PDLP Chapter 247 Death
Chapter 247 Death
After they left, Xiao Mo turned and went to the inner room, looking for something on the wooden shelf next to the desk.
Shen Yun followed behind her, helping her look while asking her, "Miss, what are you looking for?"
"When I returned from Qinshan last year, I brought back two medical secret books and a pound of dried Hundred Poisons withered from my master."
She carefully searched every possible place.
This answer made Shen Yun even more confused. She knew what the medical secret books were, but what was the one called Baiduku?
She was wondering in her heart, and Xiao Mo began to explain to her.
"Baiduku is a tree root that grows on snowy mountains. Its rhizomes have the ability to cure all kinds of poisons, hence the name."
"Oh, you want to find it out to detoxify the emperor?" Shen Yun clapped his hands in sudden realization.
"The Emperor's poison cannot be cured by the Hundred Poisons Blight alone. We have to go to Ao Mountain outside the city tomorrow morning. I saw some useful herbs on that hilltop last time."
Xiao Mo answered her questions seriously while looking for something.
Shen Yun nodded, and in the blink of an eye, she suddenly saw a wooden box pressed by books.
She quickly called Xiao Mo over: "Miss, here is a gray wooden box."
Xiao Mo looked over when she heard the voice, and a smile immediately broke out on her face: "That's it."
She walked over and carefully pulled the wooden box out from under the book.
In the wooden box, at the bottom were the two medical books and secret manuals, and on top was a bunch of red rhizomes wrapped in black cloth.
She untied the black cloth and a strange fragrance hit her face.
Shen Yun moved closer curiously, and when she saw her pick up a blood-red tree root, she couldn't help but exclaim.
"Wow, red tree roots! This is the first time I've seen them in my life."
"There are still many things you haven't seen." Xiao Mo raised the corners of her lips and smiled slightly.
Shen Yun curled her lips, walked over, picked one up, and examined it carefully: "Since this thing is medicine, will it still be effective after being dried?"
"This thing is ten times better when dried than when fresh, and it is red when it is not in the tree shape.
The Baiduku tree is purple when it's growing, then turns white when it loses its vitality. As it dries, it slowly turns red, and the drier it gets, the redder it gets."
Xiao Mo's explanation gave her an epiphany, and she couldn't help but give him a thumbs-up: "As expected of a medical student, you've really broadened your horizons."
While the two were chatting, Chun'er and Fuling asked the maid to bring the food to the table.
They were halfway through their meal, chatting and laughing, when Murong Shu arrived in a hurry.
Xiao Mo didn't go to pay her respects immediately after she came back, so she heard about it from the maid after dinner.
When she saw her, Xiao Mo realized that she had returned directly to Suqiyuan after entering the Prime Minister's Mansion and had not yet met Murong Shu and Xiao Wenbo.
Because of this, she even looked at Murong Shu with a guilty look.
The next day, at dawn, she took Shen Yun to Aoshan outside the city.
The reason why Chun'er and Fuling were not brought along was because they didn't know how to ride horses.
Although more people mean more effort, if we take a carriage, it will take too much time to go back and forth.
It was almost noon when Xiao Mo and Shen Yun returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion carrying a basket of medicinal herbs.
They avoided the servants in the mansion and brought the things back to Suqiyuan.
Chun'er and Fuling saw them coming back and hurried to greet them.
They worked for the whole afternoon, and in the evening, Xiao Mo finally prepared ten pills of antidote.
She packed up her things, took Shen Yun and Chun'er and went into the palace.
In the Qinzheng Hall, the emperor sat on the dragon throne, absentmindedly playing with the Buddhist beads in his hand.
On the desk next to him, there was a brush and a blank imperial edict.
After a long silence, he seemed to have made up his mind, or more like he had suddenly let go of something. He took a deep breath and picked up the brush next to the imperial edict.
At this time in Yongyang Palace, Concubine Liang was discussing something with the Minister of War.
Just as the conversation reached its climax, the eunuch's shrill voice came from outside the door.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
Concubine Liang was startled and quickly asked the palace maid beside her to take the Minister of War to the inner room to hide.
"Noble Concubine Liang receives the order."
"The concubine accepts the order."
The eunuch flicked his whisk and slowly opened the imperial edict.
"It's up to heaven, the emperor decreed.
Imperial Concubine Liang came from a prominent family and was granted the emperor's grace to serve in the palace. She should have strictly observed the code of conduct for women and followed the emperor's teachings.
However, you did not obey my words, did not cultivate your moral character, repeatedly violated palace rules, acted recklessly and rebelliously, and your crimes are unforgivable.
I, out of consideration for our old friendship, have granted you an intact body as a token of my great grace.
I now give you white silk and poisoned wine. Choose one of them to commit suicide by, and you must not make any mistake.
I will deal with your family separately, so don't say any more.
I hope you can resolve this matter quickly to preserve the dignity of the royal family.
Admire this. "
There was no trace of panic in Concubine Liang's lowered eyes. She reached out her hand respectfully to take it, as if she had heard an imperial decree of reward.
The eunuch handed the imperial edict to her condescendingly, flicked his whisk again and left.
She stood up and clenched the bright yellow imperial edict in her hand. The cold light in her eyes seemed to be able to freeze people to death.
When the Minister of War came out from behind the curtain, his face was full of worry.
"Your Highness, the Emperor has finally taken action."
Concubine Liang sneered, walked to the table and casually threw the imperial edict onto the couch: "It's a pity it's too late."
He raised his eyebrows and glanced at the Minister of War, curling his lips and said sarcastically, "If he had issued this imperial decree ten days earlier, I would have had no chance of escaping. But now, his life is in my hands, what am I afraid of?"
The Minister of War bowed to her with a smile, "Your Majesty, what you said is absolutely true."
"You just heard it. He wants to sentence me to death. Tell me, what should you do next?"
"Wei Chen understands."
"I understand. Please leave."
In the Eastern Palace, as soon as Xiao Mo entered the Yilan Palace, she bumped into Qi Yue who was walking out in a hurry.
He saw that it was Xiao Mo, and was delighted for a moment: "Amo is back, go inside and rest for a while, I have something important to take care of, and will be back later to have dinner with you."
After saying this, without waiting for Xiao Mo's response, he strode out of the palace gate.
"Father, what did Mother do wrong? Why did you order her death?"
In the Council Hall, the Minister of War was reporting to the Emperor about a small country in the Southern Province that had violated our borders and provoked our border guards.
Qi Yue rushed in without waiting for the eunuch guarding the gate to pass on the message.
The emperor was already unhappy with his reckless behavior, and his face instantly darkened several shades when he heard that what he was asking for was related to Concubine Liang.
In desperation, he could only send the Minister of War away first.
How could Qi Yue not know that doing this would anger the emperor, but if he didn't do this, he would probably be turned away.
"Father, my mother is loyal and dedicated to you. She has managed the harem diligently and has never dared to do anything that goes against your will. How could you just find a random excuse to sentence her to death?"