Empress laughed and said, "How would I know? It was all the crown princess who told me afterwards. I was kept in the dark about this matter as well."
"That's settled then. Fortunately, the crown princess discovered it in time; otherwise, Your Majesty would have been in danger. From that palace maid, we found a packet of poison. Do you know what kind of poison it was?"
"Oh, what kind of poison?" Empress asked, feigning surprise.
"It's the 'Eternal Spring Dew,' colorless and tasteless. It can be placed in food and not even a silver needle can detect it, but once someone consumes it, they will be poisoned to death. I thoroughly interrogated that palace maid about where this packet of poison came from, and she..." Consort De coughed a few times.
Empress was startled and frenzied, but she couldn't appear too anxious, so she simply held her teacup tightly and waited patiently for Consort De to finish coughing.
