The three imperial doctors knelt there, and there were also four court ladies and servants who were guarding Ling Zi'an.
There was also a corpse on the ground, which belonged to the mother-in-law who took care of the prince. Seeing that the prince had an accident, she hit the wall and committed suicide.
In Fang Palace, Wen Heng kept banging on the door: "Let me out, how is my child? How is it?"
Trembling, Ling Chen stepped forward, and he picked up the villain. He lay softly on his body, which was still warm.
"Who did it!" Ling Chen asked tremblingly.
Qingyun covered his mouth and walked forward silently. Ling Zian's symptoms showed that he had been poisoned.
King Rui, Huo Jingyun, and Bai Shaoting rushed over one after another.
Hui Xiang, the maid who was guarding the prince, cried and said: "Passing by here today, the little prince heard the sound of birds chirping in the Fang Palace, so he ran over. A few days ago, the little prince also liked to play here, and the slaves did not stop the little prince. Today, the little prince seems to have picked a jujube from the ground and ate it..."
The guards at the gate of Fang Palace knelt down on the ground. When they saw the little prince coming, they thought it was a child and didn't stop him at all. He saw the little prince eating a jujube, but he didn't expect that a lively child would suddenly disappear. Already...
"Doctor!" Ling Chen called out.
The imperial doctor knocked his head on the ground: "Your Majesty, when I came over from the humble position, the little prince was already, already..."
Qing Yun came over and knelt down beside Ling Chen, she opened the little prince's eyes and took a look at him, feeling his pulse.
The little prince has lost his breath.
Qing Yun collapsed on the ground and began to cry: "Your Majesty, the little prince has really..."
Ling Chen's body trembled violently, almost fell down, Qing Yun supported him. Qingyun's brain just now seemed to be exploded, who would be so cruel and kill the prince.
In Ling Chen's palace, there are not many concubines, who would kill the little prince
Qingyun picked up the little prince's hand and looked at it. In the child's hand, he was still holding half a green and red jujube.
She motioned to Ling Chen, Ling Chen picked up the date, looked at it, his face was pale, he gritted his teeth and said slowly: "King Rui, Bai Shaoting, investigate thoroughly, investigate thoroughly!" Ling Chen's eyes turned red.
Wen Heng's voice was already hoarse.
Ling Chen put down the little prince's body and said to Gu Fan, "Let her come out to take a look, and let you do an autopsy."
Ling Chen turned his face away.
Someone opened the door of Fang Palace, and Wen Heng stumbled out. Qingyun saw that she was dressed in gray clothes, her hair was disheveled, her complexion was waxy, and her eyes were already swollen.
She picked up Ling Zian who was on the ground, "An'er, are you really dead? How is it possible? Why?"
This son was carried outside when he was born, and she never saw him again. A few days ago, he followed everyone to pick dates in the forest behind, and she saw him through the crack of the door.
Now, he is dead, he is really dead like that.
"Your Majesty, who on earth is so cruel and wants to kill this poor child!" Wen Heng knelt beside Ling Chen's legs.
"Don't worry, I will definitely find out." Ling Chen didn't turn his head.
Qingyun just dipped a little of the blood from the corner of Ling Zian's mouth and smelled it. This kind of poison is the most common arsenic.
Who would dare to poison the prince so blatantly? It seems that this palace is about to usher in another bloodbath.
All the servants and court ladies who came into contact with the little prince were taken away.
Wu Zuo tested the jujubes left in the hands of the little prince, and there was indeed arsenic in the jujubes.
King Rui and Bai Shaoting interrogated him overnight for two days.
Huixiang said that she saw the little prince picking up dates from the ground and eating them. She realized that she wanted to grab them, but the prince had already swallowed a mouthful. The guard said that he only saw the prince eating dates with his hand, but didn't see if he picked them up.
Hui Xiang said that the little prince ran over when he heard the singing of birds in Fang Palace. Wen Heng admitted that there was really a bird in her yard, which she caught. The bird fell into the yard and was caught by her.
The question now is, did someone give the little prince a poisonous date, or did someone throw a poisonous date on the ground for the little prince to pick up
Someone gave it to him, it must be those court ladies or servants who have been in contact with the little prince. If they picked it up, it is possible that the guards are also possible. The guards can still give it to him while everyone is not paying attention.
If someone put it there on purpose, there must be more than one date. Bai Shaoting sent people to search in front of Fang Palace, and sure enough, they found three more dates, but two of these three dates contained arsenic, and one contained fumigant. People are paralyzed and comatose, but not fatal.
Why do some dates contain fumigants, while others contain arsenic
Bai Shaoting deduced that there were two groups of people who poisoned.
Another round of interrogation.
Later, a girl named Shuangfeng said that she saw someone walking past the gate of Fang Palace half an hour ago. She only saw the back, looking at the clothes, not the maid.
During the time when the little prince had an accident, the other concubines enjoyed chrysanthemums and gardens with the emperor. There is only one person, and no one knows where she went, that is Qingyun.
King Rui called Qingyun and Xiaojing to ask questions together.
When Qingyun entered the door, he saw Bai Shaoting frowning and staring at her thoughtfully.
King Rui asked: "Princess Qingyun, this king has a routine, everyone has to ask. When the little prince had an accident, where were you? What are you doing?"
Qingyun said: "I have been sleeping in my room in the morning and had lunch. Just as I went out, I met the Emperor and the others admiring the flowers."
"Does anyone know?" Bai Shaoting asked.
"Only Xiaojing knows, I think the others are messed up, so I let them go back to their rooms." Qingyun replied.
Bai Shaoting said: "Xiao Jing is your personal girl, her testimony can only be used as a reference, not as evidence."
Qingyun recalled that Concubine Qing went to Shufang Palace to look for her, but she was sleeping and did not see Concubine Qing, and asked Xiaojing to tell her that he had gone out.
Qing Yun told King Rui and Bai Shaoting about this.
Qingyun felt a little uneasy, as if this was a cover for her. But she thought again, she had experienced so much, she would not panic about all this, and the soldiers came to cover her up.
After Qingyun answered their questions, when he left the room, King Rui asked Shuangfeng who was standing behind: "You don't look like her in the back image?"
Shuangfeng said: "It's really similar, it is."
King Rui and Bai Shaoting looked at each other.
Another day later, during the third round of interrogation, Qingyun was called over again.
For this questioning session, the person sitting at the main table is Ling Chen. Qingyun saw his deep eyes, his complexion was stern, and the blue stubble could be seen faintly on his face.
Bai Shaoting went straight to the point: "Princess, half an hour before someone found out that the little prince was murdered, you went to the gate of Fang Palace. May I ask, what did the princess do in Fang Palace?"
Qingyun suddenly understood that someone was really digging a hole for her.
Qing Yun said: "As I said, I didn't go anywhere that day, and I was sleeping in the morning. I was afraid that someone would disturb me, so I told Xiao Jing that if anyone came to find me, tell me that I went out."
King Rui said: "Why did the princess sleep all morning? Is she sick?"
Qingyun said: "No, I just feel bored, don't want to do anything, just feel bad."
King Rui said: "Who else can prove that the princess has really been sleeping all the time? Now the imperial concubine Qing really said that she went to look for you, and your girl said you were not here."
Qingyun said: "I don't know who can prove it. I basically have no contact with the little prince, and I don't know that he will go to Fang Palace to play."
Ling Chen said: "You also like to make incense and poison? Do you know medicine? I thought you were just doing it for fun."
Qing Yun looked at Ling Chen: "Your Majesty, you should know whether I will harm the little prince."