I insist

Chapter 428: The Mastermind

Song Miqiu originally intended to take the emperor's pulse, but was stopped by the imperial physician beside him, who went directly to take the emperor's pulse.

Upon seeing this scene, the Demon Consort turned her gaze to Liuli, who was standing to the side.

I had already guessed it; this imperial physician was also arranged by Liuli.

Liuli noticed the demon concubine's gaze, turned her head to look at her, and asked with great confusion.

"Why is the older sister looking at her like that? Is there something wrong with the younger sister?"

The demon concubine shook her head: "No, it's just that I think my younger sister is really smart, far surpassing my older sister."

Liuli didn't understand what the demon concubine meant, so she turned her head and looked at the imperial physician.

She had already bribed the imperial physician, so everything would proceed according to her plan.

The imperial physician took the emperor's pulse, and he pretended to be surprised as he looked at the emperor, before lowering his head after a while.

Upon seeing the imperial physician's condition, the emperor frowned deeply and asked, "Speak, what's wrong with my health?"

The imperial physician did not answer the emperor's question, but instead looked at Song Miqiu with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

"Why are you looking at her? I'm asking you the question: how is my health?"

Upon seeing the imperial physician's appearance, the emperor loudly questioned him.

The imperial physician swallowed hard and said in a low voice, "His Majesty's pulse is somewhat abnormal. It is also possible that I have made a mistake in taking the pulse. Let Imperial Physician Song take the pulse instead."

"What's wrong? Can't you, a royal physician, even diagnose a patient's pulse?"

The imperial physician hesitated and refused to speak.

The Emperor had lost his patience and continued, "What exactly happened? Tell me, do you want me to kill you right now?"

Upon hearing the emperor's words, the imperial physician replied, "The emperor has been poisoned by a slow-acting poison."

"Poisoned? How could that be? How could His Majesty be poisoned? Did you diagnose his pulse incorrectly?"

Liuli pretended to be incredulous as she looked at the imperial physician.

"But Your Majesty's pulse is that of someone who has been poisoned. Your Majesty, I am not speaking nonsense."

The imperial physician knelt on the ground and said.

The concubine stepped forward, walked to the bedside, and said softly, "Your Majesty, isn't there Imperial Physician Song here? Let her take your pulse as well."

If it really is poisoning, then it will be easier to cure the poison, especially to find the person who poisoned the Emperor, so that she will never have another chance to harm him.

After listening to the concubine's words, the emperor found them reasonable and asked Song Miqiu to take his pulse.

Song Miqiu stepped forward and took the emperor's pulse, and it was indeed as the imperial physician had said.

The emperor was poisoned with a slow-acting poison.

The concubine quickly asked, "Is he really poisoned by a slow-acting poison? Why didn't you detect it when the Emperor was so angry that he suffered a heart attack?"

Song Miqiu knelt on the ground and replied, "Your Majesty, the Emperor was poisoned yesterday. Because it is a slow-acting poison, it did not cause much harm to the Emperor's body in the early stages."

Because the Emperor had previously vomited blood and fallen into a coma, he only fell into a coma after being poisoned.

Liuli stood to the side, her hands clenched into fists nervously. Song Miqiu had said every word correctly, and she even suspected that Song Miqiu already knew what she had done.

Is there a solution?

Song Miqiu said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, it can certainly be cured. However, we still need to find the person who poisoned him to prevent the Emperor from being poisoned again."

No sooner had Song Miqiu finished speaking than the Emperor spoke angrily.

"Guards, investigate for me."

"This person is truly audacious, daring to poison the Emperor. Apart from those close to the Emperor, there should be no one who can get close to him."

Liuli pretended to be puzzled and reminded her.

The enchanting concubine smiled: "Sister, by putting it that way, you've excluded quite a few people, but you've also included us two sisters in the calculation."

We too can get close to the Emperor.

"Sister, you jest. How could the two of us possibly poison the Emperor? We are naturally the most innocent. Your Majesty, my sister and I..."

But we are completely innocent; you cannot wrong my sister and me.”

Liuli glanced at the demon concubine, then turned her gaze to the emperor, and said coquettishly.

The Emperor looked at Liuli and the Demon Consort and nodded: "I still trust my two beloved consorts."

That being said, the concubine's words did indeed give the emperor an idea.

There were very few people who could get close to him. Apart from his personal attendants, there were only the concubines who served him. We'll find out who they are soon enough.

The chief eunuch handled this matter, and soon he brought the results to the palace.

"Your Majesty, these are the results of the investigation."

The chief eunuch knelt on the ground and presented the evidence to the emperor.

After the emperor read the contents, he was furious and threw the evidence at Song Miqiu.

"I never imagined that I would have such a terrifying mission by my side. Song Miqiu, explain to me what exactly is going on?"

Song Miqiu glanced down at the so-called evidence, his brows furrowed, and his voice was neither hurried nor slow.

"Your Majesty, this evidence is fake."

"Fake? Then tell me what's real? I trusted you so much, and you actually want to kill me."

Song Miqiu knelt on the ground and said, word by word, "Your Majesty, these are false. Your humble servant has never done anything to harm Your Majesty."

The emperor was furious at this moment, and he was even more enraged when he saw that Song Miqiu still refused to admit it.

Upon seeing this, the concubine quickly stepped forward to soothe the emperor's breathing.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Perhaps it really wasn't Physician Song who did it. Your Majesty must not wrong someone."

Liuli stepped forward and said seriously, "Sister, that's not right. All the evidence points to Physician Song. What else is there to say?"

She must have done all this. My sister isn't trying to exonerate the one who harmed the Emperor, is she?

"I don't believe I meant that. I just wanted to clarify things. After all, some things can be framed, can't they?"

The demon queen stared intently at Liuli, speaking each word carefully.

Looking at the demon concubine, Liuli felt that the concubine must have known what she had done, which was why she said those things to her.

The emperor paid no attention to the exchange between the two concubines; his eyes remained fixed on Song Miqiu.

"Song Miqiu, will you admit it or not? All the evidence points to you, yet you still refuse to admit it."

The emperor questioned loudly.

Song Miqiu is now speechless and wants to know who is trying to harm her.

"Please believe me, Your Majesty, these were not done by me."

This is the only thing she's saying right now, and it sounds incredibly weak.

The Emperor nodded repeatedly: "Good, very good. In that case, go to the prison and see if you can still offer such a weak explanation there."

"Guards, continue the investigation into this matter. Find out the truth for me, and don't let any clue slip by."

The Emperor immediately dispatched the Embroidered Uniform Guard to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Song Miqiu thought the emperor was going to have him taken to prison, but he didn't expect that the emperor would continue to investigate the matter.

Liuli never expected that even with the evidence laid out before her, the Emperor would still order the investigation to continue.