Chapter 194 Perfume is poisonous
These are just Zhao Xing’s guesses. Zhao Xing doesn’t know whether they are.
It's even worse for him to ask directly about this kind of thing.
If what Zhao Xing guessed is true, it means that the British Duke will support him in sending troops to Xixia.
This is enough for Zhao Xing.
Although Zhao Xing had no intention of suppressing the British government, Zhao Xing was also pleased that the British government was not greedy for power and knew how to advance and retreat.
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At noon, they had lunch at the British Duke’s Mansion. After being seen off by the British Duke’s family, Zhao Xing and Zhang Guifen got on the carriage.
Seeing that Zhang Guifen was not in a high mood, Zhao Xing held her hand and comforted her: "The British Palace and the East Palace are not far away. If you miss your parents, you can come back often. You can also call My mother-in-law went to the East Palace to talk to you.”
“Thank you, Your Highness!”
Zhang Guifen forced a smile when she heard this. Things are not that easy. As a princess, running home every two days will inevitably attract criticism.
However, Zhao Xingneng said this, which still made her very happy.
"Your Highness!"
When Zhao Xing returned to the East Palace, Liu Sanshi came up to him and whispered a few words in his ear.
After Zhao Xing listened, he remained calm, looked at Zhang Guifen and said, "You go back first, I have some things to deal with."
"Yes!" Zhang Guifen said goodbye to Zhao Xing and left with the accompanying palace maids and eunuchs.
Watching Zhang Guifen go away, Zhao Xing's face darkened.
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Chaoyang Palace, Study Room
Zhao Xing glanced at the two small porcelain bottles on the table, then at the eunuch kneeling on the ground, and asked Said: "That person asked you to give this to them? Didn't he say anything else?"
"Back to His Highness, he said this was a high-quality perfume and asked his slave to give it to the two nobles. He said nothing else." The eunuch said.
The two nobles the eunuch talked about were not Yu Yanran and the others, but the two that King Yan had sent as a gift.
The last time King Yan gave him a woman, he asked people to investigate the palace maids and eunuchs who had contact with the outside world, and sure enough, they found a problematic eunuch.
This person leaked the news that Zhao Xing favored Sheng Shulan before she entered the East Palace.
Although Yu Yanran entered the palace earlier than Sheng Shulan, she often stayed at her bedside. But it is not a secret in the East Palace that Zhao Xing does not really favor Yu Yanran.
These palace maids and eunuchs also gossip and chat in their spare time.
It was after King Yan got this news that he felt that Zhao Xing liked the woman he had divorced, so he sent two women to him.
After finding out the person, Zhao Xing did not alert the snake, but just kept people staring at him.
Not to mention the East Palace, even in the Imperial Palace, if something happens, it may spread out of the palace.
The person who King Yan bribed in the East Palace could do something big or small. There is not enough evidence, and this alone cannot move him.
"Have you checked what's inside?" Zhao Xing asked.
"My slave has checked it, and it is filled with perfume. This slave dares to bring it into the East Palace. Please forgive me!" The eunuch kowtowed repeatedly and begged for mercy.
He previously leaked news about the East Palace, including bringing perfume into the palace, and he did not intend to murder Zhao Xing.
I just felt that this kind of thing was irrelevant, and others promised benefits, so I agreed.
This kind of thing is really nothing. There are nobles in the palace and female officials and eunuchs. Sometimes when it is inconvenient to leave the palace, they will ask people who go out to buy things from the palace to take them with them.
He still doesn't even know that the person looking for him is from King Yan.
The man asked him to bring perfume into the palace, so he naturally checked it and made sure it was OK before bringing it.
Zhao Xing frowned slightly, could this bottle contain poison?
But the eunuch said that he had checked the perfume and there was nothing wrong with it.
And everything you eat and drink has someone test the poison, unless the poison is not taken orally, but is poisoned by smell or contamination.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xing looked at Liu Sanshi.
"My slave checked it and found that it was indeed perfume. I even had someone try to apply it, but there was no problem." Liu Sanshi said.
"Take a bottle and find a live chicken to feed it." Zhao Xing said.
Since Liu Sanshi has tried it, it means that people are not poisoned by smell or contamination. Moreover, ancient technology was not so advanced.
Then there are only two possibilities, either these two bottles are ordinary perfume, or they are poisonous.
However, this poison is taken orally.
If it is applied on the body, it may be poisoned during intimacy.
Hearing this, Liu Sanshi took a bottle and hurried away.
After a while, Liu Sanshi came back with a pale face.
"Your Highness, I found a live chicken and fed it a little. It died not long after," Liu Sanshi said.
Zhao Xing guessed it when he saw Liu Sanshi's face. Hearing this, he sneered: "Okay, so many people want Gu's life!"
"Your Highness, please spare your life. , I don’t know that perfume is poisonous.” The eunuch almost fainted when he heard this, his head banged and he became incontinent.
Zhao Xing frowned slightly and waved his hand. Liu Sanshi understood and quickly had someone drag him out.
“Have someone clean it up.”
After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he picked up another bottle on the table and walked out.
When he came to the main hall, Zhao Xing sat down and thought.
Now that we have the evidence, we can definitely capture King Yan.
But he suddenly thought about Li Ge’s insistence on buying the perfume making formula.
Did Yelu Chongyuan also want to poison the Emperor of Liao in a similar way?
Thinking about it carefully, it seems possible.
Yelu Zhongyuan paid such a high price to get the secret recipe of perfume, which is inherently wrong.
As Yelu Zhongyuan, there are many ways to make money. Even if it is to make money, it seems that the secret recipe of wine making is more valuable.
It would make sense to say that he wanted to use this method to murder the Emperor of Liao.
It is normal to pay any price for the throne.
If this is the case, Zhao Xing should think carefully about whether to give the secret recipe of perfume to Yelu Zhongyuan.
The current emperor of Liao is only in his twenties, and his descendants are even younger.
If the emperor of the Liao Kingdom dies, although Yelu Chongyuan has a chance to ascend the throne, there will definitely be chaos within the Liao Kingdom for a period of time.
And Yelu Zhongyuan may not be able to control the situation and successfully ascend the throne.
The rest of the Liao clan would not obey him.
Zhao Xing hesitated for a while. He didn't know whether it would be more beneficial to the Song Dynasty if the Emperor of Liao died, or whether it would be more beneficial to the Song Dynasty to maintain the current situation.
And these are just his guesses. Who knows whether Yelu Zhongyuan really wanted to murder the Emperor of Liao through this method when he wanted the secret recipe for perfume.
After pondering for a long time, Zhao Xing made a decision and decided to take a gamble.
He remembered that Yelu Zhongyuan was not successful in history. If it was as he thought, he could just give the secret recipe of perfume to Yelu Zhongyuan.
If the emperor of the Liao Kingdom really dies, no matter who succeeds him in the end, the Liao Kingdom will be in chaos for a long time.
However, this matter is not urgent for the time being, and King Yan must be dealt with first.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xing ordered someone to prepare a car and headed to the palace with perfume mixed with poison.
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Prince Yan’s Mansion
Ever since Mr. Chu told him that the poison had been sent to the East Palace, he had been a little uneasy.
King Yan tried his best to calm down, but he couldn't control it.
"Come, go and invite Mr. Chu over." King Yan ordered.
(End of this chapter)