"How dare you!" Emperor Shangwen shouted angrily, his face turning ashen.

"How can we know whether something as vague as casting a curse is true or not?"

The mage knelt down quickly and kowtowed to show that he had no intention of lying.

"Your Majesty, calm down. I observed the sky yesterday. The swallow moon in the palace was high in the sky, and the red light was everywhere, pointing directly to the Empress Dowager's palace."

"This is clearly a sign of a curse, and I have seen it."

"As long as this curse is not resolved, the Empress Dowager's illness will not be cured until her body is worn out, Your Majesty!"

He knelt on the ground, gesticulating with great emotion, as if he had seen the cursed object with his own eyes.

[What is going on? Why hasn’t the Imperial Grandmother recovered yet? The previous medicine couldn’t have been wrong.]

A familiar voice came from his ears. Emperor Shangwen raised his eyelids and looked over, realizing that it was Xiao Ruyu again.

"Your Highness."

"Greetings, Father."

Xiao Ruyu was put down to pay her respects, but her eyes were always on the Empress Dowager lying on the sickbed.

【I will go see the Empress Dowager again.】

She flapped her legs and tried to move forward, but was held by the palace maid behind the Empress Dowager.

"Princess, the Queen Mother just took the medicine and is now resting."

Xiao Ruyu was somewhat dissatisfied with being stopped by the palace maid, but she could only wait for the Empress Dowager to wake up.

At this time, Emperor Shangwen in the outer hall was having a headache. The sorcerer insisted that someone in the palace had cast a curse, which caused the Empress Dowager to be ill for a long time.

For the sake of the Empress Dowager, he had no choice but to order a thorough investigation of the matter.

"Issue an order to thoroughly search the six palaces this afternoon. If there are any unusual objects, bring them here immediately."

A large group of people began to search the six palaces. In order to facilitate the search, Emperor Shangwen simply asked all the concubines to move to Shou'an Palace.

Everyone is looking forward to it, waiting for the truth to come out.

Concubine Li, who had been under house arrest for a long time, also came. Since she last met the emperor because of Lu's father's matter, the emperor never summoned her again.

Seeing Emperor Shangwen at this moment, she wished she could stick to him.

However, due to the situation, Concubine Li did not dare to act rashly.

While no one was paying attention, Xiao Ruyu sneaked into the Empress Dowager's bedroom again.

After taking her pulse again, Xiao Ruyu was secretly shocked.

[Who cast this curse on the Empress Dowager? Although it cannot kill people directly, once it takes shape, the body will be gradually worn down.]

[Over time, the Empress Dowager will suddenly die. I didn’t expect that what the wizard said was actually true.]

Emperor Shangwen and Empress Duan in the main hall both took these words to heart.

Emperor Shangwen's face looked extremely bad, and his fingers gripping the dragon throne gradually turned white.

I didn't expect this to happen in the palace. Fortunately, it was discovered early. If it was discovered by the time the Empress Dowager died suddenly, it would have been difficult to find out who this person was.

More than an hour passed, and just when everyone thought that nothing could be found out.

The father-in-law who was searching came in hurriedly and fell to his knees with a puff.

He raised the object in his hand, his voice trembling.

"Your Majesty, we have found this item in the palace."

Emperor Shangwen's gaze was fixed on the object, and his eyes instantly turned cold.

The wizard hurried forward to check and then knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, this is the cursed object!"

Everyone stretched their necks to look, and saw a scarecrow-like human-shaped doll with densely packed silver needles stuck all over its body. The bloody words on it made everyone gasp.

It is exactly the Empress Dowager’s surname and birth date!

"Which palace was it searched from?"

Emperor Shangwen's tone was extremely cold, and the pressure he released made everyone dare not look up.

Queen Duan's eyelids twitched, and she vaguely felt that something was wrong.

At this time, my father-in-law began to hesitate.

"It's... it's..."

He lowered his head and spoke in fear.

"This item was found in the box under the Queen's dressing table in the inner palace."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall fell into silence.

[What? Who wants to frame my mother? ]

Xiao Ruyu was the first to react and hugged Queen Duan's neck tightly.

"You are talking nonsense. How could there be such filthy things in my palace?"

Queen Duan scolded harshly, with a cold look on her face.

The eunuch kowtowed immediately. "Your Majesty, this item was indeed found in the Empress's palace, and the other eunuchs who were with me can all testify to this."

Emperor Shangwen frowned and looked at the villain in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the Queen is definitely not that kind of person."

Concubine Le stood up and knelt down with a plop. Ever since Empress Duan stood up for her last time, she has kept this favor firmly in her heart.

"I am willing to guarantee for the Queen."

"I am willing too."

"The Queen is definitely not that kind of person."

Concubine Wen and others also knelt down to plead for Empress Duan. They were in this cold palace, and it was the Empress who brought them a bit of warmth.

[Mother would never do such a thing, Father. Don't believe them. I don't know where these people got the things from and put them in Mother's room. They are definitely trying to frame Mother.]

Xiao Ruyu was so anxious that she kept shouting in her heart.

Seeing this scene, the wizard also knelt down.

"Your Majesty, this object does have an ominous aura. You must be careful and discerning. The Queen Mother's illness is caused by this object."

He seemed to be advising Emperor Shangwen to investigate the matter thoroughly, but in fact he was hinting that if the matter was glossed over, the Empress Dowager would still be lying on her sickbed.

Emperor Shangwen also believed that Empress Duan would not do such a thing. After being married for more than ten years, he knew her character well.

But now, if I stop here, I'm afraid I won't be able to give the Queen Mother an explanation.

Emperor Shangwen sighed.

"Queen, I believe you would not do such a thing, but since this thing has been found in your palace, you should stay out of the spotlight for the time being." "Once this matter is thoroughly investigated, I will naturally clear your name."

[Daddy, you are confused. Daddy, do you not love mommy anymore? Do you not love me anymore? Bad daddy, bad daddy.]

Empress Duan was taken back to the palace and placed under house arrest. Before leaving, she looked at Emperor Shangwen with disappointment in her eyes.

Although she understood the matter and that Emperor Shangwen was in a dilemma, she still felt a little hurt.

Xiao Ruyu was so anxious that her wrist felt slightly hot.

There is spiritual energy? !

She reacted immediately and her eyes immediately fell on the villain.

There is definitely something wrong with this villain.

[Dad, there is something wrong with this little guy, let me take a look. ]

She pulled Emperor Shangwen's trouser leg and tried to reach it, but she was so small that she couldn't reach it.

Emperor Shangwen was having a headache at the time, so he took the villain away and sent someone to investigate.

Xiao Ruyu came up empty-handed and was in a very bad mood.

[Why don't you let me see it? Doesn't Daddy believe me or Mommy? ]

She was complaining to Emperor Shangwen in her heart, but her body was carried away by Nanny Cui and returned to the palace with Empress Duan.