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

Chapter 744 Where did the poison come from (4)
After a moment of silence, she had no choice but to ask Xiao Jieyu: "After I handed over the purse to Qi'er, did it go through someone else's hands?"

Xiao Jieyu was thinking about this matter carefully at this moment, and gradually calmed down, thinking that no matter how confident Concubine Chen is, but now that the emperor is not around and no one is backing her up, she would not dare to do such a blatant harm.If she couldn't prove her innocence, what good would it do for her if the queen mother sent her away in a fit of anger?
Thinking of this, he calmed down and said: "No, the empress handed the purse to Qi'er, and he held it in his hand. Before the concubine carried him to the shade of the tree, he was bitten by the poisonous centipede." , the concubine didn't know what to do, so she had to bring the child to beg the Queen Mother."

Qingchen became more and more anxious. If this continues, the Queen Mother will definitely give Xiao Jieyu an explanation. If the Queen Mother wants to send her off, her body may not be able to bear it.At the moment, no matter what, Qi'er must be kept first. As long as Qi'er is alive, he can always win more trust for himself.

At this time, Baozhu brought Gu Yunfeng in. Gu Yunfeng had already understood the matter on the way, and now he came in and saluted in a calm manner: "I will see the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is a thousand-year-old Jin'an, and I will see the Concubine Chen and all the young ladies. host."

The queen mother still trusts Gu Yunfeng's medical skills. Although he and Qingchen are old acquaintances, he is also someone trusted by the emperor. The queen mother has been taking the detoxification decoction given by Gu Yunfeng. Recently, she really feels that her body is much better than before, so The tone of speaking to Gu Yunfeng is not as cold and angry as it is to Qingchen.

"There is no need for Imperial Physician Gu to be too polite. You should go and see how the First Prince is doing. Imperial Physician Cao and Imperial Physician Lou are helpless now. It seems that the poison of the poisonous centipede is hard to cure."

Baozhu brought the mahogany tray and let Gu Yunfeng take a look at the poisonous centipede. Gu Yunfeng said softly, "Don't worry about the queen mother. My minister's ancestor is very good at detoxifying. I’m somewhat sure, I’ll go in and have a look first, and I’ll talk to the Queen Mother later.”

Xiao Jieyu was the first to heave a sigh of relief when she heard this, and she couldn't help clasping her hands together and said with tears in her eyes, "Thank God, finally someone can save Qi'er."

The look on the Empress Dowager's face also relaxed a lot, she nodded and said: "Doctor Gu doesn't need to be modest, since you say so, you must be sure, then go and see the eldest prince first, and we can talk later if you have anything to say."

Gu Yunfeng respectfully said: "Yes, I obey."

Xiao Jieyu also blessed herself at this time and said: "The Queen Mother, the concubines also go in to have a look."

"You go." The Queen Mother ordered: "Since Imperial Physician Gu has a solution, you should stop crying, what a shame."

Xiao Jieyu was reprimanded by the queen mother, although she felt wronged, she had no choice but to respond, "Yes, my concubine knows."

Qin Wanrong was not reconciled to letting Qing Chen go like this. Seeing that the matter was resolved, if the eldest prince was safe, the Empress Dowager would definitely punish him lightly. She couldn't help but sneered and said, "It's really a coincidence that the poisonous centipede came from Concubine Chen's purse. It was your old acquaintance, Imperial Physician Gu, who crawled out of the house, and it was your old acquaintance, Imperial Physician Gu, who detoxified. I don’t know whether it is because of Imperial Physician Gu’s excellent medical skills, or something else is hidden. Are other imperial physicians just for nothing? Don’t harm others. It’s all about you.”

The queen mother also said sharply: "Concubine Chen, you heard what Xiao Jieyu said just now. The purse was in Qi'er's hands, and it never passed through anyone else's hands. How do you explain this? Is it possible that you still have to talk to me now? Aijia cried out for injustice, saying that someone framed you and wanted to use your hand to get rid of the eldest prince?"

Looking at the exquisite purse on the table, Qingchen could faintly smell the faint scent of licorice, and Qingchen felt helpless, no matter how calming the heart and mind were, it would be of no avail at this moment.It's not that he's not in a hurry, it's indisputable, and there are people on the sidelines who are soliciting right and wrong. This situation is really not good for him.

Qingchen bowed his head and said: "Queen Mother, the concubine really didn't intend to harm the eldest prince. No matter how stupid the concubine is, she wouldn't hand over the purse containing the poisonous centipede to Qi'er with her own hands. Mishap, the concubine is the biggest suspect, failing to prove her innocence is a capital crime, what is the concubine trying to do? Also, maybe the queen mother doesn't remember, Xiao Jieyu had a difficult labor when she gave birth to the eldest prince, it was the doctor Gu Saved the lives of their mother and child, if the concubine really had such bad intentions, she could have prevented Gu Yunfeng from going to save people at that time, why wait until today to do it herself?"

The queen mother opened her mouth slightly but said nothing. From the very beginning, what Qingchen said was reasonable. Even though Qi'er was bitten by the poisonous centipede after taking her purse, it always made people feel that something was wrong.

Yun Lan has been thinking hard about the whole process of what happened, and seeing that the purse was stained, it must be that Xiao Jieyu threw the purse out in panic at that time.

There is no problem with the purse in their own hands, it must be in the hands of others, Yun Lan suddenly said excitedly: "Madam, this purse did pass through someone else's hands before you handed it over to Xiao Jieyu. In the imperial garden, I met two embroiderers who brought clothes to the queen, one of them begged the empress to take a look at the purse, didn’t the empress untie it and hand it to her, it must have been at that time that the purse was tampered with.”

Seeing that Yunlan was emotionally agitated, she didn't seem to be lying, so the Queen Mother turned to look at Qingchen, and seeing her suddenly realized, she said: "Yes, this purse must have been tampered with at that time, so it can be said pass."

Qingchen picked up the purse, smelled the scent of licorice, hurriedly untied the drawstring and said: "When He Shuyi gave this purse to Bengong, it contained licorice, acacia and heart-nourishing grass, because Bengong doesn't like licorice. The taste, so I took it out, Yun Lan, look, there is licorice in this purse, that is to say, either the licorice was put in by someone later, or the purse was exchanged."

Although Yun Lan tried her best to hide her excitement, she still nodded and said: "What the empress said is true, it must be the trouble of those two embroidered ladies."

"If it's the trouble of those two embroidered ladies..." If a bright light flashed across her mind, Qingchen suddenly understood, and after a short period of hesitation, she got up and knelt down with tears in her eyes: "Queen Mother, it's not that someone wants to borrow the hand of my concubine." They framed Qi'er, but the person they wanted to kill was the concubine. It was just a coincidence that the concubine met Xiao Jieyu and the eldest prince, and Qi'er had to take the purse from the concubine, so she hurt her by mistake. Innocent Qi'er. This is the only way to make sense of this matter. The concubine begged the queen mother to interrogate the two embroidered mothers, and the concubine would always find a way to make her tell the truth."

(End of this chapter)