lcionline Chapter 151 Cloud Feather 10
Chapter 151 Cloud Feather 10
Gong Ziyu's voice was as cold as ice: "The standards for selecting brides in the palace are extremely strict. Every candidate bride will be carefully diagnosed and examined by the doctors of your Zheng Palace. Under such circumstances, how could a pregnant woman be allowed to enter the palace?"
"Or is it that all the people in your Zheng Palace are incompetent? As the Palace Master, the Herbal Extract you concocted had no effect whatsoever, causing Zhi Ren and the Young Master to die from poisoning. And the doctors under your command are all quacks, unable to even tell if a woman is pregnant."
"Since Zheng Palace is so incompetent, what is the point of its existence?" Gong Ziyu said mercilessly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gong Shangjiao immediately shouted angrily, "Gong Ziyu, you should watch your words!"
Gong Yuanzheng also quickly retorted loudly: "From the three elders to the madam, everyone in the Gong family has been taking the herbal extracts and other pills and meals prepared by Zheng Gong for many years, and there has never been the slightest oversight!"
As the master of the Zheng Palace, how could he allow anyone to smear the Zheng Palace in front of him?
"Oh?" Gong Ziyu asked sarcastically, "If that's the case, why did Zhi Ren and the young master die from poisoning?"
"..." Gong Yuanzheng was speechless upon hearing this.
When Gong Shangjiao saw Gong Yuanzheng being questioned like this, a flash of anger appeared in his eyes, but he tried his best to suppress his anger: "Although the Hundred Herbs Extract was indeed developed by Yuanzheng, once it was sent to the residences of the various palaces, the servants of each residence were responsible for serving it. Who can say that it wasn't someone from your Feather Palace who had a problem?"
Gong Ziyu's expression remained unchanged, and his tone revealed an unquestionable certainty: "Since I said this, I naturally have solid evidence."
After saying that, he turned slightly to the side, reached out to Jin Fan behind him, took the herbs Jin Fan brought back from the clinic, and threw them in front of the two of them: "Jin Fan found these in the clinic's pharmacy. Young Master Zheng should recognize what these are, right?"
Gong Ziyu controlled her emotions perfectly and directly confronted Gong Yuanzheng.
He didn't know what the medicine was, let alone its specific effects.
But so what?
All he needs to do is confirm that there's something wrong with the medicine!
This alone was enough for him to launch an attack on Gong Yuanzheng.
Sometimes, there are things that don't require much time to verify. Just throw the blame at the right people, and they will be more eager than you to find the truth and clarify the facts!
Jin Fan was unaware of his thoughts. When he saw him throw the medicine away, he was greatly surprised and secretly groaned in his heart.
Didn't we agree that he would find someone to identify the herbs? Why did he just pull out the blade like that?
What if the medicine is fine? How will we handle this situation later?
But under these circumstances, he can no longer get the medicine back.
Seeing Gong Ziyu's confident demeanor, Jin Fan could only secretly pray that there really was something wrong with the medicine!
Seeing his certainty, Gong Shangjiao picked up the item with some skepticism. After opening the silk cloth covering it, he found a small piece of root and a small bottle of pills inside.
Looking at it, he saw that one of the bottles contained the Herbal Extract that Gong Hongyu and Gong Huanyu had taken, while he didn't know what the other one was. He then held the medicine up to Gong Yuanzheng and asked, "Yuanzheng, can you tell what this is?"
The Zheng Palace was in charge of medicine, poisons, and hidden weapons for the entire palace. The people inside dealt with all kinds of herbs all year round, so Gong Yuanzheng recognized it at a glance and blurted out, "This is the Spirit Herb!"
As if he had just thought of something, he quickly opened the medicine bottle, poured out a herbal extract pill, examined it carefully for a moment, and then actually put it directly into his mouth.
Gong Shangjiao exclaimed in surprise: "Why did you eat it? Spit it out!"
The fact that Lao Zhiren died of poisoning proves that there was something wrong with the herbal extract he usually took. How could he have swallowed it directly?
Gong Shangjiao was extremely anxious, while Gong Yuanzheng silently sensed the changes in his body and said, "The most important ingredient in the Hundred Herbs Extract is the Divine Feather Flower, but the Divine Feather Flower in this bottle of Hundred Herbs Extract has been replaced with the Spirit Grass Flower, so it has no medicinal effect."
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed drastically!
"Ah!" Elder Hua exclaimed in surprise, "Young Master Zheng, what's going on?"
Gong Yuanzheng's face turned extremely ugly. He had personally prepared the herbal extracts that Old Blade Master and Young Master usually took, and now both of them had gotten into trouble.
Previously, he could argue that the problem with Baicao Cui only appeared after he arrived at Yu Palace, but now that Gong Ziyu has found Lingxiang Cao in Zheng Palace, doesn't that confirm that the problem originated in Zheng Palace?
"The herbal extract I prepared contained Divine Feather Flowers. Someone must have switched my medicine!" Gong Yuanzheng was still young, and he looked at Gong Shangjiao helplessly, grabbing his hand and trying his best to gain his trust: "Brother, believe me, I didn't make this medicine!"
Gong Yuanzheng was raised by Gong Shangjiao, so how could he not know his character? Seeing his younger brother's flustered and helpless appearance, he felt a little bad. He patted his hand reassuringly and said in a deep voice, "Yuanzheng, I believe in you!"
Then, his gaze went straight to Gong Ziyu: "Gong Ziyu, you say this fragrant herb came from the clinic, what evidence do you have?"
"Do you think I'm like you, making false accusations without thinking?" Gong Ziyu sneered, speaking frankly, "Yesterday when I sent Jin Fan to investigate the clinic and pharmacy, Jin Fan didn't hide his tracks. If you don't believe me, you can summon people here to confront him and see if this Lingxiang herb was actually taken from Zheng Palace."
Gong Ziyu did not say that Jin Fan went to the clinic on his own initiative, but took the blame upon himself. After all, Jin Fan was just a guard in the palace. Without Gong Ziyu's permission, he investigated the clinic privately. If Gong Yuanzheng seized on this point, he would inevitably be punished.
Of course, he didn't mention the pharmacy manager's unusual behavior. Now was the time to put a label on Gong Yuanzheng. If he brought this up now, wouldn't Gong Yuanzheng be cleared of suspicion?
Gong Ziyu spoke with such confidence and composure that Gong Shangjiao and Gong Yuanzheng had nothing to say. In their view, Gong Ziyu had no reason to lie about something that could be easily verified.
It seems the problem really lies in the 辴宫!
Gong Yuanzheng was both angry and aggrieved, his eyes welling up with tears. He gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't do it, and that's it. If you don't believe me, then send me to the dungeon for interrogation!"
"Yuanzheng, my brother!" Gong Shangjiao scolded in a low voice, pulling the man behind him. Looking at Gong Ziyu's indifferent expression, he knew that his and Yuanzheng's plans for today had failed miserably.
I never expected things to turn out this way. In the beginning, he was the one considering whether to show mercy and give Gong Ziyu a chance to be the wielder.
Unexpectedly, Gong Ziyu first used the excuse that the bride needed to be examined by a doctor before entering the palace to drag Zheng Gong into the mess, thus overturning the rumors about her background.
Then, using fragrant herbs and problematic herbal extracts, they linked the death of the old wielder's harem member, Huan Yu, to the palace.
This threw Yuan Zheng into a state of utter confusion, to the point that he even blurted out the idea of going to the dungeon.
What if Gong Ziyu takes advantage of the situation and actually sends him to jail?
Since it involves the lives of Old Blade and Young Master, and also implicates Wufeng, I'm afraid the three elders won't interfere too much!
Or rather, with Gong Ziyu present, even the three elders couldn't stop it!