I usually feel that I may have encountered a Waterloo in my career...

"Today, Wentian has been accepted by the True God of Justice. Everything you two say and do is under the supervision of the True God. There is no need to ask Tian again!"

The two people who were looking forward to it were instantly disappointed, and they missed their idol...

"Are there any of the remaining people who would like to confess?"

"I, the female nurse of the Imperial Hospital, Mingsheng, have something important to report."

"Send it up."

Ming Sheng stood up and walked towards Zheng Yuanxun and bowed, "Can I ask Madam for a favor?"

"Girl, it doesn't matter if you say so."

"Madam, please take the stone off Xiaobao's neck."

Xiaobao is the nickname of Meizhen's child. Unfortunately, this child is already four years old. He only has one nickname, Xiaobao.

Zheng Yuandai leaned over and gently touched his head: "Don't be afraid, Xiaobao, can I take a look at your little stone?"

Xiao Bao took the opportunity to hug this sweet-smelling lady tightly. She was the only one besides Old Man Turtle and Uncle Hua who did not despise him. He liked her so much. She felt like the mother that Old Man Turtle described.

"Okay, Xiaobao, don't be afraid."

Xiaobao was just afraid that the aunt didn't like him, just like the aunts in the building.

Zheng Yuandai gently untied the knot and handed the stone to Mingsheng. She patted Xiaobao's head and led him to stand up.

Xiaobao clung to his aunt's legs tightly, observing her as he did so.

Ming Sheng took off the pearl hairpin on her head and handed them over.

"Your Majesty, this stone is engraved with the Queen's true pulse. You can see it clearly by removing the hairpin and bringing it close to the stone."

"In the past six months, the Queen's health has been deteriorating. Although she looks like an ordinary person from the outside, her body is as weak as a stream of water. Even if the Queen hadn't been poisoned, she would only have six months left to live."

"So the Queen Mother specially formulated a sinister plan for the Imperial Concubine. First, she caught Ma Delei and Gong Changxi having an affair, and threatened Gong Changxi to give her poison. Then, she hid the poison through Xiao Chengzi and Xi Mei in Changle Palace, and then took the poison herself. The Queen Mother had already controlled the entire guard station in her hands. Even if Xiao Chengzi and Xi Mei failed, the guards would find the poison. In the end, Xi Mei came forward to identify the Imperial Concubine. No matter how the Imperial Concubine argued, the Queen would have thousands of ways to press the charge."

Yinshandu asked the imperial physician to check the stone.

"Is it true?" Yinshandu asked about the result.

"Your Majesty, Ming Sheng's words are true. The Empress has indeed shown symptoms of premature aging. The symptoms are that the patient has no obvious external symptoms, but the inner self is like a flash in the pan, and when life reaches its peak, it quickly disappears. Those who suffer from this disease are all no older than 20 years old."

Yinshandu raised the stone and asked Mingsheng: "How did you get this pulse case? And how did you know that this thing was in Xiaobao's body?"

"This item was carved by Hua Qiushan. When the Empress entered Fengqi Palace, she designated my brother Qin Tai as the imperial physician. I was weak since childhood and was sent to a relatively wealthy relative's home to be raised and separated from my brother. After my brother entered the palace, I worked hard to pass the exam to become a female nurse in the Imperial Hospital so that my brother and I could be reunited. My brother would always take me with him when he went out to see patients and ask about their health."

"My brother discovered that the Queen's pulse seemed to be aging prematurely, so he started to make a separate backup. He was afraid that one day he would be in trouble, and he ordered me not to reveal my true identity in public."

"My brother's guess was correct. Not long after the Queen's diagnosis, he disappeared. I dare not show any sadness. I will continue to see patients and visit the Fengqi Palace on my brother's behalf!"

"I didn't dare to reveal the pulse diagnosis to anyone because I found out that someone in the Imperial Hospital had modified the Queen's pulse diagnosis. That was until Hua Qiushan took the initiative to find me."

"I don't know why I chose to believe him. Maybe he made me feel the same as my brother. I gave him the pulse diagnosis case, and he carved it on a stone and took it out of the palace. He made the hairpin into a pearl hairpin and gave it to me for safekeeping. Until the day before the incident of the imperial concubine, he said that he couldn't bear to see the imperial concubine suffer such an injustice, and he would find a chance to report the news tomorrow. He said that if he could come back, he would help me find my brother. If he couldn't come back, the stone was in a brothel in Kyoto, and it was on the child raised by that tormentor."

"But what he didn't know was that the queen had already laid a trap, and he couldn't save the concubine at all."

Ming Sheng burst into tears when she talked about this. She regretted not holding him back every day for the past three years. She would never forget the man who patted his chest with such confidence and his hearty laughter. When she learned that Mei Yan said that the imperial concubine would be doomed today, her first reaction was to find him.

But she searched the entire palace and couldn't find him.

So when the general who guards the country forced the emperor to abdicate, the first thing she wanted to do was to present evidence. However, she was caught by the imperial guards before she left the palace to find Xiao Shitou, and was not released until afterwards. She always thought that she would never be able to avenge her brother in this lifetime, but she didn't expect that today, although it was late, it would come.

Everyone looked at Ming Sheng crying and fell into deep thought. What kind of young hero was he? What kind of noble character was he, not afraid of life and death!

When Ming Sheng calmed down a bit, he continued to tell the truth of that year: "When the queen took poison, she prepared an antidote, but the queen's health did not improve after drinking the antidote. She only lasted two days before she passed away. After the queen died, all her business became a mess. Mei Yan left the palace in a hurry without caring about us."

"Why does the Queen need to prepare an antidote?"

For a dying person to use such a deadly move, shouldn't the effect be better if he actually dies?

"Because the Queen still has two months left, and she said she wants to make good use of her time."

I see. Since there are still two months left, she must want to get rid of all the evidence and properly house the power she has worked so hard to gain.

But I didn't expect that she would die like this.

"Did the Queen prepare that poison?"

Ming Sheng gritted her teeth and was about to say yes, but a sharp voice interrupted her: "The poison was prepared by me."

Yin Shandu had an impression of this person. He was Wade, a eunuch in Hu Changqing's palace. This person often looked at him with a look that seemed to want to say something but was hesitant. Yin Shandu once asked him privately if he had anything to say, but he would just avoid the subject.

"The poison was prepared by a servant named Wade. He is a eunuch from Fengqi Palace."

"The Queen needs a poison to frame the Imperial Concubine. Going out of the palace to buy it will leave traces, and the Imperial Hospital is too risky. My mother is from Miaojiang, and I have learned some from my mother since I was a child, so I volunteered to make poison for the Queen."

"Why can't the antidote cure the poison?"

"I tampered with the poison. The Queen is suspicious. I knew that after making the antidote, the Queen would let me take it first. My physique is special, and the antidote will only work if I take it myself or add my blood. But who would have thought that the Queen would take pleasure in this, repeatedly letting me test the poison but not giving me the antidote. She only feels happy when she sees me rolling on the ground and wailing in pain."

"So you omitted your blood from the poison in order to take revenge on the queen?"

"Yes, the Queen appears to be kind and righteous, but she is actually sinister and vicious. Mei Yan was trained by her. I hate that she doesn't treat me as a human being, so I changed the antidote. Everyone should kill this poisonous woman!"

"I have only implicated the Imperial Concubine. I deserve death. I am willing to accept your Majesty's decision!"

"Your Majesty, that's not the case. Wade poisoned the Queen to avenge me."

A young eunuch who looked about twelve or thirteen years old hurried into the Lizheng Hall, but was stopped by the guards: "Your Majesty, I am Qin Guan, a servant, and I have the truth to report. Wade did this to avenge his sister. Please show mercy, Your Majesty."

Yinshan Ferry waved his hand to signal to let the people go.

"Your servant Qin Guan pays respect to Your Majesty. Long live the emperor."

"So there's something else going on?"

"Back to Your Majesty, yes."

"My original name is Guan Ruishan, and my ancestral home is Huzhou. My elder sister is Guan Zhi, a former senior at Yueshan Girls' School."

Guan Zhi, a talented woman who was once famous in the capital, unfortunately ended up miserably - she was bullied by gangsters in the street and ended her life with a three-foot white silk.

"My sister didn't commit suicide. It was Hu Changqing, that vicious woman, who led people into my sister's room and hanged her from the beam."

Guan Ruishan's eyes were filled with tears, and there seemed to be an abyss in his heart that could never be filled with hatred, and was always filled with endless sadness.

Wade hugged his little brother tightly with heartache and continued speaking on his behalf.

"Hu Changqing not only killed Sister Guan, but also Uncle Guan and Aunt Guan. She is a beast! For her own fame, she ordered those hooligans to tear Sister Guan's clothes in the street, and even openly slandered Sister Guan for having an affair with them. Fortunately, Sister Guan saw things clearly and was not burdened by false reputation. She said that a person's chastity should not be left to others to judge. As long as she has a clear mind, she is holy."

"But the Yueshan Girls' School felt that Sister Guan's uncleanness would tarnish the reputation of the school, so they dismissed Sister Guan."

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