"Qiu Niang, if you have no evidence, then what you did just now is grandstanding, and I can punish you for the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Qiuniang prostrated herself on the ground, and said: "The emperor knows the lesson, but the servants dare not. Although the servants have no evidence, they are not just talking nonsense. Please forgive me and let the servants finish their words."

"Your Majesty, Qiuniang is Concubine Lin's nanny, she is the closest person to Concubine Lin, she risked the Emperor's crimes but also complained, so maybe there is grievance in Concubine Lin's death, Your Majesty may as well Listen—listen."

— The woman who had never spoken until now, who was almost ignored by others, suddenly spoke out, attracting everyone's attention.

Ji Linglan took a sneak peek, the woman looked about 30 years old, her facial features were not outstanding, but she was very attractive, her eyebrows and eyes were warm, and there were a few pearl flowers on her head, it was as simple as that Jade hairpin, wearing a light pink palace dress, looks very friendly and gentle - a woman.

Fu Lianchao looked at the woman, his eyes softened a little, and said: "Since Concubine Lan Gui speaks for you, then I will give you a chance, let's talk about it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Concubine Gui." Qiu Niang paused, and then continued: "Since Your Majesty's abdominal pain, the slaves have been by her side all the time. Your Majesty not only cried out about her abdominal pain, but also vomited filth with blood in it. Clearly abnormal."

Fu Lianchao looked at Li Guangli, the judge of the Royal Hospital standing beside him, and said, "Is what she said true?"

Li Guangli quickly bowed and replied: "Going back to the emperor, I have indeed heard her talk about it, but Concubine Lin Guifei had a strong fire and stomach problems before, I thought Concubine Lin Guifei vomited blood because of this."

"If the vomiting of blood is caused by stomach disease, what about the convulsions? Your majesty, after vomiting blood, the empress will start to convulse, and then her eyes will be dull. No matter what the servants call, they should not respond. The servants sensed that something was wrong, so they informed the imperial concubine of the symptoms. Doctor, but the imperial doctor only said that it was caused by childbirth, but the maidservant has never heard that any woman would have such symptoms during childbirth. Please the emperor make the decision for your empress!" Qiuniang kowtowed on the ground prostrate.

Fu Lianchao looked at Li Guangli and said, "Li Aiqing, is what she said true?"

Li Guangli knelt down on the ground and replied: "Going back to the emperor, she did tell me that it's just that a woman's childbirth is a struggle with the sky, and all symptoms may appear. I only want to let the mother give birth smoothly, Without thinking too much, I ask the emperor to forgive me for the crime of negligence."

Listening to the conversation between the three of them, Ji Linglan frowned tightly. What the imperial doctor said was full of mistakes and omissions, and it was clear that there was a ghost in his heart.

"Concubine Lin Guifei had such a situation, but you didn't think much about it, Li Guangli, are you taking me for a fool?" Fu Lianchao's tone was light, but the anger in his words was clearly heard.

Li Guangli prostrated himself on the ground and said fearfully: "The emperor forgives the crime, but the humble minister dare not."

Fu Lianchao looked at the other imperial physicians and asked, "What do you say about Concubine Lin's symptoms?"

—The imperial doctors looked at each other, but no one dared to speak out.At this moment, the nanny who had just carried the little prince away ran over in a panic, scrambled to the front of the hall, and said in panic: "Your Majesty, the little prince... something happened to him!"

Fu Lianchao subconsciously stood up and asked, "What's going on, tell me quickly!"

"Little prince, he... he vomited blood, and... still convulsed..."

Hearing the words, Fu Lianchao looked at the imperial doctor standing beside him, and said angrily: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you go and treat him quickly, if something happens to the emperor today, I will take your heads!"

The imperial doctors hurriedly ran to place the little prince's bedroom.

Concubine Lan walked up to Fu Lianchao, stroked his back, and said softly: "The emperor must not get angry, your body is important."

"My noble concubine and the emperor have an accident, how can I not be angry?" Fu Lianchao stood up, glanced at Lan Guifei lightly, followed closely behind with Pang Li's support.

Concubine Lan Gui's eyes flashed with grievance when she saw this, and then followed with the help of the maid.

Fu Nanling stood up slowly, glanced at Li Guangli who was kneeling on the ground, and followed him to the bedroom, followed by Ji Linglan and Xiao Lizi.

Fu Nanling slowed down, walked side by side with Ji Linglan, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Ah Lan, I'm here to keep you safe."

Ji Linglan raised the corners of her lips slightly, and responded in a low voice: "Xiaomin thanked the lord."

Fu Nanling looked at Ji Linglan expectantly, and said: "Alan, after the matter here is over, you follow me back to the palace."

Fu Nanling was conferred the title of King of the Mausoleum two years ago, and the palace has already been rested, but Fu Lianchao was worried about his health, so he was not allowed to leave the palace for a long time, and now he is still living in the vanity palace.

Ji Linglan looked around and responded softly.

Since Ji Linglan settled down in Yongning Town, Fu Nanling has been there three times, each time as an excuse to go to Xiangwan Villa, and each time he would stay in Ji Linglan's small courtyard for ten days and a half months.It's just that Fu Lianchao has been seriously ill in the past six months, and Fu Nanling can't leave the palace. They haven't seen each other for more than half a year. It's a lie to say that they don't want to. After all, Ji Linglan only knows a few people in this world.

Fu Nanling was happy, and his steps were a little brisk. He looked at Fu Lianchao in front of him, suppressed the smile on his lips, walked forward in two or three steps, passed Concubine Lan Gui, took Pang Li's place, and supported Fu Lianchao.

When the imperial doctor came to the hall, the baby was not breathing, and there was vomit around the mouth, which was mixed with blood.

-Looking at the situation, all the imperial physicians knelt down on the ground in panic, and said: "Your Majesty, the prince...he has passed away."

"What!" Fu Lianchao's complexion changed drastically, and he walked quickly to the bed. Looking at the cyanotic baby, he felt great pain in his heart, and said, "Your emperor, my emperor..."

Although the baby has just been born, Fu Lianchao regards him as the hope of a new life, which has a different meaning, so the grief in his heart does not have much love for father and son, but mourns the destruction of his hope.

Fu Nanling hurriedly comforted him: "Father, you must take care of your health. My son also expects my father to live a long life and protect my son for the rest of my life."

It was also consolation, Concubine Lan Gui felt offended, but Fu Nanling easily listened to Fu Lianchao.

Fu Lianchao turned his head to look at Fu Nanling, and when he saw his pale face, he felt even more sad. He held his wrist and said, "Ling'er, why did my father not want to protect you for the rest of my life, but it's a pity that my father is old. , the disease is difficult to recover..."

"Father, you promised my son that you will protect my son for the rest of my life, and you can't break your promise. From now on, my son will eat fast and chant Buddha every day, begging the Buddha to protect my father and live a long life." Fu Nanling kicked down the person next to him The imperial doctor said angrily: "You bastards, you make the emperor angry all day long, what use are you for!"

Concubine Lan Gui interrupted at the right time: "Your Majesty, the deaths of Concubine Lin Gui and the Ninth Prince are strange. They may have been murdered as Qiuniang said. Your Majesty, now is not the time to send them off, it is time to find out the truth." Most important."

Fu Lianchao put away his grief, looked at the imperial doctor kneeling on the ground, and said: "The emperor's death is similar to that of Concubine Lin, he must have been murdered, if you can't find the murderer today, one of you here will count as one, and everyone will be killed." Go to bury the emperor!"

Among them, a relatively young imperial doctor crawled up to Fu Lianchao, and said, "I report to the emperor, I think Lin Guifei and the little prince died of poisoning."

"Poisoned?" Fu Lianchao's expression became even uglier, and he said, "How can you be sure?"

The young imperial doctor quickly replied: "Back to the emperor, I have read a medical book, which contains a poison, and the symptoms after poisoning are similar to those of Concubine Lin Gui and the little prince."

Fu Lianchao looked at the young imperial doctor sharply, and said, "Why didn't you tell Concubine Lin when she had symptoms?"

The young imperial doctor looked around subconsciously, and Fu Lianchao also turned around to look around, but he didn't find Li Guangli in the crowd.He narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a gloomy expression, "Where's Li Guangli? Bring him here."

Pang Li responded and took the order to leave.

Fu Lianchao sat down with the support of Fu Nanling, and said: "Tell me, what kind of poison did Concubine Lin Gui and the little prince suffer from? What are the symptoms and when did the poison develop?"

The young imperial doctor looked flustered, and said falteringly: "Your Majesty, my minister... I only remember that this poison will cause nausea and vomiting at the beginning, and the vomited filth is mixed with blood, followed by convulsions, other...others Weichen really can't remember."

"Trash!" Fu Lianchao was anxious, picked up the tea bowl on the table, and threw it at the young imperial doctor.

"Bang", the tea bowl was smashed firmly on the head of the young imperial doctor, the tea spilled on his body, mixed with blood, but he didn't even dare to hum - he prostrated himself on the ground tremblingly. Said: "The humble minister is incompetent, the emperor forgives the crime."

Ji Linglan hesitated, looked at the imperial doctor on the ground, then at Fu Nanling, and gritted his teeth and said: "Back to the emperor, Xiaomin has also read about this poison in medical books, it's called □□, it is a The fruit of the castor plant."

"Castor? You mean the castor oil used as lamp oil?"

Ji Linglan was stunned, he had never heard that castor oil could be used as lamp oil, and then said back to God: "Returning to the emperor, castor oil can indeed be extracted from castor, but it is indeed poisonous, and the whole plant is poisonous. , there will be burning mouth, nausea, vomiting, convulsions, drowsiness, cyanosis, stupor, hematuria, convulsions, coma, and death. This poison can cause labor induction for pregnant women, and the vomit is bloody. The symptoms of Concubine Lin are the typical symptoms after being poisoned by this kind of poison. The initial symptoms of poisoning are within one hour to two days, and the slowest death is twelve days after ingestion."

"Eat? So someone poisoned Concubine Lin Gui's food?"

"Yes, this kind of poison can only work if you eat it." Ji Linglan turned to look at Qiuniang, and asked, "Madam, when did your mother feel unwell? How long is the interval between vomiting and convulsions?"

Qiuniang thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty started to vomit last night, and convulsions occurred this morning, about two hours apart."

Ji Linglan nodded and said, "When did the lady start to bleed profusely?"

"About two hours ago."

Ji Linglan still wanted to ask, but when she heard footsteps outside the door, Pang Li hurried in from outside the hall.

When he came close, Pang Li bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Li Guang committed suicide by poisoning himself in a uniform. The old slave found a letter on him."

"Did himself by taking poison? He died quickly enough! Here's the letter." Fu Lianchao's already weak face became even more ugly.

Pang Li offered it with both hands, then bowed and retreated to one side.

Fu Lianchao opened the letter and looked at it. The more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became. Then he handed the letter to Fu Nanling and said, "Ling'er, you should read it too."

Fu Nanling took the letter and read it carefully, his expression changed drastically, and he said angrily: "This traitor actually framed me, where is his body, I will tear him into pieces!"

Fu Nanling's anger surged, his face became even paler, and his lips even faintly turned blue.

Seeing this, Xiao Lizi quickly took out the medicine bottle and said, "Master, take the medicine quickly."

Fu Lianchao looked at Fu Nanling's face, and said anxiously: "Ling'er is about to take the medicine."

Xiao Lizi poured a glass of water from the teapot on the table, and was about to serve it to Fu Nanling, but was stopped by Ji Linglan.

"Concubine Lin Guifei died unexpectedly, so don't drink the water here."

"The servant went to fetch water elsewhere."

Fu Nanling waved his hand, poured out the pill from the medicine bottle, and swallowed it with his head raised.He knelt down on the ground, but straightened his body, and said: "Father, my son was wronged, please father to be the master of my son."

Concubine Lan Guifei picked up the letter, read it and said in surprise: "This Li Guangli actually said that the mastermind behind the scenes is Ling'er! Your Majesty, even if Ling'er is a bit willful in normal times and has some discord with Concubine Lin Gui, she is not used to doing this. Such things, the emperor must not listen to his words."

Fu Nanling raised his head to look at Concubine Lan Gui, a sneer flashed in his eyes, and said: "My king thanked Concubine Lan Gui."

What Concubine Lan Gui said was obviously uneasy and kind, how could Fu Nanling not hear it.

Fu Lianchao ignored Concubine Lan Gui, helped Fu Nanling up, and said in a warm voice: "Father suspects no one, and he will not doubt Ling'er. How can I not understand this kind of trick of framing people? I show you the letter to inform you." What happened to you, I don't want to blame you. Knowing that my body can't stand the toss, why are you so restless? "

Fu Nanling squatted in front of Fu Lianchao, just like when he was a child, looked up at Fu Lianchao, and said angrily: "The people behind this scene are really vicious, using the deaths of Lin Guifei and Jiuhuangdi to blame my son, isn't it? Stabbing a knife in the father's heart? It's nothing for the son to suffer a little grievance, but the son is afraid that the father will be angry again when he is sad."

The same thing happened in the previous life. Concubine Lin Gui and the little prince were killed, and Li Guang committed suicide by poisoning himself in a uniform, leaving a suicide note on him.After Fu Lianchao looked at it, although he never punished Fu Nanling, he was somewhat suspicious. It was not until the matter was found out that Fu Nanling was completely cleared of suspicion.

In this life, Fu Nanling has put a lot of thought into Fu Lianchao. During the six months of Fu Lianchao's illness, he tried his best to accompany him by the bedside. There was no sunset, which made Fu Lianchao trust and rely more on him. That's why Fu Nanling was like this Have nothing to fear.It's just that he didn't expect that even though he had placed people beside Concubine Lin Gui, he still couldn't save their lives.

"Hey, among your brothers, only you are the one who treats me sincerely. The others wish that I would die soon." Fu Lianchao—remembering that every time the ministers in the early court would urge him to be a crown prince, he felt agitated in his heart, and looked at Concubine Lan Gui's eyes also turned cold.

"Royal father, what are you talking about? Although the ministers are not very close to the royal brothers and brothers, the royal father is different from them. After all, they are father and son, and they all hope that the royal father will live a long life." Fu If Nanlingkou is dubious, he will come with his mouth.

"That's right, Your Majesty, Ping'er also often misses His Majesty's body, it's just that she has been busy with political affairs recently, so she has not been able to be filial by her side."

Fu Lianchao was seriously ill. Although he had no intention of giving up the political power, he handed over some political affairs to Fu Nanping and several ministers who relied heavily on him.Fu Lianchao knew exactly what Fu Nanping was doing, but when Concubine Lan Guifei said it, there was a feeling of showing off, which directly hit Fu Lianchao's sore spot.

Fu Lianchao looked at him coldly, and said, "What Concubine Lan Gui said is that my health is failing, and the only one I can rely on is King Ping."

Concubine Lan Gui felt tense when she heard the words, she quickly knelt down on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, this concubine has no such intentions, I just want to say that Ping'er also misses the emperor's body..."

Fu Lianchao impatiently considered Concubine Lan Gui's words, and said: "Come here, Concubine Lan Gui is tired, take her back and rest in the palace, and don't step out of the palace gate without my order."

Xiao Hai bowed and replied: "Yes, this servant obeys."

Concubine Lan Gui's complexion suddenly changed, and she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am a concubine..."

Xiao Hai bowed in front of Concubine Lan Gui, and said, "Concubine Lan Gui, the emperor has orders, please follow this old servant back to the palace."

Concubine Lan Gui's face turned pale, and she blessed Fu Lianchao unwillingly, and turned to leave.

Fu Lianchao patted Fu Nanling on the shoulder and said, "I want to thoroughly investigate the death of Concubine Lin Gui, so I will leave it to Ling'er to take full responsibility."

Fu Nanling frowned slightly, and said with some embarrassment: "I am willing to share my father's worries, but the letter on Li Guangli's body directly refers to my son as a murderer. I am afraid that my father's actions will attract criticism."

"Who dares!" Fu Lianchao said angrily, "I am the emperor of the country, whoever questions my decision, I will take his head. The Eagle Guard is in your hands, and you can investigate how you want, and I will support you."

Fu Nanling hastily bowed and said: "My son will definitely live up to my father's trust!"

Fu Lianchao coughed twice, and said, "Pang Li, you will assist the Ministry of Rites in handling the funerals of Concubine Lin and the Ninth Prince."

Pang Li quickly responded, "Yes, I obey."

Fu Nanling hurriedly said with concern: "Father, your body is weak, you'd better go back to the bedroom to rest, and leave it to my son here."

"Okay, I'll leave it to Ling'er here, and I'll go back and rest." Fu Lianchao stood up, looked at the imperial doctor who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "They are all in custody for me. The case of Concubine Lin Gui is not investigated every day. They're not allowed to go back for a day."

"Yes, father, don't worry, my son - I will do it."

"The emperor sends you back to the palace." Pang Li shouted while pinching his throat.

"Congratulations to the emperor." Everyone saluted.

After sending Fu Lianchao out of the palace, Fu Nanling breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Gao Si, and said, "Notify Lu Jiu, let him arrest Li Guangli's family members, and thoroughly search Li's residence."

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Looking back at Ji Linglan, he said, "Since Doctor Ji Xiao is so familiar with the toxicity of castor, let me investigate with you."

Ji Linglan couldn't help being amused when she heard the words, bowed and saluted and said: "Yes. My lord, I have something to report to you, so please take me a moment to speak."

Fu Nanling nodded, and looked back at Xiao Lizi.

Xiao Lizi understood, raised his voice and said: "Everyone back down."

The surrounding attendants all retreated to the side, distanced themselves from the two of them, and stood by the side with their heads bowed.

Fu Nanling looked at Ji Linglan and whispered, "Alan has something to say."

Ji Linglan still bowed her body and said, "My lord, Xiaomin wants to do an autopsy on your mother."

"Didn't Ah Lan have a test when he had a caesarean section just now?"

"Did not have time."

"Then how does Ah Lan want to test it?"

"Xiaomin wants to see—see if there is any food residue in Lin Guifei's gastrointestinal tract, so as to infer when the murderer injected the poison."

"Alan, Concubine Lin Gui is the imperial father's favorite concubine, and it is an exception for you to have a caesarean section. If you continue to disrespect Lin Guifei's body, I am afraid that the imperial father will not be able to explain it to you."

In ancient times, no man would allow his woman to be seen naked by another man, even if it was a corpse, let alone the emperor's woman.Of course, there is also Fu Nanling's selfishness in it, he doesn't want Ji Linglan to look at other people's bodies, neither men nor women.

Ji Linglan frowned slightly, and said: "But if there is no autopsy, I can't tell when she was poisoned. I'm afraid it will not be good for the investigation of the case."

"Alan, I already know who the murderer is. Once the plan is exposed, he will definitely deal with the aftermath. Even if you find the time to poison, what we catch is just some scapegoats."

Surprise flashed across Ji Linglan's eyes, and he said, "Do you know who it is?"

"Well, let's talk about this matter after the fact. Ah Lan will accompany me to interrogate the people present."

Hearing what Fu Nanling said, Ji Linglan understood that the autopsy is absolutely impossible.He could only sigh helplessly, and said: "Concubine Lin Gui can't do it, the imperial doctor who committed suicide in fear of crime can always perform an autopsy."

Seeing Ji Linglan's insistence, Fu Nanling sighed helplessly in his heart, nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll let someone prepare it now."

"Has the body ever moved?"

Fu Nanling glanced at Xiao Lizi, who hurriedly stepped forward and said, "What is the master's order?"

"Has Lee Guangli's body ever moved?"

Xiao Lizi replied: "It's still in the front hall, it hasn't been moved."

Ji Linglan said: "Then let's go and have a look."

Fu Nanling had no objection, and walked towards the front hall together with Ji Linglan.

Seeing that Pang Lizheng was calling the little eunuch to go to the inner hall, Ji Linglan quickly said: "My lord, your empress and the little prince's corpses should not be moved yet. Even if the autopsy cannot be done, at least try to ensure that the scene of the crime will not be changed."

Fu Nanling looked in Pang Li's direction, and raised his voice, "Eunuch Pang."

Pang Li was stunned, walked over quickly, bowed and said: "This old servant has seen the prince."

"Eunuch Pang, please don't touch the bodies of Concubine Lin Gui and the Ninth Prince. This king wants to check the scene of the crime."

Pang Li said with some embarrassment: "My lord, the emperor ordered this old slave to properly place Lin Guifei's body."

Fu Nanling's complexion was cold, and he said: "Why, Eunuch Pang thinks that the king will disrespect Lin Guifei's body?"

Pang Li quickly said: "I dare not, but I obey."

Pang Li waved his hand and led the little eunuchs out of the front hall.

Ji Linglan said with a wry smile: "The crowds coming and going have almost destroyed the scene, and the chances of finding clues are almost negligible."

Fu Nanling said indifferently: "It's okay, Ah Lan can do whatever he wants, the result doesn't matter."

Ji Linglan squatted down to observe Li Guangli's body carefully. The body fell sideways on the ground with knees curled up; there was vomit mixed with blood at the corner of the mouth; his face was cyanotic and his lips were purple; no scars were seen on the exposed skin.

Ji Linglan wandered around the corpse and said, "A Ling, let them prepare the room, I want an autopsy."

"it is good."

Hearing Fu Nanling's response, Xiao Lizi bowed and left the inner hall.

After finishing speaking, Ji Linglan remembered that this was in the imperial palace. She looked around quickly and saw that there were only three of them in the palace, so she let out a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Fu Nanling asked in puzzlement: "What's wrong with Ah Lan?"

"Just now I forgot that this is the imperial palace, and I forgot to change the name at that time, so I frightened myself to jump."

Fu Nanling approached Ji Linglan, grabbed Ji Linglan's clothes as before, and said with a smile: "I like that when Ah Lan calls me that."

In three years, not only Ji Linglan has undergone tremendous changes, but Fu Nanling has also changed. The cute boy at the time has now become a handsome young man with sharper edges and corners, and his voice has become deeper.The narrow and long phoenix eyes are raised at the end of the eyes, whether smiling or not smiling, there is an inviolable majesty, and the aura of the superior is more obvious.

The author has something to say: the content about sex is referred to from "Toxic Laboratory".

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