Just thinking about the scene just now, Xie Ruzhuo felt his scalp numb. Such a big insect could actually survive in the human body!
When she asked, Wen Ruyu's expression suddenly became a little dark and unclear, and she said, "Has he ever been sick before? It's always been a poison."
"Gu?" Xie Ruzhuo said in surprise. In her opinion, Gu was far away from their country. After all, this thing only belonged to the Miao people who were thousands of miles away. Moreover, the Miao people have never interacted with outsiders, so how could they put this thing on Xiao Junxi
The look on her face was so obvious that Wen Ruyu sneered and said, "Little girl, I'm really not used to you acting so innocently."
Xie Ruzhuo's expression froze, and when he was about to retaliate, he saw Wen Ruyu walking to the outer room, opening the door, and said, "The third prince is fine."
The next moment, Concubine Ye came in like a gust of wind. She first carefully inspected Xiao Junxi, and then turned around and asked, "What about Xi'er?"
"Although it was a bit dangerous, fortunately, the poison in his body was the worst among all poisons. He suppressed the spider poison by accident, and his life was saved. He just rested."
Wen Ruyu said this sternly, then looked at Xie Ruzhuo with a pointed look, "Thanks to Miss Xie's blood tonight."
Concubine Ye naturally saw the jasper bowl still stained with blood at the foot of the bed, and immediately she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It is my decree that the Xie family daughter has contributed to saving the third prince. I will reward you with a pair of jade, a hundred taels of gold, and a thousand silvers." Two, three pieces of brocade.”
Xie Ruzhuo thanked her, and when she saw Concubine Ye was there, she knew it was not good to stay any longer, so she said, "My dear concubine, I will go to accompany my mother first, please leave."
Seeing her weak look, Concubine Ye nodded and said, "Go, Xiao Shunzi, and send Miss Xie out."
Before leaving the house, Xie Ruzhuo glanced back at Wen Ruyu again, leaving an expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, and then turned around and walked out.
But as soon as she went out, she couldn't help but hold on to the column. She had lost a lot of blood just now, but she didn't want to show it in front of others, so she had been holding on. Now that there was no one around, she couldn't hold on anymore, and she didn't even have the strength to stand.
Fortunately, Xie Ruyue hadn't gone far. When she saw this, she ran over to support her and asked in a low voice, "Zhuo'er, are you okay?"
Xie Ruzhuo forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, second sister, don't worry."
But as soon as the words came out, she could no longer control herself and fell limply to the ground.
Everyone hurriedly carried Xie Ruzhuo to the nearest room, and Xie Ruyue boldly went to see Wen Ruyu for treatment. Wen Ruyu was startled at first, but after seeing Xie Ruzhuo's condition, she sneered and said, "You'll be fine if you sleep for a while." He raised his legs and left.
Xie Ruyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she had to stay in front of Xie Ruzhuo's bed, waiting for her sister to wake up.
As soon as Wen Ruyu returned to the main hall, she saw Emperor Jing arriving at some unknown time.
Seeing Wen Ruyu, Emperor Jing asked first, "Is the third prince in serious trouble?"
Wen Ruyu told the truth, "It's okay, but there's just one thing. The one that bit the third prince tonight was a Yama spider from the Western Regions. If it hadn't been raised by someone, it would have been impossible to reach the Central Plains alive. Ordinary people have never seen this palace in their lives. How come it appears?"
Hearing this, Emperor Jing immediately understood the connection. He snorted coldly and said, "It seems that someone is deliberately trying to harm others! Someone, please bring all the people at tonight's banquet!"
After the accident, Concubine Hui sent all the ladies at the banquet to the side hall. As soon as she left and returned, she saw that the emperor was losing his temper. When she heard this, she knelt down hurriedly and said, " Your Majesty, I don’t know who I have offended. First, Xiang’s sister had a miscarriage, and now the third prince was bitten. I am guilty!”
However, Concubine Ye has not lost her mind. Although there is no smile on her face, she is not aggressive either. "Sister Hui Concubine, there is no need to blame yourself. Your Majesty will self-destruct and find out who did what happened tonight, and the one who cleans himself will be cleansed. But this time People who are poisonous spiders are really abominable, and this harem really needs to be cleaned up."
Emperor Jing also nodded and said, "I will get to the bottom of this matter. If I find out who has such evil intentions, I will not be lenient!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a group of chamberlains and palace maids coming in and kneeling down, saying in unison, "Greetings to the Emperor." However, everyone present knew what had happened, and their voices were a little uneasy.
Although the third prince was frail and sickly, he had always been Emperor Jing's favorite. Concubine Ye held her dear to her heart. If something went wrong, their lives would be in danger!
Emperor Jing scanned the people present one by one, and then asked in a deep voice, "Who was responsible for serving the dish that happened today?"
The leader of the chamberlain trembled and said, "Back to the emperor, it's a slave." After saying that, he raised his head again and explained in fear, "But the slave doesn't know what's going on. This tea tray was fine when the slave closed the lid. Yes, but who knew that when the food was served, they would all turn into spiders!"
Concubine Ye Guifei on the side asked, "Did you leave at any time? Who touched this dessert plate?"
The chamberlain thought for a while and then said, "Back to the imperial concubine, today is the daughter's banquet. Everyone is in great spirits. The servants are not feeling well, so they went out and asked Li, who is in charge of the tea. My father-in-law is watching, and no one has touched it since he came back."
As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Li's expression flashed and he said, "Aren't you saying that I have tampered with something? When I looked at it, no one had touched it!"
However, his hand unconsciously pinched the corner of his clothes.
Emperor Jing immediately snorted and said, "You two are fine, could it be that I was the one who put you in?" After saying that, he stood up and walked to Eunuch Li, and said coldly, "Say, look Who on earth touched the refreshments while we were there!"
Eunuch Li was sweating coldly at first, but when he saw Emperor Jing walking up to him, his cold sweat became even more intense. He stammered, "Go back to the emperor, slave, I really don't know—"
Before he could finish his words, he was kicked down by Emperor Jing, who said, "Slave dog, if you don't tell me the truth, I will investigate you first!"
Eunuch Li was kicked hard. He covered his chest but did not dare to cry out in pain. He could only say in a trembling voice, "Back to the emperor, when I was here, Eunuch Liu came here. He said he wanted to check some snacks and... I also gave the slave a piece of broken silver. The slave was greedy for a moment and begged the emperor to spare his life!"
Who is Eunuch Liu? He is the eunuch in charge of Concubine Ye's palace. He is responsible for the meals in Concubine Ye's palace. Although she is not considered a celebrity around Concubine Ye, when the eunuchs and maids in the palace see her, they all respectfully address her as "General Manager Liu!"
Now that Eunuch Liu was being pulled, his whole body softened, and he kowtowed with a bang, "Your Majesty, this servant has been wronged!"
Seeing these slaves starting to bite each other, Concubine Hui said bitterly, "They all said that she was wronged, so should this palace be the one to take the blame? In my opinion, these slaves won't fight without fighting!"
Emperor Jing did not refute this time, so he acquiesced.
However, Concubine Ye stood up first and said, "Wait a minute, we need to clarify this matter clearly. Eunuch Li, I want to ask you, since you said that Eunuch Liu bribed you, where is the bribe? Were you there when he was there?"
Eunuch Li kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I was not there at that time. He sent me away." As he said, he said with a mournful face, "If I knew that he had evil intentions, I would not kill him." That kind of money won’t make him do such evil things!”
This is a disguised way of saying that it was Eunuch Liu who did this.
Eunuch Liu immediately kowtowed and said, "Slave, I really didn't do anything. I just went to take a look!" When he spoke, his eyes unconsciously looked at Concubine Ye, with a look on his face that he was hesitant to speak, but also like It means asking for help.
Concubine Hui keenly saw his gaze from the side, and a bold idea suddenly came to her mind. She sneered and said, "Eunuch Liu, just beg for mercy. I have been watching what the concubine does. Could it be that you thought your master would protect you?" What?"
Concubine Ye frowned slightly and said with a slightly displeased look, "If you don't do anything bad, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. If I am clean in this palace, I will be clean myself. How can I protect him?"
But as soon as she finished speaking, she saw Eunuch Liu looking at her in disbelief and saying, "Master, you can't ignore the slaves. The slaves are all following your orders!"
"Dog slave, you're talking nonsense!"
Xiao Xinning had been watching with cold eyes. Now that she saw that this slave wanted to pour dirty water on her mother, she suddenly became furious. She pointed at the slave and cursed, "My mother never does anything bad, but it's you who will tell you the truth." Whose instructions did you get to frame my mother?"
When Eunuch Liu heard this, he immediately said urgently, "I obey my master's orders, and I will naturally do whatever my master asks me to do. Seventh Princess, what do you know at such a young age?"
Emperor Jing said coldly, "Then tell me, what did your master tell you?"
Hearing Emperor Jing speak, Xiao Xining, even though she was furious, had to stop talking for a moment, and turned to glare at Eunuch Liu angrily.
Eunuch Liu did not dare to neglect, nor did he dare to raise his head. He only stared at his feet and said, "Back to the emperor, the master said, let the servant put the spider on the plate and serve it. As for the other things, he has not explained anything."
"Then where did this spider come from?"
Even without raising his head, Eunuch Liu could still feel Emperor Jing's piercing gaze. He trembled and replied, "The spider was taken from the master's hand and contained in a small box inlaid with gold and jade. As for where the spider came from, master Once you get it, the slave will not know anything about it.”
Hearing this, Concubine Ye's previously calm face finally had a crack. She smiled coldly and said, "I don't know that I still have the ability to get Yama spiders from the Western Regions! I would like to ask you, what do I want you to do with this spider? You want to harm someone, could it be that you want to harm my son?"
Since the death of the late empress, she had just entered the palace as a concubine for Xiao Junxi. She had also raised the child over the years, and she had long regarded it as her own. If the person in this palace is the least likely to harm Xiao Junxi, then she is the only one!
Eunuch Liu groaned for a while, lowered his head and said, "I don't know!"
Anyway, he made up his mind, and without asking any questions, he only insisted that Concubine Ye had asked Concubine Ye to put the spider in.
Seeing that the situation was turning one-sided, Concubine Hui immediately covered her mouth and said, "My dear concubine, you usually eat fast and chant Buddha's name, why are you so vicious?"
Xiao Xinning immediately turned around, glared at her fiercely and said, "Concubine Hui, please keep your word, but don't fall down when you go out!"