When everyone helped Xue Ge up, they found that her mouth was full of blood.
"Oh my god! What's going on?!" Everyone suddenly panicked.
"Slave... my stomach hurts so much!" Brother Xue's eyes were still blurry at this time, and he said unwillingly, "That tea... that tea just now... was poisonous..."
She had been too busy to eat since she got up early, until she came to the temple and received half a cup of lotus tea as a reward from the queen.
Whoever thought he drank it would feel unbearable abdominal pain within a short while, as if a knife was twisting.
Apparently there was something wrong with the tea.
After hearing this, Nanny Hui was shocked and said, "Oh no! All the masters drank the tea!"
After hearing this, the queen quickly asked the concubine: "My dear concubine, how do you feel in your belly now?"
"I don't think anything of it. What about you, Queen?" the concubine said.
"I was the last to drink, and if I had an attack, I would be the last to have an attack," the Queen said.
Concubine Hui held her stomach and said, "Hurry up and call the imperial doctor! If it's too late, it'll be too late!"
At this time, Snow Pigeon had already begun to vomit blood, and soon died.
Concubine Hui was timid. While looking at the tragic death of Xue Ge, she was worried that she might be poisoned, so she simply rolled her eyes and fainted.
Soon, the entire Daxiangguo Temple became a mess.
Fortunately, they brought an imperial physician with them.
At this time, everyone went to another room and sat down. Someone died in the quiet room before, so naturally they couldn't stay there any longer.
The imperial physician checked the pulse of each person who drank the tea and reported: "My Lady, the Queen, none of you have any signs of poisoning."
Everyone couldn't help but wonder, but the stone in their hearts fell to the ground.
"Then why did Xue Ge die?" the queen asked, "wasn't she poisoned?"
"This still needs to be investigated by the ministers, but now all the masters are safe." The imperial doctor said and went to another room to investigate the cause of Xue Ge's death.
At this time, Concubine Hui also woke up slowly, and the first thing she asked was: "Am I dead?"
"Don't worry, Madam, it's okay. No one has been poisoned." The maid next to her said quickly.
"Ouch, you really scared me to death." Concubine Hui took a long breath, and then she felt a little embarrassed, "You really scared me just now. As long as it's okay, that's okay."
"It's no wonder Sister Hui Fei is scared," Ma Cairen said, "The scene just now was indeed scary enough."
Then the imperial doctor came back and said, "The palace maid was indeed poisoned and died."
"This is strange. We are all fine, so why is she the only one who was poisoned?" The queen asked, "Then it shouldn't be about the tea."
Because Xue Ge kept saying that the tea was poisonous before he died, everyone thought that the tea was poisonous and that anyone who drank the tea would be poisoned.
"Mother, could it be the cup of tea that Xue Ge drank..." Liang Xiao said from the side, "As far as I know, because they were busy waiting for the master to come to this temple today, they haven't eaten or drank since early. "
The implication is that only the cup of tea Xue Ge drank was poisonous, and the rest of the tea was not poisonous.
"All the tea cups have been taken away and washed again." Zhi Ke Monk had long been frightened out of his wits. "Besides, those tea cups are all plain white bowls of the same color. It's hard to tell who belongs to whom." Already."
Buddhism emphasizes the equality of all living beings, so the tea sets used to serve tea to these people are all the same. You can still tell them apart when they are in the hands of one person, but how can you tell them apart if they are mixed together?
"By the way, the empress accidentally spilled tea on her clothes. There must be residual tea stains on the phoenix robe she changed into, which should be able to be detected," said Sister Hui.
"You can tell if the clothes are not washed." The imperial doctor was very confident.
"Go and get my piece of clothing and let the imperial physician examine it in public," the queen said.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the imperial doctor wiped the silver needle used for poison testing on the front of the queen's phoenix robe several times. The silver needle quickly turned black.
"Sure enough, it's poisonous!" Princess Maoling couldn't help but exclaimed, "Thanks to the Queen.
Jiren Tianxiang, his hands shook at that time, otherwise...otherwise it would be unimaginable! "
"There is no poison in the tea we drink, only the Queen's tea contains it. Isn't it obvious that this is for the Queen?!" Yao Wanyi also said sharply, "The person who poisoned must be in this temple. , we must find out quickly!"
When the queen and others travel, they are always escorted by the imperial guards. At this time, the Daxiangguo Temple had already been completely surrounded.
All the monks in the temple were looked at, especially those who made tea and lit the fire in the tea room, as well as the novice monks who served tea.
"There are a total of twelve young novices serving tea, why is one missing?" Liang Xiao quickly discovered the problem.
"Yes! Where has Huiming gone?" asked Zhike Monk.
"After we came down, he somehow disappeared in a blink of an eye." Several other novices said.
"I served the bowl of tea to the Queen later," said a young monk named Hui Qing, "because he could not be found when the tea was served again."
"Look! Find him quickly!" Liang Xiaodao said, "I have searched this temple all over and I have to find him!"
Daxiangguo Temple is not comparable to ordinary temples, with hundreds of houses.
Everyone cast out their nets and searched for a long time.
Finally, they found him in a room where debris was stored in the backyard, but by this time Huiming's body was already cold.
"For the record, my masters, Huiming hanged himself." Liang Xiao came back to report.
"What kind of hatred does this little novice monk have against me? He actually wants to kill me." The queen looked downcast.
"Empress, there must be something hidden here. This little novice is only ten years old. How could he have the courage and means to poison the empress?" Princess Maoling said, "There must be someone behind this who is instigating him. We must investigate further."
"His Majesty, the Empress, this Huiming has been a monk in our temple for three years. He has always been well-behaved and sensible. The poor monks and others really don't know why he has such evil intentions." The monk in charge of the temple said, "This has never happened before. Did you see any unusual behavior on his part?"
"Let me tell you, even if Huiming dies, you will still be involved!" Liang Xiao said coldly, "Trying to murder the current empress is a death penalty without mercy!"
These monks were already trembling with fear. When they heard these words again, many of them simply started crying.
Only Jingkong and a few other old monks remained calm, standing with their hands down and saying nothing.
"Let me tell you, if anyone knows any clues, tell them quickly! The Queen also knows that this is a pure place of Buddhism and does not want to kill.
But if you still don’t report the information, then you have no choice but to abide by the national law. "Liang Xiao threatened again.
"Xiao Monk...Xiao Monk seems to know a little bit." Someone in the crowd whispered.
"Step forward and say something." Liang Xiao looked around and saw a monk in his twenties.
"Young monk... my name is Huineng, and he is the Sasou monk in the West Hall..." The monk named Huineng stuttered when he spoke, and his legs were shaking with fear. "While the nobles were blowing incense everywhere, we... were all... They are all to be avoided.
The young monk accidentally...saw...saw Huiming talking to a palace maid...the palace maid..."
