Chapter 59: Sinister intentions
Fortunately, the blood in Concubine Zhao's lower body quickly stopped after she applied the needle, allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief and give Concubine Zhao a precise sentence, "The child is saved!" ”
Concubine Zhao's face was slightly pale, and she glanced at Wei Qingqing meaninglessly, "I didn't expect you to be good at women's diseases, and you helped this palace by mistake." ”
"The matter has come to this, and the palace doesn't have to hide it anymore," Concubine Zhao didn't say much to Wei Qingqing, and the conversation turned to mention the fact that Liuli couldn't explain clearly, "This palace has never had a child, and this time if you are pregnant again, you will inevitably be cautious, and the tea and snacks served below will not be ......touched by the palace."
It turned out that after Zhao Guifei was pregnant, the people around her were like facing a great enemy, and they were fighting day and night, as long as it was related to Zhao Guifei, no matter how big or small, it was a few henchmen who did it themselves, so Liuli would personally go to the teahouse to serve Zhao Guifei's tea.
It's just that Concubine Zhao deliberately concealed her pregnancy in order to keep the child in her womb safe, and Liuli was afraid that others would see her personally serving tea and attract unnecessary speculation, so she deliberately avoided idle people.
"Liuli didn't avoid everyone because she wanted to poison people and be a thief, she just didn't want some people to guess that this palace was pregnant through these clues."
In this way, the fact that Liuli avoids the eyes and ears of others and appears in the tea room makes sense.
At this time, Concubine Li woke up slowly, and the situation gradually stabilized.
Only then did the imperial physician dare to reply in front of the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, "Empress Dowager Qi, the poison and toxicity in Concubine Li's mother are too domineering, and the dragon fetus in the womb cannot be saved!" ”
Concubine Li's lower body was bleeding badly before, and this result was already expected by the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, and she was not surprised.
She sighed and asked about Concubine Li's physical condition, "Is Concubine Li's body in trouble?" ”
"Concubine Li's mother......" The doctor paused, and then said stubbornly: "Concubine Li's time is running out, two months if it is slow, or a month if it is fast, and Concubine Li's mother will be exhausted and die violently!" ”
After the imperial doctor explained carefully, everyone knew that the poison in the concubine was not harmful to ordinary people at the moment, and it would not attack immediately, and even the poisoned person would not be aware of it, but the body would be eaten away by the poison little by little, and the qi and blood would be exhausted and die violently in two months at the latest.
The reason why Li Concubine had an immediate seizure was because she was pregnant and her body was weaker than ordinary people.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan was furious when she heard this, "The poisoner's intentions are so sinister!" not only murdered the imperial heir, but even lost the imperial heir's concubine! Examine! Seal up the Tzu Chi view for the mourning family and check it carefully! If you don't find out about the matter, you won't go back to the palace! ”
The eldest princess of Jinyang proposed: "Queen Mother, it is better to invite Mrs. Yu over, her ability to investigate and solve cases is not inferior to that of her husband, Lord Su, it is most appropriate for her to investigate this matter." ”
This Mrs. Yu is the head of Mengxi Academy, and her husband is the Siqing of Dali Temple, who is in charge of the trial of prison cases.
It stands to reason that the secretary of Dali Temple, as the highest official of Dali Temple, only needs to review the trial results of the cases reported by his subordinates, and does not have to personally investigate and judge the case.
But Master Su is keen to investigate the case himself, taking his subordinates to find clues, interrogate witnesses, and find out the truth by looking for clues.
The most talked-about thing is that he is also keen to discuss the case with his wife, and even competes with his wife on the methods of investigating and judging the case.
Mrs. Yu is also a strange woman, although she was born in a famous family, she has even learned what she does, and she is not inferior to Master Su at all when she breaks the case, and even helped Lord Su solve several unsolved cases...... The couple have similar interests and are a more alternative loving couple in Beijing.
Empress Dowager Xiaoduan adopted the suggestion of the eldest princess of Jinyang and immediately ordered someone to invite Mrs. Yu, and the Tzu Chi Temple was soon blocked by the Imperial Forest Army, and no one in the temple was allowed to enter or leave.
The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan ordered the mothers in charge and Mama Wei to be fully responsible for investigating the matter.
The eldest princess of Jinyang was very satisfied with Wei Qingqing's previous performance, so she instructed her to follow Mama Wei and assist Mama Wei in her investigation.
Wei Qingqing happily accepted the order, and her heart was even more eager to try, and she was very interested in what she was about to do, as if investigating and judging cases was her old job!
Wei Qingqing quickly took people to the tea room with Mama Wei.
The teahouse was probably a place of poisoning, so it had long been sealed off by the eunuchs, and after Mama Wei brought the will of the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, everyone was able to enter and conduct a comprehensive search.
Wei Qingqing politely reminded Mama Wei, "Mama, do you think it's more thorough to search in pairs?" ”
Conducting searches in pairs allows you to monitor each other and prevent anyone from getting in the way.
"It's still Mrs. Wei who is thoughtful." When Mama Wei heard this, she immediately ordered that the palace maids and eunuchs were not allowed to search alone, and deliberately selected people who had nothing to do with or had grievances on weekdays as a group.
The palace maids and eunuchs quickly searched every corner of the teahouse in an orderly manner, and Wei Qingqing began to look at the layout of the entire teahouse, walking around, looking, and quietly remembering some suspicious things in his heart.
After she walked around the tea room, she approached the Tzu Chi temple and asked, "Chief, is there only one door in this tea room for people to enter and exit?" ”
Xiao Daotong nodded "yes", but pointed to the window on the east side and said: "Back to the words of the good woman, the other end of the window is not a dead end, through the vegetable field under the window, you can turn to a path that is not easy to be noticed, the path can lead to the main hall, if the thief enters and exits from there, it will also be made." ”
Wei Qingqing frowned slightly when she heard this, and after asking Xiao Daotong a few more words, she walked to the window.
She poked her head out of the window and looked out, then leaned her hands on the windowsill and leaned out of the window.
Wei Qingqing had just turned around the vegetable patch under the window, and the shrill voice unique to the eunuch sounded in the room, "I found a sachet with medicinal powder in it!" It must have been accidentally dropped by the poisoner! Send it to the Queen Mother and her old man! ”
Mama Wei took the sachet and left immediately, Wei Qingqing hurriedly turned the window back to the house and strode over.
When the sachet was sent to the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, Mrs. Yu had already been ordered to come and accompany the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan.
She only glanced at the sachet lightly, and casually said its source, "The Queen Mother, this is a common and unified sachet in a wealthy family, and most of them are distributed to the maids in the house to wear after they are made." ”
"This sachet is made of extraordinary materials, the cloth is a unique rain silk brocade in Shu, and the thread is the second-class embroidery thread of Jie Xiangfang; The materials are of the highest quality and the workmanship is fine...... "Mrs. Yu quickly made a judgment, "If the courtier's guess is correct, this sachet should be a first-class maid of King Kang's Mansion to be qualified to wear it." ”