Chapter 53 Medicinal Powder
The princess did not hesitate and said directly: "Since you don't admit it, then go search!"
Madam Lou responded without hesitation: "Yes, Princess."
The maids in each courtyard all live in the courtyard. Concubine Zhao frowned fiercely: "Princess, what can you find out from this? I guarantee that the maids in my courtyard are very honest. It definitely can't be her."
As she said this, Concubine Zhao glared at Su Yue fiercely, what a troublemaker.
Mei Shiqi also spoke softly: "Princess, please allow me to report. I have just arrived at the courtyard. The servants in the courtyard have all been here for a short time and are not familiar with them.
It would be better to take this opportunity to directly change her to someone who is more reassuring. A mere little maidservant is not worth the princess's attention."
Concubine Zhu was stubborn: "Princess, please go ahead and check my yard. Please go ahead and search it. I am not afraid!"
What a fool!
Concubine Zhao and Concubine Mei spat at the same time.
There really shouldn't be any dangerous items in her yard, but the other two are different.
Concubine Zhao still had the medicine bag in her hand that her aunt had gone to great lengths to send her. If she were discovered, she would be unable to explain herself even if she had a mouth full of words.
The same goes for Concubine Mei.
She was able to serve carefully in the environment of the front yard and successfully have a child because her parents were both stewards in the mansion.
Since she has become a concubine, her goals must be bigger, so some medicines have to be prepared.
Now that Concubine Zhu has lost her child for no reason, she can no longer take care of anything else.
She had a vague premonition that the child might be the only one in her life, and given her status and position, it would be difficult for her to have another one.
If that's the case, then what does she have to be afraid of?
Suddenly, Concubine Zhao stared at Ji Yunqing intently: "Princess, Concubine Ji only told us to find evidence, but she couldn't prove that she wasn't the one who gave the drug!"
After saying this, she spoke more and more smoothly: "It is possible that Concubine Ji deliberately designed this. Princess, you are just confused by her. Why don't you let Concubine Ji tell us where she was this afternoon?"
"Yes!"
Concubine Gao, who was listening on the side, also nodded in agreement, "It sounds like that's true. Why don't Concubine Ji tell us where you went?"
Concubine Gao lost her child a while ago and has now completed the confinement period. This is the first time she has appeared in public.
As soon as she spoke, someone followed suit: "Concubine Ji is just talking. She is so sure, so it must be nothing to say."
Ji Yunqing took a look and saw that the person who spoke was Wang's concubine.
She is really everywhere!
"In the interest of fairness, why don't you ask Concubine Ji to prove herself?" Concubine Li, who had not appeared in public for a long time because of her pregnancy, also sat on the chair.
Although her face looked a little haggard, she was still pretty and gentle, with an indescribable tenderness, and her slightly bulging belly made her more approachable.
With so many people suggesting this, the princess couldn't be too partial. She looked at Ji Yunqing and said, "Then you can tell me."
Ji Yunqing maintained his character and looked at the princess shyly, then raised his arm to reveal the ink stain on his sleeve.
"Look, I have been practicing calligraphy in the study this afternoon, and the four maids in the yard are with me."
Concubine Zhao blurted out: "How is this possible?"
Everyone immediately looked at Concubine Zhao.
Knowing she had said something wrong, Concubine Zhao quickly tried to make amends, "That's not right. I clearly remember that Concubine Ji left the yard today and wandered around somewhere. She must have taken advantage of the chaos to drug me.
The maids were so innocent that they fell into her trap with just a little trick."
Ji Yunqing glanced at her and said, "If you don't believe me, then ask the princess to go and have a look. The calligraphy I practiced all afternoon is still there. It can't be fake, right?
By the way, when Ai Ye went to call me just now, she also saw the words I had just written in my study."
The princess looked aside: "Ai Ye?"
Ai Ye quickly stepped forward and said respectfully, "When I went there, I did see a lot of freshly written words in Ji's study.
There is no room on the table or on the floor, and the ink hasn’t dried yet.”
Concubine Zhao insisted: "Where are those maids? Maybe she ordered them to do it."
Ai Ye shook her head and glanced at the princess first. Seeing that she did not stop him, she said, "I also saw four maids in Concubine Ji's yard. The number matches."
Princess: "Zhao, do you have anything else to say?"
"Maybe, maybe it was Concubine Ji who bribed a servant, not someone from her courtyard, Princess, you have to be careful!"
Concubine Zhao refused to give up. Even if she couldn't kill Concubine Ji, she would definitely mess things up.
After these words were spoken, Ji Yunqing felt as if he had been greatly insulted.
"How can you talk like that? Do I have money to bribe people?
Don't you open your eyes and see that I am so poor, how could I be willing to spend that money?"
Everyone nodded unconsciously.
What he said made sense. Concubine Ji's poverty and stinginess had long surpassed that of Concubine Lou.
When she first came, she was still thinking about making clothes out of scraps of cloth of different colors and materials, which made the princess change her usual behavior and generously gave her several pieces of cloth.
For several times in a row, he gave Concubine Ji some cloth inside her clothes, for fear that she would not have enough and would have to use scraps of cloth to piece together clothes.
And they openly packed up food at the banquet. Is this something a normal person would do?
Seeing her reaction, Concubine Zhao was speechless for a moment.
She subconsciously said stubbornly: "Or, maybe you are generous about this?"
Ji Yunqing rolled his eyes: "How fresh, why should I be generous about this? If I were really generous, all three of you would beat me together, that would be normal,
Who would let you two go, and choose a concubine named Zhu who is not as pretty as you, not as high-ranking as you, concubine Zhao, and doesn't look very smart! "
Concubine Zhao immediately grasped the point: "Princess, listen to this, she really has this idea, it's terrible."
When Concubine Zhu heard Ji Yunqing's words, her eyelids twitched.
Right!
The three of them have been together frequently recently, and they had tea together today. Why did she lose her child?
Why is there nothing wrong with Sister Mei and Concubine Zhao?
Is it really that she is unlucky?
Concubine Zhu thought about what happened today in her mind, and finally frowned.
Who exactly wants to harm her?
Ji Yunqing was just about to continue arguing with Concubine Zhao when, at this moment, Madam Lou, who had gone to search the residences of the three maids, came back.
Madam Lou rushed in and said, "Princess, I didn't find anything in the residence of the three people, but I found this..."
As she spoke, she pulled out a small piece of used paper from her sleeve. "Look, there's still powder on it!"
The princess just took a quick look and said, "Call the court doctor."
The palace did not have a palace doctor before, and the palace had always been visited by imperial physicians with the prince's invitation, but at that time there were few children and few things to do.
It’s not possible now. We can’t invite imperial physicians every day in the government office!