Li Qitian sullenly looked at the two maidservants dressed as ordinary palace maids. He never imagined that Qin Yining would be hiding beside the queen.
"If you have any evidence, let's talk." Li Qitian's tone was very impatient, and he meant to quickly end the matter.
Bingtang took out two small porcelain boxes from his sleeves and placed them on the ground in front of him. He kowtowed: "Go back to the Holy One, this is the evidence that the slaves took from the knocked bird's nest and the dead pug that day."
Xungui and the female relatives stretched their necks at the same time, and looked at the two porcelain vases placed on the carpet of flowers and wealth. Some female relatives gently picked up the handkerchief to cover their mouths and noses, as if they smelled something strange.
Bingtang said: "The slaves have a little knowledge of medicine. The slaves have used many methods these days, and finally they have verified that the bird's nest is indeed poisonous, and the pug is indeed poisoned to death, but the poison in the bird's nest and the poison in the pug are fundamentally different. It's just two poisons!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned for a moment.
The empress dowager turned pale in shock, she couldn't help clenching her hands, her elbows slammed heavily on the small table beside her hand and made a loud muffled sound without knowing it.
Li Qitian is as close as the queen, where can't you see the strangeness of the queen mother
Several people looked at the queen mother suspiciously, but found that the queen mother's face was tight, her teeth were clenched, and her eyes were gloomy and staring in one direction.
In the direction the Queen Mother looked, there were Li Helan, Concubine Yu and Concubine Yun.
Li Qitian narrowed his eyes.
The queen grabbed the armrest of the chair and looked back at Li Qitian with shock and disbelief in her eyes. The husband and wife looked at each other, and both saw the answer in each other's eyes.
Bingtang continued: "After analyzing the slaves, I learned that the poison in the pug is common arsenic. The poison in the bird's nest is unusual."
"Could it be the red top of the crane, the gall of a peacock or something?" Someone asked curiously.
Bingtang shook his head, "Neither. This poison comes from southern Xinjiang, and it is not widely circulated in the rivers and lakes. It is said that some tribal leaders in southern Xinjiang will feed their meals to the cats and dogs they keep around them to determine which of them are. Is it poisonous? Someone found this poison in order to murder the tribal leader, and the assassination succeeded under the strict guard of the tribal leader."
Bingtang looked up at Li Qitian, then lowered his head and said, "Go back to the Holy One, this poison is only effective for humans, not animals."
"There is such a poison!" Li Qitian was shocked.
He eats every meal, although there is a waiter who tastes poison, but it still makes people feel chills.
"Yes, this poison is called 'Dream Death'. When people are poisoned, their brains and meridians will be paralyzed, and they will die suddenly. It's not like Hedinghong and other poisons will take a while."
Bingtang raised his head again and said, "In other words, dream death only works on people, and once you use it, you can't save it again. Unlike Hedinghong, which has a time of attack, there is a possibility of saving life."
Bingtang's voice fell, and the hall was silent.
The family members of Xungui who dared to talk in order to agree with Li Qitian before, but now they are like quails with only smoldering feathers, and they dare not talk more.
Everyone knows that the poison that this person consumes will cause quick death to appear in the palace, what does it mean.
Li Qitian's face was ashen, but he did not forget to observe the queen mother.
At this time, the queen mother was trembling with anger.
Li Helan looked solemn in the direction under her gaze, but Concubine Yun and Concubine Yu were both panicked and defeated.
Seeing this, even if he didn't know the inside story, Li Qitian had guesses in his heart.
The queen also noticed this and said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that you should ask Concubine Yu about this matter. The pug dog that Concubine Yu raised was obviously fed arsenic in advance, and she knocked over the bird's nest sent by the Qin family, but insisted on the pug dog. She was poisoned to death by eating bird's nest, why did she do this? It was obviously premeditated, and there must be someone behind it."
The queen looked at the queen mother with a cold face, "Chen and concubine can't tolerate anyone trying to kill the prince behind their backs. Your Majesty, with such a person staying in the palace, the concubine feels a chill in her heart when she thinks about it."
The queen mother suddenly returned to her senses, and when she met the eyes of the queen, she unknowingly looked away, feeling guilty about this move, and stared back forcefully.
Xungui and the female relatives have long seen the expressions of the Tianjia people when they are talking. No one is a fool, everyone has guesses in their hearts, but everyone who knows the current affairs once again lowered their heads and kept silent.
Li Qitian's right thumb and index finger twitched rapidly, and when the movement suddenly stopped, he ordered in a deep voice, "Please judge Liu Yuan."
"Respect." Xiong Jinshui, who was serving on the side, immediately took the order, and ran out in a hurry.
But after a stick of incense, the gray-bearded Liu Yuanjuan rushed over with a medicine box out of breath.
The order was ordered to collect the evidence and retreated for inspection.
During this time, Qin Yining, Ji Yun and Bingtang were still kneeling on the spot.
Neither Xungui nor the female relatives said a word.
Li Qitian's fingernails tapped lightly on the small table, looked around, and finally landed on Concubine Yun and Concubine Yu. With his cleverness, he was able to draw the context of the whole thing in his mind.
Who doesn't want the prince to die, but also wants to harm Qin Yining
Possibly the queen mother. So the Queen Mother arranged for Concubine Yu to block the road to ensure that the bird's nest with poison would not enter Kunning Palace.
Who wants the prince to die in this incident
Then there are only Concubine Yun and Concubine Yu.
But Concubine Yu was obviously instructed to use arsenic to block the way. Thinking about it, she didn't know the reason, or she knew, but it was just a pawn.
What about Concubine Yun? She is beautiful, has a high status, and has a good family background. If there is no first prince, she will have hope in the future. Besides, Concubine Yun is the cousin's niece of the Empress Dowager. She can enter and exit Ci'an Palace at will, and she has enough motivation to secretly change the poison behind the Empress Dowager's back.
Really poisonous! It's not clear if you don't think about it, the pickling thing in this harem obviously doesn't need to be less in the previous dynasty!
Liu Yuan had heard Xiong Jinshui talk about what happened before he was sentenced, and now he has a research direction, and it took less than half an hour to get the test results.
"Go back to the sage. After the minister's inspection, one of these two poisons is a common arsenic, and the other poisonous poison, the old minister still needs careful examination to know the detailed results, but it can be determined that they are indeed two different poisons."
Everyone continued to be silent, and Li Qitian's face was ashen at this time.
Qin Yining kowtowed and said, "The court lady entered the palace by order to accompany the concubine Shun. Before entering the palace, all clothing and accessories were strictly inspected, and it was confirmed that no dangerous poison was brought into the palace. The bird's nest was made by the small kitchen of Ci'an Palace and served by the palace staff. Come here, the minister's wife is just carrying the food box. The minister's wife has no poison to drink, and there is no reason to poison it.
"Thinking about it carefully, the concubine Yu came to block the road with a pug that had been fed with poison in advance, deliberately knocked over the food box, and died of poisoning by the pug to 'expose' the poison of bird's nest, it seems that someone knew that bird's nest was poisoned I didn't want to let the prince suffer, and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to slander the concubine, so I ordered Yu Concubine to break it. Please ask the sage to interrogate Yu Concubine, and the real culprit will be caught."
Qin Yining kowtowed and continued to kneel on the spot.
Li Qitian clenched his fists with a click, and was caught in a dilemma for a while.