klisemfg Chapter 27 The Poisoner is Here
Chapter 27 The Poisoner is Here
Chunlan, a maid from Xianning Palace, was led by the imperial decree of Consort Shu to the palace for a meal. Zhai Rongyu, feeling unwell from the pastries, did not follow.
She strolled around to digest her food and unknowingly arrived at the Imperial Garden.
She heard from the palace maids who accompanied her that there was a colorful carp being raised in the Imperial Garden! She was determined to go and see it!
Halfway there, a maid came stumbling and almost fell on top of her.
Zhai Rongyu reached out to support him, asking, "What's the matter that you're so alarmed?"
"Please forgive me, Your Highness! Please forgive me, Your Highness!" The maidservant said anxiously, pointing to the pavilion not far away, "Consort Ling has suddenly gone mad for some unknown reason, and has disturbed the imperial fetus in Consort Zhao's womb. This servant is on her way to fetch the imperial physician. Please forgive her, Your Highness!"
After saying that, he ran away in a panic.
Zhai Rong frowned and walked towards the pavilion.
No carp were seen, but the excitement continued one after another.
Inside the pavilion, Consort Zhao clutched her stomach and screamed, "My child, my child..."
The palace maid beside her sobbed uncontrollably, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please hold on! The imperial physician is on his way."
Zhao Zhaoyi's lower body gradually turned red.
"Blood...it's blood..." the palace maid cried out in panic. "The imperial physician! Why hasn't the imperial physician arrived yet!"
Despite the excruciating pain, Consort Zhao raised her reddened eyes and said to Consort Ling, who was being restrained by servants, "Consort Ling, how dare you! You actually dared to harm the imperial heir... If anything happens to my son, I... I will take your life!"
Consort Ling, who had been hanging her head as if she had lost all strength, suddenly raised her head and rushed towards Consort Zhao!
The servants were all startled and failed to restrain her for a moment.
"Ah—!!" Zhao Zhaoyi was so frightened that her face turned pale, and due to excessive blood loss, she fainted.
Just as Consort Ling was about to collide with Consort Zhao's belly, a bright yellow talisman flew from outside the pavilion and stuck to Consort Ling's forehead, causing her to fall softly to the ground.
Before everyone could recover from their shock, they turned around and saw Zhai Rongyu walk in.
"Who...who are you?" a palace maid asked.
“How dare you! This is the second young lady of the Minister’s mansion,” Zhai Rongyu’s accompanying palace maid explained.
Zhai Rongyu stepped forward to check on Consort Ling's condition.
Her face was pale, her eyes were closed, and her lips were bloodless.
Zhai Rongyu pried open her eyes to examine her closely, then pulled open her wrist to check her pulse, and said to everyone, "She has been poisoned."
"Poisoning?" Everyone present was somewhat stunned.
Zhai Rongyu got up and walked to Zhao Zhaoyi's side, intending to examine her, but was stopped by a palace maid.
"The imperial physician will arrive soon. Consort Zhao's pregnancy is unstable. It would be best if Miss Zhai did not move around rashly. If something were to happen, Miss Zhai might not be able to bear the consequences."
Zhai Rongyu raised an eyebrow and withdrew her hand.
She walked to the table, picked up a bowl of water, dissolved a talisman in the water, and fed it to Consort Ling.
"What did you give my mother to drink?!"
The Third Prince rushed over from outside the pavilion, shoved Zhai Rongyu aside, and hugged Consort Ling tightly, crying, "Mother... Mother, wake up..."
He turned and glared at Zhai Rongyu: "If anything happens to my mother, I will hold you responsible!"
Zhai Rongyu rolled her eyes.
What's wrong with these one or two?
Some people wouldn't let you rescue them, and others, even after being rescued, would complain and whine.
But he still patiently said, "Your mother has been poisoned, and I am saving her."
"Poisoning?" The Third Prince was stunned, looking up at the palace maids and servants beside him. "What exactly happened?"
"Reporting to the Third Prince, Consort Zhao and Consort Ling had arranged to admire the flowers here today. Consort Zhao accidentally pricked her hand on a thorn, and Consort Ling suddenly went berserk for some reason, actually reaching out to push Consort Zhao! Consort Zhao bumped into the table and was just frightened. This imperial fetus... is probably unstable!"
Zhai Rongyu lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought.
She stepped forward again, ignoring the maid's attempts to stop her, and forcibly took Zhao Zhaoyi's pulse.
This pulse...
"The imperial physician has arrived!"
Zhao Zhaoyi's maid pushed Zhai Rongyu aside and asked the imperial physician to come forward and take her pulse.
At this moment, the Empress and Consort Shu also arrived at the scene, and everyone knelt down to pay their respects.
"Rise, all of you." The Empress walked to Consort Zhao's side. "Imperial Physician Zhang, how is the child?"
Imperial Physician Zhang knelt down, trembling with fear, and said, "Your Majesty, this old minister has already administered acupuncture to Consort Zhao, and has managed to save the imperial fetus for the time being. However, Consort Zhao's pregnancy was already unstable, and now she has been frightened, so there is still a risk of miscarriage... This child will definitely not live past seven months! This old minister is incompetent, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
"How could this be! Seven months? That means less than a month has passed! This is His Majesty's last child before he fell seriously ill... If we cannot save him, how can I face His Majesty again?"
The Empress was deeply saddened. "Go and see Consort Ling again."
Just then, Consort Ling slowly woke up. Imperial Physician Zhang stepped forward to take her pulse and said, "Consort Ling is just a little short of blood and qi, and there is nothing seriously wrong."
"No serious injury? Just now, Miss Zhai said that my mother was poisoned!" the Third Prince shouted.
Physician Zhang frowned. "But Consort Ling has no toxins in her body."
Zhai Rongyu nodded and said, "That's because I've already cured her of the poison."
Everyone stared at her in astonishment.
A hint of inquiry appeared in Consort Shu's eyes.
Zhai Rongyu continued, "The poison that Consort Ling was poisoned with is called Qianji San."
"Thousand Machine Powder?!" Physician Zhang's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said in disbelief, "That is an extremely rare and deadly poison! Those who are poisoned by this will either lose their minds or go mad and harm others, and will die within three days."
Consort Ling leaned against the Third Prince's chest and said weakly, "These symptoms are similar to mine."
The Third Prince gritted his teeth: "Who could be so ruthless!"
"But there is no antidote for Qianji Powder! You said you cured Consort Ling, how did you do it?" Physician Zhang looked at Zhai Rongyu with some doubt.
"Miss Zhai fed Consort Ling a bowl of talisman water," a maidservant replied. "We all saw it."
He then recounted what had happened to everyone.
“Talisman water…” Physician Zhang murmured to himself, “It’s actually talisman water…”
What kind of talisman could possess such divine power?
Physician Zhang stared at Zhai Rongyu, a hint of fanaticism in his eyes.
If this person is employed by my Imperial Medical Academy...
Consort Shu lowered her head, gently fiddling with the nail polish on her fingernails, her eyes deep and unfathomable.
This Miss Zhai is really good at hiding her true nature.
I really underestimated her.
Seeing that Consort Ling had regained consciousness, the Third Prince felt a greater sense of trust and guilt towards Zhai Rongyu.
I just pushed her away so hard...
Consort Ling sighed, "I don't know who wants to harm me, but it has implicated Consort Zhao."
Consort Shu asked, "Imperial Physician Zhang, how is Consort Zhao now?"
Physician Zhang bowed and replied, "The bleeding has stopped, and he will regain consciousness in a moment."
The Empress was furious: "Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! I want to see who is so audacious as to harm the imperial heir and the concubines!"
“No need to investigate,” Zhai Rongyu said calmly. “The person who poisoned us is right here.”
The crisp sound landed, startling everyone.
"What did you say?!" The Third Prince was incredulous, his gaze sweeping over the crowd.
Is the person who harmed my mother in this pavilion?