Chapter 87(1/2)
Day 2
People who went to Wuzhou, Shuzhou and Chaozhou rushed back in the middle of the night and handed over all the things they brought back to the Imperial Hospital early in the morning. However, at this time, Emperor Yong had already obtained the medicine and gave the antidote given to Princess Yu. Emperor Yong directly sent someone to the Imperial Hospital.
At this time, there was no living outside Xuanwu Gate, and all 132 people in the Du Mansion clan had disappeared.
When Emperor Yong sent someone to pass the message, only Concubine Du was left, but he was already confused and his eyes were dull.
When Emperor Yong received the news, his eyes flashed with coldness, and Bo Liang said, "Since Concubine Du is already crazy, I will give her three feet of white silk so that she can reunite her family!"
"Slave obeys the order." Zhang Jin lowered his head, not knowing whether the Du family would be reunited underground, but he would be able to bear it.
Jinhe Palace
"I'm here to see the Empress."
It was already at this time, and Chu Yanzi felt that he was in good spirits today. When he saw Fu Yan coming in, he also had a slight smile on his face and asked him to get up softly, "Get up Doctor Fu, get up."
Seeing Chu Yanzi smiling on her face, her fears and fears yesterday disappeared, Fu Yan also breathed a sigh of relief, her eyebrows and eyes were gentle, she stood up, and asked softly, "How does Empress feel today?"
"I'm not as tired as I've been for a few days," Chu Yanzi leaned against the soft couch, and the sunlight outside drooped in, shining on her face, laying a layer of rays of light for her. Chu Yanzi squinted her eyes lazily. Thinking of something, Chu Yanzi turned sideways, raised her eyebrows, and asked Fu Yan,
"How did you get the antidote from yesterday?"
Fu Yan didn't expect that she would ask him this question, and his body stiffened, and then he smiled, "It was from the wise king."
"I naturally know that I got it from the wise king, but," Chu Yanzi looked at Fu Yan, raised his head with one hand, put the other hand in front of him and stroked Bido, and smiled with a smile on his lips, "What I want to know is, what do you have to do with this matter?"
Fu Yan looked up at her, then smiled bitterly, "The Empress has guessed it, why bother to let Weichen say it?"
Chu Yanzi sat up, and the gauze on his arm fell on the soft couch. He waved to Fu Yan, signaled him to approach, and asked him to sit down before asking, "A Yan has a friendship with the wise king?"
When she heard her call him A Yan, Fu Yan's ears turned red, then lowered his head slightly and whispered to her doubts, "I once knew the wise king, but I only stopped contact after entering the capital."
Bido was lying lazily on the soft couch, but a piece of veil suddenly covered it. Bido turned his head and shouted softly "Meow~", then jumped off the soft couch and walked out of the inner room with a cat step.
Chu Yanzi looked at Bidou's movements and chuckled, with a soft rosy corner of his eyes. He didn't ask about the antidote anymore, but instead asked about the things he had investigated before, "By the way, did you find out what you said you went back to investigate before?"
"Well," Fu Yan nodded, thinking of the Virtuous King, his eyes darkened, "What Miaoqin met that day should be the Virtuous King."
"What did you say?" Chu Yanzi looked at Fu Yan, who lowered his head, frowned, and then leaned towards the soft couch, looking at Fu Yan without saying a word.
Before he could hear Chu Yanzi's words, Fu Yan raised his head in confusion, then saw Chu Yanzi's eyes, and said, "Why is the Empress looking at Weichen like this?"
Chu Yanzi twisted his hair in his hand, glanced at him, withdrew his gaze, and said in an unknown sense, "A Yan seemed to know a lot of things."
Fu Yan shook his head and chuckled, "My father felt guilty for me, so he gave all the people in the capital to Weichen," he looked straight at Chu Yanzi again, with feelings in his eyes and a smile on his lips, "Don't worry, Weichen will never hurt Empress."
"I naturally know Ayan's intentions," Chu Yanzi raised his hand to take the tonic handed over by Bai Hua, but Fu Yan took it over, looking at him sideways, with a charm at the corners of his eyes, then withdrew his hand and drank the tonic with his hand. "But, I always feel a little uneasy."
"What are the queen worried about?" Seeing that she took the tonic, Fu Yan's smile remained unchanged, and he continued to scoop a spoonful of them to feed her. He felt some fun, but he was still a little confused about Chu Yanzi's words.
"The King of Wise." Chu Yanzi looked at him and spit out two words.
Fu Yan frowned, thoughtful thoughts flashed in his eyes, and his hands kept moving, "Does the Empress think the Virtuous King will be detrimental to the Empress?"
After drinking this bowl of tonic, Chu Yanzi frowned, took the candied fruit from Bai Hua's hand and ate it, and then said, "My intuition has never been wrong. Even if it is not for the wise king to be unfavorable to me, it is related to him!"
Fu Yan put down the bowl in his hand, listened to Chu Yanzi's words, and thought about the possibility of this matter in his heart, but... Fu Yan frowned, "Empress, although the wise king likes to watch the fun, he is not a nosy person."
"How did you get the antidote from the wise king?" Chu Yanzi changed the subject and asked another thing.
"I..." Fu Yan hesitated a little, wondering if he wanted to say it.
Looking at his expression, a dark look flashed in Chu Yanzi's eyes, and he raised his hand to interrupt him, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it. What I mean is that you can get the antidote from the wise king, so that others can also give the wise king what he wants and let him take action."
What the Virtuous King wants? Fu Yan looked at Chu Yanzi, thinking about what the Virtuous King said yesterday, his body was quite stiff, and then he forced a smile and said, "Empress, I know what the Virtuous King wants, but none of the people in this palace can give him."
Fu Yan then continued, "The only people who want to harm the Empress are the concubines in the palace. They may have the help of the wise king. I really couldn't imagine anyone in the palace who could have such ability."
Listening to Fu Yan's voice, he seemed to feel unquestionable about the ability of the wise king. Chu Yanzi raised his eyebrows. Isn't the wise king like a wild crane? How could he have such great ability?
Chu Yanzi looked at Fu Yan, smiled and reminded, "Ayan can even look for the wise king for the sake of this palace, how can he guarantee that there is no other Ayan and I will be there?"
Fu Yan paused, looked at Chu Yanzi, and understood her meaning, "I understand the Sir's meaning."
"I want to know who the person I met with the King of Wise that day. Can Ayan do it?" Chu Yanzi saw that he understood what he meant, and then spoke.
"Empress, this... I tried to check it as much as possible, but I felt that I should not find it out." Fu Yan shook his head, still thinking that the wise king was cautious in doing things and could make the palace servants of Jinhe Palace discover it. He was already surprised, so how could he leave other evidence?
When Chu Yan heard Fu Yan say this, he waved his hand, "That's it, so as not to alarm the enemy."
At this time, Bai Lu walked in with a hint of relieving hatred on his face, "Empress, I just got the news, the emperor sent someone to kill Guiren Du." Before Chu Yanzi could speak, Bai Lu said again, "It's really retribution! Let her poison the little master! But I heard that Guiren Du was already a little stupid."
Chu Yanzi was about to smile when she heard what she had said before, but when she interrupted her, Chu Yanzi frowned, and always felt something was wrong. Suddenly, Chu Yanzi's body stiffened, she lifted the quilt with a bad expression, and walked down from the soft couch.
Seeing her suddenly walking down from the soft couch, Fu Yan, Bai Hua and others were a little surprised. Seeing that something was wrong with her, Fu Yan stood up and asked, "Empress, what's wrong?"
Chu Yanzi didn't have time to explain to him, but said to Bai Hua anxiously, "You should hurry to Qingfang Pavilion and ask Guiren Du when the poison was given to me before the emperor's people arrived."
"Empress, isn't Concubine Du already stupid?" Bai Hua was a little embarrassed. How could she ask?
Chu Yanzi closed her eyes, passed everything in her mind, and said in a deep voice, "Who knows whether her stupidity is true or false? She still cared about someone in her heart, how could she be so scared so easily?"
Speaking of this, Chu Yanzi frowned, and thought of a possibility. He looked at Fu Yan, "Doctor Fu, come with Bai Hua. I should know if Concubine Du is really crazy, is she scared to death or for other reasons!"
Although Bai Hua and Fu Yan were puzzled by what Chu Yanzi suddenly thought of, they could see her anxiousness now and no longer delayed. They rushed to Qingfang Pavilion.
After the two left, Chu Yanzi sat back on the soft couch, but frowned. Thinking about the confessions of the few people yesterday, Su Qing said that the day before Du Guiren actually threw Luohong away, which means she didn't want Luohong to appear in the palace. If Su Qing hadn't picked up at that time, she wouldn't have found her body, so would she have drugged herself before leaving the palace?
And the confession from the imperial kitchen shows that Concubine Du did poison her when she was in the enclosure.
But she was indeed poisoned before going to hunt, and Du Guiren also knew that she had been poisoned before. What was going on in the middle? Chu Yanzi bit her lower lip and frowned and thought deeply. She still needed some clues to confirm her guess.
Chu Yanzi let out a breath and looked at the palace gate of Jinhe Palace. Thinking of Bai Hua telling her that Xiao Yunzi has been found out and has been executed when she was unconscious. She frowned. Is this Xiao Yunzi really the person of Concubine Du? Yanpin can't even insert someone in her palace. How did a little nobleman insert his hand into her Jinhe Palace?
If Xiao Yunzi is not a member of Guiren Du, then it is not only Guiren who poisoned her. Chu Yanzi's eyes darkened, but Guiren Du clearly knew the time when she was poisoned. She didn't need to poison herself twice. That means that Guiren Du and the other person were not accomplices, unless... After she poisoned her, she realized that she had been hit once before!
Since that's the case, why didn't Concubine Du offer that person? What benefits would it do to hide that person? She was about to die, her family was gone, and she was still left... the eldest prince!
Chu Yanzi suddenly opened his eyes. Could it be that Concubine Du was still paving the way for the eldest prince? Just as Su Qing said, everything she did was to die by herself? Is her favor really that high?
No, not right.
Compared to paving the way for the eldest prince, what Du Guiren cares more about is the safety of the eldest prince. If someone threatens her with the eldest prince's life, then everything she has done can be explained.
If this is the case, that person cannot be the queen. After all, the queen does not pay less attention to the eldest prince than that of Concubine Du.
Who can threaten Concubine Du? Chu Yanzi slowly opened her eyes, and the chill in her eyes was already a biting cold. She already had a candidate in her heart, but she was not sure.
In an incense stick, Bai Hua and Fu Yan came back. Chu Yanzi watched them walk in and asked with a bad expression, "How?"
Fu Yan shook his head, "Guru Du is really crazy, but as the Empress thought, she was not scared of crazy."
"It's true." After hearing Fu Yan's words and fulfilling his guess, Chu Yanzi couldn't help but say.
"What did the Empress think of?" Fu Yan looked at the enlightenment in Chu Yanzi's eyes and asked the puzzled in his heart.
Chu Yanzi closed his eyes slightly and said lightly, "It is not just the one who poisoned me. The voice is soft, but there is a biting chill.
Tell them what I think is wrong with this matter and tell them what I guess.
After hearing this, Fu Yan frowned and looked at Chu Yanzi worriedly, "Did you guess who it is in your heart?"
"I need to confirm it." Then, Chu Yanzi opened his eyes, with bright colors in his eyes, and a little dim, and his voice drifted a little.
"If it's really her," Chu Yanzi didn't say who it was, and slowly crushed the pastry in his hand and said slowly, "That's getting more and more interesting."
Hearing the coldness in Chu Yanzi's words, Fu Yan and his friends changed their expressions and did not speak.
Chu Yanzi closed his eyelids and said to Fu Yan, "Doctor Fu, go back. It's always bad if you stay here for a long time."
"Empress, please take care of your health, and I will leave." Fu Yan also understood this truth, nodded, and retreated.
After Fu Yan left, Chu Yanzi turned his gaze to Bai Hua, "Bai Hua, continue to investigate the matter that day. I need to know who the wise king met that day, and try my best to investigate!"
"I understand."
Miaoqin walked in and owed her body, "Empress, the imperial kitchen has brought lunch here and sent someone to apologize for the Empress, saying that it was because of poisoning."
"Tell them that I know it has nothing to do with them, but I must be careful in the future and don't always meet people when delivering food." Chu Yanzi said coldly when he heard Miaoqin's words.
"Yes, I'll tell them now."
The Palace of Careful Heart
"Your Majesty, the people who went to Qingfang Pavilion are back." Zhang Jin walked in from outside and said.
"Yeah." Emperor Yong nodded, looking at the memorials on the desk, which had been accumulated for so many days. Next, he had no time to rest. After a while, seeing that Zhang Jin had not retreated, Emperor Yong looked up at him, and saw that his face hesitant, and asked, "Why, what else is there?"
"Just just now, the palace servants came back and said that when they were going to execute the execution, Zhen Xiuyi sent someone over."
Emperor Yong frowned, and was puzzled, and asked, "Zhen Xiuyi? What did she ask someone to do?"
"It seems like I'm going to see if Guiren Du is really crazy or fake?" Zhang Jin told all the news he knew.
Emperor Yong's expression became dark, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He nodded at Zhang Jin, "I understand. I'll set up a Jinhe Palace tonight."
"Yes, the slave asked people to proclaim the edict."
In the evening, the emperor arrived at Jinhe Palace. Chu Yanzi did not go out to greet him, but lay on the soft couch, waiting for Emperor Yong to come in. After Emperor Yong came in, he bent over to Emperor Yong and saluted, "I will meet the emperor, and the emperor will be in peace."
"I'm not in good health, what are you doing with so many etiquettes?" He quickly helped her up, and Emperor Yong scolded.
Chu Yanzi smiled at Emperor Yong's arms and leaned against Emperor Yong's arms, and asked him, "Have you ever had dinner?"
To be continued...