The scumbag wiped out my entire family, I was reborn to marry the villain prince

Chapter 13: Singing the Three-Huang

The Queen Mother's condition has just improved, and now she needs to rest.

Why did the Queen come to visit the Queen Mother at this time?
Countless thoughts flashed through Lu Qingyu's mind, but none of them showed on his face.

"I just let this girl stay to take care of me because I think she is likable." The Queen Mother smiled gently, and her words were flawless.

The queen's eyelids twitched.

The old lady is really lying with her eyes open. Half of her foot is in the ground. If no one saves her, can she come back to life?
The Queen walked to the Queen Mother's bed with a smile and knelt down on the cushion.

"Mother, I have just asked His Majesty for instructions. Why don't we ask the imperial physician to take your pulse again? Imperial Physician Zheng is already waiting outside the palace."

Lu Qingyu felt even more puzzled. The Queen was too concerned about the Queen Mother's illness.

The Queen Mother closed her eyes and hummed in her throat.

"Let Doctor Zheng come in." The queen said lightly.

Then her gaze turned to He Junxuan, who was watching indifferently at the side, and a gentle smile appeared on that dignified and noble face.

"You have worked so hard, Eighth Prince. You have been on guard all night since yesterday. You are worthy of being the Queen Mother's most beloved grandson. His Majesty will definitely reward you handsomely."

Lu Qingyu raised her eyebrows slightly. The Queen's words were interesting. It seemed that she was praising He Junxuan, but she was also hinting that He Junxuan did this in order to gain the favor of His Majesty.

He Junxuan smiled faintly, "Mother, you are too kind. I am just doing my duty as a grandson."

During the conversation, Doctor Zheng had already walked into the inner hall.

The old man, who was nearly 70 years old, had white hair and beard, and he walked with a trembling hand. At this moment, he knelt beside the bed and kowtowed to greet the patient.

"I am here to see the Queen Mother."

"Get up," said the Queen Mother.

Lu Qingyu's eyes fell on the face of the old doctor Zheng, and he felt a strange feeling in his heart.

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that there was a hint of death in Doctor Zheng's eyes.

Zheng Bing is the most senior and most skilled doctor in the Imperial Medical Bureau. He should have retired long ago, but His Majesty has not let him go because of his superb medical skills.

But some time ago, His Majesty had issued an order that Zheng Bing could retire and return home after this month. Logically speaking, Zheng Bing should be in a good mood at this time, so how could he have the intention to die?

Lu Qingyu fell into deep thought again.

The inner hall was very quiet. Everyone was watching Zheng Bing taking the Queen Mother's pulse. However, Zheng Bing's expression became more and more serious, and finally he became extremely terrified.

Zheng Bing trembled and withdrew his hand, then knelt on the ground in fear, "I have verified it again and again... Now I have confirmed that the Queen Mother has been poisoned!"

For a moment, the atmosphere in the inner hall dropped to freezing point.

Who is so bold as to poison the Queen Mother? !
The queen slapped the bed with her right hand with a fierce and intimidating force.

"Zheng Bing, yesterday's diagnosis from your Imperial Hospital was that the Empress Dowager had reached the end of her life span. Today, the Empress Dowager has just gotten better, and you are now saying that she was poisoned."

The Queen pointed at Zheng Bing and said, "Your Imperial Hospital's diagnosis is inconsistent. How do you explain it?"

Zheng Bing looked terrified, and touched his forehead to the ground. "Empress, we, your humble servants, dare not deceive you. During the consultation yesterday, it was confirmed that the Empress Dowager had reached the end of her life span, and there was no way to save her."

The Queen said coldly, "But my mother's condition has clearly improved today, why do you say that she was poisoned?"

Lu Qingyu narrowed her eyes slightly. Are the Queen and Zheng Bing performing a double act?
Something is wrong. Nine out of ten things are wrong. Zheng Bingfu knelt on the ground, not daring to stand up. "Replying to the Queen, the Queen Mother's condition has improved because she took... the Nine-Turn Ghost Spirit Fruit, and she must have taken it after the diagnosis by the Imperial Hospital last night."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

The Nine-Turn Ghost Spirit Fruit is a very poisonous medicinal herb that can drain a person's vitality and bring them back to life.

But within seven days, the person who takes the medicine will suffer extremely horrible pain and die, so it has another name: Seven Days of Absoluteness.

Lu Qingyu looked at Zheng Bing in shock. Is this old man crazy? This is completely made up.

She had just taken the empress dowager's pulse, so how could she be in a state of starvation for seven days?
The queen stood up suddenly, her expression gloomy, "Zheng Bing, do you know what you are saying? Deceiving the emperor is a crime punishable by death!"

Zheng Bing knocked his head down again, making a dull thud.

The old man's voice was trembling, but he was very firm, "Every word I said is true, there is no falsehood."

Someone among the concubines at the back spoke, and everyone looked over.

Su Concubine looked calm and said slowly, "Your Majesty, I have a question to ask."

The queen glanced at Supin and said, "Speak."

"After the imperial physicians' consultation last night, the Eighth Prince has been guarding the Queen Mother. However, Imperial Physician Zheng said that the Queen Mother took seven-day fasting medicine during this period. According to what he said, isn't he suspecting that the Eighth Prince poisoned the Queen Mother?

I think Zheng Bing's talk is nonsense, inconsistent, and he even falsely accuses the prince. This shows that he deserves death. I think Zheng Bing should be severely punished and interrogated."

After saying this, Concubine Su also knelt on the ground.

At this point in the play, Lu Qingyu also saw something of the trick.

The Queen, Zheng Bing, and Su Bin wanted to direct suspicion onto He Junxuan, but could such a far-fetched and crude method stand up to scrutiny?
So many princes and princesses visited the Queen Mother this morning. How can we be sure that it was He Junxuan who poisoned her?

Moreover, if the Queen Mother could hold out for seven days, the fallacy of the Nine-transformation Ghost Spirit Fruit would be easily refuted.

So what are they trying to achieve?
Snapped!
A crisp sound rang out in the inner hall, and an exquisite ceramic bowl fell to the ground and broke into countless tiny pieces.

The Queen Mother leaned against the cushion, looked around at everyone present with an expressionless face, and then said coldly, "What are you arguing about? I'm not dead yet."

The queen knelt beside the bed and said respectfully, "Mother, please calm down. I will investigate this matter thoroughly."

The Queen Mother's cold eyes swept across the Queen's face and then fell on Zheng Bing's trembling body.

"You said that I was able to come back to life because I took the Seven Days of Absoluteness?"

Zheng Bing's face turned pale, his tongue was a little knotted, "Yes, yes."

The Queen Mother sneered and stared at Zheng Bing with sharp eyes. "I haven't taken a drop of water or a drop of rice since last night. Doctor Zheng, may I ask how I took the seven-day fast? Or do you think I'm lying?"

Zheng Bing knelt on the ground, his body shaking constantly. Cold sweat oozed out from his temples, wetting the old man's gray beard.

Looking at the pale-faced Zheng Bing, Lu Qingyu suddenly thought of something.

It was not difficult to discover through pulse diagnosis that the Empress Dowager was suffering from chronic poisoning, but the conclusion of the Imperial Hospital last night was that the Empress Dowager's life span was over and there was no way to save her.

Among more than ten imperial doctors, not one of them discovered that the Queen Mother was poisoned!
How can this be?

(End of this chapter)