I practiced medicine in ancient times

Chapter 237 Poisonous

"Ahem! Queen, you can't drink this glass of wine!" Just when the concubines, princes, and princesses were about to drink, Xu Qingyi's inappropriate voice was heard.

"You are so bold, Doctor Xu! You have no right to speak here." At this moment, a hint of panic flashed in Concubine Wu's eyes, and she shouted at Xu Qingyi in a harsh tone.

"Concubine Wu, why are you so anxious? Doctor Xu, please explain to me in detail why we can't drink this wine?" The Queen naturally saw the panic that flashed in Concubine Wu's eyes. She glanced at the wine that Concubine Wu had poured for her before, and asked with a move in her mind.

"Of course, the glass of wine in front of the Queen was poisoned." Xu Qingyi said slowly.

When the Emperor, the Empress Dowager and others heard this, their faces changed and they immediately put down their wine glasses.

"The wine of the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and me was all poured from the same wine jug. I am willing to prove my innocence." Concubine Wu immediately raised her head and drank the wine in her hand.

"Someone come here! Test the poison." The emperor ordered immediately.

Soon, a eunuch came up with a silver needle.

"Come, try the Queen's wine first." The emperor pointed at the wine glass in the Queen's hand.

"Yes." The eunuch bowed and replied, then took the silver needle and probed it into the Queen's wine glass. The silver needle turned black and was obviously poisonous.

"This..." The Queen's expression suddenly changed, and her gaze towards Concubine Wu became fierce, "Concubine Wu, what's going on? Do you really want to harm me?"

"I didn't. I also drank from the same pot of wine. Let's test the wine of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager." Concubine Wu hurriedly shook her head to deny it. There was no panic on her face, as if she was prepared.

Soon, the eunuchs tried the wine of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor respectively. Surprisingly, the silver needle did not change color, which also meant that there was no poison in the wine.

"Empress, the wine was all poured from the same wine jug. The wines of the Emperor, Empress Dowager, and Concubine Wu are not poisonous? Why is your wine poisonous?

Could this be......" The concubines of Concubine Wu's line stopped talking.

Those who understand will understand that it is nothing more than saying that you are trying to frame someone and use a trick of self-torture.

"Doctor Xu, tell me what is going on?" The emperor saw that his mother had a gloomy face. Thinking that today was her sixtieth birthday banquet, the appearance of these dirty things really spoiled the fun.

“When Concubine Wu poured wine for the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and herself, the poison in the wine pot had not yet been diluted. When it was her turn to pour wine for the Empress, the poison was diluted and poured into the wine pot. Therefore, only the Empress’s glass of wine was poisonous.

Well! It is not a highly toxic substance. After drinking it, it will not kill people immediately. It will make people bedridden, weak and shorten their lifespan.

The Queen was already weak, so once she drank the poisoned wine, it completely destroyed her body, making her condition even worse and difficult to cure. "Xu Qingyi picked up the glass of wine in front of the Queen and said after taking a sniff.

"Doctor Xu, you said that the wine jug in my hand is a Yin-Yang wine jug? In order to prove my innocence, Your Majesty can send someone to check whether the wine jug in my hand is a Yin-Yang wine jug." Concubine Wu calmly raised the wine jug in her hand with a firm look, as if she was ready to deal with everything.

The emperor's eyes lingered on her, with a hint of doubt and scrutiny. The empress dowager had a serious look on her face, and it was obvious that she took this matter very seriously.

"Who said that your wine pot is a yin-yang wine pot?" Xu Qingyi asked back.

“If this wine pot is not a Yin-Yang wine pot, why is it that the wine poured from the same pot has no poison in the wines for my brother, my mother, and Concubine Wu, but poison in the wine for the Empress?

There must be an explanation for this! Doctor Xu, you are so calm and composed, I think you must have seen through this trick.

Tell me, who dared to cause such a scene at the palace banquet for my mother's sixtieth birthday, not only spoiling the fun for all of us, but also angering my mother and ruining her mood.

You know, if we can't find out the reason, everyone present will be implicated!" Prince Xun had a smile on his face, but his voice was cold as ice.

“Just now, when Concubine Wu poured wine for herself, the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager, she did it very naturally.

But when it was the Queen's turn to pour the wine, she shook the wine pot vigorously. Concubine Wu, won't you explain something?" Xu Qingyi asked Concubine Wu indifferently and slowly.

“The wine needs to be shaken a few times so that it tastes better.

Doctor Xu had only drunk a few times, so he naturally didn't know the mystery. " Concubine Wu smiled lightly, as if she was a little helpless, but the panic in her eyes gradually deepened.

"I think, Concubine Wu, what you are shaking is not the wine in the jug, but the ice cubes in the jug.

Why is it that the wine in the glasses of you, the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager is not poisonous, while the wine in the glass of the Empress is poisonous?

This is because the poison is wrapped in ice, and the wine in the ice jug has not completely melted the ice, and the poison has not been diluted in the wine, so the wine in the glasses of the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the Imperial Concubine is non-toxic.

When it is your turn to pour wine for the Queen, you shake the ice in the jug vigorously to speed up the dilution or break the ice to allow the poison inside to blend into the wine.

This is why you shook the wine jug when pouring wine for the Queen, and why the wine in the glasses of the three of you was poisonous, while only the wine in the Queen's glass was poisonous.

Of course, the Queen was the last one to pour wine, so the wine in the jug must be poisonous, so we just need to test for the poison." Xu Qingyi took his time to tell everyone why the wine in the Queen's glass alone was poisonous.

After Xu Qingyi said this, Concubine Wu's face suddenly changed. She looked at Xu Qingyi in horror, her eyes full of disbelief. She had done it so secretly, how could Xu Qingyi see through it at a glance?

It seemed as if she had seen it with her own eyes?

"You...how do you know?" Concubine Wu's voice trembled and she could hardly speak a complete sentence.

Concubine Wu seemed to realize that she had said the wrong thing and quickly stopped talking.

Xu Qingyi smiled faintly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes: "Do you think your method is very clever? In fact, it is just child's play. You used ice to hide the poison, which is indeed difficult to detect.

Why don't you ask what this medical competition is about? Auscultation, questioning, palpation, inspection, and bone palpation with eyes blindfolded, and my ears are pretty good.

When you, the Imperial Concubine, were shaking the wine in the jug, you noticed something was wrong."