Chapter 160: Red Flower Scatter
Mengqi watched Yan'er's skillful movements expressionlessly, she scooped the tea leaves with a wooden spoon made of mahogany and put them into the bowl, and then poured them with the prepared boiling water, the steam rolled up with the fragrance of tea, Yan'er touched the temperature with her hand, and after it was just right, she slowly poured it into the cup, and the tea slowly sank, three ups and downs, and the buds and shadows were shiny, sinking to the bottom of the cup.
The maidservant first served the brewed tea to the queen mother and Jin Guifei, and then to the side princess Mengqi who was sitting at the back.
Jintiao held her breath, she stared at the cup of tea tightly, knowing that it was mixed with colorless and odorless poison, this medicine is called Honghuasan in the rivers and lakes, it will not be fatal, but it will damage the body, causing the poisoned person to be unable to conceive. If a man is unfortunate enough to take it, he is very likely to injure himself, resulting in the inability to reproduce offspring.
Jintiao is really afraid, could it be that Mengqi can hurt her body so much in order to bring down Tang Anxia, and she doesn't even plan to conceive a child in the future? There are also the queen and the concubine Jin, they will also face such a terrible situation after taking the red flower powder, Mengqi really wants to be cold-blooded and ruthless? Do not hesitate to implicate the innocent?
The queen picked up the teacup, put it to her lips and gently blew away the tea leaves, and said with a smile: "It smells refreshing, it is very fragrant, Mengqi, your tea should be good." ”
Meng Qi smiled softly: "Thank you for your appreciation, these two boxes of tea were originally given to the concubine by Princess Tang Anxia, and when I return to the palace in a while, the concubine will thank Princess Zheng for her reward." ”
After that, Meng Qi took the initiative to pick up the cup, turned a blind eye to the poison in the tea, and drank it without hesitation, while drinking, she praised endlessly: "It's really good tea, Princess Zheng is not a stingy person, and good things are often given to concubines." ”
A piercing pain immediately turned back in the lower abdomen, and Meng Qi endured the pain that came from it, still maintaining a smile on her face.
Jintiao couldn't help but feel distressed, if it weren't for her master Mengqi who has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, with profound internal skills and strong martial arts, I'm afraid she would have vomited out a mouthful of blood a long time ago, and she couldn't stand up in pain!
The queen and Concubine Jin didn't know at all, they held cups in their slender hands, tasted carefully, the tea was in the mouth, sweet and extended, and the sweet taste spread, and the aftertaste was endless.
Suddenly, the queen felt a sharp pain in her chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted onto the table.
"!" Yan'er exclaimed, and the other slaves and maids were even more frightened, and Yan'er rushed to the queen and roared, "Protect Niangniang!" Protect the mother! Hurry up and announce the Imperial Doctor! Xuan Taiyi! ”
Concubine Jin stood up stunned, and said in astonishment: "Oh my God! Queen Mother, you are such a person, why did you suddenly ......"
Before she finished speaking, Jin Guifei vomited blood in a mouthful of 'wow', and the whole person collapsed to the ground weakly, covering her lower abdomen in pain, and fine beads of sweat crawled all over her forehead.
"!" The personal maid Xiaowan's face turned pale with fright, and she helped Jin Guifei and called, "Niangniang, Guifei Niangniang!" What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you!? ”
Concubine Jin opened her mouth, but she couldn't make a sound because of the pain.
A wave of unevenness rose again and again, only to hear a loud 'bang', Mengqi's teacup fell to the ground, everyone followed the reputation, Mengqi hunched over and fell to the ground, blood flowed out along the corners of her mouth, and even her nostrils were bleeding.
Jintiao was so frightened that he pressed Meng Qi's wrist, secretly used her internal strength to help her breathe steadily, and said with tears in her eyes: "Side princess!" What's wrong with you? Why did you fall ill in such a good way? Side princess! Don't scare the slaves, you just married Prince Wen, how could you suffer such an ordeal?! ”
Jintiao's heart was more sour and bitter than she said, she knew that Jintiao was the first to drink poisonous tea, and it would have been earlier than the queen's poisonous attack, but she used her internal force to hold her breath and suppress the poisonous hair. When the queen and Concubine Jin fell to the ground one after another, Meng Qi couldn't help the sourness in her stomach, and the whole person's qi veins lost control, and she almost lost her life.
Yan'er was so angry that she was like thunder, now the three masters are terminally ill, blood is flowing, only she is the most powerful among the slaves, after all, she is the personal maid next to the queen, raised her eyebrows, and scolded angrily: "What are you all doing to eat!?" Why do the ladies and the side princess have strange diseases? Why hasn't the Imperial Doctor come yet? Send someone to invite again! Spread the word to the Imperial Hospital, the queen and Concubine Jin, as well as Prince Wen's side princess, were all seriously ill, and all the imperial doctors put down their work and immediately came to Fengyi Palace! ”
"Yes, the minions can go when they wait!" A few errand-running little eunuchs hurried out.
The hurried formation attracted the attention of Jiang Rong, the aunt in charge who was originally in the backyard, and she trotted all the way to the front yard, and looked at the three masters lying on the ground, unable to speak. The slaves and maids panicked one by one, not knowing what to do.
Jiang Rong said sharply: "Hurry up!" Carried the three masters into the house, the queen mother and the concubine Jin Guifei put them on the bed, wiped the blood stains on their faces, and put the princess on the side on the soft collapse of the main hall, covered them with quilts, kept warm first, and then waited for the imperial doctor to come to diagnose and treat. ”
"Yes." The maidservants immediately had the backbone of the backbone, and secretly admired Jiang Rong in their hearts, worthy of being the aunt in charge who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, they had never seen any battles, even if the master had something, they could immediately come up with countermeasures.
Jiang Rong looked around at the layout in the courtyard, and scolded the slave maid who was about to clean up: "Presumptuous! Who made you move? ”
The maid was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Rong: "Aunt atonement!" Aunt atonement! The slave saw that there were blood stains on the ground, which was really unbearable, so she thought about cleaning it up......"
"No, no one can understand anything!" Jiang Rong raised her voice, glanced at the overwhelmed minions, and told again, "Whether it's the tea on the table, or the blood on the ground, don't even touch a fallen leaf!" The three masters are ill unclearly, and the mystery must be somewhere in the courtyard, and everything will wait until the imperial doctor comes to inspect it before making a decision.
If the doctor can't find out the cause, he will report it to the Criminal Department, and the Criminal Department will send someone to continue the investigation! So you all give me honesty, unless you are tired of living, you dare to mess with the things in the courtyard, which affects the safety of the queen and Concubine Jin, can you afford it? And the princess on that side, the daughter of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, is not a master to mess with! ”
The subordinates turned pale with fright one by one, and responded again and again: "Yes, the minions and others obey the order." ”
After a stick of incense, the doctors rushed from the hospital.
accompanied by the daughter of the Taifu, the biological mother of the eldest prince, Concubine Shu.
Jiang Rong led the minions and said, "See Concubine Shu." ”
"Excuse me!" Concubine Shu said perfunctorily, then hurriedly ran into the inner room, glanced at the unconscious Mengqi, and saw the bedridden queen and Jin Guifei in the house, and looked surprised.
"Okay, what's going on? The palace was walking in the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers, looking at the group of imperial doctors with panicked expressions, running in the direction of Fengyi Palace, the palace was worried about the queen's mother, so they came with them to take a look. ”
Yan'er blessed her body: "Back to Concubine Shu, the slave and maid don't know why the three masters fell ill at the same time...... Just now they were chatting in the yard, drinking tea, and laughing! ”
Jiang Rong led the two imperial doctors to the courtyard, pointed to the place where the queen was sitting, and then pointed to the other two, and said in a calm tone: "I bother the two imperial doctors to check, whether anyone is plotting to kill Niangniang, the blood stains on the ground, I don't know if they can be used, and the slaves and maids don't dare to let people clean them." ”
Imperial Physician Wang arched his hand and said: "Auntie, don't worry, as an academician of the Imperial Hospital, this official will naturally do his duty, and he will definitely be able to find the truth and find out about him!" ”
"I'm tired of both."
Inside the house, Imperial Physician Zhao led the other two imperial physicians to check the pulse of the three masters, rolled their eyelids, opened their mouths to look at their throats, checked their necks and other places.
After a moment, Imperial Physician Zhao looked at the other two knowingly, and the three of them walked to the door of the hall and discussed with each other for a while......
Subsequently, Imperial Physician Zhao entered the hall and said to Concubine Shu: "Niangniang, according to the diagnosis of the ministers, the queen, the concubine Jin, and the princess are all poisoned. Their faces were pale, their tongues were yellow, their pulses were irregular, their necks were purple and blue, their mouths were spitting blood, they had severe pain in their lower abdomen, and they were dizzy and weak.
It's just that I don't know what kind of poison I have been hit, so I can only take ordinary antidotes, and I can't blindly treat them, so as not to hurt my five organs. Fortunately, according to the experience of the ministers for many years, this poison is violent, fast-onset, and poisonous, but it is not fatal. If it is a poison that is highly toxic and kills, I am afraid that we will not see the three masters now. ”
Concubine Shu listened patiently, her beautiful cheeks fell into contemplation, her lips were like cherry blossoms, her eyebrows were like ink paintings, and she calculated: "I want to harm people, but I don't want to hurt my life, why is this?" ”
At this time, the two imperial doctors outside the hospital also returned to the house.
Holding the teacup in one hand and the blackened silver needle in the other, Imperial Physician Wang bowed his knees slightly towards Concubine Shu, regarded as a salute, and said slowly: "Niangniang, Weichen has found out." The tea of the three masters is poisonous, and it is colorless and tasteless, and it will not be tested by the silver needle. Only the blood vomited by the ladies was blackened through the silver needles to know that it was caused by poisoning. ”
Concubine Shu frowned, and her gentle and jade-like temperament couldn't hold back her anger now: "What kind of poison is it?" Who did it?! Such despicable means! Put it into the tea colorless and tasteless, even the silver needle can not be detected, but the poison vomited blood, and the blood can make the silver needle black! This palace has been in the harem for many years, and it is the first time I have heard of such a ruthless person! ”
"Back to Concubine Shu, this tea is a good Qingding tea, Weichen has drunk it, it is really good. This is because it is an excellent tea, it should be drunk while it is hot, not cold, as soon as the tea is cold, the tea residue in the tea will become darker and darker, and the bottom of the teacup will become more and more turbid.
However, these three cups of tea are as if they have just been brewed, the roots of the tea leaves are distinct, and the tea is as clear as new, which attracted the attention of Weichen. Realize that this tea is not a normal tea, but something is added to it. Weichen wants to ask the maids a few questions, I don't know if it's okay? ”
Concubine Shu nodded, and summoned Yan'er and Concubine Jin's personal maid Xiaowan, who were waiting in the room: "Listen, this palace will try this case, no matter what the imperial doctor asks, you must answer truthfully, no concealment, no ambiguity, otherwise this palace will deal with you instead of the two mothers!" ”
"Yes." Yan'er and Xiaowan readily agreed.
Imperial Physician Wang pointed to the teacup in his hand and asked in a cold voice, "Excuse me, who made this tea?" ”
Yan'er took the initiative to stand up: "It was soaked by the slave maid herself." ”
Imperial Physician Wang took a step forward and took an aggressive posture: "Oh? Do you know that the three masters were poisoned by the tea, which caused them to become seriously ill, do you know the guilt!? ”
Yan'er was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The slave doesn't know!" This tea ...... Obviously, the princess brought it and said that she tasted it with the queen's mother, but the slaves and maids didn't take it to the house, so they made it directly in the courtyard and gave it to the three masters! ”
Xiao Wan also hurriedly knelt down and explained, "It's true, the people of the entire Fengyi Palace can testify!" This tea was really sent by the princess herself, what is it...... They were rewarded by the princess of the palace, and they didn't dare to enjoy it for their only son, so they specially used it to honor the queen. Our concubine happened to be here, so she drank tea with the queen, who would have thought that she would be poisoned! It's really my family's concubine who is the most wronged! ”
Concubine Shu was confused when she heard this, and said in confusion: "The side princess of Prince Wen's mansion...... There's no reason for her to poison her! She has a small royal concubine, how dare she poison the queen? Moreover, she herself has been poisoned and is unconscious! ”
"Niangniang, can you let Weichen inspect the tea sent." Imperial Doctor Zhao took the initiative to ask for help.
"Okay, Aunt Jiang, you are an old man in the palace, this palace can be trusted, you go and get it!" Concubine Shu instructed Jiang Rong, who was standing next to her with her hands in her hands, that she couldn't fully believe Yan'er's words now.
Jiang Rong walked into the courtyard, held two boxes of tea on the round table, and handed them to Imperial Doctor Zhao.
Several imperial physicians gathered together, opened the lid of the box, and saw that one box had been used, and the other box was intact, they pinched the tea leaves, smelled them, and tried them with silver needles, Imperial Doctor Zhao simply picked up a piece, put it on the tip of his tongue and licked it, and hurriedly drank a few sips of water to rinse his mouth and spit it into the cup.
"Is it a red flower?" Imperial Physician Zhao guessed.
Doctor Wang agreed: "That's right, it is the vermilion saffron, in order to prevent the toxicity from being detected, it is deliberately soaked in 'green salt water' for a few days, it can become a light green powder, colorless and tasteless, sprinkled into the tea leaves, and the green of the green tea, it is not detectable at all." ”
Imperial Physician Zhao was a little surprised: "Imperial Physician Wang knows the poison of the rivers and lakes very well?" ”
Doctor Wang smiled and said: "After all, the old man is an academician of the Tai Hospital, and he knows a lot about all kinds of herbs and poisons, and it is also for the health of the royal family!" ”
Immediately, Imperial Physician Wang came to Concubine Shu with a tea box and explained: "Concubine Shu, this poison is not common in the rivers and lakes, according to Weichen's understanding, this poison seems to be called 'Honghuasan', it will not be fatal, it will only make the poisoned woman no longer pregnant and unable to give birth to an heir." Of course, this poison is not fatal, although the toxicity is very strong, it can immediately make the poisoned person feel painful, but after taking the antidote for three days, with a little recuperation, it will be fine. Only if you can't get pregnant, I'm afraid there is no cure. The body of the poisoned person may be weaker, and it needs to be adjusted from time to time. ”
"I see...... Concubine Shu already understands clearly, and the next thing is to catch the person who poisoned her.
She instructed several imperial doctors: "I bother you to prescribe a prescription for the three masters, first detoxify, and then recuperate, you must be careful and careful, there can be no mistakes." ”
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