On the day of the banquet, the concubines in the harem were very happy, probably because nothing different had happened in the palace for a long time, and everyone's life was really a little boring. This banquet was just right, and the small gathering that was originally just said to be good, under the singing and harmony of everyone, it turned into a family banquet of some scale.

Liu Heng took the queen to sit on the high seat as usual, and next to him was Mrs. Cao, who now has the highest position except for the queen, followed by Yifang, and then the seats of the concubines were arranged according to their positions.

Yi Fang glanced at Wen Jiayi with her spare eyes, she didn't have any other look on her face, just smiled steadily, as if she was enjoying this rare banquet. Looking at Yuliangren sitting opposite, she glanced up at Yifang from time to time.

The songs and dances at the banquet were already being performed, if it was an ordinary small gathering, naturally there would be no need for these, but due to the excitement of everyone, Liu Heng made the decision and changed it to a family banquet. Singing and dancing have always been prepared in the palace, just for everyone's pastime and fun.

The concubines at the banquet had their own concerns, and after a period of time, they finally got to the main event. Each concubine prepared something for the banquet, which naturally had to be introduced one by one. Hearing everyone's chatter, Wen Jiayi also took out the wine jug, but did not introduce its hidden function, only said that it was from the folk jade wine jug, which was worth a lot of money.

"This flask looks really good, so I'll use it to pour a bar for everyone!" Liu Heng motioned to the palace maids and eunuchs to pour wine for the concubines one by one, and Yifang glanced at Tengling.

Originally, this matter should have been done by Zili, but she has never loved this kind of crowded occasion, if it is suddenly replaced by her this time, it will attract the attention of others. Teng Ling has always stayed by Yifang's side, and has also attracted the attention of many people, so she is more safe at this time.

Teng Ling remembered Zili's instructions in his heart, quickly took out the leaf from his sleeve, dipped it on the mouth of the wine glass, and quickly put the wine glass back in its original position. After a while, the leaf in his hand gradually turned to ashes, and the wine glass was indeed poisonous. After passing this result to Yifang, the eunuch who poured the wine in turn also came to him, and Yifang let him fill the wine glass.

It takes a certain amount of time for the poison to dissolve in the wine, but as soon as the wine is finished, Liu Heng motioned for everyone to raise their glasses, and Yifang was about to make a noise to delay time, but it was the queen who took the lead.

"Your Majesty, these days, Su Mei has always helped the concubine take care of Zhiyao, and the concubine is very grateful for this and wants to toast her first."

Yi Fang's brows trembled, and her heart quickly thought about how to deal with it, and the queen had already gotten up and walked in front of her. She took two wine glasses and handed one of them to Yifang.

"The queen doesn't have to be polite, the second prince is well-behaved, and the concubine doesn't take care of it, so she can't afford this glass of wine." Although the queen was holding another wine glass, Yifang always felt that it was a little strange for her to suddenly toast herself.

"Could it be that Su Meiren is still annoyed by what happened last time, and doesn't want to accept my thanks?" When the queen said this, Yifang naturally couldn't shirk it. But the more this happened, the more she felt that there was something wrong with this glass of wine, and there was a voice in her heart telling herself that she must not drink it.

Yifang took two steps forward, pretending to take the glass of wine, but he took advantage of the situation, pretending to be a broken foot, but his elbow deliberately knocked over the wine glass in the queen's hand.

"The queen's mother forgives her sins, it was the concubine who accidentally ......" Yifang blurted out an apology while standing up busily, but halfway through the words, he found that the entire banquet was silent. After a while, there were some gasps, and Yi Fang felt that everyone's eyes were focused on her.

"Escort-" Wu Ping's voice suddenly sounded, and a team of guards quickly rushed in and surrounded the Yifang.

Tengling helped her up, and she figured out why the atmosphere was so tense all of a sudden. She knocked over the cup of wine in the queen's hand, and spilled it on the silver plate in front of her, which was stained gray and black with wine, which was a clear indication of the poison in it.

This matter was something that everyone present never expected, and even Liu Heng was stunned for a moment before pulling away Wu Ping who was blocking him and running quickly to Yifang's side.

"What's going on?" Liu Heng asked the queen with a cold face.

The queen didn't speak, but her dodging eyes showed that she had a ghost in her heart, and Liu Heng naturally noticed this.

Queen Ouyang Ziluo has been married to him for many years, and Ouyang Ziluo is from the Ouyang family, and has been a minister in the court for generations, so his conduct is naturally excellent. What's more, her brother Ouyang Ziqian is Liu Heng's henchman, so even if Liu Heng saw her angry at Yifang last time, she still felt that she really wanted to be friends with Yifang this time. But what happened in front of him made him have to believe that the queen, who had always been gentle and generous, wanted to poison the concubine at the family banquet.

This also surprised Yifang, she didn't know as much about the queen as Liu Heng, but she always felt that she wouldn't do it. But the truth was in front of me, and the wine that had been spilled on the silver platter turned a gray-black patch, as if it had opened its hideous mouth, clamoring to swallow the Yifang into its belly.

"Your Majesty, maybe it wasn't the queen's mother, let's investigate it carefully!" Yifang finally said a word for the queen, and the other concubines were either frightened or looked like they were watching a play, and no one would come out at this time.

Yifang thought about Wen Jiayi and Yuliangren's plan, and felt that the queen's matter might have something to do with them. Now that Liu Heng is angry, if he is allowed to punish the queen at this time, maybe the truth will sink into the sea.

But this time, Yifang was wrong, and the queen raised her head when she heard her words: "The concubine was dizzy for a while, and asked the king to punish her." ”

"Why are you doing this?" Liu Heng asked her angrily.

But the queen said that she had not spoken again. Liu Heng had no intention of asking any more, so he waved his hand and asked people to take her back to the palace, not to punish her for the time being, but to let her think about it behind closed doors.

If an ordinary concubine committed such a big crime, she would definitely be thrown into the prison on the spot, but the queen is the mother of the four princes, and she is from the Ouyang family, Liu Heng still needs to take care of Ouyang Ziqian.

After the queen was brought down, the whole banquet lost its previous vitality, and the expressions on everyone's faces were very solemn. Yifang took the time to look at Wen Jiayi and Yuliangren's faces, they didn't seem to expect this little episode, which not only disrupted their original plan, but also made everyone present have a certain degree of defensiveness against the meals presented, which was really not a good sign.

Liu Heng stood beside Yifang, his expression was also very gloomy, the person who had accompanied him for so many years was so femme fatale, he was naturally uncomfortable in his heart. Yifang didn't speak out to talk to him right away, he just wanted to leave him some time to digest the matter himself.

After a while, when everyone didn't dare to squeak, Liu Heng suddenly slammed the table. The position he was standing in at this time was the seat of the Yi room, and this sudden and excessive force caused the wine glass on the table to fall down. After such a long time, the poison on the wall of the glass had naturally penetrated into it, and when it was poured, the wine fell on the silver plate, and a piece of gray and black floated up.

Liu Heng also noticed this, and his face was even darker. He could naturally think that if this poison was also given by the queen, then there would be no need for her to toast in front of so many people, and it would be even more difficult to expose. Obviously, the queen is not the only one who wants to harm the room openly at this banquet.

"Give this king a thorough investigation, and be sure to find out these poisoners!" Liu Heng was extremely angry at this time, someone in the palace played tricks, and they actually played in front of him, which was really angry and chilling.

"Your Majesty, now that everyone is gathered here, for the sake of safety, let's test the food in front of everyone with a silver needle!" Someone among the concubines suddenly reminded.

"Try! Give Ben Wang a good try! ”

Liu Heng waved his hand, and Wu Ping arranged for some eunuchs to come up with silver needles and try all the food in the banquet. But after trying so much, all of them are non-toxic, and the only thing that is poisonous is the glass of wine in front of Yifang.

"Your Majesty, this is someone who wants to harm our beauty!" Teng Ling pretended to be frightened and shouted.

Liu Heng was already angry, and when she reminded him like this, he slapped his palm on the table: "Who prepared this drink?" ”

"Back to the king, it's Mrs. Cao." Wu Ping mentioned it, and Liu Heng turned his gaze to Mrs. Cao.

Mrs. Cao has always been the most ignorant in the harem, and she only accompanies her daughter on weekdays, if she is not in the position of Mrs. and ranks first at the banquet, few people will notice her. But after the queen's affairs, Liu Heng didn't believe anyone he saw on the surface at this time.

"You prepared this drink?" Liu Heng just asked, and Mrs. Cao stood up and hurriedly explained.

"Your Majesty, so this wine is indeed prepared by the concubine, but everyone drinks the same, it really can't be only the poison in the cup of the plain beauty!"

"This king knows, I just want to ask you, who else has touched these drinks after they were delivered here?"

Mrs. Cao thought about it carefully: "In addition to the queen and Yuliangren, there are only those palace maids and eunuchs. ”

"Yuliangren?" Liu Heng turned his suspicious gaze to her.

"O king! The concubine just saw that the wine was fragrant, and went over to take a casual look. Yue Liangren was also beside her at that time, and she could prove that the concubine didn't do anything! Yuliangren let himself be suspicious, and quickly pulled Wen Jiayi out to face her together. In fact, Wen Jiayi deliberately led Yuliangren to check the wine in order to make things develop as she expected, and naturally would not testify for her at this time.

"Yue Liangren, is that what she said?"

"Back to the king, the concubine was indeed by Yuliangren's side at the time, but she kept her back to the concubine, during which the concubine and several other sisters greeted her, and she didn't pay attention all the time, so she really didn't dare to testify to Yuliangren!"

Seeing Wen Jiayi say this, Yuliangren turned his head in disbelief: "You have obviously been next to me all the time, how can you say that you haven't seen it?" ”

"Yuliangren, we did stand together at that time, but I really didn't keep my eyes on you. If it would have been on a normal day, but now it is in front of the king, and something so big has happened, I have to tell the truth. ”

"You!"

"Okay, Wu Ping, have you found out what poison is in that wine glass?" Liu Heng didn't bother to watch them argue, and turned his attention to the other side.

"Back to the king, it is a poison that can kill people immediately after drinking it, I don't know what the specific name is, but I heard that it is widely used among the people."

Liu Heng was afraid for a while, thinking that if Yifang had drunk that glass of wine just now, he would already be a cold corpse now. And then after the fear, it was replaced by overwhelming anger.

"Check it for this king! Today, if anyone can find the person who poisoned him, he will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold. As soon as these words came out, there was a sigh below, and the eunuchs and guards worked harder.

"Your Majesty, the slave found that the wine glass that the queen mother gave to Su Mei was filled with the same poison as the wine glass that Su Mei originally had in front of Su Mei."

"Your Majesty, the minister found that this poison does not seem to be directly in the wine, but more like it gradually seeps in."

"Your Majesty, the slave maid once saw Yuliang secretly send people out of the palace, saying that he was going to the people to find something."

“......”

Under the temptation of ten thousand taels of gold, more and more people gave clues that they knew, and when these subtle clues were gathered together, the truth of the matter began to become clear.

"Are you saying that the poison is placed on the top of the wine glass, and that it is only because the wine is poured into the cup that the poison is dissolved in the wine?" Hearing the words of several doctors who came in a hurry, Liu Heng thought about it and felt that this method was feasible.

"Indeed, the king, the ministers have checked, and the poison on this wine cup is indeed stronger than that in the wine. The poisoner was ruthless enough, and the amount of poison on the walls of the cup was very large, and only a small part of it was dissolved into the wine, which could completely kill people. ”

"Who prepared this glass?" Liu Heng thought that since the person who poisoned her wanted people to misunderstand that she was poisoned in the wine, then the person who prepared the wine could be ruled out, but the person who prepared the wine glass was even more suspicious.

"Yes, it was prepared by the concubine." Yuliangren was originally the person behind the whole thing, but now everyone's eyes were focused on her, and she was suddenly a little at a loss.

"Yuliangren, you are so bold! It seems that the last lockdown didn't make you remember it for a long time, but it increased your guts! Liu Heng also felt that Yuliangren was really suspicious.

She had already expressed her dissatisfaction with Yifang openly and secretly, and during the time when Yifang fell out of favor, she even found an opportunity to torture her. Liu Heng saw these in his eyes, and naturally felt that she had a deep hatred for Yifang, and it was very convincing that Yuliang would attack Yifang at the banquet.