"Back to the queen's mother, the old ministers have all checked, and the wine and food on this table are not poisonous......" Imperial Doctor Zhao put away the silver needle, walked slowly to Queen Xiao, clasped his hands and bowed to report.

Imperial Physician Zhao was also puzzled at this time, according to the Gu poison technique he had learned in the past, it must be after the Gu recipient ate the poison powder that could cause Gu poison to appear, but now the wine and food that the emperor had eaten in front of him had not been detected with poison.

"Impossible! There must be poison in that table, so check it again!" Empress Xiao firmly pointed to the table of wine and food in front of her and shouted.

Concubine Lian raised her eyes when she heard this, got up from the ground with difficulty, and slowly walked in front of Empress Xiao, a sneer squeezed out of the corner of her mouth, and asked in a loud voice: "Why is my sister so sure that this table of wine and food is poisonous?" Could it be that this poison was given by my sister? Want to frame your sister? ”

"What nonsense is my sister talking about? When my sister ordered someone to prepare this table of wine and food, it was checked by the people around my sister at all levels, how could the palace get close? What's more, if this palace has the intention to frame her sister, why use such a method, this palace just feels that something is wrong, and is eager to confirm it again, in case there is any omission. Empress Xiao curled the corners of her soft lips, revealing an unfathomable smile, and methodically exculpating herself.

Concubine Lian's expression gradually dimmed, and she couldn't find the right words to block Queen Xiao, she turned her head to look at the dragon bed in frustration, stared at Song Jingyu who was still in a coma worriedly, and pursed her lips without saying a word.

According to Empress Xiao's order, Imperial Physician Zhao carefully inspected the wine and food again, and suddenly he noticed a trace of omission, and his eyes stayed on the wine glass on the ground, which was the wine glass that Concubine Lian had just planned to drink.

He leaned over and picked up the wine glass, opened his eyes and looked at it carefully, and suddenly realized that there was a little white powder faintly remaining on the edge of the glass, he tried to use a silver needle to evenly put the powder into the wine glass, and poured some water, shook it evenly, and then put the silver needle in to test, when he took it out and looked at it, he found that the silver needle was really black.

Imperial Physician Zhao's eyes were instantly full of horror, he picked up the wine glass and sniffed the smell in the cup carefully, and faintly felt an extremely subtle special smell in the cup, which was the taste of poisonous powder.

"Dare to ask the concubine, have you used this wine glass tonight?" Imperial Physician Zhao brought the wine glass to Concubine Lian and asked tentatively.

"I... I'm like... Didn't use it..., but... But I... I really don't know why this cup is poisonous? Seeing this, Concubine Lian's eyes instantly became panicked, and she took several steps back again and again, replying in a hesitant manner.

"Has Your Majesty ever touched this glass?" Imperial Physician Zhao approached Concubine Lian and asked again.

Concubine Lian once again sat on the ground with weak legs, hesitated for a while, and replied with a trembling voice: "Just now...... Just now, Your Majesty seems... Drink... Drink the contents of this cup... Wine..."

Now she is even more speechless, and she can't clear her grievances no matter what.

"Someone! Bring me this poisonous woman who murdered Your Majesty! Empress Xiao's eyes were fierce, and she pointed at Concubine Lian who was sitting on the ground and shouted.

At this time, several eunuchs on standby in the dormitory quickly stepped forward to escort Lian Guifei and tried to take her away, but Lian Guifei struggled and cried and shouted: "Sister is wronged!" My sister will never do anything to hurt Your Majesty! What's more, how could I possibly poison my own cup? ”

The queen ignored Concubine Lian's injustice at all, and ruthlessly waved her hand and ordered the eunuchs to take her down quickly.

"Wait!" At this time, the queen mother's voice suddenly sounded outside the palace, and the eunuchs stopped instantly, and Panasonic held the strength of Lian Guifei and stayed in place to standby.

Concubine Lian quickly broke free from the clamps of the eunuchs, ran to the Queen Mother who had just stepped into the door in a panic and knelt down, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Queen Mother, you have to be the master of the concubine!" The concubine really didn't poison His Majesty! The concubine is wronged! ”

"Concubine Lian, you get up first! If you are really innocent, the mourners will make decisions for you. The Queen Mother approached Concubine Lian, kindly stretched out her hand to help her up carefully, then let go of her, slowly walked to the dragon bed, and glanced at Song Jingyu, who was in a coma and had a pale face, and unconsciously felt distressed.

But she quickly put away her sad face, returned to her usual chaotic expression, walked directly to Imperial Doctor Zhao, and asked in a low voice: "Imperial Doctor Zhao, what is the emperor's body condition at the moment?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty is suffering from Gu poison." Imperial Physician Zhao clasped his hands together and bowed down to repeat the disease of Gu poison in detail.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother pondered for a while, and then raised the question in her heart: "But is this Gu poison technique so simple?" Can this alone seduce people's souls? ”

"The Queen Mother's words are a reminder to the old minister, it is indeed as the Queen Mother said, it will not be so simple." Imperial Physician Zhao carefully recalled the Gu poison knowledge he had learned before.

Suddenly, he thought of one of the important links, and then reported to the Queen Mother: "The old minister remembered that this Gu poison technique still needs an important step, that is, to engrave the birth date of the Gu recipient on the peach wood, and then apply nine silver needles, put them under the Gu caster's pillow, and put them on for ten days to place the Gu spell." ”

"Someone! Give me a search in the palace of Lian Guifei! Empress Xiao didn't wait for the Queen Mother to speak, and gave an order without authorization.

When the Queen Mother saw that Empress Xiao was taking the lead, she didn't say anything and directly acquiesced to her behavior.

Inside the hall of the outer hall of Jinming Palace

The Queen Mother sat on the phoenix chair in the middle of the hall, Empress Xiao sat on the side, and Concubine Lian and the related people involved in this matter stood a little farther in front of the two, anxiously waiting for the results of the palace people going to the Yueming Palace to search.

About half a pillar of incense time, Mo Chun walked in with a solemn face with several Lian Guifei's maids who were being escorted by the eunuchs, including Lian Guifei's personal maid Qiu Tao.

Mo Chun walked directly to the Queen Mother and the Empress, stood in front of them, solemnly took out the piece of peach wood and a letter in his sleeve, and handed them to the two of them to report solemnly: "Back to the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother, the slave maid just found this thing in the Yueming Palace, and found this handwritten letter from Lord Lian Shangshu. ”

The Queen Mother turned her head and glanced at the grandmother standing behind her, and the mother instantly understood, stepped forward to take the letter in Mo Chun's hand, and the peach wood engraved with the emperor's birthday, and brought it to the Queen Mother for her to investigate.

When the Queen Mother saw the contents of the letter, her face changed instantly, and she kept staring at Concubine Lian with a complicated look.

Concubine Lian felt the projection of the Queen Mother's gaze, and was so shocked that she knelt down again and again, and argued with tears in her eyes: "The Queen Mother, wronged!" It is impossible for a concubine to put such a thing in the palace, someone must have framed it! ”

"Shut up! You poisonous woman! I still dare to quibble! Empress Xiao stood up angrily, raised her hand and pointed at Concubine Lian who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and scolded.

"The concubine really didn't do these things! What's more, the concubine doesn't know any Gu poison techniques at all, how can she ......" Concubine Lian looked at the Queen Mother with a worried face and argued bitterly.

Before she finished speaking, Qiu Tao, who was standing aside and was being held by the eunuch, hurriedly broke free of restraint, knelt directly beside Concubine Lian, and persuaded with a faint cry: "Niangniang, you can admit it!" Obviously, you asked the slave to find this piece of peach wood, and a few days ago, when the Lord Lian entered the palace to see you, did you forget what he told you? ”

"Qiu Tao, what are you talking nonsense? How could I have ever done any of these things? Concubine Lian stared at Qiu Tao kneeling beside her with a stunned face, completely unaware that these words actually came from the mouth of her intimate maid.

"Niangniang, the slave and maid regret it very much, I should have persuaded the lady to be loyal to the emperor, the slave and maid always thought that you would wake up, but now I didn't expect you to do such a thing..."

The Queen Mother was preoccupied, beckoned to Mama Su behind her, and then whispered a few words in her ear, Mama Su nodded and walked out of the hall alone.

At this time, her mood was very uneasy, and she couldn't tell what was right and which was wrong, but this matter was related to the safety of the royal family, and she had to be cautious, and it had already endangered the life of her royal son.

Even if she was kind by nature, she couldn't tolerate the traitor who murdered her emperor's life, and now the truth in front of her has become a fog.

Although the queen mother's power is high, she can put people to death in one sentence, but in view of the fact that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and this matter has involved the government, it can be seen from the letter found in the Yueming Palace that Lian Shangshu colluded with Yunjiang's relatives and had already rebelled.

Now that the power of the Lian clan is growing stronger and stronger, if she doesn't take precautions, I'm afraid that the entire royal family will be in danger, so she really can't make up her mind about tonight's matter.

Soon after, except for Lian Shangshu, other court officials were secretly summoned overnight to discuss the matter together, including many court officials who were jealous of the Lian clan, and at this time they were inevitably defeated.

"The Queen Mother, Weichen thinks that this matter cannot be done by Lian Guifei alone, there must be someone behind it, not to mention that there is conclusive evidence from Lord Lian's handwritten letter, and there are indeed relatives in the Lian clan, and this Yunjiang is already prevalent in the art of Gu poison, this series of coincidences is enough to convict the entire Lian clan." An official who daily clings to Xiao Xiangguo and opposes Lian Shangshu took advantage of this to speak out against the Lian clan.

The Queen Mother pondered for a while, then turned her gaze to Xiao Xiangguo, who had been silent, and asked, "How does Xiao Xiangguo think this matter should be handled?" ”

Xiao Xiangguo is the eldest brother of the queen of the current dynasty, a high-ranking official above 10,000 people under one of the ministers, and a high-ranking uncle of the country.

"Back to the Queen Mother, this matter is related to the health of the emperor's dragon body and the safety of the entire royal family, the minister thinks that the top priority is to arrest the Lian clan first, detain the prison and wait for the fall, and wait for the emperor to wake up before making a decision." Xiao Xiangguo thoughtfully expressed his opinion.

The Queen Mother felt that it made sense when she heard this, and suddenly showed a solemn look on her face, and nodded in agreement: "Then according to what Xiao Xiangguo said, the Lian family will be imprisoned in prison first, and as for Concubine Lian, she will be grounded in the Yueming Palace first, and everything will be disposed of when the emperor wakes up." ”

Xiao Xiangguo received the promise of the Queen Mother, clasped his hands and bowed, and then turned around and ordered his subordinates behind him: "Immediately go out of the palace to arrest the Nalian clan, if there is a violator, kill immediately!" ”