Jun Baozhu's revelations this time were like a bolt from the blue, making everyone uneasy.
At the Queen's persuasion, everyone had a simple meal.
In order to free up time and opportunity, let Aunt Gui find someone to contact her...
The Queen asked Concubine Li and Jun Baozhu to rest in Changyi Palace, and they would return to Kunning Palace later.
The emperor had a brief dinner and took the prince back to Xuanzheng Hall to plan a countermeasure.
The second prince returned to the cell and prepared to have the coroner perform an autopsy to confirm whether there were any poisonous insect corpses in the palace maid's body.
As a result, compared with its competitors, it seems that it is short of manpower.
When it got dark, Concubine Duan's maid was already awake.
The Queen brought Concubine Li and Jun Baozhu back to the palace.
The prince's guards confirmed that apart from having contact with a palace maid in charge of food in Kunning Palace, Nanny Gui did not enter Kunning Palace.
Nanny Gui was alert. In order not to alert the enemy, the guards did not dare to get too close, so they did not pay attention to whether Nanny Gui gave anything to the palace maid.
Jun Baozhu had eaten her fill and taken a nap in Changyi Palace...
When I returned to Kunning Palace, I felt very energetic.
Huo Feng noticed it and revealed the latest situation.
Jun Baozhu's voice is crisp.
[Sure enough! There is a dead insect body inside the dead function body. ]
[Because the Second Prince has never seen a Gu insect, he is not sure what it is? ]
[It's the Zi Gu! Its body is flat and round, and its head and limbs are like a golden-winged insect? Its body is shiny brown, even though it's dead...]
[The doctor used a silver needle to poke it lightly, and it burst into blood instantly? ]
[Eh...so disgusting! ]
[The palace maid looked normal on the surface, but in fact, her internal organs had been eaten and corroded by poisonous insects. After the autopsy, it was found that there were insect holes all over her body? ]
[Even if not, because the child Gu was controlled to die, the child Gu would absorb all the nutrients in the body, and without any more supplies, both the child Gu and the palace maid would die? ]
[What a vicious practice! ]
[How is the second prince? Are you scared? ]
[No? Second Prince, you are really amazing! ]
[Second Prince, holding the jar containing the dead poisonous insect, is on his way to find Father and Crown Prince? ]
Jun Baozhu's voice changed:
[How annoying! The South Red Country's poisonous insect has appeared in the world, which may cause chaos, and Aunt Gui is still here to mess things up! ]
[Mother, Consort, and Brother Crown Prince, please save enough energy to be on guard! ]
[Drag us down! How annoying! ]
What thought flashed through Jun Baozhu's little head...
But she was too young to realize it.
The Queen and Concubine Li fell into deep thought.
Not long after sitting down, the guards saw that the crown prince and the second prince had not come. As the situation was urgent, they asked to see the queen directly.
"Come in!"
The imperial guard reported to the empress about Madam Gui's sneaky contact with the palace maids in the kitchen of Kunning Palace, as well as the palace maids' subsequent movements.
"The kitchen? You've been preparing the ingredients in there?"
The Queen smiled gently, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of her lips, "I didn't know there was such a diligent person in Kunning Palace. I will definitely praise him!"
After the guards left, Concubine Li asked worriedly, "Sister, what should we do?"
The Queen smiled, but did not give a direct answer. Instead, she asked:
"If you were me, what would you do?"
Just as Concubine Li was about to stand up, the Queen stopped her immediately, "There's no need to be so formal between you and me.
What's more, we are facing internal and external troubles and a powerful enemy. You know why I ask this."
Concubine Li did not hesitate any longer. She thought carefully and gave a tentative answer, "Madame Gui has targeted me again and again. If you say that there is no Queen Mother's instruction behind this, it does not make sense...
Whether it was the Queen Mother's instigation or the maids' instigation, they all disregarded Kunning Palace."
Concubine Li did not say it directly and did not take the Queen seriously.
“Not to mention, if something happens in Kunning Palace, the emperor, the crown prince, and the princes will be affected, and the entire harem will be in chaos.
Apart from his sister, the Empress Dowager, as the Emperor's biological mother, should be the one who knows best how hard the Emperor has worked in recent years.
But the Queen Mother still doesn't take such a disturbance in the harem and the overall situation to heart. My sister dares to say that this is the biggest obstacle to the stability of the harem now.
If the incident with the Nan Chi Kingdom's poisonous insect had not happened, the conflict with the Queen Mother could have been resolved slowly, but right now, the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and my sister don't have that much time.
We must cut the Gordian knot and eliminate the factors that may cause chaos in the harem first."
The Queen smiled, made no comment, and motioned for her to continue.
“Whatever role the Queen Mother plays, there is no doubt that Nanny Gui is suspicious.
Moreover, she has a tracking bee from the Southern Red Country on her body, which makes her the most suspicious at the moment.
Perhaps, the poison that killed the palace maid was also related to her.
There is something I want to say, but I don’t know if I should say it…”
Concubine Li raised her head and looked at the Queen sincerely.
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