Chapter 206 Searching Chuxiu Palace

How could the emperor forget the appearance of this woman whom he once doted on for a while?

"Weren't you imprisoned in Chuxiu Palace by me? I remember telling you not to leave Chuxiu Palace without my order, but why are you here now?"

When the queen saw that it was Rou Da Ying who was kneeling on the ground, she felt panicked for some reason. She always felt that this matter seemed not so simple, but she had never asked Rou Da Ying to come out, so who would let her appear here?

"Your Majesty, I know I displeased you in the past, but I have missed you so much after such a long time. I just wanted to see you secretly, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing. I was caught when I was about to return to Chuxiu Palace."

At first, when Rou agreed to be caught, she was really panicked, but she still held on to a glimmer of hope. There was no evidence to prove that she was the one who killed the person, so she just had to deny it.

"Your Majesty, please, for the sake of my sincerity towards you, forgive me for leaving Chuxiu Palace without permission this time."

Speaking of which, Rou Da Ying was also smart. She now knew that, relatively speaking, leaving Chuxiu Palace without permission was not a big deal. If it was confirmed that she had murdered Nian Shilan and Zhen Huan, that would be fatal. So she never mentioned anything else and only claimed that she appeared here because she missed the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Rou Ying was supposed to be reflecting on herself in the palace, but now she has left without your permission. This should be severely punished. Moreover, both Concubine Hua and Concubine Xi have been poisoned. As a result, she is even more suspicious than the others."

Chen Meizhuang was unwilling to give Rou any chance to quibble, so she directly pointed out the most crucial issue.

"I don't know which two palace maids brought the cakes that my two sisters ate when they were poisoned. It's very likely that they poisoned them."

An Lingrong echoed from the side. She was really scared when Nian Shilan and Zhen Huan had the accident just now. Although she kept telling herself to stay calm, she was still heartbroken when she saw their painful expressions with her own eyes.

Rouda kept saying that she was here because she wanted to see the emperor, but how could it be such a coincidence that her sister got into trouble as soon as she showed up.

"Your Majesty, what the two sisters say makes sense. Why not investigate this matter thoroughly first before dealing with Rou Ying's unauthorized departure from the palace? The key now is to catch the person who poisoned her."

Concubine Duan already had a guess in her mind that today's incident was probably planned by Zhen Huan and others, so why not do a favor?

"Concubine Duan's words make sense. Su Peisheng, go and find out who served the cakes to Concubine Hua and Concubine Xi."

This matter was very easy to investigate. In less than a moment, Su Peisheng came back here again, and he asked the guards to bring another palace maid with him.

"Your Majesty, I just made inquiries and brought over one of the two palace maids who served cakes to Consort Hua and Consort Xi. The other one is Rou Da Ying."

Su Peisheng's words made the queen, who had been watching the events quietly, completely panicked.

It was indeed like that, it was indeed her, but she was in charge of the entire banquet this time, and she had never agreed to let Rou appear here, so how could it be?

She knew that this time the matter would not end well, and she just hoped to investigate the matter thoroughly as soon as possible. This time she did not have any contact with Rouda, so she was still calm.

"Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Everyone was waiting for the emperor's order, but the emperor just sat there with a gloomy face, thinking about something, and he never said a word.

As a last resort, the queen had to speak up and remind her.

"Rou agreed, what else do you have to say now?"

The emperor really didn't expect that Rou Ying, who had always been weak and obedient, would do such a cruel thing.

"Your Majesty, I am truly wronged. I did appear at this flower viewing banquet, but I really did not do anything to harm the two ladies!"

Rou agreed and pretended to be aggrieved until this moment, looking at the emperor with tears in her eyes. If it were an ordinary man, he would have given up his weapons long ago. However, the emperor had already disliked her, and her action would only make him dislike her even more.

"Come here, search Chuxiu Palace."

Following the emperor's order, Su Peisheng and some people quickly set off towards Chuxiu Palace.

Ling'er had already received instructions from Zhen Huan in advance, asking her to keep a close eye on Rou's actions. When Rou was secretly destroying the remaining poison in the house, Ling'er secretly brought the package containing the poison back to Chuxiu Palace and put it back into Rou's bedroom.

She had already left before she saw anyone coming to search Chuxiu Palace. As usual, she would go to the imperial kitchen to collect ingredients at this time.

After Su Peisheng arrived at Chuxiu Palace, he ordered everyone to search the entire side hall, not leaving out any corner.

"Eunuch Su, I found it."

Soon, the palace servant found the package in a box that Rou had promised to place high up.

Looking at what the palace servant was holding in his hand, a smile finally appeared on Su Peisheng's tense face.

"Let's go and report to the Emperor."

No one would know that after seeing Nian Shilan and Zhen Huan poisoned, he wanted to drag out the poisoner and cut him into pieces.

In the eyes of outsiders, he is a favorite of the emperor, and everyone would show courtesy to him, the chief eunuch. However, he knows very well in his heart that those nobles look down on him from the bottom of their hearts.

Over the years, only Nian Shilan and Zhen Huan respected themselves from the bottom of their hearts and felt that the lives of these servants were also human lives.

He had sworn in his heart that he would repay Concubine Hua and Concubine Xi to the best of his ability during his lifetime, and now this was just a small thing he could do for them.

"Your Majesty, these are the things we found in Concubine Rou's palace."

"Imperial Physician."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Jiang Cheng stepped forward, took the item from Su Peisheng's hand, and inspected it carefully.

Just when sending Nian Shilan and Zhen Huan back to the palace, the emperor deliberately asked him to stay here so that he could help find out who poisoned them.

"Your Majesty, this is exactly the same poison that the two ladies were poisoned with."

Jiang Cheng looked at the emperor with certainty.

"Okay, Rou agrees. Do you have anything else to say now?"

"Your Majesty, your concubine, your concubine..."

In fact, Rou Da Ying was completely panicked when she saw the thing that Su Peisheng had searched out of her palace.

How could this happen? How could this happen? She had clearly already dealt with this thing, so how could it be found again?

If she still didn't know that she was being set up at this point, it would be extremely stupid, but it was too late, it was too late for her to know now.

"Come here, take Jiang Rou to the Ministry of Punishment for a thorough interrogation. We must get to the bottom of this matter."

The emperor was extremely furious at this moment. He thought that the harem was harmonious, but behind it was such filth.

"As for this palace maid, take her away for interrogation."

"Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me. This servant really knows nothing about this matter."

This palace maid was also innocent. It was only because she was assigned to serve Concubine Hua that Rou Daxing deliberately approached her and put the medicine in her plate when she was not paying attention.

"Your Majesty, this Consort Rou is a concubine after all. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to take her to the Ministry of Punishment?"

The queen originally didn't intend to say anything, but when the emperor said that Jiang Rou would be sent to the Ministry of Punishment, she could no longer sit still.

What is the Ministry of Punishment? After entering there, Yirou promised that this delicate body would explain everything in just a moment. The queen was only worried that some of her past affairs would be implicated.

"Is the Queen dissatisfied with my handling of the matter?"

The emperor's look frightened the queen so much that she immediately walked up to him and knelt down.

"I dare not."

"Queen, you are the head of the harem, and yet such a shameful thing has happened under your management. I think you are extremely derelict in your duty as Queen. Su Peisheng, take the Queen away. The Queen is not feeling well. From today on, the Queen will recuperate in the palace and must not leave the palace unless necessary."

"Yes, Queen, please."

Although the queen felt aggrieved by the emperor's arrangement, she left without saying anything more.