Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 237 Complex

After thinking for a while, Song Ying asked again: "Does your Lin family also have imperial doctors?"

"No, my great-grandfather was an imperial censor, and my great-great-grandfather was a minister. If he were still alive when the incident happened, our family might have had some room to maneuver and would not have ended up like this."

Song Ying didn't understand officialdom and didn't know what the Censor did, but she knew something about the Shangshu. Shen Zhuangyuan was the Shangshu, and the most powerful officials, the cabinet ministers, would also hold the title of Shangshu.

If the minister of the Lin family was still alive, the Lin family might really not be implicated.

If the Lin family wants to clear their name now, they probably have to find out the truth about the Queen's poisoning and prove that Imperial Doctor Jiang did not poison her.

To be honest, Doctor Jiang is the founder of their school. Whether as a disciple or from a reasonable point of view, she believes that Doctor Jiang was wronged. He could not be so stupid as to poison the pregnancy-preserving medicine.

Moreover, as the imperial physician responsible for Empress Zhenhui's pregnancy, he had to guard against poisoning. The bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine must have been tested to be non-toxic before it entered Empress Zhenhui's mouth.

Was there a traitor around Queen Jeonghye who poisoned her before the medicine entered her mouth?

Thinking of this, she asked, "Does the Queen use a silver needle to test for poison before taking the medicine?"

"Of course." Speaking of this, Lin Wenxuan was very angry. He had clearly tested the poison before drinking it, and he had tested it in front of Queen Zhenhui and the maids and eunuchs in her palace. It was completely possible to prove that it was not the medicine's problem.

"After the poison test, who were the hands of the person who took it?" Song Ying asked again.

Lin Wenxuan understood her suspicion and shook his head, saying, "Empress Zhenhui was also very cautious. After testing the poison, she would drink it herself without letting anyone else."

"Then there must be no problem with the pregnancy-preserving medicine!" Song Ying also became angry, "How did Emperor Qiande become the emperor? This is an obvious thing, how can you still wrongly accuse our master!"

"Keep your voice down. No one else can hear these words." Lin Wenxuan stopped her.

Song Ying was so angry that he lowered his voice and said, "Master is so miserable to have met such a tyrant."

After a pause, she asked, "Is our current emperor not incompetent?"

"I don't know that."

Song Ying sighed. The emperor was too far away from them, but his thoughts and actions could determine their life and death.

One thing is indeed true, the poison took effect so quickly, it must have been administered last.

"There's nothing wrong with the abortion-preserving medicine, so where did the poison come from?"

Lin Wenxuan sighed softly, "My aunt has been investigating this for a long time. She even checked the bowl that Queen Zhenhui used to drink medicine. The edge of the bowl was not smeared with poison."

Song Ying was stunned for a moment before he figured out how smearing poison on the bowl could poison people. He couldn't help but be shocked by the various bizarre ways of poisoning.

If the master could think of such a tricky way of poisoning, what else could be possible?

Suddenly, she remembered the incompatible medicinal herbs that Shen Wanting asked about that could kill people, and she was shocked: "Is it the incompatible drugs?"

Put one medicine into the food to be eaten at the palace banquet of Empress Zhenhui, and then put another medicine into the pregnancy-preserving medicine. The two medicines are harmless when taken separately, but will cause poisoning if taken one after the other!

Maybe it doesn't have to be so troublesome. You can just choose something that is incompatible with a certain medicinal ingredient in the pregnancy-stabilizing medicine. You don't have to worry about the two imperial doctors finding out that there is something extra in the medicine!

The more Song Ying thought about it, the more he felt that this was how the poison was administered!

She stood up excitedly and wanted to find her master right away to tell him. But she heard Lin Wenxuan say, "No wonder the aunt accepted you as her disciple. You and she have the same idea."

Song Ying's excitement subsided instantly, and he blinked his eyes, "Master has already thought of this?"

Lin Wenxuan nodded: "But after so many years of investigation, there is still no clue. When my aunt was in the palace, she found out the food that Queen Zhenhui had eaten at the palace banquet, the prescription of the pregnancy-preserving medicine, and even the inspection files of the drug residue.

We also checked the incense that Empress Zhenhui had used during that period, and the sachets that she and the palace maids had worn, but we still couldn’t find the source.”

Song Ying was shocked and impressed. Master was truly amazing and had considered everything.

She suddenly understood why Shen Wanting had the idea of using drug antagonism to kill people. It should be the inspiration from the death of Queen Jeonghye.

She shook her head, putting aside the matters related to Shen Wanting and focusing her attention back on the fact that her master was wrongly accused.

We have investigated to this extent, so logically we should have found out the truth. Could this guess be wrong too?

Seeing that her delicate eyebrows were twisted into a ball, Lin Wenxuan said, "Don't think about it. This matter is very complicated and it is not so easy to investigate it clearly."

Their family has been investigating for so many years and still hasn't found out the truth. How can they infer the truth just by listening to the story?

Over the years, even my aunt seemed to have given up on investigating the truth.

Song Ying nodded. This matter was indeed very complicated. Her master was so smart and thoughtful, but he hadn't figured it out. She didn't think she could figure out the truth out of thin air.

Seeing that Lin Wenxuan was very depressed, she comforted him: "Don't be discouraged, one day you will find out the truth!"

Lin Wenxuan showed a smile that was uglier than crying, "I hope so."

Guessing that Doctor Lin would be here soon, the two went to the clinic and informed Doctor Ma.

After listening, Doctor Ma lowered his eyes and said nothing, his gaze still on the pulse record on the table. He just picked up the pen but stopped in mid-air, without moving for a long time.

Song Ying waited for a long time, but didn't hear him speak. She thought he was distracted and not listening, so she tried to remind him in a low voice: "Uncle Master, are you listening?"

Doctor Ma finally came back to his senses and nodded: "Go ahead. If it's too late, don't rush back. There's nothing to do in the clinic recently, so you can rest for a few days."

Song Ying agreed.

Doctor Ma added, "Wenxuan, you should come with us. The roads are hard to travel on snowy days. If something happens on the way, it will be easier to solve it with more people. Well, remember to go to the car dealership and hire a car."

Lin Wenxuan was delighted and wanted to go too. But before he could open his mouth, his master mentioned it before him.

He quickly agreed, "I'll go to the car dealership now. Junior sister, you wait for my aunt to come to the clinic."

Song Ying regretted her lack of consideration. No matter whether it was sunny, rainy or snowy, and no matter how far the distance was, she basically walked wherever she went, and had no intention of hiring a car at all.

Just as he was feeling frustrated, Lin Wenxuan's voice came from the door, "Junior sister, come out quickly! Grandma is here!"

Song Ying turned and ran out, and Doctor Ma followed him out.

At the entrance of the clinic, a servant from the Shen family was waiting with a carriage, and Lin Wenxuan was getting on it.

"Uncle-master, I'll go first." Song Ying said, trotting to the carriage and getting in right after him.

Hearing her words, Doctor Lin lifted the curtain of the carriage, greeted Doctor Ma, and then ordered the driver to drive away.

It was very silent along the way. Doctor Lin was in no mood to talk, and Song Ying and Lin Wenxuan did not dare to chat either, for fear that something they said might touch her sore spot.