flstandardbreds Chapter 368 Report
Chapter 368 Report
"Your Majesty, Sun Daquan from the Heavenly Prison requests to see you."
Zheng Tianbao came in to report.
The hand of Emperor Tianqi paused while he was reviewing the memorials, and the red ink slid down the tip of the ivory wolf-hair brush, leaving a smudge on the memorial of some unfortunate minister.
"Xuan."
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
"What's the matter?"
"Ms. Luo's food was found to be poisoned."
Emperor Tianqi's grip on the pen tightened, but he quickly realized that if something really happened to Luo Xiaoran, Sun Daquan would not be "reporting" at this time, but "apologizing."
"How was it discovered?"
"Miss Luo was kind-hearted and shared the food with other prisoners in the prison. As a result, after those prisoners ate the food, they all died not long after. The strange thing is that no poison was found in the food."
Eunuch Sun reported truthfully.
"Who else knows about this?" Emperor Tianqi suddenly asked.
Eunuch Sun, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but tremble. After calming himself down, he quickly replied:
"No one else knows about this, and this matter is of great importance, so I have the courage to come and report it to the emperor."
"very good."
Emperor Tianqi kept holding the wolf hair brush in his hand and did not put it down.
"You go back to the prison now and make sure to investigate the case of Hong Shanhu as soon as possible."
After that, Emperor Tianqi instructed Zheng Tianbao:
"Go find Huo Qingyun and ask him to bring Doctor Zhang to check the food again.
Also tell Huo Qingyun that I allow him to send someone to the Heavenly Prison to investigate the case with Sun Daquan and give the Queen an explanation. "
After the two eunuchs left, Emperor Tianqi continued to review memorials.
After he finished reviewing the memorials in his hand, the ivory wolf-hair pen was placed on the jade pen holder, and Emperor Tianqi breathed a sigh of relief.
He lay back, and all the bones in his body seemed to be detached. He collapsed on the dragon throne and returned to his usual unruly appearance.
After a while, Emperor Tianqi seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but sneered.
"Preventing a woman from getting pregnant? That's ridiculous!"
……
Huo Qingyun personally brought Doctor Zhang and Huo Shui to the Tianlao. At that time, Luo Xiaoran was telling a story to Wei An.
Eunuch Sun took Doctor Zhang to check Luo Xiaoran's food, while Huo Qingyun, led by Huo Shui, went to find Luo Xiaoran.
Before I even got close to her, I could hear her voice from afar, soft and low.
"…The little mermaid couldn't bear to hurt the princess, so in the early morning of the next day, he resolutely jumped into the sea and eventually turned into foam and disappeared forever."
Wei An felt a little lost after hearing the story. Compared to the happy ending of Prince Snow White, the ending of this story was indeed a bit tragic.
Luo Xiaoran was so thirsty from talking, but her food had been poisoned, so she didn't dare to drink water or anything like that.
Just when she was feeling depressed, Huo Qingyun and Huo Shui came up to her, and Luo Xiaoran's eyes lit up.
"What you think is what you get! If you don't come, I really don't dare to eat anything in this prison."
Luo Xiaoran's brilliant smile was reflected in Huo Qingyun's pupils. Unlike the noble ladies in Kyoto who smiled without showing their teeth, Luo Xiaoran's smile revealed a row of upper teeth.
Huo Qingyun knew that this smile, which might be seen as indecent by outsiders, was actually a true expression of Luo Xiaoran's feelings.
Huo Shui behind him opened the cell door very attentively and placed the food and water he brought on the table.
"If I don't come, will you stay hungry all the time?" Huo Qingyun asked Luo Xiaoran.
Luo Xiaoran had already sat down and started eating quickly.
She first took a sip of water, and then shoveled rice into her mouth. Her heroic eating posture made Huo Shui frown slightly.
"If I have to choose between starving to death and being poisoned, I will choose to starve first, and then eat the poisoned food when I can't stand the hunger any more. In any case, I won't die of starvation!"
After eating, Luo Xiaoran felt much better. Seeing Wei An still standing there stupidly, she quickly called her to come and eat with her.
Huo Qingyun also sat down, but he did not speak again. He just sat there quietly, waiting for Luo Xiaoran to finish eating before saying:
"There are too many people who have handled the red coral. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find out the mystery in a short time."
Luo Xiaoran let out a happy sigh as she had a full meal. She was quite open-minded about this matter.
“It’s not that I’m narcissistic, I always feel that the Red Coral incident was directed at me.
The move of poisoning in Tianlao was not a matter of course, but was premeditated.
As for who is behind this, it seems pretty obvious!"
Hearing this, Huo Qingyun looked into Luo Xiaoran's eyes quietly. After a moment, he nodded.
"That's exactly what I meant. The direction of this matter is too obvious."
Luo Xiaoran was very convinced. "Tell me, how dare she take advantage of one member of the Lin family and then take advantage of the next one?"
What Chen Ji told her was that Chen Lingyi relied on the Lin family to get to the top!
Why does she feel now that Chen Lingyi is not afraid of the Lin family at all!
Huo Qingyun's eyes darkened. "Not only that, the emperor seemed to be willing to let them go. He was unwilling to let the imperial guards go to the prison before. After Sun Daquan reported the poisoning, the emperor relented."
Luo Xiaoran was also a little confused. Could it be that her previous understanding was wrong?
The relationship between Emperor Tianqi and Chen Lingyi is as strong as iron. No matter how much trouble Chen Lingyi makes, Emperor Tianqi will indulge her?
If this is true, things will be difficult to handle...
After a while, Luo Xiaoran suddenly remembered something, "Why wasn't it Eunuch Sun who led you here just now?"
Huo Qingyun replied, "Eunuch Sun took Doctor Zhang to check your meal. After all, the silver needles did not find any poison. It is a bit strange that people died immediately after eating it."
Luo Xiaoran sighed, "Poisoning is such a sinister method that is really hard to guard against.
Many poisons cannot be detected by silver needles, so someone has to do the poison testing.
There are other methods of poisoning, where different drugs are put into several dishes. These dishes are fine if eaten individually, but if eaten together, the drugs mix together and become poisonous... and so on, there are countless examples."
"Different medicine!"
Huo Qingyun grabbed Luo Xiaoran's wrist with such force that even without looking, Luo Xiaoran knew that her wrist must have turned blue.
"Commander Huo, please put my princess down."
Wei An was getting anxious. They were talking peacefully, so why did Commander Huo resort to violence?
Luo Xiaoran knew that Huo Qingyun was not such a rude person. There must be some reason for his sudden loss of composure, so she did not intend to blame him, but just pulled her wrist out forcefully.
Huo Qingyun also recovered from his excitement because of Luo Xiaoran's actions.
He looked at Luo Xiaoran apologetically, then smiled self-deprecatingly.
"I'm really sorry, just now... I suddenly remembered an elder brother who also died suddenly.
On second thought, even if the drug was put in different dishes, the person doing the poison test would have to eat all of them.
The person who tested the poison is fine, so my brother's sudden death must not have been caused by poisoning."