Chapter 216 The Poisoner

"Say!"

"Who told you to poison me?"

Li Chengze grabbed the palace maid Chunxiang's wrist tightly and scolded her angrily.

The palace maid Chunxiang, who felt that her arm was about to break, was completely stunned.

Poisoned?

What poison?
She just couldn't understand.

Li Chengze shouted: "If you don't tell me, I will kill you now!"

As he spoke, he increased the strength in his hands again.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound.

The left arm of the palace maid Chunxiang was directly removed and hung casually.

She endured the pain in her body and hurriedly said to Li Chengze:

"Your Highness, I...I don't know what you are talking about."

"What poison?"

"Who... who poisoned it?"

Li Chengze pushed the palace maid Chunxiang aside, began to gently lift his mother's eyelids, and checked her tongue, mouth and nose.

It was finally confirmed that Concubine Shu was indeed poisoned.

Then, he walked to the table with a gloomy face, opened the teapot on it, checked it carefully, and confirmed that there was a small amount of toxin in it.

However, these toxins are very weak and the dosage is very small. If consumed occasionally, they will not have much impact on the body and most people will not be able to detect them.

However, if taken for a long time, the toxins cannot be excreted from the body. Once the amount is too high, it will be a big trouble. At the very least, the whole body will be paralyzed, and at the worst, death is certain.

Because he had seen similar poisons in the "Medical Encyclopedia" before, he was able to sense it immediately.

Moreover, the other party used this poison, not to kill my mother immediately, but wanted to take a long time to kill her.

Even if my mother really died of poison by then, so much time has passed, even if I want to find the murderer, I probably won’t find any clues.

What made Li Chengze even more angry was that the poisoner was so vicious and cruel.

It was obvious that he wanted his mother to suffer from the virus for a long time and eventually die miserably.

The reason why Li Chengze subdued the palace maid Chunxiang just now was entirely because she was suspected of this.

The daily life of Concubine Shu was taken care of by the palace maid Chunxiang, and she was also the one who had the greatest opportunity to poison her.

Then, Li Chengze said to the palace maid Chunxiang: "You are the one who takes care of my mother's daily life, right?"

The maid Chunxiang half-sat on the ground, gritted her teeth and nodded, "No...that's right."

Li Chengze raised the teapot in his hand again and said, "Then there is a small amount of poison hidden in it. How do you explain it?"

"What!" Palace maid Chunxiang looked at Li Chengze in shock.

It was not until this time that she finally understood.

No wonder the Second Prince, who is usually gentle and humble, suddenly got so angry.

It turned out that someone was poisoning the imperial concubine.

Thinking of this, the palace maid Chunxiang immediately shook her head and said, "Second Prince, I don't know about this."

"I have followed the Imperial Concubine since I was young. I have been taken care of by her many times. I have always regarded her as a deity. How could I dare to do something to murder her?"

"If the queen hadn't taken me in, I would have starved to death."

"If Second Prince insists on believing that I was the one who poisoned and murdered the queen, you can kill me now."

As she spoke, the palace maid Chunxiang closed her eyes and stretched out her neck.

Seeing this, Li Chengze also felt that there was something strange about this matter.

From his previous memories, he learned that the palace maid Chunxiang and the servant Xiaotao were both people who had followed their mother since childhood and were very loyal.

Logically speaking, they should not do such ungrateful acts as selling out their masters for fame and fortune. Especially in the deep palace, if maids like them don't have a strong backer, it's easy for them to die.

However, there are exceptions to everything.

Thinking of this, Li Chengze squatted down, reached out and grabbed the maid Chunxiang's hanging arm, gently turned it a few times, and then quickly lifted it back.

With a sound of "click", the arm that had just been removed was reattached.

Li Chengze immediately apologized to the maid Chunxiang: "Sister Chunxiang, I'm sorry, I was too anxious just now, so..."

The maid Chunxiang wiped the tears from her face and shook her head, saying, "Second Prince, this is not your fault."

"I really don't know who poisoned this."

"Will the lady be okay?"

Li Chengze waved his hand and said, "Mother is fine now."

"This is a chronic poison that needs to be taken for a long time. It will only be fatal when the amount accumulates too much."

As he spoke, he pointed to the teapot in his hand and said, "Do you have any more tea leaves in here?"

The maid Chunxiang nodded and said, "Yes."

Li Chengze said: "Then bring it here quickly so I can have a look."

"Yes." The palace maid Chunxiang turned and left.

Soon, she returned with a small oil-paper bag in her hand.

"Second Prince, this is the tea leaves for the queen to make tea. This is all we have left."

Li Chengze took the small oil paper bag, opened it, and found a few small pieces of tea leaves.

He picked up a small piece of tea, first put it to his nose to smell it, then took a sip, and found that it was indeed poisonous.

"Where did you get this tea?"

Li Chengze held up the tea in his hand and asked the palace maid Chunxiang.

The maid Chunxiang replied: "This is what I got from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"I used to get it there, and there was nothing unusual."

Ministry of Internal Affairs?
This is a relatively important department in the palace. It not only has seven departments and three courts, but also more than 30 affiliated departments. It is basically in charge of all the affairs of the entire palace.

It seems that the problem of poisoning may very well lie here.

However, this department has so many ties that it is impossible to conduct a direct investigation in such a short period of time.

Immediately afterwards, Li Chengze thought of a solution.

"Okay, there's nothing for you to do now, so continue cooling down your mother."

Then he picked up paper and pen from the table next to him and wrote a few paragraphs.

"When mother's fever subsides, take these things with you when you go to the Imperial Hospital to get medicine. You can boil them all into medicine."

"Yes, I understand." The maid Chunxiang nodded in response.

Li Chengze glanced at the palace maid Chunxiang, then rolled up his sleeves and turned away.

After he left the bedroom, he walked in another direction.

Soon, Li Chengze stopped at a remote corner.

After he had waited for half an incense stick of time, a young eunuch came quickly from the aisle next to him.

The eunuch looked around vigilantly as he walked.

When he arrived in front of Li Chengze, he immediately bowed and said quietly, "Your Highness."

"I wonder what your Highness wants me to do."

This person is one of Luowang's assassins, and is usually responsible for lurking in the harem.

Just now, after Li Chengze notified him, he immediately found an opportunity to rush over.

Although he didn't know what it would be.
But His Highness can notify him to come over,
That means it’s definitely not a trivial matter!

(End of this chapter)