kvmb Chapter 219 The evidence points to her
Chapter 219 The evidence points to her
The emperor stayed in Concubine Su's palace tonight because Concubine Wu's maid was poisoned and made mute.
When he went there, he stammered and couldn't explain anything, and was driven out by the people in Concubine Su's palace on the grounds that he disturbed the emperor's rest.
This resulted in half an hour having passed by the time the emperor learned of Wu Zhaoyi's murder.
Although Wu Zhaoyi was not very favored, she was his concubine after all.
Regardless of the late hour, he immediately summoned the coroner, the imperial physician, and all the palace servants in Chunhua Palace to interrogate them personally.
As the person in charge of the harem, Concubine Liang naturally came to assist the emperor in the investigation.
She was shocked when she heard that Wu Zhaoyi had died.
When Imperial Physician Li was summoned into Yongyang Palace by her, he was also very puzzled.
What Concubine Liang asked him for was a medicine that could cause a person to lose consciousness. Unless the dosage was excessive, there would be no danger to life.
Did she take too much? Imperial Physician Li looked at the equally terrified palace maid in confusion.
Concubine Liang and he were thinking of a countermeasure in the room when the eunuch beside the emperor came to her in a hurry.
In Chunhua Palace, when Imperial Physician Cao and the coroner found out that Concubine Wu died of an illusion poison, Imperial Physician Li and Concubine Liang's personal maid who were standing outside the crowd were frightened to death.
The two of them subconsciously looked at Concubine Liang, but Concubine Liang glared back at him fiercely.
After finding out the cause of death, the emperor ordered a search of the palaces of every concubine.
Finally, the powder of the poison that Wu Zhaoyi was poisoned with and a packet of unused mute medicine were found in the closet of Concubine Liang's personal maid.
The palace maid was stunned for a moment, and her first reaction was to kneel down and cry out for justice.
It was true that she was the one who gave the medicine, but she only got enough for one meal from Imperial Physician Li. There was no medicine left in the room, so it was impossible for there to be any.
And that mute medicine, let alone using it, she has never even seen it.
Concubine Liang was also very puzzled about this matter.
The girl next to her was brought from outside the palace when she entered the palace. She has done countless things for her over the years and it is impossible for her to make such a low-level mistake.
She was about to plead for her maid, but Imperial Physician Cao saw the emperor's hesitation and interrupted her.
He said that the medicine had a very strong fishy-sweet smell and suggested that several imperial doctors take turns smelling the woman's hand. If there was no smell at all, then it wasn't her.
When she said this, the palace maid's heart, which had been in her throat, relaxed a little.
Fortunately, after administering the drug, she washed her hands with rose petals and then did other work, so the smell shouldn't be there anymore.
The emperor looked majestically at the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground with her head lowered, and asked her to raise her hands high.
Several highly prestigious people in the Imperial Hospital looked at each other, took turns leaning over and sniffing, and finally came to the conclusion that it might not be her.
Seeing this, Concubine Liang breathed a sigh of relief.
Just when the palace maid was about to clear her suspicion, Xiao Mo came over with Shen Yun.
She bowed to the emperor and Concubine Liang with a faint expression.
The emperor and his concubines were puzzled as to why she had come, and they heard her explain the reason among their whispers.
"I came to Chunhua Palace this afternoon and sat for a while. I have developed a deep connection with Empress Zhaoyi, so I wanted to come and see her when I heard the news of her passing."
When she said this, the palace maid standing on Wu Zhaoyi's side looked at her as if she wanted to eat her alive.
If she was illiterate, she would have written ten thousand petitions and submitted them to the emperor.
Xiao Mo noticed her gaze and raised her eyebrows slightly.
The palace maid took her hint as a provocation and suddenly knelt beside the emperor, crying and pointing at her.
The emperor was annoyed by the hesitant voice. He was about to order her to be pulled away when Xiao Mo walked up to her and gently helped her up.
"How did you become mute? You were still so talkative in the afternoon."
She wiped her tears like an older sister: "Don't cry yet, I will help you and her find the real murderer."
The palace maid only regretted that she did not have the ability to help her master take revenge, even if the enemy was right in front of her.
Xiao Mo didn't want to waste any more time with her, so after successfully pleading with the emperor, she let Shen Yun take her away.
"You are too emotional. Go down and rest for a while."
After saying this, she turned her head to look at the person kneeling on the ground and pleaded with the emperor again.
"Your Majesty, I also believe that she is definitely not the murderer. The Imperial Concubine is a kind person, it is impossible for her to train such a cruel and ruthless person."
These words touched the emperor's heart, because Concubine Shu had accidentally miscarried when Qi Minxiu was six years old.
The Queen said exactly the same thing when she pleaded for Liu Zhaorong in front of him.
He thought so at the time, but the final evidence pointed to Liu Zhaorong.
The emperor's already ugly expression darkened: "I only believe in evidence, not in people's behavior."
As soon as he finished speaking, Concubine Liang came forward to remind him.
"Your Majesty forgot. The imperial doctors just checked her hand and there was no smell of hallucinogens. She was framed."
The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at her: "Anyway, the things were found in her room. It's a bit too decisive to judge whether she is the murderer just by the smell.
Do you have any other way to check whether she has touched the poison?"
He frowned and looked at the group of imperial doctors, asking in a commanding tone.
The imperial doctors looked at each other, but no one could come up with any useful solution.
Xiao Mo stood quietly aside, and suddenly walked into the hall and told the emperor that she had a solution.
Concubine Liang stared at her with resentment in her eyes. She hurriedly explained, "I just want to clear this girl's name to avoid being falsely accused."
The emperor asked her to speak faster with some impatience.
Xiao Mo smiled lightly and said that honey water with vinegar added could be used to test who had touched that thing.
Because there is a substance in that medicine that is an invisible residue.
As long as people who have touched this medicine dip their hands into water, the areas contaminated by the medicine will turn black.
The emperor paused after hearing her words and looked at the imperial doctors: "Are you serious? Why didn't you tell me this method before?"
The imperial doctors all looked at Xiao in confusion, and then turned around to plead for themselves.
They have been practicing medicine for so many years and have read all the medical books to pieces, but they still don’t know that honey water with added vinegar can react with hallucinogens!
However, when they thought that Xiao Mo's master was Nie Changyuan, they did not refute.
Instead, I reflected on myself and wondered if I was distracted when studying this chapter and didn't take it seriously, so I didn't know it.
Seeing that they had not responded yet, the emperor knocked on the table with anger in his eyes.
The leading imperial physician Cao immediately took the lead and said that this was indeed the case, but he had not thought of it just now.
With his start, other imperial doctors echoed his words one after another, saying almost the same thing as him.
In order to increase the emperor's anger after the truth is revealed, and Concubine Liang's attempt to plead for mercy.
As Xiao Mo watched the palace maid bring the prepared honey water, she kept saying that she didn't believe the imperial concubine's people would do such a thing.