Empress Dowager Bai patted her hand soothingly, as usual.
Princess Yu Chang held her hand in hers. "Mother, this is no small matter. If what the Nine Divine Doctors said is true, and the four strands of sandalwood I sent are truly poisonous, then we must investigate thoroughly."
"Well, don't worry."
Empress Dowager Bai caressed the back of her hand with her fingertips and looked at her lovingly, "I know in my heart that anyone could harm me, except my A-Yu."
Princess Yuchang smiled and said, "Even if Mother believes me, we still have to investigate thoroughly. The incense can no longer be used. We can only talk about it after we have thoroughly investigated and confirmed that there is no problem."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Queen Mother Bai smiled and nodded.
But those who knew her well would find that her smile was too gentle, and in the depths of her eyes full of love and indulgence, there seemed to be a flash of extremely cold light, so fast that it disappeared in an instant.
The mother and daughter talked again.
Until an unusual noise was heard outside.
There seemed to be a scream.
Then there were shouts one after another: "Assassin, catch the assassin quickly..."
At this time.
Nanny Su hurried into the room, her face not looking very good. She reported in a low voice, "Master, the Ninth Divine Doctor, the Ninth Divine Doctor was killed by an assassin..."
"What!"
Empress Dowager Bai suddenly sat up straight, frowned, and asked, "What's going on? Why is there an assassin in the Cining Palace?"
Nanny Su was also a little frightened.
He hurriedly told what he had just seen.
It turned out that the Ninth Divine Doctor was led by a palace maid to a side hall, intending to sleep on the couch in the side hall, but an unfamiliar eunuch appeared out of nowhere and stabbed the Ninth Divine Doctor with a knife.
The palace maid screamed and ran out of the side hall, shouting for the assassin.
When Nanny Su and others heard the sound, they rushed over and saw the open window of the side hall from afar. The eunuch stabbed the Ninth Divine Doctor several times like a madman, and then poured something on the Ninth Divine Doctor, which directly set him on fire.
The fire broke out.
It swallowed up the nine divine doctors in an instant.
The Imperial Guards arrived quickly upon hearing the noise. Although they prevented the fire from spreading to the side hall, they could not put out the fire on the body of the Ninth Divine Doctor. They could only watch as the Ninth Divine Doctor was quickly burned to a charred skeleton.
And the assassin disappeared without a trace.
"The Emperor has arrived—"
Emperor Wenyuan and his imperial guards came over very quickly, with a look of anxiety and worry on his face: "Mother, are you okay?"
Empress Dowager Bai had already stood up with the help of Nanny Su. When she saw Emperor Wenyuan, she said with anger in her eyes, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I'm fine. It's just that the Ninth Divine Doctor was killed by an assassin."
"You dare to kill people like this in my family's Cining Palace."
"He was able to disappear right under the noses of the Imperial Guards, which shows that the assassin is no simple person. Your Majesty, cough, cough, cough..." Empress Dowager Bai seemed to be too excited and suddenly started coughing violently.
Emperor Wenyuan hurried forward to support him and ordered Li Qing: "Quickly call the imperial physician..."
Empress Dowager Bai coughed for a while before she recovered, but her face was extremely pale. "Your Majesty, we must find out why he is coughing... Otherwise, I am worried about your safety."
Emperor Wenyuan looked at Empress Dowager Bai, whose face was pale and she was still worried about him. While he was moved, his eyes were also filled with anger. "Don't worry, mother. I will be fine."
Not long after.
The entire palace was under martial law and the assassin was searched for.
West Palace Gate.
Before the imperial guards closed the palace gates, an old nanny and a delicate-looking palace maid left the palace with the palace badge of the Cining Palace.
Not long after the two left, the palace gate was closed.
Looking at the tightly closed palace gate from a distance, the old nanny curled her lips and said, "Fortunately, we have this palace card, otherwise we would probably still be stuck at the palace gate."
The old nanny shook the palace card in her hand.
That palace plaque was the one that Empress Dowager Bai gave to Yang Zhao not long ago.
"Okay, let's find a place to replace this face first." said the palace maid.
The old nanny glanced at the delicate palace maid, smiled and walked over to rub her, her eyes shining: "You look quite good like this, why not...look like this tonight..."
Looking at the 'old ladies' smiling with their big white teeth.
The palace maid rolled her eyes at him and said, "Get lost."
"Hey, I'll roll over on the bed tonight for you to see."
Although the old nanny said that, she quickly grabbed the palace maid's hand and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
When they appear again, I'm afraid no one will recognize them.
The Ninth Divine Doctor died just like that.
Died in a sloppy way.
But it caused quite a stir in the palace.
Especially when Emperor Wenyuan learned what the Ninth Divine Doctor said before his death, he immediately flew into a rage and arrested and interrogated all the palace maids and servants who had come into contact with the four strands of sandalwood.
I heard that a lot of things were discovered through this.
It was also discovered that many concubines had extended their hands to the Cining Palace.
Because of this incident, several concubines in the harem were dismissed, and even the favored Concubine Liu was reprimanded.
For a time, people in the palace were in panic.
Of course, that’s all in the past.
Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.
Yang Zhao had prepared everything she needed and planned to leave for Yujiang tomorrow, so she arranged her next affairs in the capital. By the time she finished, it was already dark.
"You're quite busy, girl. I've been waiting for you all afternoon."
A faint laugh sounded in the house.
When Yang Zhao saw Aunt Xu in the house, his eyes lit up slightly and his steps became lighter: "Aunt Xu."
At this moment, she also saw a tall figure sitting next to Aunt Xu.
Yang Zhao smiled and called out, "Third Uncle."
The man called Third Uncle is very handsome.
However, there are disfigurements on his face. If you look closely, you can see suture lines at the location of the disfigurement, extending all the way to the bottom of the neck, which shows that he had suffered a serious injury.
Hearing Yang Zhao calling him, he immediately responded with his big white teeth showing, "Hey."
"Xiao A'Zhao, Uncle San has baked your favorite sweet potatoes for you. Come and have some."
"Thank you, Uncle San."
Yang Zhao didn't hesitate to pick up the roasted sweet potato that was golden brown and oozing with honey and started to eat it. The temperature was just right and it tasted sweet and soft in his mouth.
Third Uncle Lu Yu looked at it and smiled happily.
"Okay, you go out first. I'll talk to A Zhao for a while." Aunt Xu glanced at Lu Yu and said.
"Okay, I'll wait for you outside."
When Lu Yu heard this, he immediately went out obediently.
Yang Zhao glanced at Lu Yu who had gone out, then at Aunt Xu who had a blank expression on her face. He couldn't help but ask, "Aunt Xu, you and Third Uncle still haven't..."
"Little kid, don't worry about so many adult matters."
Before Yang Zhao could finish, Aunt Xu interrupted her, obviously not wanting her to ask.
It seems that Aunt Xu still hasn't gotten over what happened that year.
Yang Zhao could only mourn for Lu Yu in his heart.
Aunt Xu didn't beat around the bush and told her directly, "We've tested it, and there's definitely something wrong with Princess Yu..."
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