As night falls, the daytime hustle and bustle of Kyoto fades away, leaving only the tranquility of the night.
After Song Yue bathed and changed, while her hair was still wet, she was engrossed in reading a book when Granny Zhang came in carrying a booklet.
"Does the young lady have a favorite flower pattern? The Imperial Household Department has already begun embroidering her wedding dress."
Song Yue glanced at it and casually pointed: "This one will do."
Granny Zhang noted it down, secretly rejoicing that she hadn't made the wrong choice. Who would have thought that the unpopular Third Miss would have such good fortune?
She became the future Crown Princess in an instant.
Those who became close to Song Yue all benefited from the situation.
"Tomorrow, the Imperial Household Department will send someone to deliver betrothal gifts and rewards, and Granny Yang will also begin teaching you palace etiquette..." Granny Zhang said.
"Um."
Song Yue showed neither sadness nor joy.
She knew that Zhao Zhiyan was marrying her for his own gain.
She married Zhao Zhiyan to protect herself.
Feelings?
It's really not fair to say that.
After a few days of living in a daze, the threshold of Yuehua Pavilion was almost worn out by people walking in and out, and the courtyard was filled with red boxes.
Even Princess Jiahua was so busy that she was nowhere to be seen, only appearing every two days to ask her to go to the palace with her to pay her respects to the Emperor of Northern Chu.
Finally, she felt the pulse of the Northern Chu Emperor.
The pulse was faint and intermittent, extremely strange, as if... he had been poisoned.
"ah!"
Princess Jia Hua suddenly exclaimed, touching her ear: "How come only one of my pair of pearl earrings is left?"
Song Yue was still a little dazed.
"Little Lizi, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and find your cousin!" The Northern Chu Emperor was a little excited and turned to get off the ground.
Princess Jiahua held him down and said coquettishly, "It's just one ear, why do you need to go looking for it yourself?"
She winked at Song Yue: "A-Yue, help me look for it. Maybe some clueless palace servant secretly kept it."
Song Yue immediately understood. This was an opportunity for her to investigate the people serving the Northern Chu Emperor. She had long suspected them, but had no excuse to investigate. Today was the perfect day.
They searched the entire hall, but found nothing.
Song Yue asked, "Have you searched the outer courtyard?"
"Reporting to Miss, we have already searched, but we can't find it." Eunuch Li was sweating profusely with anxiety. Losing other people's things is a big deal, but losing the princess's things is a matter of life and death.
Song Yue glanced around: "Search the residences of the palace servants."
As soon as she finished speaking, Song Yue keenly noticed a palace maid tremble slightly and look away guiltily. Song Yue pointed and said, "Search her!"
The palace maid was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly waved her hands: "Please spare me, young lady! I have never seen Dongzhu before."
"Whether it is or not, just search it up and you'll find out. Why are you panicking?"
Yun Dong stepped forward to search the body, but found nothing after looking around. Song Yue didn't believe it and had a gut feeling that there must be something wrong with the palace maid. Eunuch Li said, "Mo Xiang has been with the Emperor for more than ten years, so there shouldn't be any problems."
Song Yue stepped forward and personally searched Mo Xiang from head to toe. Indeed, she found nothing. Mo Xiang looked at Eunuch Li with tears in her eyes and a pitiful expression, then wiped her eyes with her sleeve.
Suddenly, Song Yue noticed a subtle difference in the color of the fingers on her hand. She grabbed Mo Xiang's hand and snatched her index finger away.
"don't want!"
Mo Xiang exclaimed in surprise.
Song Yue grabbed Mo Xiang's chin: "Hold her down! Don't let her die."
The guards stepped forward and restrained Mo Xiang.
Mo Xiang looked at Song Yue in a panic.
Song Yue held the severed finger in her hand. Mo Xiang's index finger was broken off in large chunks. She put on a fake finger, which was hollow inside. She cut the severed finger open, and fine white powder fell out.
Eunuch Li gasped, "This... more than ten years have passed, and this old servant has never noticed that Moxian has a severed finger! Miss, what is this?"
"The beauty is intoxicated."
Upon hearing the words "Beauty's Intoxication," Eunuch Li gasped, "This...this technique has been lost for many years. How could Mo Xiang possibly possess it?"
"Beauty's Intoxication" is an extremely beautiful name that can make people feel intoxicated and lose their senses. In the early stages of the illness, it will cause people to be agitated and restless, unable to sleep at night. Even the best body will deteriorate. Every three months, the body will decline by 10%. After a year, the poisoned person will die suddenly.
No wonder the Emperor of Northern Chu looked so tired.
Such poison disturbs the mind, leads to poor rest and loss of appetite, and it's no wonder one feels exhausted.
Mo Xiang looked up in astonishment, her eyes fixed on Song Yue, her gaze filled with murderous intent.
"Father-in-law, why don't we investigate this thoroughly today?" Song Yue said.
Eunuch Li dared not underestimate them. He bowed and accompanied Song Yue to investigate all the servants in front of the palace. Only after this investigation did they discover that someone had secretly harmed them.
The maid's clothes were stained with poison; just smelling them up close would make one feel uneasy.
The palace servants who prepared the tea carefully poisoned all the teacups.
Even the tea cakes were soaked in poison.
Eunuch Li was furious: "These damned lackeys! The Emperor has treated them well, how could they frame him like this?"
Song Yue finally understood why the Northern Chu Emperor had such a violent temper in both his previous lives, and why everyone around him wished for his death.
They're trying to wear someone down step by step.
"Father-in-law, this matter should not be leaked," Song Yue reminded him.
Grandpa Li nodded.
She returned to the main hall and, without hiding anything, recounted everything she had found out. Before the Northern Chu Emperor could react, Princess Jiahua's face was already extremely pale.
"How could the imperial servants be so dishonest and dare to speak so disrespectfully to me? Eunuch Li, send them to the Ministry of Justice and give them a proper welcome!" Princess Jiahua declared.
Eunuch Li looked at the Emperor of Northern Chu.
The Emperor of Northern Chu said, "Do as the princess says!"
"yes."
Almost everything in the Council Hall was replaced.
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