"Ayue, believe me, I will find out the truth and get you out of the cold palace as soon as possible!" Yuwen Ran let go of Gu Yanyue and looked at her seriously.
Gu Yanyue's eyelashes moved slightly, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and she tilted her head and smiled: "Ayue has always believed in Aran!"
Seeing this, Yuwen Ran kissed Gu Yanyue deeply on the forehead, then left with a word, "Ayue, you must wait for me!"
Gu Yanyue watched Yu Wenran leave, and unknowingly felt a hint of bitterness in her heart.
After leaving Gu Yanyue, Yu Wenran went straight to the imperial kitchen. Originally, he had no idea what to do, so he just looked around, hoping he could find some clues.
When he arrived, he saw the imperial chef instructing the palace maid to throw something away. He couldn't help but walk closer and heard what the two were saying.
"Throw away all these dishes contaminated with rat poison. Otherwise, if someone accidentally eats them and gets poisoned, you'll be held responsible!"
When the imperial chef said this, the palace maid shrank her neck, dared not say anything, and hurried to do her work.
No one noticed Yuwen Ran standing aside, but this scene reminded Yuwen Ran of something.
He also sent someone to carefully check the kitchen utensils used at the time, and finally found that only the spoon used to make sour plum soup was poisoned, which means that someone had poisoned the spoon, or only poisoned the one with ice.
Yuwen Ran thought for a while, returned to the cold palace again, and told Gu Yanyue what he had seen. Gu Yanyue frowned.
So the poisoning wasn't just something the Queen Mother fabricated, but rather a frame-up! Who could it be? There were only a handful of people in the palace who hated her so deeply. Shangguan Yi? Concubine Yu?
The Queen Mother is such a shrewd person, if she wanted to poison someone, she would not risk her own life. Then the only people who could do that would be Concubine Yu and Shangguan Yi. In comparison, Shangguan Yi was in her palace that day, and she had a stronger motive to commit the crime than Concubine Yu!
"Ah Ran, be careful, Princess. Although I'm not sure, I have a feeling that this matter is closely related to the Princess. Ah Ran, don't alert the enemy. After all, the Queen Mother is behind the Princess. If you provoke the Princess before you find evidence, I'm afraid you will get nothing out of it!"
Gu Yanyue was afraid that this was a conspiracy between the Queen Mother and Shangguan Yi, so she carefully warned Yuwen Ran. Yuwen Ran patted Gu Yanyue's head and said, "Don't worry. I was able to ascend the throne because I have the ability to hold on to it. If I don't have this little ability, how can I be a good emperor?"
"That's right! I have always believed in your Majesty's professionalism." Gu Yanyue smiled.
Yu Wenran was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean by...professionalism?"
"I can't explain it to you!" Gu Yanyue's mouth twitched. She really couldn't explain it, and after all, the cold palace was not a place for conversation. After the two of them discussed it for a while, Yuwen Ran left again.
After Yuwen Ran left, he sent someone to secretly monitor Shangguan Yi's every move.
Perhaps it was because Yuwen Ran had gone too far in searching for evidence, and she was caught by a palace maid when she left that day. So Shangguan Yi was very nervous at this time, fearing that Yuwen Ran would find out something.
Time passed by little by little. For Shangguan Yi, each day felt like a year. She finally couldn't bear it anymore and quickly asked the maid to secretly find the palace maid.
The maid didn't think too much about it at first, so she followed Shangguan Yi. Shangguan Yi had always been unruly and headstrong, and this time was no exception. "This princess gives you two choices. One is to help me keep the secret and hold Gu Yanyue close. Afterwards, I will give you some silver and personally send someone to escort you out of the palace. The other is to make you disappear from this world right now. It's up to you to make which choice!"
If you can live, who would want to die? The maid was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground, "Princess, spare me, I didn't see anything, I don't know anything!"
"You know nothing? So you don't want to choose anything, right? Then how about I choose for you? Just choose two!" Shangguan Yi squinted her eyes and moved closer. The viciousness in her eyes was seen by the palace maid. Based on the latest news, it can be inferred that it must have been the eldest princess who poisoned her!
After figuring out the relationship, the maid was so frightened that her back broke out in sweat. She trembled and said, "I will choose one. I am willing to serve the princess!"
"That's right! If you do a good job, this princess will reward you handsomely!" As she said that, Shangguan Yi took off a hairpin from her head and handed it to the palace maid, who took it tremblingly.
The two reached an agreement, and Shangguan Yi's worry about Benkong finally settled down. As long as Yuwen Ran couldn't find anything, he naturally wouldn't suspect her.
Combined with the confession of the palace maid, I believe that even if Gu Yanyue is not poisoned to death this time, Yuwen Ran will completely hate Gu Yanyue, and then she will be able to enter the palace smoothly and even become the queen.
Having resolved her worries, Shangguan Yi was lying on the chaise longue and daydreaming, not knowing that Yuwen Ran had already sent people to track Shangguan Yi's every move, and even knew the details of her secret meeting with the palace maids.
Even though he couldn't go in and listen carefully, Yu Wenran had guessed something.
When Yuwen Ran went to investigate, the maid who had received Shangguan Yi's hairpin suddenly knelt on the ground, her body trembling slightly, as if she was very frightened. "Your Majesty, this servant has something to say!"
"Oh? What do you want to say?" Yu Wenran frowned, but didn't even look at the palace maid.
The maid knelt tremblingly on the ground, not daring to raise her head. "I accidentally saw Madam Zhenguo poisoning the sour plum soup!"
"Then why didn't you report it in time?" Yu Wenran then realized that this was the palace maid who reported that she had met Shangguan Yi. Presumably, some kind of deal had been reached between the two!
After hearing this, the maid kowtowed to Yuwen Ran repeatedly, "This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die. At first, this slave just thought that Madam Zhenguo wasn't that kind of person, but after the incident, this slave knew it was poison!"
"So, you saw it with your own eyes?" Yuwen Ran's voice was a little cold. How could the palace maid not understand Yuwen Ran's feelings, but she was going to die anyway, so she could only take a gamble. If the gamble was right, she would be rich and glorious!
The maid became much more resolute this time, "I saw it with my own eyes!"
Yuwen Ran nodded, "Okay, I understand. You can go down! I will make the final decision on this matter!"
"Yes, but if Madam Zhenguo knew that I betrayed her, she would definitely not forgive me. Please promise me, Your Majesty, that you will not kill me!" The maid was smart enough to ask Yuwen Ran for a death immunity token.
But unfortunately, she found the wrong person. Yu Wenran snorted coldly, "Since Madam Zhenguo has committed such a serious mistake, how can I forgive her so easily? She can't even protect herself, how can she deal with a mere maid like you? Don't worry!"
After all, Yuwen Ran still didn't make any promises to the palace maid.
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