Chapter 1049: Trying to shirk responsibility Gu Zhong lowered his head and said, "What this old servant said is all true." How could he not know the look in the Empress Dowager's eyes? Because of their years of friendship, he was willing to sacrifice himself to save the Empress Dowager. It was not easy for her to reach her current position, and he saw all the hardships she had gone through step by step. Their plan was successful. Over the years, he has been lucky enough to be loved by the Empress Dowager. Even if his life was taken from him at this moment, he would be happy to do so. Thinking of this, he kowtowed to Long Yi and said, "Your Majesty, the fire was caused by me alone. The Empress Dowager is a kind person and she has nothing to do with the fire." "Emperor, I am really not the mastermind of the fire." The Empress Dowager said, turning her head to Gu Zhong and said sternly, "Why don't you confess what you did back then?" Gu Zhong took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, I am willing to tell you what happened back then. The Empress Dowager is your mother after all. The reputation of the royal family is so important. I must not let my mistakes affect the reputation of the Empress Dowager!" "You still dare to bargain with me now?" Long Yi said in a cold voice. At this time, Pang Gaozhuo led his team out and bowed his hands to report: "Your Majesty, we have found many poisons in Gu Zhong's room."

After saying that, he ordered his men to line up the bottles and jars of poison and place them on the ground. "What kind of poisons are they?" Long Yi asked. Pang Gaozhuo said: "I don't know, I need to ask the imperial physician to come." Long Yi said loudly: "Summon the Imperial Doctor." Someone immediately took the order and left. Long Yi turned his gaze to Yan Funing: "Wait for the imperial physician to come, and you two can work together to determine the cause." "Yes, father." Yan Funing said yes. Soon, three imperial doctors arrived. Two of them were in their sixties or seventies, and the other was middle-aged. The scene before them surprised the imperial doctors, but they suppressed their surprise and greeted them with courtesy. Long Yi raised his hand: "There are poisons on the ground. You can see what kind of poisons they are." The imperial doctors clasped their fists and nodded in agreement. Yan Funing, together with them, went to identify the toxicity of the poisons one by one. Every time a bottle was identified, it was placed on the table to the side, and a dedicated person would write down the toxicity on a piece of paper. After a while, the middle-aged doctor reported: "Your Majesty, we have confirmed with Princess Rui that these are indeed poisons." Long Yi asked: "Is there any poison that can cause blindness and amnesia?" The middle-aged doctor replied: "There are poisons that cause amnesia, and there are also poisons that cause blindness. There are also drugs that can cause muteness, intoxication, itching, and confusion..." Long Yi's eyes narrowed, and he asked in a deep voice: "Gu Zhong, what else do you have to say?" Gu Zhong knelt down and said, "I admit that I was the one who poisoned the food."

Just don't say who ordered it. One of the old doctors spoke up, "Your Majesty, these poisons look familiar to me. Most of them seem to have been found in Ling Taipin's palace. They were kept by the Imperial Hospital at that time, but later on, for some reason, all of Ling Taipin's poisons disappeared. I unexpectedly saw them again today, so I guess the thief is here." His gaze turned to Gu Zhong. Yan Funing asked him: "May I ask if the imperial physician remembers this bottle of medicine that causes blindness, and whether it was also found in Ling Taipin's palace?" The imperial physician shook his head: "I remember that there was no medicine that could cause blindness at that time." Yan Funing said, "Father, Your Majesty, Madam Ling Taipin told me that the poison she used did not cause blindness, which shows that the blindness poison was obtained by the villain later through other means." Ling Taipin nodded: "The poison I used back then was indeed not one that could cause blindness." "Not only did the villain steal Concubine Ling's poison from the Imperial Hospital, but he also bought some poison from outside because he felt that it was not enough. He never thought that the blindness and amnesia poisons would not work, so he gave her another headache poison. This poison can guarantee to the greatest extent that the person poisoned will not recover his vision or memory. The subsequent three poisons interacted with each other, which unexpectedly caused the effect to be slow. The villain was so angry that he set fire to the murder." Yan Funing said, "Empress Dowager, am I right?" "What do you mean by telling me this? The person who poisoned was Gu Zhong alone, and he has admitted it. What's your intention in harping on the poison issue?" The Empress Dowager sneered and shook her head. Yan Funing smiled faintly: "It's all because you are the biggest villain behind this. You ordered Gu Zhong to do these evil things." The Empress Dowager snorted and sneered: "Since I moved into the Prince of Jin's Mansion, I have indeed felt empty and lonely, so I found Gu Zhong to serve me. If the Empress Dowager wants to blame me for this, I have nothing to say." The implication is that everyone else is junior and it is inconvenient for them to control her, nor can they control her. As she spoke, she changed the subject: "But, poisoning people was not done by me, you can't put the blame on me." At this time, Yan Funing picked up one of the bottles of poison: "The poison in this small bottle is the kind of poison I have seen on the Empress Dowager. It is the kind of poison that even the imperial physician could not diagnose some time ago." Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager glared at the Empress Dowager: "Ling Li, what else do you have to say?" The Empress Dowager laughed: "I said that the person who poisoned the Empress Dowager was Gu Zhong. The Empress Dowager was poisoned, and since the poison was also found in Gu Zhong's room, he is naturally the mastermind and has nothing to do with me!" At this point, it was too obvious that Gu Zhong wanted to help his master take the blame. The Empress Dowager insisted that everything had nothing to do with her, and she had already admitted that she had a lover, so there was nothing she could do for the time being... Fu Ciyi hesitated for a moment, then bowed to Long Yi and said, "Father, I ask you to do a blood test with Concubine Yun to prove our relationship." As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around fell silent. Soon, another old doctor said loudly: "Absolutely not, how can the emperor's dragon body be damaged?" Yan Funing narrowed her eyes and smiled, "When I and the other two doctors were identifying the poison just now, you were the only one who didn't take the initiative to say what poison it was. You didn't agree until we had all decided. Now you are so loudly opposed to the blood test. I want to ask if you were the one who tested the blood of my father and the Empress Dowager when they were still babies?" The old doctor immediately bowed his head, not knowing how to respond for a moment. Concubine Yun stood up and looked closely at the old doctor's features: "It's him." The old doctor dared not say a word. The Empress Dowager also looked at him for a long moment, then said, "Yes, it's him. I remember him too." Yan Funing continued, "Then I know why all the poisons in the Imperial Hospital disappeared? It turns out that there was a thief in the Imperial Hospital. You stole all the poisons and gave them to the Empress Dowager, who was still a concubine at the time. It was all because of your extraordinary relationship!" The old doctor then began to defend himself: "More than forty years ago, it was indeed me who performed the blood test on the emperor and the empress dowager, but I have never done anything to steal." "The old doctor is old. If he suffers some physical pain, he may not be able to survive." Fu Ciyi said coldly, "General Pang is strong and powerful. If he hits him with a stick, the old doctor will die." Pang Gaozhuo: “…”

You are so good, Long Wenyu, using him to scare people. Suddenly, Long Yi stretched out his hand: "Come here, give me a blood test." Thanks to Baozi for the reward: FRX! Thanks to Baozi for the monthly ticket: Book Friend 2018***4315! Thanks to my dear children for their red sleeve tickets: Xiaodai 78 (5 tickets), no name change!