When the Queen arrived, Zhen Huan had already fainted from crying.
"Su Peisheng, take your men to the various palaces to pass on the order, and have them come to Suiyuxuan as soon as possible. Anyone who dares to hesitate will be brought here directly."
"Xia Zi, I will give you a team of people. You will follow them and check each palace one by one. All prohibited items must be handed over."
The emperor, whose mood was always difficult to tell, issued two tough imperial edicts. This time he wanted to root out the cancer in the palace who had repeatedly committed evil.
The Queen's face was also very ugly. The Emperor ordered his attendants to search the palace, which even she did not believe. She was not afraid of the Emperor's search, as she never left any evidence. What she secretly hated was that someone had caused trouble right under her nose and caused a death. She was worried that the Emperor would vent his anger on her and find someone to divide her power in the palace. However, it was useless to be anxious now, so she could only remain silent and wait for everyone to come.
Another life was lost, and the way it died was even more painful than in the previous life. An Lingrong trembled in her heart. Could she really win? The huge crisis of life and death once again loomed over her head, and her face became solemn.
When the various palaces received the imperial edict, they did not dare to delay at all, and hurried to Suiyuxuan with their personal servants.
When Li Chang was walking out of the palace, she saw the imperial eunuch leading the guards with swords to search her bedroom, and her eyes became even more crazy.
In the Sui Yuxuan, all the palace maids were under the custody of the imperial guards. The emperor had chairs placed in the yard, waiting for everyone to arrive before starting the trial.
In the atmosphere of silence, all the concubines from various palaces gathered.
The emperor stood on the steps and said in a deep voice: "Where is the imperial physician? What are the test results?"
Chen Demao, the newly appointed judge of the Imperial Hospital, bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, someone added a large amount of acacia seeds to the rose bean paste."
As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Cao suddenly slid down from the chair. She looked terrified and her hands and feet were weak as she fell to the ground. "Your Majesty, please send someone to check on Wen Yi. I also have rose bean paste in my palace."
When these words came out, everyone was so shocked that they couldn't react at all. The emperor had never expected that there was such a thing, and hurriedly shouted: "Su Peisheng, go quickly, who else in the palace has received this stuff?"
Before Su Pei could catch his breath, he was so shocked by Concubine Cao's words that he jumped up and quickly went to Qixiang Palace with a little eunuch.
Concubine Cao was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground, unable to get up. Yinxiu knelt beside her and tried to support her several times but failed. It was Xia Dongchun who used up some strength to pick her up, put her on a chair, and told Yinxiu to take good care of her.
Concubine Qi hadn't figured out the whole story yet, but she was frightened by Concubine Cao's reaction and her face changed. She said to the emperor in horror: "Your Majesty, the third prince is also your child. Someone should go and see him."
The emperor was also panicking at this time. He immediately thought of countless possibilities: "Send an order. Put the palace gates under martial law. No one can go out without my order. Those who disobey my order will be executed. Bring the third prince and the eldest princess to the Yangxin Palace."
After delivering the decree, the anger in his eyes burned like fire, his breathing became rapid and his eyes were red, he asked sternly: "Who? Stand up now, I will only hold one person responsible, and when I find out, your whole family will be buried with you."
The queen was in a state of confusion. She had thought that this matter was only aimed at Sui Yuxuan. How could it involve Wen Yi? Was there a large-scale poisoning? Could it be... The queen's heart suddenly beat violently, as if it was about to jump out of her chest. Fear was like the sea, almost drowning her. If it was really the person she thought, then she would never be able to keep her position as queen. She tightly grasped the armrests of the chair to stabilize her trembling body.
Acacia, the imperial physician, Wen Yi, the dead Concubine Chun, the unconscious Concubine Wan... everyone's eyes were confused, their hearts were in disarray, their thoughts were not yet sorted out, but they all keenly grasped the key issue: the filling was poisonous, and they hurriedly asked whether there was such a poison in their palace.
Nian Shilan was filled with regret, shock and fear. She just wanted to take advantage of Li Changzai's trouble to see if she could find a chance to win the emperor's favor. How did things turn out like this? Someone died and the heir to the throne was at stake. Was this really something that Li Changzai, who was like a lapdog all day, could do? Would they find out about her? No, she had done nothing. Concubine Nian tried to calm down and wait for Su Peisheng to come back.
Only Li Changzai lowered her head to hide the madness in her eyes. Looking at the chaotic scene in front of her, she felt extremely happy.
In the midst of the panic, An Lingrong saw the emperor's red eyes and anxious look, and hurried forward to gently rub his chest to calm his temper: "Your Majesty, the dragon's health is of vital importance, you must not get so angry." After a few breaths, the emperor slowly calmed down his anger. An Lingrong tactfully returned to her seat and waited. After exchanging a quick look with Concubine Duan that told her not to worry, she sat quietly in her seat and waited.
The queen gradually came to her senses from the panic. The man's methods were always covert and he would not poison so blatantly, otherwise he would not have been lurking in the palace for so many years.
After the emperor regained his composure, he began to look at everyone in the scene with an expressionless face. Regarding today's events, he even wondered whether someone from the previous dynasty had ill intentions and first caused chaos in the harem and then took advantage of the chaos to force the emperor to abdicate. He kept calculating the movements of various forces in his mind, and finally determined that this was a harem dispute, but whether there were any forces from the previous dynasty involved required careful screening.
The moment of waiting is always tormenting. Just when Concubine Cao felt that her heart was about to break, Su Peisheng came back running and panting:
"Your Majesty, Princess Wen Yi is still taking a nap. Everything is fine."
The heavy stone in Concubine Cao's heart finally fell to the ground. She knelt on the ground in fear and said, "Your Majesty, I only have this one child, but I have been plotted against many times, and this time I almost lost my life. I am so angry when I think about this. I beg Your Majesty to find the person who poisoned me, so that my concubine and the princess will not live in fear all day long."
The Emperor: "You get up first, my brother. The princesses are my children. No matter who it is, don't even think about murdering them. Today, I will eradicate the cancer that has repeatedly poisoned people in this palace."
Li Chang was not afraid when she saw this situation. On the contrary, she was very excited. She wanted to see these people who looked down on her, these people who usually claimed to be superior, fighting each other in a mess and being fooled by her, only then could she relieve the pain in her heart.
While no one was paying attention, Concubine Nian secretly glanced at Li Changzai. Should she come forward and report it, so that she could redeem herself and gain the emperor's favor? But what if Li Changzai insisted that she knew about it in advance, the emperor would definitely blame her for not reporting it. Wouldn't that be an even greater crime?
Just when she was feeling extremely conflicted, Xiao Xiazi came with people to report the results of the search.
"Your Majesty, there are no poisonous substances in the palaces."
The emperor's face suddenly became very gloomy. There was no such thing in the harem. Could it be that there was really a collusion between the previous dynasty and the harem?
At this time, Zhen Huan finally woke up and came to the yard while forcing herself to express her sadness. Everyone looked at her with different eyes.
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