As soon as these words came out, the air in the room suddenly condensed.

Zheng Zhaoyi, who happened to be present, changed his face suddenly, and stood up, "How is this possible?" ”

She looked at the emperor and Concubine Ning in shock and horror, and shook her head again and again: "The concubine didn't do anything, the plum wine is non-toxic......"

"Shut up Hongu!" Empress Su changed her usual gentleness and interrupted Zheng Zhaoyi's words sharply. "You poisonous woman, you dare to murder the prince, it's really bold!"

Zheng Zhaoyi shrank in fright, knelt on the ground with weak legs, bit her lip tightly, and raised her head to ask Concubine Ning Murong Qiao for help.

Murong Qiao was also extremely surprised in his heart, but he didn't see any panic on his face, he just walked to the emperor's side and said lightly: "Your Majesty, the concubine feels that there must be a misunderstanding in this matter. Zheng Zhaoyi's plum wine was sent to various palaces as gifts by her mother's family, not only for His Royal Highness the Prince. Moreover, Zheng Zhaoyi did not have a reason or motive for poisoning the prince......"

"Your Majesty......" Zheng Zhaoyi followed and knelt down to the emperor, leaned on his lap, and cried.

Zhou Shixian's eyes were sharp, staring directly at Zheng Zhaoyi's face.

Zheng Zhaoyi originally wanted to say something, but was so frightened by his gaze that she lowered her head, grabbed the handkerchief and didn't dare to make a sound.

Seeing that the emperor disposed of her silently, Queen Su sneered and said, "Motive ...... People's hearts are unpredictable, and sea water is difficult to measure. I'm afraid that someone can't wait anymore, so I instructed this slut to make this decision. ”

Her words were sharp and pointed directly at Concubine Ning.

Concubine Ning looked at her with a little contempt, "What the queen mother said seems to have determined that Zheng Zhaoyi is the murderer. Isn't it too hasty to make judgments without evidence? After speaking, she raised her voice and said, "Father-in-law Chang, you immediately bring the pot of plum wine that the prince has drunk, and let Imperial Doctor Jiao check it out." ”

Empress Su was about to speak, but Concubine Ning smiled lightly: "Queen Mother, don't worry, this palace will definitely give you an answer." ”

Seeing this scene, the Queen Mother was very calm, but she kept turning the Buddha beads in her hand, squinting her eyes slightly, and continued to chant the Buddha. It was as if she wouldn't ask anything, wouldn't say anything until the results were out.

Jiao Nianping picked up the bottle of wine, smelled and looked at it, and finally spoke: "The old minister returns to the emperor and all the ladies and sisters." This wine ...... Innocuity. ”

Zheng Zhaoyi immediately breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, her heart was extremely aggrieved, and she cried again.

Empress Su didn't believe it: "Imperial Doctor Jiao, have you checked carefully?" Is it possible that this wine was poisoned in advance, and it will dissipate automatically after a certain period of time? ”

Jiao Nianping said calmly: "The poison that Niangniang said is not absent in this world, and the most common thing that can be seen is the smoke of drugs. However, the poison in the prince's possession was highly poisonous, and it was extracted from the poison and purified from the poison, which could not be dissipated, and the toxicity was not limited by time. ”

When Queen Su heard this, the expression on her face became a little colorless.

This is a rare opportunity.

Zhou Shixian immediately spoke: "Continue to check for me!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

For a while, the room was quiet again, and only the aggrieved sobs of Zheng Zhaoyi, who had a false alarm, could be heard.

Concubine Ning glanced at her, and immediately ordered: "Come on, send Zheng Zhaoyi back to the palace to rest, don't let her cry here, lose her sense of proportion." ”

Zheng Zhaoyi didn't want to leave, but thinking that she had almost lost her life, and the emperor didn't have the heart to look at her more at this time, so she thanked her and retreated.

After this incident, Meng Xilan's originally uneasy mood gradually calmed down, and she opened her eyes, staring at the few wisps of white smoke rising from the incense burner, and calmly analyzed.

As a human being in two lives, she has deeply understood a truth. We should not only look at the surface of everything, but also look at the motivation and intention inside.

The prince's poisoning is really strange.

Although Empress Su and Concubine Ning have a lot of reasons to murder the prince, such poisoning methods are inevitably too low-level.

Meng Xilan intuitively affirmed that this matter had nothing to do with the two of them, so who else could there be besides them? Could it be...... Emperor?!

Meng Xilan raised her eyes and glanced at Zhou Shixian, seeing that he looked anxious, the worry in his eyes was clearly visible, no matter how unbearable the prince was, in the end it was his own blood and bones, presumably, he still cared about the safety of this eldest son.

After another half an hour, Chang Hai finally found some clues, directly tied up a person and dragged him to the main hall, bowed down and replied: "Long live Lord, the slave thoroughly investigated the East Palace and found this suspicious little eunuch, and as a result, a packet of medicinal powder was found from his body. ”

All eyes were on the man who had been dragged in, his mouth gagged and he could not speak, and he could only twist his body and whimper.

Jiao Nianping came out to check again, and only then did he take the medicine powder packet, his face changed, and he hurriedly took out a little bit with his fingernails and put it in water to dissolve, looked at its color, smelled its taste, and finally came to the conclusion: "This thing is highly poisonous." ”

In order to test whether it was the poison in the prince, Jiao Nianping took a few drops of the prince's blood, and also took the blood of the white rabbit who had taken the poisoned water, and compared them on the spot, and the results were the same. It turns out that this poison is rock aconitum, the toxicity is huge, the origin is Yunnan, it can be used for medicinal purposes, and it is not difficult to find.

It seems that everything is about to be revealed.

Meng Xilan looked at the little eunuch who was tied up, and there were inexplicable doubts in her heart.

With a person like him, he can actually harm the prince, isn't it far-fetched?

At this time, the Queen Mother, who had not spoken, slapped the Buddha beads in her hand on the table with a "snap", and shouted angrily: "Let the slave speak!" The mourning family wants to try him personally! ”

Chang Hai agreed, and pulled out the rags from the little eunuch's mouth, and the little eunuch snorted in pain, and blood immediately appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Where did Diao Nu come from, who dared to murder the prince?"

The little eunuch's body trembled slightly, his expression was frightened but not flustered, his lips couldn't help shaking, and he said slowly: "Slave...... The slave is the miscellaneous eunuch of the Yuqing Palace. ”

"Who are you commanding?"

When the little eunuch heard this, he lowered his head and gasped, and then, word by word, said indignantly: "I did it, I poisoned it!" No one instructed me, it was all me. ”

When the emperor heard this, he was furious and kicked him directly in the heart, "I want to cut you with a thousand knives!" ”

Seeing this, Chang Hai didn't dare to step forward to persuade him, but just helped him slightly behind him.

The little eunuch was kicked to the ground, only gritted his teeth in pain, and simply sat up in no hurry, lying on the ground looking at the emperor and the queen mother with angry faces, and suddenly bent the corners of his mouth to reveal a sarcastic arc, as if he was really not afraid of death.

"The prince is incompetent and loses power, and no one in the palace knows it...... Your Majesty, didn't you also want to abolish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince early on? The deposed prince is doomed to a dead end, and the slave now just kindly wants to give him a ride. Therefore, the person who wants to kill the prince is not a minion, but the emperor...... It is you who are going to drive His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to a dead end, so that his life is worse than death! ”