Jiang Yunfan reported everything to the emperor and presented the evidence.

Mu Wanqing remained silent throughout the whole process.

The emperor stared at the beautiful datura flower in the box with a dark and unclear look in his eyes. The appearance of this thing in the Du Mansion made him think more.

The more I imagine it, the more uneasy I feel.

"Princess Qingping, who do you think is being targeted this time?"

"I, the Queen Mother, and the entire Du family." Mu Wanqing said this, but she was extremely calm, like an irrelevant person.

The emperor tapped the table, again and again, "Who do you think did it?"

Mu Wanqing analyzed calmly, "It's hard to say. I've blocked the way of many people. There are too many people who don't like me. I can't even count the number of people who want to kill me. Well, they haven't succeeded so far."

"The Du family was granted titles of duke and king, and they are so popular that many people are jealous. The father and son of the Du family have a deep hatred for Xiwu and Beichu."

Her voice paused, "As for the Queen Mother, she must have been implicated."

The empress dowager does not interfere in state affairs, nor does she care about the affairs of the harem. She is just a mascot.

Her tone was so calm that the emperor's anxious heart gradually calmed down. "Is there no clear target person?"

Mu Wanqing thought seriously for a while, "Have all the royal family members of the previous dynasty died out?"

"They are all dead." The emperor knew this.

Mu Wanqing was sober and scary, "Where did the medicine come from? There must be a source."

But it is precisely because of this clarity that she can hold a high position and stand firmly.

Jiang Yunfan didn't have much contact with Mu Wanqing, and the first time he saw her like this, he was inexplicably attracted to her.

A delicate woman can arouse a man's desire to protect her, but an independent and intelligent woman is also particularly charming.

The emperor said calmly, "I have already asked someone to follow this clue. What do you think of Madam Du?"

"This..." Mu Wanqing was a little embarrassed.

"Tell the truth." The emperor knew her character well.

Okay, Mu Wanqing said, this is the imperial decree, it’s not that she deliberately said bad things about people behind their backs.

"Not very smart, easily influenced, in love, but a good mother."

"Love-brained?" The emperor didn't understand these three words.

Mu Wanqing summed it up, "Men are more important than heaven."

This summary is so concise that it makes my teeth ache.

The Emperor had only shown some affection for Madam Du before, and he didn't really care about her. "I heard that she lost her memory before? Is it possible that she was faking it?"

"Her acting skills and IQ are not enough to support a perfect scam." Mu Wanqing pointed at her eyes, a little proud, "She can't fool someone as smart as me."

Emperor: ...a person who brags all the time.

Jiang Yunfan: ...Is this something he can listen to?

The emperor made a quick decision in his mind, "Call the doctor over."

The doctor came hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty."

The emperor said calmly, "Is there a solution?"

Although his tone was calm, the chief physician felt a huge pressure, and sweat oozed from his forehead. "We all discussed and came up with another prescription, but this time the medicine is a bit overbearing, so we have to try it first."

A day passed and they drank several bowls of detoxifying soup, but it was not effective and the two have not woken up yet.

The emperor looked at him steadily. How to try? Take the poison and then detoxify it? This poison is a secret medicine from the previous dynasty, and it has not been passed down. Where can I get it?

"I just want the Queen Mother and Commander Du to wake up quickly."

The chief physician felt bitter in his mouth. He had been an imperial physician for decades and had experienced countless dangers, but he was afraid that he would die here this time.

"I will do my best, but I would like to ask for your instructions on how to treat it."

The emperor was very impatient, he knew that these imperial doctors, for the sake of safety, prescribed some prescriptions just to be safe, and that it was a great virtue to have no merits or faults.

They dare not prescribe medicines with slightly stronger properties, and they still want to ask for a pardon? These slick old foxes.

He said coldly, "I don't care how you treat it. As long as you can cure it, everyone will be rewarded. If you can't cure it, you can go and accompany the Queen Mother."

The doctor trembled all over, panicked and frightened. "Yes."

The emperor tapped the flower and pointed to the mandala on the table. "Have you ever seen this flower?"

The doctor secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked at it carefully for a while, and shook his head slightly, "No."

The emperor simply asked all the imperial doctors to come and identify the body. Everyone shook their heads, except for one who looked surprised.

The emperor saw it and called out directly, "Doctor Lei, have you seen him?"

Doctor Lei looked at it for several times and said, "When I was young, I traveled all over the country and saw this flower in Quanzhou, southwest China. It is called Datura."

This is consistent with what Mu Wanqing said, so you can always trust Princess Qingping.

"Southwest?" The emperor noted the location. "Do you know the characteristics of Mandragora?"

Doctor Lei was stunned. "Huh? Aren't they just beautiful flowers for people to admire?"

Seeing that he really didn't know, the emperor had a headache. Why weren't these specialized imperial physicians as knowledgeable as Mu Wanqing?

"As far as I know, this substance is highly toxic and can cause hallucinations, and can also relieve pain."

Everyone was shocked and their faces changed.

At this moment, the eunuch reported, "Your Majesty, Madam Du suddenly became ill and is shaking with pain."

The emperor stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look together."

Mu Wanqing casually scooped up the box and followed decisively.

In the interrogation room, Mrs. Du collapsed on a chair, her face full of pain and sweat. She looked like she had been fished out of the river, with her clothes soaked.

The officials did not dare to approach her. After all, she was Madam Du and the Emperor's aunt.

The emperor came in and frowned, "What happened to Madam Du?"

The officer was shocked and quickly tried to explain, "We didn't torture her, she suddenly got sick, it's really scary."

Madam Du's eyes lit up as if she had seen a savior, "Your Majesty, let me go back."

The emperor looked unhappy and waved his right hand, "Doctor, take a look at her."

The doctor had just taken two steps when Madam Du screamed, "Don't touch me, you stinky men, don't even think about bullying me. My husband is the famous General Du, how dare you be so rude?"

The doctor was stunned for a moment, "Mrs. Du, I'm just checking your pulse."

Madam Du refused to let him get close to her. "I just have an old illness. I'll be fine after taking some medicine. Your Majesty, please let me go home for your uncle's sake."

"Why bother?" The emperor looked at Madam Du with concern. "Someone, go get the medicine. Madam Du, where is the medicine?"

Madam Du felt uncomfortable all over. She pinched her palms tightly and tried her best to control herself. Her mind seemed to be filled with cotton wool. "Go find the maid Bingcao. She knows everything."

A cold light flashed in the emperor's eyes.

Mu Wanqing suddenly interrupted, "Ice grass is dead."

Madam Du was shocked. "What did you say? This is impossible. Mu Wanqing, it's you. What did you do?"

Mu Wanqing asked aggressively, "Who does Bingcao belong to?"

Mrs. Du's face changed drastically, and beads of sweat dripped down her forehead. "I want to go home, let me go back."

Mu Wanqing deliberately opened the box, revealing the mandala inside.

Mrs. Du was confused and rushed over subconsciously. Mu Wanqing reacted very quickly and hid behind the emperor.

The guard blocked Madam Du's way. Madam Du stared at Mandragora with a strange look in her eyes. "These are the flowers I planted. If you take them without permission, you are stealing. Give them back to me now."

Anyone can see that Mrs. Du is not normal.

The emperor closed his eyes, feeling as if a huge stone was pressing down on his heart, making him feel uncomfortable.

"Okay, here you go." Mu Wanqing walked out and handed the box over. Mrs. Du excitedly went to take it, but before she touched it, Mu Wanqing's hand retracted.

"Ah, no, unless you tell me who Bingcao belongs to?"

Madam Du was fooled and her face turned red with anger. "Your Majesty, let her return the flower to Zhao."

The emperor looked at him strangely, "I want to know, too. Just tell me."

"I..." Mrs. Du felt a familiar pain and itch in her heart, as if hundreds of ants were crawling on her body. She was so uncomfortable that she lost control. "Ah, give me the flowers, give me."

She rushed over to grab it without caring about anything. Mu Wanqing pretended to run away, "You're not going to answer, right? Then I'll throw it into the river."

Seeing Mu Wanqing running so fast and being stopped by the guards, Madam Du couldn't help but get furious, "No, I said, Bingcao... was sent by the palace to monitor the Du Mansion."

Everyone: …They seem to have heard an important secret, will they be silenced?

Mu Wanqing: ...I never expected this.

The emperor's expression was too complicated to describe in words. He was stunned, incredulous, and suspicious. "I have never sent anyone, and the queen mother won't do that either."

While Mu Wanqing was in a daze, Madam Du rushed over, snatched the box, took out the mandragora and stuffed it into her mouth...

The Empress Dowager did send a few palace maids to the Du Mansion, but that was to help the Du Mansion maintain its appearance.

However, the ice grass was bought from an outside dental shop five years ago. When it first came to Mrs. Du, Mrs. Du was still in the stage of amnesia, and the people serving her had been replaced.

Bingcao was particularly good at serving people, and in just five years she became Mrs. Du's maid.

However, Mrs. Du was stripped of her housekeeper rights and was not allowed to show up in public, so the people around her had no rights.

As for Bingcao, in the eyes of others, she is gentle and amiable, meticulous and thoughtful, loyal, low-key and kind, and has a very good relationship with others.

But in Mrs. Du's words, he was a pawn sent by the court.

She believed this so firmly that she not only did not tell her husband and children, but also endured it all by herself.

It seems that her memory recovery was also the work of Bingcao.

Mu Wanqing was exhausted when she left the palace and she even walked with a stagger.

Jiang Yunfan staggered a few steps behind her to show respect. Whether in official position or title, Mu Wanqing was above him.

His mind was in a mess; everything that happened today was too much of a shock to him.

"Princess Qingping, do you believe what Madam Du said?"

Mu Wanqing didn't look back, "I don't believe it, but there must be something wrong in the palace."

No matter how stupid Mrs. Du is, she can't believe everything. There must be a reason.

Jiang Yunfan was silent for a while, then sighed softly, "The Du family is really in troubled times. It would be great if the King of Xiliang was in the capital."

The male owner of the Du family is in a coma and the female owner is imprisoned. The situation is very unfavorable for them. Miss Du, a weak woman, may not be able to handle it all.

The conspiracy is coming in full force.

"It's okay, I'm here." Mu Wanqing's voice was firm and calm.

The Mu and Du families formed an alliance and supported each other.

She once promised Du Shuai that as long as she was alive, she would be the Du family's most reliable ally, unless the Du family betrayed her first.

She accompanied the Du family through this stage.

Jiang Yunfan was shocked and stared blankly at Mu Wanqing's thin back. At this moment, she looked extremely tall.

Many people like to add icing on the cake, but rarely provide timely help. Mu Wanqing is the one who accompanies you in the wind and snow and holds an umbrella for you.

Civil and military officials all say that she is clear-headed, capable and mercenary, but how many of them can be as loyal and devoted as she is?

For the first time in his life, he deeply envied someone. Du Shaoxuan was such a lucky guy. How could he have such a good fortune?