Of course, he was not here to deliver elixir to the Queen Mother; he was here to carry out an investigation mission.
The harem is a forbidden area for outside men, so this is a helpless move.
Naturally, court officials could not go in and out on their own and had to be accompanied by eunuchs and maids from the palace.
Su Cheng and a team of guards also went to Zhaoyang Palace accompanied by four palace maids.
On the way, Su Cheng met the second prince Xiao Shunyang.
Last time they came out of the peach forest together and returned to the capital together. The difference was that Su Cheng was unharmed, while Xiao Shunyang was only slightly injured.
Xiao Shunyang was supposed to rest at home, but he asked to enter the palace and join the investigation.
"Second Prince."
"Deputy Commander Su."
The two greeted each other.
"Where is Deputy Commander Su going?" Xiao Shunyang asked.
"Go to Zhaoyang Palace." Su Cheng said.
Xiao Shunyang's expression remained unchanged: "This is the first time for Deputy Commander Su to enter the palace. Zhaoyang Palace is the bedroom of the Empress Dowager. Deputy Commander Su is a foreign man, so I'm afraid it will be inconvenient. Why don't you leave it to me and you go to the Imperial Hospital."
The first investigation location Xiao Shunyang chose was the Imperial Medical Service.
"The Imperial Medical Bureau is not in this direction. It should be in the front court, right?" Su Cheng had already seen the blueprints of the imperial palace last night.
Su Cheng looked at Xiao Shunyang with a vigilant look, "There's something wrong with you!"
Xiao Shunyang smiled and said, "I'm going to the palace to pay my respects to my father and the empress dowager. In front of me is the empress dowager's Yongshou Palace."
Su Cheng thought about it and realized that it was true.
Xiao Shunyang said: "I will report this to the Empress Dowager and exchange it with you."
Su Cheng refused outright: "No need, this is a serious matter, how can we just change it? I shouldn't say this, before the truth comes out, even you and I are suspects!"
Su Cheng is not stupid.
Although it was Xiao Shunyang who proposed the exchange, once the emperor investigates, Xiao Shunyang is his biological son. Can the emperor blame Xiao Shunyang?
Isn't it just you who is taking the blame? "I have to go investigate. Second Prince, I'm sorry I can't keep you company!"
Su Cheng said this with full of aura and left without looking back.
Xiao Shunyang looked at Su Cheng's receding back and frowned slightly.
Early in the morning, Zhaoyang Palace received news that the Imperial Guards would come to investigate. The palace servants put aside their current matters and stood in the yard waiting for the investigation.
Xiao Yunzi came to the bed and said, "Grand Empress Dowager, it's time to get up. The guards are coming."
Zhaoyang Palace usually does not interact with other concubines in the harem, so Bai Xihe is not so conservative and it is common for her to sleep until noon.
Bai Xihe stayed up late last night reading a storybook and was so angry at the scumbag in it that she doesn't really want to think about it right now.
Little Yunzi was very anxious: "Oh my goodness, people are waiting outside!"
"Who's coming?" Bai Xihe asked sleepily.
Xiao Yunzi stood respectfully outside the curtain and said without looking away, "I heard that he is the new deputy commander of the Imperial Guard."
"Let him wait!" Bai Xihe fell asleep again.
Xiao Yunzi: "..."
In the small garden of Zhaoyang Palace, Su Cheng had already begun checking the palace maids, eunuchs, and maids one by one.
In addition to routine questioning, we also have to observe whether they have disguised themselves and have any skills.
"Go wash your face."
Su Cheng pointed at the well water and said.
The palace servants looked at each other, not understanding why they had to wash their faces.
"Wash one, come over here!"
Is it okay after washing? What if he is wearing a human skin mask?
Furthermore, one's physical ability also needs to be checked. Whether one has internal strength or not can be known with just a check.
The palace servants had already searched most of the area, but there was still no sign of the Empress Dowager.
What's going on with this Empress Dowager?
I've urged him several times, is he trying to avoid investigation?
"Sir Su, these eunuchs are very skilled!" a guard reported.
One eunuch cried out, "It's unfair! We are not members of the White Lotus Sect! We just learned some self-defense skills before entering the palace!"
"Take him away first." Su Cheng said seriously.
"yes!"
The guards dragged several people out.
Su Cheng continued to search in Zhaoyang Palace.
He used to be a convoy driver. The bigger the convoy he drove, the more people would watch him. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he had to stay alert at all times and be aware of all possible dangers.
He may be a little unreliable on weekdays, but his insight is still very sharp at critical moments, otherwise he would not have been able to find Su Xiaoxiao in the bamboo forest that night.
He looked at the lawn in the yard and felt that the color was a little wrong.
He walked over, pressed it with his foot, and chopped it again.
Hollow.
He called a palace servant and asked, "What's this?"
The palace maid replied blankly: "It's nothing, just a piece of land."
Su Cheng followed the anomaly all the way inside and finally stopped in front of the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
"Whose house is it?" he asked.
Just as the palace servant was about to speak, Xiao Yunzi came out, closed the door behind him, and shouted at Su Cheng, "How dare you! This is the Queen Mother's bedroom, how dare you be so presumptuous?"
The passage clearly leads to the room inside... Su Cheng glanced at Xiao Yunzi warily and asked, "Is the Empress Dowager in there?"
Xiao Yunzi said, "The Empress Dowager is not feeling well and is resting in bed. Please do not disturb her."
"Open the door." Su Cheng said.
Xiao Yunzi was fascinated.
Didn't he make it clear just now? Where does this man get the courage? Even His Majesty doesn't dare to shout at the Empress Dowager in this manner! Su Cheng said majestically: "I'll say it again, open the door."
No one else would have the guts to break into the Empress Dowager's bedroom, not even Emperor Jingxuan dared.
Su Cheng was like a newborn calf who was not afraid of a tiger. He had not yet fully realized the status of the Empress Dowager in the entire royal family. He felt that since he was ordered to investigate the case, he must do it seriously.
The emperor said, all suspicious people.
Right now, the Empress Dowager is very suspicious.
Xiao Yunzi didn't open the door.
Su Cheng simply threw Xiao Yunzi aside and kicked open the closed door.
Xiao Yunzi was so angry that he trembled.
Who the hell dared to kick the door of the Empress Dowager's room? Don't you think your life is too long? Wait, the Empress Dowager will punish you. No matter whether you are Qin Canglan's son or not, His Majesty will sentence you to death! Bai Xihe was sleeping soundly. How could she expect that someone would not fear death and knock on her door, and mistook her for a spy of the White Lotus Sect.
"Xiao Yunzi, drag him out..." She said in a daze, turned over and planned to continue sleeping.
The moment Su Cheng entered the room, he noticed a passage under the floor, which connected to the phoenix bed.
He almost made a conclusion right away - the person inside must have gone out of the palace frequently.
If this isn't a spy, then who is it?
Su Cheng strode forward, drew his sword with one hand, and ripped open the curtain with the other: "Spies! Come out!"
The weather was hot and Bai Xihe was wearing very little. Her graceful figure was revealed under her thin pajamas.
She lay facing outward, her long, beautiful legs gently crossed, and every inch of her skin was as smooth as white porcelain.
Her long hair fell softly on her shoulders like a waterfall, half covering her proud beauty.
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