Rebirth: Ruyi goes crazy in the harem

Ruyi slept very deeply this time.

When she woke up, everything around her was quiet and Ruyi was still a little confused as to whether she was in a dream or not.

"Rong Pei?"

Ruyi just called out softly, and then she saw the gauze curtain was lifted, and Rong Pei was looking at her with a faint smile.

The master and servant looked at each other, and Rong Pei knew what Ruyi wanted to ask.

"Don't worry, your Majesty. Everything has been accomplished. Although Cining Palace has temporarily saved a life, it has only temporarily saved a life."

In the Yangxin Palace, Yu Hu was reporting to the emperor what she had found out.

"Fortunately, Concubine Ji is a woman after all, and she has never actually killed anyone in her life.

In addition, she had been in the cold palace for many years and her hands were weak. She could only barely injure the empress dowager by relying on her ruthlessness.

I have already conducted a thorough investigation in the cold palace. The dagger used by Concubine Ji was made of a polished piece of iron and a wooden stick, and was very rough.

Because the tip of the dagger was not sharp, it failed to penetrate too far into the Queen Mother's body.

Even the Imperial Physician Qi said that the knife wound to the Queen Mother's chest, though seemingly extremely dangerous, did not actually injure her heart.

In addition to being too frightened, there is another reason for the Queen Mother's fainting, which is poisoning."

"Poisoned? How could Concubine Ji get the poison in such a peaceful cold palace?" The emperor put down the teacup in his hand and asked with a frown, puzzled.

Yu Hu bent his body slightly, lowered his eyes and said slowly, "I used local materials. The cold palace lacks everything except those weeds.

No one knows when, but a seed fell on the ruins of the cold palace and grew into a Aconitum plant.

Ji Taipin then smeared the tip of the knife with aconite juice, which caused the Queen Mother to remain unconscious and her mouth and tongue to turn purple.

The emperor knows about Aconitum.

In the army, people often took its juice, extracted it, and smeared it on arrowheads. The prey would fall down as soon as it was hit by the arrow. It was very powerful.

Seeing the emperor's serious expression, Yu Hu hurriedly added, "Fortunately, the cold palace is remote and lacks a lot of things.

Concubine Ji simply squeezed a little juice from the aconite and put it on the knife. The poison was not pure, so the Queen Mother is currently safe."

The emperor was relieved and said with a filial look, "I'm glad that the Empress Dowager is fine. But, this Concubine Ji actually knows about pharmacology?"

Yu Hu knew that the emperor was suspicious, so she had already investigated Concubine Ji's past.

She lowered her voice and replied slowly and carefully, "How could Concubine Ji know anything about pharmacology?

Although the palace servants of the past had long since left the palace or passed away, I still found a few old maids who knew what happened back then.

At that time, Concubine Ji relied on her youth and beauty to compete with the Queen Mother for favor and power.

It's a pity that she lacks wisdom, her methods are immature, and she is not very smart. She does things based on her stubbornness and is an extremely reckless person.

Before being sent to the cold palace, Concubine Ji couldn't even tell the difference between basic flowers and plants.

But once, Concubine Ji saw someone in the cold palace picking a leaf of Aconitum out of curiosity.

Then he accidentally broke the leaves and the juice got on his hands, and then he used his hands to eat rice, causing the juice to enter his mouth.

After struggling for a while, he vomited and fell into a coma, and finally died. Only then did Concubine Ji realize that the Aconitum was a poisonous weed.

The emperor snorted expressionlessly, "She is a thoughtful person. She is already in the cold palace, but she is still so restless.

But why did Concubine Ji put the poison on the dagger? Did she already know that the Empress Dowager would go to the cold palace? "

There was a strong sense of danger in the emperor's slightly narrowed eyes.

Yu Hu sensed the emperor's anger and whispered, "Your Majesty, do you think that someone in the cold palace is colluding with others to murder the empress dowager? But I don't think that's necessarily the case.

First, the palace servants who were in charge of the Ministry of Punishment and tortured Concubine Ji said that Concubine Ji had confessed everything.

She made that dagger because there were always mentally ill people in the cold palace who would suddenly attack and hurt people at night.

She coated the dagger with poisonous juice just in case, not intentionally.

Secondly, both Shu Fei and Wanpin said that it was the Queen Mother herself who insisted on going to the cold palace to investigate the cause of Rou Guiren's death.

Moreover, the guards of the cold palace also said that Concubine Rou had taken the badge of the Cining Palace, so they allowed Concubine Rou to enter..."

Seeing that the emperor's face was becoming increasingly grim and cold, Yu Hu couldn't help but swallow, stopped talking, and spoke in a softer voice.

"In any case, I think that Concubine Rou's death in the cold palace was an accident. How could it be predicted in advance?"

Yu Hu's explanation was so reasonable that the emperor's suspicion that someone was plotting to murder the empress dowager was immediately dispelled. Instead, he sneered at the empress dowager's unusual behavior.

"I have some idea as to why the Empress Dowager has to go to the cold palace.

It was just because of the incident when Rou and Li disfigured themselves and framed Ruyi during the southern tour.

The Empress Dowager has grown old and has begun to believe in ghosts and gods. Now, she is probably afraid of retribution and feels guilty."

Yu Hu didn't dare to listen to any more of this. She lowered her eyes, treating herself as an emotionless decoration, standing there, not daring to move.

After Yu Hu left, the emperor summoned Qi Ru alone, saying that he wanted to inquire about the empress dowager's condition.

Although the Queen Mother has saved her life, the remaining poison is hard to clear and she is likely to suffer from sequelae in the future.

The Queen Mother could no longer get emotional, let alone get out of bed and walk around. Otherwise, the poison would most likely enter her heart and she would be beyond recovery.

Although the Cining Palace was still as solemn and majestic as usual, the emperor had issued an edict that concubines were no longer allowed to go to the Cining Palace to disturb the empress dowager.

In the name of protecting the Empress Dowager and maintaining peace in the Cining Palace, in reality, the current Cining Palace is no different from being under house arrest.

Ruyi stood up and leaned against the cushion, drinking the pregnancy-preserving medicine in small sips from a porcelain spoon while lowering her eyes to listen to Rong Pei's narration, the smile on the corners of her lips never faltering.

In the incident of the Empress Dowager's assassination, Ruyi seemed to be hiding behind the scenes, but in fact she had the entire development of the situation under her control.

From the very beginning when Li Shuren was banished to the cold palace, Ruyi had already started her plan.

Bao Yuan, the guard, was the first chess piece laid out by Ruyi.

Ruyi first asked Bao Yuan to take care of Concubine Ji, without attracting attention or exposing herself, and to ensure that her life would not be in danger.

The fact that Concubine Ji was banished to the cold palace at the prime age of her twenties shows that she was not a very smart person.

Bao Yuan just made up a lie and said that Ji Taibin's eyes looked like his sister who died early. Ji Taibin believed his lies and accepted the help of this "kind-hearted" young man with peace of mind.

The aconite and the dagger were obtained by Bao Yuan at the instruction of Ruyi, specially asking Concubine Ji to get them.