he didn't dare to take it out after being entangled for a long time, just when he was staring at the medicine cup in a daze, the big palace maid next to the queen outside the door stood at the door and shouted: "What are you stunned about, is the queen's medicine boiled?" ”

Yan Yao was shocked, hurriedly came back to his senses, and sent the medicine cup to him: "The medicine is still hot, sister be careful." ”

Bai Ying nodded, turned around and left, and only after walking to the inner hall did he take a bowl of medicine and pour it into a vase in the inner hall.

Then he straightened his mood, and instructed the little palace maid on the side: "Take it out and clean it tonight, don't let people see it." ”

In order to prevent further problems with Shen Jiahe's medicine, Bai Ying listened to Pei Yuan's instructions and invited Huang Qi from the Imperial Doctor's Office to Shen Jiahe's inner hall.

Let Huang Qi decoct the medicine for Shen Jiahe in the inner hall, Bai Ying followed him to study, helped him take the medicine and dispensed the medicine, and then helped watch the stove.

All this is going on quietly, Bai Ying also specially instructed the little palace maid to send the empty medicine cup back every once in a while, Yan Yao looked at the medicine cup sent back, and couldn't help asking, "Did the queen drink it?" ”

The little palace maid looked at Yan Yao strangely: "Naturally, it is for the queen to drink, is it difficult to keep it?" ”

Yan Yao was not angry after being stunned for a while, and laughed happily, it seems that his plan is really foolproof, he chose this medicine in the first place because it is not a one-trick drug, and it will not be easily discovered.

It seems that it can continue tomorrow, if it is delayed for a long time, the effect of the medicine will not be so good, Yan Yao looked at the defense line of Shen Jiahe's palace and smiled gloomily.

On the second day, Yan Yao got up early in the morning, and sat by the stove to concentrate on boiling medicine when he was changing shifts in the small kitchen, and when the people in the small kitchen were taken out by the chief manager to give a lecture, he took out the white paper bag from his sleeve and shook it against the medicine jar.

Liuyu walked in behind Pei Yuan, and when he saw Yan Yao's movements, he shouted: "What are you doing!" ”

Although his back was to the door, he still heard the voice of the most powerful guard beside Pei Yuan, Yan Yao shook his body, looked at the paper bag in his hand, it was too late to destroy the evidence, he simply poured all the remaining powder into the medicine jar, then closed the lid, and then stuffed the white paper into his mouth three or two times and swallowed it.

Liuyu stepped forward and grabbed him by the shoulder and lifted the person up: "Say, what are you doing here!" ”

Yan Yao hurriedly pointed to the medicine stove: "The slave is responsible for boiling medicine for the queen's mother, this medicine stove can't be sloppy at all, you have to watch it all the time, just now the slave saw that the fire was a little small, so he added a handful of firewood in it." ”

Pei Yuan walked in from the door, his eyes fluttered lightly on Yan Yao's body and then fell on the medicine jar: "It's nothing wrong with me today, I heard that the medicine that the queen mother has been drinking in the past few days has a strange taste, so I thought about coming over and taking a look, it turned out to be the medicine you boiled for the queen mother." ”

Yan Yao was grabbed by Liuyu's shoulders, neither kneeling nor standing, but only arched his hand and said: "The slave has no intention of assassinating the queen's mother, and I ask the emperor to find out." ”

"I want to see!" Pei Yuan snorted coldly, "Send this medicine jar to Lord Huang to check it and see if there are any additional additions." ”

He turned his head to look at Yan Yao again, staring at his eyes for a while, until he saw that his eyes were shining and there was nowhere to hide, and then he withdrew his gaze: "Take Yan Yao down and take it away!" ”

Huang Qi studied the medicinal juice for two or three days, and then added the medicine jar that had just been sent, and there were some medicine powders that had not completely melted on top of the mouth of the jar, and finally studied this thing.

"What the hell did he add?" Pei Yuan asked.

Huang Qi frowned and said: "This kind of thing is called poppies, this powder is ground from flower seeds, this thing will be addictive if you eat too much, and many food merchants will put a small amount in the food to attract customers." ”

"A small amount of food will not cause major problems, but if you drink it for such a long time, I am afraid that the body will be damaged, and this medicine is even more toxic than the several flavors prescribed by Weichen." Huang Qi was already in a cold sweat on his back by this time, if the emperor hadn't discovered this matter earlier, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

At this time, Liuyu came over and said: "His subordinates have not received anything from Yan Yao's body, and he has been saying that he has been wronged. ”

"Bring someone here!" Pei Yuan commanded in a cold voice.

Yan Yao was pushed to the ground and knelt on the ground by Liuyu, Pei Yuan motioned for Liuyu to bring him the medicine jar, and then said coldly: "If you can drink all the medicine in this medicine jar, I believe that you have been wronged and innocent." ”

A whole package of poppy powder was given to him, if he ate such a dose, he would die directly, Yan Yao looked at the medicine jar that was sent to him, and kept retreating in horror.

Liuyu sneered, grabbed his collar with one hand, and forced him to raise his head: "Why don't you dare?" Didn't you keep saying that you were wronged! ”

Yan Yao kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The little one is wrong, the little one is wrong, please ask the emperor to spare the little one's life!" ”

Liuyu threw the person on the ground: "I really didn't plant, I begged for mercy so soon, you have the audacity to poison the queen mother, why are you still so afraid of death!" ”

Yan Yao crawled to Pei Yuan on his knees, kowtowing desperately: "I was wrong, I was really wrong, Your Majesty, you give me a chance, you give me another chance." ”

"The queen mother has already given you a chance, which you don't know and cherish." Pei Yuan stretched out his foot and kicked him out, "A dog like you who doesn't know how to be grateful, it's also a disaster to keep it." ”

Yan Yao knew at this time that he couldn't regret it, but it was too late, and the blood on his forehead was left along with his tears, and it looked really miserable at a glance.

"I don't want to, I don't want to, but the queen mother I offended, I can't move an inch in this palace, even if the queen didn't kill me at the beginning, I live here is better than death." Yan Yao muttered.

Pei Yuan didn't have the heart to listen to his nonsense, he strode out, didn't look at him, and only ordered Liuyu: "Take Yan Yao down, and the people in his room are also arrested and sent to Dali Temple." ”