Jun Baozhu suddenly remembered and asked Huo Feng:
[Didn’t I hear that the Crown Prince personally investigated and imprisoned three of the palace maids who had contacted Aunt Gui and tampered with my mother’s and my bedroom? ]
【Will there be any clues? 】
When everyone present heard this, they all looked at the Second Prince.
The Crown Prince handed the man over to the Second Prince for trial, and the Second Prince shook his head slightly.
At this moment, Jun Baozhu frowned visibly. Although she was a small person, her expression was extremely rich.
[What? One of the palace maids just died in prison? ]
[Death was miserable, bleeding from all seven orifices? ]
The second prince stood up immediately.
Jun Baozhu was still in shock and didn't pay attention. She continued to ask the system:
【What is the reason? 】
[The Second Prince must have instructed his men to keep a close watch to prevent the suspect from being silenced or committing suicide...]
[Then why did this palace maid die? ]
[Not taking poison? After being caught, the prince's guards searched their bodies and checked their teeth? ]
[How did he die? ]
[The coroner is performing an autopsy, and the guards are on their way to report to the second prince? ]
Jun Baozhu suddenly thought:
[Where are the other two palace maids? Are they okay? ]
[No problem? Didn’t the review find any problems?]
[The dead palace maid is the most suspicious. There is no trace of anything suspicious at the scene of death? There is no poison on her body. She was even chained so she couldn't hit herself against the wall...]
[This is strange, how did she die? ]
[Bleeding from all seven orifices, it's not poisoning, how could this happen? 】
The collected information is limited and the incident has just occurred, so the system cannot make effective inferences.
Jun Baozhu frowned, as if thinking...
A palace servant outside the door reported, "Second Prince, there are guards outside the door asking to see you."
The Second Prince bowed to the Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince, his mother, and Imperial Concubine Li, then strode out.
No one had eaten yet, so the Queen asked the Crown Prince to take Jun Baozhu away and arranged for the palace maids to serve the meal.
The emperor did not move his chopsticks, and the prince also sat there without moving.
Jun Baozhu was in her mother's arms, smelling the delicious food on the table. Her round eyes looked around, and she couldn't help wondering:
【Eat?】
[Father, Queen Mother, Consort Mother, Crown Prince, why don't you eat? ]
[And the second prince brother, wasn't he supposed to have dinner? Why is he gone? ]
Huo Feng reminded from the side.
Jun Baozhu suddenly realized, [Oh...]
[It turns out that the guards came to report the death of the palace maid. Second Prince, you have worked hard! ]
[But, there are still so many things to do. Father and the Crown Prince did not sleep all night last night, and mother was busy redecorating the bedrooms for me and my mother...]
[Empress Duan, I am worried about the whereabouts of my maid...]
[You haven't eaten or slept well. You've been busy all day. How can you not eat? ]
[It smells so good! ]
[I want to eat it! Unfortunately, I am too young and my stomach cannot digest it...]
[What a pity! So, you guys should eat more for me!]
[Also, beating up bad guys requires a body! ]
[For me, when I haven’t slept or am hungry, I don’t even have the energy to curse! ]
Upon hearing this, the Queen looked at Jun Baozhu lovingly and suggested to the Emperor:
"Your Majesty, let's start eating! We have been busy all day, and there are still many tough battles to fight next!"
The emperor looked at everyone and nodded:
"What the Queen said is true. Thank you for your hard work!
The prince has not rested since last night, and he has worked hard!"
His eyes swept over Concubine Duan, who stood up and respectfully admitted her fault:
"Your Majesty, I am guilty..."
The emperor took a deep breath and motioned for her to sit down. "I will not hold you accountable. After all, you care about the queen and Baozhu..."
Having said this, the emperor was unable to continue.
If it weren't for Concubine Duan's maid, perhaps apart from Baozhu's voice, he would have found it difficult to find other evidence to prove that there was something wrong with the people around the Queen Mother...
Now, after unraveling the mystery, we not only know that there is such a ruthless master hiding beside the Queen Mother, but also that he has the poisonous bee from the Southern Red Country on his body.
The emperor never doubted the queen mother, nor did he waver in her love...
The Empress Dowager had shown her stubborn personality in the past, but the Emperor thought that it was before they came to power, and that the Empress Dowager had been oppressed too much, and that her emotions were now released...
But now it seems that this is not entirely the case.
The emperor was thinking, given the queen mother's wisdom, it is impossible that someone who has been with her for so long didn't notice anything...
The key point is, what role did the Queen Mother play in this series of events?
The emperor had just finished comforting Concubine Li when he heard his daughter's voice, with a hint of surprise.
[What? The fish is hooked?!]
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