Chapter 52 Suicide by hitting the sword

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard immediately came forward to lift the lid of the incense burner and wrapped the remaining ashes in the burner with a handkerchief.

Shen Jinyu checked carefully again, and after confirming that nothing else was found, he led the guards back.

Shen Jinyu: "Who did the imperial concubine listen to about the fact that osmanthus and sandalwood can help prevent pregnancy?"

"My lord," Ban Yue thought for a moment, "it was said by a nobleman from Hunan from the same hometown as the imperial concubine."

"Hunan noble?" Shen Jinyu asked with a frown.

"Yes, the imperial concubine is from Qingyang County, and so are the Xiang nobles. Since they are from the same hometown, the imperial concubine and the Xiang nobles have something to talk about, and they are close to each other. After the news of the imperial concubine's pregnancy spread, the Xiang nobles had a casual chat Yes, she said that this incense was ordinary and should be available in the palace. The imperial concubine went to the incense making bureau of the House of Internal Affairs and asked about it. It was true that this incense existed. Some people also heard that it had the effect of relieving pregnancy, so the empress sent the incense in the inner room to the store. It’s been replaced.”

Shen Jinyu was speechless after hearing this, and already had some calculations in his mind.

Returning to the Yangxin Hall, Shen Jinyu threw the ashes of the osmanthus and sandalwood to Imperial Physician Sun, "Physician Sun, take a good look at it. Is there any difference in the fragrance?"

"But what was found?" Lu Tao asked.

Shen Jinyu shook his head, "No, it's just that the incense in the outhouse here is different. I'm just curious."

Lu Tao: "The incense beside Concubine Li's bed is osmanthus and sandalwood. It is indeed different from the incense in the outhouse, but what's so strange about it?"

Shen Jinyu did not answer, but looked at Imperial Physician Sun. Imperial Physician Sun put the incense to the tip of her nose and smelled it carefully, "This is osmanthus and sandalwood. It has the effect of calming the mind and protecting the fetus. This incense is also in my home. It was when my daughter-in-law was pregnant." I brought it back from the incense making bureau, but the incense was a little different from the one at my home."

"What's the difference?" Lu Tao's heart tightened. He stood up from the dragon chair and walked over to take a look.

"Well, Your Majesty, please ask someone to go to the Incense Making Bureau to bring the new cinnamon and sandalwood over for comparison."

Lu Tao: "Ah Yao, go!"

"Yes!" Song Yao took the order and hurried over.

Shen Jinyu: "Your Majesty, I just said half a month ago that noble Xiang told the noble concubine that the osmanthus and sandalwood can help prevent pregnancy."

"Noble Hunan, Noble Xiang and Concubine Li have always been on good terms. What Shen Aiqing means is..." Lu Tao looked at Shen Jinyu with questioning eyes.

Shen Jinyu shook his head, "Your Majesty, you can send the Hunan nobleman here and ask about the situation at that time,"

Lu Tao nodded, "Come here, call Mr. Xiang over."

In a moment, two eunuchs and two guards brought Xianggui over. As soon as Xianggui entered the door and saw the battle in the Yangxin Hall, she was confused. She didn't understand what she was called to do, but she still took a few steps up. He saluted Lu Tao in front of him,

"I have met your Majesty."

Xianggui must have just cried. Although the tears on his face have been wiped away, his eyes are red and swollen.

"Mr. Xiang, did you tell Concubine Li that cinnamon and sandalwood can help prevent pregnancy?" Lu Tao asked directly.

Xiang Guiren didn't understand what he meant by asking her to ask these questions, but he still told the truth, "I told the concubine that day, I, Wang Shufei, and Zhang Guiren were chatting over the lotus pond, and I knew that the concubine The news that the empress is pregnant with a dragon child reminded me that in my hometown, pregnant women would burn cinnamon and sandalwood in the house, which can soothe the mind and stabilize the fetus, and alleviate the symptoms of vomiting and heart palpitations during pregnancy."

"Then what?" Lu Tao asked after him.

"Then, the imperial concubine asked me where to find cinnamon and sandalwood incense. She said that it should be in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and that this incense is not a rare thing."

Ban Yue exited and testified, "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine did go to the incense making bureau to get the incense on the second day."

Lu Tao fell into deep thought, but Shen Jinyu suddenly stopped when she heard the words "Wang Shufei". Ban Yue said that Li Guifei suddenly had a stomachache after smelling the flowers picked for her by Wang Shufei in the imperial garden.

Concubine Wang Shu...

While Shen Jinyu was thinking about this person, Song Yao, who was sent to the incense making bureau to get incense, came back. He opened a box and revealed the brand new incense inside and handed it to Dr. Sun.

Dr. Sun dipped a finger of the incense in the box with his hand and put it to the tip of his nose to smell it. His face suddenly changed, "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the incense in the incense burner of the Imperial Concubine!"

Hearing this, everyone was shocked. Lu Tao squatted down in panic and grabbed Imperial Physician Sun and asked, "What's the problem?"

"The incense ash in the incense burner Master Shen brought back has the smell of black stone. The black stone is highly poisonous, but the smell is very weak. Ordinary people can't smell it at all. This poison was added to the incense of the empress. The fragrance was masked, so it has never been discovered. The black stone seeds are highly toxic, but the poison is slow and conflicts with the pollen of the Jade Linglong flower. The empress smelled the Jade Linglong flower today. She must have inhaled the pollen at that time and instantly aroused the poison. !”

"The exquisite jade that Concubine Wang Shu picked was given to the imperial concubine," Shen Jinyu reminded from the side.

Lu Tao suddenly understood, and almost shouted with a trembling voice, "Come here, go and escort Concubine Wang Shu over!"

Hearing this, Xiang Guiren finally understood what was going on. She was so frightened that she broke out in cold sweat. Before she came to Yangxin Hall, she was still crying. How could such a good person like Li Huanwu disappear without saying a word? It turned out that, Someone is tampering with it all!

This harem is indeed a place for eating people!

Lu Tao took a few steps back and fell heavily on the dragon chair. Song Yao went over to help him, "Your Majesty."

Shen Jinyu turned her eyes indifferently to the door, waiting for Concubine Wang Shu to come in.

Not long after, I heard a few footsteps at the door. The guards escorted a graceful and luxurious woman with her hair full of pearls and emeralds. As soon as the woman came in, she was forced to kneel on the ground, her face was calm and calm.

"Shu Fei, I remember that you are skilled in medicine, and you have black stones and exquisite jade. You are so scheming," Lu Tao said with a sad face.

"What is the emperor talking about? I don't understand," Concubine Wang Shu said with an innocent face.

"Still pretending?" Lu Tao slapped the table and stood up, "Were Concubine Li and the prince in her belly the murderers of yours?"

"Concubine Li? Does her death have anything to do with this concubine?" Wang Shufei was clearly defending herself, but her eyes were filled with pride, arrogance and fearlessness.

"Vicious woman!" Lu Tao was irritated by her eyes. He stepped forward and grabbed Wang Shufei's shoulders and asked, "Huan Wu is a kind-hearted person. He never gets into arguments with others and has no issues with you. Why on earth are you doing this?" Do this?"

Concubine Wang Shu looked at Lu Tao, her eyes even more proud. She suddenly curled up her mouth and smiled. Her hand suddenly moved, and a cold light flashed on her sleeve. Shen Jinyu's eyes were in vain, and she quickly pulled out the knife on the guard's waist. He chopped it off at Concubine Wang Shu's hand.

Something unexpected happened. Concubine Wang Shu suddenly took out a short dagger from her waist. Fortunately, Shen Jinyu had quick eyes and quick hands. Shen Jinyu slashed the dagger away before it even touched Lu Tao.

"Protect! Protect you!" Song Yao pulled Lu Tao behind him and pointed his sword at Concubine Wang Shu. The guards who were ordered drew their swords out of their sheaths to surround Concubine Wang Shu. Concubine Wang still had a smile on her face, but her arm was sunk. Jin Yu was cut and the blood had stained her sleeves red.

The Hall of Yangxin suddenly became a mess, and several imperial doctors were so scared that they rushed to Lu Tao's side and stood in front of him.

Concubine Wang Shu ignored the circle of knives pointed at her, her eyes only staring at Lu Tao who was protected behind the wall. Suddenly, she reached out and grabbed a knife in front of her, stretched her neck and bumped into it.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and no one expected that Concubine Wang Shu committed suicide by hitting her sword.

Concubine Wang Shu's body instantly fell to the ground like a puppet with its strings cut off. The wound on her neck was dripping with blood. Her eyes were open angrily, as if she would not rest in peace.

The noble Xiang people who had never seen such a scene fainted with fright when they saw Wang Shufei's expression of death with a look on her face.

Shen Jinyu looked past Wang Shufei's fallen figure and looked at the knocked-out dagger, her face gloomy.

That's Dong Ta's scimitar and dagger.
Chapter completed!