Of course, many people speculated about this matter, and everyone was waiting for the emperor's order.
Concubine Bai looked at the things without much reaction. She said to the people around her, "Put all these things in the warehouse first and take them out after this period of time."
Concubine Hui had just died suddenly. If they took these gifts from the emperor, they would probably make many enemies in the palace. So it would be better to put them away, wear plain clothes, eat vegetarian food, and chant Buddhist scriptures, and play out this sisterly love to the end. Just when everyone thought the matter was about to pass, news suddenly came from the Imperial Hospital that Concubine Hui had died of unnatural causes and was poisoned to death.
Moreover, this poison is extremely rare, and its efficacy is very strong and works very quickly. If this poison is promoted, it will cause endless troubles. For a time, people in the previous and next dynasties were in panic.
The emperor became even angrier when he found out about this. He had dinner with Concubine Hui on the night she died suddenly, and he had dinner with Concubine Hui together.
If that person wanted to kill me instead of Concubine Hui, I would probably be in the imperial mausoleum now.
"This matter is of no small importance. We must conduct a thorough investigation and not let anyone off the hook."
The emperor's order was issued again, and this time it was more serious than the last time. For a moment, all the guards in the palace were investigating this suspicious person.
All the imperial guards who were on patrol that day were dismissed from their posts, and several key figures were even beheaded in public.
The imperial physician was also studying the poison and found that the medicine was not available in the palace, so he concluded that the medicine was sent in from outside the palace.
The more this matter was investigated, the more people were implicated. The entire palace was shrouded in a shadow, and the palace maids who were in charge of purchasing things were even more terrified.
This suddenly made Hui Fei's maternal family very angry. Hundreds of people knelt outside the palace and demanded that the emperor thoroughly investigate the matter.
After Concubine Bai knew about this, her face turned very ugly. Everything was going well, but suddenly this happened!
There was a lot of crying and commotion in the palace. Many innocent palace people were interrogated, and some of the weak ones died in the coup.
The emperor disagreed and continued to keep a close eye on the matter.
"Stay at home these few days and don't go out." Situ Yao returned to the East Palace and instructed Su Mengyan.
Now that the situation in the palace is so chaotic, his Eastern Palace will probably be investigated soon.
Since ancient times, when something happened in the emperor's palace, the most suspected place would be his East Palace. What's more, at this time, the emperor's meals were tampered with, so Situ Yao was naturally the focus of many people's attention.
"Has the matter become so serious?" Su Mengyan knew that this matter was a hot topic, but now even Situ Yao was so alert. It seemed that this matter was much more serious than she had imagined.
"There was poison in the food. Although only one concubine died suddenly, if this matter is taken to a larger scale, it can be considered as murdering the emperor." Situ Yao's words were enough to make it clear.
It is indeed a big problem.
"Have you found the source of the poison?" Su Mengyan quickly thought of the key to the problem. If the source of the poison was known, Donggong would probably not be a suspect.
"It hasn't been found yet. The imperial physician said it came from outside the palace."
The news suddenly stopped and it looked like this was a premeditated murder.
Both of them looked very serious. The murderer was very clever. So many imperial guards were dispatched at the same time, but they got nothing for several days. Either the poison was problematic, or the murderer was still hiding in the palace.
Then the emperor would be in danger!
"But don't worry, after you told me about this, I told our people in the palace to stay quiet. I'm afraid it won't be traced back to me for a while."
Once something happened in the palace, everyone would press in to question. This interrogation could reveal more than just one or two things, and if preparations were not made in advance, there was a high probability that previous cases would be overturned.
"A few days ago, the murder of a concubine's offspring was reinvestigated." Situ Yao said this suddenly.
"Should we inform the people outside about this matter?" The person outside Su Mengyan mentioned here was Xuan Ling. The two of them said that the incident happened at night, deliberately avoiding any time where it could be monitored.
They were all hiding their whereabouts in the study. If they informed Xuan Ling about this, the people on Situ Zhao's side would probably take action. This would distract a lot of attention, and their East Palace would be relatively safer.
"These things are now known to everyone. It won't be a big problem to investigate. They should have known about the situation long ago." Situ Yao analyzed.
"They made a plan a few days ago, and I think they've already covered up some things."
Su Mengyan knew that it was she who spread this news some time ago.
"But there will definitely be news out within three days." After saying this, Situ Yao turned off the lights and went to rest. He would talk about the future later. When the enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers; when the water comes, we will block it with earth.
The palace focused its search on Concubine Hui's palace. It is not ruled out that Concubine Hui wanted to murder the emperor, but her plan failed and she was the one who caused the incident.
As expected, the search uncovered something unexpected. A jade pendant was found in the palace, and this jade pendant belonged to Situ Zhao.
A jade pendant belonging to the prince was found in the concubine's palace during a search, and the imperial guards reported the matter to the emperor.
"This matter is of great importance. Everyone, please do not spread the news. I will consult the emperor before taking any action."
While they were hurriedly heading to the emperor, an inconspicuous guard secretly deviated from their path.
"Go and tell Miss Cui about this." After the guard delivered the message, he hurriedly followed.
The little palace maid who delivered the news was terrified. At that time, the palace was in an uproar and anyone who said one more word would be killed. The spearhead suddenly pointed at Situ Zhao. This clever person guessed that Situ Zhao was in great danger.
Thinking of the favored Concubine Bai some time ago, it seems that things are not that simple.
Cui Mixue was also very shocked when she heard about this. How could it suddenly become like this?
Everything was clearly going according to his plan. Situ Zhao should not be implicated in this matter, so how could this person be involved?
Could it be that Xuan Ling had given her the wrong information? Or was this all planned by Situ Yao and the others from the beginning, with the intention of finding something to hold against Situ Zhao and bring him down? However, no matter which scenario it was, she couldn't imagine it at this moment.
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