Chapter 233, The Murderer

The next day, at dusk.

After Prince Li Ji Mingyang finished handling political affairs, he was accompanied by two retainers to the dormitory where Princess Huaiyu lived. He was tall and burly, with a dignified appearance and extraordinary bearing.

However, now he doesn't seem to care about his demeanor, he frowns slightly, and walks along the gold brick trail, as if he is preoccupied. Due to the large amount of political affairs to be handled, he could only see the Empress once every three days, and at this time, he was eager to go to the Empress's side immediately.

Not long after, Ji Mingyang walked outside the eldest princess's bedroom, and faintly heard a noise in the palace mixed with crying, and the guards at the door seemed to be very uneasy.

Ji Mingyang was shocked in his heart, stepped in front of the door in a few steps, and shouted at a guard who was looking inward: "Gentry! What's going on inside? What about Bacchus? ”

"Go back to the prince!" Gentry hurriedly replied, "There was a sudden noise and crying inside Shicai, and I don't know what was going on. Batouer had just entered. ”

Ji Mingyang hurriedly rushed in and came to the princess's bedroom, only to see that the screen in the middle had been knocked down in the corner of the house, and the room was unobstructed.

On the wide couch, the empress's face was pale and angry. The two princesses threw themselves on the bed and cried, and the prince Murray was so anxious that he clenched his fists and pounded his hands beside the bed, with tears in his eyes.

In addition to them, there were also Wu Bo, Bacchus, two maid officers and a young man he didn't know, although he didn't know him, he knew that this must be the 'divine doctor' Qingshi that Princess Huaiyu had invited back.

"What's wrong?" Ji Mingyang asked loudly.

"Daddy!" When Murray saw his father, he screamed, pointed to the bluestone in the corner of the house, gritted his teeth and said, "It's all a good thing done by this so-called 'miracle doctor'!" He said that he had a magic medicine that could neutralize the toxins in the mother emperor's body, and without affecting the medicinal power of the Five Elements Chaos Fruit, it could make the mother emperor wake up as soon as possible and suffer less sins, and the result was ...... Results ......"

Ji Mingyang was shocked, and hurriedly rushed to the couch, stretched out his hand to press the empress's shoulder, and his true qi probed into the empress's body to check the situation. After a while, he stood up with an angry face on his face and yelled at Qingshi, "You quack, what did you give the empress? Say it! ”

"Five Spirit Awakening Pill," Qingshi said with a look of trepidation, "This medicine and the Five Elements Chaos Fruit not only do not conflict, but have the function of enhancing its medicinal effect, so I think it is ......."

"Shut up!" Ji Mingyang was furious, pointed at Qingshi and scolded, "You damn quack, you only thought of the combined synergistic effect of the Five Spirits Awakening Brain Pill, and you didn't think that it also had side effects?" It will trigger a toxic outbreak of Yuanyangsan......"

"Yuanyang San!" Qingshi interrupted Ji Mingyang with an exclamation, "The prince said that Her Majesty the Empress is Yuan Yangsan?" ”

"What yuan...... What poison powder? Ji Mingyang was stunned for a moment, and then scolded, "You quack, not only indiscriminately drugged, but also talk nonsense!" Mu Min'er, Mu Siwu, where did you find the bastard quack? I...... I'll kill you......"

Ji Mingyang suddenly pounced on Qingshi with an arrow step, and when he raised his hand, a short sword with a cold light stabbed at Qingshi's throat.

Wu Bo waved his hand, and a straight knife appeared in his hand, and the sound of a bell separated Ji Mingyang's sword. He stood in front of Qingshi and said, "The prince is angry, the most important thing now is to find a way to save Her Majesty the Empress." ”

"Humph!" Ji Mingyang snorted angrily and put away his sword, walked to the couch and squatted down, grabbed the empress's arm, and had a grief-stricken expression, which didn't look like a pretend.

Princess Huaiming threw herself in front of Ji Mingyang and cried out, "Daddy! Daddy! What to do? You need to find a way to save your mother......"

"I'm not afraid!" Ji Mingyang stroked Princess Huaiming's head and said with determination, "Daddy, there is still an elixir here, which may be able to save your mother." ”

After speaking, Ji Mingyang raised his hand and took out a small white jade bottle, poured out a white pill the size of a little finger from it, and was about to stuff it into the empress's mouth.

"Wait!" Qingshi said, "Prince Li, what kind of medicine are you going to give the empress?" ”

"Shut up, you quack!" Ji Mingyang said angrily, "Bacchus, take him and throw him in the prison first!" ”

"Don't do it yet, Mr. Ba! How to deal with bluestone is not in a hurry. Princess Huaiyu said, "Prince Li, what medicine to take for the empress, it's better to make it clear first!" ”

"This is the elixir given by a master I met many years ago," Ji Mingyang said, "The man said that this elixir can bring people back to life at any time, and I have always been skeptical of it, and I dare not use it on the empress." Now in this case, I have to take a risk. ”

After he finished speaking, he stuffed the pill into the empress's mouth, and was about to use his true qi to send the pill into the empress's abdomen, but unexpectedly, the empress, who had been unconscious and breathless, suddenly opened her eyes and let out a leisurely sigh.

"Huh?" Ji Mingyang was taken aback, jumped up suddenly, and took several steps back in horror.

"Ahh Princess Huaiming shouted in surprise, "Mother, you're awake!" Daddy's elixir is working! Mother's ......"

"Elixir!" Murray also exclaimed in surprise, "What a elixir!" ”

The people in the house, except for Princess Huaiyu and Qingshi, everyone else was surprised and delighted.

The empress sat up, stretched out two fingers to take out the pill from her mouth, gently touched Princess Huaiming's head and said, "Silly boy! This is not an elixir! ”

"Huh?"

Princess Huaiming and King Heping were stunned, not knowing what was going on. Prince Li Ji Mingyang was still frightened and at a loss.

Bacchus and the two maids were pleasantly surprised, but their faces were full of questions. Wu Bo knew that the princess and Qingshi had a plan, and although they didn't know what to do, they could still stay calm. Only Princess Huaiyu and Qingshi remained silent.

The Empress smacked her mouth carefully, put the pill under her nose and sniffed it, and then said, "Well, this is the pill!" I took one yesterday. ”

Prince Li Ji Mingyang seemed to finally understand, and sat on a low stool with a plop, bowing his head and saying nothing.

"Mingming, Lei'er, my mother has to deal with some things, you should avoid it first!" The empress spoke calmly, "Xiao Bottle, Xiao Chuan, you take Princess Huaiming and King Heping outside the palace to wait for a while." ”

"Yes!"

The two maids stepped forward and walked out of the door with Princess Huaiming and King Heping, who were full of questions. Only the Empress, Prince Li, Princess Huaiyu, Wu Bo, Bacchus, and Qingshi were left in the room.

The empress got up and got out of bed, and said as she paced slowly: "Although this is not an elixir that can bring the dead back to life, it is indeed an antidote!" Prince Li, you still have a little conscience! ”

Ji Mingyang trembled all over and was speechless. Bacchus couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what the hell is going on?" ”

"yes!" Wu Bo also said, "Is it really reasonable..... Lip ......"

"That's right!" The princess said, "The one who poisoned the empress is Prince Li!" ”

"How is this possible, ......," said Wu Bo? It doesn't make sense! poisoned the empress, and he also had to be buried with him! ”

"To be precise," said Aoishi, "Prince Li is not poisoned, but drugged." He didn't want to poison the Empress. ”

"Ahh Wu Bo still didn't understand, "Why did Prince Nali do this?" ”

"Because the real target he wants to get rid of is not the empress," Qingshi said, "but the eldest princess of Huaiyu!" ”

"Huh?"

Wu Bo and Bacchus let out an 'ah' together, and the two of them looked at each other, and they both had a feeling of sudden realization.

"Prince Li?" Bacchus said coldly, "You really did it? ”

Ji Mingyang bowed his head and was silent, Bacchus looked at him and knew that it was indeed him. I couldn't help glaring at him fiercely.

"Mr. Aoishi!" "How did you become aware of Prince Li's conspiracy?" ”

Qingshi is not a 'miracle doctor', but saved the princess and Wu Bo from the pirates, and sent someone to send them and the benefactor of the Five Elements Chaos Fruit back to the dynasty, which Wu Bo has already told Bacchus.

Qingshi nodded at Bacchus, then turned to Wu Bo and said, "Wu Bo, do you remember?" On that day, you asked me what I found in the empress's diagnosis, and what I found was that the empress was not a deadly poison, but a poison called Yuanyang San, also known as Hundred Days of Drunkenness. ”

"If you are hit by this poison, you will be drunk and will not wake up, your yang energy will gradually dissipate, and your body will not be as good as a day by day, giving people the feeling that after dozens of days, your yang energy will be dissipated and you will die. But in fact, even if there is no treatment, after a hundred days, the toxin will be slowly consumed, and the poisoned person will gradually wake up, in addition to the body emaciated and the cultivation is damaged, life is worry-free. ”

"However, after taking Yuanyangsan, and then taking several other specific drugs, such as Wuling Awakening Brain Pill, it will trigger the outbreak of Yuanyangsan toxin, and it will no longer be released gently, and the consequences will be very serious, if there is no Yuanyangsan antidote, you will definitely die."

"Poison the Empress, but don't want her life! That's what puzzled me the most. Later, you and I analyzed the situation, and among all the suspects, I think Prince Li is the most suspicious, and Wu Bo, you think Prince Li is the least suspicious, and your reason is that if the empress dies, he will have to be buried with him. ”

"It is this that makes me even more convinced that the person who poisoned, but did not poison the deadly, was Prince Li. He didn't want to actually poison the Empress and take his own life. ”

"Since Prince Li's target is not the Empress, then who is he targeting? What is the motivation? I soon realized that his target was the Celestial Princess, and the purpose was to have the Celestial Princess be kidnapped by pirates on the way to the Five Elements Chaos Fruit, so that his children could inherit the throne, and this motivation was absolutely sufficient! ”

"Not bad!" Wu Bo said, "It's really very revealing, but it still doesn't seem to prove that he is the one who poisoned him!" What about the evidence? You still don't have proof, do you? ”

"yes!" "Although I'm almost certain that the murderer is Prince Li, I still have no evidence. That's why I asked you to find the eldest princess. I persuaded Celestia to save the Empress with her help, and then the three of us arranged this plan together for today. In the end, Prince Li himself came up with the evidence, it was the elixir, which was not an elixir, but an antidote to Yuanyangsan. ”

"Oh, I see!" Wu Bo pondered and said, "Master Qingda, you know that Yuanyang disperses this poison, and there is also an antidote. So you detoxified the Empress with the princess yesterday. Then, you deliberately said that you gave the empress the Five Spirits Awakening Pill that could trigger the outbreak of this poisonous toxin, so that the empress pretended to be about to die of poison, after all, Prince Li couldn't accept the empress's real death, so he had to take out the antidote. ”

"That's right!" Bacchus also understood, "Prince Li was in a panic, and he obviously said the name of Yuan Yangsan, which shows that he already knew about this poison. He not only knew about this poison, but also had an antidote, the empress was poisoned for twenty days and he was silent, only now when it was time for the empress to live and die, he was forced to come up with the antidote, but he lied that it was an elixir. This antidote is indeed ironclad evidence! ”

"Yes!" The Empress said, "This is not an elixir, Qingshi gave me one yesterday, but this antidote alone is not enough to make the toxin go away immediately." The toxins in my body were dissolved by bluestone by other means. This poison is indeed a magical poison, and I don't know where you got it, Prince Li, it's really hard work! ”

Ji Mingyang's body shook slightly, but he still bowed his head and remained silent.

"This Yuanyang is scattered in the Wanshan Sea and almost no one knows about it," Qingshi said, "but it is not very rare in our Tianlong Continent, I not only know this poison, but also have an antidote that can cure this poison." The Yuanyang Scatter in Prince Li's hand, I think most of it was obtained from Boss Qiu of Wanghai Tower, because Qiu Yonghai's Treasure Pavilion likes to collect rare things from all over the world. If I am not mistaken, Prince Li should still have this poison on his body, and if it is found now, it will be ironclad evidence. How about Prince Ahli, are you still reluctant to say a word? ”

"I didn't ...... That's right! Prince Li Ji Mingyang finally raised his head and said in a snort, "I did it, I did all this!" It was I who poisoned it, and it was also me who leaked the whereabouts of the medicine collection team and adjusted the personnel arrangements of the medicine collection team. It was I who asked Qiu Yonghai to find Bu Ruofeng to intercept and kill the medicine team. The interception failed, and after the eldest princess and Wu Bo came back, I was the first to kill Qiu Yonghai. Yuan Yang San was indeed bought from him, I thought that if I killed him, no one would know about Yuan Yang San again, how do I know that people are not as good as heaven! Your Majesty, my purpose is only to let our children inherit the throne, and I really don't want to harm you! ”

"I know!" The Empress sighed and said, "I understand......"