Since it is to be investigated, it is necessary to investigate this matter clearly.

Xia Rui was not in a hurry to get up and go outside, at this moment, he raised his eyes to look at Gao Concubine and said lukewarmly

"Concubine Gao, you have already used the medicine just now, and you must be able to reply, now, you should also go outside with you!"

When Concubine Gao heard this, she instantly understood that Xia Rui was going to interrogate with herself, and she couldn't help but feel very aggrieved, she frowned and said

"Your Majesty, the concubine was poisoned, the concubine is the victim, if so, the concubine will also go out to talk together, for the sake of fairness, the queen mother who was poisoned with the concubine, won't she also go out to talk back?! So, it's better to wait for the queen to wake up and then interrogate the matter! ”

"Presumptuous!" Xia Rui was furious when he heard this, "The queen is the honor of the middle palace, when will it be your turn to point fingers?!" It seems that you really don't know your identity, and even the queen can call around at will! Spread my will, the high concubine disobeyed the saint, regardless of dignity and inferiority, discussed the queen in vain, and was reduced to a small ceremony to set an example! ”

When the concubine heard this, she almost fainted on the spot, "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that she is wrong...... Please calm the emperor's anger......"

Xia Rui said with a cold face, "Gao, I have only demoted you to half a rank now, which is already the lightest punishment, don't be pampered anymore!" ”

"Yes......"

From the concubine to Xiaoyi, it is true that it has only dropped by half a grade, but Xia Rui's harem was not full of desire, except for the queen, there are only Concubine Li and the four newcomers who entered the palace later, so calculated, she Gao Xiaoyi is the concubine with the lowest rank in the harem.

On the other side, the Queen Mother glanced at Gao Xiaoyi, shook her head, sighed hatefully, and then walked outside.

Everyone came to the main hall of Yongning Palace, Xia Ruiduan sat in the center of the top, the Queen Mother sat on his right, and the rest of the people stood in the main hall according to their respective positions.

Xia Rui first ordered two imperial doctors (Yang Imperial Doctor and Lin Siyuan) to check the various foods at the birthday banquet today, and see what kind of food had arsenic poison in it.

Soon, the two imperial doctors found arsenic in the sweet soup bowl that Yun Xiao and Gao Xiaoyi had used.

However, it is puzzling that not only are the other foods at the birthday feast not poisonous, but even the sweet soup presented to others is not poisonous.

In other words, only the bowl of sweet soup originally presented to the Queen Mother was given arsenic, but because the Queen Mother later distributed the sweet soup to Yun Xiao and Gao Xiaoyi, the two of them were poisoned.

What's even more incredible is that according to the judgment of Imperial Doctor Yang, because the Queen Mother is old and her body is not as strong as that of young people, if the original bowl of sweet soup is used up, she will definitely die, but this sweet soup was divided into two parts, and after giving Yun Xiao and Gao Xiaoyi respectively, the dose of arsenic in the sweet soup was halved, so although Yun Xiao and Gao Xiaoyi both ate the sweet soup rewarded by the Queen Mother, they both saved their lives in the end.

According to this logic, the purpose of this poisoner is clearly to want the life of the Queen Mother!

After listening to the report of the two imperial doctors, the Queen Mother's face turned purple with coldness.

She covered her heart with one hand, pointed at Imperial Doctor Yang with the other, and asked in disbelief, "Imperial Doctor Yang, have you investigated it clearly?" The stakes are high, so you have to be careful! ”

Imperial Doctor Yang immediately replied, "Weichen didn't dare to deceive the Queen Mother and the Emperor, it is true that only the sweet soup that was rewarded to the Queen Mother and Gao Xiaoyi by the Queen Mother is poisonous, and there is no problem with the rest of the diet!" ”

Here, Xia Rui raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Siyuan, who was standing aside, and asked in a deep voice, "Imperial Doctor Lin, just now, you also checked the things at this birthday banquet, and the conclusion you got is the same as that of Imperial Doctor Yang?" ”

Lin Siyuan replied truthfully: "If you go back to the emperor, it's the same!" ”

In this way, things seem to get complicated.

Xia Rui's face became more and more ugly.

On the other side, the Queen Mother turned her head to Xia Ruidao

"Your Majesty, I really didn't expect that today's incident was actually for the mourning family! The queen and Gao Xiaoyi are both sins for the mourning family, which is already distressing enough, and what is even more unexpected is that the queen is pregnant with the prince, that is, the grandson of the mourning family, which is related to the future of my Great Xia Kingdom, the poor little prince is in the queen's womb, only a little more than a month old, if he has three long and two short because of this matter, how can the mourning family live in the future? The heart of this poisoned person is really too ruthless...... It must be thoroughly investigated, and no one can let go of all those involved! ”

The Queen Mother said it sincerely, and in Xia Rui's eyes, it was the fake compassion of the cat crying mouse.

He didn't believe that if Yun Xiao really gave birth to a prince for himself, the Queen Mother would be really happy.

However, he carefully recalled that when Lin Siyuan reported to him that Yun Xiao was pregnant just now, the Queen Mother's expression did not seem to know in advance.

If the Queen Mother really didn't know, it would be much less likely to use sweet soup to murder Yun Xiao.

He pondered for a moment, turned his eyes to look at Hua Qianruo, and said, "Concubine Li, the incident happened in your palace, and the food in your birthday banquet was poisonous, what do you have to say?" ”

Hua Tianruo settled down and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine was not poisoned, and the concubine didn't know that the queen was pregnant, and it was impossible to use arsenic to murder the little prince in her belly. ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she said with round eyes

"Concubine Li, are you innocent?! Didn't you prepare this sweet soup? Have you forgotten that at the banquet just now, you personally told everyone that you specially prepared this sweet soup? Now that something has happened, you've got the excuse out of it! ”

When Hua Tianruo heard this, she turned her head to look at the Queen Mother, and replied coldly, "The Queen Mother, the concubine is not poisoned!" If the concubine wants to poison it, why only poison it in the sweet soup and not in other foods, this sweet soup is the last to be presented! ”

"The mourners see that you are drunk! Say anything stupid! When the Queen Mother heard this, she snorted coldly, "You poisoned all the food, do you want to poison all the concubines in the harem?" Does it also include the emperor?! Concubine Li, are you trying to kill the king? ”

"The concubine didn't ...... The concubine didn't poison ......"

Hua Tianruo looked like she was already flustered.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother was overjoyed, and hurriedly continued to question, "Concubine Li, the mourning family knows, you have always been devoted to the emperor, killing the king, probably not, the emperor doesn't like to eat sweet soup very much, it is the mourning family who likes to eat sweet soup, you ordered someone to poison the sweet soup, you want to poison the mourning family, if it weren't for the mourning family today reciting the blessing of the imperial doctor, and didn't eat the sweet soup, wouldn't you die in your hands?!" ”

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