Chapter 233, Murderer
The next day, at dusk.
Prince Li Ji Mingyang finished handling the political affairs and walked to the palace where Princess Huaiyu lived, accompanied by two retainers. He is tall and burly, with a majestic appearance and extraordinary bearing.
However, he seemed not to care about his demeanor now. He frowned slightly and walked quickly along the Golden Brick Trail, seemingly preoccupied. Because he had to deal with a lot of political affairs, he could only see the Queen once every three days. At this time, he couldn't wait to go to the Queen's side right away.
Not long after, Ji Mingyang walked outside the eldest princess's palace. From a distance, she could faintly hear the noise in the palace mixed with crying. The guards at the door were whispering to each other and seemed uneasy.
Ji Mingyang was filled with surprise and uncertainty. He walked to the door in a few steps and shouted to a guard who was looking inside: "Gentry! What's going on inside? Where is Bacchus?"
"Go back to your lord!" Gentry replied hurriedly, "Just now there was a sudden noise and crying inside. I don't know what happened. Ba Touer just went in."
Ji Mingyang rushed in quickly and came to the princess's bedroom. He saw that the screen in the middle had been pushed down to the corner of the room, giving an unobstructed view of the room.
On the large couch, the queen's face was pale and breathless. The two princesses threw themselves on the bed and cried loudly. Prince Murray was beside the bed so anxious that he clenched his fists and beat his hands, with tears in his eyes.
In addition to them, there were Uncle Wu, Bacchus, two maids and an unknown young man in the bedroom. Although he didn't know him, he knew that this must be the 'miraculous doctor' Qingshi invited back by Princess Huaiyu.
"What's wrong?" Ji Mingyang asked loudly.
"Dad!" Murray yelled when he saw his father. He pointed at the bluestone in the corner of the room and said through gritted teeth, "It's all the fault of this so-called 'miracle doctor'! He said he has a magic medicine that can neutralize the body of the Queen Mother. The toxins, without affecting the potency of the Five Elements Chaos Fruit, can help the Queen Mother wake up as soon as possible and suffer less. The result...the result..."
Ji Mingyang was shocked and rushed to the bed. He put his hand on the queen's shoulders and penetrated the queen's body to check the situation. After a moment, he stood up with an angry face and shouted at Qingshi: "You quack doctor, what did you give the Queen? Tell me!"
"Five Spirits Xingnao Pill," Qingshi said with a look of fear, "Not only does this medicine not conflict with the Five Elements Chaos Fruit, but it actually enhances its efficacy. I think..."
"Shut up!" Ji Mingyang was furious, pointing at the bluestone and scolding, "You damn quack, you only thought about the joint synergistic effect of Wuling Xingnao Dan, but you didn't think about its side effects at all? It will stimulate Yuanyang An explosion of poison..."
"Yuanyang Powder!" Qingshi interrupted Ji Mingyang with an exclamation, "Your Majesty said that the Queen picked up Yuanyang Powder?"
"What Yuan... what poisonous powder?" Ji Mingyang was stunned for a moment, then cursed, "You quack doctor not only prescribes medicine indiscriminately, but also talks nonsense! Mu Min'er, Mu Siwu, where did you find it? Bastard quack? I...I'll kill you..."
Ji Mingyang suddenly lunged at Qingshi. When he raised his hand, a dagger with a cold light stabbed Qingshi's throat.
Uncle Wu waved his hand, and a straight sword appeared in his hand, which separated Ji Mingyang's sword with a clang. He stood in front of Qingshi and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The most important thing now is to find a way to save Her Majesty the Queen."
"Hmph!" Ji Mingyang snorted angrily and put away his sword. He walked to the bed and squatted down, grabbing the queen's arm. His expression was grief-stricken, but it didn't look like he was pretending.
Princess Huaiming threw herself in front of Ji Mingyang and cried loudly: "Daddy! Daddy! What should I do? You should quickly find a way to save my mother..."
"I'm obviously not afraid!" Ji Mingyang caressed Princess Huaiming's head and said with determination, "Dad, there is also an elixir here, which may be able to save your mother."
After speaking, Ji Mingyang raised his hand and took out a small white jade bottle, poured out a white pill the size of a small finger, and was about to stuff it into the queen's mouth.
"Wait a minute!" Qingshi said, "Prince Li, what medicine are you going to give the Queen?"
"Shut up, you quack!" Ji Mingyang said angrily, "Bacchus, first take his lock and throw him to the prison!"
"Mr. Ba, don't do anything! Don't worry about how to deal with the bluestone." Princess Huaiyu said, "Prince Li, it's better to make it clear first what medicine to give the queen!"
"This is an elixir given to me by an expert I met many years ago," Ji Mingyang said. "That person said that this elixir can bring people back to life at any time. I was always skeptical and did not dare to use it on the Queen. Now this kind of elixir can bring people back to life at any time." Under the circumstances, I have no choice but to take the risk.”
After he finished speaking, he stuffed the pill into the queen's mouth, and was about to use his true energy to send the pill into the queen's belly. Unexpectedly, the queen, who had been unconscious and breathless, suddenly opened her eyes and let out a long sigh.
"Ah?" Ji Mingyang was shocked, jumped up suddenly, and took several steps back with a look of horror on his face.
"Ah!" Princess Huaiming shouted in surprise, "Mother, you're awake! Daddy's elixir is working! Mother..."
"Elixir!" Murray also shouted in surprise, "It really is an elixir!"
The people in the room, except Princess Huaiyu and Qingshi, were all surprised and happy.
The Queen sat up, stretched out two fingers to take out the pill from her mouth, gently touched Princess Huaiming's head and said, "Silly boy! This is not some magic pill!"
"Um?"
Princess Huaiming and Prince Heping were stunned, not knowing what was going on. Prince Li Ji Mingyang's face was still frightened and at a loss.
Bacchus and the two maids were surprised but full of doubts. Uncle Wu knew that the princess and Qingshi had a plan. Although he didn't know what was going on, he could still remain calm. Only Princess Huaiyu and Qingshi remained calm.
The Queen carefully smashed her mouth, put the pill under her nose and sniffed it, and then said: "Well, this is the pill! I took one yesterday."
Prince Li Ji Mingyang seemed to finally understand. He plopped down on a low stool, lowered his head and said nothing.
"Mingming, Lei'er, mother has to deal with some things, so please stay away for a while!" The Queen said calmly, "Xiaoping, Xiaochuan, take Princess Huaiming and Princess Heping outside the palace to wait for a while."
"yes!"
The two maids stepped forward and walked out of the door with Princess Huaiming and Prince Heping who were full of questions. Only the Queen, Prince Li, Princess Huaiyu, Uncle Wu, Bacchus and Qingshi were left in the room.
The Queen got up and got out of bed, pacing slowly and said: "Although this is not an elixir that can bring the dead back to life, it is indeed an antidote! Prince Li, at last you still have some conscience!"
Ji Mingyang was trembling all over and speechless. Bacchus couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty the Queen, what is going on?"
"Yes!" Uncle Wu also said, "Is it really true... Li Qin..."
"That's right!" said the princess, "The person who poisoned the Queen was Prince Li!"
"This..." Uncle Wu said, "How is this possible? This doesn't make sense! He poisoned the queen, and he has to be buried with her!"
"To be precise," Qingshi said, "Prince Li did not poison, but gave medicine. He did not want to poison the Queen."
"Ah!" Uncle Wu still didn't understand, "Why did Prince Nali do this?"
"Because the real target he wants to get rid of is not the Queen," Qingshi said, "but Princess Huaiyu!"
"ah?"
Uncle Wu and Bacchus said "Ah" together. They looked at each other and felt a sudden realization.
"Prince Li?" Bacchus said coldly, "Is this really what you did?"
Ji Mingyang lowered his head and said nothing. Looking at his expression, Bacchus knew it was indeed him. He couldn't help but give him a hard look.
"Mr. Qingshi!" Bacchus said, "How did you detect Prince Li's conspiracy?"
Qingshi was not a 'miraculous doctor', but the benefactor who saved the princess and Uncle Wu from the pirates and sent them and the Five Elements Chaos Fruit back to the court. Uncle Wu had already told Bacchus about this.
Qingshi nodded at Bacchus, then turned to Uncle Wu and said, "Uncle Wu, do you still remember? That day you asked me what I found when I diagnosed the Queen. What I found was that the Queen was not poisoned with fatal poisons, but It’s a poison called Yuanyang Powder, also known as Hundred Days Drunk.”
"After being poisoned by this kind of poison, a person will become intoxicated, and his yang energy will gradually dissipate, and his body will become worse day by day. It gives the impression that after a few dozen days, his yang energy will dissipate and he will die. But in fact, even without treatment, , after a hundred days, the toxin will be slowly consumed, and the poisoned person will gradually wake up. Apart from losing weight and damaging his cultivation, his life will be worry-free."
"However, after taking Yuanyang Powder and then taking several other specific drugs, such as Wuling Xingnao Dan, the toxins in Yuanyang Powder will be triggered to explode and will no longer be released gently. The consequences will be very serious. If there is no Yuanyang Powder, If you take away the antidote, you will definitely die.”
"Poisoning the Queen, but not taking her life! This is what puzzles me the most. Later, you and I analyzed the situation. Among all the suspects, I think Prince Li is the most suspicious, and Uncle Wu, do you think Li The prince is the least suspicious, and your reason is that if the queen dies, he will have to be buried with her."
"It is this that makes me even more convinced that the person who poisoned her without poisoning her was Prince Li. He did not want to actually poison the Queen and take his own life."
"Since Prince Li's target is not the Queen, then who is his target? What is his motive? I soon realized that his target was the eldest princess, and his purpose was to let the eldest princess be caught on the way to get the Five Elements Chaos Fruit. The motivation for kidnapping by pirates so that their children can inherit the throne is absolutely sufficient!"
"Yes!" Uncle Wu said, "It does explain the problem, but it still doesn't seem to prove that he is the one who poisoned me! Where is the evidence? You still have no evidence?"
"Yes!" Qingshi said, "Although I am almost certain that the murderer is Prince Li, I still have no evidence. That's why I asked you to find the eldest princess. I convinced the eldest princess, and with the help of the eldest princess, I After rescuing the Queen, the three of us arranged today's plan together. In the end, Prince Li came up with the evidence himself, which is the elixir. It is not an elixir, but the antidote of Yuanyang Powder."
"Oh, I understand!" Wu Bo thought thoughtfully and said, "Master Qingda, you know that Yuanyang Powder is a poison, and you also have an antidote. So you and the princess worked together to detoxify the Queen yesterday. Then, you deliberately said The Queen was given the Wuling Xingnao Pill, which can trigger the explosion of the poison, and asked the Queen to pretend that she was about to die from the poison. After all, Prince Li could not accept that the Queen was really dead, so he had to take out the antidote."
"That's right!" Bacchus also understood. "Prince Li was so panicked that he clearly mentioned the name of Yuanyang Powder. This shows that he already knew the poison. Not only did he know the poison, but he also had the antidote. He kept quiet about the medicine for twenty days after the Queen was poisoned. Only now, when the Queen was dying, did he have no choice but to come up with the antidote, but he lied about it being an elixir. This antidote is indeed ironclad evidence!"
"Yes!" the Queen said, "This is not some elixir. Qingshi gave me one yesterday, but this antidote alone is not enough to eliminate the toxins immediately. The toxins in my body are The bluestone was digested by other means. This poison is indeed a magical poison. I don’t know where you got it from, Prince. It’s really a lot of effort!”
Ji Mingyang's body shook slightly, but he still lowered his head and said nothing.
"This Yuanyang is scattered in the sea area of Wanshan, and almost no one knows about it," Qingshi said, "But it is not that rare in our Tianlong Continent. Not only do I know this poison, but I also have an antidote that can cure it. Prince Li I think the Yuanyang Powder in my hand was probably obtained from Boss Qiu of Wanghai Tower, because Qiu Yonghai’s Zhenbao Pavilion likes to collect rare things from all over the world. If I’m not wrong, Prince Li should still have this on him. Poison, if it is found now, it will be considered as irrefutable evidence. How about it, Prince Li, are you still unwilling to say a word?"
"No...that's right!" Prince Li Ji Mingyang finally raised his head and murmured, "I did it, I did all this! I was the one who gave the poison, and I also leaked the information about how to get the medicine. According to the whereabouts of the team, I adjusted the personnel arrangement of the medicine collection team. It was I who asked Qiu Yonghai to find Bu Ruofeng to intercept and kill the medicine collection team. After the interception failed, after the eldest princess and Uncle Wu came back, I was the first to kill Qiu Yonghai. Mouth. Yuanyang Powder was indeed bought from him. I thought that if I killed him, no one would know about Yuanyang Powder anymore. How could I know that people are not as good as God! Your Majesty the Queen, my purpose is just to think Let our children inherit the throne, I really have no intention of harming you!"
"I know!" the Queen sighed, "I understand..."
