kvmb Chapter 375 No Longer Trusting Doctor Zhang
Chapter 375 No Longer Trusting Doctor Zhang
Luo Xiaoran remembered very clearly that when Qinghuan brought people to Fukang Palace to arrest her, he mentioned Doctor Zhang.
Interestingly, Qing Huan revealed that it was Doctor Zhang who took the initiative to admit that he had checked the red coral for himself on the day Chen Lingyi gave it to him, and there was nothing wrong with the red coral at that time.
From this incident on, I removed Doctor Zhang from my list of trusted people.
Because his action was really strange and abrupt, but his words could just help Chen Lingyi get out of the Red Coral case.
Moreover, as Doctor Zhang had come into contact with red coral, he also had the conditions to commit the crime, but he was not arrested and put into prison.
Based on this, I have reason to suspect that someone above me is protecting him, and this person is most likely Chen Lingyi.
Kyoto is far away from the northern border, and the imperial physician Zhang, whom Chen Ji said he could trust, has most likely defected.
Then, it is possible that Hong Shanhu was coated with musk from the beginning, and under the cover of Doctor Zhang, she was sent to Kunning Palace without any protection until the incident happened.
The above is all Luo Xiaoran’s nonsense.
The speculation that Imperial Doctor Zhang has taken refuge with Chen Lingyi is not nonsense, ahem!
The musk smell was strong, and Luo Xiaoran had such a sensitive sense of smell that she was sure that the red coral she gave away was absolutely clean and spotless.
On the day of the Qianqiu Festival, Luo Xiaoran personally handed the red coral to the steward of Kunning Palace, who then collected the red coral and other gifts from others to the storeroom of Kunning Palace.
Therefore, the most likely place where Red Coral was tampered with was in Kunning Palace.
Who is most likely to make small moves in Kunning Palace?
Of course it’s the Queen herself!
But Chen Lingyi had always wanted to kill herself, and as the eldest Princess Qingyi, she must have many accomplices in the palace, so it was not impossible for her to do something in Kunning Palace.
The names of Chen Lingyi and the Queen kept coming to her mind. After weighing the pros and cons, Luo Xiaoran decided that Chen Lingyi was the greater suspect.
Huo Qingyun also agreed that Chen Lingyi was closely related to the Hong Shanhu case and the poisoning case.
But there was one thing that Luo Xiaoran couldn't understand. From her several contacts with the queen, she felt that the queen was a person "above everyone else."
Perhaps because of her high birth and current noble status, the Queen disdains to get involved in any trivial matters.
——Because she is already at the top of the food chain.
Apart from a few words of criticism to Concubine Tang, she usually stayed in Fukang Palace, conscientiously playing the role of a "country girl who had just arrived in Kyoto".
If the Queen had any brains, she should know that neither the death of Lin Yuanfang last time nor the incident of Hong Shanhu applying musk this time were her fault.
Then why did she specially send Qinghuan to the Heavenly Prison to make things difficult for herself?
The queen should be proud of her status and disdain to vent her anger on a insignificant person like herself... right?
There was only one possibility, that someone had instigated the Queen to successfully target him.
Then, it makes sense that she would make up the Red Coral Case and throw herself into the Sky Prison.
Luo Xiaoran knew that the people of Daliang believed in ghosts and gods, and they believed in things like swearing and cursing.
So, she had just deliberately cursed the person who applied musk in front of Qing Huan, and sure enough, she saw Qing Huan's expression change -
This was a disguised admission that she knew about the red coral being smeared with refined musk.
After quickly integrating this information in her mind, Luo Xiaoran felt as if ten thousand horses were galloping through her heart.
I’m so angry!
Just because of a little suspicion in his heart, not only was she thrown into the Heavenly Prison, but so many palace servants' lives were also lost.
She is the mother of this country!
No matter how angry she was, Luo Xiaoran knew that now was not the time to lose her temper. She looked at Qinghuan coldly, but the corners of her mouth were stretched open, smiling as she prepared for what was to happen next.
"The questioning is over. Now for the torture."
Wei An still stubbornly stood in front of Luo Xiaoran, but Luo Xiaoran forcefully pushed him aside to make room for him.
"Eunuch Sun, we cannot disobey the Queen's order!"
Luo Xiaoran spoke respectfully to the Queen, but her tone was sarcastic, which made Qinghuan angry.
She snatched the whip from Eunuch Sun's hand, stepped forward quickly, and was about to whip Luo Xiaoran.
"Snapped!"
Unexpectedly, the dark red whip cut through the dim torture room.
After a crisp sound, Luo Xiaoran, who was unharmed, grabbed the oncoming whip tail with her hand.
So, this long whip that created countless bloodstains on the human body strangely lay between her and Qinghuan, drawing a straight line in the air.
"The Queen's decree is for the Heavenly Prison and the Imperial Guards to torture and interrogate. Isn't Miss Qinghuan's actions a violation of the Queen's decree?"
As soon as the words fell, Luo Xiaoran secretly exerted force, and Qinghuan felt a sharp pain in the palm of his hand. The handle of the whip slipped out of his hand and the whole whip fell into Luo Xiaoran's hand.
"Eunuch Sun, you have made it big now. The maids in Kunning Palace are all rushing to help you do errands!"
Luo Xiaoran weighed the whip in her hand and looked at Eunuch Sun with a half-smile. Seeing that he took the whip from her hand very readily this time, she thought to herself:
Come on, one whip and this farce will be over.
Eunuch Sun whipped her, but Luo Xiaoran didn't feel any pain.
Well, Wei An blocked it for her...
I said something wrong just now. Luo Xiaoran still feels a little pain, a headache.
Looking at the shocking whip marks on Wei An's back, Luo Xiaoran's helplessness was quickly replaced by heartache. She patiently said to Wei An:
"Wei An, the Queen wants to torture me. You stand in front of me, but you can't change anything except getting yourself hurt."
Wei An smiled brightly, "But I can share the pain with the princess!"
Luo Xiaoran's eyes moved slightly. This little brat is quite good at being sentimental.
Luo Xiaoran originally thought that when the whip came, she would use her arm to block it. It would be easier to apply medicine and heal the wound if it was on her arm than on other places.
In the end, in order to "feel the pain together" as Wei An said, Luo Xiaoran chose to get whipped on the back as well.
"hiss!"
The pungent and stinging sensation was very strong, not much better than being cut by a knife.
Wei An didn't say a word just now. He is really patient!
"In this case, Miss Qing Huan has completed her mission. You can leave now without any farewell!"
It is impossible to grimace and show pain in front of outsiders.
Luo Xiaoran turned around with a cold expression and started to drive people away like a master.
The prisoner is also the master of the prison!
Qinghuan looked at the red mark on the palm of her right hand, and secretly remembered Luo Xiaoran in her heart. Then, she saw that Eunuch Sun and Huo Shui had no intention of keeping her, so she had to leave the prison in shame.