"What's going on?" Wen Dabao subconsciously looked in the direction where the sound came from, and when he did? 21?? When he saw the scene in front of him clearly, his eyes widened abruptly.
Because …
That was the sound of someone's head hitting the ground.
Most importantly, the person who fell was none other than one of the Six Ministers, the dignified Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Lord Yue Hu.
As one of the Six Ministers, Minister of Revenue Yue Hu was one of the first to receive the 'grace'. Naturally, he was the first to eat the roasted meat.
However, he was lying on the ground with his legs spread apart. His eyes were rolled back and there was a red mark on his forehead.
He looked extremely wretched.
"Minister Yue has fainted!" One of the officials cried out.
"What's wrong with Minister Yue? Could he be suffering from heatstroke? But … "Another official looked up at the sun above his head and swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He had never heard of heatstroke in spring.
Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's expression changed as he looked at the fainted Minister of Revenue Yue Hu. His entire body began to tremble.
Just as he was about to speak, another voice rang out.
"Bam!"
Another courtier fell to the ground with his limbs splayed out, unconscious. Furthermore, no matter how the other courtiers shook him, he showed no signs of waking up.
"Your Excellency Li, Your Excellency Li, what's wrong with you?!" One of the courtiers was startled because he was also a second-rank minister.
Two had fallen.
Furthermore, they were all ministers of the six ministries. How could the officials not be flustered?
But that was not the end.
"Bam!"
"Official Wang, what's going on? Why is Official Wang unconscious? "
"Bam!"
"Zhang Da … Aish, I feel weak."
"Bam!"
"…"
As the sounds of heads banging on the ground continued, the expressions of the officials finally changed. A thought quickly rose in their minds.
"Could it be … that the roasted meat is poisoned?"
Thinking of this, all of the officials' faces changed. They turned extremely pale, and some of the officials even started digging with their fingers.
But the roasted meat was already in their stomachs. How could they make it in time?
"Dong, dong, dong …"
The sounds of people falling became more and more hurried. It was as if a gust of wind had suddenly blown over from the blazing sun, blowing away all the civil and military officials.
Seeing the people around them fall one by one, the courtiers who had eaten the roasted meat but had yet to collapse turned pale.
Never in their wildest dreams would they have imagined …
The Princess of the Southern Region, Shan Yu, would actually poison the roasted meat. Furthermore, she did it so openly. What was she trying to do?
At this time, Ping Yang was completely stunned.
A pair of eyes as clear as water stared fixedly at the civil and military officials who had fallen to the ground. Due to the excessive shock, her small pink mouth formed a circle.
"Wow, they are all dead?!" Ping Yang blurted out subconsciously. Then, she seemed to have thought of something. "Oh, they all fainted?!"
"Dead?" Fang Zhengzhi was speechless as he looked at Ping Yang. What was going on in her head? After all, she was the princess of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Could it be that she was so happy that all the civil and military officials were dead?
Yan Xiu's gaze was also slightly surprised. However, very quickly, that trace of surprise disappeared without a trace. What replaced it was still his cold expression.
Xing Yuanguo of the Stabilization Constabulary and Chi Hong of the Divine Constabulary did not eat the roasted meat. As members of the Thirteen Constabularies, they had a much higher level of tolerance and awareness than the civil and military officials.
The Thirteen Constabularies were the armies of the Great Xia Dynasty's ancestors.
Even if Emperor Lin Mubai had ordered the civil and military officials to eat first, they would not be one step ahead of Emperor Lin Mubai to enjoy this' delicacy '.
As such, when they saw the civil and military officials fall to the ground one by one, Xing Yuanguo and Chi Hong frowned. They instinctively turned to look at Shan Yu, the Princess of the Southern Region.
Both of them clenched their fists tightly, ready to fight at any moment.
The onlookers were also dumbfounded.
They had all lived in Flame Capital City for many years and were used to conspiracies and plots. However, today's incident ….
Poisoning more than half of the court officials to death was something that had never happened before.
"Poison?!"
"The Princess of the Southern Region poisoned the roasted meat?"
"How is that possible?"
"That is impossible! She is the Princess of the Southern Region!"
No one dared to believe what they were seeing. However, the fact that the civil and military officials had fallen to the ground was a fact that could not be denied.
The Vice Domain Chief of the Royal Guards, Bai Qi, who had just retreated from the scene, widened his eyes. Poison? The Princess of the Southern Region personally poisoned him?
Even though he was in charge of maintaining order and was used to seeing all sorts of crimes, he could not believe what was happening. After all, this was simply unthinkable.
King Duan's expression was equally interesting.
In fact, he did not fully understand what Fang Zhengzhi meant when he said that he did not have the ability to kill. However, he seemed to understand now.
He subconsciously looked at Crown Prince Lin Tianrong and saw the dark expression on Lin Tianrong's face. Very quickly, his lips curled into a cold smile.
Just at that moment …
A shocked voice rang out.
"How could this be? What is going on? " The person who spoke was none other than Shan Yu, the Queen of the Southern Region. Her expression was just as shocked as her voice.
A trace of panic and helplessness flickered in her jet-black eyes. Her small mouth was wide open, and her chest was heaving up and down as she panted.
Shan Yu of the Southern Region could be seen from her expression and voice that she was in awe.
Fang Zhengzhi was taken aback when he saw this. However, he quickly recovered and sighed in his heart.
"They are all f * cking actors!"
Initially, Fang Zhengzhi thought that even if Shan Yu were to act, she would definitely have a stiff expression or exaggerated acting skills.
However, it seemed like …
Regardless of whether it was the control of her emotions or the flustered look on her face, she had reached a stage where she could pass off as real. If he had not known beforehand, he would have been fooled by Shan Yu's acting.
It seemed like …
She had improved after being the Princess of the Southern Region for more than a year. At the very least, her acting skills were much better than a year ago.
Shan Yu's acting skills began to work.
The crowd, who initially thought that Shan Yu was the one who poisoned the officials, was shocked and confused.
"Could it be that she wasn't the one who poisoned the officials?"
"But … the King of the Southern Region was the one who roasted the lamb!"
"Even if she did, that doesn't mean that she was the one who poisoned the lamb! Do you really think that the Queen of the Southern Region would poison more than half of the officials in the court in front of the Emperor? What is she after? "
"You're right!"
The crowd started to speculate.
Crown Prince Lin Tianrong, who was about to speak, quickly swallowed his words. He looked at Shan Yu with his feminine eyes and gritted his teeth.
He knew what Shan Yu was thinking …
As a matter of fact, he had already thought of a counterattack.
However, he was forced into a passive position once again. The reason was simple. He did not have a chance to act before the officials reacted.
But when the courtiers exploded …
Shan Yu was obviously more skillful and made her stand clear.
If that was the case, how could he speak again?
"Why did this happen? Ah … who is trying to frame me! " Shan Yu had no intention of stopping. She continued to shout in panic, "I clearly used the ingredients from the celebration banquet a year ago. These ingredients have always been kept safe by me. It's impossible for them to be lost!"
"How could this be?"
"What the hell is going on?"
Shan Yu of the Southern Region kept shouting.
The officials who had yet to eat the roasted meat and were shaking the unconscious officials frowned when they heard Shan Yu's words.
They thought of many possibilities.
For example …
The seasonings had changed after a year? Or could it be that these condiments were tampered with during the preservation process?
However, these possibilities were quickly rejected by them one by one.
Under normal circumstances, seasonings and spices could be preserved for a long time. They could even preserve them for three to five years.
This could be seen from the fragrance emitted by the roasted meat.
Secondly, it was unlikely that someone had tampered with the ingredients. After all, no one could have predicted that something like this would happen.
Most importantly, these unconscious courtiers were not in a state of death. From the looks of their pulses, they seemed to be normal.
But he was still unconscious, and he looked like he was drunk …
Wait a minute!
Were they drunk?!
When this thought flashed across the minds of the courtiers, their bodies trembled violently. An extremely ominous thought suddenly rose in their minds.
At this moment, a voice rang out.
"Queen of the Southern Region, the seasonings were preserved very well!"
"Very well?!" Shan Yu turned around instinctively and looked at the figure standing not far from her. "Fang Zhengzhi, what's the meaning of this?"
"What I mean is, the ingredients that the Queen of the Southern Region left behind have not been tampered with." Fang Zhengzhi pointed at the remaining ingredients in Shan Yu's hands and continued.
"They were not tampered with?" When the crowd heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, they looked at each other in shock.
Because, according to Fang Zhengzhi, if they were not tampered with …
Didn't that mean that they were poisoned by the Queen of the Southern Region?
"So what you're saying is that I poisoned the condiments myself?" Shan Yu's eyes flashed with a cold glint when she heard this.
"Of course not." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head.
"Then what do you mean?" Shan Yu was slightly angered.
"Haha, Queen of the Southern Region, don't be angry. Actually, what I meant was that the ingredients in your hands were tampered with during the banquet more than a year ago!" Fang Zhengzhi chuckled as he explained.
"The celebration banquet more than a year ago? How do you know? "The King of the Southern Region's eyes turned cold, and flames began to rise from his body.
Fang Zhengzhi was impressed by Shan Yu's acting skills. He had not seen her for more than a year and he was impressed by her.
However …
He had no intention of admitting defeat.
"Of course I know, because I was poisoned too!" Fang Zhengzhi nodded and pointed at Crown Prince Lin Tianrong. "And the person who poisoned the seasonings was the Crown Prince!"
"The Crown Prince?!"
"The person who poisoned the seasonings was the Crown Prince?"
"What is going on?"
The remaining officials widened their eyes in shock when they heard Fang Zhengzhi's words.
The surrounding crowd was also in a heated discussion as they looked at the Crown Prince, Lin Tianrong. They seemed extremely shocked.
"How dare you! Fang Zhengzhi, how dare you slander me?! The person who poisoned the seasonings was … "Crown Prince Lin Tianrong did not expect Fang Zhengzhi to point the finger at him.
Furthermore, he was the one who poisoned the seasonings?
How preposterous was that?
Crown Prince Lin Tianrong opened his mouth to retort.
However, just as the last few words left his mouth, he finally reacted. He immediately shut his mouth, and a chill rose up his back.
He was only a hair's breadth away.
If he had been a little angrier, or if he had been a little more impulsive, he would have lost just based on what he had just said.
"Who did it?" Fang Zhengzhi asked again.
"How would I know? I was drinking with the King of the Southern Region at the banquet and didn't leave. Everyone saw it with their own eyes. How would we know who poisoned him? "Crown Prince Lin Tianrong regained his composure and calmed down.
"Is that so?" Fang Zhengzhi pursed his lips.
He wanted to bait Crown Prince Lin Tianrong into revealing the truth. However, it was normal for Crown Prince Lin Tianrong to react in such a critical moment. Even though he felt that it was a pity, he did not mind it too much.
"Fang Zhengzhi, do you know what is the crime of slandering me?" Crown Prince Lin Tianrong wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"I was just guessing. However, since you denied it, I think there is only one person who poisoned the seasonings!" Fang Zhengzhi ignored Crown Prince Lin Tianrong's question and continued.
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