The Jingqi grandmothers of the Shen Criminal Division are the most old, and only one or two of the seventy-two kinds of torture in the Shen Criminal Division have been used, and some people have already passed out without being able to stand the torture.

After the death of Yi Guiren's child, the emperor rarely came to comfort and visit, and even if he came, he sat down and left for a while, focusing only on the investigation. However, the queen cared about the feelings of the master and servant, although her second elder brother was still sick, she also came to visit a few times.

Yi Guiren has been demented since he woke up, he didn't think about tea and dinner, and his eyes that were once happy would never be anything else except tears. In addition, the imperial doctor said that the remnants of her body were not cleared, and she had to take a certain amount of safflower oxknee soup every day to urge her to fall, which was another torture for the weak Yiguiren. Ruyi and Hailan have been guarding her, in case she finds a short-sightedness. She just cried to the corner, and said hoarsely: "Concubine Xian, don't worry, don't find out who harmed the concubine's child, the concubine will never look for a short-sighted." When she said this, she almost gritted her teeth: "The concubine has served the emperor for so many years to have a child, and he is the only hope and hope of the concubine." Who the hell is it? Who can't tolerate the children of concubines so much! ”

Who is going to kill the child? Even Ruyi herself couldn't figure it out. She could only take a bowl of bird's nest porridge, feed Yi Guiren slowly, and comforted: "Eat a little something, so that you have the strength to continue to wait, waiting for what you want to know." ”

When a bowl of bird's nest porridge was fed, it was Zhao Yitai, who was next to the queen, who came first.

He said: "Please make some preparations with Concubine Xian Niangniang, Hai Guiren and Yi Guiren, and the Queen Niangniang please go to Changchun Palace immediately." ”

Ruyi put down the bowl in her hand and said, "Why are you in such a hurry?" Yi Guiren is still recuperating, can you ......?"

Zhao Yitai said: "The queen's mother invites her, which is naturally an important matter. What's more, it is about Yi Guiren, and please take a trip no matter how tired Yi Guiren is. ”

Having said this, Ruyi ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair and immediately went to Changchun Palace. When they can enter the palace, the emperor and the queen are sitting on it, and the concubines and concubines of the palace have already arrived, and even the nobles who are meditating in the Yuhua Pavilion are also sitting in it. After the three of them entered the hall, they saw each one by one, and then sat down according to their position. Seeing that Yi Guiren was sick and weak, the queen couldn't help but feel extra pity, and said, "Zhao Yitai, take a goose feather cushion for Yi Guiren to cushion, so that she can sit more comfortably." ”

Yi Guiren thanked him in a hurry, and the emperor said: "You are not good, just sit with peace of mind." ”

Concubine Hui raised the silk silk in her hand and said tiredly: "It's spring in March outside, just when the apricot warbler is crying, the queen doesn't go to the imperial garden to enjoy the spring, why is it so urgent to summon the concubines to enter the Changchun Palace?" ”

The queen's always dignified and gentle face couldn't help but feel a little sad: "Since last winter, the emperor's heir in the palace has suffered misfortune, and the sorrow has been repeated, the palace and the emperor are worried, no matter how good the spring is, I have no intention of appreciating it." The reason why I urgently summoned my sisters here today is because Yi Guiren has already had some eyebrows about the stillbirth, and I have to find someone to ask. Since this is a matter of the harem, it should naturally be listened to by everyone in the harem. ”

Yi Guiren's expression tightened, and he hurriedly asked: "What the queen mother said about her eyebrows, do you know who the person who harmed the concubine's children is?" ”

The queen said gently: "Yi noble, Shao'an is not impatient. This matter has a lot to do with it, and the palace and the emperor only know a little bit about it. As for whether this is the case, everyone will hear it. ”

The emperor said: "Since the queen has found out some eyebrows, if you have something to say, let's say it." ”

The queen glanced at Zhao Yitai beside her, Zhao Yitai high-fived twice, and saw Imperial Doctor Xu and Imperial Doctor Zhao come in together.

The queen said in a deep voice: "Everyone knows that Yi Gui is unlucky, and the dragon fetus died in the womb, which was poisoned by mercury. The palace was puzzled, there was no mercury cinnabar in the room of the Yi nobles, and the concubines and the sea nobles were also extra careful about the diet and daily life of the Yi nobles, and it stands to reason that there would be no accidents. If you want to find out about it, you must find its source, and the concubine asked people to check the utensils in Yi Guiren's room before they found these things. ”

The queen raised her face, and the lotus heart held a copper plate with a pair of carved silver red candles and some burnt charcoal ash on it. The emperor took the pair of red candles and looked at them, and said suspiciously: "It's just an ordinary red candle, what's wrong?" ”

The queen shook her head slightly, stretched out her hand to break one of them, and said, "Please take a closer look at the emperor, is this candle different?" ”

The emperor looked at the sun: "Although it is a red candle, it is mixed with some red grains, but the things used by the Internal Affairs Office are becoming more and more careless?" Actually use such a red candle. ”

The queen said: "The emperor takes a closer look at these charcoal ashes. It is also the end of March, and only the Yi nobles of Yanxi Palace in the palace still use charcoal basins because they are afraid of the cold. This is the charcoal burned from the red basket used in her pavilion, and the color is gray and white. But if you look closely, there is something unusual. The queen gently stirred with her armor, but she saw that there was some silver on the charcoal ash, and some vermilion powder, which was really difficult to detect if she did not distinguish it carefully.

The queen raised her hand and motioned for Lianxin to show everyone, and everyone was secretly surprised, but they really didn't know what it was.

The queen said: "These are all things used in the palace of Yi Guiren, please take a look at the imperial doctor, what are the good things in this candle and charcoal ash?" ”

Imperial Physician Zhao broke the candle and twisted it with his fingers to smell it, and Imperial Physician Xu also looked at the things in the charcoal ash, and said almost in unison: "Back to the emperor and queen, the things here are cinnabar." ”

Doctor Zhao said: "Cinnabar will precipitate mercury when it encounters high heat, and mercury will turn into a colorless and odorless gas when it encounters heat, which will be inhaled unconsciously. The remaining vermilion powder burned in this charcoal ash must have been mixed with a little cinnabar charcoal, and it was not easy to find it when it was burned out. ”

The queen sneered: "This is not too old and spicy, the emperor looks at the red candle, carved with silver flower decoration, even if the vermilion and silver powder is burned, it will make people think that it is the appearance of candle tears and silver flowers after melting, and it is difficult to detect it at all." ”

Hui Guifei frowned slightly, and said: "If you have such a mind to harm the noble people, where can you not succeed." This man is really vicious. ”

The emperor said: "Since this is the case, then the palace people in the Yi Guiren Pavilion will be unwell, why is it that only Yi Guiren is unwell?" ”

Mei Guiren's hand holding the silk trembled, and he said in a trembling voice: "The palace people all enter in shifts, and Yi Guiren is in it, almost every day, of course, he suffers from it. ”

The queen glanced at the emperor, with a little unbearable and disgusted: "These are just small, the concubine heard that the imperial doctor said that the fetus carried by Yi Guiren was very poisoned, and it is obvious that Yi Guiren has signs of taking cinnabar or mercury." But how can that thing be eaten, there must be something wrong with the diet. ”

Hailan hurriedly got up and said tremblingly: "If you go back to the queen's mother, all the food and drink of the Yi nobles are sent fresh from the imperial dining room, and they are made by the Yi nobles' personal cooks in the small kitchen. The concubines also paid attention to the concubines every day, and there were nothing fresh to be sent to the Yi nobles to eat. ”

The queen shook her head and said, "You are still young, how do you know how powerful this is." The fish and shrimp sent are all happy, but this joy is not far from the next pot, who cares what is wrong with it. Zhao Yitai, you come on. ”

Zhao Yitai said: "Originally, the queen asked the slave to go to the imperial dining room to inquire about what the two nobles liked to eat when they were pregnant, and then I knew that the two nobles liked to eat fish and shrimp. The original intention of the queen mother was to let the servants see what was wrong with these fish and shrimp, but when they arrived at the imperial dining room, they found that the fish used for the Yi nobles were dead, so they threw them out. The slave felt strange, the chickens, ducks, fish and shrimp used for Yi Guiren were all raised separately, how could the chickens and ducks still be alive, and the fish and shrimp died in a few days. So the minions paid extra attention and found a small bag of leftover fish food to see what was wrong. ”

Zhao Yitai turned around and took a small bag of fish food and held it to the queen. The queen glanced coldly and said: "These fish are all raised in the imperial dining room for pregnant concubines to eat, they are all carefully selected and then specially raised in a small pool, and the feeding is also extremely fine. The palace attaches so much importance to the imperial heir, but I didn't expect some people with ulterior motives to make up their minds on this. ”

Jia Guiren looked at the fish in the basin curiously: "Is there any difference between these fish foods?" ”

The queen said lightly: "Is there any difference, just ask the imperial doctor to see it." ”

Imperial Physician Zhao hurriedly answered "yes", and looked at it side by side with Imperial Physician Xu for a moment, with an awe-inspiring expression: "Back to the queen, these fish foods are mixed with finely ground cinnabar powder, and after feeding them to the fish and shrimp, there will be no abnormalities in the first few days." Because cinnabar itself is only sweet, slightly cold, and slightly poisonous. However, after the fish and shrimp are eaten and raised for two days, these toxins are melted into the meat, and once cooked, the toxicity becomes stronger. Originally, it was okay to eat a little, but over time, it was equivalent to taking cinnabar and mercury raw, slowly damaging the fetus. The methods are extremely spicy. ”

Zhao Yitai said again: "The servant also asked in the imperial dining room, Yi Guiren and Mei Guiren have fish and shrimp that they eat after pregnancy, and they are indeed fed by this kind of fish food, which will definitely not be wrong." ”

Jia Guiren was so frightened that he hurriedly covered his mouth, his eyes widened in panic, and he subconsciously pressed his abdomen. The pure concubine closed her eyes and recited a few words of the Buddha name, shaking her head. Concubine Hui looked at those things with disgust, and said again and again: "What a vicious method!" ”

Mei Guiren and Yi Guiren had already looked sad and angry, and they couldn't hold it back several times, and they were almost about to have a seizure immediately.

Ruyi's face was full of shame, and she hurriedly got up and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, the queen mother forgives the sin, the concubine thought that she had been very careful about the diet of the Yi nobles, but she didn't admit that she still did such a trick." Please also ask the emperor and queen to surrender! ”

The queen glanced at her and said slowly: "Concubine Xian, you are indeed careful, but no matter how careful you are, there will always be a time when you are careful." As for what crime you will suffer and what punishment you will suffer, the palace and the emperor will deal with it. ”