One wave has not subsided, and another wave has arisen.
His Majesty finally pressed down what had just happened, but something happened again. Among all the people present, the Emperor's face was the ugliest.
The guard handed the discovered evidence to Xiao Shuo. After reading the evidence, Xiao Shuo subconsciously looked at Tao Yaoyao.
Tao Yaoyao had just finished drinking tea and was eating cakes. When he saw this, the corner of his mouth twitched and said, "How many people have I offended? This is the third time that I have been framed in one day.
Mr. Xiao, you are the young minister of Dali Temple. It is your duty to investigate the case. Please ask Mr. Xiao to clear my daughter's name. "
Tao Yaoyao was really tired and wanted to sit down and eat something now.
Xiao Shuo also knew that it was not easy for her today. If an ordinary person encountered such a thing, they would have been frightened and overwhelmed, but she stood up time and time again, turned the situation around, and proved her innocence.
Such courage and intelligence impressed him endlessly.
However, what he got in his hands was very detrimental to her, and with so many people watching, he couldn't do anything to protect her shortcomings.
"If Miss Tao is tired, you can sit down and answer my questions."
Fortunately, Xiao Shuo is not a stubborn person who doesn't know how to adapt. She said this after seeing that Tao Yaoyao was just tired.
When Tao Yaoyao heard this, she smiled with satisfaction.
"Then Mr. Xiao, please tell me what evidence you got."
Xiao Shuo took the porcelain bottle in his hand and walked over and handed it to Tao Yaoyao. When Tao Yaoyao saw clearly what was in Xiao Shuo's hand, she subconsciously looked at Xie Lan.
Xie Lan was also looking at her. The moment their eyes met, Xie Lan noticed something was wrong, so he stood up and walked quickly to Tao Yaoyao. After seeing the porcelain bottle in her hand clearly, he immediately explained, "This thing is from me. of."
What?
How come Miss Tao's things belong to the prince?
In other words, this thing was given to the prince by Miss Tao. When did they have such a good relationship?
When the emperor saw this, his face darkened, "King Dingbei, what is going on? Tao Yaoyao used to be your brother's fiancée. Even if she is not now, she is not someone you can think of."
His Majesty's words were undoubtedly a slap in Xie Lan's face.
Xie Lan is the son of His Majesty and the Queen, and is also the only legitimate son among all the princes. Tao Yaoyao is backed by the Chu family, so his status is indeed noble, but it is not higher than Xie Lan, the legitimate son.
Furthermore, Tao Yaoyao was engaged to the third prince, so it would be fine if she later married another high-ranking family member. But if she wanted to remarry into the royal family, it would be Tao Yaoyao's appointment, not Xie Lan's appointment.
His Majesty mocked him like this in front of so many people. This was simply stepping on his face. At the same time, he also told everyone that the third prince's status in his mind was more important than this legitimate son.
Tao Yaoyao looked at Xie Lan almost subconsciously. Just when she thought he would be sad, or at least show displeasure, he still looked calm, as if what His Majesty just said had nothing to do with him. generally.
It was probably because he and the original owner both had a partial father. At this moment, Tao Yaoyao felt inexplicably sorry for him.
At this time, Xie Lan, who was being looked at by everyone with various expressions, slowly turned around and looked at the Ninth Five Supreme Being on the high platform, "I just stood up and said something fair for Miss Tao. Your Majesty is doing this." What are you doing in a hurry? Are you afraid that this king will say something that you shouldn't say?"
After eight years of separation, Xie Lan has always felt alienated from His Majesty like a minister from a king. Although this relationship makes them seem extremely distant, fortunately they respect each other as guests.
But today, Xie Lan actually refuted His Majesty in public, which made His Majesty suddenly black-faced.
"Presumptuous, if you are really pure in mind, why are you so angry because of my words?"
"You are so angry?" Xie Lan seemed to have heard some big joke, and his bottomless eyes were suddenly filled with the anger of an approaching storm.
"If this is considered angry, then what is your Majesty's anger towards this king? I hate him, but I still want to avoid him."
"Hmph, since you know that I don't want to see you, why do you always come into the palace and make me unhappy." The emperor did not hide his anger towards Xie Lan.
After hearing these words, Xie Lan's eyes filled with anger suddenly changed from the violent storm to the sunny weather.
Just when everyone was surprised, Xie Lan suddenly laughed and said, "Really? If so, I will definitely enter the palace every day in the future, just like you did to my mother and concubine back then."
Snapped!
In anger, the emperor picked up the jug in his hand and threw it at it. Xie Lan just stood there, motionless. Seeing that the jug was about to hit him, Tao Yaoyao pulled him over in desperation. He dodged the blow.
Everyone was surprised when they saw this, but they didn't say anything.
Instead, Tao Yaoyao stepped forward and asked His Majesty, "Dongzhi's death has nothing to do with me. If Your Majesty wants me to stay and cooperate with the investigation, I hope that Your Majesty can allow me to find out the truth."
Tao Yaoyao's meaning was obvious. If, like what happened just now, His Majesty stopped her halfway through the investigation, she would not accept it.
She is asking His Majesty now just to prevent such a thing from happening. If His Majesty agrees but still does it later, she will have something to say.
On the contrary, if His Majesty does not agree, she will find another way to prove her innocence.
She left the decision-making power in His Majesty's hands because she wanted to see how much His Majesty knew about the matter. I also want to see what His Majesty’s final choice is.
The result was somewhat beyond Tao Yaoyao's expectations.
"Now that the key evidence in this case is available, let's find out as soon as possible."
Tao Yaoyao glanced at Wang Meiren and then agreed with a smile.
"Your Majesty, why did this medicine bottle appear next to Dongzhi's body?" She gave this porcelain bottle to Xie Lan, and now that the thing was lost, she naturally had to ask him first.
Xie Lan turned around and called Chang Geng.
Chang Geng didn't even know that the thing was missing. When he saw Mr. Xiao holding the porcelain vase, he felt something was wrong and touched his pocket, and then he realized that the thing was missing.
Chang Geng has great martial arts skills. It doesn't matter if someone can steal something from him. If he is not a master, then Chang Geng just lost his stuff and someone picked it up.
Tao Yaoyao thinks the latter possibility is relatively high.
After all, on today's occasion, there is not much chance of assassins or masters sneaking into the palace.
"Think carefully about where you have been today." Chu Wulang came over to ask. After Chang Geng mentioned a few places, he took people there to search.
When Chu Wulang was about to go out, Tao Yaoyao suddenly thought of someone.
"Mother Dong, cousin, find her here."
Aunt Dong is a person close to Princess Anping. Ever since Princess Anping was assigned to a fiefdom, she has been living in the palace before Princess Anping. Today, Beauty Residence is too busy, so Wang Meiren called her over to help.
But Aunt Dong had been waiting on the male guests. How did Tao Yaoyao know about her.
While waiting, Tao Yaoyao saw that Xie Lan's expression was not very good. He thought of something and took his hand to check his pulse, but he avoided it.
The angry Tao Yaoyao gritted his teeth. "What do you mean, I'm helping you. Why don't you tell the difference between good and evil?"
"No need." Xie Lan called Chang Geng to whisper a few words in his ear, and then Chang Geng turned and left.
"Don't get involved in this matter." Today, Tao Yaoyao has offended many people.
Although this matter was directed at Tao Yaoyao, his father obviously had a grudge against him. Regardless of whether he checked this matter or not, his father would never let Tao Yaoyao go. In this case, he would Take action and divert the father's attention.
Tao Yaoyao didn't understand Xie Lan's intention, thinking that he wanted to repay her kindness for giving her the antidote just now. In addition, this incident was also because Chang Geng accidentally lost the medicine bottle, so she was successfully slandered. .
Although this matter was indeed caused by Chang Geng accidentally, she knew in her heart that even without this bottle of medicine, the people behind the scenes would not let him go.
His situation is not much better than his own. In this case, it is better for everyone to mind their own business.
"No need, the prince doesn't want to have anything to do with me. Likewise, I don't really want to have anything to do with the prince." Tao Yaoyao got up and went to her place, and the two of them didn't speak again.
Xiao Shuo had already sent someone to take away Dongzhi's body. He had been locked up in a nearby room before Dongzhi. The guards came back not long after he left.
Your Majesty asked the imperial physician to examine the body. After the imperial physician knelt down and looked at it for a while, he took the initiative to ask your majesty to let Tao Yaoyao come to examine the body. Your Majesty was actually unwilling, but he was afraid that the imperial physician would miss something later and Tao Yaoyao would catch him. If we continue to hold on to this excuse, when the time comes, it will be the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty who will be embarrassed.
Well, this isn't the first time either.
After Tao Yaoyao thanked him, he went over to do an autopsy.
"Did the imperial doctor find anything?" Tao Yaoyao asked the imperial doctor after a brief examination. The imperial doctor shook his head with a strange expression, "His pulse looks like he was poisoned, but his body's stiffness does not seem like he was poisoned.
This is the first time for me to see such a strange phenomenon. I wonder what the girl has to say? "
"I can't talk about Gao Jian. I just read more miscellaneous books than you." Tao Yaoyao pointed to the position of the cheekbones of Winter Solstice and said, "You are right in your guess. He did not die of poisoning. He was poisoned after death. Poison fed by people. So now the poison in his body is concentrated in this location."
After Tao Yaoyao finished speaking, he took out a silver needle and pricked it at this location. Blood flowed out soon after the silver needle was pricked. Then Tao Yaoyao saw the medicine powder in the squeezed blood and reacted when it came into contact with the blood. s color.
"Physician, look."
After reading it, the imperial doctor once again praised Tao Yaoyao's medical skills.
"So Miss Tao, what do you think caused his death?" Before the imperial doctor could figure out the reason, Tao Yaoyao checked Dongzhi's body two or three times, and finally she discovered the flaw.
"Here?" The imperial doctor looked along her line of sight, then reached out to touch. After a while, he actually found a half-meter-long steel needle on the back of Dong Zhi's head.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this scene.
"Who is this? He was really cruel. This person should have been crucified alive."
There was speculation in the crowd. Hearing this, Tao Yaoyao nodded in agreement, "He was indeed nailed to death by this steel needle. This way of death is extremely uncomfortable. If there was no deep hatred between the deceased and the perpetrator, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to think of such a death." A cruel way to kill."
Who says it isn't? How could an ordinary person come up with such a ruthless trick?
But this man was imprisoned in the side hall just now. He died so miserably without making any sound. Isn't it abnormal?
"Miss Tao, he died so miserably, why didn't he make any sound?"
Tao Yaoyao also felt strange, so she opened his mouth, squatted down, and looked carefully. No one expected that she would touch and look at a dead person. The female relatives felt that Tao Yaoyao was not a woman. No rules.
The men felt that Tao Yaoyao's behavior was bold. If they were bystanders, they might admire him, but if they were family members, they would not be able to accept it.
After seeing what they were thinking, the imperial doctor said dissatisfiedly, "Humph, Miss Tao is really capable. Maybe you will need her someday. Then don't blame her for trying to care about you."
Everyone was unhappy when they heard what the imperial doctor said. Although Tao Yaoyao is a doctor, there are many doctors in Kyoto. They are looking for someone else, so why should they look for him?
Among these people, only one person didn't think so.
Letter to the princess.
Although she still dislikes Tao Yaoyao, if she can cure his son, that will be a different matter.
She only has one son. Ever since his son became like this, the master has not said anything, but secretly he has begun to secretly train that bastard. If her son stays like this all his life, who will the title of the palace end up in? Not sure yet.
Ever since Zheng'er became like this, the attitude between the master and that bitch has changed. If that bitch's son ends up sitting in that position, then she will definitely not have a good life.
With her son still like this, even if she died, she wouldn't be able to close her eyes.
For this reason, she had seen all the doctors she could see over the years, but everyone said her son was hopeless.
Tao Yaoyao's appearance and her superb medical skills gave her hope again. if it is possible……
"Found it." Tao Yaoyao took out a handkerchief from Dongzhi's mouth. "It should be this thing that blocked her throat, preventing him from making any sounds for help."
The doctor took the veil, opened it and took a look. He recognized the word snow on the veil at a glance.
"Is this her sister's veil?" Tao Yaoyao thought of Dong Xue and told His Majesty, "Can Dong Xue come over? I have something to ask her."
Just now she felt that the brother and sister must be hiding something from them, but at that time Meiren Wang suddenly came over, and everyone rushed over to see her, so the matter was interrupted.
Tao Yaoyao originally planned to wait to see Winter Solstice, but she didn't expect that he died.
"Master Xiao, your people have been watching over there. Ask them carefully if anyone has been in during this period and see if you can find anyone suspicious."
Mr. Xiao has asked before and found no suspicious person.
But when he saw that Tao Yaoyao kept emphasizing this matter, after thinking about it for a while, he simply called in the guards who had just been guarding the door.
"You all come forward one by one and tell Miss Tao what happened when you were guarding the winter solstice just now?"
The four guards came forward one by one. They all said the same thing. From the beginning of the banquet to the death of Winter Solstice, none of them entered. When they heard something was wrong and ran in to check, Winter Solstice was already dead.
"Have the doors and windows been checked?"
"Also, I have seen if there is a secret room or something in the house. If the person who killed Winter Solstice did not enter through the window, then he hid in the secret room in advance."
The guards had already searched for the windows. As for whether there was a secret room in the house... they had not searched carefully, but they had checked the house when searching for the murderer. Logically speaking, there should be no secret room.
"If there is, there is, if there is no, there is not. There is nothing in this world that is right or wrong according to reason." Tao Yaoyao didn't like the ambiguous answer and immediately ordered the guards to check.
The guards saw that Tao Yaoyao was serious, so the four of them went to the next door room to check. Xiao Shuo also followed him when he saw this.
At this time, the guards brought Dongxue over.
After Dongxue saw Dongzhi's body, she rushed over and hugged him and cried.
"Brother, why are you dead? Who killed you. Tell me, brother."
"Brother, it's all my fault. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be like this."
"Brother, I really know I was wrong. Brother..."
Dongxue hugged Dongzhi and cried so hard that she felt sad. However, Wang Meiren felt that it was too noisy, "Okay, I called you here to ask questions. It's not too late to talk about the mourning later."
After being scolded, Dongxue immediately shut up.
Tao Yaoyao glanced at Wang Meiren and then at Dongxue, feeling that there was something going on between the two of them.
"Master Xiao, please help my elder brother get revenge."
When Xiao Shuo came over, Dong Xue hugged his thigh and cried out of breath, repeating this sentence all the time.
"Don't worry, since I have taken over this case, I will definitely investigate the truth and give your brother justice."
Hearing this, Dong Xue frowned and said, "Didn't the guard say that Miss Tao's poison bottle was found next to my eldest brother's body? Master Xiao, I know that you have a personal relationship with Miss Tao, but this matter of human life is at stake, sir, please don't To show favoritism because of personal feelings."
