I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 720 - Chapter 720 Crimsontox

Chapter 720: Crimsontox Chapter 720: Crimsontox Editor: Atlas Studios When Li Jinghua barged into the inner room, she saw that Little Treasure and Little Bear were sleeping soundly with their arms and legs spread out all over the bed.

Probably because of the disturbance, he turned over and smacked his lips.

With his little foot placed by Little Bear’s mouth, he tilted his head and continued sleeping.

Just as Li Jinghua heaved a huge sigh of relief, Mu Yangling had already sat up and put on her clothes.

She asked in a daze, “Sister-in-law?

Why are you here so early?” Seeing that Mu Yangling didn’t know anything, Li Jinghua’s eyes turned red and she couldn’t help but choke.

“Ah Ling, you have to help meaEUR|” Li Jinghua was still shaken by the sight of the young palace maid bleeding from her seven apertures.

If Little Treasure hadn’t stayed in Evening Hall last night, would the person she saw bleeding from his seven apertures today be her son?

As soon as she thought of this, Li Jinghua felt her blood turn cold.

She subconsciously asked the person beside her for help.

Mu Yangling jolted awake and looked back at the two children before pulling Li Jinghua out.

Only then did she ask, “What happened?” At the same time, Qi Xiuyuan, who had just woken up, shattered the table in front of him with a single palm.

Qi Haoran’s face was also ashen, and his clenched fists revealed the anger in his heart.

Fan Zijin glanced at the two of them and asked the leader of the guards who had come to report, “Has news of this spread?” The leader of the guards looked up at the Emperor and saw that he was also frowning at him.

He hurriedly said, “Aunt Wen Cui sealed the news immediately.

Because it involved the Eldest Prince, and she didn’t know if the culprit was still hiding in the palace, so she looked for meaEUR|” Most importantly, the gates between the harem and the Imperial Study had been locked down.

Other than the patrolling guards, the eunuchs and palace maids were not allowed to walk around without an edict.

Since it was not time to open the gates yet, her most reliable means of informing the Emperor was through him.

The Emperor had obviously thought of this as well.

He immediately stood up and said, “Prepare to leave for the Palace of Earthly Tranquility.” When the three of them arrived at the East Hall of the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, Mu Yangling and Li Jinghua were already there.

The servants in the East Hall were all locked up in groups of five.

Wen Cui was now interrogating them about who had entered the East Hall yesterday.

Mu Yangling, who was surveying the scene, picked up the little palace maid’s hand and looked at it.

Her gaze slid across the teacup and incense burner, before finally landing upon Little Bear’s greeting gifts.

Li Jinghua was still trembling a little.

With an ashen face, she said, “The people around Little Treasure were chosen by the Emperor and me.

Food is of utmost importance.

Because it’s not good for the children to be exposed to incense, the incense burner in the room is just for decoration.

I can’t guess where the loopholes are.” “Is the imperial physician here?” “I’ve already sent someone to fetch them.

They should be here soon.” Looking up, Li Jinghua saw Qi Xiuyuan and the others enter.

She quickly bent her knees and greeted them.

Qi Xiuyuan waved his hand and looked at Mu Yangling.

“When did she die?” “It should have been around midnight last night.

For a more precise timing, we’ll have to ask the coroner.” Qi Xiuyuan went forward and looked at the little palace maid.

Frowning, he said, “Seeing as she’s bleeding from all seven orifices, it was a highly potent poison.” Mu Yangling nodded.

“The tea on the table shows signs of being drunk.

I wonder if it’s poisonous.

We’ll have to wait for the imperial physician to test it.” Qi Haoran walked around the room and said with his brows creased, “Considering Little Treasure’s food has always been strictly guarded, I believe it’s not easy to poison the tea.” For some reason, he felt that there was something strange in the room.

Sharing the same sentiments, Mu Yangling nodded.

The imperial physician arrived quickly and, after examining the corpse and the tea, said, “This lady was poisoned by Crimsontox.

This poison constricts the throat upon contact with blood, and is extremely virulent.

I did find some poison beside the teacup, but it’s not in the tea.

In addition, I also found a large amount of poisonous powder on her hand.

She must have accidentally consumed it when drinking the tea.

The incredible thing is that not only will Crimsontox be poisoned by oral consumption, but the poison will also seep into the body via the skin after prolonged contact.

Although the effect is slower, once it enters the blood, even gods will find it difficult to save her.” Mu Yangling carefully examined the little palace maid’s hand and saw that there was nothing powdery on it.

The imperial physician explained, “This is another characteristic of Crimsontox.” The imperial physician requested to get some mercury from the Imperial Institute of Medicine.

After he smeared the mercury on the teacup and the palace maid’s hands, a white fluorescent glow immediately appeared on them.

“Crimsontox is red in powder form, but once it’s soaked in water, it will become colorless.

After the poisonous water is dried and mercury is added to it, it will glow.

However, Crimsontox is not impossible to detect.

Crimsontox is colorless when it’s powdered, but when it’s soaked in water, it will emit a faint grassy smell.

After it dries up, the smell will become stronger.

Judging from the faint grassy smell in the house, I deduce that the palace maid was poisoned by Crimsontox based on the symptoms displayed.” A cold glint flashed across Qi Xiuyuan’s eyes as he asked, “How did this little palace maid come into contact with Crimsontox?” “We’ll have to look into that.” Qi Xiuyuan waved his hand for them to investigate and led the way to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, his expression solemn.

Then again, no one would look good after waking up from a sleepless night and learning such news.

Because the matter involved the Eldest Prince, and the Emperor and Empress were personally overseeing it, the guards, ministers, and imperial physicians did not dare to be negligent.

With the help of Eunuch Wei and Eunuch Wan, they quickly found out the general situation.

The poison was mixed in with Little Bear’s greeting gifts.

This time, even the Prince’s estate was implicated.

Qi Xiuyuan’s expression was ugly.

“Investigate thoroughly!” Qi Haoran couldn’t help but shrink his neck when he thought of the huge number of greeting gifts.

At that time, he got carried away due to his smugness, and had asked Little Bear to greet everyone he knew.

Even though only officials above the third-grade and their families were invited to the palace banquet, there were also the nobles and some aristocratic families who had been invited out of friendship.

As such, there were quite a lot of people.

Qi Haoran really couldn’t remember who gave him what.

He’d handed the things directly to Mu Yangling, who packed them in a bag.

When a large bag was filled up, she handed it to Spring and a palace maid.

They were asked to send the things to Little Treasure, to be collected another day.

Because Little Bear always stayed with Little Treasure when he entered the palace, there was actually a room reserved for Little Bear in the East Hall where Little Treasure stayed.

There were all kinds of daily necessities in it.

Although the things were said to be sent to Little Treasure, they were actually sent to Little Bear’s room in the East Hall.

Qi Haoran had personally handled every greeting gift, and the imperial physician had checked that there was no poison on his hands.

That was, unless he had washed the poison off his hands.

But other than Li Jinghua, the other four people present knew how lazy Qi Haoran was, thus were certain that he wouldn’t wash his hands unless absolutely necessary.

Hence, Qi Xiuyuan suspected that the poison was inserted later.

There were a total of five items among the greeting gifts that were stained with poison.

The imperial physician chose a jade ring according to the concentration and determined, “The poison was placed in this jade ring.

The other four items were stained after coming into contact with the jade ring, thus the concentration was not high.

I’m guessing that the palace maid touched the jade ring or these few items before proceeding to drink tea.

While drinking tea, she accidentally touched her mouth and ingested the poison.” Qi Xiuyuan looked at Qi Haoran and asked, “Do you remember who gave you this jade ring?Or was this jade ring stuffed in afterwards?” Men would typically gift jade pendants or jade rings.

There being so many gifts, how could he remember so much?

Qi Haoran stole a glance at his big brother and shrunk his neck.

Qi Xiuyuan snorted and said to the leader of the guards, “Find out who has been in contact with the items between the time they left Princess Consort Rong’s hands and entered the East Hall.”

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