Divine Doctor's Daughter: The Imperial Concubine

Chapter 8 The Counterattack Begins

"Father, who found out that my sister was poisoned?" Chu Ruoying asked calmly, standing where she was.

"Miss Hui, it's us!" The first two guards stepped forward and said proactively.

"You?" Chu Ruoying smiled faintly, "Is there anyone else besides you?"

A guard thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "There is also Yue'er, the servant girl next to the second young lady. When the subordinate was about to report to the madam, she walked in."

"Oh?" Chu Ruoying looked away, looked at Yue'er beside her, and asked lightly, "What is Yue'er doing in the ancestral hall in the middle of the night?"

"Back to the eldest lady, the second lady has entered the ancestral hall, the slaves are worried, so they went to have a look." Yue'er looked down at the ground and replied clearly.

"She's a loyal girl." Chu Ruoying slowly walked a few steps towards her, raised her hand to caress the slight wrinkles on the skirt, and said, "Then you saw me?"

"The servant saw it." Yue'er lowered her head and said with a trembling voice.

"Then tell me what kind of clothes I was wearing at that time." Chu Ruoying stood still and asked without haste.

Yue'er took a deep breath, calmed down her emotions, and said, "Missy is wearing a plain dress with big plum blossoms embroidered on the skirt, two jade hairpins in her hair, and ear straps around her ears. with a floral tassel."

Following Yue'er's words, the smile on Chu Ruoying's face became stronger and stronger, but Madam Ye's complexion became more and more ugly, only to hear Chu Ruoying's faint voice, "Yue'er not only has a good memory, but also has good eyesight." It’s not bad, you can see it so carefully in the middle of the night.”

As soon as the words fell, Yue'er's face turned pale, her body trembled unconsciously, and she didn't speak for a while.

"Yue'er, you are such a loyal girl, you must know your sister's living habits very well?" Chu Ruoying smiled lightly, pretending that she didn't see Yue'er's wrong face, and continued to ask.

"Yes, servant girl remembers." Yue'er didn't dare to say any more, but simply replied.

"Since that's the case, what does Yue'er think her sister took to be poisoned?" Chu Ruoying still doesn't know what kind of poison Chu Xiner was poisoned with, but she can only be sure that there is nothing serious about Chu Xiner.

"Ying'er, the government doctor said that Xin'er fell into a coma after taking too much Glauber's salt." Mrs. Ye saw that Yue'er's face was getting paler, so she couldn't help answering.

"In this case, father, can you go to the ancestral hall with Yinger?" Chu Ruoying nodded lightly when she heard the words, she always felt that the thenardite must not have been put in the pastry.

Chu Lie nodded with a gloomy expression, and then walked towards the ancestral hall in big strides. Chu Ruoying smiled faintly and followed behind.

In the ancestral hall, Chu Ruoying looked around carefully and asked, "Has anyone moved anything here?"

"No." The guard immediately stepped forward and said, "This subordinate ordered people to guard this place, and no one is allowed to touch the things here, so as not to report the case, there is no evidence."

Only then did Chu Ruoying nod her head, and began to look around carefully. It was no different from other ancestral halls, with rankings on the top and candles burning below.

Chu Ruoying's eyes fell on the table in front of her. There was a teacup on it, and there was still tea left in it. Chu Ruoying picked up the teacup, brought it to the tip of her nose and smelled it gently, and then pulled it out of her hair. A silver hairpin, put the silver hairpin in the water for a try, but in an instant, the front end of the silver hairpin turned black.

Chu Ruoying turned around holding the teacup and handed it to the doctor behind her, and said softly, "Please ask the doctor to see if there is any poison in this tea."

After hearing the words, the government doctor took it over, examined it carefully for a while, and said, "General, there is Glauber's salt in this tea!"

Chu Lie's face sank, and he took out the snacks in the box, "Look at this again."

The government doctor took it, put down the pastry after a while and said: "This pastry is indeed not poisonous."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the ancestral hall, everyone thought it was Chu Ruoying's poison, but they didn't expect that the pastry was indeed not poisonous in the end.

"Father, do you trust Ying'er now?" Chu Ruoying turned to look at Chu Lie, and said calmly.

Chu Lie's expression froze, and he was about to say something, but Yue'er behind the crowd suddenly said: "This ancestral hall is only entered by the young lady, so maybe the poison was not given by the young lady, maybe it was just to confuse the public!"

A coldness flashed through Chu Ruoying's eyes very quickly, and it was endless, Yue'er saw Chu Ruoying looking at her coldly, her body shook involuntarily, and she pretended to stand calmly. there.

"Ying'er, what do you say?" Chu Lie asked Chu Ruoying again after hearing the words.

"Does father believe a person who is full of flaws in his words?" Chu Ruoying looked at Chu Lie seriously, and asked with a serious expression.

"Yue'er is just a little girl, so it's inevitable that there are some mistakes in what she said." Madam Ye took a step forward at this time, and what she said seemed fair, but in fact it only led to the suspicion of poisoning to Chu Ruoying.

"Tell the truth, did you inflict this poison?" Chu Lie's expression darkened, as if agreeing with Mrs. Ye's words, he looked at Chu Ruoying angrily and asked.

Chu Ruoying gave a wry smile, and knelt straight down, "Ying'er has never done it, if father doubts Ying'er, Ying'er has nothing to say!"

"Okay, okay!" Chu Lie looked at Chu Ruoying's stubborn face, seeing her silent and no longer defending, he thought she was admitting it, pointed at her angrily, and said in a deep voice, "Why is such a gentle woman like your mother?" There will be such a cruel daughter as you!"

Chu Ruoying knelt on the spot, silent, and Madam Ye at the side saw this, a triumphant smile flashed in her eyes, and she stepped forward slowly, "Master, Yinger may not have done it."

It's okay if I don't explain it, but if I explain it like this, it means that she is the most likely to do this. Chu Ruoying smiled mockingly and didn't speak.

"You don't need to defend her!" Chu Lie looked at Chu Ruoying and said angrily.

"Father said I did it, but what evidence do you have?" Chu Ruoying suddenly raised her head and asked.

(End of this chapter)