Chapter 354: Butterfly Dance Peach Kill 07

Chapter 354

Guo Imperial Physician said this already in a very restrained manner. This life he would no longer be able to stand up again. To put it bluntly, he would become paralyzed from now on, spending all day in bed, taking care of eating, drinking, urinating and defecating all within that three inches of space.

Xiao Jingheng was saddened in his heart and did not speak for a long time.

Song Zhao cried even more sadly.

She leaned on Xiao Jingheng's shoulder and wept in despair,

"Xiao Lang! This poisoner had malicious intent. If what Xiao Fuzi said was true, then that person was targeting concubine and Ruo Xing. Concubine really does not know who concubine had offended in the past that someone wanted to plot against concubine like this..."

As she was crying and complaining, Xiao Yinzi hurried into the hall again,

"Reporting to Your Majesty, your servant by decree searched the six palaces, and in Consort Yao's palace...found this."

He offered up a coarse wooden box the size of a palm.

Seeing Xiao Jingheng about to open this thing, he quickly said:

"Your Majesty! There may be something odd about this object. It's best to let Guo Imperial Physician examine it first."

With a look from Xiao Jingheng, Guo Imperial Physician strode forward to take the coarse wooden box, and very cautiously opened it.

But he only took one look at the powder presented inside, without needing any detailed examination or testing, he immediately declared:

"Your Majesty! This is Five Poisons Powder!"

"Outrageous!" Xiao Jingheng's brows and eyes twisted up as he sternly said, "Where in Yao Hua Palace was this filthy stuff found?"

Xiao Yinzi stuttered in reply, "It was... it was in Consort Yao's inner chambers..."

Xiao Jingheng's face grew even greener, "Summon her!"

Xiao Yinzi quickly said, "Seeing this object taken out from her inner chambers, Consort Yao was also shocked herself. Consort said she did not know about this matter and hurried to say that she wanted to come with your servant to explain in person to Your Majesty. She is waiting outside the hall now."

Xiao Jingheng's face was frosty as he angrily shouted, "Bring her in!"

No sooner had Consort Yao entered than she heard the desperate weeping of Consort Hui coming from the inner chambers,

"My son is not yet three years old. How can you tell concubine that he will be bedridden for life, unable to get up and walk like an ordinary person? Concubine does not believe it!"

That voice was so miserable it was like a cat that couldn't endure the spring night, sending chills down people's spines.

"Someone in my palace did it?"

She looked around, the alarm in her eyes growing,

"But I haven't offended anyone either..."

At this point, Zhang Imperial Physician suddenly said,

"Your Majesty, Five Poisons Powder should not be seen in the palace. In order to use this substance to harm people, the item must have been purchased from outside the palace and brought back."

Reminded by him, Guo Imperial Physician also said,

"What Zhang Imperial Physician said is very true. Moreover, Five Poisons Powder itself can also be used as a poison to fight poison, but because the toxicity is fierce and there are few conditions that can be cured by taking the right dosage, there are not many dealers selling this item in the capital. Your Majesty can bring them in one by one for careful interrogation, perhaps some clues may emerge."

Thus, Xiao Jingheng temporarily dismissed his suspicions and had Jiang Deshun personally lead people out of the palace to handle this matter.

The majesty of the Son of Heaven was undiminished, and the people serving before him did not dare to be negligent. By that night, Jiang Deshun had already captured all the dealers selling Five Poisons Powder in the capital and brought them back.

Among them, only one dealer had recently sold Five Poisons Powder. Based on his account, the painter from Ruyi Gallery drew a portrait of the person who bought it.

Comparing the portrait, the Imperial Household Department identified the person in the painting as the inner eunuch in charge of purchasing from outside the palace, Xiao Yaozi.

That night, Xiao Yaozi was detained in the Interrogation Bureau for harsh torture, in order to forcibly extract a confession from him.

The next day, when the consorts went to pay respects to Empress Dowager Chen, Xiao Jingheng also came.

He had Xiao Yaozi brought into the hall and asked him to identify who had ordered him to purchase the Five Poisons Powder from outside the palace.

This Xiao Yaozi had already been beaten to a bloody pulp, with only half his life remaining.

But as soon as he entered, he used his bloody hand to tremblingly point to Cai Ying, who was serving Rongyue, and said weakly,

"Your Majesty... it was her who ordered your servant to buy back the Five Poisons Powder from outside the palace..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the hall was in an uproar.

Everyone turned their gaze to Rongyue.

Even Song Zhao looked at her in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice,

"I have no grudge against you, why did you want to harm me like this?"