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Chapter 273 Du Ling Flower Poison

The emperor turned to look at Yuan Man and said, "You are pregnant, please sit down first."

"Prince of Zhenbei, Duke of Fuguo, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ling Xiao and Huangfu Nan stood up and sat down beside him.

Ling Xiao looked at Yuan Man and asked, "How did the Crown Princess know that the dessert was poisonous?"

Yuan Man pushed the plate away and said, "Your Highness will know after you smell it."

"Since I became pregnant, my five senses have become much sharper than before. I can smell this smell from a long distance away."

Ling Xiao signaled the eunuch to bring the plate of snacks over, and after sniffing for a long time, he smelled a slight peculiar smell.

It’s not a strange smell, it’s just that this smell shouldn’t appear on this plate of snacks.

The centerpiece of the dish is plum blossom cake, but it has a different aroma. If it was served on another pastry, perhaps it could be concealed.

It took a careful sniff for him, a person with strong internal strength, to smell something, but the Crown Princess could actually smell it from such a distance.

"The Crown Princess knows martial arts?"

Yuan Man nodded, "I know a thing or two."

In the entire imperial garden, perhaps only the emperor and Yuanman’s secret guards knew whether Yuanman had any knowledge of martial arts.

Not long after, Yuan Er came back carrying a palace maid, "Master, we have found out that this person was the one who poisoned us."

"And the person who ordered her to do so was Prime Minister Yao's niece, Yao Jingshu."

Yao Jingshu was startled and immediately shouted, "I am innocent. It was not my fault. Your Majesty, please investigate."

The emperor sat there without even looking at her.

Yuanman glanced at her and motioned for Yuaner to continue.

Yuan Er continued, "However, after a thorough investigation, I found that someone bribed the maidservant beside Yao Jingshu, and that person was Ming Jialan, the daughter of the head of the Jufa Division."

After hearing this, Ming Jialan looked at Yuan Er in disbelief. It took her a while to react and she shouted, "I am innocent. Your Majesty, please investigate."

"I have no grudge against Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, why would you poison her?"

Yuan Man looked at her. She was lying on the ground and his appearance was completely unrecognizable, but she did have a good stature.

"Keep your head up."

Ming Jialan was startled and slowly raised her head to look at Yuan Man.

When Yuan Man saw her face, he raised his eyebrows and said, "She is a beauty."

"Yuan Er, where's the evidence?"

Yuan Er waved his hand, and Yuan Wu walked in carrying two people.

"Master, this is Miss Yao's maid. This is the person who bribed Miss Yao's maid and was brought in by the Ming family."

When Yao Jingshu saw her, she immediately said, "I've seen her before. She was the one following Miss Ming Er, but Miss Ming Er didn't come today."

"Ms. Ming II is quiet and virtuous, and never likes to go out. What does Miss Ming want to do by bringing her maid here?"

Yuan Man looked at it indifferently.

Ming Jialan frowned and looked at her, "I don't know what Miss Yao is talking about. This is indeed my second sister's maid, but I didn't bring her in."

"Besides, Miss Yao has only been in Beijing for a short time. My second sister never goes out. How do you know the maidservant beside her?"

"Could it be that you did this on purpose to clear yourself of suspicion?"

Yuan Er looked at her for a while and said, "Master, we have interrogated her and confirmed that she was ordered by Miss Ming Jialan."

Ming Jialan looked at him fiercely, "Why do you insist on slandering me? When have I ever offended your master?"

Yuan Er sneered, "You are not worthy of being slandered by me and my master."

"Master, you are the Crown Princess. If this hadn't happened today, Master would not even know who you are."

Yuan Er finished speaking and kicked the man, "Tell me, how did you poison the cakes?"

The man looked at Ming Jialan before telling him the whole story.

After she finished speaking, the imperial physician arrived.

The imperial physician looked again and again, smelled again and again, and thought about it before he remembered what kind of poison it was.

"Your Majesty, someone put pollen from the Duling flower in this cake. The Duling flower grows on the peak of Xiandong Cliff and is extremely rare. I have also seen it in an ancient book."

"Ancient books also mentioned that once a person eats the Duling flower, they will fall into a coma, which is extremely difficult to detect and would be considered an ordinary coma."

"Moreover, there is no antidote for this poison, and it will cause the person to gradually fall asleep and die."

After hearing this, Yuan Man said, "This poison is very similar to a foreign poison called Bola Poison."

The imperial physician looked at her in surprise, "Does the Crown Princess know about the Poro Poison?"

"I encountered this before when I was investigating a case with the prince. Guo Sen, the former governor of Xizhou, died of this poison." Yuan Man said and glanced at Ming Jialan, but she did not react.

The imperial physician nodded and said, "Indeed, the two are somewhat similar, but the Poro Poison has traces that can be found, while this Du Linghua leaves no traces when taken."

After hearing this, the emperor slapped the table in front of him and said, "How vicious."

"Come here, arrest Ming Jialan and send him to the clan house for strict interrogation."

After hearing this, Ming Jialan immediately cried out that she was innocent. She didn't know who Du Linghua was, and she didn't even know where Xian Dong was.

After hearing this, Yuan Man looked at the maid.

The maid had been too calm since her confession.

Yuan Man looked in her backpack and found that there were no mantra talismans. She had not done any missions since she became pregnant, so naturally she had no income from these talismans.

"Yuan Er, this maid should also be re-examined, regardless of life or death."

"Yes." Yuan Er asked Yuan Wu to take the maid away again.

After taking Ming Jialan and the two maids away, the Queen also lost interest in continuing to enjoy the chrysanthemum banquet, "Okay, let's disperse."

After all the young masters and young ladies had left, Yuan Man stood up and said, "Mother, I will go back first."

The queen nodded, "My mother has asked someone to take you there."

"By the way, where's Yuanbao?"

The emperor was stunned. When they went to the imperial study before, Yuanbao went to play by himself.

Yuan Man smiled and said, "It's okay, someone is following them."

"Yuan Er, let them bring Yuan Bao back. We should go back."

Then he said to the emperor: "Father, I will take the ingot back first."

The emperor nodded, "Okay, once the investigation is complete, I will give you an explanation."

Yuan Man bowed to him and said, "Thank you, Father."

After she left, the emperor could no longer suppress his anger and shouted, "Xuan Mingsu, why not just enter the palace."

Ling Xiao and Huangfu Nan exchanged a glance and said goodbye.

On the second day, news came that the Ming family was taken to the prison and directly sentenced to execution in the autumn.

Su Zhongyu was temporarily appointed as the chief of the Jufasi.

And he was more than just demoted to a medicine attendant.

After Yuan Er finished speaking, he added, "Master, I have found out the origin of the Du Ling pollen."

"It was transmitted from Xian Dong, and the person who actually did it was not Ming Jialan, but the second Miss Ming, Ming Jiafang."

"The Du Ling pollen was bought from the black market by Ming Jiafang. I have arranged for someone to investigate this line and also bought all the Du Ling pollen on the black market."

After saying that, he placed the box in his hand on the table.

Yuan Man nodded, "You've worked hard."

"But how did Ming Jiafang know about the existence of this Du Ling flower?"