Chapter 216 There is another person beside the late emperor

"Who is worthy of the late emperor covering up for him like this?" Wei Qingyan followed Feng Ruobao's words and raised his own question.

Eggplant is a very common dish. It is not some rare delicacy that can be found anywhere.

Why must we eat in the Mingyi Hall of the late emperor, and why must we eat under the guise of Shi Yu?

"It is inconvenient for that person to leave Mingyi Hall, and the late emperor does not want people to know his existence." Shi Yu said after pondering.

"But, but Mingyi Palace usually only has the late emperor as its master."

Of course, the one who was worthy of the late emperor's attention could not be a slave, but I have never heard that the late emperor had any other masters around him.

The masters in this palace include the concubines, princes and princesses. If these people want to eat eggplant, they can just go to the imperial kitchen. Why make it so mysterious?

Could it be that there really is a ghost?

Feng Ruobao felt that he must be crazy. How could he have such a creepy idea? He looked at Wei Qingyan and said, "I have to tell His Majesty."

This is a big deal. Why did the late emperor have so many secrets?

Wei Qingyan nodded and said, "Please ask Eunuch Feng to check with the old people in Mingyi Hall and see if he can find out anything."

The imperial kitchen brought all kinds of dishes made with eggplants into Mingyi Hall, but Shi Yu had never seen them before.

The food will not disappear out of thin air. It will always go somewhere. If we find that place, perhaps the mystery will be solved.

Feng Ruobao hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

After the death of the late emperor, the emperor moved into Mingyi Hall. Almost all the elderly people who had been around the late emperor and who had taken care of him died for him, and the rest were transferred to various places.

Now that six years have passed, he is not sure how many of those people are still there.

The most important thing is that since the late emperor wanted to conceal this matter, he would definitely not leave anyone alive before his death, so it would not be an easy task.

But since this concerns the safety of Your Majesty, we must investigate no matter how difficult it is.

After Feng Ruobao left, Wei Qingyan lost his appetite and ate a few mouthfuls before continuing to work.

The two of them tacitly crossed and shifted the emperor's relics that they had previously turned over and turned them over again.

Even for a dish of eggplant, the late emperor needed Shi Yu to cover up. It was obvious that there was something fishy going on in Mingyi Palace at that time. He needed to use Shi Yu to cover up the food, so what about other aspects?

On the other side, Feng Ruobao hurried back to the emperor and told him the details about the eggplant.

"Is there such a thing?" The emperor looked surprised.

He had indeed heard Feng Ruobao mention that Shi Yu also liked to eat eggplant, but he rarely had the opportunity to dine with Shi Yu on weekdays. Even at family banquets or state banquets, common dishes like eggplant would not be on the table.

After that, his relationship with Shi Yu became distant, and he would not dine with him, so he did not discover the truth that he could not eat eggplant.

Could it be that the late emperor had this purpose in trying to sow discord between him and Shi Yu?

Then, his eyes turned cold, "Investigate, find out all the palace people who were in Mingyi Palace back then."

Now it is known that the late emperor was a man who would not do anything without profit. The late emperor was nice to him and Shi Yu on the surface because he and Shi Yu were useful to him.

So what was the value behind this eggplant? What secrets were hidden in the Mingyi Hall at that time?

Feng Ruobao didn't dare to delay and looked at Lan Shu, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid I'll be busy for a few days. I'll trouble you to take some time to help take care of His Majesty."

The emperor was injured while trying to save her, and Lan Shu had no intention of ignoring him, so she nodded and said, "Go and do your thing."

Feng Ruobao then wiped the sweat from his forehead and ran away happily.

It was a very cold day, but Feng Ruobao was still sweating profusely. It was obvious that he was really tired and anxious.

At this time, he still cared about herself, and the emperor's heart, which had just cooled down, warmed up a little.

Lan Shu watched the emperor's expression change, and suddenly remembered what the fat monk had said to Qing Yan, "This world is full of rags and rags, and there will always be people who mend it to make people feel that this world is worth living."

"What are you thinking about?" the emperor noticed that she was distracted and asked.

Lan Shu smiled, "Sending Feng Ruobao to you is a rare act of kindness from the late emperor."

The emperor did not deny it, nor did he avoid mentioning what the late emperor had done. He talked to Lan Shu about past events related to the late emperor and recalled these things in an attempt to find some clues.

He hadn't found anything yet, but Wei Qingyan and Shi Yu dug out a small jade sword.

"This shouldn't be mine." Shi Yu said, "I have no impression of it at all."

Qingyan, the Jade Sword Guard, had just seen it, but she habitually thought that the children's toys put away by the late emperor must have belonged to Shi Yu.

After all, among the many princes, only Shi Yu often stayed around the late emperor.

When Wei Qingyan was a child, he helped him move toys to the late emperor to pass the time.

This jade sword is as long as Shi Yu's forearm and is not light either. Smaller children cannot play with it.

The child must be at least seven or eight years old. Shi Yu remembers things that happened when he was seven or eight years old quite clearly, and he has no recollection of this thing.

He took out the jade sword, looked at it over and over again, and finally found a clue on a jade bead inside the sword tassel.

There was a very small word "Zhao" engraved on the jade bead. The jade bead was hidden inside the tassel of the sword and was difficult to find without opening it.

The tassel and jade beads on ordinary scabbards are usually on the tassel rather than hidden inside.

"Zhao?" Wei Qingyan pondered, "Zhao is as bright as the sun and the moon, implying a talent as brilliant and dazzling as the sun and the moon.

It seems that there are no children in the royal family with the character Zhao in their names."

Shi Yu thought about it and found that there really wasn’t one.

Glancing at the sky, he said, "Let's give this sword to my brother, and we'll continue tomorrow."

It will take a while to check everything.

Wei Qingyan had originally planned to stay up all night, but he didn't expect Shi Yu to come into the palace.

It was against palace rules for an adult prince to stay in the palace. Wei Qingyan didn't want to embarrass Shi Yu, so he turned his stiff neck and followed him out of the inner room.

As expected, the emperor didn't know who the character "Zhao" belonged to.

It was getting late, and the emperor felt sorry for his daughter, so he wanted to keep Wei Qingyan in the palace to rest.

But Lan Shu was taking care of him in Mingyi Palace, and her daughter would be alone in the palace. After thinking about it, she felt that it was not as safe in the palace as it was to follow Shi Yu out of the palace.

He urged the two of them to leave the palace.

The emperor held the sword in his hand and pondered for a long time. When it was almost dawn, he fell into a deep sleep.

Shi Yu followed Wei Qingyan directly back to Anyuan Hou Mansion. After a simple wash, they forced themselves to put aside all the doubts in their minds and go to bed to recuperate.

The next day, the two entered the palace together.

The emperor asked Wei Qingyan to stay and continue reading the memorials, so Shi Yu had to go through the previous emperor's bookshelf alone.

Feng Ruobao was also busy looking for the former palace maids.

When Wei Qingyan finished reading the memorials to be handled that day and was about to go to help Shi Yu, Shi Yu came over.

He was holding a piece of paper in his hand. The paper was sandwiched between a book. The paper was a little yellowed and looked quite old. A big "Zhao" was written on it.

Except for Lan Shu, everyone in the room recognized that the handwriting was that of the late emperor.

"The word 'Zhao' is engraved on the jade sword, and the late emperor also specially wrote the character 'Zhao'. Therefore, the foods related to eggplant must also be related to this 'Zhao'."

The emperor looked at Shi Yu thoughtfully, "But I remember that during the years when the late emperor was alive, you went to Mingyi Hall almost every day, and even stayed overnight.

I've been to Mingyi Palace quite a bit, but haven't discovered anything. Or is it possible that the late emperor is keeping that person in a secret room?"

After saying that, he denied it himself, "There is no secret room in Mingyi Hall."

When he ascended the throne and moved into Mingyi Hall, it had been renovated. He had lived there for six years now and had not discovered any secret rooms or secret passages.

It is even more impossible to keep it outside the palace. The food must be brought into Mingyi Palace. If it is kept outside the palace, it must go out of Mingyi Palace.

Besides, how could people outside the palace not eat eggplants? Even if they wanted to taste the cooking of the imperial chef, they just had to send an imperial chef over.

This was not a difficult task for the late emperor who ruled the country.

Just when the emperor and his companions were puzzled, Feng Ruobao arrived and said, "Your Majesty, we have found some clues about the whereabouts of the eggplant."