Chapter 172

A corner of cloth slipped out of his sleeve and landed on the ground.

Inside, a green emerald bead rolled to the ground.

The beads were polished very delicately. They didn't look like ornaments on his clothes, but more like ornaments on women's jewelry.

They all agreed to see it.

Cong Rong and Li's mother changed color together -

although they planned to put the blame on situ Chen, they were caught off guard when things suddenly happened and they didn't think of all the countermeasures.

The bead rolled out and just landed at her feet.

"What is this?" Good concubine bend to pick up.

Congrong and Li's mother jumped out of their throat. Congrong restrained herself with great strength, and she barely called herself out to stop it --

the bead was hollow, and originally the poison was hidden in the bead. When she used it, she took the opportunity to pull the silk thread hanging on it.

Because the liquid poison was easy to be found, she used powder, and because it was highly toxic, the powder spilled out only needed to drop into the tea drink of Queen Cong and it could be fatal. But there are also shortcomings of the powder, spilled when it will inevitably stick to other places.

She should have disposed of it as soon as possible, but after the accident, the emperor ordered the whole palace to be sealed off.

It's such a big place around here. It's not safe to lose it in this case.

The concubine pinched the bead and looked around. Because the color of the thing was too good, she couldn't help looking at it again and said, "it's a good thing!"

"This is not from this palace!" Situ Chen wrung eyebrow way, he also does not immediately question what, just look perplexed murmured: "where is this come from? How could it be in this palace? " But here, the emperor was determined to solve the assassin's doubts, still staring at mother Li outside the door, with a grim face: "don't you tell me the truth? So many certificates are here, do you dare to deny it? Say, in the end, are you infatuated with the prince and the girl of Cong family? In the palace, under my nose, I do this kind of

hands and feet? What do you really want? " "No! There is no servant Mother Li shook her head in panic. Although she knew that she was unable to argue, she could not wait to die. She said quickly, "your majesty! It's someone who put the blame on you! I can swear to God that I didn't do it. Just now I came to the front hall and went to the opposite side of the garden. I was hit by someone That man is wearing the same clothes as me

At that time, because she was too hasty, in fact, she did not notice the person's appearance and clothes, but now, in order to get rid of the crime, she had nothing to do with it.

"What?" The emperor sneered, obviously disbelief.

But he didn't want to be too opinionated in public. Liu Gonggong, meeting his will, hurriedly went out with the whisk in his arms. After a short time, he came back and said, "your majesty! I have already asked. This mother Li followed Miss Cong and her royal highness to escort the Empress Dowager's body to the back hall. She asked a lot of people, and later No one has ever seen her in front of me! "

"I --" Li's mother cried bitterly in her heart, but she could no longer justify herself.

When she went to the front the second time, because of her bad intentions, she deliberately avoided people and tried not to be seen.

I didn't think about it. Now I can't argue with you.

"Emperor, I can swear to God that I really didn't do anything!" Unable to explain, Li's mother also had to curse loudly to clarify.

Mr. Liu was expressionless, and then he went on business: "there are four teams of bodyguards in charge of patrolling in the courtyard of this palace today. Just now, the slaves have asked one by one. No one has seen the suspicious people wearing the same clothes mentioned by mother Li."

"The emperor!" Congrong was also anxious, and knelt down to the emperor, "there must be some misunderstanding in this. The nurse has no reason to do this. She..."

There was a sudden thump in the voice.

It wasn't very noisy. Someone hit the table.

Congrong turns around and sees that her wife has fallen down on the chair beside her. She doesn't know what to do with it. The table beside her has been knocked askew by her.

"Madame!" Seeing this, her maid immediately went to help her: "what's the matter with you? Is it uncomfortable? "

"Er..." The body of the good imperial concubine shakes, seem to want to say what, but don't know why, the body but effort to shrink together.

"Madame? What's the matter with you? " Her maid was frightened, so she went to pull her. Her tears had already come down. She turned to the emperor and said, "the emperor, our mother seems to have an emergency, doctor..."

Words did not fall, slanting on the chair of the good concubine but suddenly stood up.

Then they saw the twisted expression and strange look on her face.

Her eyes were wide, her hands clasped in her throat, and she suddenly walked towards the emperor.

At the foot of the foot stagger, because the eyes open too big, inside blood red.

"Escort!" Her expression is really too ferocious, Liu Gonggong rushes up one step, cross arm blocks in front of the emperor.

However, the imperial concubine just stumbled two steps, and suddenly stopped her steps."Madame!" Her maid called, and before she could help her up, she threw herself straight forward and fell on the ground.

All this happened too fast and suddenly.

Everyone was shocked unexpectedly.

There was a momentary silence in this hall.

After a while, however, situ Ming was the first to react. He stepped forward, squatted down and tried to break off the head of the concubine on the floor tile to try her breath.

"I've lost my breath!" He said, subconsciously holding your breath.

At the end of the day, all of them shivered, and there were many people with a look of obvious fear in their eyes.

At this time, situ yuan also stepped forward, bent down with cold face and examined the death of his wife. Suddenly, he looked at the emperor with a dignified look and said, "don't you think you are very familiar with the situation of the empress and concubine just now?"

The emperor thought about it, but situ Qian first exclaimed: "ah! Concubine and mother, they They all die the same way, don't they Is it possible that the good lady has been poisoned

Among them, only Congrong and Li's mother are the most aware of the internal causes.

But now, both of them are so scared.

Originally, the case of the queen being poisoned has not been concluded, and the good concubine, who was closely followed by one of the four imperial concubines, died in their hands.

If we can make a fool of the past, it will be fine. Otherwise, what kind of criminal responsibility will be borne by these two lives?

They didn't dare to think about it. They just felt their hair standing on end.

And at this time, the same hair inverted emperor!

"Bold!" He almost roared, fiercely clapped his hands on the table, and angrily scolded: "it's the opposite! What a reversal! What a crime I should have done again and again

Who did it?

It has to be said that the murderer really scared him -

imagine that the other party could poison two people around him quietly in front of him. If the other party is more sinister, it's no wonder that he wants to kill him?

It's none of your business. You can hang on high!

But once his life was threatened, the emperor was out of control.

"Your Majesty, calm down!" All the people in the hall knelt down.

When I looked up at the door, I asked her to see the truth

Now we'd rather kill three thousand by mistake than let go of one.

"Emperor -" Cong Rong wanted to ask for mercy, but when she looked up and saw the emperor's expression, she immediately felt that her throat was choked by someone, and she did not dare to say another word.

"Wronged! Wronged Li's mother cried and howled for mercy.

Duke Liu waved, and several guards dragged her to the garden outside the cloister and executed on the spot.

The heavy board fell down without any emotion. Li's mother's scream moved to the ground today. Every time she called, Congrong's heart shrank and she was in a trance to be scared to faint.

She is very clear, Li mother this is for her to suffer, but at this time, she absolutely did not have the courage to stand up.

The expression on the emperor's face was so gloomy that he could hardly breathe. With a sneer in his heart, situ Chen kept a dignified and worried expression on his face. He arched his hands and said, "father, my son's ministers really think this is strange. Before, the great doctor tested out the poison in the tea that his mother drank. It's fair to say, but just now we all came together, the Empress Dowager didn't get any water or any grain of rice after she entered the hall Have you been poisoned? Isn't that ridiculous? "

Congrong's heart jumped again.

The emperor heard the speech and thought about it. The expression on his face gradually calmed down.

He changed his head and looked at situ Chen.

Situ Chen looked dignified.

The emperor said, "pass on the imperial physician..."

In order to test the overpowering drug in the straw, Duke Liu has already called the grand doctor to come. At this time, he kneels outside.

The doctor Lu quickly got up, walked in quickly, and began to follow the footprints she had taken before to test what she might have touched.

Everyone was staring nervously.

Half a day later, Dr. Lu knelt down in front of the emperor with his robe and said, "Your Majesty, I have already experienced that the hands, lips and handkerchief of the good imperial concubine are all contaminated with toxins, and --"

he said, and presented a bead wrapped in a handkerchief: "this bead was picked up by the lady's side, of which the poison weight is the heaviest Empty, there are still some residual poison powder in it. It should be the source of poison! "

Speaking of the good concubine is also not good, suffered a disaster.

She had just been playing with the bead for a long time. Her fingers were contaminated with toxin. Later, she took the handkerchief and pressed it on the corner of her mouthIf it's any other poison, it's the poison that Congrong brings into the palace.

"Ah - did the Empress Dowager prevent the disaster for the palace?" As soon as the doctor's voice fell, situ Chen threw away the corner of cloth he had been holding in his hand. He turned pale and knelt down in front of the emperor. He said, "father, please make decisions for your son's ministers."

That tone, also can't tell whether it is sad or indignant.

Congrong looked in the eyes, holding the handkerchief, pale than he was.

At the same time, she glanced at her coldly with the residual light from the corner of her eye --

does Congrong think he just wants to get rid of himself? no, it isn't! Since the Cong family members have deserted him and left, it will be a disaster if they stay. Since he is determined to fight Congrong, Dingguo Gong must be pulled into the water and hoed together.

Only in this way can we be completely at ease!

Killing the empress by poison, killing the concubine by mistake, and deliberately murdering the crown prince of the Dynasty --

can Cong's family go out of the sky? Did situ yuan want to pry his corner? How is that possible?

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