Imperial Concubine Yao was even more shocked. Sang Yu had a cousin outside the palace. They had been childhood sweethearts and loved each other. Her cousin had been waiting for her to leave the palace. How could he find a lover at this critical moment? The queen raised the corners of her lips slightly, but said nothing.

Chu Yan's expression became even gloomier. "Tianyao, is this palace maid by your side?"

Imperial Concubine Yao gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, yes."

"What are you going to do?" Chu Yan asked in a deep voice.

Imperial Concubine Yao pursed her lips tightly, "Your Majesty, allow me to ask her a few questions."

After saying that, she looked at Sang Yu, "Sang Yu! What is it that you are hiding? Tell me the truth, and I will take care of it for you!"

Sang Yu trembled like a leaf in the wind, but did not say a word, just shook his head.

The same goes for the eunuch.

Chu Younan frowned. These two really were in love with each other. They were still thinking about dying together. However, this matter was not a big deal. If it was handled according to the palace rules, it should not affect Concubine Yao.

Is this the Queen's method?

He saw Su Bei looking at him quietly, and asked with his mouth: "What will happen?"

Chu Younan pulled her hand under the table and slowly wrote the word "death".

Su Bei sighed secretly in his heart, what an evil old society!

Just when they thought that the matter was just like that, someone in the hall suddenly cried out softly. When everyone looked, they saw that the Concubine Chen, who was more than four months pregnant, suddenly turned pale and looked in pain.

The matter of the palace maid and the eunuch was put on hold for the time being. Chu Yan said urgently, "Hurry up and call the imperial physician!"

The palace banquet was in chaos for a moment.

When Concubine Chen was carried out, her dress was stained with blood. Soon, an imperial physician came to report that Concubine Chen had been poisoned and the fetus had been damaged, and she had already miscarried.

Chu Yan was furious when a nice palace banquet turned into such a mess. He immediately ordered people to thoroughly investigate the poisoning of Concubine Chen.

A good check.

The dishes on the table were all cold, but no one picked up their chopsticks. Su Bei was so hungry that he was panicking. He kept complaining in his heart that he should not have come today and it would have been better for him to stay at home and celebrate the New Year with Wen Xia Baoqiu.

But when she turned to look at Chu Younan and saw that he had a serious expression and a frown on his face, all the complaints in her heart disappeared.

She whispered, "What's wrong?"

Chu Younan replied in a low voice: "This is not right."

He didn't know what was wrong, but he had a hunch that the Queen had done something big today.

Sure enough, when Doctor Xue hurried in again, the eunuch following him was holding a basin of charcoal.

"Your Majesty, I have found out that the reason for Concubine Chen's miscarriage is this charcoal! This charcoal is mixed with a lot of charcoal made from cinnamon twigs. Cinnamon twigs warm the meridians and dispel cold, so it is not a big deal. However, I have found oleander flower powder on this charcoal! If these two are used together for several days, it will definitely cause miscarriage!"

Su Bei held his forehead with his hand. The deep palace is really a big pit of fire! What cassia twigs, what oleander, they are playing too high!

Chu Younan's brows furrowed even more tightly.

At this time, a maid beside the queen said cautiously: "The eunuch just now was in charge of distributing charcoal."

Chu Younan's pupils suddenly dilated. So he was waiting here! The maidservant beside Concubine Yao and the eunuch who distributed charcoal had an affair, which meant that Concubine Chen's miscarriage was linked to Concubine Yao. If the crime of murdering the heir was proven, Concubine Yao would be banished to the cold palace! Not only did he think so, Su Bei also came to her senses at this time. She frowned slightly, secretly held Chu Younan's hand, and squeezed it hard, hoping to give him some comfort.

Not only did they think of it, but all the old hands in palace fighting present also realized it. Everyone looked at Concubine Yao as if they were watching a good show, and some people even started to discuss it in a low voice.

"I came to pay my respects to the Empress a few days ago, and it seems that Concubine Chen contradicted Concubine Yao!"

"Of course! A few days ago, Concubine Chen invited us to go flower viewing, but Concubine Yao excused herself by saying she was not feeling well and did not go! She must be mad at her!"

"Empress Yao usually looks kind and gentle, but she is actually so cruel and ruthless!"

Chu Yan immediately ordered people to search the residences of the two people. Sure enough, some charcoal burned by cassia twigs and oleander pollen were found in their residences.

His brows knitted tightly together, and after a while he said, "Bring up the pair of palace maids and eunuchs!"

The hall fell silent. After a moment, someone reported back, "Your Majesty! The palace maid and the eunuch bit their tongues together and committed suicide!"

Once a person dies, there is no evidence, so the accusation of murdering the royal heir was confirmed.

Imperial Concubine Yao was sweating coldly, but she couldn't just sit there and wait for death, so she said, "Your Majesty! Sang Yu will be able to leave the palace next year, it is impossible for her to find a partner in the palace, there must be something hidden behind this!"

Chu Yan turned to her, his eyes full of disappointment, "They didn't commit suicide when they were caught just now, but they both committed suicide after Concubine Chen had a miscarriage. Tianyao, how do you explain this?!"

Chu Younan shook Su Bei's hand heavily, because he heard that Chu Yan was equally disappointed. There was no white lotus in the deep palace, and Concubine Yao's hands were naturally not clean. The Queen had indeed set up this game well, and it was almost a dead end.

"Do you believe it?" Su Bei asked in a low voice.

Chu Younan's face was gloomy, his eyes were as cold as ice, "It's not her!"

He knew that his mother liked Sang Yu and had said that she would make Sang Yu his concubine. Later, she forced Sang Yu to tell her that her cousin had been waiting for her. Concubine Yao immediately promised that when she reached the age to leave the palace, she would give her a sum of money so that she and her cousin could live a good life.

How could he possibly sacrifice Sang Yu, the woman she loves, just to harm the concubine?

But these cannot be used as evidence.

Chu Yan was already extremely furious, and seeing that he was glaring at him, he might say that the concubine would be deposed and sent to the cold palace in the next moment.

Su Bei shook Chu Younan's hand again, then suddenly stood up, "Your Majesty! I have something to say!"

Speaking up at this time is simply asking for trouble! Chu Younan's heart instantly rose to his throat.

Chu Yan didn't want to pay attention to her, but Su Bei spoke again: "Your Majesty just asked me what my wish was. I would like to ask Your Majesty to give Concubine Yao a chance to prove her innocence!"

Since Chu Younan is so sure that she is not Imperial Concubine Yao, then let's use this wish on her. After all, we all prosper together and suffer together. If Imperial Concubine Yao falls, Chu Younan will definitely not be better off.

She didn't want to see him implicated, so she helped his mother!

Chu Yan was burning with anger, but he couldn't go back on his word. He glanced at Su Bei with a sinister look, "You only have one wish, are you sure you want to use it?"

Su Bei was a little scared when she thought that the emperor could kill people at will, but she bit her lip and mustered up her courage to say, "I think that if Imperial Concubine Yao and Imperial Concubine Chen had a quarrel a few days ago, once something happened to Imperial Concubine Chen, everyone would naturally think of Imperial Concubine Yao. It would be stupid to do such a thing. To be an Imperial Concubine, one must not rely on just one's face."

After she finished speaking, Chu Yan's expression eased a little.

Indeed, Ruan Tianyao was a modest person who knew the big picture. At least she had never let herself be discovered to have done anything to other concubines. How could she have left such a big flaw this time? Someone must have framed her.

But all the evidence points to her, and Chu Yan cannot openly favor her.

He turned to look at Ruan Tianyao, "Can you prove your innocence?"