Chapter 127: Finding a Bad Cat
"This ...... I can't find the root of the problem for a while, please give me a little time......"
Zhai Ying was full of anger and called a few guards, "Come on, lock her up, and don't allow her to leave until the princess recovers!" ”
The guard received the order and stepped forward to escort Wan Bingyu to leave.
Before walking out of the camp, Wan Bingyu seemed to remember something, turned back to Lanzhi, the maid who was kneeling beside her, and asked, "Where is the medicine that the princess took at noon?" Can you find it out for me? ”
"Medicine...... Medicine? The maid was stunned for a moment, and quickly lowered her head, "The medicine has been poured out by the slave maid......"
"Down? What about the dregs? There should be, right? ”
"Dregs...... The residue has also been cleaned......"
The corners of Wan Bingyu's mouth raised, and without saying more, she turned around and left.
At night, the moonlight in the desert is exceptionally bright, illuminating the entire sky as if it were day.
Wan Bingyu stayed alone in the cold tent, looking at the bright moon through the window, and suddenly an ancient poem sounded in his heart, "The desert is lonely and the smoke is straight, and the sun sets over the long river", which describes the scenery at this time.
But this beautiful scenery does not make people feel happy, what she cares about at the moment is only Xing'er's condition, not because Zhai Ying said, if Xing'er has an accident, she will also lose her life, but she really likes this well-behaved little girl and wants to do all her best to make her recover.
She looked out vigorously, wanting to see where Heng Xinyuan's tent was, but her eyes suddenly locked on a maid who ran in a panic from a distance, she seemed to be holding something in her arms, and she was sneaking around as she ran, as if she was afraid that others would find out her whereabouts.
If you look closely, isn't this Xing'er's personal maid Laneige?
She no longer takes care of Xing'er in the tent, what is she doing outside?
And what she was holding in her arms turned out to be a medicine jar for boiling medicine during the day!
Keen intuition told Wan Bingyu that there must be something strange in this!
She opened the tent door, and the guards outside were sitting on the ground napping, just enough for her to escape, and followed Laneige all the way to a stream not far away, before she stopped, put the medicine jar in her arms, and poured the contents into the river little by little.
He kept muttering, "Don't blame me, don't blame me, it's not my fault......"
Wan Bingyu stepped forward, grabbed her shoulders from behind, and shouted, "What are you doing!" What are you holding in your hands! ”
Laneige let out a scream and looked back, slumped on the ground in fright, "I...... I...... I'm packing up the medicine jar......"
"Didn't you say that the medicine in this jar had already been emptied? How did it end up here? Why did you come to this river late at night? Wan Bingyu stared at her coldly, "What do you want to hide?" ”
"No, it's nothing......" Laneige knelt on the ground, her body shaking.
Wan Bingyu picked up the medicine jar on the ground that had not been emptied yet, and sniffed it carefully, the various herbs in it were exactly the same as the prescriptions she prescribed, in this case, why was she so nervous.
The argument between the two soon attracted the patrolling guards and brought them back to the tent.
Zhai Ying hadn't fallen asleep at the moment, and had been staying in front of Xing'er's bed, watching her being escorted in by the guards, a little surprised, "What's the matter?" You don't want to leave your husband and run away alone, do you? ”
Wan Bingyu smiled faintly, "That's not it, it's just that I caught a thief for you." ”
"Thief?" Zhai Ying was puzzled and looked behind her, "Isn't this Laneige?" What exactly are you trying to say? ”
"I was admiring the moon in the tent, and suddenly I saw her running to the river with the medicine jar, I felt a little curious, so I chased it out, and the result was ......," she stopped.
"How did it turn out?"
"Let Laneige say it herself." Wan Bingyuyun looked at Laneige lightly, "Laneige, did you say it yourself, or do you want me to say it for you?" ”
Laneige's thin body trembled, and her voice was as cold as ice, "I...... I didn't really do anything, I just went to get rid of the residue...... King, the slave really didn't do anything......"
"Didn't do it? So what is this! Wan Bingyu threw out half of the herb that had been soaked in the soup from her sleeve and threw it in front of her, "Do you really think that I won't find out?" ”
"I ...... I ......" In front of ironclad evidence, Laneige was speechless for a while.
Zhai Ying tightened the coat he was wearing and stepped forward, tapped the herbs on the ground with his toes, and asked, "What is this?" Is this what poisoned the princess? ”
Wan Bingyu smiled lightly, "Have you heard of it, is it a three-point poison?" ”
Zhai Ying didn't speak, but he was clearly confused and didn't know why.
Wan Bingyu continued, "This flavor medicine is called bellflower, which can strengthen the spleen and promote dampness, a few days ago when I was checking the pulse of the princess, I found that the princess was a pimple caused by spleen deficiency, so I used this flavor medicine to regulate her. ”
"In that case, why is the princess poisoned again?"
"Don't you know that the king is the truth that medicine is three parts poison, any medicine, pay attention to the right amount, you can cure the disease, if you increase the dose, it can also become poison." Wan Bingyu explained.
"You mean, someone has moved his hands and feet in the princess's decoction to increase the dosage of bellflower?"
"If I'm not mistaken, that's exactly the case, if you take too much bellflower, it will irritate the stomach and intestines, cause vomiting and diarrhea, and in the long run, it will be life-threatening......" Wan Bingyu said, his expression solemn.
Zhai Ying looked at Laneige who was kneeling on the ground, and asked in a tone that was almost suffocating, "Laneige, why is this, do you know?" ”
Lanzhi was panicked to the extreme at the moment, and began to beg for mercy non-stop, "The king, the king, the slave and maid are careless...... The slave is really careless, please forgive the slave and the slave, the king...... I beg you ......"
"Accidentally? You can be so careless with the princess's potion, and I don't have to keep you by my side......"
Zhai Ying spit out this sentence faintly, giving the guards around him a look.
"Wait a minute." Wan Bingyu suddenly spoke, "King, please think about it, Lanzhi is just a maidservant, she has no grudge with the princess, why did she do the thing of poisoning the princess?" I think she must have been instructed to do this......"
Zhai Ying nodded, and also felt so, "Laneige, who instructed you to bring me truthfully!" ”
"None...... No one to instruct ......" Laneige's voice gradually weakened, and her eyes kept evading, it seemed that she was protecting her master.
"Laneige, you have to think about whether your master is important, or your life is important." Wan Bingyu looked at her lightly, her tone was calm, but she weighed a thousand catties.
And at this moment, she stared at Lanzhi's face, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted, "Not good!" She's going to kill herself! ”
Everyone rushed forward to press her down, but it was too late, and as a stream of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, Laneige also swallowed, staring straight at the ground with a pair of terrifying eyes.
Wan Bingyu, who was staring, was hairy, and her tone was slightly cold, "She bit her tongue and committed suicide." ”