This time, she was truly scared.
Feng Linche had never seen his queen look so vulnerable. In front of him, she had always been dignified and elegant. When in danger, she would stand in front of him, as if she would never be afraid.
But now, his queen was hiding in his arms, limp and trembling all over. It took a long time for her to recover.
Seeing this, a fierce fire blazed in Feng Linche's eyes. He looked up and shouted at Feng Linyuan word by word, "Feng! Lin! Yuan!"
"Your subject is here." Feng Linyuan quickly responded. When he looked up and saw Feng Linche's furious expression, he quickly lowered his head and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, please forgive my sin!"
"What sin to forgive! Your vicious wolf is so bold that it dared to attack the prime minister in front of this palace. It deserves... it deserves to be beaten to death with clubs!"
After the queen of Chu recovered, the fear subsided, and anger followed. She was so angry that she trembled all over and gasped for breath while speaking.
Feng Linyuan lowered his head. No one saw the fleeting smile on his lips. Only his calm and sincere tone could be heard.
"Your Majesty, precisely because Liufeng attacked the prime minister just now, it should not be blamed."
Feng Linche was extremely angry when he heard this. "Feng Linyuan, what are you talking nonsense about!"
"Someone drugged Zheng'er's wedding dress. Stimulated by this, Liufeng attacked the wedding dress. Just now, when the wedding dress was on Zheng'er, Liufeng attacked Zheng'er. Now, the wedding dress is on the prime minister..."
As Feng Linyuan said, he glanced at Prime Minister Chu who was unconscious on the ground. "This is enough to prove that Liufeng was not attacking people for no reason, but that the wedding dress was indeed tampered with!"
The queen of Chu didn't listen to these words at all. She was already burning with rage. "This palace will not let go of the matter of the wedding dress, but your vicious wolf startled the imperial carriage and pounced on and injured a high - ranking court official. It should be beaten to death first! Guards!"
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing that the queen of Chu was almost crazy and wouldn't listen to reason, Bai Zheng was immediately anxious. Just as she was about to speak out to stop her, she saw a sharp light flash in Feng Linyuan's eyes, and he said in a loud voice.
"Your Majesty, after all, Liufeng is just a wolf. No matter how smart it is on weekdays, it can't escape the careful scheme of someone with ulterior motives.
Your subject understands your filial piety, but if you really want to avenge the prime minister, you should first find out the real culprit behind this.
Liufeng is just a knife that person used to stab us. You really don't need to get angry with a knife."
"You!" The queen of Chu's chest heaved violently. She pointed a straight finger at Feng Linyuan and said recklessly, "This palace just wants to get angry with the knife. So what!"
Was the mother of the nation really going to get angry with a knife?
"Mother!" Crown Prince Feng Jingye's face changed, and he immediately interrupted her.
At this time, the queen of Chu also realized her thoughtless words. Looking at the disapproving looks of the people sitting there, she immediately calmed down.
Feng Linche watched coldly. Hearing this, he couldn't help frowning. His voice was as cold as ice. "Even if it's a knife, an unruly knife should be destroyed."
"If Your Majesty wants Liufeng to die, your subject will surely obey." There was no trace of emotion on Feng Linyuan's face. "It's just that if this knife is gone, it may be difficult to find out the person behind this."
"What do you mean?" Feng Linche's gaze was gloomy.
Feng Linyuan didn't answer but just glanced at Uncle Zhu.
Uncle Zhu stepped forward in response. After saluting to the people sitting on the high seats, he began to explain.
"Just now, your subject and several imperial physicians examined the clothes of the marquis and the marchioness. There was nothing wrong with the marquis's clothes, but someone had put tufu on the marchioness's wedding dress."
"Tufu?" The queen of Chu frowned. She had never heard of this name.
But a vein on Feng Linche's forehead twitched.
Uncle Zhu explained, "Tufu was originally often used by poor families in the countryside to wash clothes. With it, the dirt on clothes could be easily washed off.
But later, people found that if someone with a wound on their hand used it to wash, the wound would rot and fester, becoming more and more serious and difficult to heal.
Even for people with intact skin, if they used it to wash clothes every day, within three months, the skin on their hands would surely be damaged and fester.
Moreover, if it was not washed clean sometimes and there was residual tufu on the clothes, the person wearing them would also have red and swollen, festering skin.
The wound on the marquis's face back then was because someone put tufu in the ointment he applied every day, which made the marquis's face..."
Uncle Zhu didn't finish his words, but everyone present understood what he meant.
Bai Zheng felt a pang in her heart.
It was the same hidden arrow that Feng Linyuan had suffered back then! No wonder Liufeng would go crazy at this smell.
Just like the yellow jade stone, this thing had also hurt its master, so Liufeng would lose control every time it saw it.
Uncle Zhu glanced at Bai Zheng's phoenix - brocade red wedding dress, which was still on Prime Minister Chu at the moment. His eyes were full of regret as he continued.
"Tufu is extremely poisonous. Not only can the skin on the body not bear it, but even clothes will be severely worn if washed with it too often. Later, no one used tufu anymore.
The common people hated it so much that they would burn it every time they saw it. Now it has become a rare thing.
Your subject has been a doctor for many years and has rarely seen this poison. If it weren't for finding it in the marquis's medicine before, I'm afraid I wouldn't have recognized it today."
As soon as these words were said, the expressions of the people in the hall were full of suspicion.
Today was Feng Linyuan's wedding day, but someone had sprinkled this poison on the marchioness's wedding dress. If it weren't for Feng Linyuan's desperate rescue, Bai Zheng would have surely died on the spot!
What a vicious mind to cause trouble on someone's wedding day.
Moreover, judging from Uncle Zhu's words, the person behind this was probably the same one who had taken advantage of Feng Linyuan's injury back then. Otherwise, how would he know that Liufeng would lose control at this smell?
Bai Zheng's heart sank suddenly. Others might not know, but she knew very well that this thing on her was mostly related to Bai Di. But was Bai Di the one who had harmed Feng Linyuan back then?
Why did she sprinkle tufu on her? Was it just a coincidence or did she have other motives?
Thinking of this, her gaze swept towards Bai Di not far away.
She saw Bai Di staring at her with wide - open eyes in disbelief. Her face couldn't be seen clearly because of the white veil covering it, but the whole person was obviously trembling violently. After a while, she knelt down on the ground with a "thud".
"Madam!" Zisu's scream successfully attracted everyone's attention.
Bai Zheng frowned.
Sure enough, things were not that simple!
"Madam, don't be afraid, don't be afraid..." Zisu tried her best to comfort Bai Di.
But Bai Di didn't listen at all. She stretched out her slender finger and pointed at Bai Zheng tremblingly. Her eyes were full of shock and anger. "It's you... it's actually you!"
Feng Linyuan was very uncomfortable with Bai Di's actions.
He took a step forward and stood in front of Bai Zheng. "What's wrong with Madam Chen? Why are you pointing at this marquis's wife for no reason?"