noffsinger Chapter 240: Secret Medicine in the Palace, Rouge
Chapter 240: Secret Medicine in the Palace, Rouge
Prince Nanyu had spoken personally, so who would dare to speak again? Biluoyuan was now completely silent, with everyone looking at Baili Moyan, waiting for his instructions.
Baili Moyan's gaze lingered for a moment on Zhu Zifeng's face, which was covered with a veil, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes. He was obviously very dissatisfied with her performance this time.
"What this girl said makes sense." He glanced at Zhang Zhirou and said with a faint smile, "Now there is no evidence, everything is just speculation."
"I heard that Brother Seven has already sent someone to perform an autopsy. Later, once the autopsy documents come out, we'll know for sure whether it's true or not."
This was agreed by the people. Both princes said that the autopsy documents could prove whether the doctor was the murderer, so they would wait a little longer!
"Your Highness Prince Nanyu is right. Once the autopsy documents come out and the cause of death is determined, the truth will surely come to light!"
Others nodded.
Li Ziwei, standing in front of the crowd, had a different opinion. "Your Highness, the truth is certainly important, but when someone makes a mistake, doesn't it also follow that they should be punished?"
The smile on Baili Moyan's lips froze for a moment, "What do you mean? Who do you think should be punished?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, Miss Zhu's maid, when the situation was unclear, instigated the noble ladies of Kyoto and fooled the people of Beisha City. This behavior, which is intended to create chaos in the world, should not be punished?"
Ziying clenched his fists, and a fierce gleam flashed in his slightly lowered eyes from time to time.
Her eyes swept across Li Ziwei's face, as if she wanted to imprint his face deeply in her mind.
"This……"
Baili Moyan showed a trace of embarrassment on his face. "This maid of the Zhu family is a member of the Zhu family after all. Although I am a prince, it is not appropriate for me to interfere in her affairs, right..."
After hearing this, Zhang Zhirou snorted coldly, "Yes! Even someone as noble as Your Highness knows the words 'surrendering power', but a maidservant of a noble lady in Kyoto doesn't even understand this word. I think it shouldn't be the maidservant who should be punished!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Ziwei immediately asked, "Who should that be?"
"If you don't discipline me properly, it's naturally the master's fault!"
Li Ziwei smiled, "Miss Zhang is right!"
Zhu Zifeng listened to the two people singing the same tune, and he was so angry that his back teeth almost broke!
Ziying's face was even paler, and her round eyes were filled with anxiety.
If the young lady is really punished because of her, then her future life will be difficult...
Just as the people were whispering, Baili Moqing, who had been silent all this time, spoke.
"In that case, let's punish the master and servant together!"
Baili Moyan turned around in surprise, obviously not expecting him to punish Zhu Zifeng as well. Wasn't it said that they had a relationship before?
"Seventh Brother, this is not good, right? Zi Feng and you had a history..."
"shut up!"
Baili Moqing spoke up quickly, interrupting him. Then, his eyes quickly swept over Shu He. Seeing that there was nothing unusual on her face, he didn't know why he felt a little uncomfortable.
"What's wrong with that?" Baili Moqing glanced at him coldly, "The people of Biluoyuan will not tolerate being bullied by a lowly maid!"
Baili Moyan looked very embarrassed again and asked, "Then, how should the punishment be determined?"
"General Bei and General Zhang are back!"
At this moment, a loud shout came from outside the yard.
After a while, Bei Ji and Zhang Zhiyi, both full of vigor, walked in with two gray-haired old men.
Bei Ji walked up to Baili Moqing, but unexpectedly found Baili Moyan appearing in the yard.
His expression changed slightly, and he bowed to Baili Moyan, "Greetings, His Royal Highness Prince Nanyu!"
"Your Highness, the autopsy documents have been retrieved!"
Baili Moqing nodded and was about to reach out to take it when he saw Shu He approaching with a nervous look on his face.
"How did you get hurt?"
Beiji held her hand that was about to check the wound, shook his head gently at her, and whispered, "I'm fine, let's talk later, let's deal with the matter in front of us first."
Baili Moqing watched the little movements between the two, frowning slightly, and his voice dropped several degrees, "What happened?"
"Your Highness, I was on my way to Beidaying to pick up Doctor Zhang when I happened to see someone snatching a corpse."
After Beiji finished speaking, Zhang Zhiyi also spoke up, "Your Highness, it seems those people don't want to have the bodies autopsied! Not only do they want to destroy the bodies, they even want to kill Doctor Zhang!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiong stepped forward and reported, "Thanks to General Bei's selfless protection, I was able to save my life!"
His face was pale and he was obviously terrified.
After hearing this, Baili Moyan was filled with doubts.
He did ask people to snatch the corpse, wanting to be prepared for both situations, but he didn't ask people to kill the imperial physician!
What's going on here?
"I'm glad he's okay." Baili Moqing asked again, "Can you find the body?"
Bei Ji said: "The body is fine. Doctor Zhang and Doctor Xu jointly performed an autopsy and have found the cause of death."
"Oh? The cause of death has been found? What is it?"
Zhu Zifeng stared at Zhang Qiong from under his veil, his palms sweating from nervousness.
Prince Nanyu has already informed Imperial Physician Zhang, so the matter of Rouge Hong shouldn't be exposed, right?
Baili Moyan's expression did not change much because he was very confident.
He had already asked someone to inform Zhang Qiong, and he would never dare to say anything about Rouge!
Seeing that Zhu Zifeng was so nervous that her whole body was tense, Baili Moyan gave her a "reassuring" look.
Zhu Zifeng received it, and just as he was about to let go of his anxiety, he heard Zhang Qiong say, "It's the palace's secret medicine, Rouge!"
After hearing this, the smile on Baili Moyan's face disappeared immediately, and a hint of anger flickered in his pair of delicate peach blossom eyes.
Zhang Qiong, how dare she pretend to obey but actually disobey?! How bold!
However, most of the people present had confused expressions, only Ziying's face was pale and bloodless.
"Rouge, that is a medicine used exclusively in the harem to execute palace maids who have committed serious crimes. How could it have flowed into the public?" Baili Moqing knew that many people had doubts about Rouge, so he took the initiative to explain.
Shu He noticed Ziying's expression and asked with a smile on his face, "Miss Ziying, why are you so pale? Are you nervous? Or scared?"
"I, I'm not... not nervous..."
Ziying was instantly panicked when his name was called. He accidentally met Baili Moqing's eyes, which seemed gentle but were actually as cold as ice. He became even more panicked and didn't know what to do. He couldn't even speak clearly.
"Rouge is a forbidden drug in the palace. It's absolutely impossible for people outside to have it. There can only be one explanation..."
Baili Moqing's gaze fell on Zhu Zifeng, who was wearing a veiled hat. "Miss Zhu, can you explain?"
"Zi Feng doesn't understand what the prince means, why do you want me to explain?"
Zhu Zifeng turned his head slightly, his heart in a panic, but he could only grit his teeth and force himself to calm down.
"What do you want to explain?" Zhang Zhirou laughed angrily, her slightly charming eyes filled with mockery. "Since this rouge is a secret medicine in the palace, it means it came from the palace."
"In this vast Beisha City, you and the Princess are the only ones who came from the palace! Add to that what your maid did, Zhu Zifeng, do you still want to quibble?"
At this moment, someone in the crowd exclaimed, "I remember! It's her!"
Everyone's attention was drawn to the shouting man, and they looked at him in confusion.
Nanqi saw this and stepped forward to ask, "What her?"
The man pointed at Ziying, his face filled with shock and fear. "General, it was that woman! After the free clinic ended yesterday, it was that woman who called Third Brother and the others. She said they were renovating the courtyard and needed a few workers to carry wood. She also said anyone who helped would receive three hundred yuan in cash! So Third Brother and the others went."
"money?"
The woman in front of him had a gleam in her eyes and took out three strings of coins from her bosom.
"Sir, yes! My husband came back yesterday afternoon and he did bring three hundred yuan! He also said that working for the Princess's Mansion not only provides food but also money. He also said that the Princess is a very good person!"
"So... So that was his last meal!!"
"Oh my God! Oh my God! How can you be so cruel? We poor people have it so hard, why do we have to let those powerful families toy with us?!"