Chapter 221
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Tan Siwei lowered his head and furrowed his brows. "So you're saying that the cursed lot that the Imperial Astronomer divined a few days ago was also his doing?"
Ning Shu said, "It should be him."
"But that day, there were a total of eight people who followed Consort Qi's orders to collect the lot. How did he do something to the lot in front of everyone? Could it be that there's something wrong with the box? "
"This is actually a very simple trick. Many trick stalls are proficient in it. It's hard to explain in a short time. Lord Tan, please bring out a locked box and I'll demonstrate it to everyone. "
Tan Siwei quickly ordered someone to bring out a brocade box. Ning Shu thanked him and opened the box in front of everyone. "Your Majesty, please look carefully."
She casually pulled out a hairpin from her hair and placed it in the brocade box. Then, she said to Tan Siwei, "Lord Tan, please personally close the box and lock it."
Tan Siwei did as he was told and the bronze lock clicked into place. Ning Shu said again, "Lord Tan, please open the lock again."
Tan Siwei nodded. However, something surprising happened. After the brocade box was opened, it was empty. The hairpin that Ning Shu had casually put in had disappeared like a puff of smoke.
"This —"
Ning Shu raised her sleeve and the hairpin that had disappeared magically appeared in her palm. Ning Shu said slowly, "Lord Tan, you casually found this box just now. I didn't have the opportunity to do anything to it. However, no one saw that when I was putting the hairpin into the box, I secretly wrapped a transparent thread around the end of the hairpin. It wasn't noticeable in the dark-colored box. Moreover, it was dark and raining heavily that night. Lightning flashed and thunder roared, causing people's hearts to palpitate. No one was able to discover that cobweb-like thread.
When Lord Tan closed the box, there was a momentary blind spot. I immediately took the opportunity to pull out the thread. At this moment, my daughter was holding the brocade box for Lord Tan with both hands. My daughter's wide sleeves happened to cover the change that happened in that instant. When the box was closed and Lord Tan was busy locking it, he did not realize that there was nothing left in the box. My daughter had only practiced for a few short days. Eunuch Jing Zhong should have already made plans, so his movements would only be faster and more seamless than my daughter's. A similar method can also make an originally empty brocade box suddenly produce a talisman. "
At this point, the cursed talisman, the disappearance of the living people in the Fragrant Hall, and the burning of the cup of water were all solved. However, no one present felt happy. They only had mixed feelings.
"Your Majesty, please save me! Queen Mother of the West, Jade Emperor, please save me! It hurts …" Concubine Qi's screams of pain rang out beside their ears. It was heart-wrenching, and her image was completely destroyed. Many people who had been implicated for no reason were rolling on the ground in pain and wailing.
His Majesty glared angrily at Jing Zhong's body. "The antidote! Go to that castrated man and find the antidote!"
However, even after the guards searched Jing Zhong's body, they still couldn't find any trace of the antidote.
"What about Mother Hui? Where is she?! She is an accomplice. She must know! "
The guards immediately turned around to get Mother Hui. However, before they could touch Mother Hui's sleeves, they saw that she suddenly tore open the old fortune bag in her hand and stuffed everything in the bag into her mouth. Then, she smiled proudly at everyone, wiped her mouth, and fell to the ground with a plop. She foamed at the mouth and soon stopped breathing.
Amidst the exclamations, Hui Mo immediately ran over to open her mouth and checked her neck and nose. He was stunned.
Ning Shu hurried forward. "What happened? What did she eat? "
Hui Mo looked at Mother Hui who had fallen into the black pond. Her face turned from green to purple, and finally returned to the black of death. Hui Mo was stunned and turned his head away. "A lot of oleander powder and arsenic. One lick will kill her. She is already … useless …"
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