Chapter 524: Looking for a Needle in a Haystack

Su Yue and the other two finally understood everything after hearing what the abbot said.

The emperor said with a gloomy face, "Thank you, Master. I will send someone to escort you back to Xiangguo Temple."

The presiding master said: "Then I will go back and draw the talisman to dispel the spell."

Afterwards, he and Su Yue and the other two left Xihe Palace.

The host master was a martial arts expert and did not need an escort. The emperor only sent a young eunuch to escort him out of the palace.

"Father, it's so late now. You haven't had dinner yet, have you? I'll take you back for dinner. I'll take care of Mother's affairs with you two."

After the abbot left, Murong Li said to the emperor.

The emperor had been busy all day and was indeed hungry. He nodded and said, "Yes, you must find the person who cast the spell for me. I will tear out his tendons and skin him alive."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will definitely capture that person and hand him over to you for disposal."

Murong Li knew that the emperor would definitely conduct the interrogation himself. He wanted to find out the source of the witchcraft and catch the people behind it in one fell swoop.

The emperor values ​​his life the most and would not leave such a hidden danger.

The emperor glanced at the unconscious Concubine Yun and left with satisfaction.

Su Yue looked at the departing emperor and shook her head. The emperor's words and deeds showed that he was worried about his own safety, and he never said a word about caring about Concubine Yun and the two of them.

They say true feelings are revealed when things get tough, and it’s true.

Seeing Su Yue in a daze, Murong Li patted her and said, "Yuer, let's have dinner first and talk later."

Su Yue nodded: "Okay."

Anyway, the murderer won't be caught for a while, and the master can't send the talisman to extinguish the spell for a while, so they might as well eat their meal and wait.

So Murong Li asked Nanny Chen to serve the meal.

While waiting for the meal, Murong Li summoned Nanny Chen and all the other palace servants to the main hall. He asked, "Nanny Chen, you are Mother's personal nanny. Has anyone taken anything that was close to Mother's body, or anything that fell from her body, such as hair or nails? Has anyone else come to Xihe Palace?"

Concubine Yun is not the queen, so the concubines in the palace do not need to pay their respects to her. If they need to find her for something, Nanny Chen and others will handle it on their behalf.

Concubine Yun had a cold personality and didn't like to socialize with others. Apart from the people in Xi Palace and her and her husband who came to Xihe Palace, basically no one else in the palace came.

Therefore, if you want to find out who took away Concubine Yun’s personal belongings or hair, you have to start from inside Xihe Palace. Only people in Xihe Palace have the opportunity to get those things.

Although Nanny Chen was not staying in the bedroom, she was always guarding outside the door. She heard and understood the conversation between the emperor and the abbot in the hall.

So she began to think in her mind who had come to the palace during this period, and which palace servant had served Concubine Yun personally.

But she thought about it for a long time and couldn't come up with anything unusual.

She has always been the one serving her personally, and the palace maids who came were just there to help with chores. The palace maid who combed Yun Fei's hair was one of their own, and she never had contact with outsiders.

Concubine Yun's personal accessories have never been lost.

As for Yun Fei's blood and the like, it is even more impossible to obtain.

Concubine Yun had never been injured, and she washed her menstrual pads herself without asking anyone else to do it for her.

As for hair and nails, hair is difficult to control, and this cannot be controlled either.

Yun Fei combs her hair every day, and some of her hair falls off and is then thrown into the trash.

It is very easy for others to take Yun Fei's hair.

So Nanny Chen said truthfully: "Your Highness, the Imperial Concubine has always been served by this servant, even when it comes to food. No one can get inside her body, and no one can get hold of her personal belongings. The only thing I can't guarantee is her hair."

Murong Li and Su Yue heard what Nanny Chen said, and it was almost what they expected. Given Nanny Chen and Concubine Yun's personalities, they were very cautious in doing things and would never delegate their personal matters to others.

This is to prevent someone from poisoning her.

The palace is a battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder, it is the most cruel place, and if you are not careful, you will be doomed.

Even so, Murong Li still asked other eunuchs, palace maids and nannies in the palace, but did not get any useful clues.

Xihe Palace is like an iron wall. Outsiders cannot enter without permission, and it is difficult for people in the palace to do anything.

Because he also sent secret guards to protect Xihe Palace.

The reason for questioning the palace maids in this way was to warn them so that they would not have any bad ideas.

After asking, the meal was delivered from the imperial kitchen. After the two had dinner, they waited for the abbot in the palace.

"Murong Li, it's hard to find out what we are doing this way. We have to find another way."

As Nanny Chen said just now, only Concubine Yun’s hair is not safe, so it is not easy to get her hair.

Although it is easy to get the hair, it is a bit difficult to get it into Yunfei's stomach.

There is a small kitchen in Xihe Palace, and all the food brought into the palace comes from the imperial kitchen.

But the food was all raw and was delivered in bundles and pieces. They were washed before cooking, so how could there be any witchcraft involved?

Therefore, Concubine Yun was not infected with witchcraft in Xihe Palace, but outside the palace.

Concubine Yun rarely leaves the palace and is now in a coma. Their clueless search in the palace is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Murong Li nodded. He also had a headache and couldn't think of any method to find out.

The two sighed, both thinking about something, while Su Yue simply used her mental power to see how the guards were doing with their investigation.

At this time, the commander of the imperial guards arrived at Huayang Palace and the imperial guards immediately knocked on the palace gate.

Concubine Lin in the palace waited for a whole night, thinking that no one would find out about her that night.

It was very late before she went to bed. Just as she lay down, she heard the palace maid calling out, "My queen, the guards are here."

The guards were looking for something in the harem, and the whole harem knew about it.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Lin was startled and quickly stood up. However, she just remembered that she was pregnant and slowed down her movements.

"Help me put on my clothes quickly."

Concubine Lin quickly asked the palace maid to help her get up and put on her clothes, and then went to the main hall.

At this time, the guards had already entered. The guard leader stepped forward and saluted: "This general greets the Concubine Lin. This general follows the emperor's order and comes to search for something. I hope the Concubine Lin will cooperate."

Linpin pursed her lips: "Then you guys go find it."

Linpin cooperated very well, but she thought in her heart that it would be a miracle if they could find it, because the thing had already entered Concubine Yun's stomach, and they would never be able to find it even if they died.

The commander of the imperial guards bowed to her and waved his hand: "Search quickly, don't touch the queen's things."

The guards nodded. They were experienced and immediately searched around the palace.

I searched every corner of Huayang Palace but found nothing.

(End of this chapter)