To perform this scene flawlessly, it would naturally require the cooperation of Doctor Zhang.
Because the person Empress Dowager Zhou trusted the most was Doctor Zhang, she never expected that Doctor Zhang would collude with Mo Chuan and others to stage a show, so she immediately believed it to be true.
Doctor Zhang said: "I only hope that the murderer who poisoned me can be caught as soon as possible. I have nothing else to ask for."
Mo Chuan nodded.
"Ning'er, do you think Queen Mother..." He looked at Shen Ning, but hesitated to speak.
Although he hadn't finished speaking, Shen Ning had already guessed what he was going to ask, and immediately shook her head and said: "This matter has nothing to do with the Queen Mother, she has no idea at all."
She had seen all the reactions of Queen Mother Zhou in the tent just now. Queen Mother Zhou just glanced at her and asked her a question, while her entire mind was focused on the eldest princess who was on death row.
Seeing this, Mo Chuan naturally felt a little resentful towards Queen Mother Zhou, but Shen Ning was not angry.
She and the Empress Dowager Zhou had no friendship to begin with. According to human nature, the Empress Dowager Zhou should care more about her biological daughter. This is understandable.
After hearing Shen Ning's words, Mo Chuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was that this matter was arranged by Queen Mother Zhou.
"What should we do now?" he asked again.
"wait."
Shen Ning blinked, "The Queen Mother will issue the decree after she returns to the palace. Let's just wait for the news quietly."
*
The news soon spread throughout Kyoto that the Queen was poisoned by a strange poison on her wedding night and her life was in danger.
The Empress Dowager has issued an edict that anyone with an antidote elixir at home can come to the palace to donate the elixir. If they can save the Empress Dowager's life, they will be rewarded heavily!
This news was like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, causing huge waves.
All civil and military officials were in an uproar.
Just the day before, they were still drinking the emperor and queen's wedding wine. No one expected to hear such bad news the next day.
As a result, the ministers began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find the life-saving elixir they had at the bottom of the box, because this was a great opportunity to please the emperor and queen, and gain promotion to a noble position, and no one wanted to miss it.
There was a lot of traffic outside the palace and it was very lively.
Because it was the queen who was injured and it was inconvenient for the ministers to enter the palace, they arranged for their family members to enter the palace to donate medicine and go to Guanju Palace to visit the queen.
It was just that all the family members were blocked outside the dormitory door without exception. Not even the Queen's hair was seen. Only the emperor's cold voice came from the dormitory, asking everyone to wait outside the palace.
The family members brought various elixirs this time, including ointments, powders, pills and soups, all of which were placed in brocade boxes.
This time Xiaosi did not dare to neglect. He opened each brocade box personally and inspected it very carefully. After finding nothing unusual, he sent it to the emperor's bedroom.
"Ning'er, Doctor Zhang, do you think there's anything wrong with the medicines we sent?"
Mo Chuan asked Xiao Si to spread out all these medicine boxes and put them on the table for Shen Ning and Doctor Zhang to take a look at.
He didn't know medical skills and couldn't tell whether these medicines were poisonous or non-poisonous. But this method was thought up by Shen Ning, so she must have some ulterior motives.
"This Poria cocos has been around for hundreds of years. It is indeed a rare and good medicinal material. Although it cannot detoxify, it can also strengthen the body after taking it. Yes, yes, there is also this branch of wild ginseng, which is dark brown in color. It’s also a good medicine, very good, very good.”