"Miss Fourth Qu, where did the medicine powder come from?" After the palace servants finished speaking, the Queen turned to Qu Moying.
"Your Majesty, the medicine powder was sent by my third sister, and it was her maid who gave it directly to Concubine Li's palace maid." Qu Moying said calmly.
She looked very calm. At that time, Yudong brought Qingju with him and let the palace maids around Concubine Li see the medicinal powder that Qingju took. This matter had nothing to do with her.
"Miss Qu San, where did you get the medicine powder? Why did you bring it into the palace?"
Finally, the question came to her. Qu Qiuyan stood up with a pale face, and also saluted to the Queen Mother, then bowed her head: "This medicine powder is for me to use. I was injured before, and Grandmother prepared some good medicine for me. Because my injuries have not yet fully healed, I brought it with me. I heard someone screaming before, and thought that applying some medicine first would be better, so I asked the maid to bring it over."
She couldn't hide this matter. The medicine powder was hers, so even if she wanted to push the blame onto Qu Moying, she couldn't. She could only be vague about it. Fortunately, she had made preparations beforehand.
I was using the medicine prescribed by my grandmother, and whenever something went wrong, she couldn't be blamed.
"Miss Qu San is also injured?" The Queen looked Qu Qiuyan up and down and asked in a cold voice.
"Yes... I got burned accidentally before." Qu Qiuyan bit her lip and said timidly.
"Is the medicine powder for burns still there?" the Queen continued to ask.
Qu Qiuyan turned to Qingju, who quickly knelt down in front of the Queen, stammering, "The medicine... the powder... has been used up... it's all gone..."
In that situation, no matter who it is, they would use up the medicine. They just want to stop Concubine Li's bleeding as soon as possible. No one would care about how much medicine to use.
"What did the imperial physician say?" The Queen Mother turned to the imperial physician and asked.
The imperial physician hesitated for a moment before he said doubtfully, "There is one medicine in these powders that is inappropriate. If that medicine is used for burns, the other medicines are not very effective. Ordinary doctors will not prescribe this medicine in the powder, but if they do, it will be fine."
"Can't the medicine for burns be used on scratches?" The Queen frowned and continued to ask.
"It's not that it can't be used. Other medicines are fine. But this one medicine, if used on a scratch that bleeds, will not only fail to heal the wound, but will also cause the wound to rot, making it more difficult to heal. I saw Lady Li's wound just now, and it was already very big. In this case..."
The imperial physician shook his head when he said this. It was obvious that there was no hope for Concubine Li.
Anyone can guess what will happen to a disfigured woman in the harem! All we can say is that Lady Li is really finished.
The cause and result of the incident have been clearly seen. The subsequent investigation is not the business of the two young ladies from the Qu Mansion. The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment and then showed mercy and allowed the two young ladies from the Qu Mansion to go back first. As for the next matter, it will naturally be completed in the harem.
Although Concubine Li's position was not high, she was still the emperor's woman. The empress had already sent someone to report to the emperor. Since the emperor had not come yet, she would go to the imperial study first and make sure to explain the matter clearly to the emperor, especially the matter about Concubine He's cat.
That cat belonged to Concubine He. Who could say that Concubine He didn't have a hand in it
Speaking of the harem, the Queen is the most
Who do I hate? There is really no one else except Concubine He!
In the past, she was only vying for favor, but now she is actually trying to compete with her son for the throne. If possible, the Queen Mother would be willing to trample Concubine He and her son into the mud, so that they will never be reborn!
The Queen Mother left with her people first. Concubine Qu kept Qu Moying to question her for a while. After asking her several times, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He reached out and patted Qu Moying's hand, comforting her, "It's obvious that Lady Li had bad intentions in this matter. She wanted to harm you, but she didn't expect to harm herself. This is all her own fault. But when did you offend her?"
"I don't know." Qu Moying shook her head. She really didn't know.
Concubine Qu still couldn't relax her brows. This matter concerned the beauties in the palace, and it was not over yet.
"You guys go out of the palace first. Don't be afraid. Since the Queen has asked you to go back, there must be nothing wrong." Concubine Qu comforted them.
After something like this happened, no one wanted to stay any longer.
The two men stood up and said goodbye to the Queen Dowager, then got on the sedan chair one after the other and walked out of the palace gate.
After leaving the palace and getting on the Qu Mansion's carriage at the gate, the two still didn't say a word.
After entering the Qu Mansion, the two of them went to the old lady's house together. Since something like this had happened, they had to explain everything to the old lady.
After hearing what they said, the old lady swayed and almost fell. Qu Moying had noticed her situation and reached out to support her: "Grandmother, since the queen asked us to leave the palace, it means that this matter will not cause any problems for us in the future."
She said to the lady in a gentle voice to comfort her.
The lady took several deep breaths before she gradually recovered. She just went to see Concubine Qu, but who could have thought that she would get into such a thing.
"Grandmother, I'm fine. It was Concubine Li who wanted to harm me. Even if the Queen asked me, I would still say so. But the medicine powder of my third sister is very strange. She said that it was specially prepared by Grandmother, so I brought it with me. However, one of the medicines in it is not very useful for burns, but it is harmful for scratches that bleed."
Qu Moying said.
"What does fourth sister mean?" Qu Qiuyan suddenly raised her pale face and glared at Qu Moying resentfully. She was still uneasy. Although she had prepared these explanations long ago and there should be nothing wrong, she always felt uneasy, especially since Qu Moying, who should have been in trouble today, did not have any problem.
"Third sister, don't you understand what I mean?" Qu Moying smiled faintly, "I just want to ask grandma why that medicine was added in, since it is not very effective for burns."
This is not the imperial palace, so she naturally won't give in to Qu Qiuyan anymore. Since Qu Qiuyan is involved in this matter, she won't let her get away with it unscathed.
The reason why he didn't tell anyone in the palace before was because Qu Qiuyan was the daughter of the Qu family. If he made a move, the whole body would be affected and he would not be in any good situation.
But now it is the Qu Mansion, and in front of Madam Qu, she will no longer cover for Qu Qiuyan.
"What kind of medicinal powder?" The lady didn't understand for a moment and looked at the two of them.
Qu Qiuyan hurriedly spoke up aggrievedly, "Grandma, it was you who prepared the medicine powder for me yesterday. I saw that Lady Li was injured and the imperial physician didn't come, so I took out the medicine powder and gave it to Lady Li. I didn't expect that my kindness would not go well. The imperial physician said that my medicine powder for burns was not suitable for Lady Li to see blood.
wounds. ”
Just now, Qu Moying only told what happened and did not mention the matter of the medicine powder.
"Just not suitable?" Qu Moying sneered. At this time, Qu Qiuyan was still quibbling and putting all the blame on her grandmother. If something really happened to him and she didn't expose her, and her grandmother happened to be at a loss, she might be deceived by Qu Qiuyan, and she would definitely feel more guilty and sad.
"Grandma, can you let me see your recipe from yesterday?"
The mansion took some medicinal materials out and got some more from the store, and then had them all ground into powder. The clerk in the pharmacy was also very careful and wrote a list on purpose, indicating which ones were prepared by the Qu family and which ones were prepared by the store, in order to prevent any mistakes.
After all, medicine is something that is good if used well, but bad if used poorly. Not only a bad thing, it may even be a serious matter that costs someone's life. No one can take this responsibility, so naturally there will be a list of orders.
This receipt is not only kept by the Qu family, but the pharmacy itself also keeps a copy.
The prescription that Qu Moying mentioned is this clear note.
When Aunt Wu heard this, she said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, it's still there. I'll go look for it now!"
My nanny always keeps things like prescriptions like this separately, as they might be useful in the future. This happened just yesterday, and my nanny knew exactly where they were kept. She went into the inner room and searched around for a while before finding them.
The list was delivered to the lady, who took a look at it and passed it to Qu Moying.
Qu Qiuyan really wanted to go up and snatch the list. This was something she had not considered carefully and she had never expected.
In fact, the most unexpected thing was that Qu Moying would be fine, and even have the energy to investigate things in the mansion.
If at this moment, Qu Moying had been disfigured, and it happened in the palace, who would still care about Yao Mo's matter? Even if Yao Mo did ruin things, it was because of his "good intentions". The medicine was prepared by his grandmother and could not be traced to him.
But at this moment, Qu Moying was not only fine, but also found her loophole. At this moment, Qu Qiuyan felt cold all over. She clenched her teeth tightly. No matter what, she would not admit it!
"Grandma, the medicine the imperial physician mentioned is not on this list!" Qu Moying glanced at the list, then pointed at it with certainty, "But the medicine powder given by Third Sister contained this medicine, which caused Lady Li's face to be completely ruined. In fact, it was me who should have been scratched by the cat. If Yudong hadn't saved me, I'm afraid I would be the one who is living a life worse than death right now!"
Qu Moying said coldly, with a murderous look in his eyes.
"Not only did the cat scratch my face, but to make matters worse, I used the increased dosage of medicine powder given by my third sister. It's impossible for me to get better from now on."
He spoke these words almost word by word, his eyes fixed on Qu Qiuyan.
Qu Qiuyan almost jumped up: "What nonsense are you talking about? What does this have to do with me? I just mean well. Who would have thought it would turn out like this? As for what the imperial physician said, who knows if he is trying to shirk responsibility."
After she finished speaking, she looked at the lady and started crying, "Grandma, I really didn't know. I just took the medicine powder you gave me because I was afraid that I would stay in the palace for a long time. If it didn't work, I could apply some medicine. Later, when I saw that Concubine Li was in trouble, I just wanted to help. Who knew that my kindness would not be rewarded, and I was... even wronged."