ebookland Chapter 237 The White Cat Died of Arsenic
Chapter 237 The White Cat Died of Arsenic
When the four saw the scene on the table, a feeling of fear immediately surged in their hearts.
"Grandmother, please believe me! It really wasn't me who poisoned her!" Princess Cangyue explained hastily.
The Queen Mother gently stroked her forehead and comforted her: "Child, don't be afraid. The Royal Grandmother certainly believes in you. This poison was definitely not yours."
Princess Cang Yue has a heart as pure as water, kind and innocent, which is rare in this palace.
The Queen Mother also knew that her granddaughter would never do such a vicious thing, so this must be a conspiracy. Someone wanted to harm her and tried to put the blame on Cang Yue.
At this time, the Queen Mother turned her gaze to Feng Wuhen and ordered: "Evil King, such evil behavior must not be easily stopped! You must quickly invite the Emperor to come and let him witness everything that happened in the palace with his own eyes."
Feng Wuhen followed the Queen Mother's order and did not dare to waste any time. He first winked at Jiang Yimo, then looked up at the hourglass in the Queen Mother's Palace, and had a rough estimate of when the old emperor would leave the court.
Immediately afterwards, he walked out of the Empress Dowager's Yongshou Palace and whispered a few words to the Empress Dowager's confidants before heading straight to the palace where the Emperor held court.
His steps were as fast as a storm, as if he couldn't wait to fly to the emperor.
All this was because he knew that time was running out and he had to inform the Emperor of what happened in the Empress Dowager's palace as soon as possible so that the Emperor could personally find out the truth behind the incident.
In fact, the Queen Mother could also ask her palace maid to notify the Emperor to come and handle the matter, without having to let the Evil King go in person. However, in order to draw the Emperor's attention to this matter, she thought deeply for a while and then asked Feng Wuhen to go in person.
After receiving the Queen Mother's order, Feng Wuhen became more cautious and controlled anyone who had touched the breakfast that Princess Cangyue had brought to the Queen Mother.
But what surprised him even more was that the old emperor had ended the morning court early today. When Feng Wuhen was halfway there, he saw from afar the old emperor leading a group of people, including Uncle You Wang, Wang Sui and Wang Kang, heading towards Yongshou Palace where the empress dowager was.
Seeing the old emperor approaching, Feng Wuhen hurriedly quickened his pace to greet him. At the same time, the old emperor noticed Feng Wuhen approaching in a hurry, and couldn't help but feel puzzled. He took the initiative to ask: "Evil King, I see you are in such a hurry, what are you doing?"
Hearing this, Feng Wuhen looked at the old emperor solemnly and said in a serious tone: "Father, something happened in the palace of the Empress Dowager. The situation is urgent. Please go over and take a look."
The old emperor was shocked when he heard this. His eyes, which had been narrowed slightly, suddenly widened. He stared at Feng Wuhen with his sharp eagle-like eyes and asked loudly, "What happened? Tell me quickly!"
There was unconsciously a hint of majesty and urgency in the voice.
Feng Wuhen did not dare to delay and turned around quickly, walking quickly towards the Yongshou Palace with the old emperor and his entourage. At the same time, as he walked, he told the old emperor in detail everything that had just happened in the Yongshou Palace.
As Feng Wuhen continued his narration, the old emperor's expression became increasingly gloomy and ugly.
He has spent dozens of years in this palace and experienced countless hardships, but he has never heard of anyone poisoning someone in the palace so blatantly.
Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in the old emperor's eyes, and a heart-pounding aura emanated from his body.
A group of people walked hurriedly into the Yongshou Palace. The old emperor turned his head sharply and saw the lifeless dead cat on the table in the Empress Dowager's palace, as well as a bowl of porridge and two exquisite pastries on the tray.
He frowned and asked in a serious tone: "Cang Yue, has anyone else touched the breakfast you brought to your grandmother this morning?"
Princess Cang Yue heard this and turned to look at the maid Hong Ying beside her, and said softly: "Hong Ying, you go ahead and tell me."
At this moment, the palace maid Hongying was already frightened by the dead white cat in front of her, and her legs were weak. She was even more nervous and uneasy. She stood aside trembling, fearing that the emperor and the queen mother would punish her.
Therefore, when Princess Cang Yue called on her to speak, she couldn't help but tremble all over, her legs went weak, and she immediately fell to her knees with a thud.
"Princess... Princess, I personally brought these breakfasts from the medicine room. They did not pass through anyone else's hands!"
Hongying answered stutteringly, her voice full of fear and nervousness.
"Then when was it poisoned?"
The maid Hongying shook her head and said, "I don't know."
"When you brought breakfast to me, did you meet anyone on the road?" Princess Cangyue suppressed her anger and asked word by word.
"In reply to the princess, after I came out of the imperial kitchen carrying the Empress Dowager's breakfast, I came straight to you. On the way, I did meet many palace maids and eunuchs, but they were all busy in a hurry and did not communicate much." The maid Hongying answered with her head lowered.
Hearing this, Princess Cang Yue frowned and asked, "Have you ever spoken to each other?"
Hongying's eyes flickered and she stammered, "This...it seems like there isn't, but it also seems like there is..."
Princess Cang Yue was immediately furious. She immediately stepped forward, stretched out her hand and slapped Hong Ying twice, shouting angrily: "What an idiot! You can't even remember whether you have spoken to others! What use are you?"
Looking at the extremely stupid maid in front of her, Princess Cangyue sighed inwardly, wondering how she could have such a clumsy person serving her, who didn't even know who she was talking to.
However, when everyone's attention was focused on the interrogation of Hongying, Jiang Yimo calmly walked to the dead cat.
She carefully took out a white handkerchief from her bosom, gently dipped it in some of the bright red blood that remained on the corners of the dead cat's mouth, and the crumbs of the pastry that the cat had licked, then quickly put the handkerchief away and threw it into the space laboratory she carried with her for testing and analysis.
Time passed minute by minute, and in less than ten minutes, Jiang Yimo successfully found out: the poison that caused the white cat's death was arsenic!
After getting this result, she immediately told the emperor and the empress dowager.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, this white cat died of arsenic poisoning. The arsenic was sprinkled on these two cakes."
The emperor and the empress dowager looked at each other and their expressions became very solemn. They knew that this matter was definitely not simple.
"Little Li, go and bring me all the people in the imperial kitchen and those who have been to the imperial kitchen today!"
The emperor roared angrily.
His eyes were full of majesty and deterrence, which made everyone present shudder.
Little Lizi quickly responded, "Yes, sir!" and left in a hurry, praying secretly in his heart that nothing serious would happen.