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It seems that Empress Li's philosophical theory needs to be improved - since it has become a spiritual thing of "spirit", it is naturally "nothing". There was a smile on the corner of Zuo Ying's mouth, and she said lightly: "Empress, you misunderstood." The purpose of mourning clothes is to express the mourning of the deceased with extremely simple clothing. Now my outfit is not only shabby, but I also reduce my identity to a minimum. In my mind, this is the only way to express my grief over the loss of my brother. ”

Empress Li snorted from her nose, "Your Majesty was poisoned to death, do you really feel grief?" Isn't it a joy to get what you want? ”

"Poisoned to death"? This reminded Zuo Ying. According to the symptoms of the emperor's death, poisoning is indeed more reliable than death from overwork. Although Zuo Ying also has a certain understanding of poison, firstly, the emperor's symptoms are not typical, and secondly, the emperor can no longer be saved, and many things are more important than studying the cause of the emperor's death.

Seeing that Zuo Ying didn't speak, Empress Li felt that she seemed to be on top, and her voice became more confident, "This palace has already questioned the imperial doctor. In fact, they had already diagnosed that His Majesty was not very ill that day, and that vomiting blood and coma were all caused by poisoning. However, because the poisoning has been deep, the medicine is ineffective. The imperial doctor was afraid that the implication would be too great, and he did not dare to speak directly. ”

This gang of Zuo Ying solved a mystery. However, I believe that Empress Li is menacing, and she is definitely not here to answer questions and solve doubts.

Empress Li raised her hand to the side and said, "Bring it up." ”

I saw two attendants ordered to bring up a middle-aged man dressed as a palace superior and an inner attendant from outside the door, kneeling in the center of the study.

"He Lanying, do you recognize him?" Empress Li asked, pointing to the kneeling man on the ground.

Zuo Ying fixed her eyes and saw that the middle-aged man was actually Dongping, the head of her palace attendants.

"Oh? There is a shortage of people in the emperor's **? Zuo Ying smiled faintly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Let me pick a few people to send to the queen. It's really embarrassing to bother the queen to come and get it herself. ”

Empress Li didn't seem to hear what Zuo Ying said, and ordered Dongping, who was kneeling on the ground: "Tell what you have reported in front of the palace in front of your master!" ”

"Yes." Dongping agreed, and said in an orderly manner: "One day half a month ago, the first emperor came to visit the princess in Yongning Palace. The princess ordered the villain to serve tea, and privately told the villain to brew the bag of tea that she personally handed over to the villain the day before yesterday, but the tea leaves in the princess's own cup were of another kind. After that, every time His Majesty visited, the princess told the villain to concoct it like this. The villain thought to himself, it must be the princess's love for her brother, and she left the best tea for the emperor, and she was reluctant to eat it. But a few days ago, a cat raised by the villain fell to the ground because he accidentally ate the tea residue that the villain poured out of His Majesty's cup, and died of depression and vomiting blood for two days. The villain became suspicious, like a palace maid borrowing a silver hairpin to tempt. Unexpectedly, the golden hairpin inserted in the tea residue turned black instantly, and the villain knew that the tea contained highly poisonous. The villain was terrified, so he brought the tea leaves to the inner servants of the Tai Hospital, and asked them to ask the imperial doctor, and the answer they got turned out to be that the tea leaves were mixed with the highly poisonous Tripterygium wilfordii. Although it will not kill people immediately because of the small amount, it will definitely kill people if it is accumulated many times. This matter is related to the safety of His Majesty's dragon body, and the villain did not dare to hide it, so he reported it to the queen mother, hoping that the queen mother would be the master to verify it. ”

"Do you blame your master?" Empress Li asked deliberately.

"In front of the queen, how dare the villain have half a lie?" Dongping pointed to the sky and swore that the day was authentic, and at the same time peeked at Zuo Ying, as if he was guarding against her that she would pounce on him and bite him at any time.

"Helan Ying! You hear it all! Empress Li's apricot eyes widened, her eyes were like two sharp knives about to pierce Zuo Ying, "The head of your inner servants came forward to testify against you, what else can you deny?" It turned out that you coveted His Majesty's throne and poisoned him, causing His Majesty to die of poison! ”

As soon as Empress Li's words came out, the sleeves of all the attendants behind her moved slightly. Ordinary people may not pay attention, but Zuo Ying knew at a glance that it was these people who secretly pressed their hands on the blades hidden in their clothes, waiting for the boss to give an order and pounce on them.

The timing is delicate, the lineup is surprising, and the lines are bold, which is really a good drama. Zuo Ying smiled almost appreciatively.

She said unhurriedly: "Empress, the Lei Gongteng mentioned in Dongping's mouth, I don't know if you have personally confirmed it?" ”

Originally, she thought that the princess would be furious and excited when she heard her say this, but when she saw that the other party was so calm that she seemed to penetrate her intentions at a glance, she couldn't help but lose her confidence.

"Show her." Empress Li ordered left and right.

An attendant beside her immediately came to Zuo Ying and presented a tea pot of colored porcelain. Lift the lid and inside is a small half-jar of blue-black tea leaves.

Knowing that it was a prop, why take it seriously, Zuo Ying didn't bother to take a look.

"What is the Thunder Vine, where did it come from, and how to use it to kill people, does the queen know?" Zuo Ying asked again.

"How could this palace know such a hurtful thing!" Empress Li was anxious to clear up the relationship.

"Oh?" The teacup in Zuo Ying's hand fell on the desk, and she said loudly: "That queen, you are also suspected of murdering my imperial brother!" ”

"What do you say?! …… Licentious! ”

The queen's round apricot eyes were half surprised and half angry. Even the attendants behind her were surprised.

"Because—I'm the same as the Queen." Zuo Ying slowly stood up, "I'm the same as the queen, and I don't know what Lei Gongteng is, where to get it, and how to use it to kill people." The only difference with the queen is that now this so-called poisonous tea is in the hands of the queen, not mine. If you follow the queen's logic, the queen yourself is more suspicious. ”

Empress Li snorted in her throat and was immediately choked by Zuo Ying's words. She wanted to scold her for quibbling, avoiding the important and trivializing, transferring flowers and trees, and Li Daitao stiff...... But she was caught off guard before she organized a concise and sharp language, "Helan Ying, don't mess around." Suspect you because your chamberlain is the chief of your chamberlain! ”

"Testifying?" In the eyes of others, Zuo Ying, who was almost sickly, still smiled lightly, and her lazy gaze suddenly froze, far from belonging to a fifteen-year-old girl, who pierced Queen Li's eyes sharply, straight to the bottom of her heart, "In these years, as long as there is a good script, the most important thing is actors and props." For example, when Lord Li was detained and imprisoned, there were probably no fewer people who came forward to accuse him of plotting rebellion than the people in this room, right? ”

The corners of Empress Li's eyes twitched, as if she had been poked in the sore spot, but her tightly clenched eyebrows seemed to be more troubled than angry, "You don't want to lift yourself and your brother in the palace at the same time!" ”

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