Emperor Yong hurried to the Cining Palace and saw a large number of people kneeling on the ground inside.
The leader was a criminal detective from the Imperial City Bureau, holding the evil voodoo doll in his hand.
This doll looks very strange at first glance, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.
On the face made of rags, the facial features that resembled the empress dowager were exaggerated and stiff, the corners of her mouth were raised high, the smile was twisted, and a cold feeling came over her.
"Is this the unclean ghost thing?" Emperor Yong looked cold and angry.
The detective lowered his head and said:
"yes."
Emperor Yong asked:
"You, the Imperial City Bureau, along with the Imperial Guards, have completely surrounded the Cining Palace. How could something like this appear under the Empress Dowager's bed?"
The detective replied:
"Your Majesty, guards have been stationed outside the Empress Dowager's bedroom to ensure no outsiders can enter. But inside this bedroom..."
Emperor Yong was shocked and angry:
"You mean to say that there are spies among those serving the Queen Mother?!"
These people are all his trusted confidants selected by him personally!
If the mastermind behind this really has such ability, then how can he still be the emperor?!
At this moment, Shen Yubai's steady voice came from behind Emperor Yong:
"My Royal Highness, these palace servants may not be disloyal to you, but since the person behind this could use sorcery to create a voodoo doll, they would certainly use it to deceive people. It's likely that someone was manipulated by the sorcerer and secretly created this thing in the Queen Mother's chambers."
Emperor Yong turned around and saw Shen Yubai slowly approaching. The anxiety on his face instantly faded a little.
"Could it be possible that sorcery could manipulate a person's mind?"
"Most people who practice evil arts can't do it." Shen Yubai's eyes were cold and gloomy, "But a very small number of masters can do it. There are only a handful of such people in this world."
Emperor Yong was silent for a moment, then said, "What if this person behind this plot manipulates someone I trust and uses them against me? I won't even know how I died. Then, who will be left around me to rely on?"
When the people kneeling on the ground heard the emperor's words, they all lowered their heads in a hurry.
Only Shen Yubai looked at Emperor Yong calmly, "The evil magic can only be used to harm the people around my brother, it cannot harm you yourself."
Emperor Yong frowned, "What do you mean?"
“Firstly, my royal brother, you are the True Dragon Son of Heaven, protected by the Emperor’s command. Even if a sorcerer of immense cultivation dares to use evil magic to harm you directly, he will not be able to withstand the backlash and will be killed on the spot. No demon or evil spirit in the mortal world dares to fight against a True Dragon.
Secondly, while it's easy to use sorcery to bewitch people, completely controlling a person is extremely demanding. One must first use special techniques to contact the person being controlled, drawing their soul into the magic circle, and only then can they lose their sense of self and become a puppet, obedient to the sorcerer's commands.
Someone must have leaked the news when you personally selected the palace maids to serve your mother. After the sorcerer learned about this, he tampered with one of these palace maids before they entered the Cining Palace and sent his spies hidden in the palace to approach this person in order to cast a spell.
Therefore, as long as we check everyone these palace maids had contact with before entering the Cining Palace, we will definitely be able to find clues."
Emperor Yong understood.
The mastermind behind this was very cunning. He knew that the Cining Palace would be strictly guarded, and that these palace maids would no longer have the chance to be bewitched and manipulated after entering the Cining Palace. So he took action before that happened, turning one of them into a puppet first, and then driving the puppet to take action after the puppet came to the empress dowager.
In this way, no matter how strict the guards outside the palace were, they would be able to harm the empress dowager again without anyone noticing.
"Thirteenth brother, you have been studying metaphysics since returning to the capital from the frontier. I trust you most in these matters."
Emperor Yong looked at Shen Yubai and pointed at the witch doll. "Help me quickly to see what this thing does. Will my mother really make a mistake because of it?"
Shen Yubai took the voodoo doll without hesitation, looked at it carefully for a while and said:
"According to folklore, this thing is used to pierce villains. It was deliberately made to look like the Queen Mother using secret techniques. Whenever the puppet is controlled and pricks the heart, the Queen Mother will suddenly feel a pain. This is why the Queen Mother suddenly fell ill. The Queen Mother doesn't recognize Xiao Jiuer because the puppet has been tampered with, affecting her mind."
When Emperor Yong heard that his mother had suffered in this way, his face turned extremely grim. "My mother is also the mother of a country, and her fate is noble. How could that evil sorcerer use a voodoo doll to harm her like this? My mother's illness has gradually improved recently. Is it that the voodoo doll has lost its effect, or what?"
"My mother was indeed born with a noble destiny. Like my brother, she should have been invulnerable to evil magic. However, as she aged, her destiny weakened. This gave that all-powerful sorcerer an opportunity to strike, and that's why she fell victim to it.
During this time, I sent for protective Buddha statues and other items to place at the head and foot of the Queen Mother's bed. Good prevails over evil, and the evil creature hiding under the bed has been suppressed. It can no longer cause any trouble and can only hide with its tail between its legs. Naturally, the Queen Mother's condition is improving."
As he spoke, Shen Yubai's gaze suddenly turned to the Queen Mother's bedside, "My mother suddenly fainted this morning, and then the palace maid found the voodoo doll under the bed. It was all because someone moved the treasure that protected my mother.
If we find out who this person is, we will know who is the puppet being manipulated by the sorcerer."
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