Wu Mi examined the palace maids in Changchun Palace one by one and soon found one of them.

"Your Majesty, the maid who lived with Chunque confessed that she stole Chunque's key, opened the storehouse, and stole the tribute ink." Wu Mi reported:

"A eunuch contacted her to resell tribute ink..."

The palace maid had no idea that a piece of tribute ink would involve such a big matter.

Shunpin didn't know much about calligraphy. After the tribute ink was sent to the storehouse, she might not remember to use it for several years...

So, she accepted the money from a young eunuch and stole the tribute ink…

I was thinking that I didn’t know how long it would take for Shunpin to find out.

Who will be able to find out when it was lost then?

The clues on both sides pointed to a young eunuch in the Imperial Household Department.

By the time Wu Mi found the young eunuch based on their description, he had already jumped into a well and died.

His house is clean.

No evidence was left to identify any particular concubine.

The clue ended there.

It was approaching dusk.

Judge Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief and knelt down to report:

"Your Majesty, after the treatment of this humble servant and others, the Second Prince is safe. However, His Highness' heart and lungs were damaged by the poison, and there may be some effects in the future."

Helian Qi's expression eased slightly. The poison had invaded his heart and lungs, and he was able to save his life, which was a blessing from his ancestors.

As for the future, we can only use the best medicine and do our best to recuperate.

"You have made great contributions in treating the patients and will be rewarded handsomely," said Helian Qi.

The imperial doctors bowed and expressed their gratitude.

Wen Shutang was very disappointed when she saw this. The poison was so strong that it had already invaded the heart and lungs, but Zhao Yuanpan still saved the person...

So the only thing she missed in this game was that she didn't poison Zhao Yuanpan first?

but……

If your heart and lungs are damaged, you will become a sick man in the future.

The candidate for the crown prince cannot possibly be a sickly person.

It cannot be said that there is no hope for the Second Prince to ascend to the throne in the future, but it can only be said that unless all his brothers are dead.

I really hope her father receives this good news.

…

Because the palace maid confessed to stealing the ink, Shunpin was cleared of suspicion.

The emperor punished her by ordering her to reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors for three months and making her copy the palace rules a hundred times for criticizing concubines behind their backs and failing to discipline palace maids.

Shunpin almost thought that she would follow in Jingpin's footsteps. Fortunately, she was able to save her life and returned to the palace to copy the palace rules with profuse gratitude.

As for Chunque, due to improper storage of the warehouse key, the tribute ink was lost and was sent to Xinzheku by Shunpin.

Concubine Rou woke up that night.

The poison had not penetrated into her heart and lungs, and she recovered after taking the medicine. But seeing the Second Prince become like this, she wished she was the one who was poisoned, and she hugged the Second Prince and cried.

The Criminal Justice Department investigated the eunuch over and over again for several days. Wu Mi tried all the methods that the imperial concubine had used before, but still could not find the suspicious person.

The screening method is to trace the connection between a person and other people or things, looking for possible clues.

But sometimes, it is possible that this "association" is not discovered.

The other party acted very cautiously this time.

No extra clues were left and the place was cleaned up thoroughly.

At present, all the main ladies of the first palace have the possibility of taking action. Even those who are not the main ladies of the first palace may steal Shunpin's ink and poison it first, and then replace Roupin with one.

Finding the real murderer from the harem is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

Wu Mi had no choice but to go to the Yonghe Palace to pay his respects, "I am incompetent and have not been able to find out who is behind this. I wonder if the Imperial Concubine has any solution?"

Ning Wanyin finished reading his case files, thought for a moment and said, "Then let's close the case for now."

"Yes." Seeing that the imperial concubine had no choice but to withdraw.

After Wu Mi left, Lian Rui asked with concern, "Master, is this case really uninvestigable?"

"The case is difficult to investigate, but the person behind the scenes may be investigated." Ning Wanyin pondered for three times, stood up and said, "Take the ginseng soup and go to Ganxin Palace."

…

Yixiu Palace.

Minister Wen was a man and it was not convenient for him to enter the palace. A few days after the Second Prince's accident, Madam Wen took advantage of the Winter Festival to pay respects to Empress Dowager Xue and meet Wen Shutang.

After the palace servants left, Wen Shutang ordered two palace maids to guard outside the door and not allow anyone to approach.

In the main hall, only mother and daughter were left.

"Tang'er, why do you treat your own nephew like this!" Mrs. Wen's eyes were red and tears were pouring down.

Outsiders don’t know what’s going on.

But Minister Wen knew it too well.

Because this tribute ink was prepared by him for Wen Shutang.

Wen Shutang sent him a private message several months ago, saying that Concubine Rou liked to write poems and copy calligraphy, and she wanted to start with Mo and get rid of Concubine Rou.

So I asked my father for help to make some adjustments to the tribute ink.

The son-in-law of one of Minister Wen's concubine's daughters was the magistrate of She County. He was also in charge of the annual tribute of ink from She County.

Now that the Second Prince was in trouble, everyone thought that it was a concubine in the palace who had replaced Gong Mo...

But in fact, this poisonous tribute ink came from outside the palace.

Of course, the materials looked exactly the same, just ink made in the same workshop. However, one poisoned ink was intercepted from this batch of tribute ink and secretly sent to the Wen family.

Wen Shutang sent people to steal Shunpin's ink just to create confusion and make people think that it was a concubine in the palace who did it, so she needed to steal a piece of ink.

The tribute ink was specially prepared for her by Minister Wen.

What could be more painful than destroying your own hopes with your own hands?

This is Wen Shutang, the little gift she gave to her father.

"Because he ruined my life. Are you blind and can't see such an obvious thing?" Wen Shutang said coldly.

She was so happy.

It would be nice for her to see for herself how her father regrets his actions now.

According to calculations, the Winter Solstice will be here in a few days, and the palace will hold a Winter Solstice Banquet, so she will be able to see her father soon.

Really looking forward to it.

"You...Tang'er, why do you still hate your father? Your father is doing this for your own good...Isn't it great that you can enter the palace and become a queen?" Mrs. Wen couldn't understand.

Wen Shutang's eyes fell on her face. At that moment, she felt resentment towards her mother, but then she thought that she was just an ignorant woman who regarded her husband as her heaven, so she directed her resentment towards Minister Wen.

"Mother, you don't understand. I don't blame you, and you shouldn't get involved in what happens between me and him." A happy smile flashed across Wen Shutang's eyes:

"Please tell him that Gong Mo is very useful. Thank him for deposing the Second Prince for me."

"Tang'er, you..." Mrs. Wen felt that her daughter, who had always been well-behaved and docile, was so strange.

"Please don't let him be so clever as to try to send another daughter to the palace to replace me. Now I am the head of a palace, if he sends one, I will kill him." Wen Shutang stared at Madam Wen and said word by word:

"If he wants the Wen family to produce another prince, from now on, the Wen family will be at my disposal. He has to listen to me."

Destroy his father's hope and give him another hope, so that he can work diligently to pave the way for himself.

It’s time for someone else to take over the puppet’s life.