Chapter 1588
Questions popped up in Ling Yu's mind, waiting for her to solve them one by one.
Wanqishan found a total of fifteen rats from the coffin. These rats all bled to death from their orifices.
King Kang couldn't hold it back when he saw it and said: "Prince Cheng, do you still need to check? The Queen Mother was poisoned to death. These rats got in and ate the Queen Mother's body before she was poisoned to death!"
"Xiao Lintian, what other sophistry do you want to make? I already asked you just now that you and the Queen Mother had dinner together last night. You must have poisoned the Queen Mother!"
Seeing King Kang like this, Xiao Lintian wanted to pin the charge of poisoning the Queen Mother on himself, so he couldn't bear to call him by his name and roared loudly.
"Xiao Linyi, don't you have a long memory? You only received thirty lashes for slandering the Queen last time. This time you dare to slander me without any evidence!"
"Prince Cheng, you have all heard it. It's not that I don't have any brotherhood, but it's actually Prince Kang who went too far!"
"If it is proven that the death of the Queen Mother has nothing to do with me this time... Xiao Linyi is guilty of the following. The crime of false accusation cannot be pardoned. He will be stripped of his royal title and demoted to a commoner!"
This punishment was severe enough, and it immediately shocked King Ye and King Rui, as well as Concubine Shao and the officials and wives outside.
King Kang was also shocked and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Brother Wei was impulsive. Brother Wei also saw the Empress Dowager die in such a miserable way and was so angry that he could not stop talking!"
"Brother, I apologize to you...Brother, don't dare talk nonsense anymore! Brother, slap your own lips..."
With that said, King Kang patted his face a few times in a flattering manner as a punishment for himself.
Xiao Lintian did not accept this trick at all, and gave King Kang a stern look. This time, even if he was scolded by the world for being ruthless and cold-blooded, he would completely deprive King Kang of his power and demote him to a commoner.
Wan Qishan turned a blind eye to these internal fights in the palace and continued to examine the body of the Empress Dowager without any influence.
Ling Yu watched intently.
But gradually Ling Yu became dissatisfied, because it was the Empress Dowager who died. As a man, even if Wan Qishan was a widower, he would not have the courage to turn over the body and conduct a detailed examination.
The Empress Dowager's face was pale, and there were no signs of poisoning on her skin.
Wan Qishan only examined the Empress Dowager's mouth and nose, and it was impossible to determine the cause of the Empress Dowager's death based on this.
She waited patiently for Wan Qishan to finish the examination, just to see what this prestigious author would say about the cause of the Empress Dowager's death.
It was probably the first time that Wan Qishan had performed an autopsy on someone as noble as the Empress Dowager. He was so cowardly that he couldn't let go. After checking the surface, he pulled Prince Cheng aside and muttered.
"Wan Qishan, is there anything you can't say in front of everyone? Tell me the results of your test! Did the Empress Dowager die of poisoning?"
King Kang was frightened by Xiao Lintian's threat to remove the prince's title. He did not dare to target Xiao Lintian anymore and could only vent his anger on Zuo Zuo.
Wan Qishan had no choice but to say: "After a small examination, it seems that the Queen Mother died of poisoning. Those rats gnawed her body and then died of poisoning!"
"but......"
Before Wan Qishan could continue, King Kang couldn't wait to say: "Prince Cheng, everyone has heard that the Empress Dowager was poisoned to death!"
"I propose that all those who were on duty in the imperial dining room yesterday, as well as the maids and nuns who had contact with the Empress Dowager, be captured, tortured, and asked to recruit their instigators!"
"I don't believe that they dare to do such a rebellious and vicious thing without anyone's instructions!"
"If they resist, throw them into a snake den and kill them as a warning to others!"
