Chapter 262: The princess decides the case
At this time, she slightly restrained the displeasure on her face and asked Ruan Jiaqing: "What's wrong with this medicine, the child in my womb won't be affected, right?" ”
His eyes were full of nervousness and uneasiness, and he put his hands on his stomach, for fear that this hard-won child would be gone.
Ruan Jiaqing shook her hand lightly and told her not to worry about it first.
"This adds a taste of motherwort, the amount of motherwort is added more, it has the effect of invigorating blood and removing blood stasis, and it is okay to drink it occasionally, if it is eaten for a long time, it will make pregnant women slip the fetus. And I didn't prescribe this flavor medicine in the prescription, I was just suspicious when the medicine was served, and then I tasted it and was sure. Ruan Jiaqing looked at the bowl of fetal pills thoughtfully.
Fan was very afraid, if Ruan Jiaqing hadn't found out in time, then she would have drunk the medicine.
Fortunately, Ruan Jiaqing was here today, otherwise she wouldn't have found out about it at all, and over time, she drank the medicine she thought could stabilize the fetus, but in the end, she harmed herself and her child.
It can be seen that the person who drugged the drug has a sinister mind!
"I have checked your pulse today, the dragon fetus is safe, it should be that this medicine has just been tampered with, but fortunately, it was found in time and did not cause a big disaster. It seems that the people in your palace need to be questioned again. After Ruan Jiaqing finished speaking, his eyes swept over the bodies of several palace maids at the scene.
They all lowered their heads, for fear that they would be burned.
If something happened to the queen and the dragon fetus, none of them could escape from it.
The little palace maid kneeling on the ground was already trembling, she was just responsible for bringing the fetal pills, this matter really had nothing to do with her!
"The queen spares her life, it's really not me." The little palace maid and her name Lan Xin have been serving the Fan family for a long time, she cried so much that her face was full of tears, looking strange and pitiful.
Fan's heart couldn't bear it, Ruan Jiaqing preemptively said: "If the queen mother spares you, you will recruit you from the truth." ”
Lan Xin wiped her tears and said to Ruan Jiaqing: "I really haven't hurt my mother, I have served my mother for so many years, and I can't be happy when my mother is pregnant, how can I hurt her?" ”
Seeing Lan Xin's sincere appearance, Fan remembered that Lan Xin was also proper when she took care of her every day, and she had always been loyal, otherwise she would not have dismissed so many palace people this time, leaving her and Ene Er by her side.
Just now, she knew that someone had moved her hands and feet in the fetal pills, and she was in a hurry, so she would ask Lan Xin first, but now that she calmed down, Fan thought about it, this matter must have nothing to do with her, just to make an example of the chicken, since Lan Xin knelt, continue to kneel.
The Fan family didn't give Lan Xin any good looks, and the palace people next to him were even more godless in their hearts, it seems that the queen mother, who has always been kind and friendly on weekdays, will not give up easily this time.
Ruan Jiaqing's gaze met Fan's, and she then asked, "Since this matter has nothing to do with you, why did you keep persuading the queen to eat more asparagus?" ”
Asparagus? Fan Shi is also puzzled, does this have anything to do with motherwort that was placed in the fetal pill?
Ruan Jiaqing knew her question, and she was not in a hurry to reply to her, just waiting for Lan Xin's answer.
"This asparagus is fresh, the cook said that this dish is refreshing and appetizing, I saw that the queen's appetite is not good, so I let her eat it......" Lan Xin replied cautiously, for fear that she had said something wrong.
In fact, she was also very puzzled in her heart, what does this have to do with the fact that the fetal pill was manipulated.
Ruan Jiaqing was not in a hurry, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea gently, and then replied: "Go and invite that cook over." ”
Fan listened to Ruan Jiaqing's words and ordered someone to call.
After a while, all the people who served in this affinity hall came, three in the kitchen, and the rest were the two personal palace maids who had served the Fan family for the longest time, one was Lan Xin who was kneeling, one was En'er, and the other was Ah Qiang who was serving in the outer courtyard.
Ah Qiang is the one who is in charge of decoction.
Among the cooks, the middle-aged woman standing on the far left in a blue coarse cloth dress was the one who recommended asparagus to Lan Xin.
When they were called, they were very worried, and they heard that the fetal pill that the queen mother drank was poisoned, and Ah Qiang almost fainted with weak legs.
She is in charge of decoction, and this matter has always been done by herself, if something happens, can she get out of it?
So many people were sent away, leaving only a few of them. They have always been careful in serving the queen.
She is in charge of the queen's fetal pills, and she never dares to have the slightest negligence, why is this poisoned?
"Call you all, do you know what's going on?" Ruan Jiaqing stood up and walked in front of the cadre.
Fan sat quietly, with Ruan Jiaqing here, she didn't need to worry about it. The reason why Ruan Jiaqing came forward to interrogate her was because she was afraid that she would affect her mood, and people with a body were most afraid of too much emotional fluctuations.
"Let me ask you, did you prepare today's dinner?" Ruan Jiaqing looked at the middle-aged woman in blue, she didn't dare to look at Ruan Jiaqing, her body trembled slightly.
Didn't you say that the fetal pill was poisoned, what did she have to do with the dishes she cooked?
"Whatever the concubine asks, you will answer, if there is half a lie, I will definitely order someone to beat you to death and throw you into a mass grave." Ruan Jiaqing is not as easy to talk as Fan.
I really can't pry my mouth open, and I torture directly, in short, she has a lot of methods.
The blue-clothed cook replied stubbornly: "Back to the princess, today's meal is indeed prepared by me, there are only two people in the kitchen, I am the head chef, she helps wash and cut, and burn firewood." After speaking, he glanced at the little palace maid next to him.
The little palace maid's head was lowered, and she didn't dare to raise her head at all.
"Oh, that's what you told Lan Xin that eating asparagus is appetizing, right?" Ruan Jiaqing asked softly, but it made the cook even more nervous.
"Yes." She replied.
"Who told you that?" Ruan Jiaqing asked her again.
The cook was a little silent, she didn't know what Princess Yu meant by asking these words, it was just a simple dish, and she didn't take any medicine, let alone do any tricks.
Ordinary people can eat it, pregnant women can also eat it, is there any problem?
"Back to the princess, I have been a cook for so many years, and I still know these simple common sense......" The more the cook thought about it, the more she felt that she didn't have any thorns to pick on, so she became a little bolder.
"Really? But I sent someone to check, you didn't plan to cook the asparagus, and Xiao Haizi, who was in charge of purchasing in the palace, recommended to you that this dish was particularly fresh, and the queen would definitely like it, so you chose this dish to come back in order to invite merit, is that so? ”
Ruan Jiaqing's cold gaze swept over her body, and the cook was suddenly afraid, how could the princess know these things in such detail.
She couldn't help but admit, "Princess, it's true, but there is no problem with this dish, how dare I poison it!" ”
"There is no problem with the dishes you make, but there is a problem with this tocolytic medicine, asparagus and motherwort are combined together, which increases the effect of blood circulation and blood stasis, if the queen eats such a tocolytic medicine, what do you think will be the result?" Ruan Jiaqing said sharply.
If she hadn't been careful, she wouldn't have found these things at all.
Although the Fan family has lived in the harem for a long time, she has always been the only woman in the palace, there is no fighting, she is naturally simple-minded, and she does not know the sinister nature of people's hearts.
Now that Fan is pregnant, those bed bugs that have been lurking for many years are about to come out and jump.
Thinking about blocking the news of the queen's pregnancy first, I thought that I could do it well, but some people still knew.
The cook was so frightened that her legs were weak, she didn't know that there were such twists and turns in it, and she began to make this dish just to please the queen.
It's just a simple dish, and it even involves the safety of the dragon fetus...... She was so ignorant that she almost fell for someone else's trick.
"Queen, I don't know...... Please spare your life! "The cook is just a worker, how can she know so many conspiracies, and this time, she was only used.
Only then did Fan know that there were so many crises hidden around her, and she would die if she was not careful, and there were so many people who wanted to harm her, so she would have to be more careful in the future.
"Queen, I have ordered the person in charge of buying vegetables to be arrested, and some clues will definitely be traced along this line. More important than this, how those motherwort are mixed in the fetal pills, this is another I can't figure out......," Ruan Jiaqing said leisurely.
This link after another, if it weren't for Ruan Jiaqing being smart enough, even if the imperial doctor came, he wouldn't be able to distinguish so many conspiracies.
Fan Shi had a headache and held his forehead, "Ah Qiang, motherwort was put in the fetal pill, what do you say is going on?" ”
Fan's eyes were not gentle at all, fortunately the child in her womb was safe and sound, otherwise she would have let everyone involved in this matter be buried with her.
The child is her life, this is the child she has been looking forward to with great difficulty, she must protect this child well, so that it can come to this world smoothly and healthily.
"Queen Niangniang, I'm just in charge of decoction, I will decoct what kind of medicine I grabbed from the medicine kitchen, it's none of my business, I really didn't take the medicine." Ah Qiang was also very scared.
She was now in charge of the queen's medicinal diet every day, and she didn't dare to take it lightly for a moment, and she didn't let anyone approach those medicinal stoves, if she hadn't drugged them, then those motherwort must have been passive on the way to the queen's side.
Usually she sent it in person, but today it was Lan Xin who took the initiative to come to her, so she poured the boiled medicine into a bowl, refilled it and then handed it to Lan Xin.
"Lan Xin...... I gave the fetal medicine to Sister Lan Xin......" Ah Qiang looked at Lan Xin with some horror, in short, she didn't take the drug, so there must be someone else who took the drug, who else could this person have besides Lan Xin?
Lan Xin listened to Ah Qiang's accusation, and immediately denied it: "It's really not me, I came with a fetal pill, and I don't know what motherwort is, I don't know ...... at all."
Lan Xin also cried with tears in her eyes, where would she harm the queen, the queen's mother was so good to her, it was too late for her to repay the queen.