As the emperor stepped out of Concubine Ru's bedroom, the thought that Hua Wanru was still alive kept echoing in his mind.
Thoughts surged like the tide.
The initial excitement gradually faded, replaced by tranquility.
He walked slowly, pondering the truth behind this series of bizarre events.
The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that something was fishy.
Recalling last year, Grandpa Huang did send assassins to the Huaguo Mansion to wipe out the entire family. After hearing the news, he felt like he was struck by lightning and rushed to the scene regardless of everything, but all he saw was the graves of the entire Hua family.
Not only that, we also got solid evidence from many people - no one in the Hua family was spared, all of them died.
However, now, these people who should have been buried underground have miraculously been reborn!
What on earth is going on? Is there really a way to bring the dead back to life?
Or is there another hidden story... All kinds of questions came to the emperor's mind, leaving him puzzled.
There must be something fishy going on here.
He didn't believe in resurrection from the dead. Even if someone came back from the dead, it couldn't be a whole family.
He strode towards the imperial study and suddenly stopped.
The people who probably know the most about the Hua family's affairs are the Jiang family, who were nearby when the incident happened.
After all, when the incident happened, the Hua family was in the Jiang family’s hometown.
Therefore, Jiang's brother, Jiang Shucheng must know what is going on.
The emperor immediately ordered the eunuchs around him.
"Go, summon Jiang Shucheng to see me."
The eunuch took the order and left.
An hour later, the eunuch hurried back to the palace and reported to the emperor with a nervous look on his face.
"Your Majesty, I have not seen Lord Jiang Shucheng."
"I heard from his neighbors that Mr. Jiang returned to his hometown two months ago."
The emperor was stunned.
Then I remembered that Jiang Shucheng had no official position and was just a commoner, so he could come and go as he pleased and no one cared about him.
So even if he was gone for two months no one knew.
Since Hua Wanru passed away, the emperor has tried his best not to contact anyone related to Hua Wanru, because he was afraid of being reminded of the past.
She was also afraid that he would favor Concubine Ru and be looked down upon by Jiang Shucheng, Hua Wanru's uncle.
The emperor gritted his teeth secretly, always feeling that Jiang Shucheng's departure was somewhat coincidental.
Two months ago, wasn’t that the time when Princess Xinrong got married?
Suddenly I remembered that Hua Wanru was going to get married in a few days, although I didn’t know who the other party was.
Could it be that Jiang Shucheng and the others already knew that none of the Hua family members were dead?
This time, the whole family went to Beiping Prefecture to attend Hua Wanru's wedding.
When the emperor thought of this possibility, his expression became increasingly grim.
His eyes suddenly widened, he stood up and walked out.
The eunuchs and palace maids didn't understand and could only follow.
The emperor said urgently, "Go to the cold palace!"
The eunuchs and palace maids hurried to prepare.
When they hurried to the cold palace, the eunuchs in front of the cold palace were all shocked and knelt on the ground.
They had never expected that the emperor would come in person. They could not guess the purpose of the emperor's visit.
The emperor didn't look at them and gave the order in a cold voice.
"Go, call Concubine Ying to me."
More than a dozen eunuchs raised their heads in panic, then quickly lowered them. No one moved.
The emperor frowned and was about to get angry.
A eunuch who was a little braver answered cautiously.
"Reply, reply to the emperor's words,"
"Empress Ying died suddenly a month ago."
The emperor was stunned and stared at him in disbelief.
"What did you say? Say it again."
The man was startled and spoke hesitantly.
"Ying, Concubine Ying, died suddenly a month ago." The man's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally it was almost impossible to hear clearly.
The emperor's face was as cold as ice.
He asked through gritted teeth.
"What's going on?"
"How could Concubine Ying die?"
"When did I let her die?"
Concubine Ying was born into a family of military generals. She was in good health and skilled in martial arts.
He punished her by sending her to the cold palace.
But he didn't want her to die. Just like General Hou, he only took away his military power but didn't take his life.
But, Concubine Ying actually died in the cold palace?
He suddenly thought of his previous life, when Ru'er was banished to the cold palace by him and died not long after. When she died, there were two lives left.
He couldn't help but shudder.
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
The emperor is in a very bad state.
There was bloodlust in his voice, "Who is in charge of the cold palace?"
A middle-aged eunuch who was hiding and trying hard to reduce his presence crawled a few steps and said nervously.
"Yes, it's a slave!"
The emperor's anger has reached its peak and he wants to kill someone.
He kicked the middle-aged eunuch directly and knocked him to the side.
The middle-aged eunuch was twitching in pain.
"Tell me why Concubine Ying died?"
"Did you do anything?"
When the middle-aged eunuch heard the emperor say this, he was so frightened that he trembled all over. He quickly got up and replied carefully.
"Not a slave!"
"No, slave!"
"Empress Ying died of poisoning!"
The emperor gnashed his teeth and asked, "How could he die of poisoning? Did you give him the poison?"
The middle-aged eunuch kowtowed so hard that his head bled. He kept saying, "It was not you who kowtowed. It was really not you who kowtowed."
"This old servant has no intention of harming Concubine Ying."
"I don't know what happened that day. Concubine Ying died suddenly, with black blood in the corners of her mouth and eyes."
"The old servant said that Concubine Ying was poisoned!"
The emperor clenched his hands tightly, then released them.
"Since you are so useless, just go die."
The emperor finished speaking and was about to leave.
The eunuchs around the emperor were about to order someone to kill the eunuchs and palace maids in the cold palace.
The eunuchs and palace maids begged for mercy and cried to the sky.
But no one cares about them at all.
One of the maids was about to die, so she shouted.
"It's Concubine Ru!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"It was Concubine Ru's maid, who brought a box of snacks to Concubine Ying."
"After eating the snack, Concubine Ying died."
The eunuchs stopped what they were doing and looked at the palace maid in shock.
The palace maid's face was full of fear.
"What this servant said is true."
"It was Concubine Ru who had Concubine Ying poisoned to death!"
"It really has nothing to do with the servants."
The emperor frowned and turned to look at her.
"Who did you say sent it?"
The palace maid was crying and snotting. Seeing that the emperor was finally willing to listen to her, her eyes were filled with hope and she quickly spoke.
"It's Ping'er, the chief maidservant beside Concubine Ru."
"I saw her coming over with a food box."
"She even forced Concubine Ying to eat it! She said if Concubine Ying didn't eat it! She would send someone to kill General Hou..."
The emperor's face was full of disbelief.
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