"This matter has not yet been clarified, and the truth is still unclear. You cannot accuse anyone without reason. You can rest easy. I will personally investigate and find out the truth as soon as possible. You don't have to worry about this matter."
"Isn't all this obvious enough?" Concubine Rong was anxious and angry, "She is the only one who can come into contact with my food. Other than her, no one else has the chance to do anything. What else needs to be checked? Who else could it be but her?
Your Majesty, our child is gone like this, you must avenge him!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely do it. After the investigation is clear and the evidence is conclusive, I will not tolerate it no matter who it is. Okay, you have a good rest, I will go out first." Xiao Yunchen said for Rong side.
The concubine covered herself with the quilt, turned around and left the room.
Yu Yunxuan also came out and asked in a deep voice: "Does the prince also suspect that I administered the medicine?"
"Until the matter is investigated clearly, everyone is suspect, right?" Xiao Yunchen looked deeply at Yu Yunxuan and had some concerns in his heart, "Did you also deliver the meal this morning?"
"It's me, but I don't see anything wrong with it."
Xiao Yunchen was still thinking about asking something, when the imperial doctor hurried over.
"Your Majesty, Weichen did not find any anti-fetal drugs in the concubine's remaining food this morning. Wei Chen thought that the problem must be in the anti-fetal medicine. But the anti-fetal medicine has been consumed. If you want to check, just
Can check the medicine residue."
Xiao Yunchen ordered the boy behind him: "Immediately ask someone to go to the kitchen to get the dregs of the anti-fetal medicine that has been used this morning. Also, call everyone in the kitchen over. I want them all one by one."
interrogation.”
Soon, the boy brought the cook and servants from the kitchen, but he couldn't find the medicine residue.
After a while, I found the discarded medicinal residue in the flower garden near the kitchen.
After examination by the imperial physician, the medicine residue was indeed mixed with saffron and horse grass. Therefore, it was determined that Concubine Rong drank this bowl of tocolytic medicine containing abortion medicine, which caused the miscarriage.
This incident spread quickly, causing everyone in the palace to panic. Anyone who had been to the kitchen this morning was suspected. However, the people who worked in the kitchen were the most suspicious.
After Xiao Yunchen's interrogation, most of the suspects were eliminated, leaving only two cooks who were responsible for Concubine Rong's meals and cooking medicine.
Because except for the two of them, no one else had ever been close to the stove where the medicine was cooked, so they were the most suspicious.
But no matter how Xiao Yunchen interrogated them, they did not admit that they had mixed saffron and horse grass into the anti-fetal medicine.
Moreover, Xiao Yunchen believed that the two of them had no grudges against Concubine Rong and had no motive for doing this.
Many people secretly speculated that the person who administered the drug was the princess.
Although the princess is a generous person, she is still a woman after all, and it is impossible not to be jealous.
Moreover, Concubine Rong always made things difficult for the princess, and Concubine Rong was pregnant with the prince's child. The princess was worried that her status would be unstable, so she had no choice but to have her abort.
Xiao Yunchen asked: "Who sent today's anti-fetal medicine?"
Concubine Rong's personal maid replied: "My lord, it's Chun Qin."
Yu Yunxuan was startled and began to feel uneasy.
She had a stomachache again this morning, so instead of sending any more medicine, Chunqin made a trip. Unexpectedly, she became a key suspect.
"Has Chunqin been to the kitchen before the medicine is ready?" Xiao Yunchen asked again.
Chunqin had a conflict with Concubine Rong, and because she was beaten ten times, she developed a deep grudge. It is possible that she drugged her out of spite.
The cooks thought for a while, shook their heads, and said they hadn't noticed.
Yu Yunxuan said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the medicine in the morning was indeed sent by Chunqin, but I can guarantee that she was definitely not the one who gave the medicine, and I only sent her to the kitchen after the medicine was ready. At that time, she
It’s too late to give me medicine.”
Everyone nodded, feeling that what she said made sense.
Saffron and horsetail are both Chinese herbal medicines that need to be boiled. The medicine must be administered during the decoction. If Chunqin had not been to the kitchen before that, it means that she was not the one who administered the medicine.
Xiao Yunchen said coldly: "Go and bring Chunqin here first! We won't know until we investigate whether she did it."
There are many ways to add anti-fetal medicine to anti-fetal medicine, and you may not be able to prescribe the medicine without going to the kitchen.
The servants went to find Chunqin, but found that she was not in the house at all. After questioning, they learned that Chunqin was seen leaving the house in a hurry not long ago.
Everyone felt that this was obviously a case of absconding out of fear of crime.
Xiao Yunchen sent people out to hunt her down, and finally caught Chunqin back an hour later.
In the yard, Xiao Yunchen looked at Chunqin kneeling on the ground indifferently, and asked in a cold voice: "It was you who put saffron and horse grass into Concubine Rong's anti-fetal medicine, right?"
Chun Qin suddenly raised her head, glanced at Yu Yunxuan, then looked at Xiao Yunchen, shook her head and said: "No, I didn't do it. I didn't do it. My lord, I didn't do it."
"Since you didn't do it, why did you run away in a hurry?" Concubine Sun, who had been watching silently, suddenly retorted, "If you didn't have a guilty conscience, why did you escape from the palace not long after Concubine Rong had a miscarriage?
Aren’t you afraid that you will be traced?”
Chunqin was shocked, but also furious. She glared at Concubine Sun angrily and said, "I left the house to get medicine for the princess's stomachache, not to run away."
Xiao Yunchen looked at Yu Yunxuan, but Yu Yunxuan looked troubled. She paused and said, "I was originally going to send Xia Lian, but for some reason, it was Chunqin who went."
Xiao Yunchen flashed his black eyes, with a hint of surprise on his face.
According to Yu Yunxuan's character, she should have come forward to defend Chunqin. Even if Chunqin was lying, she would have covered up. Why did she say something so fascinating at this moment?
Concubine Sun chuckled and said: "Isn't this simple? Chunqin deliberately escaped in the name of grabbing medicine. If he is caught like now, he can still defend himself."
"No, because Xia Lian was not feeling well, I went there in her place. I really just went out to get medicine."
Concubine Sun asked again: "What about your medicine?"
"My...slave was captured by the soldiers before I even arrived at the drug store." Chunqin was extremely upset. It was obvious that someone was framing her, but she couldn't defend herself.
Concubine Sun said with determination: "Isn't that what it is? You are simply lying! Concubine Rong caused you to be punished with a cane before. You hold a grudge and have enough motives.
You also sent me the anti-fetal medicine, so it’s easy for you to do anything!”
Chunqin couldn't argue, and just when she was upset, Concubine Sun's words reminded her. On the way to deliver the medicine in the morning, she was bumped by someone, and part of the soup in the other person's hand spilled on her body.