Jiang Yanxiang sent Dou Yifang back to Youlan Palace. On the way, Dou Yifang recalled the whole incident and gradually felt that someone was trying to frame Mrs. Cen. In the Dai Palace, there were people who came from the Han Palace with her, and Mrs. Cen was the best for her.

She really couldn't rest assured, so she asked Jiang Yanxiang to stop the sedan chair, "Yanxiang, let's go to the flower garden." ”

Liu Heng also arrived at the flower garden. Song Chang, the court captain, stepped forward and saluted.

"How's it going?" Liu Heng asked.

"I heard that Mrs. Dou asked people to protect the scene, so the scene is well protected!!"

Liu Heng listened to it and was impressed by Dou Yifang.

The Imperial Doctor has also finished his experience of poisoning and has come to report it.

"Except for the people of Biliang, there is no problem in the affairs of all the mothers. It was the bowl of chicken soup that was poisonous, but the chicken soup in the dining room was not poisonous. ”

In order to ensure the umami of the dishes, the dining room is not far from the flower garden.

"Then it is possible that the murderer poisoned the chicken soup when it was served." Song Chang Dao.

"Who is the person who prepares the chicken soup for the people of Biliang?"

……

The palace ladies who participated in the Golden Chrysanthemum Banquet were all gathered in the open space next to the flower garden.

There are not many palace maids, only ten.

When the palace maids saw such a serious thing for the first time, they were all frightened like frightened chickens, and they hung their heads.

"Who is the person who prepares the pre-dinner soup?" Song Chang asked.

"It's me!"

Han Lian raised her hand.

"Take her away!"

"Han Lian!" The two guards were about to take Han Lian away, when the sound of Dou Yifang's room was heard in the distance.

Liu Heng frowned and watched Dou Yifang come over.

"The concubine body is ...... the king"

"Excuse me, why are you here?"

"The concubine can't rest assured, so let's take a look."

Song Chang saluted her and said, "See Mrs. Dou." ”

Dou Yifang asked, "What's going on?" ”

Song Chang explained the reason for taking Han Lian away.

"Impossible, Han Lian is definitely not a murderer!" Dou Yifang's tone was affirmative.

"It is precisely because the minister wants to know this that he must take Miss Hanlian to interrogate."

Dou Yifang looked at Liu Heng with a pleading look, hoping that he could say something to her. But Liu Heng shook his head slightly, he would never forcibly interfere with things.

Han Lian smiled and persuaded: "Slave and maid thank Niangniang for being compassionate, Niangniang doesn't have to worry, Han Lian believes that the Qing is self-purifying." ”

Dou Yifang held Han Lian's hand, "Han Lian, don't worry, I will definitely find out the real murderer!" ”

Han Lian nodded heavily, and she completely trusted Dou Yifang.

Song Chang took Han Lian away, and Dou Yifang stayed in Huating. Liu Heng persuaded her to go back to rest, but she insisted on staying and taking a look. That stubborn and serious appearance made Liu Heng more tolerant of her and allowed her to meddle in this case, but he didn't believe that Dou Yifang could find out why.

Dou Yifang first thought of a question, why the victim was from Biliang.

In the flower garden, all the concubines sat at will.

Is the murderer's target anyone anyone, or just Biliang's people?

If it was the former, Dou Yifang's palms would sweat just thinking about it, and the murderer was really vicious.

If it's the latter, who hates Biliang the most?

Dou Yifang thought of Li Qizi.

Shuying is Biliangren's handmaiden, and at the time of the incident, she was standing behind Biliangren, maybe she saw something.

"King, can you call the maid Shuying of the Biliang people?"

Liu Heng saw that Dou Yifang was so serious, so he agreed. Shuying has been staying by Biliangren's side, feeling sorry for her master. When he heard the king's message, his heart hung in the air.

When she came to the flower garden and saw Dou Yifang, she was even more uneasy.

Because Dou Yifang and Bi Liangren had a holiday, she was worried that Dou Yifang would say something unfavorable to Bi Liangren in front of the king. When she heard Dou Yifang ask her to tell the details of the situation at the time of the crime, she was stunned for a moment before she began to explain.

"At that time, after toasting with the queen's mother, the master drank some chicken soup, and then listened to Yuliangren stroked the qin, and there was nothing unusual during the period, and suddenly he ......"

Everyone has seen the following situation, and Shuying can't describe it.

Dou Yifang was trying to let Shuying retreat, but found that Shuying wanted to speak and stopped. She realized that it was Liu Heng who was present, so she didn't dare to speak. With Liu Heng's consent, Dou Yifang took Shuying aside.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

Shuying pinched the corners of his clothes, hesitating.

Dou Yifang didn't urge her.

After hesitating again and again, Shuying finally decided to speak, "I don't know if this matter has anything to do with the poisoning of the master......

"What's the matter?"

"The master saw it...... I saw Li Qizi's private meeting with the guards in the palace......"

As if there was a thunderclap on the ground, Dou Yifang was stunned.

How bold it is to dare to do such a reckless thing.

"What do you mean...... It's true? ”

"It's true, the slave doesn't dare to lie!"

Shuying was very nervous, for fear that Dou Yifang would not believe her.

Dou Yifang lowered his head and pondered, and said after a while: "Don't mention this matter to anyone first." ”

Shuying nodded, "The slave knows." ”

Dou Yifang and Shuying walked back, and when they passed by the flower garden, they looked around and always felt that something was wrong.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind. Her gaze swept again, how could she notice something so obvious?

The pre-dinner soup on the table was different, only Biliang drank chicken soup that was poisonous, and there was only one serving of chicken soup.

"Shadow ......"

"The slave is here."

"Doesn't your master eat fish?"

"Yes......"

That's right!

Liu Heng kept looking at Dou Yifang, only to see Dou Yifang's eyebrows stretched, as if he had an understanding. If the murderer's target was Biliangren's people from the beginning, she had a way to make Biliangren absolutely poisoned.

It's just that......

Dou Yifang frowned again.

Evidence is lacking.

She thought about it again. The poison is not in the chicken broth, it is in the bowl. Who knows which bowl is poisonous? It's the guy who poured the chicken broth into the poisonous bowl. These things are all in the hands of the palace maid.

Hanlian!

The pupils of Dou Yifang couldn't help but dilate. It can't be her!

"Wang, I want to find Han Lian, I have some questions to ask her!"

Liu Heng nodded and immediately passed the decree.

After a while, Song Chang arrived with Hanlian.

"Han Lian, let me ask you, who distributed the pre-dinner soup?"

"It's me!!"

The murderer can't be Han Lian.

"So, did anyone tell you anything when you served the pre-dinner soup?"

"No one has ever explained it...... By the way, there is a handkerchief, on which it is written that Biliang people do not eat fish soup. ”

"Is there any writing on the handkerchief, and where will the Biliang people sit?"

"Yes, indeed."

That's right!

All the pieces were put together, and only the evidence was missing.

"Where's the veil?"

"I remember putting it in the dining room."

Dou Yifang immediately ordered someone to look for it in the dining room, but unfortunately, they didn't find the handkerchief.

I guess someone took advantage of the chaos and took it.

She shouldn't have a chance to lose it, though.

"My lord, the concubine asks for a search of everyone present."

"Everyone?"

Liu Heng was a little worried, it was nothing to search the palace maids, but to search the palace concubines, if there was no result, Dou Yifang would be disrespectful.

But Dou Yifang was very persistent.

"Okay, this king is up to you!!"

In the Qingfeng Pavilion, he wanted to search his body, and the Qingfeng Pavilion immediately exploded. Fortunately, there is a concubine in charge, and those who are reluctant have nothing to say. At this time, Queen Chen took the lead in accepting the body search and made a gesture of leading by example.

Concubine Pu nodded with satisfaction, saying that she knew the general situation.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone had completed the search, but no so-called veils had been found.

This caused complaints from the concubines. Dou Yifang did not give up, and made people search the entire Qingfeng Pavilion. After a while, I found the handkerchief. The veil is found in the corner of a certain room.

Dou Yifang believed that the murderer knew that he was going to be searched, so he threw the handkerchief into the corner of the room. On that handkerchief, it was really written that chicken soup was to be prepared for the people of Biliang, and it was specified which table to put it on.

Because the pre-dinner soup was prepared before the arrival of the concubines, the Biliang people did not eat fish, so they naturally chose a table where only chicken soup was prepared. And the bowl that held the chicken soup had long been smeared with poison.

Therefore, the person who is poisoned can only be Biliang people. Dou Yifang told her reasoning. The concubine looked at her with admiration in her eyes.

Mrs. Zhen was frightened into a cold sweat, if it wasn't for Biliang people who changed places with her, she would have been poisoned. In this harem, although the palace concubines fought openly and secretly with each other, none of them reached the motive enough to kill Biliangren.

The only person with this motive is Li Qizi. Dou Yifang raised the handkerchief in his hand, looked around at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Li Qizi, "Who is this handkerchief?" ”

No one admitted it, but Li Qizi looked at the handkerchief in Dou Yifang's hand in despair.

"If you don't say it, you can find out. On the Shaofu side, there are detailed records of where every inch and every strand of cloth goes. If he confesses, the king may be able to watch it online. ”

In the latter sentence, Dou Yifang made his own decisions.

But Liu Heng didn't care.

"It's my ......"

Finally, someone stepped up.

Li Qizi's eyes widened in shock.

Coming out of the crowd was her maidservant Baoyue.

"I did everything......"

"Why are you poisoning the Biliang people?"

Dou Yifang's tone was cold, and he didn't believe that she did it at all.

"Because I hate her!" Baoyue's little hands clenched into fists, and she gritted her teeth and said, "I hate her for making things difficult for her master everywhere." ”

"Treasure ...... Moon ......" Li Qizi's heart fluctuated.

"Tell me, then, how did you get the poison?"

Baoyue was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Yes...... It was taken from the Imperial Pharmacy......"

"Then tell me, what is the poison you are taking, and how do you know that it is poison?"

"Yes......" Baoyue finally couldn't answer, she was anxious in her heart, and she could only insist that she was poisoning Biliangren.

"That's enough, Baoyue."

So everyone's eyes looked at Li Qizi, who suddenly spoke.

"Master......" Baoyue had already guessed that her master was a murderer, and she couldn't accept Li Qizi to come out and confess.

"Li Qizi's family is in Anguang County, and his father is the county magistrate of Anguang County, and he is also a doctor." Dou Yifang said, "Li Qizi, who grew up under the influence of his father, naturally knows some medical skills. A few days ago, she was sick in the palace, so she went to the imperial dining room to grab medicine. From the medicine that was caught, this poison was dispensed. ”

The crowd was amazed.

Li Qizi smiled, "You're right, it's the poison I put in the bowl." ”

"Why do you want poison Biliangren?" Queen Chen asked sadly.

"Because I hate her, that's all."