Chapter 388 The Princess Who Refuses to Marry 57
The envoy not only ate the delicious food with big mouthfuls, but also licked his fingers clean. The meaning was very clear. The meat was not poisonous. He really judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
Everyone looked at the sitting prince and Princess Suritaramon, who must be really embarrassed now.
Xining waited patiently for the messenger to finish eating, then said leisurely: "It's tied up."
The guard who stared at him was stunned. He had to tie him up after eating it? His eyes turned to the prince.
The prince nodded slightly, giving permission. Thinking that Eleventh Sister actually ordered the messenger to be tied up, it was obvious that she had broken the pot, so he turned all his attention to her, trying to take away all the blame.
He couldn't help but be secretly moved, Eleventh Sister was really kind to him.
After the envoy was tied up, he sneered coldly: "What does Her Royal Highness Princess Suritaramon mean by this? Does His Majesty the Pharaoh allow such an envoy to neglect the tribute gifts?"
Xining was still very calm: "I received a secret report that someone was plotting to poison His Majesty the Pharaoh's food."
The messenger sat there and his voice became louder: "I have eaten the meat, can't I prove it?"
Of course not, Nakhat died of chronic poison, and it didn't happen until the end of the banquet.
Instead, Xining laughed and said very gently: "For His Majesty the Pharaoh, I can only wrong you. If it turns out that it was not you afterwards, there will be a heavy reward."
After saying this, he ordered: "Watch him and don't allow him to eat anything again."
Even though the messenger pretended to be unjust, the panic that flashed across his eyes did not escape Xi Ning's eyes.
Everyone was stunned. Nakhat was also shocked when he heard that someone was going to poison him. Think about it, Princess Eleven must have a purpose for doing this. So he encouraged me with his eyes, "Don't worry, your dad is here, go ahead and do it hard, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks!"
When the prince saw it, he immediately said: "Everyone, continue."
The official next to him also immediately called for the next program to dilute the embarrassing atmosphere.
Xining pretended to watch the performance, and from time to time his eyes glanced at the envoy who was tied up and stared at by three guards.
This era has not yet come up with very comprehensive methods, such as hiding the antidote or poison in the teeth. If the meat just now was poisonous, you can lick out the antidote from the hollowed out pulp and bite it into pieces.
That's thanks to the dentists and witch doctors whose skills are limited to praying and stuffing skinned rats. Apart from hurriedly inducing vomiting and taking antidote, there is no other way to detoxify.
Under the gaze of everyone, the messenger's face became increasingly ugly, and sweat began to ooze from his forehead... Xining watched secretly with cold eyes, and sure enough there was something wrong.
"Can you let me go for a while?" The messenger pretended to be panicked.
Immediately came the voice of Princess Eleven: "Give him a bucket."
The messenger looked around with constipation and smiled bitterly: "This, this, isn't that good, is it?" A banquet was being held here.
Xi Ning's lips curled up with a trace of ridicule: "The envoy tested the meat for His Majesty the Pharaoh, and the hard work is a great reward. I don't think it's bad! Is it true that there is something wrong with the meat and it's bad for your stomach? Do you think so?"
There was a lot of flattery all around, and they all followed the eleventh princess's wishes and said there was nothing wrong with it. It just smelled like a tuba. Who doesn't know how to tuba?
Xi Ning tried hard to hold back her laughter. In this era, mummies were all seen circling around before the banquet, so the smell of a large size was nothing.
Halfway through the banquet, it could take as little as ten minutes, or at most half an hour, and the poison would erode the stomach wall and intestinal mucosa along with the food under the action of gastric acid, creating holes. That's why Pharaoh vomited blood and died of abdominal pain.
If you don't induce vomiting or take an antidote at this time, it may be too late.
I want to use the toilet to avoid or bribe the guards, dream! Seeing the messenger's increasingly pale face, Xi Ning's face sank, and he slammed his hand on the table. The singing and buzzing of discussion suddenly disappeared, and the entire hall fell silent.
My hand hurts so much... The corners of Xining's mouth twitched slightly.
This damn body is simply made of paper.
She still maintained her majesty calmly and sneered: "Give you another chance, either tell everything or wait for death!" She secretly rubbed her hands under the table.
The prince saw it so clearly that he almost didn't laugh if the situation wasn't serious.
Seeing the sweat on the messenger's head and his face as pale as linen, Nakhat knew that the poisoning was not groundless.
Xining ordered: "Give him a bucket and let him spit it out."
The food is full of aroma before it is eaten, but it is not so delicious after it enters the stomach and is spit out.
The witch doctor pressed a small wooden board against the base of the messenger's tongue, forcing the messenger to spit out all the food he had eaten. Then he took the bucket of vomit and went outside to find out what kind of poison it was.
In the entire hall, the sour smell covered up all the fragrances. Many people felt nauseated subconsciously when they saw the messenger vomiting.
Nakhat covered his nose with a wet handkerchief and frowned slightly: "If you tell me, I will spare your life." A good banquet has become like this, and now no one has any appetite.
Although the messenger was vomiting like crazy and had exhausted all the contents and energy in his stomach, he still asked for a glass of milk.
Watch the messenger drink a glass of milk with the help of the guards. Xi Ning felt confident. Milk can protect the stomach. Drinking it at this time can also resolve the remaining poison in the stomach. This guy doesn't want to die. People who don't want to die are often afraid of death. As long as they are afraid of death, it will be easy.
After the messenger finished drinking, he knelt down and confessed that it was the fourth prince's mother and concubine who had poisoned him.
Xining immediately rolled his eyes. The fourth prince's mother-in-law was a Persian concubine. In terms of status and ability, apart from the queen, she is naturally the most powerful to make arrangements. Moreover, the fourth prince's mother and concubine also came here to marry him. If the pharaoh dies and the prince succeeds to the throne, he will temporarily rectify the internal affairs and will not easily launch external wars. The Persian threat will be much less.
"Nonsense!" When the fourth prince heard this, he immediately stood up: "Father, he is talking nonsense. What are the benefits of my mother and concubine doing this?"
The fourth prince's mother-in-law immediately stood up from the concubine's seat, walked quickly to the front and knelt down, tears streaming down her face: "Your majesty is wise and will not be deceived by this traitor. No one knows that someone will pay tribute today. Whale meat, I’ve been in the palace again, where can I find someone to poison the tribute?”
He turned to stare at the pale cat-like eyes of the fourth prince: "You said I was the one who ordered it, how did I order you? When and where?"
"Of course the princess will not come forward in person for this kind of thing." The messenger named a maid and told when and where he met the maid.
The maids were sometimes ordered to go out of the palace to do business. After looking through the papyrus records of going out of the palace, it turned out that the number was correct.
The maid ran out and knelt down, cursing and swearing that she had never seen the messenger. The messenger also cursed and swore that it was the fourth prince's mother and concubine who was instigating this.
The fourth prince's mother and concubine also cursed and swore that the fourth prince supported his mother and concubine.
For a while, the four people were quarreling and slandering each other, cursing and swearing. Each oath was more harsh and heavier than the last. Not only themselves, but also their descendants were cursed.
At this time, the witch doctor came in and said that after the vomit was eaten by the animal, the animal had vomited blood and died. And the meat-cutting knife cuts other meat and feeds it to the animals, and the animals also die of the same symptoms.
Now Nakhat got angry and slapped the wooden table hard, causing the wooden table to fall into pieces.
(End of chapter)