Chapter 21: A Different Way to Die
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A few guards didn't know what to do, but they didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran towards Hede Pavilion. After a while, the porcelain jar of milk was handed to Zuo Ying.
"Drink her."
Zuo Ying commanded the guards and palace maids to pour all the milk into Scarlet Feather.
Scarlet Feather's chest and abdomen were in severe pain, and at the beginning, she vomited a lot every few sips, and finally let her drink half a can. At this time, Scarlet Feather was exhausted by the pain, and finally couldn't support it anymore and fell asleep.
Zuo Ying asked Scarlet Feather to be placed on the bed and sent the guards to invite the imperial doctor.
The princess who used to scream in fright when she saw a mouse, at this time, in an emergency situation that ordinary people don't know how to start, facing a tragically dead corpse and a person struggling on the line of death, she actually commanded and methodically as if she had experienced this kind of scene I don't know how many times, which made the palace maids and guards who witnessed this scene couldn't help but be shocked, and they didn't know how to involuntarily obey her authority, one by one they asked the imperial doctor to invite the imperial doctor, and carried away the corpse and carried away the corpse. Cleaning the scene, there is also a palace maid to help up the lotus dew who is beginning to wake up.
Zuo Ying sat on the edge of Scarlet Feather's bed and guarded, and the clothes that were stained with a lot of dirt had not yet had time to change. She saw a palace maid going to help Lianlu, and said lightly: "Wait." Go and gather all the ladies of the palace to wait for me in the patio outside this doorway. β
The palace maid didn't know what Zuo Ying's intentions were, but she didn't dare to ask more, so she had to nod her head and agree, put down the lotus dew and hurriedly walked out.
Lianlu had just woken up and saw that Guixiang's body was gone, and Scarlet Feather was lying motionless on the bed, not knowing whether she was dead or alive. The princess sat on the edge of the bed, and though she didn't look at her, she could feel the chill blowing over her.
She didn't dare to speak, let alone run away, let alone run away, she didn't even have the courage to move her body, so she could only kneel on the ground and weep and kowtow in fear.
It didn't take long for the Imperial Doctor to be brought in. He saw that it was not the princess herself who was sick, but a lowly palace maid, and his face was a little displeased, but he did not dare to disobey. After hearing about Scarlet Feather, he showed a look of surprise, "The princess handled it properly, this girl is not in danger of life now." It's just that the poison invades the five organs, and the body needs to recuperate for a period of time to fully recover. Wechen first prescribed a prescription to detoxify and benefit the liver, and removed the toxins from the body for this girl, and Wechen came back for a follow-up three days later. β
When the imperial doctor led the attendant who followed him to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine, he pushed the door and walked out of the room, he couldn't help but be puzzled by the scene in front of him. I saw that the courtyard outside the door was not spacious and crowded with palace maids, and at a glance there seemed to be dozens of them. They all stood in the direction of this side of the room, originally talking to each other, the expressions on their faces were either surprised or panicked, and when they saw the door opened, they all suddenly focused their eyes on the door, Zuo Ying's back.
The Imperial Physician walked through the cloister on the edge of the patio and left. Zuo Yingcai lazily came out of Scarlet Feather's room and stood in front of the palace maids.
"Bring the lotus dew here."
The two palace maids standing at the front didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went over and brought the trembling Lianlu to Zuo Ying and knelt down.
"I killed a guy today." Zuo Ying so lightly confirmed the terrifying news that had just begun to circulate among the palace maids, which made many palace maids secretly gasp, "It doesn't seem to make much sense to kill another one in the same way." But those who are sweet-mouthed, betrayal, and victimize their sisters cannot go unpunished. So, I want to fake my hand to you. β
"Princess, spare your life! Princess, spare your life! ......" Lianlu listened, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. The other palace maids looked at the lotus dew that was already frightened and the large area of blood stains on the ground that could still be seen that had not been cleaned up, and their faces were also ugly, and their feet moved back unconsciously.
"Bring me that." Zuo Ying pointed to the food box that Guixiang had thrown in the corner when she tried to escape just now.
A palace maid closest to the corner looked left and right, and reluctantly went to take the food box in the corner and carefully presented it.
Zuo Ying lifted the lid of the food box and took out the soup bowl that had been turned on its side, and there were still a few drops of soup in the bowl.
Zuo Ying bent down and reached out to clamp Lianlu's chin, making her look up and meet her sharp gaze, "Just now, you just gave this bowl of poisonous soup to Scarlet Feather to drink, right?" β
"Hmm, hmm......" Lianlu's jaw was pinched and forced to open, and her head was difficult to move, her round bloodshot eyes stared at Zuo Ying's other hand holding the soup bowl that was about to be sent to her lips, although she saw that the soup in it was almost gone, but she was still deeply jealous of the poison in the soup, and she was so frightened that she struggled desperately.
Although Zuo Ying's hand strength is not large, for Lianlu, who has already been frightened and weak, the strength on her neck alone is enough for her to struggle until she drinks the rest of the soup. In a hurry, she couldn't care about being humble and flattering, and struggled to break Zuo Ying's hand that was clamping her teeth, and fell at Zuo Ying's feet while begging for mercy in a vague voice, whimpering.
Zuo Ying straightened up and smiled, raised her arm and poured the remaining soup in the soup bowl on the ground in front of everyone.
"You all saw it, and she wouldn't drink." Zuo Ying shrugged, "So I have to leave it to you." You can help me ask her if there are any other complices in poisoning Scarlet Feather, for example, where the arsenic came from, who made the soup, and who knows about it...... If she really refuses to say......" Zuo Ying tapped her chin with her finger, her brows furrowed slightly, as if she was a little embarrassed, "then she can't be forced." Then help me make a bowl of soup of the same ingredient and give her a drinkβa reward from the princess." β
Zuo Ying's words fell, and the only thing that could be heard around was Lianlu's whimper, and the rest of the people didn't dare to say a word, their bodies didn't dare to make the slightest movement, and their eyes didn't dare to look directly into Zuo Ying's eyes.
"Within twelve hours. To live is to see people and confessions, and to die to see corpses. Zuo Ying casually pointed to a palace maid, "You are fully responsible for this matter, there is no result within twelve hours, you are punished for the same crime, and I will find someone else to be responsible." Did you hear that? β
The palace maid looked left and right to confirm that it was herself, so she had to admit that she was unlucky and knelt on the ground and responded: "Follow the princess's decree." The other palace maids also reacted and knelt down to agree.
"Good." Zuo Ying hooked her lips and smiled, "You don't have to be on duty today, let's deal with this matter with all your might." With that, he returned to Scarlet Feather's room with his hands behind his back.
She didn't dare to leave until Scarlet Feather came to her senses. She knew very well that now these palace maids were just stunned by her sudden shock, although they were temporarily shocked, but it was hard to guarantee that they would soon calm down, and use inaction or even poison Scarlet Feather to confront Zuo Ying. As long as she is at a disadvantage like now, the little authority she has left will soon be gone, and even a lowly palace maid will dare to ride on her head, and it will happen soon.
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