Chapter 352 Settling the Situation
Emperor Jing sent someone to check the Chaoyang Palace, but found nothing suspicious.
Xia Tun followed along like a quail, lending a hand whenever he was checking things out.
Like Jiang Yun, he was ostracized by the Imperial Medical Academy and was struggling to breathe. In fact, now was a good opportunity to make a contribution, but he was afraid that if he didn't make a contribution, it would backfire.
The two carefully examined the entire hall but found nothing unusual.
We arrived at the inner palace.
Green Ivy hesitated, "These... are Her Majesty's personal belongings."
Ye Wan's expression was serious. "Investigation shows that doctors should not discriminate between men and women when practicing medicine and treating patients."
"I'm still here, investigate." Emperor Jing clenched his fist.
Jiang Yun and Xia Tun looked at everything, but still couldn't find anything unusual.
"What's this?"
Ye Wan picked up a colorful stone that was placed next to her bed.
Green Ivy explained, "This was picked up by Her Majesty on the pebble path in the palace. Her Majesty liked it very much, so I washed it clean and put it here."
"It's actually this thing!" Xia Tun exclaimed in surprise.
Ye Wan looked at him, "You know him?"
Xia Tun's face changed and he lowered his head, feeling extremely regretful. Why couldn't he control his loose tongue?
These are all baseless claims. If I'm wrong, I could lose my head.
"What's your name?" Ye Wan asked, holding the stone.
"Your humble servant is Xia Tun."
"Never seen this before? Is Consort Jing's poison related to this?"
Ye Wan looked Xia Tun up and down. He had a very honest face, the kind of face you wouldn't notice in a crowd.
Xia Tun had already knelt down, trembling with fear. "This humble servant is not sure, but in my hometown there was once a family surnamed Zhang who found a colorful stone, saying it was a stone from outer space and that they wanted to keep it as a family heirloom. After that, the Zhang family members fell ill every now and then, and later the Zhang family's daughter-in-law even gave birth to a... stillborn child."
"It was only later that I guessed that the Zhang family's misfortune might be related to that stone from outer space. When I went to look for that stone, it was already gone, and I never saw it with my own eyes."
Xia Tun finished speaking in one breath, his body drenched in cold sweat. Everything he said was true, but it was all based on his own speculation, and no one could verify it.
"Waist!"
Lin Suyi exclaimed in surprise, and the stone in Ye Wan's hand fell to the ground.
"Mother, why are you here?" Ye Wan asked, startled.
Lin Suying hurried forward, "I'm not stupid. With such a high-profile investigation, you can't possibly hide it from me. Don't worry, I'm mentally prepared. Is someone trying to harm my child?"
She had already noticed it when Ye Wan frequently had the imperial physician examine his pulse.
"Your Majesty, don't worry," Ye Wan comforted Lin Suyi.
Jiang Yun hurriedly picked up the colored stones and examined them carefully.
Then he knelt on the ground and whispered, "This stone may really be a stone from outer space. It contains a special toxin that can affect people's bodies invisibly, especially... pregnant women."
Jiang Yun once flipped through an old doctor's notes, and it seemed that it mentioned something in them.
Emperor Jing was furious. "Li Dequan, have the Dark Dragon Guard investigate. Anyone involved in this matter... shall have their entire family executed."
When an emperor is enraged, millions will die.
Jiang Yun and Xia Tun were promoted, and Physician Hu entered the Shenxing Division.
Once inside that place, one could neither live nor die. Before long, Physician Hu couldn't take it anymore and confessed that the stone was indeed problematic.
The effects on normal people may be slower, taking several years or even decades, but if a pregnant woman carries it, the fetus will definitely have problems.
After much investigation, the investigation finally led to Consort Zhao and her two sons. She had a past relationship with Physician Hu and used that relationship to devise this foolproof scheme.
Who would have thought that Ye Wan's unfounded suspicions would break the spell so easily?
When Murong Qiu was captured by the Dark Dragon Guards, he resisted and was killed on the spot. Murong Ping was captured and brought back.
Murong Ping was secretly recruiting soldiers and horses, clearly already making preparations.
Besides, he bullied men and women, and his backyard was a complete mess, harboring many men and women, some of whom were definitely not there voluntarily.
"Why?"
When the person was brought into the Hall of Diligent Governance, Emperor Jing was reviewing memorials in his everyday clothes.
In just a few days, Emperor Jing lost weight and exuded a murderous aura.
"Hahaha, Father, you actually ask me why?"
Murong Ping was forced to kneel down, and upon hearing these three words, he laughed loudly.
"Father, how did you get this throne? You were able to sit on it, so naturally your son wants to sit on it too. If you don't believe me, you can ask your eldest and second sons if they want to as well."
As he spoke, Murong Ping scanned the hall and saw that all the important figures in the court had arrived.
He is now the Prince Rong, the emperor's son, yet he has to kneel here, watched by so many people.
Emperor Jing put down his vermilion brush and looked at Murong Ping. "You are not my son. I raised you not so that you could compete with my own son."
"Hahaha, so blame the kid who didn't get hurt. Why should he be blamed!"
After Murong Ping finished speaking, he felt it was meaningless. If he didn't leave the throne to his biological son, why should he leave it to them, his adopted sons?
But he was unwilling to accept it; what man doesn't want power?
Turning his head, he saw Lin Anyuan beside him. "Lin Anyuan is such a beauty. I fell in love with you at first sight. I wanted to have you under my body all the time. Unfortunately, you soon became my father's woman, which gave me no chance to make a move. If I become the emperor, I will definitely take you into my harem."
He thought that saying this would make everyone change color, but everyone's expression remained calm.
Even Lin Anyuan himself remained calm.
Lin Anyuan looked at Murong Ping expressionlessly, "It's not wrong for people to have desires, the mistake is that you can't control your desires and end up hurting yourself."
"It's all history, the victor is king, the loser is villain. Do with me as you please." Murong Ping knew he had already lost.
He originally wanted to talk about Consort Jing's pregnancy, but thankfully he held back and didn't say anything.
Emperor Jing's gaze remained calm. "As father and son, I hereby offer you poisoned wine."
Murong Ping was taken away.
Soon, Consort Zhao knelt at the entrance of the Hall of Diligent Governance, pleading, "Your Majesty, please spare my child! Qiu'er is already dead, please spare Ping'er's life!"
Consort Zhao was one of the few imperial concubines who did not leave the palace. She stayed in the palace on the grounds that she was too old. Normally, she could not even leave the palace gates when the emperor was dismissed. Today, she forced herself to run away by threatening to kill herself.
Emperor Jing personally walked to the entrance of the Hall of Diligent Governance and said, "Zhao, I gave you a chance back then, but you were useless. Now you beg me to spare your child, but why won't you spare my child?"
"I was forced by my family back then, and this is how you repay me? You really are an ingrate."
Consort Zhao collapsed to the ground, unable to utter a single word.
Looking at the handsome and refined man, she suddenly burst into tears.
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Within a month, everyone involved in framing Lin Suyi disappeared without a trace.
Emperor Jing used an iron fist, killing all those with disloyal intentions; the blood at the city gates didn't dry for three days.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the entire capital city has become quiet.
"Wanwan, what if someone harms our child too?"
"Wanwan, do you think our child is a boy or a girl?"
When Lin Anyuan returned that day, he pressed his head against Ye Wan's stomach.
Ye Wan's belly is already six months along, round like a small pot on her stomach. It's September now, and the weather is unusually hot.
Lin Suyi is due to give birth in the next two days.
Ye Wan had tried every possible way to give Lin Suying as much as she could from her space.
I hope she can give birth to a healthy child.
"Wanwan." When Lin Anyuan called out again, a little foot suddenly kicked him from inside his stomach.
Lin Anyuan was stunned, frozen in place as if he couldn't move.
It felt like a hole had been torn open in my heart, and something was seeping out continuously.
Ye Wan grasped his hand. "Lin Anyuan, let's go to Jiangnan after the baby is born."
"I want to see the misty rain of Jiangnan, okay?"
"good."
Lin Anyuan's knot in his heart remains, so let's put an end to it there.
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