Fan noticed that the poison meant for Lishu was too fast-acting to get to her.
Fans theorize that it was less of an assassination attempt and more of a warning.
An alternative possibility is that the perpetrator used fast-acting poison to frame someone for attempted poisoning.
The Issue
The poison that Maomao found in the soup meant for Gyokuyou appears to be very fast-acting. After all, Jinshi says that an official didn’t believe Maomao and tried the soup. The effects were immediate.
Fans quickly noticed the issue: a fast-acting poison wouldn’t get past the food taster. She would either notice the poison and announce it or she would immediately be affected by the poison. In other words, it was not the best way to kill the Emperor’s concubine.
However, it could have been a great way to frighten one or all the concubines. The poison could be a message rather than an assassination attempt.
Fan Theories
Poisoning someone in the middle of a party with the Emperor present would have been a statement in any case, but fans wonder who this message was for. Given that the food was meant for Lishu, a lot of fans are certain that the message was for her, to make her feel unsafe. After all, Lishu seems to be bullied even by her own servants, who give her food she is allergic to, and she has a fragile position at the court. But, to be fair, every concubine probably feels insecure after Lishu’s food was found to be poisoned.
Aside from sending a message, the poisoning attempt could have been made to frame someone else for it. In that case, not getting poison to the concubine would be less of a worry than the spectacle of a taster potentially dying right in front of the concubines and the Emperor.
However, we do not know everything from Episode 6. It’s entirely possible that the poison was only fast-acting in large quantities, and the official ate a little too much, more than the taster was supposed to. It’s still fun to make up some theories, and we hope that more information for theories or even explanations will be given in the next episode.
After all, we need to know what those wooden tablets meant, right?
Fans note that in episode 6, the poison meant for Lishu was fast-acting. A taster wouldn't miss it. Why not use something slower-acting?
Fan noticed that the poison meant for Lishu was too fast-acting to get to her.
Fans theorize that it was less of an assassination attempt and more of a warning.
An alternative possibility is that the perpetrator used fast-acting poison to frame someone for attempted poisoning.
The Issue
The poison that Maomao found in the soup meant for Gyokuyou appears to be very fast-acting. After all, Jinshi says that an official didn’t believe Maomao and tried the soup. The effects were immediate.
Fans quickly noticed the issue: a fast-acting poison wouldn’t get past the food taster. She would either notice the poison and announce it or she would immediately be affected by the poison. In other words, it was not the best way to kill the Emperor’s concubine.
However, it could have been a great way to frighten one or all the concubines. The poison could be a message rather than an assassination attempt.
Fan Theories
Poisoning someone in the middle of a party with the Emperor present would have been a statement in any case, but fans wonder who this message was for. Given that the food was meant for Lishu, a lot of fans are certain that the message was for her, to make her feel unsafe. After all, Lishu seems to be bullied even by her own servants, who give her food she is allergic to, and she has a fragile position at the court. But, to be fair, every concubine probably feels insecure after Lishu’s food was found to be poisoned.
Aside from sending a message, the poisoning attempt could have been made to frame someone else for it. In that case, not getting poison to the concubine would be less of a worry than the spectacle of a taster potentially dying right in front of the concubines and the Emperor.
However, we do not know everything from Episode 6. It’s entirely possible that the poison was only fast-acting in large quantities, and the official ate a little too much, more than the taster was supposed to. It’s still fun to make up some theories, and we hope that more information for theories or even explanations will be given in the next episode.
After all, we need to know what those wooden tablets meant, right?
