Chapter 25: The Prince's Poisoning

Poisoned?! Who will poison the crown prince!

Meng Xilan was caught off guard when she heard this, and she wondered what was going on? In my memory, nothing like this had ever happened in the palace.

Meng Xilan stabilized her mind and paid attention to the Queen Mother's reaction.

Her body shook slightly, and she was suddenly annoyed, gritting her teeth and saying, "It's the other way around, it's really the other way around!" You go and check out the mourning family immediately, the mourning family wants to see who has such courage to dare to murder the prince! ”

Meng Xilan felt her hands tremble slightly, and hurriedly looked at her and whispered a few words of comfort.

The Queen Mother sighed heavily, sat back in her chair, closed her eyes and leaned for a while, and soon opened her eyes as if she remembered something: "No, the mourning family has to go over and take a look." ”

"Mother, I'll go with you." Meng Xilan took the initiative to say.

Although it was a little inappropriate, she still had a good time going over and taking a look.

At this time, the Zhonghe Hall was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was extremely depressing, and the people present, whether standing or sitting, were motionless like statues, anxiously waiting for the results of the imperial doctors' consultation.

Meng Xilan walked in with the hand of the Queen Mother, only to see Zhou Shixian standing not far away with his hands behind his back, just looking at the back made people feel terrible, Queen Su beside her lowered her head and wiped her tears, her eyes swollen like walnuts. Looking at it again, the others also looked grief-stricken, as if the prince was really going to die.

Is it really poisoned?

"Queen Mother...... Queen Su pinched the silk handkerchief, got up to greet the Queen Mother, changed her previous dignified posture, and said with a crying voice: "You are here...... The prince ......"

Queen Su choked, and the other concubines also cried one by one, as if the prince had gone......

Meng Xilan glanced at it hurriedly and found that few people really shed tears, most of them just held handkerchiefs and made appearances.

Zhou Shixian turned around in annoyance and scolded: "Don't cry or cry!" ”

A trace of complicated emotions flashed in Queen Su's eyes, and she immediately took the lead in holding back her tears.

Zhou Shixian put away his anger and came to the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother came at night, be careful." ”

The Queen Mother held his hand tightly and said anxiously, "What's so important about this old bone of the mourning family!" Prince, how is he? Does it matter? ”

Zhou Shixian sighed: "The imperial doctors are still consulting, the queen mother is a little restless, and the sons will sit and wait with you." ”

What the hell is going on, we will soon find out.

Meng Xilan helped the Queen Mother sit down, bowed her head slightly, and didn't dare to look casually. After a while, she raised her eyes and hurriedly swept around the people in the room, only to see that some people frowned, some people had complicated faces, only Concubine Ning was alone, her expression was as calm as water, not in a hurry, not in a hurry, not in a hurry, it seemed that she was not very entangled in the safety of the prince, no, it can be said that she did not care about it.

At this time, if something really happens to the prince, the biggest beneficiaries are Concubine Ning and Zhou Youlin.

Just as he was thinking, the curtain of the inner temple moved, and an old lady with gray hair hurriedly walked out. This person is the director of Tai Hospital, Jiao Nianping, who is known as the god of Xinglin.

Jiao Nianping walked directly to the emperor, close to his ear, and said in a heavy tone: "The old minister returns to Long Live Lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has indeed been poisoned." If it weren't for finding the antidote in time, His Highness's life would be in danger...... Lao Chen had already drawn up a recipe with Imperial Physician Zhang. ”

After Zhou Shixian heard this, Long Yan was immediately furious, shook off the hand that had been behind him, and reprimanded sharply: "Where did the poison come from? Who poisoned it? Come on, take all the minions in the prince's bedroom to the torture bureau, and interrogate me one by one, until they confess! ”

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding minions turned pale with fright and immediately kowtowed.

A glimmer of light flashed in Queen Su's eyes, and she hurriedly stepped forward to persuade the emperor: "The emperor is angry, this matter is very important, and it needs to be thoroughly investigated." But right now, the prince is dying, and he needs competent people around him to serve him, so it's better to delay it for a while and then try it. As the saying goes, illness comes from the mouth and trouble comes from the mouth, and the concubine thinks that it is better to investigate it thoroughly, and the prince's recent diet and daily life are the most important. "She spoke in a soft tone, coupled with her gentle movements, which really made the emperor's anger slightly reduced." What the queen said was, then let the heads of these minions stay on their necks for a while. ”

He looked around at the people in the room, and his tone was solemn: "The person who poisoned the prince, I will never let him go!" Chang Hai, you immediately order to go down, and from now on, completely block the top and bottom of the Yuqing Palace for me! I want to be here, not even a fly can fly! Tell Chu Jingchuan to send guards to guard the palace gates everywhere, and those who enter and leave without permission will be killed! ”

Chang Hainai is the chief eunuch beside the emperor and the chief supervisor of the internal prison, seeing that Long Yan was furious, he hurriedly took the word, bowed down and withdrew to arrange.

Concubine Ning's eyes sank slightly, and she glanced at Queen Su, whose face did not change, and became more and more suspicious in her heart.

There are many people in this palace who think the prince is in the way, but the two of them bear the brunt of it, and the people around them naturally won't do such a stupid thing, could it be her!? Just when Concubine Ning was puzzled in her heart, Queen Su also had an account in her heart.

People are greedy, and some people can't wait.

Meng Xilan herself is also calmly analyzing: Who would do such a stupid thing? The prince's general trend has gone, and now he has a false reputation, so he doesn't need others to spend such twists and turns to poison him. But who would have thought that there were really people who couldn't wait to kill him...... However, this method is too stupid and ridiculous, if it is traced down, won't it also become the prince's "funeral object"?

The Queen Mother sat there with her forehead propped up, and kept muttering in her mouth: "Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless!" ”

Meng Xilan stood beside her, listened to it clearly, and said secretly in her heart: I usually see that the Queen Mother is not very intimate and caring for the prince, but I didn't expect that as long as the prince has an accident, the Queen Mother will definitely be the first to stand up and defend him! Even, there is a posture to keep him safe at all costs. It's a little strange to think about it...... If you count the days of your past lives, the time limit for the crown prince has already arrived.

The variables came one after another, making Meng Xilan feel distressed and confused.

Half an hour passed, and everyone's faces were tired.

Chang Hai bowed in and replied, his face was very ugly, "Back to the emperor, the servant has just thoroughly investigated the diet and daily life of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the past three days, and found that there is something unusual. ”

Zhou Shixian stared slightly, and the corners of his mouth drooped slightly: "Say." ”

Chang Hai's eyes glanced at Concubine Ning imperceptibly, and then gritted his teeth and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is fine this morning, breakfast and lunch are all food sent from the imperial dining room, there are a total of thirty-two dishes, eight plates of dim sum, and two bowls of soup, all of which are dishes that His Royal Highness often eats, and there are also special people who have tried poison." When it was time for dinner, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to drink a few glasses of sake to warm up, so he instructed the servants in the palace to take the brewed plum wine that Zheng Zhaoyi had sent before, and drank two glasses warmly...... After drinking for half an hour, His Highness suddenly cried out for a headache and chest tightness, and then fainted. ”

Cheng Chiu-yee...... Isn't she the emperor's new favorite, Concubine Ning's distant relative?