The divine doctor's concubine emptied the palace and went into exile

Chapter 147 Not asking for trouble

All the servants in Cong's room were gathered together.

Shang Ruoyi was holding a pink purse in her hand.

He looked at the three maids fiercely.

Normally, there was only one maid serving in a room, but Cong was pregnant, so the old princess specifically instructed to assign two more servants.

If they were still in the Dingguo Palace, the number of people serving them would have to increase several times.

"Do you have any impression of this sachet?"

Xiangyun walked forward, took a look, and said, "This was sewn by the young lady herself a few days ago. She specially added albizzia flowers, amber, and schisandra chinensis, which can calm the nerves, as well as some spices that she likes to use on a daily basis."

Xiang Huan also nodded: "After the young lady was done, she specially asked me to hang it on the head of the bed."

Xiangyu looked at the sachet and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Shang Ruoyi asked.

"Before going to bed today, the young lady asked me to put away the sachet. I put it in the cabinet and I don't know when it was taken out again." Xiangyu whispered, "The young lady said that she had a headache these two days and it might be because of the sachet."

It contains tanhamia, and of course it will give you a headache if you smell it for a long time.

She can drink some spiritual spring water every day, otherwise she would have been poisoned long ago.

"Has anyone come in after your young lady's nap?"

"Young Madam has been sleeping lightly recently. Before she went to bed, she specifically told the servants not to disturb her. No one has gone in yet." Xiangyun said softly, "The servants are all resting in the lower room."

"Did anyone leave during this time?"

Xiangyu shook her head and said, "We servants thought that the young master was about to be born. We didn't have much money, so we wanted to make some tiger-head shoes and a small pillow for the young master. While the young lady was taking a nap, we servants have been doing needlework in the lower room."

Shang Ruoyi looked around the room and found no signs that it had been searched, which meant that the person who hung the purse knew where it was.

"Did anyone see you putting away your purse?"

"At that time, there were only the young lady and the servant in the room. As for other people." A figure flashed through Xiangyu's mind: "It was Aunt Zhao from the first room!"

Aunt Zhao?

"What is she doing in your young lady's room?" Shang Ruoyi frowned and asked in a deep voice.

When talking about this, Xiangyu's face turned slightly red.

"Aunt Zhao said she had something to ask the young lady. I was listening nearby and it seemed to be about offspring." Xiangyu said, "Aunt Zhao asked the young lady if she had a secret recipe for having children."

"You bastard!" Lin said angrily, "How dare you say such dirty words to the main wife? You have lived in vain at such an old age." She said to the servant outside the door, "Bring Aunt Zhao here."

The news that Cong was poisoned and almost had a miscarriage soon reached the old princess' ears.

She had always disliked Aunt Zhao, and when she heard that this matter might be related to her, she gathered everyone in the main hall.

Before leaving, Shang Ruoyi asked Ah Cheng to secretly guard Cong's courtyard to prevent anyone from having any bad intentions.

Aunt Zhao was brought to the main hall. Seeing the scene in the hall, she felt a little guilty.

She bowed slightly: "Old lady."

The old princess slammed the table fiercely: "Evil creature! Tell me! Did you poison Fang Zhi?"

Poisoned?

She waved her hands quickly: "It's unfair! I didn't poison her!"

"You were the only one who entered Fangzhi's room that day and knew where her purse was. Who else could it be but you?" Lin said angrily, "Tell me! Why did you poison her? Fangzhi has never met you since she joined the He family! What hatred could there be between you two?"

Aunt Zhao's face flushed with anger and she shouted, "What evidence do you have to prove that I poisoned her? As you said, I have never met her before, so why would I harm her?"

"Did you put the Tan grass in the purse?" Shang Ruoyi said coldly.

"What is Tancao? I don't understand!" Aunt Zhao looked like she didn't do it and you are just wronging me. She knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes, "I know that I am the only concubine in the He family now, and my status is naturally the lowest, but you can't wrongly accuse me just because of this!"

I have to admit that Aunt Zhao is very beautiful. Her tearful look really makes me feel pity for her.

But all those present were women, so no one would buy her look.

"Aunt Zhao, you don't have to bring up your status as a legitimate or illegitimate child. When we were still in the palace, others didn't know, but I knew that Dad always gave everything to Aunt's yard first. Every time he came back from the battle, if there was only one new thing, it would definitely go to your yard. Mother and I have never seen it. If mother really took your status so seriously, you would have been sent to prison when we were still in the palace." He Yunyi pouted and said, "I have never seen a person like Aunt who confuses right and wrong like this."

Aunt Zhao wiped her tears and whispered, "But I have never poisoned anyone. Aren't you trying to force me to confess?"

Shang Ruoyi sneered: "Aunt Zhao, do you know what Tancao is?"

Aunt Zhao shook her head.

She really didn't know.

"Tan grass is a poisonous grass that grows in extremely cold places. It is extremely toxic. Not to mention eating it, even smelling it will cause poisoning. This poisonous grass itself has a strange fragrance, which comes from the powder on it. It is difficult to get rid of it once it is contaminated. Because of this, the people who served in Fang Zhi's room were more or less contaminated with this smell."

Xiangyu and the others smelled themselves and it seemed that they did have a faint fragrance on their bodies as the young lady said. Perhaps because they had been smelling it for a long time, they no longer felt it was very obvious.

At this moment in the main hall, the smell was much more obvious.

Shang Ruoyi looked at Aunt Zhao and saw a trace of panic in her eyes. Shang Ruoyi knew that her guess was correct.

"What do you mean by this? What does it have to do with me?"

"How can there be no connection? You are obviously not familiar with Fang Zhi, or even the entire Third House, so why do you smell like Tancao?"

"I went to her room a few days ago and asked her if she had any secret recipe for pregnancy and childbirth. Maybe I got infected with her at that time.

"Hehe." Shang Ruoyi smiled faintly and gave her an unfathomable look: "Really? Then why does Aunt Zhao smell stronger than Xiangyu and the other maids who serve in the room all day?"

what?

"How is that possible?" Aunt Zhao interrupted her quickly: "I clearly washed my hands!"

When she finished speaking, she confessed.

Aunt Zhao knew she had said the wrong thing and shut her mouth angrily.

"It's really you!" Lin stood up, walked up to her, and slapped her twice on the face: "We, the Third House, have no grudge against you, why are you so cruel?"