The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 723 Who Poisoned (5)
When Little Mencius saw the emperor's question, he hurriedly replied: "On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, around [-] o'clock in the evening, a little eunuch came to the Miscellaneous Bureau and said that Doctor Gu wanted to see the slave, so he asked the slave to wait near Taiye Lake. The slave didn't know what was going on but read Thanks to Imperial Physician Gu's kindness, I went to wait at the place he said, and then waited until Imperial Physician Gu said that to the slave, and then gave the slave this packet of poison."

Speaking of this, Little Mencius said suddenly as if he suddenly remembered something: "I have evidence. At that time, Imperial Physician Gu's lantern was extinguished, so I gave him my own lantern. Presumably this lantern is still in Imperial Physician Gu's house now. It’s in a place where people can find out if they search for it.”

Qingchen turned to look at Gu Yunfeng and asked, "Did you be on duty on the night of the Dragon Boat Festival? Did you go out around Xu time?"

Gu Yunfeng's complexion changed slightly, and he thought about it carefully and said: "Because the empress is weak, I am afraid that I will not be able to find anyone who will be needed for a while, so the emperor ordered my minister to stay on duty at the imperial hospital at night. Someone in the harem came to pass a message, saying that the Queen Mother was feeling unwell, and it was important to ask Wei Chen to check her pulse, so Wei Chen hurried over. That night, the Queen Mother was getting tired of eating the two honey dumplings made by Qin Wanrong. It's hard, but it doesn't matter. When Weichen came back, the candle in the lantern suddenly went out on the way. When he walked near Taiye Lake, he ran into Little Mencius, but Weichen didn't say anything about revenge to him. , and didn’t give him any poison, just came across it by chance, so he gave the lantern in his hand to Wei Chen, because Wei Chen has been very busy recently, so he forgot to return it.”

At this moment, Qingchen realized that everything was already ready to break her arm, and they were only waiting for Xiaoyinzi's move, so they chose to ask for someone from Xiaoyinzi when he was at his busiest. It must be by Xiao Yinzi's side.And Qingchen believed that even if Xiaoyinzi hadn't sent little Mencius to Concubine Li's palace, they must have other ways to make Xiaoyinzi send little Mencius there.

Concubine Li sneered and said: "It's strange that Imperial Physician Gu is so kind, so it turns out that he has other plans, but I don't know what benefits she will give you for helping Concubine Chen murder me like this?"

Qingchen looked at Concubine Li with a calm and calm expression, "I haven't found out the matter yet, I don't want to have unnecessary quarrels with Concubine Li, so I ask Sister Li Concubine to speak carefully, so as not to misunderstand that I will have to give you to Concubine Li later." Palace apologizes."

Xiao Jun also comforted her in a gentle voice: "I know that Concubine Li must be furious at the moment, but I still hope that you can calm down, the matter is still under investigation, and I will not cover anyone up to make you feel wronged."

Even though Concubine Li was not convinced, but the emperor said so, she didn't dare to continue making trouble, so she could only say: "Yes, the concubine obeys, and the concubine wants to see what sister Concubine Chen has to say?"

Qingchen thought over what Little Mencius said just now, and then asked again: "Little Mencius, who told you to go to Taiye Lake to wait for Imperial Physician Gu, and let him come out to testify! You and Imperial Physician Gu each have their own opinions on everything. You said that Doctor Gu gave you poison, where is the evidence?"

Little Mencius said anxiously: "Mother, isn't that lantern considered evidence? If it wasn't for the doctor Gu who sent someone to find the servant, the servant's face was injured and he didn't hide in the house. The servant ran to the Taiye Lake at night What are you doing? If you say that you met by chance, who will believe it? There is also the person who came to pass the news to the slave. The slave looks very unfamiliar, and has never seen him. At that time, he was sneaky and avoided people, so he felt puzzled. , Who knew something had happened, and if he was asked to come out as a witness, the servant didn't know where to find him, he was still covering his face at that time, and the servant didn't even see his appearance clearly."

What he said was serious, the more helpless he seemed, the more people became suspicious of Gu Yunfeng, as if Gu Yunfeng deliberately destroyed the evidence, so that Little Mencius couldn't find someone to testify for him, so he couldn't prove whether his words were true , so that Gu Yunfeng can be exonerated.

After pretending to be pitiful with a few words, Little Mencius turned against the guest, which made Qingchen feel a little bad.

But it was these few words of Little Mencius that made her feel blessed suddenly. If there was a flash of lightning, she would think of a crucial question, that is, Little Mencius must be lying. If Gu Yunfeng hadn't asked him to go We met by the lake, so who made Little Mencius wait for Gu Yunfeng here?Who can be sure that Gu Yunfeng will definitely pass by the road beside Taiye Lake at that time?

The only evidence now is the lantern, which proves that Gu Yunfeng and Xiao Mencius have indeed met each other.

Xiao Jun asked in a deep voice: "That is to say, you have no witnesses, and neither of you can prove who is lying and who is telling the truth?"

Before Little Mencius could answer, Qingchen suddenly said to the emperor excitedly: "Lanterns, lanterns are the evidence. Think about it, Your Majesty. If Gu Yunfeng is really a guilty conscience and wants to deny it as Little Mencius said, then Little Mencius has no witnesses. Gu Yunfeng It can be said that he was never seen at all that night, so the lantern became evidence that Doctor Gu lied.

Once Imperial Physician Gu lied, the emperor would suspect why he lied since he had never done it before, and then Imperial Physician Gu would be suspected of trying to cover up.

However, Imperial Physician Gu admitted frankly just now that he did meet Little Mencius that night, because he had no ghosts in his heart, so he dared to admit frankly, and the lantern was useless.If things are really as what Xiao Mencius said, how dare Imperial Physician Gu admit that he met him, and cannot prove his innocence, wouldn't that be causing trouble for himself? "

Xiao Jun nodded slightly, "What you said is very reasonable. You have no ghosts in your heart, so you are not afraid to admit that you have met Little Mencius."

Little Mencius saw that the emperor seemed to be biased towards Qingchen's words, and seeing that the matter was about to be exposed, he hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, what this servant said is true, the poison was really given to this servant by the imperial physician..."

"Shut up, if you want to complain, it's not too late until I finish speaking!" After thinking about the function of the lantern, Qingchen's next thoughts became clearer, and then he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, my concubine wants to Ask Imperial Physician Gu, how long was the candle in the lantern when he went from the Imperial Hospital to Shouan Palace?"

When Gu Yunfeng heard her ask, he thought about it carefully and said: "Going back to your mother, at that time, when I was about to come out, it was not Weichen who lit the lanterns, but the apprentice of Sun Taiyi who helped me light the lanterns. At that time, I seemed to remember what he said. The candles in the lantern have been used up, and I replaced Weichen with a new one. It happened that the doctor Sun was on duty that night, and he can testify for Weichen, what Weichen said is true."

Qingchen asked the emperor, "Does the emperor want to call witnesses?"

Xiao Jun ordered decisively: "Pass!"

(End of this chapter)