Su Ci narrated the whole incident eloquently.

He pointed at the palace maids who were serving wine and the people around who heard their conversation, "They all heard and saw what happened. I don't know what happened. I was also quite frightened!"

"This wine was brought here by Miss Song Xi at the request of the maid. Song Xi drank two glasses of wine before and nothing happened. I also drank one glass and nothing happened. But now this happened. I don't know what's going on."

The queen asked the maid again. She was almost shocked, but she still told the whole story. "This wine, the wine pot and the wine glass were prepared by Miss Song herself. She just asked me to help bring it over. I know nothing about this wine."

Two other ministers' families also recounted what they had seen and heard. "Indeed, it was Miss Song Xi who was very aggressive and forced Miss Su Jiu to drink. She was not going to give up until she drank."

"Miss Su Jiu refused many times but couldn't. She had no choice but to pour two glasses of wine. The two of them even agreed to drink it at the same time. Who knew that after drinking, it would be like this."

"Besides, they drank from the same pot of wine, but one was fine while the other was. This is very abnormal!"

Taking advantage of the fact that Song Xi couldn't speak, Su Ci planned to boldly put the blame on her, leaving her speechless and making her swallow the loss.

She loves to do things that take advantage of others’ misfortunes!

"Your Majesty, Queen, I suspect Miss Song is deliberately framing me. Maybe she put something in her mouth on purpose and then framed me."

"I don't know her well, but she insisted on toasting me. I refused to drink, so she forced me to do it. How can you toast like this? There must be something fishy going on here, a conspiracy. She must have been planning this for a long time. I must ask her about it."

Someone retorted: "Who would frame someone else and end up like this? This statement is totally irrational!"

Su Ci went on, "I hope the imperial doctors can check if there is anything abnormal with the wine, wine jugs and wine glasses, and also check if I have done anything wrong. I believe that a person with a clear conscience has nothing to fear. I am upright and have no fear of being framed. The real culprit must be found!" Su Ci said righteously.

It would definitely be harder than seeing a ghost to find any suspicion in her.

"Alright! Doctor Xu, please check the wine, wine pots and wine glasses immediately. Doctor Wang, take the female doctor and go to the next room to check on the relevant personnel. Su Ci, the palace maids, and anyone who is close to them all need to be checked!"

The emperor's eyes flickered and were unclear.

Su Ci went to the next room. Doctor Wang first asked the maid to get a basin of clean water, asked Su Ci to wash her hands in it, and then used a silver needle to test for poison in the water.

As a result, the water tested to be non-toxic.

Su Ci was the first to undergo a body search.

She took off all her outer clothes, leaving only a thin layer of underwear, and then the palace maids touched her all over, but found nothing.

Even the jewelry and belt on her body were checked one by one by the nanny, and there was nothing suspicious.

After Su Ci was checked completely inside and out, she was completely ruled out as a suspect.

As soon as she walked out of the room, Hua Fuzi stopped her hand and wanted to question her carefully, but thinking that this was the imperial palace, she did not dare to speak carelessly, for fear of saying something wrong and bringing disaster to the child, so she had to give up.

Su Ci comforted her, "Don't worry, mother! Nothing will happen!"

She was convinced of how smart her second daughter was and just nodded in response.

Soon, the results of the imperial physician's examination came out, and none of the people examined were worthy of suspicion.

Doctor Xu knelt on the ground and reported: "We used many methods to check the wine, but no poison was found. In the end, it was Nangong Qi, the genius doctor beside the King of Qin, who helped us find it out."

"The alcohol is indeed problematic. It was mixed with a throat-damaging poison, but it is extremely concealed and difficult to detect. We had to use several methods to find it out."

"It's just that the antidote for this poison has been fed to Miss Song, but it still has no effect. I just asked the female doctor to check again. The ulcer in Miss Song's mouth is getting worse. If it continues like this, Miss Song's throat will definitely be damaged, and she may not be able to speak anymore."

Doctor Wang was so anxious that sweat was all over his forehead. He was so scared that he fell to the ground and trembled. "We checked Miss Su Jiu, the palace maids, and the families of the two princes and ministers who were nearby. There was no abnormality found."

"We can only draw one conclusion. Miss Song's throat was poisoned by the wine she brought with her. It has nothing to do with others."

Su Ci didn't expect that she and Song Xi would have the same idea.

Song Xi must have planned to poison her throat, and thought that her poison would not be easily discovered, so she was so bold as to take a chance and put the poison in the wine.

But she didn't expect that the devil is always one step ahead of the good. Her trick was seen through by Su Ci at once, and she directly changed the drinks and fought back.

There is no effective treatment and control method for strong sulfuric acid in modern times, let alone in ancient times.

Finally, the evildoer got his comeuppance, and Su Ci felt extremely happy.

Su Ci walked up to the emperor and the empress, knelt down and wiped the non-existent tears from her eyes, and said, "When Miss Song came to toast, I thought it was a conspiracy and didn't want to drink, but Miss Song swore that there was no poison in the wine and forced me again and again, so I drank. Now that something like this has happened, although I have cleared the suspicion, I still feel very wronged and unwilling."

"I guess it must be because I sang so well today that Miss Song became crazy jealous. She poisoned my wine and wanted to ruin my voice. Who knew that she didn't hurt anyone but herself."

Everyone started talking again.

"This Miss Song is so vicious! She seems to speak softly, quietly and dignified, but I didn't expect her to be a femme fatale!"

"In fact, I felt something was wrong with the way Miss Song toasted me just now. How can you toast like that? She forced someone to drink even though they didn't want to. I guess she must be hiding something."

"Oh, by the way, I just noticed that Miss Song Xi looked at Miss Su with an unfriendly look. I heard that Miss Su had saved her mother, but she still treated her like this. It's really too much. She is simply heartless and shameless!"

The emperor on the throne was still willing to protect Su Ci at this time. After all, Su Ci was someone who could cause trouble for Baili Chen, so he was very willing to be tolerant.

"This matter has nothing to do with Su Ci. She was implicated for no reason."

Hearing this, Su Ci felt secretly happy and sneered: Song Xi, this is just the beginning! You attacked three times, and I only fought back once. There is a long way to go, so just bear with it!

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