Chapter 281: Finding Evidence
Xu Xiangjin silently slapped herself in her heart, she really could sleep anywhere, she had been so comfortable in the past two days that she didn't feel nervous, and now she slept in public, it was really embarrassing.
In order to hide her embarrassment, she hurriedly coughed twice, and then quickly changed the topic.
"Has Imperial Doctor Li already investigated and found out what results? Sure enough, it was powerful enough to be so fast in an ancient world with so few facilities. ”
Mrs. Li also glanced at her when she looked at the fool, shook her head, and began to explain the results she had found.
"There is nothing wrong with these foods, and there is nothing wrong with other places, but I found a little snake venom from the edge of the plate you brought over, but the amount is very small, not enough to be fatal, it should not be transmitted from food, but I just asked the imperial doctor who diagnosed Concubine Zhen's pulse, and he said that Concubine Zhen's pulse was indeed very disordered at that time, but after all, Concubine Zhen was excited at that time, so he didn't think about poisoning, and now it seems that it may be because of snake venom."
Sure enough, it was because of poisoning, but what he didn't expect was that it was not in the food, it was estimated that Concubine Zhen didn't know where she was contaminated with snake venom and touched the food on the plate, which made the plate also have snake venom, fortunately, Imperial Doctor Li was careful enough, otherwise she wouldn't have found this at all.
However, at that time, the butterfly conference was prepared by several concubines together, and the food was also arranged by them, but the queen did not get involved in this matter, but it does not mean that she is no longer suspicious, but now the number of suspects has increased inexplicably, which makes her feel a little big.
"Imperial Physician Li, this matter was asked by His Majesty to be investigated, so please be sure to help me keep it secret, the matter of snake venom must not be revealed, and please pay close attention to this matter recently, I really don't understand these poisons, I am afraid of delaying the investigation, it is really troublesome Imperial Doctor Li."
After all, Xu Xiangjin has such a good attitude, and she is doing things for the emperor, so Imperial Doctor Li naturally won't trouble her, so she just responded to this matter.
Xu Xiangjin deliberately let people spread the word that the reason why Concubine Zhen had a miscarriage was because her body was too weak, so that the murderer could relax her vigilance, and after a long time, she would naturally show her feet.
After learning about Concubine Zhen's miscarriage, the concubines in each palace have different attitudes, but everyone knows that if they are happy, they are secretly happy behind closed doors, so as not to involve themselves, but only the virtuous concubine is different from others, after learning the news, she really couldn't bear it, and happily went to find Concubine Ling.
"Sister, have you heard, Concubine Zhen's child is finally gone, I was still a little worried, if she had His Majesty's first child, she would definitely be more expensive than her mother, what if she flew on the branch as a phoenix when the time came, now it seems that she doesn't have this blessing at all, and making such a big joke is really ridiculous."
Concubine Xian has always had the temperament to say anything, even if she came to this harem, she still couldn't control her mouth, she thought that this mouth didn't know how many times she had suffered, and the queen alone had slapped her mouth several times, but she still didn't change her nature, and she still spoke so brainlessly.
The most taboo in this harem is gibberish, everyone is afraid that they will be implicated, although they all hide from her, but in the eyes of Concubine Ling, such a person is the best to use, and Concubine Xian can't hide any secrets, so she doesn't have to worry that she will harbor evil intentions, so except in public, she did not restrict her approach.
Compared with Concubine Xian's unconcealable happiness, Concubine Ling felt very calm, after all, she had never regarded Concubine Zhen as an enemy, and the only one who really threatened her was the queen.
"You'd better be careful, now that everyone is staring at this, you're so blatantly happy, it's very likely that you'll lead this matter to yourself, and I won't be able to save you then."
Concubine Ling felt that she was too noisy, which really affected her to think about things, so she simply sent her away first.
Regarding Concubine Zhen's miscarriage, she naturally mixed it up at the butterfly conference, poisoned the butterfly's wings, and let the butterfly follow the taste of Concubine Zhen and only fly to her, but at that time she did not give much dose, even if Concubine Zhen was not in good health, she should have a miscarriage in a few days, how could it not be so fast, the only explanation at the moment is that someone is one step faster than her.
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Because of the snake venom, Xu Xiangjin set his sights on the butterfly conference, before the so-called butterfly conference, Concubine Zhen's body has been fine, and the miscarriage was also after the end of the butterfly conference, and the snake venom was also found on the plate of the butterfly conference, which means that the butterfly conference is the source of this matter.
She had all the palace maids and eunuchs who were serving at the butterfly festival quietly called into a room and asked them about that day.
"I have a matter that needs to be investigated now, from now on, you can't pass on any word I say here, even any expression and action, of course, you can't say it yourself, otherwise, if there is a palace maid and eunuch in this palace, no one will notice."
These palace maids and eunuchs didn't know what was going on when they were suddenly called to this room, and now they were directly threatened, and they trembled with fright, and even the timid almost fainted.
"You don't have to worry, I just have some things to ask you, if someone answers well, who answers me useful, when I go out through this door, I will give him a sum of money, and then arrange for him to be sent out of the palace, there will naturally be a lot of free days outside, no longer have to serve others, let alone worry about when the head on the item will fall?"
Xu Xiangjin slapped a slap and gave a sweet date, leaving the palace is something that everyone here wants, of course, there are some poor families, who want to save a little money and go out, there is really nothing missing, who will come here every day to tie his head on the belt of his trousers and serve people, she can be described as a huge temptation, and someone immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"What do you want to ask, this adult, just ask, the slave will definitely know everything, say everything, I just hope it can be useful to adults."
"It's very simple, at the Butterfly Conference that day, each of you was present, you are usually very good at observing words and feelings, and the expressions of every concubine present should be clear, I just want to know what is wrong with them, especially for Concubine Zhen."
When it comes to the affairs of the masters, some people still feel a little scared, for fear that if they tell any secrets, their lives will be gone, but after all, the temptation is too great, and after being quiet in the room for a while, a little palace maid finally began to speak tremblingly.
"I don't know if it counts, I was in charge of pouring tea for Concubine Zhen and the queen and other mothers, during this period, I found that other people's eyes were on the queen mother, but the queen mother and Concubine Ling always looked in one direction from time to time, I couldn't help but glance in that direction, only to find that it was Concubine Zhen who was sitting there eating."
She paused, as if in reflection.
"But at that time, they didn't have any communication, and there didn't seem to be anything abnormal, that is, those butterflies didn't seem to like the queen very much, and even Concubine Zhen who just went there were a few butterflies around, but the queen was empty around, and then she would be angry, and the adults should know about the rest of the matter."
I didn't expect to get such useful news at the beginning, Xu Xiangjin was very satisfied, and listened to some irrelevant things one after another, Xu Xiangjin threatened these people again, and made sure that they didn't talk nonsense anymore, so he let these palace maids and eunuchs go, of course, the little palace maid who provided useful information, she fulfilled her promise and gave her a hundred taels of silver, found a few reliable people, and sent her out of the palace.
He went to her few news and learned that the relationship between this spirit concubine and Concubine Zhen seems to be quite good, so it seems that she is the least likely to hurt her, relatively speaking, the queen has never been able to give birth to a man and a girl, and she should be the most jealous of Concubine Zhen's child.
According to the little palace maid at that time, the queen was the only one who did not have butterflies flying, it is possible that she applied poison to the butterflies at that time and used the butterflies to contaminate Concubine Zhen, but there were no butterflies around him, and he didn't have to worry about being poisoned, and the tantrum may be just to cover up.
But all this is Xu Xiangjin's own speculation, and she can't come up with any evidence at all, and even she doesn't know if her guess can stand, and then she went to the Tai Hospital and told Imperial Doctor Li what she thought.
"Imperial Doctor Li, did you say that the snake venom is possible in powder form? After all, if it is liquid, even if it is applied to the wings of the butterfly, it will not be able to spread outward, after all, those poisoners are not sure if Concubine Zhen will touch the wings of the butterfly? Do you think it's really reliable to put poison on the wings of a butterfly? ”
Because of the investigation of the poisoning, Xu Xiangjin has always been running to the Tai Hospital recently, and he has become familiar with Taiyi Li from time to time, and he is not as restrained as before when he speaks, and he will say whatever he thinks, so that he can give him a reference.
"I took advantage of my position to check the source of the food you took that day, and the people in the kitchen said that they didn't see any suspicious people, so it shouldn't be a problem with the food, although the wings of a butterfly are used to spread poison, it's the first time I've heard of it, but snake venom is made into powder, and it shouldn't be a problem, but it's just your guess, no evidence, you still can't find the murderer."
Imperial Doctor Li is good at everything, but he is too straight when he speaks, Xu Xiangjin will always be suddenly hit every time he comes, and he is really unguardable.