Hou Yuxiu nodded yes, and Chen Ying continued to cooperate with Jiang Yusheng, came to the oleander tree, cut off the same number of leaves and trunks as before, and soaked them in the big porcelain bowl.

After the leaves and leaves were all immersed in the water, Chen Ying pressed his pulse and began to count.

With Chen Ying's current situation, one minute is almost seventy heartbeats.

This is also the method that Mr. Detective occasionally uses. In a dream that Chen Ying once had, Mr. Detective got lost in the forest, and this method was used to estimate the time.

After waiting for a minute, Chen Ying ordered Jiang Yusheng to take a small bowl, while Chen Ying took a long-handled copper spoon and scooped up the poisonous water soaked in the branches and leaves in the bowl, filling about half a bowl.

The next work was completed by Jiang Yusheng and a powerful eunuch. One of them was responsible for breaking the pig's mouth, and the other was responsible for pouring it in, and poured all the bowl of poisonous water into it.

After all the above was done, the incense stick was also burned to its place, Hou Yuxiu extinguished the fire in the stove, Chen Ying still operated as before, filled most of the bowl of boiled poisonous boiling water, and asked Jiang Yusheng to pour it into the mouth of another pig.

The next thing is to wait.

Chen Ying's patience has always been very good, so he stood in front of the pig cage, observed their reactions, and stood straight for half an hour without moving the nest, which really made Jiang Yusheng breathtaking.

About 40 minutes later, the two pigs showed symptoms of poisoning, the symptoms were basically the same, that is, vomiting, tachycardia, salivation at the corners of the mouth, although the mouth and limbs were tied, they still kept struggling, and they looked extremely painful.

Hou Yuxiu and the palace maid sent by the queen were all pale at this time, standing a little farther away, stiffening and not daring to move forward.

Chen Ying saw that the two pigs were struggling more and more, so she took a few steps closer and closer, and asked the powerful eunuch to help, open the pigs' eyelids, and check the pupils.

Both pigs had symptoms of dilated pupils.

Chen Ying stepped aside, turned his head and saw Jiang Yusheng following.

His expression was quite calm, but the blood on his lips had lost color.

Chen Ying took out the confession he had sorted out before from his sleeve and looked at it, then looked at the two pigs that were still struggling, and was silent.

The lethal amount of oleander consumed by animals is about 0.5 mg per kilogram of body weight.

When she was in the Changqiu Palace, she had carefully observed Qiao Xiurong, and visually observed that the other party was about one meter and five meters tall and had a moderate body shape. In the case of no more than three months of pregnancy, Qiao Xiurong's weight should not exceed 50 kilograms.

There are sixteen taels of one catty in the Great Chu Dynasty, and if the ancient and modern conversions are to look at it, then one catty of the Great Chu Dynasty is equal to one catty and one hundred and nineteen in the modern era, that is to say, one hundred catties in the modern era is almost eighty-five catties in the Great Chu Dynasty.

Therefore, Chen Yingcai put forward clear requirements for the weight of the pig, and she was actually looking for a suitable living creature according to Qiao Xiurong's weight.

In other words, through the reaction of the two pigs after being poisoned, we can more accurately reproduce Qiao Xiurong's situation last night and corroborate it with the confession obtained.

The results of the experiment, although not Chen Ying's expectations, still made her dissatisfied.

However, if you ask her what she is not satisfied with, she can't say, but she simply feels a sense of regret that she can't find out the whole truth.

Although the two pigs were tied up firmly, the movement in the small garden was still quite loud, and no matter how tightly the pigs' beaks were tied, the sharp cries could still occasionally leak out.

Not long after, an old eunuch wearing a dark green palace dress came over, bowed to Chen Ying and said, "The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother called the servants to ask, when will it be okay?" ”

"It's almost." Chen Ying said, and after speaking, he clearly felt that Jiang Yusheng on the side breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he often eats pork, he saw two pigs poisoned alive with his own eyes, which was really the first time he had ever broken the problem.

He has decided to be vegetarian for a while, not only pigs, but also beef and mutton for the time being.

I guess almost everyone here today thinks the same way.

Jiang Yusheng turned his gaze, and at a glance, he saw a slender back, walking on the verandah, dressed in white and green skirts, as clean as washing.

Then he felt another slap in his heart.

He's probably thinking wrong.

Among the people present, the only one who did not change his face was this Chen San girl. Probably, this Chen San girl can still continue to eat meat without difficulty.

"Manager Jiang, ask someone to carry the pig down." Chen Ying looked back and ordered.

Jiang Yusheng came to his senses and hurriedly asked people to clean up the mess here, and the two palace maids who were "watching the ceremony" had already taken small steps as fast as possible and followed behind Chen Ying, looking like that, they couldn't run as far as possible.

Entering the main hall, Empress Dowager Xiao is sitting on the throne, and the lower left is Queen Situ.

Chen Ying stepped forward to salute, and Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at her with a smile and said, "Do you know what kind of verification you have for this Laoshizi, who has ruined a beloved garden of the Mourning family." ”

Chen Ying bent down and did not speak.

The reason why she wanted to experiment in the small garden was to save some time.

I don't know why, but there is always a voice in her heart urging her, as if if if she delays a little longer, something very important will happen.

She didn't understand where the feeling came from, but she instinctively followed the guidance of her heart.

This should be the gift left to her by Mr. Detective's memory, this feeling is the so-called "detective's intuition".

Seeing that she didn't speak, Empress Dowager Xiao didn't say anything more, but summoned Hou Yuxiu to come closer, and another female official was also called over by Queen Situ.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the two nobles to listen to the report, Chen Ying thought about the matter from beginning to end again, but still couldn't find the point that made her particularly uncomfortable.

What is it exactly?

She frowned slightly and pondered, when a voice rang out, interrupting her thoughts.

"Tell me, what did you find?" Empress Dowager Xiao's voice was slightly cold, and the expression on her face was not very good-looking.

Even though she had expected it, after listening to Hou Yuxiu's report, the Queen Mother still had an indescribable awkwardness.

It's a good little garden, and it turns out that two poisoned pigs are vomiting and screaming, which is really embarrassing to think about.

"Let's talk about the conclusion first." Chen Ying lowered her head and said, as she held up the confession briefing that had been sorted out: "According to the oral statements of the witnesses and the verification in the small garden, the courtiers believe that the poison in Qiao Xiurong's place is not oleander. ”

When the words landed, Empress Dowager Xiao's expression was indifferent, and Empress Situ was also gentle as usual.

They should have expected this result a long time ago, after all, this is in the palace, it is their territory, and it is easier for them to deduce this conclusion than Chen Ying.

However, if they want to prove this conclusion, they have no evidence in their hands. Empress Dowager Xiao asked Chen Ying to help, and it was precisely to get evidence from her.