"It can only be the Queen Mother. The rumors cited some examples, which made the people believe it...
And some of those things are only known to me and the Queen Mother.
Back in the harem, I fought her a lot."
The queen sighed, "I didn't expect that I was wrong and didn't realize that she was a fake..."
Jun Baozhu thought, [If it weren't for my mother, who was concerned that the Queen Mother was my father's biological mother...
If the Queen Mother had not held back, she might not have been able to cover the sky with one hand for so long!
Mother, you are defeated but still honorable! 】
When the queen heard this, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but her mood improved a lot.
The emperor originally blamed himself, but after seeing this, the atmosphere in the palace became much better.
The prince spoke up at this time, "Father, have you thought of a solution?"
The emperor took a deep breath and said, "It has been said since ancient times that it is more difficult to guard against the people's mouths than to guard against rivers.
It is a fact that the Cining Palace caught fire.
Once you fall into the trap of self-proving, you will fall into the trap of the other party.
This is equivalent to a disguised admission of the discord in the royal family and the conflict between the Queen and the Queen Mother. These secrets will only make the common people more excited.
Not only can rumors not be stopped, they will only get worse!"
The second prince asked, "Just now, what countermeasures were father and mother arguing about?"
Emperor: "Your mother knows that if the rumors continue to spread, it will shake the people's trust. She plans to use the fire in the Cining Palace as an excuse to let me punish her and silence the people..."
"How can that be possible!"
"Can't!"
The Crown Prince and the Second Prince looked up, and Jun Baozhu and Concubine Li spoke at the same time.
However, what Jun Baozhu conveyed was the voice of his heart.
[Isn't this exactly what the Queen Mother wants? ]
【She is really bad! 】
[She deceived her father's feelings, made the palace a mess, set fire and killed people, and fled, and now she has done this...]
[Not only can we not do anything to her, but we also have to sacrifice our mother and let her lead us by the nose? ]
【What a beautiful thought! 】
nose?
Concubine Li's eyes lit up.
"Sister, I have a way..."
The Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince and Second Prince all looked over.
That night, the Emperor, Empress, Concubine Li, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince stayed in the Xuanzheng Hall until late at night.
In addition to discussing countermeasures, they are also waiting for the results of the examinations by the imperial doctors.
If someone is caught with a poisonous insect, it will be a great danger to the imperial palace.
The Queen originally asked Concubine Li to take Jun Baozhu back to rest. Concubine Li did not explain and directly handed her daughter in her arms to the Queen...
Jun Baozhu opened her big watery eyes. She no longer loved to laugh like when she was just born. Now her eyes were bright and clear, and she seemed to have the quiet appearance of a little girl. She stopped trying to persuade him.
In the second half of the night, the Imperial Medical Bureau reported the situation in a summary. After a thorough examination, they found that there were two people with poisonous worms in their bodies. They were a palace maid and a eunuch who worked as odd jobs in the imperial kitchen and the imperial pharmacy respectively.
There are twenty people who are suspected to have been implanted with poisonous insect eggs, and they are all working as miscellaneous workers in the entrance-related departments.
Anyone can invisibly deliver food and medicine containing insect eggs to the hands of a noble person.
The emperor and the empress looked livid.
"I will personally confirm these suspected people again. If I still cannot confirm them, I will have to detain them first."
Concubine Li suggested.
There are few eggs in the insect, and as long as the mother insect does not take effect, it is difficult to determine whether you have been infected.
But after examining several corpses that had died from poisonous insects, Concubine Li keenly noticed that the internal organs of these people were slightly different from those of healthy people. Therefore, based on these manifestations, she could still make a slight distinction between them.
The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said to the Imperial Hospital:
“Thank you all for your hard work today!
Let everyone have a good rest. I will ask Eunuch Li to prepare midnight snack for everyone.
Tomorrow, there will be another tough battle to fight!"
At the morning court on the second day, the emperor announced that the fire in the Cining Palace was caused by a spy lurking beside the empress dowager.
The spy disguised himself as Nanny Qin, who served the Queen Mother, and deceived everyone.
Previously, the second prince had found out that there was someone in the Cining Palace passing information to outside the palace. With the permission of the empress dowager, the second prince led people to strictly protect the Cining Palace in order to catch the spy.
The Queen Mother discovered something unusual and informed the Second Prince, who then detained Nanny Qin and interrogated her strictly...
Who knew that the person imprisoned was the real Nanny Qin. Before she was arrested, she was fed poison by spies and was not allowed to tell the truth.
Knowing that he could no longer stay in the Cining Palace, the spy became angry and set traps in the side rooms of the Cining Palace and filled them with explosives, hoping to capture the Queen Mother, the Second Prince and his entourage who were guarding outside the palace...
There was a local explosion and fire in the Cining Palace.
The ministers had already heard that the spy had killed two guards and escaped.
Before going to court, the ministers had already heard a version of the story from the market.
His own people bribed the palace servants to find out another version.
No matter which version it is, there is something credible about it.
But after hearing the emperor's story, they believed it almost immediately.
After all, the emperor, empress, Concubine Li, the crown prince and the second prince were all waiting outside the Cining Palace at that time. Many palace people saw their anxious and worried looks.
The second prince ignored his own safety and turned around to rescue other guards even though he had already come out. In less than half a day, the news spread throughout the entire palace.
This can’t be faked either.
As for the punishment of Nanny Qin, after all, she was close to the Queen Mother, so it was impossible that there was no news. This was also one of the evidences that the fake Queen Mother fabricated the conflict between her and the Queen...
After hearing this, the ministers all felt that the palace was full of crises and that there were people spreading rumors outside, and their intentions were worthy of death!
"Also, didn't I just say that before Nanny Qin died, she was fed poison by a spy?"
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