Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Chen Ying thoughtfully for a while, and raised her eyebrows: "Just solve the problem." ”

Chen Ying bowed, turned to Empress Situ again, and said respectfully: "The courtiers are willing to hear the details of the case." ”

The queen put down the teacup and looked at her carefully for a moment before she opened her lips and said, "The case ...... Here's the thing. There is a Qiao Xiurong in the palace, and now she is pregnant. At dinner yesterday, shortly after Qiao Xiurong ate a bowl of fish soup, he suddenly began to vomit and sweat, and then fell unconscious, and slipped that night. Afterwards, the doctor diagnosed that she was poisoned, and this poison was the leaves of oleander. ”

Chen Ying listened quietly and did not speak.

Empress Situ seemed to be a little surprised, looked at her for a while, and then slowly continued: "Because Qiao Xiurong fell ill suddenly last night, the head of the Changqiu Palace ordered someone to put the dinner away as it was. Because the soup requires a lot of spices, the poison is inconspicuous in it. ”

"Oleander is extremely rare, where did the Imperial Doctor know that it is poisonous?" Chen Ying raised a question.

Since coming to this plane, she has been paying attention to collecting various kinds of information, and has read several books related to flowers and trees, and in any of them, oleander is listed among the rare trees.

Judging from Chen Ying's own experience, there is not a single oleander in the Guogong Mansion, which shows that this tree is very rare in the Great Chu Dynasty, and even a first-class Guogong Mansion can not be seen. That's why she wondered how the Imperial Doctor could know that this tree was poisonous.

When Queen Situ saw that she would ask like this, her face was a little surprised, and she did not answer her words, but asked, "Do you know that oleander is poisonous?" ”

"Courtiers love to read miscellaneous books, and they know a little bit about it." Chen Ying answered very smoothly.

Empress Situ nodded thoughtfully, and said slowly: "Speaking of this, we have to start from this time last year......

"That's it, let's talk about the mourning family." Empress Dowager Xiao interrupted her and said expressionlessly.

A trace of compassion passed over Empress Situ's face, and she answered yes and stopped talking.

Empress Dowager Xiao raised her head, looked at the corner of the blue sky outside the hall, and said in a loud voice: "The mourning family once had a pet dog who died because he accidentally ate the meat mixed with oleander leaves. That was last summer, and the doctors knew it was poisonous. ”

When she said this, there was a trace of sadness in her expression, and her head hung down slightly, as if she was extremely sentimental.

"Don't be sad, don't be sad, I'll find you another one in the future." Empress Situ persuaded softly.

Empress Dowager Xiao shook her head and did not continue the topic, but turned to Chen Ying and said lightly: "In the entire imperial city, only two oleanders are planted in the Changle Palace of the mourning family, which is in the small garden at the back. ”

She stretched out a finger with a jeweled gold finger and gestured in the direction behind her, her face was sad, but she was indifferent: "Unfortunately, when the imperial dining room prepared fish soup for Qiao Xiurong last night, a little eunuch in Changle Palace went to pass the meal for the mourning family, but at that time, the imperial dining room was empty, and he stayed alone in it for a few breaths before he saw the head of the imperial dining room." As a result, within half an hour, Qiao Xiurong slipped on the tire, and it was found out that she was poisoned early this morning. ”

Chen Ying nodded.

These things are combined, and the spearhead is directed at Changle Palace, so it's no wonder that Empress Dowager Xiao is not angry.

"Is the eunuch who tried the dish also poisoned?" Chen Ying asked another question.

Empress Situ nodded: "That little eunuch and Qiao Xiurong were poisoned at the same time. As she spoke, her eyebrows frowned tighter, and there was a hint of complaint on her face: "It is also Qiao Xiurong's greed during pregnancy, and the little eunuch has only tried the dishes, so she can't help but move the chopsticks." If she had waited a little longer, it wouldn't have been the way it is now. ”

It's no surprise that pregnant people tend to have surprisingly good appetites.

Chen Ying bowed slightly, and turned to look at Empress Dowager Xiao: "Qi Yu Niangniang, can the courtiers go to the Changqiu Palace to see Qiao Xiurong?" ”

"That's right." Empress Dowager Xiao waved her hand very dryly.

Empress Situ also stood up at this time, and said softly: "Erchen should go with the three girls, so as not to make her unfamiliar with life." ”

"That's not going to work." Empress Dowager Xiao shook her head, although her voice was soft, her attitude was very resolute: "You stay and talk to the mourning family, and let Jiang Yusheng accompany her for a while." ”

The queen didn't insist anymore, smiled apologetically at Chen Ying, and sat back down.

Jiang Yusheng had already walked out from behind the curtain at this time, bowed down to obey the order, and the Empress Dowager Xiao ordered: "If you send Miss Chen San to the Changqiu Palace, just say that it was said by the mourning family, and Miss Chen San was invited by the mourning family, no matter who she wants to see, what she says, or what she is looking for, she is not allowed to stop her." ”

Speaking of this, she paused, looked at Chen Ying again, and there was a little interest in her eyes: "You have the message of the mourning family, and then you are accompanied by Jiang Yusheng, and you can almost walk sideways in the palace." This is the convenience that the mourning family has given you. If you can't do it badly, the punishment for mourning will be very heavy. Don't blame the mourners for not warning you in advance. ”

"The courtiers understand." Chen Ying bent down and said, said goodbye to Queen Situ again, and went down with Jiang Yusheng.

Looking at the backs of the two of them gradually moving away, the expression on Empress Dowager Xiao's face faded a little, her eyes swept away the queen's body, and she raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is the news that Liu Shi got true?" As she spoke, she raised her chin towards Chen Ying's back, and said casually: "Is there really anyone who has seen the lost second master of the Guogong Mansion in the golden tent of the Khan of Northern Xinjiang?" ”

Empress Situ lowered her eyes, and her long eyelashes covered her cheeks, also covering the true emotion in her eyes: "After returning to my mother, this is a misinformation, and it has been confirmed that those merchants have seen it wrong. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "I'll just say, this thing can't be done accurately, as expected." Saying that, she sighed again, and her voice was quite helpless: "Changning's temperament is also too anxious, this is not a shadow of a thing, she can't sit still, her mother-in-law is a brainless person, Changning was moved by her." It's good now, lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot, and it also brings Gillian a bad reputation, which is really sad. ”

"Yuan'er is still young, it will be fine in a few years." Empress Situ raised her head and had a very gentle smile on her face: "Besides, with the queen mother and the eldest princess here, who can cross the Xiangshan County Lord?" ”

Empress Dowager Xiao laughed when she heard this, and her expression softened a lot: "It's still comfortable for you to say this." As she spoke, she looked at Taiji in the distance.

Chen Ying's figure has long been lost on the platform, only the sun is everywhere, and the wind shakes the willows.