To Be a Mighty Empress, Or Not to Be - C136

Under Shi Anran’s burning gaze, Doctor Zhou continued: “I have never done anything that you think I have done. I will never admit to anything that I have not done. “What proof do you have that I had anything to do with this?”

Hearing that, Shi Anran’s eyes flashed, she never thought that even at this time, Doctor Zhou would still not admit to it, he nodded his head and smiled: “Alright, then I will give you the evidence!”

After Shi Anran finished speaking, she opened a box on the table, and inside was a stalk of ginseng. Seeing him in a daze, Shi Anran continued to speak: “This ginseng came from the Supreme Hospital, and there are records on the booklet, at first glance, there isn’t anything wrong with the ginseng, but after careful observation, she would realize that there are some small holes on it, that the poison must have been injected through these small holes.”

Imperial Physician Zhou tried his best to maintain his calm, but the fear in his eyes had already caused him to be betrayed. Shi Anran slowly took in a breath, and gently put it down.

“The poison came from the palace, although it was colorless, tasteless, and couldn’t be detected by ordinary people, but some people with medical skills should know what kind of poison it is, but not a single person in the entire imperial hospital could detect it, could it be that even the highly skilled physician, Doctor Zhou, doesn’t know?”

“Does Doctor Zhou think that everything he has done is perfect so that no one will notice him? But there is a saying — if you want people to not know, do nothing but themselves. Has Doctor Zhou heard of it?” As Shi Anran spoke, her gaze fell upon the five fingers that he occasionally clenched before relaxing. He seemed to be struggling with something.

Shi Anran knew that her words were already effective, and then she analyzed: “If I’m not wrong, Doctor Zhou originally wanted to use me to poison the Emperor, right? The injection of poison into the ginseng was indeed a brilliant method. No one would think that it was someone who had poisoned the ginseng, and no one would be able to find out who had poisoned the ginseng. “Doctor Zhou has been an official for over ten years. It is said that he is a cleaning official. Since when did he do such a thing?”

After hearing what she had to say, Doctor Zhou calmed down. He kept silent for a while, and then he raised his head and laughed, “What a clever woman. It’s a pity that you will never get the truth!” After saying that, Doctor Zhou took out a pill from his sleeve and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.

Not good!

When Li Mu realized what he wanted to do and wanted to force him to vomit, it was already too late.

Doctor Zhou sneered at the two of them and said with relief, “As long as I die, you won’t know anything. You won’t have any evidence to accuse her …”

Who was she that Doctor Zhou was referring to? Is it Li Ruolan? Or someone else?

Shi Anran clenched her teeth, feeling mixed emotions in her heart.

When Doctor Zhou spat blood and died, she was still standing there stunned. She didn’t think that she would be able to get the truth out of this situation.

Doctor Zhou’s death not only harmed Liu Yue, but also protected the person behind him. That person must be a powerful being, if not, he would not have died so easily.

Shi Anran and Third Prince looked at each other, opened their mouths, and said stiffly: “Now there’s no evidence, what do we do?” It was the first time she felt helpless.

Li Mu remained silent. His eyes were dark, and after a while, he opened his mouth and said: “Everyone has their own fate, so you don’t have to be too far-fetched!”

In his eyes, a person’s life was nothing. Shi Anran never asked any questions about Xiu Er’s death, and he seemed to have a tacit understanding to not say anything. Actually, Shi Anran also had her own selfish motives. Because she still wanted to cooperate with Li Mu, she couldn’t tear off the face so she wanted to coldly watch Xiu Er’s death.

What about this time? Was Liu Yue still going to have the same ending?

Who was it? Who was so vicious?

Currently, the emperor’s health was getting worse and worse. Several princes were also fighting for power and secretly cultivating their own strength. If that was the case, who was it that wanted to poison the emperor?

“Since when did you suspect Doctor Zhou?” Li Mu looked at the elegant and delicate woman in front of him. The woman, who had always been indifferent, now also had a hint of worry that she couldn’t hide.

Shi Anran took a deep breath, lowered her eyebrows, and said with a shallow voice: “I told Cui Yun to go and check with a female doctor in the imperial hospital, and found out that medicinal ingredients like the Ginseng Snow Lotus required Imperial Physician Zhou’s records to be taken, but I took them away easily. Afterwards, I wanted to see what poison had been added to the medicinal cuisine, but that bowl of medicinal cuisine was taken away by Imperial Physician Zhou. When I asked him about it, he said that the palace maid had poured it out and refused to admit that he had taken it. And from here I just started to suspect… That bowl of medicine is evidence, how could it be casually dumped by a palace maid? ”

After hearing these words, Li Mu looked at her with a slightly confused expression, his dark eyes didn’t contain any warmth as he looked at her: “This matter shall end here. I will go and tell royal father that Imperial Physician Zhou tried to murder royal father, and thus brought about this series of events.”

“Then, how is the Third Prince going to explain this to the Emperor? Who exactly is the person that ordered Imperial Physician Zhou to do this?”

“I have my own ideas on this!” Li Mu replied indifferently, and did not speak further.

Since he said it like that, what else could Shi Anran say? On the way back, Shi Anran’s mind was filled with Imperial Physician Zhou’s cold smile before he died. Now that everything had been cut off, even if he told the emperor that it was someone else’s doing, it would only be empty words.

Shi Anran’s mind was at a loss, she could not bear to see the bloody scene in front of him, so she drooped her eyes and said tiredly: “Third Prince, Anran will return to the palace first!”

Lying on her bed, she had been sleepless the entire night. Doctor Zhou was just a minor imperial physician, there was no reason for him to harm the emperor. Since Li Ruolan was carrying a prince now, it was impossible for her to get the emperor’s love and care for her. She even wished for the emperor to live a few more years.

Shi Anran could not help but think of two people, the Third Prince and the Crown Prince.

Right now, it was most likely that the crown prince would inherit the position of emperor. Would it be because Li Gan had been suppressed so fiercely in the past few days that he thought of this idea? And how could the Third Prince, who had always been silent but secretly prepared to take action, allow all of this to go on so smoothly?

However, if it was Li Mu who did it, why did he still accompany him to look for evidence? If it wasn’t him, could it be the crown prince? Thinking about it this way, Shi Anran became completely confused. There were support for anyone within the civil and military officials, but who knows who did it?