Chapter 297 Question
The Queen didn't want to punish him, but to take this opportunity to protect his entire family who were controlled by Duke Xue.
Put it in the sky prison and protect it.
Knowing Su Qingqing's intention, the director of the Imperial Hospital wept even more bitterly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I know my crime is unforgivable and I am willing to accept any punishment. Please forgive my family."
He kowtowed to the ground .
Minghe took the order and left. Su Qingqing directly ordered, "Jixiang, take him away for interrogation."
Jixiang took the order and pointed to two people to take the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau away. These two people were two of the four people that Jixiang brought back from Wang Yu.
As soon as the director of the Imperial Hospital was taken away, Rong Que immediately ordered, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and call Dr. Sun to perform an autopsy!"
As soon as the incident happened, Doctor Sun was already waiting anxiously.
He didn't know how the woman died, whether she was poisoned, took his medicine or something else. He didn't dare to go to the director of the Imperial Hospital to see her, or to inquire, for fear of revealing something. He was restless and could only flip through a medical book. He pretended to turn the pages even though he couldn't read a single word.
Finally, the message was heard.
The moment Doctor Sun stood up from the chair, he almost fell down.
He strode quickly, following the eunuch who was delivering the message, all the way to the scene of the incident.
The moment he saw Su Qingqing, his uneasy heart felt settled down, just like a child seeing its mother.
After taking a deep breath and greeting, Doctor Sun stepped forward to examine the female corpse.
There was an upside-down teacup on the ground, and the water in the cup had spilled onto the ground, soaking a large area of the ground. After checking the blood at the corner of the female corpse's mouth, checking the cup, and checking the heavy bleeding in her lower body, Doctor Sun looked confused.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this man died of poisoning."
"What kind of poison?" Rong Que asked.
Doctor Sun said, "The abortion-breaking grass is mixed with arsenic."
Abortion-breaking grass?
When these three words came out, Su Qingqing and Rong Que were stunned.
Just two days ago, Jixiang came back from Wang Yu and brought back the term "abortion grass". So this poison was discovered here today?
"She is not..."
Just as Rong Que was about to say this, Su Qingqing suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind and interrupted him, "Is this fetus-breaking grass common?"
Interrupting Rong Que, Su Qingqing asked a very unprofessional question.
Rong Que's heart trembled, and he understood what Su Qingqing meant.
He originally wanted to ask, since the woman was not pregnant at all, why did the abortion grass cause her to bleed heavily? But once this question was asked, wouldn't it mean that they already knew about the existence of the abortion grass?
A murder just happened in the palace right under Rong Que's nose, and Rong Que had no idea who was the untrustworthy one among so many pairs of eyes around him.
He couldn't ask.
He had to pretend that he had heard this term for the first time and knew of the existence of this poison for the first time, so as to reassure the person who was watching him in secret.
Doctor Sun was unaware of the twists and turns in Rong Que and Su Qingqing's minds, and he answered truthfully: "The abortion grass itself is not common, and if this grass is accidentally eaten in the wild, it will at most cause abdominal pain and diarrhea, but it will not cause heavy bleeding in women.
However, after the abortion-causing grass is processed by the frost-making method, its toxicity will change to a certain extent and become more potent, and only such abortion-causing grass will be fatal.
However, the herb is not only harmful. Its toxicity can effectively control various skin diseases. Many doctors like to add herb to ointments when treating skin diseases.
Rong Que asked, "Does the Imperial Hospital have any abortion-preventing herbs?"
Doctor Sun shook his head, "Because the toxicity of this herb is mainly harmful to pregnant women and fetuses, the Imperial Hospital is in charge of the safety of the ladies in the palace, and dare not make any mistakes. Therefore, the Imperial Hospital does not use the herb to stop abortion, and only uses the herb of radix daphne to treat skin diseases.
In fact, there are very few people who use the herb for abortion. As far as I know, it is generally only used in places where this herb is abundant."
"Where?" Rong Que asked.
Doctor Sun glanced at Su Qingqing and hesitated, "I am not sure about this either."
Su Qingqing watched the change in the expression in his eyes, it was clear that he had concealed the truth.
Inconvenient to say?
It’s not convenient to say, that is... Zhao State?
Su Qingqing suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart, and vaguely felt that whether it was the actions of Concubine Qi or the death of this crazy woman, it seemed that everything was directed at her.
We have already investigated everything that needs to be investigated. What remains is to detain and interrogate everyone who has come into contact with the woman's food expenses, and try to find clues to see which link went wrong and gave people an opportunity to take advantage of.
After leaving here, Rongque Su Qingqing took Doctor Sun directly back to the imperial study.
As soon as he entered the room, Doctor Sun's tense nerves relaxed, and he immediately said, "Your Majesty, Madam, the place where this fetus-breaking grass grows most luxuriantly is the northern border of Zhao State.
The heat and humidity in the north are very suitable for the growth of the herb. Local doctors often use this herb to treat skin diseases.
Su Qingqing had already guessed it before, so she was not too shocked. Looking at Rong Que's expression, she thought he had guessed something when Doctor Sun hesitated to conceal it.
Rong Que only asked: "Did anything strange happen during the days you were treating her?"
Doctor Sun understood Rong Que's intention, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the news that the woman had improved yesterday must have spread, and the other party was afraid that she would reveal something, so they did this to silence her in a hurry.
It's all my fault. If I hadn't thought about stabilizing his condition , Your Majesty would have been able to question him last night, and today's incident wouldn't have happened."
Doctor Sun was extremely upset, but Rong Que was not interested in finding someone to blame. He only asked, "Did she leave any useful information?"
Doctor Sun shook his head. "Ever since I used drugs to control her mind , she has hardly ever gone crazy again. When she is calm, she usually sits on the bed with her legs folded, either crying or in a daze.
Whenever I asked her questions, she always pretended not to hear.
Minghe was guarding her from beginning to end, and no outsider had the opportunity to get close to her. It was impossible for anyone to know what her condition was like or how she was recovering."
The only people who knew about the progress of her illness were Imperial Physician Sun and Minghe, the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau who pretended to visit her every day.
But the Imperial Hospital Director...
Will you really send this message out?
Su Qingqing frowned, "You mean, she has been very quiet these past few days and has never made a fuss?"
Doctor Sun nodded, "Her illness is not very serious. It can be easily controlled with sedatives."
Rong Que understood what Su Qingqing meant.
"The fact that they have been so quiet gives away the problem."
It was all of them who neglected it.
They thought that as long as they controlled the source of the news and did not let outsiders see the woman, and as long as Minghe, Doctor Sun and the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau kept their mouths shut, no one would know about her illness.
Quite the opposite!
Although no one else has come into contact with her, there may be people with ulterior motives who deliberately pass by the yard and listen to the noise inside.
The people who roared before never roared again. Isn’t this the biggest problem?
