Doctor Lin stepped forward, holding the packet of poisonous powder in his hand.
"Poison?" Su Qingmo said calmly: "Why don't you let the other imperial doctors come and take a look?"
Seeing the queen looking this way, the four imperial doctors immediately stepped forward, opened the paper package and took a look, but they were confused.
This is obviously pollen!
"My little girl has always had trouble sleeping. This is the powder of Li Linghua. It has the effect of calming the nerves and promoting sleep. My little girl has been keeping it under the pillow. Even Mrs. Xia knows about it."
Su Qingmo was such a skilled doctor. As soon as she and Jinxia entered the house, they smelled the mustard and found it without any effort.
Wrapped like this and placed under her mattress, it was obviously not for the purpose of poisoning, so all that was left was...
Framed!
It wasn't until someone came from the palace that she guessed that the poisoned person was Ning Keyao!
At this time, the only people who want Ning Keyao to die are Ning Yilan and Ning Yu! Thinking that Su Xinsheng had returned home long before he did...
Su Qingmo sneered. It seemed that Su Xinshen was willing to seek skin from a tiger in order to get rid of her!
Then, she changed the medicine to pear pollen, but sprinkled a little sturgeon mustard poison outside the paper bag. Therefore, when Dr. Liu found it, what she smelled was indeed sturgeon mustard poison!
But now, that bit of poisonous powder has long since dispersed, and there is no trace left.
At this time, Doctor Liu looked at the powder in disbelief and was speechless.
Li Ling pollen does have a slight resemblance to sturgeon mustard, but... But he can't be mistaken!
Seeing this, Imperial Physician Xu came to the rescue and said: "Empress, the cold mustard tastes sweet and slightly fishy. It is indeed somewhat similar to Li Ling pollen. Imperial Physician Liu is eager to find the medicine, so the confusion... is normal."
"They're all trash!" the queen said sternly. How dare you present it to her before you're sure?
She looked at Su Qingmo, but saw that the person in front of her was calm and it was difficult to distinguish between true and false.
She lowered her eyes for a long time...
Suddenly he raised his head and said in a cold voice: "You three are the only ones who have touched Yao'er's robe today. Who collected the lunch!"
After saying a few words, Su Qingmo raised her lips and smiled.
Queen...isn't she stupid?
It was true that she had manipulated the beads, but Ning Keyao had indeed taken the poison from her mouth and poisoned her clothes just to put the blame on herself.
So...
The maid who has access to the clothes and is eager to take away the poisoned lunch is the poisoner!
As soon as the words fell, the two palace ladies looked at the person on the far right.
The palace maid trembled all over.
"The Queen is unjust. The slave received the lunch, but...but the slave did not poison her! The slave has served the princess for many years, and there is no way she could poison the princess!"
Ning Keyao also looked at the palace maid in astonishment, unable to believe that the people around her would betray her.
However, Su Qingmo slowly stepped forward, curled her lips and said with a smile: "No problem, just capture all her relatives and kill them one by one. If they are all dead and she hasn't admitted it, let this matter be over!"
The palace maid looked at Su Qingmo in disbelief, with shock and horror in her eyes. She didn't understand why this young lady from the prime minister's house could be so ruthless? !
"But if you tell the truth, I will kill you alone and I will protect your family. After all..."
Su Qingmo looked at the palace maid and said word by word: "No harm to the family!"
As soon as these words came out, the palace maid suddenly collapsed and fell to the ground.
Not long after, she suddenly cried: "It's the slave! It's the slave who poisoned me!"
She cried and crawled to Ning Keyao's feet: "Princess, what I don't want is for Aunt Qian to arrest my family. If I don't do it, my parents and brother will die! Princess, my crime deserves death. Only beg..."
She cried and begged: "I just ask the princess, for the sake of master and servant, to save the slave's family and protect it as Miss Su said! I will be a cow and a horse in the next life, and I will repay the princess!"
Ning Keyao looked at her intently, with mixed feelings in her heart.
But the queen is...
Looked at Su Qingmo!
There was no capital punishment or severe torture. Su Qingmo made the palace maid tell the truth with just one sentence...
This woman...
More than just the position of Crown Princess!
At this time, the queen has decided to let Ning Lichen marry Su Qingmo.
On the way to seize the throne, Su Qingmo and Duke Ningguo will definitely be Chen'er's biggest help!
I have to say, the Queen’s thoughts are...beautiful!
"Aunt Qian belongs to Ning Yilan!" The queen gritted her teeth and said, "Pull her down and beat her to death!"
Su Qingmo said: "Wait a minute!"
In the Queen's confused eyes, Su Qingmo said: "Let her change into the clothes of a little girl!"
Su Qingmo had known that as soon as Beiqi's envoy arrived, there would be a bloody storm in the harem.
But she didn't expect that before the envoys even entered the capital, Ning Yilan would take action, and she would be so vicious, it would be an incurable poison!
Su Qingmo's eyes gradually darkened.
If you want to kill Ning Keyao, have you asked her?
"Change your clothes?" At this time, the queen was a little confused.
Su Qingmo said: "Does the Queen think that after the fifth princess was poisoned, she would not keep an eye on the movements of Yanyue Palace?"
In an instant, the queen understood.
Using the trick, Ning Yilan thought Yao'er was poisoned, so she killed Su Qingmo.
Then, Su Qingmo said word by word: "My little girl has a plan to protect the north and pray for the envoy to choose Yao'er for marriage!"
Back to today, now.
royal palace.
At the palace banquet.
At this time, Ning Keyao looked at Ning Yilan with a smile on her face, which made Ning Yilan almost angry to death.
Ning Yilan was trembling all over and didn't know what to do. After hearing Jiang Xian's words, she was even more shocked!
Jiang Xian...
He even begged for mercy for Ning Keyao! ?
Ning Keyao clearly did this on purpose, she basically made herself look embarrassed on purpose.
what to do!
Now how to do!
But at this moment, Ning Yu stood up and said: "Lan'er, why don't you get up quickly! Last time when I was assassinated, you pushed me away and threw the inkstone at the assassin. Today, the person holding the sword has become the four emperor sisters. Why don't you move?"
Ning Yu clearly meant that because the person holding the sword was the imperial sister, the fifth princess would rather be hurt herself than hurt the fourth princess.
It’s so affectionate and righteous!
It's just that no one can see that the fifth princess was clearly frightened just now, and the Second Highness's words just sounded better.
Ning Yilan also reacted and stood up hurriedly and said: "As the eldest sister is a mother, Lan'er has always been close to the fourth emperor sister, so naturally she doesn't want to let go..."
Emperor Yan Ning's expression finally softened a little, and he could only say: "Yao'er, go back and sit down. Don't be so reckless in the future!"
Although the words were meant to blame, there was no hint of anger. On the contrary, Emperor Yan Ning had no intention of appeasing Ning Yilan after she was so frightened.
Seeing this, the queen took a sip from her wine glass and hid the smile in her eyes.
When Su Qingmo told her about this plan, she disagreed.
At the palace banquet, let Yao'er pierce Ning Yilan's wine glass!
How can your Majesty not be angry?
How should the envoy from Beiqi regard her?
But at that time Su Qingmo said...
"Your Majesty, do you think the fifth princess thinks that Yao'er is dead first, and she is still sitting still with the sword behind her? After this sword attack, I guarantee that the fifth princess will definitely lose her temper in public! How can envoy Beiqi lead Such a person goes back to get married? So they will definitely consider Yao'er first. If those two adults are smart enough..."
Su Qingmo smiled and said: "Maybe he will also plead for the fourth princess! Therefore, Your Majesty will definitely not be angry!"
It was after hearing these words that the queen agreed to Su Qingmo's plan.
Now it seemed that she had indeed believed Su Qingmo correctly!
Just looking at Ning Yilan's frightened look just now, she will never have a chance to be with Beiqi in her life!
Ha ha ha ha!
Thinking like this, the queen was filled with pride.
Everyone present naturally thought of this, and instantly, the ministers of the prince's lineage felt relieved.
There was no expression on Ning Yu's face, but the hands on her knees were clenched tightly.
He originally thought that Ning Keyao had no talent and virtue, and even if he was not dead, he would not be able to steal Lan'er's limelight, but who would have thought...
How dare she stab Lan'er in public? !
Pian Lan'er failed to live up to expectations, with such a face-losing reaction!
After a long time, Ning Yu slowly let go of his hands and looked at Ning Keyao and Ning Yilan opposite him as if nothing had happened.
Ning Keyao must not be allowed to go and get married!
But at this moment, his eyes lit up!
"Father, there seems to be something wrong with this wine cup!" Ning Yu said doubtfully.
After hearing this, everyone looked and their eyes widened instantly.
I saw that the red gold wine cup had been split in half by Ning Keyao and fell to the ground, but the inside of the section was clearly orange-red!
How could the red gold cup be orange-red inside? Of course, it is mixed with copper!
No!
It's not that it's mixed with copper, but the wine cup is originally made of copper, it's just plated with a layer of gold on the outside!
The most surprised person was Ning Lichen. He frowned slightly and felt a little uneasy.
After all, this wine cup is...
As expected, Emperor Yan Ning said angrily: "Did this wine cup come from the Pei Mansion?"
Ning Yilan's seat was close to the front, and Emperor Yan Ning was sitting high up, so he could see clearly. At this time, he was already furious!
Ning Yu sneered when he saw this and replied: "Back to my father, he came from the Pei Mansion!"
The red gold wine cups are not very expensive, but they are completely red gold wine cups. The texture is somewhat soft. Although they look luxurious and dazzling, they are not very practical. Therefore, this batch of red gold wine cups were ordered by Emperor Yanning earlier. The five hundred made by the government have been kept in the treasury. Today is the first time they are used.
But Emperor Yan Ning never expected that the wine cup was actually made of copper!
still...
In front of Jiang Xian and Han Rui, he was discovered!
Doesn't this make Beiqi think that he, Yan Ning, is down and out and using copper to fill gold?
What does this mean for the emperor's face?
Emperor Yan Ning felt his energy and blood rising, and said angrily: "Is this the red gold wine cup made by Pei Pingqiu? Very good! Very good! Come here!"
"Your humble duty is here!" Chi Zhong, the imperial guard, immediately stepped forward and said respectfully.
"Search Pei's house immediately and arrest everyone!" Emperor Yanning convicted Pei Pingqiu without even thinking about it.
Everyone was secretly shocked when they saw this. It seemed that His Majesty was really angry. Even when something happened to the Shen Mansion, which was also an imperial merchant, His Majesty sent the Crown Prince to go and find out. Now it is the turn of the Pei Mansion, and His Majesty is actually... Directly condemned and ransacked the house!
Also, such a shameful thing was caught by his envoy...
Everyone was thrown to Beiqi!
Ning Lichen was panicked and was about to step forward to plead for mercy, but he paused.
Last time that old fox Pei Pingqiu pleaded for Pei Zhuo, he actually dared to bargain with him! That's all, but as soon as Pei Zhuo was released, he dared to speak arrogantly!
The words he said in Yayun Tower alone were enough to kill Pei Zhuo ten thousand times!
and...
He looked at Ning Zhan without any trace.
The hundred pieces of cloth that Lao Liu transported back to his home probably contained some ulterior secret.
It is very possible that Pei Mansion...
Already having second thoughts about myself!
Ning Lichen slowly lowered his eyes. Pei Pingqiu must have been caught off guard when his father suddenly ransacked his house. Even if he had his own evidence, he might not have time to take it out!
Putting Pei Pingqiu directly into the sky prison solved a major problem for him!
Thinking of this, Ning Lichen sat down calmly again, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
Ning Yu's eyes darkened when he saw this.
Did Ning Lichen not intend to intervene?
He originally wanted to wait for Ning Lichen to plead, and see if he could drag Ning Lichen into the water.
Then he looked at Ning Keyao, the murderous intent in his eyes flashed away. It seemed that he had to make long-term plans.
Pei Mansion.
At this time, Pei Pingqiu was having a meal in the mansion. Unexpectedly, a group of officers and soldiers barged in directly. Before he could react, he was taken to the courtyard.
"Stop! You...you dare to catch me? Do you know where this is!"
Zhong Chi personally led the people there and snorted coldly: "On your Majesty's order, I will arrest everyone from the Pei Mansion and put them in the prison of the Ministry of Punishments. The Pei Mansion has been raided and will cease to exist from now on!"
Pei Pingqiu's head buzzed after hearing this, and he couldn't believe his ears!
Mrs. Pei even shouted: "How is this possible? Your Majesty must have made a mistake! How is this possible!"
"Be bold!"
Zhong Chi shouted sternly: "How dare you say that the Holy Emperor made a mistake! This is a disrespectful statement and is meant to punish the nine tribes!"
"What?" Mrs. Pei was so frightened that she fainted on the spot as soon as she exclaimed.
"Mother! Mother!" Pei Zhuo was also confused at this time. He had just come out of the dungeon of Jingzhao Yin Mansion, why was he going to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment again?
The other people in the Pei Mansion also looked at each other in panic, not understanding what was going on.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Pei Pingqiu finally began to be afraid. He trembled and said, "Why...why did your Majesty want to raid Pei's house?"
Zhong Chi snorted coldly: "Why? You are so audacious that you pass off inferior goods as good ones. You even dared to fake the red gold wine cups made for the palace. Didn't you ever think that this day would happen!"
"What?" Pei Pingqiu said in shock: "What an injustice! Even if I had a hundred courages, I wouldn't dare to fool His Majesty!"
"Unjustly accused?" Zhong Chi said: "Today at the palace banquet, the fourth princess took a sword and chopped your Pei Mansion's wine glass in public. It turned out to be copper. Could it be that the fourth princess could have wronged you?"
After that, Zhong Chi stopped talking nonsense with him. When he saw that everyone had been captured, he waved his hand and said, "Take them away!"
Pei Pingqiu was stunned after hearing this.
The fourth princess...
Split the wine cup from Pei's house! ?
Let’s not talk about the batch of red gold wine cups. He remembered clearly that the five hundred were all made of high-quality red gold. Just talking about this palace banquet, why did the fourth princess... split the wine cups for no reason? !
Why did the fourth princess break the wine cup from Pei's house? !
Besides, even if it is split open, there will be no copper inside!
This...why on earth is this!
But at this moment, Pei Pingqiu seemed to remember something and was shocked all over.
Prime Minister's Mansion.
Maple Courtyard.
Su Xinsheng was filled with anxiety and her mind was even more confused. Finally, after the palace banquet was over, she felt relieved when she saw that Ning Keyao did not mention the poisoning.
But just as he returned to the room and sat down, Aunt Du suddenly came in.
Su Xinsheng had a guilty conscience and many worries, and was instantly shocked.
"Auntie, can't you ask the maid to report it!"
Aunt Du said anxiously: "How about giving birth to a baby?"
"What?" Su Xinyan said impatiently.
"Of course it's Beiqi's person," Aunt Du stared at Su Xinsheng and said nervously, "Who should I choose to get married?"
Su Xinyuan lowered her eyes and said absently: "It seems that she is more inclined to the fourth princess."
Aunt Du breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this.
"That's good! Your Highness the Crown Prince's position is saved. When the time comes, you will marry..."
"Stop talking!" Su Xinyan said angrily, "Your Highness will never marry me!"
Aunt Du was stunned for a moment, unable to react, and then she was shocked all over.
"What?" Aunt Du shouted, "What did you say?"
