The Imperial Coroner Episode 35 Recap
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Leng Yue arrived at the gate of Leng Manor late at night. Jing Yi knew Leng Yue was going home to visit, so he took out the key given by General Leng and opened the main gate of Leng Manor. Seeing the scene inside her home, Leng Yue missed her parents and also understood why her grandfather had not returned to Leng Manor for many years.
Leng Yue thanked Jing Yi for what he had done for her, quietly kissed him, which greatly surprised Jing Yi. Inspired, Chu Chu decided to marry Xiao Jinyu. After all, when Prince An marries his princess consort, imperial relatives and court officials would definitely come to congratulate, thus luring out Xue Rucheng. However, Xiao Jinyu did not agree. He did not want Chu Chu to get involved in danger again, especially when it concerned a major life event.
Seeing Xiao Jinyu's concern for her safety, Chu Chu was deeply moved and became even more determined. Regardless of the good or bad fortune that would follow, they had already sworn an oath to stay together until old age in this life. Finally, under Chu Chu's persistent persuasion, Xiao Jinyu reluctantly agreed, as this was at least the only feasible method.
Considering that royal marriages always emphasize matching social status, Chu Chu anticipated that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang would surely oppose this marriage due to her background, and thus decided to give up her work as a forensic examiner. Although Chu Chu was a bit reluctant, her original purpose for becoming a forensic examiner was to eliminate evil, and now there was precisely such an opportunity.
Rather than having two people make sacrifices, it was better to bear the burden alone and protect Xiao Jinyu. Initially, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was furious upon learning of Xiao Jinyu's request for an imperial decree to grant the marriage. But when he heard of Chu Chu's great benevolence and righteousness, and moreover, that she was the descendant of loyal martyrs, he readily agreed and posthumously conferred the title of Imperial Son-in-Law on Xiao Heng.
Now that Xiao Jinyu's good fortune was approaching, the relationship between Leng Yue and Jing Yi was also gradually warming up. Just as the two were strolling on the street, they suddenly saw a man publicly shouting "Long live Prince Chang!" and then collapsing unconscious, with two lines of ink characters visible on the back of his clothes.
Fortunately, Xiao Jinyu had anticipated beforehand that someone would pretend to be supernatural in crowded areas of Chang'an, so he had them wait for the rabbit by the stump, and indeed, they made a new discovery. Xue Rucheng sent someone to abandon Xu Rugui on the street behind the Three Judicial Offices.
Xiao Jinyu inspected the wheel tracks at the entrance and determined from the details of the distiller's grains that it must have been a carriage from a distillery in the city. Xu Rugui, who had not been seen for many days, now seemed to be suffering from a severe illness, trembling uncontrollably and lapsing into unconsciousness.
Chu Chu, fearing Xu Rugui's condition would worsen, proactively helped him examine his wounds, while Xiao Jinyu, when he was lucid, successively posed several questions. Jing Yi debunked the mystery of the 'divine miracle' in front of the onlookers. Xue Rucheng knew his assassin had been exposed, but he had already made preparations and was calmly waiting to catch the turtle in the jar.
According to Xu Rugui's description, he only had fragmented memories, vaguely recalling being confined in a place with distiller's grains, where he was forced to swallow bitter medicine in addition to being fed steamed buns and plain water daily. Xu Rugui vaguely remembered that just before leaving, he was suddenly fed a pill by that group of people, and apart from that, he received no other food.
Xiao Jinyu could not understand why Xue Rucheng had not killed Xu Rugui; this became a key suspicious point. Coincidentally, Wu Jiang, while tracking Zhou Han, discovered that he actually led people to scout the Xiao Clan Ancestral Temple, seemingly planning some conspiracy. Based on Xu Rugui's symptoms, Leng Yue inferred that he seemed to be suffering from symptoms consistent with a small amount of ricin poisoning.
Logically, with his current poisoning symptoms, at most it would be a headache and fever, similar to a cold, and certainly not fatal. Xiao Jinyu guessed that Xue Rucheng's purpose in sending Xu Rugui here was to kill him, and the method should be related to the pill inside Xu Rugui's stomach.
Chu Chu felt something was strange upon hearing Leng Yue's description, and coupled with Xiao Jinyu's conviction that the pill Xu Rugui swallowed was problematic, she decided to personally use a knife to dissect out the undigested pill, promising to ensure Xu Rugui's life would not be in danger. Leng Yue volunteered to assist Chu Chu, while Xiao Jinyu and Jing Yi deduced the gathering place of the rebellious faction in the study.
