Chapter 200 Who is the poisoner
Ji Liunian and Chengzun buried the old man, made him the abbot, called the forest he lived in the Eternal Forest, and set up several tall stone monuments for people to admire.
After a month, the prince's illness was completely recovered. In order to avoid such a tragedy again, Ji Liunian personally selected several bodyguards to check everything the prince wanted to eat. The prince's mansion, idle people can't go in. Even other princes can't find the prince. The prince lived a lonely and rich youth.
Since the interrogation of what happened on the day of the prince, Ji Liunian told Cheng Min.
"You just need to learn martial arts at ease now. Your mother has arranged everything for you. In a few days, if you feel lonely, I will let you go to Jifu." Ji Liunian still feels that Jifu is his real home, and there is no need to be guarded, full of warmth.
"My son will not feel lonely. My mother is worried about me, and you should also take care of your health. If you can't find it out, don't check it. Maybe it's just because he was confused for a while. Cheng Min is as kind-hearted as Cheng Zun. He didn't know that if it hadn't been for the old man who sacrificed his life to save him, others would have killed him for a moment.
"I don't think so. You still don't know the sinisterness of people's hearts. Er Niang is not to revenge, but just to give everyone an explanation. Give an explanation to the dead abbot, an explanation to the people in the harem, and an explanation to myself. I don't allow anyone who has done bad things to stay in the palace. Since he has done it, he should be punished accordingly.
Cheng Min nodded.
"In the future, you will be the monarch. I will tell you now that you can't be too kind in doing things, otherwise more people will be harmed. There is an old saying that if people don't offend me, I won't offend them. If people offend me, I will offend them.
"I know that I must be clear about good and evil, and I don't allow evil forces to exist in the palace."
Although Ji Liunian is very determined, it is really difficult to find out.
"Have you ever gone out when you made dessert? Have you taken a closer look at those materials? Ji Liunian interrogated the master who made the prince's dessert that day in prison.
"I swear that I haven't left for a moment. These materials were taken out of the imperial dining room that day. If you don't believe it, you can still ask Xiao Guizi..." The master said it well, and he had no motive to hurt the prince. Ji Liunian did both soft and hard, but he still did not change his words, so Ji Liunian let him go.
The maid who sent the dessert, like the master, couldn't ask any questions. Ji Liunian knew that the woman was weak and gave her a harsh punishment. The maid just cried and said that she was wronged. Ji Liunian coerced and seduced her again, but she still didn't change her words. Ji Liunian felt that if he continued to ask, the maid was either crazy or stupid, so he also let her go.
After two days of interrogation, Ji Liunian was exhausted and felt that he was going to collapse. There is no gain at all, which makes Ji Liunian feel that he is getting older and useless.
"Miss, in fact, if you want to do your hands and feet, you must be in the imperial dining room. This person must have agreed that the prince wants to eat dessert, so he mixed arsenic into powdered sugar or flour. That master and maid dare not do such a thing. Weiyang said what he thought.
"In this case, we can only look for a needle in a haystack." Ji Liunian's heart is very urgent. Now that Cheng Min and Cheng Qian are strictly protected, they will not be surprised. However, Ji Liunian is still unstable and always feels as uncomfortable as being stuck in his throat.
"Miss, don't worry. This matter must be done slowly. As long as we don't give up, it will eventually come to light. You'd better take care of your body first and feel much more haggard. Weiyang has stewed supplements for Ji Liunian these days, but because Ji Liunian is in a hurry to get angry, it has no effect at all.
"I don't understand why so many concubines have died, some have been expelled, some have been beaten into the cold palace, and some have died... Why do these stupid people still follow this road?" Ji Liunian really can't figure out who would do such a thing.
"It's better to lock in the concubine with the prince first. Poisoning the prince is nothing more than thinking that his prince can take the throne of the prince." Weiyang analyzed.
"If you say so, the scope is large. In addition, there are more than 20 princes born this year, all of which can't get rid of the suspicion."
"Then check one by one. We have plenty of time and patience. I don't believe that the poison has long legs run into the dessert." Weiyang smiled.
"Then let's arrange a personal bodyguard to observe carefully. If there are any obvious traces, we will analyze them one by one."
It will soon be Ji Liunian's birthday. Ji Liunian has no intention of doing it, but Cheng Zun and Cheng Min insist on doing it well and washing away the bad luck in the palace.
It was not easy for Ji Liunian to refuse, so he had to agree.
The birthday party is more grand than in previous years, but there is no mood to celebrate in Ji Liunian.
That night, Ji Liunian received a lot of gifts and many true and false blessings. The annual birthday party made her tired of it, so she didn't take it to heart. The next day, Weiyang shouted when he opened the gift.
"Snake, my mother, it's really a snake..." Wei Yang shouted. Ji Liunian also woke up and quickly jumped off **.
"Where is it?"
Weiyang pointed to the past, and Ji Liunian saw a python wrapped around the pillar, highlighting the letter, and he was also scared.
"We jumped out of the window."
The two jumped out one after another.
"You wait here and don't allow others to approach you. I'll ask the snake catcher to come." Ji Liunian left quickly, and soon a tall man in wet clothes came over with Ji Liunian.
"Please wait here." The man went in and caught the snake into the big cloth bag.
"It's so horrible. How can the snake come out?" Ji Liunian looked at Weiyang, but Weiyang did not dare to tell the truth.
"I don't know, master, is there often snakes in this palace?"
"I haven't had it recently. I've had it before. They're all little green snakes. It's really not as big as this."
Ji Liunian asked him to go back to deal with the snake.
"Miss, now I'll tell you the truth. This snake came out of a big vase when I opened the gift..."
"What's going on?" Ji Liunian was also scared.
"This person's purpose is obvious. He wants this snake to come out and hurt you. You drank a little wine last night. I was afraid that you would not sleep well, so I ordered incense. This fragrance has a drowsy effect. I guess the snake also fainted. The fragrance was gone this morning, and I tossed and turned here, and the snake woke up. This is my guess, and I'm sure it's inseparable from the facts.
"Your analysis is very reasonable. Who gave this vase?"
"I don't know. Let's go and have a look." Weiyang turned over the box without a small card, that is, without a signature.
"Let's see who didn't give the gift. Hurry up and count it. Whoever is missing this snake is the one who sent it."
Weiyang quickly called a few people and asked them to count.
"Everyone is here. I guess this gift was mixed in. Yesterday, there were a lot of people with messy hands and feet."
"Grandma, now you are pointing the spear at me. It's really too long. I must find out who did it." Ji Liunian said viciously. If I hadn't had some incense last night, I might have been bitten to death by a snake unconsciously. Ji Liunian thought of this, and there was a chill in his back: this harem is really not a place for people to stay.
"I'll ask the doorman last night if they have any impression of this box." Wei Yang ran out and came back after a few minutes.
"No gains." Weiyang's feet are so tired.
"It seems to be hidden deep enough. You said a few days ago that we have to take our time. I don't think my life is in danger if I can pull him out." Ji Liunian thought about how the revenge man would be happy if he died on his birthday.
"It seems that we have to speed up our pace. After this incident, we have to be more cautious. When you go to bed in the future, you must check whether the doors and windows are locked and whether there is anything suspicious in the room.
Ji Liunian did not tell Cheng Zun about this shocking incident, but let the bodyguards take more care of Cheng Min and Cheng Qian.