Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 131: The Poison in the Painting

The sun is high.

The palace servants and eunuchs of the Vermillion Bird Palace were gathered in an open space and exposed to the midday sun. Their sweat was steaming, and their undergarments were wet and dry, wet and dry again. There was no cool breeze, but they felt as cold as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

The Gongzheng Bureau was the supervisory agency of the harem, and the Ye Ting was the penal agency.

Gong Zheng of the Palace Administration Bureau and Ye Ting Ling of the Ye Ting Bureau each came very quickly with their subordinates.

After a brief conversation with Zhang Deli and Huai Xu,

Zhang Deli went to report to His Majesty.

Huai Xu led the imperial doctors to treat the Fourth Prince and Concubine Hui.

The Palace Administration Bureau and the Ye Ting worked together to seal off the entire Suzaku Palace. People were only allowed to enter but not leave, and all the palace servants and eunuchs in the Suzaku Palace were put under custody.

After being searched several times, these palace servants and eunuchs were stripped down to only a thin layer of inner garments, and even their hair buns were undone.

"Your Majesty, Queen,

Concubine Hui and His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince are now in Aunt Huaixu's bedroom.

After the imperial physician examined the Fourth Prince and Noble Lady Hui, he did not find the source of the poison in their food and clothing that day.

The imperial doctors were worried that the poison was still spreading in the palace, so they suggested that His Highness and Concubine Hui be moved out of the back hall.

Concubine Hui was also poisoned, although her symptoms were not as severe as His Highness's. I dared not go to Concubine Hui's bedroom, so I temporarily placed her at Aunt Huaixu's place."

The young eunuch said as he led the way.

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"Search all the rooms first, and look them over carefully.

All the entrance things,

Underwear, jewelry,

Scented objects, scented powders, perfumes, ointments, sachets,

All of them were placed in front of the palace for the imperial doctors to identify one by one."

Zhang Deli said coldly.

He didn't know who was so bold as to poison the heir to the throne.

He also used a poison with extremely obvious poisoning reaction, which was obviously not causing the disease. It seemed that he was very confident in his methods and even arranged a scapegoat in advance.

Such a big thing will result in a lot of deaths.

I don't know whether the scapegoat designated by the person behind the scenes is important enough. If it is a palace maid or a eunuch, they cannot bear this responsibility.

The Empress, Imperial Concubine Yi, Imperial Concubine Zhen, Imperial Concubine Ying, Imperial Concubine Zhi, Concubine Jiang, Concubine Li, Concubine Shi, Concubine Yan, who is the real culprit behind the incident? Who is the scapegoat?

"Aunt Huaixu, you are more familiar with this Suzaku Palace. After they have checked it once, you can check and fill in the gaps. Look it over again from top to bottom, left to right."

Huai Xu nodded when he heard this, wondering if there was anything different in the hall these days.

Concubine Hui Meng Xinghe was only in charge of the storehouse. She took care of everything else, including the food, clothing, and daily jewelry of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince and Concubine Hui.

His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is still young, and Concubine Hui is worried that items such as cosmetics and ointments may harm the child's body, so she has not used them for a long time. The poison should not be in these things that Zhang Deli checked.

This poison is not like poison wine or arsenic, which will cause reactions as soon as you take it, so nothing can be found on the group of palace servants who were detained and interrogated.

Concubine Hui's poisoning was relatively minor, while His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince's was more seriously poisoned. Apart from the fact that His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is young, are there any other possibilities?

Is there anything extra in the Suzaku Palace?

The nine pictures of tiger cubs playing that Concubine Hui had taken out from the storeroom and hung in the back hall?

But the Fourth Prince would not stay in the palace alone. There were always palace servants on duty to watch over the royal heir when he slept.

Moreover, she was present when Concubine Hui was playing with the Fourth Prince in the back hall.

If the problem was only in the picture, Concubine Hui and His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince would not be the only ones poisoned.

We still have to take the painting down and take a look at it first.

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"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty and the Queen." The imperial physicians who were attending to the patients bowed and said.

"Your Majesty, your concubine greets the Queen!" Meng Xinghe's voice was choked with sobs, and tears were swirling in her eyes, about to fall.

When he saw the child's father, all the grievances, fear and anger in Meng Xinghe's heart overflowed again.

Qin Zhi directly lifted up the still trembling Meng Xinghe, held her in his arms, and gently patted her back.

"How are Concubine Hui and the Fourth Prince doing?" Qin Zhi asked the imperial physician in a low voice.

“Reporting to Your Majesty, the poison in Consort Hui’s body is very mild. As long as she does not come into contact with poisons again, she will slowly heal herself.

Your Highness the Fourth Prince, your Highness is young and not as strong as an adult. You must have been exposed to poisons for a longer time and are seriously poisoned. Your servants can only temporarily control the poisoning by acupuncture.

If we don’t find the poison and develop an antidote, the poison will slowly invade the lungs after the needle is removed, and by then there may be no cure.”

The imperial physician said in a deep voice.

Qin Zhi frowned as he looked at Qin Mingyun, who was lying on the bed like a hedgehog. He wanted to touch his little face but didn't know where to start for fear of hurting him.

He usually coaxed adults and palace maids with sweet words, just like him when he was a child, but now he lay quietly with a pale face.

"The Queen Mother has arrived."

"My son has met my mother. Why did she come to the Suzaku Palace instead of staying in Ci'an Palace to look after the Third Prince?" Qin Zhi said with a cold face.

"Your humble concubine greets the Queen Mother, the Empress Dowager." Shen Ningyue and Meng Xinghe said.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty," said Concubine Zhen, Lü Xinyin, standing behind the empress dowager and bowing.

"What are you talking about, Zhier? There are so many palace servants and eunuchs taking care of the Third Prince. How can he be inseparable from me for a moment? Can't I come to see my grandson?" The Queen Mother said dissatisfiedly.

Qin Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly and did not comment.

"Alas, when Xiyin was on her way to see me, she saw people from the Ye Ting escorting a group of palace servants and eunuchs to the Ye Ting in a mighty procession. After asking around, she found out that Ming Yun had been poisoned.

It would be fine if I didn’t know, but now that I know, how could I not come and see it?

My dear Mingyun, you have suffered so much." The Queen Mother sighed as she looked at the Fourth Prince lying on the bed.

"Your Majesty, the poison has been found. It was found in the painting hanging in the back hall."

Zhang Deli reported.