But no matter how different they are, this uncle and nephew are both members of the royal family.
Jiang Xiancao lowered his eyes, suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart, and then walked to the curtain and knelt, "Grandmother, I am late."
Empress Dowager Lu looked at her, her eyes showing fatigue. "I heard everything. You were troubled by those evil spirits on your way here. Fortunately, you were alert and were able to see through the true face of those filthy creatures."
She had been calm at first, but by the end she could no longer suppress her anger. "These people are so audacious, they think the palace is a place where they can run wild as they please! If we don't eradicate them completely, the reputation of the Dasheng Imperial Family will be completely shattered!"
Jiang Xiancao responded to the Queen Mother's words, but his eyes looked towards Chen Yubai.
Shen Yubai gave her a reassuring look.
Jiang Xiancao stood up and wanted to go inside the curtain to wait on Emperor Yong's bedside, but was stopped by Shen Yubai. "To prevent evil spirits from invading, a magic circle has been set up inside the curtain. Now only the Queen Mother can be inside the magic circle."
Empress Dowager Lu put down the medicine bowl in her hand and pressed her temples, saying to Jiang Xiancao, "I am with the emperor. You and your uncle should go and help him as much as possible. Right now, you are the only ones I can trust."
Jiang Xiancao followed Shen Yubai out of the bedroom. She whispered, "Where are the Queen and the Crown Prince? Given the current situation, the Sun family has already torn their relationship with the royal family. It's time to take action against them openly."
Shen Yubai's eyes were cold, "The Queen and the Crown Prince are gone."
Gone?
Jiang Xiancao was stunned. This was in the imperial palace, with so many imperial guards and people from the Imperial City Bureau guarding them. Even if the evil magic of the Tianming Pavilion was so powerful, these two living people who were the focus of everyone's attention could not disappear out of thin air!
Moreover, Shen Yubai has always been very careful in what he does. No prey he has set his sights on can escape. But this time, such a big change happened!
Shen Yubai told Jiang Xiancao what happened when the Queen and the Crown Prince disappeared:
"At that time, the Empress Dowager had summoned the Crown Prince to her palace for questioning. After the news of the Emperor's brother's accident reached the Cining Palace, she hurried to the Qianqing Palace, and the Crown Prince also said he wanted to follow.
He said that after all, he was the eldest son of his elder brother and the crown prince, so it was reasonable for him to go with him. However, the person in charge of guarding him said that he could not go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity without an imperial edict, so he had an argument with the prince.
In the chaos, the prince suddenly fainted and showed the same symptoms as his elder brother. The servants of Cining Palace had no choice but to send him to the inner hall and then sent someone to invite the imperial physician. However, when the imperial physician arrived, the palace servants who had lost consciousness were lying unconscious on the ground, and the prince who was supposed to be lying in bed was nowhere to be found.
As for the queen, when she disappeared, she had been chanting scriptures in the Buddhist temple in Kunning Palace. The palace maids and guards were all outside the door. After the emperor got into trouble, the guards entered the Buddhist temple and found that she was no longer in the temple. Even the white jade Buddha statue enshrined in the temple was broken into pieces.
It was precisely because the Buddha statue was broken that the mantra inside the fragments could be seen. However, before Nun Meng arrived, the fragments caught fire on their own, leaving not even a trace of residue.
The Empress's trusted female official Qingluan committed suicide by poisoning before being arrested. This was clearly premeditated, and the Emperor's brother's affairs must be related to them."
Shen Yubai's expression was stern. "The only thing we can be sure of now is that they must still be in the palace. I have ordered people to check all the palaces and secret rooms and secret passages."
Jiang Xiancao nodded and asked again:
"What's the situation outside the palace? Have they surrounded the Right Prime Minister's residence?"
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