Seeking the Truth

Rong Xiaotian covered his mouth with his hand and coughed weakly. Then, he fell into deep thought and said, "I remembered very clearly that it was the empress who sent over a bowl of pigeon soup that she had personally stewed. I originally did not want to drink it, but the head palace maid beside the empress had a glib tongue and said that the empress had suffered a lot. She also said that it had been a long time since I had gone over to live with the empress, so I felt bad and drank that bowl of soup."

"At that time, this servant happened to go out to pass on an edict. When I came back to see His Majesty, His Majesty was already poisoned and unconscious," Kang Fujiang also explained.

"In that case, the most suspicious person is actually the empress?" Meng Qizhou was also surprised and subconsciously said what he was thinking.