After Su Qingcheng sent Ye Tantai out of the house, she returned to the attic. At this time, the second stage of the incense tasting had begun. Ouyang Yi wrote on the invitation that everyone should bring a scent to taste and share. This was the first time. The story has been told.

As soon as Su Qingcheng sat down, she noticed that Shen Baiwei was looking at her. Looking from a distance, she seemed to have a little expectation on her face. Su Qingcheng frowned slightly. She was the fifth person to share it. She brought the Chunxin in the Snow, which was both from Nanye and Dongling, but was extremely precious and came from Beiyuan Kingdom.

"I wonder where the incense I brought is at this time?" she asked the maid behind her in a low voice.

"Go back to the princess. When you enter, collect all the incense sticks from everyone and put them behind the screen." The maid said.

"I'm not sure if the spices I brought are enough, can I go and have a look?" Su Qingcheng had a vague feeling that Shen Baiwei might be up to something else.

"I'm afraid not. Only the servants in the palace and Prince Yi can go." The maid was a little embarrassed. She seemed to be afraid of Su Qingcheng's blame, so she lowered her head and whispered even more.

"okay, I get it."

Time passed slowly. Shen Baiwei was the one before Su Qingcheng. She came forward with the incense burner. At the beginning of spring, she took out the incense she brought from behind the screen. Shen Baiwei took it calmly and dignifiedly: "Everyone, what I brought today is something that can calm the mind. The scent of goose and pear in the tent helps you sleep."

While talking, Shen Baiwei had already lit the incense and placed it in the incense burner. The incense was lingering in the air, and the fragrance was fragrant.

Suddenly, Shen Baiwei, who was standing next to the incense burner, vomited out a mouthful of blood. Upon seeing this, the maid next to her immediately put out the incense, and several guests sitting near the incense burner began to cough.

"What's going on? The rest of the people should go outside the attic first. If anyone comes, open all the doors and windows quickly!" Ouyang Yi ordered sharply.

Su Qingcheng went upstream, poured a cup of tea on the handkerchief, covered her mouth and nose and came to the side of the sick people.

As expected, several people's heart rhythms were disordered and their pulses were weak. When Su Qingcheng was about to check Shen Baiwei's pulse, the maid next to her pushed her hand away and said, "Our lady doesn't like strangers touching her. The fourth prince has already gone." We are looking for an imperial doctor, Princess Nan'an should get out as soon as possible."

Su Qingcheng was not annoyed. She stood up and said to the fourth prince who was covering his mouth and nose: "It's oleander. I'm afraid Miss Shen's spices were laced with oleander."

The fourth prince said solemnly: "Whoever dares to do something under the eyes of this prince is really bold."

Shen Baiwei said weakly: "Fourth Prince... Someone wants to murder the whole attic and blame me... I, Shen Baiwei, can't swallow this. Not everyone in the Shen family can be bullied..."

"Don't worry, this prince will definitely find out the truth."

Shen Baiwei shook her head and said, "I want to report to the official."

The eldest princess is the person with the highest status on the scene. In order to prevent the fourth prince from being criticized in the future, she ordered: "Everyone present is suspected. No one is allowed to leave until the officials come!"

Poisoning oleander is not a trivial matter, and the whole attic is full of famous people. If the poisoner succeeds, it will be a huge crisis for Dong Ling.

Dong Ling's investigation belongs to Dali Terrace, and Dali Terrace is managed by the fourth prince. The poisoning is a serious matter, so Ouyang Yi makes a decisive decision to take everyone to Dali Terrace.

This matter is not a trivial matter. All the people who come here are people from Ouyang Yi's sect. The stakes can be imagined. Su Qingcheng said nothing and watched as the people in Dali Terrace put search marks on everything in the attic and moved it to Dali Terrace.

It was originally a joyful incense tasting party, but it ended up in Dali Terrace. Everyone felt unhappy. If Shen Baiwei hadn't vomited blood just now, they might all have died.

The case occurred in the Fourth Prince's Mansion. As the person in charge of Dali Station, he personally tried the case. Su Qingcheng and the eldest princess had special status. Although they did not have to kneel in the lobby like others, they still had to attend and moved two chairs to sit on both sides.

Su Qingcheng looked at the panic-stricken people in the audience and was unusually calm.

Oleander is extremely poisonous, and a single leaf is enough to kill a baby. However, she had just checked the pulses of several people sitting in the front row. They only had coughs and nausea, indicating that the person who poisoned them did not intend to kill anyone.

There were whispers in the audience. Ouyang Yi changed into an official and came to the front of the hall and said sternly: "Quiet."

"Invite Miss Shen up," Ouyang Yi said.

Shen Baiwei was led by two officers and soldiers to the lobby. Su Qingcheng's eyes flashed. If we want to talk about the degree of poisoning, Shen Baiwei was closer to the incense burner than those guests, and those guests were still lying on the bed feeling sick. , but Shen Baiwei acted like nothing happened...

"The daughter of the people Shen Baiwei came to see the fourth prince. She is an official of the people's newspaper. The incense in the pear tent brought by the people's daughter has been poisoned. Please check it out." She kowtowed on the ground a few times and raised her head again. At this time, blood oozed from his forehead, and his eyes were full of grievance and stubbornness.

"Please invite Miss Lichun from the Prince's Mansion," the fourth prince said.

The girl at the beginning of spring stood up from the ground and bowed. "Has anyone been behind the screen during the incense tasting?"

Li Chun said: "The women of the people have been staying in the attic, and no one has ever passed by the wind."

"So, this oleander was brought in Miss Shen's incense box?" the fourth prince said.

Shen Baiwei immediately cried out: "Your Majesty, please find out how I could do such a thing, and if it was me who poisoned me, why would I want to report it to the official?" Shen Baiwei's words made sense. If it was really her poison, many people Things really don't make sense.

But Su Qingcheng didn't think so. The way others couldn't tell that she had superb medical skills and could see through Shen Baiwei at a glance didn't mean she was poisoned by oleander.

Just when she was thinking about how to expose her, Shen Baiwei made a preemptive strike: "Fourth Prince, at the end of the first stage, Min'an discovered that Princess Nan'an had gone out for a trip and had not returned. Min'n had some problems with her before entering the prince's mansion. Conflict, maybe..."

"Bold, do you know what the crime is for slandering the princess?" It was the eldest princess who spoke up. She knew Su Qingcheng's character, so she naturally favored her subconsciously.

"It doesn't matter." Su Qingcheng stood up from the chair, whispered a few instructions in Wu Ya's ear, and then knelt down beside Shen Baiwei. "Since Miss Shen thinks I am suspicious, let the fourth prince judge."

Su Qingcheng's frankness made Shen Baiwei nervous, but now that the matter had come to this, she firmly believed that she had no flaws. She took a deep breath and said, "I wonder what Princess Nan'an did when she left the attic?"

"Go to the peony garden in the southeast." Su Qingcheng said calmly.

"Will someone accompany me?"

"No." Shen Baiwei's mouth curled up slightly, and her voice became stronger: "But did anyone see that you were in the peony garden and not sneaking behind the screen from any window to poison?"

"I met King Yunan when I was in the Peony Garden, and later I met the Fourth Prince." Su Qingcheng was very calm, and every answer was the truth, but Su Yizhi's existence was hidden.

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