After I became a passerby, I saved the villain's family

Inside the Yangxin Hall.

Doctor Chen frowned, reached out his hand to Wang Zhou's wrist, and made a careful diagnosis.

After a while, he withdrew his right hand, stood up, and looked serious.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wang's face is pale and his lips are purple. I have felt his pulse and it is not an ordinary disease. These symptoms are caused by poisoning."

Poisoning?

Emperor Chengren frowned.

"Can you tell what kind of poison it is?" asked Emperor Chengren.

Doctor Chen looked at Wang Zhou.

"Sir Wang, I see that your tongue coating is pale white and your pulse is tight and floating. You must have a headache. May I ask if you take any headache medicine?"

Wang Zhou nodded weakly.

He has had headaches for a long time and has never been able to get rid of them. Every time the pain comes it feels like being pricked by needles.

Later, when the third prince learned about this, he gave him a painkiller pill, which worked after he took it.

But in recent days he has been upset and his headaches are more severe than before, so he has taken the painkillers more frequently.

"Do you have it with you?" asked Doctor Chen.

He just took Wang Zhou's pulse and found that this headache he had since childhood was a neurological disease.

Although this disease is not fatal, it is very torturous.

So the poison is most likely hidden in the painkiller.

Wang Zhou took out a small porcelain bottle from his waist.

Doctor Chen took it, opened the porcelain bottle, and poured out the two pills inside.

I smelled it carefully and there was nothing unusual.

Crush the pills and the medicinal fragrance inside will be released.

When Doctor Chen smelled the scent, he was horrified!

"Your Majesty! This pill contains the poison of the Northern Xin Kingdom, Ping Luo!"

what? !

Everyone present was astonished. How could there be a poison from Beixin Kingdom?

"Doctor Chen, are you sure?" Emperor Chengren asked seriously.

Doctor Chen nodded heavily, "I am absolutely sure."

"And judging from Wang Dianji's symptoms, it should be... the poison taking effect!"

The reason why they were so sure was that Emperor Chengren's health had never been cured, and the imperial doctors were worried that he had been poisoned, so they began to study poisons from various places.

He happened to be researching the Beixin Kingdom recently, and he was particularly familiar with the taste of the Pingluo poison.

Emperor Chengren was puzzled.

Wang Zhou was just a small official in the Hanlin Academy. Who would poison him?

But Wang Zhou's heart suddenly sank.

This painkiller was given by the third prince.

Suddenly thinking of something, Wang Zhou's face turned even paler.

"Chen... Doctor Chen, what would happen if a pregnant woman took this poison?" Wang Zhou tried hard to prop up his upper body and looked at Doctor Chen.

"The dosage of Pingluo in this painkiller pill is small. If an ordinary person takes a small amount, it can be metabolized by itself within a few days. But pregnant women have special physical conditions. Although it will not cause much impact on the mother after taking it, it will have an impact on the baby..."

Doctor Chen paused.

"What will happen to the baby?!" Wang Zhou grabbed Doctor Chen's clothes tightly.

"For babies, the poison will appear at birth. If the poison is not detoxified in time, their lives may be in danger!"

Boom!

Doctor Chen’s words were like a bolt of thunder that struck Wang Zhou.

He loosened his hands weakly and fell straight back to the ground.

his daughter.

His child with Lan Niang.

He harmed me...

Seeing this, Jiang Ci Yan remembered what he had heard before about Wang Zhou's daughter, and felt a little uncomfortable.

Such a young child.

"Sir Wang, may I ask where you got these painkillers?" asked Doctor Chen.

Since Ping Luo appeared in Dacheng, it is likely that Wang Zhou is not the only one who suffered.

Wang Zhou closed his eyes, feeling extremely angry.

How could it be the Third Prince?

How could it be the Third Prince!

Madam, I am sorry for you...

When he opened his eyes again, they were full of determination.

"The painkillers were given by the Third Prince."

"What?!" Doctor Chen was shocked.

He suddenly regretted asking the question.

Looking at Emperor Chengren awkwardly, he quietly stepped aside and silently covered his ears with his hands.

Upon hearing that it was the Third Prince who did it, Emperor Chengren looked at Wang Zhou with a sharp gaze.

"Wang Zhou, do you know who you are talking about?!"

Wang Zhou struggled to stand up and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, now that things have come to this, Wang Zhou dare not hide it."

"Before the imperial examination, the Third Prince came to me and told me that his cousin He Xiangyuan would be taking the imperial examination this year. He ordered me to steal the examination questions so that He Xiangyuan could know the questions in advance and prepare well to get a good ranking."

"On the night of the third day of the third lunar month, I put a drug in the wine and knocked Sun Shishu unconscious. I took the opportunity to copy the examination questions and sent them to He Xiangyuan."

"Then I imitated Lord Jiang's handwriting and wrote five examination questions. I bribed a student and asked him to secretly put the examination questions into the luggage of Ye Mingduo and the son of Lord Jiang's old subordinate after the examination, pretending that these five people stole the questions."

"I used the names of these five people and made a fake list in Lord Xiao Jiang's handwriting, which was searched by the Imperial Guards."

"Your Majesty knows what happened next."

He no longer cared why the fake list appeared on his desk.

Because all these things showed that Jiang Ci Yan had already seen through their plans.

But how did he know?

Wang Zhou looked at Jiang Ci Yan who had a calm expression.

"The Third Prince has ordered me to put the blame for this incident on Lord Xiao Jiang no matter what. He must be punished for this and will never be able to turn the tables!"

Jiang Ci Yan frowned slightly.

"Why do you want to frame Lord Jiang like this?" Xiao Yujing asked coldly.

Wang Zhou was stunned, lowered his head, and struggled internally.

The current emperor hates fighting among his heirs the most. If he tells the reason, the Third Prince will...

But when he thought of his daughter, Wang Zhou felt angry again.

After a while, he exhaled.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, after the Third Prince left the palace, he knew that he had no one to rely on, so he wanted to win over the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion to serve him."

"However, the Zhenguo family is loyal and determined. When the Third Prince saw that he could not win them over, he wanted to frame Lord Xiao Jiang."

"When something happens to Lord Xiao Jiang, he will threaten to rescue Lord Xiao Jiang, and force... force the Duke of Zhenguo to surrender..."

"What did you say!" Emperor Chengren said angrily.

"Your Majesty! Everything I said is true."

"If you don't believe me, I can confront the Third Prince face to face."

After Wang Zhou finished speaking, he fell to the ground.

Emperor Chengren's face was livid at this moment, his chest heaving rapidly, and he had a rage in his heart that he had no place to vent.

Third brother, I gave him so many chances, why didn’t he cherish them!

Just as he was about to speak, he saw a young eunuch hurried into the hall.

"Your Majesty! Lord Jiang, the Duke of Zhenguo, requests to see you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Duke Jiang, dressed in court robes and with a heavy face, walked into the hall.

When he arrived in front of Emperor Chengren, Duke Jiang knelt on the ground with a plop.

"His Majesty!"

"I heard that my son was suspected of leaking the exam questions. I guarantee with my life that my son would never do such a thing to deceive students and lose his conscience."

"The loyalty of the Duke of Zhenguo is known to all, Your Majesty!

After saying this, he knelt deeply on the ground.

Emperor Chengren looked at Duke Jiang in front of him, feeling indescribably complicated.

Duke Jiang's father fought for his ancestors and died on the battlefield; Duke Jiang served in two dynasties and protected the peace of the people of Dacheng; now his second son has also joined the army to serve Dacheng.

If a family like this is disloyal, then where in the world can there be any truly loyal subjects to the emperor?

Emperor Chengren felt sorry for Duke Jiang when he saw his white hair sticking out from under his official hat.

They are both old...

Emperor Chengren stepped forward to help Duke Jiang up and sighed.

"Master Jiang, don't worry, I will definitely give you justice."

"Someone, call the third prince into the palace."