novelaction Chapter 209: The heroines of sad stories are all strong
Chapter 209: The heroines of sad stories are all strong
Shi Lidie did not comment on Doctor Jiang's judgment.
Others who were unaware of the situation thought that Lin Pianpian was so seriously injured that she would not live long, but Shi Lidie knew that Lin Pianpian was the substitute heroine of the novel.
The biggest characteristic of this type of heroine is that she has a tough life.
Haven’t you seen in many old stories about body-stand abuse that the heroine would not die no matter her kidneys, liver, or uterus were dug out, or she was poisoned or kidnapped in a car accident, even if she only had one breath left.
Thinking of this, Shi Lidie took out a bottle of pills, handed it to Doctor Jiang, and said:
"This is a pill that can inhibit the spread of toxins, but Your Majesty has also been poisoned by a chronic disease, so I have to present most of the pills to Your Majesty, so the number here is limited, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Please, Imperial Doctor Jiang, balance the dosage between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Concubine Lin, and give me enough time to develop an antidote."
Doctor Jiang took the pill and said:
"His Majesty has ordered that all medicines be given to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. As for Concubine Lin Liang, her life or death will be left to fate."
In other words, he felt that Lin Pianpian would not survive at all, so there was no need to waste such precious pills.
This is exactly what Shi Lidie wants.
She wanted to see how great the heroine's halo was, how tough her life was, and whether she could survive without any treatment.
After Shi Lidie discussed the treatment plan with Imperial Doctor Jiang, she said she wanted to research the antidote and left the palace.
When she left, she took away many precious medicinal herbs from the palace.
These medicinal herbs were given to her by the emperor as a reward because she wanted to prepare an antidote, and he hoped that she could develop it as soon as possible.
Shi Lidie looked at the medicines and couldn't help but smile:
She only needs to spend a few points to buy the antidote for Qianji Powder in the system mall, and she doesn't have to bother researching it. But as the saying goes, if you can get a good deal, you have to take advantage of it. There are many precious medicinal materials in the Ye Kingdom Palace, and she can just make some money.
After returning to the princess's mansion, Shi Lidie stayed indoors and created the illusion that she was painstakingly researching an antidote.
In fact, she used this short time to continue studying medical books and complete the elegant task.
At the same time, the palace began to investigate the assassination of the crown prince and the second prince——
The people investigating the case this time are old acquaintances: the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, the Minister of Justice, and the Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture. In the past, these three of them had exposed those witnesses who gave false testimony in the court, which shows that they are still very capable.
So the emperor handed the case over to the three of them to handle together.
The reason for sending three people is to let them check and supervise each other, so that they have no chance to do anything and can finally present the complete truth.
The three adults worked continuously for seven days and finally found clues to the assassination.
Just when Shi Lidie entered the palace again to treat the emperor, the three adults came to report with the evidence they had found.
The first to speak was the Dali Temple Minister:
"Your Majesty, I have checked the bodies of those who pretended to be the stone transport team and found such a totem on them. As far as I know, this totem is the symbol of Xuanyi Tower."
As he spoke, the Dali Temple Minister handed the evidence in his hand to Eunuch Li, asking him to present it to the emperor.
As the emperor watched, he said:
"Your Majesty, Xuanyilou was a brothel that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince operated in the capital of the Great Yin Dynasty in order to find out the internal secrets of the Great Yin Dynasty. It was actually an intelligence organization, but this organization was discovered by the Great Yin Dynasty last year and had to withdraw to Ye State."
"Since then, everyone in Xuanyi Tower has gone into hiding, and only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows their whereabouts."
"Therefore, I speculate that the assassins who assassinated the Second Prince came from Xuanyi Tower, and they were ordered by the Crown Prince to take the Second Prince's life. However, those assassins have committed suicide and there are no survivors. I cannot find the current location of Xuanyi Tower, so this inference is just a guess, and there is no substantial evidence."
Even though there is the body of the Xuanyilou killer, the body alone cannot prove anything.
It is entirely possible that someone else disguised himself as a killer from Xuanyi Tower to assassinate the second prince and frame the crown prince. As long as there is no substantial evidence, everything is possible.
"What did the Ministry of Justice find out?" The emperor turned to look at the Minister of Justice.
The Minister of Justice also presented the clues he had found and said:
"Your Majesty, I am investigating the assassins who killed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Those people were also restless on His Royal Highness's way back to the capital, and they left behind many corpses for me to investigate."
"I have discovered that these people have no special features or characteristics, but they all have poison hidden in their teeth. If they were killed, it would be fine. But if they were captured, they would commit suicide by taking poison."
"This situation is very consistent with the characteristics of a death warrior, and a death warrior is a life-saving trump card cultivated by aristocratic families who have been operating for hundreds of years and have spent countless family wealth. There are no more than ten families in the entire capital that can afford such a skill."
"I have excluded those families that have never had any grudges with His Royal Highness, and those families that have no conflicts of interest with His Royal Highness. There are still three families left. The list has been submitted. Please review it, Your Majesty."
The emperor looked through the clues from the Minister of Justice and saw the names of the three families:
The Wang family of Taicang, the Zhou family of Changhe, and the Tang family of Suyang.
among them--
The Wang family of Taicang is a family of noble scholars. The current head of the family, Wang Taining, is the Grand Tutor and was once the emperor's teacher. Although many people in the Wang family did not serve as officials in the court, they opened many academies across the country to teach and educate people, and have students everywhere.
The Changhe Zhou family is the leader of the civil officials. The current head of the family, Zhou Boping, is appointed prime minister, truly second only to the emperor.
As for the Suyang Tang family, they are the maternal family of Concubine Xian and the maternal grandfather of the Second Prince. They made their name for themselves through military achievements. Their ancestors have all been generals who fought on the battlefields, making them a prominent military family.
The rift between the first two and the crown prince was probably related to the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, which had been confiscated and exiled.
The fights between aristocratic families have always been full of swords and spears, and the prince is the grandson of the Duke of Dingguo, so naturally he has a bad relationship with these two families; as for the Tang family, it is purely a fight for the throne between the second prince and the prince.
After reading it, the emperor turned to look at the prefect of Jingzhao:
"What did you find out?"
"Your Majesty, I am investigating Thousand Machine Powder." Jingzhao Prefecture Governor said, "According to Imperial Doctor Jiang and Princess Yun'an, it is confirmed that the poison that the Crown Prince was poisoned with was Thousand Machine Powder. I will trace the origin of Thousand Machine Powder."
As he spoke, he also handed over the files he had found and said:
"I have found out that when the late emperor was alive, he thought that the Thousand Machine Powder was too vicious and ordered the destruction of all the secret medicines in the palace. The person who handled it was the former head of the Imperial Hospital, Imperial Physician Sun Shibai."
"And Dr. Sun Shibai was born in Changhe. Someone in his wife's family is related to the Zhou family by marriage, so Sun Shibai and the Zhou family have always had close contacts. I was worried that this evidence was not enough, so I sent someone to Changhe. I found out that there were several poisoning cases in Changhe many years ago, and the deaths of the victims were exactly the same as those caused by Qianji Powder."
"From this, I infer that the Qianji Powder that the late emperor ordered to be destroyed was not actually completely destroyed, but a part of it was lost outside, and the person who handled it was Sun Shibai. As for its whereabouts... I'm afraid it fell into the hands of the Zhou family in Changhe."