Chapter 523: Poison Queen
At night, Su Ying waited in the inner hall without sleeping. She instructed them to make sure they got the exact news before dawn the next day.
Xiao Jin sensed Su Ying's low mood and stood by her side the whole time to keep her from getting too anxious.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and soon, Bai Shuang pushed open the door and walked in.
"My lady, the person who was looking for information is back."
Su Ying motioned for someone to come in.
A middle-aged woman in her forties walked in.
"Greetings, Madam."
"Just tell me, have you found out any news?"
The woman said, "After receiving the order today, I secretly asked someone to inquire. After a round of investigation, I didn't find anything unusual. However, there is one thing, that is, students have been sick frequently during this period. They left the academy on the day they fell ill, and came back after a night. However, their condition did not look good after they came back, so they were sent back home by the academy staff. Afterwards, there was nothing unusual."
Su Ying frowned and asked, "What diseases do those students have? Didn't they ask the female doctor in the academy to see them?"
"My lady, there is no record from the female doctor. Oh, not completely, but there is no record of the female doctor's consultation. The student's illness was diagnosed by the assistant, and the student was also sent away by the assistant."
"What about this assistant teacher?"
"I searched the academy today but couldn't find it."
Su Ying felt that this person must know something.
“Did the students who went home sick go back to class afterwards?”
The woman shook her head. "I haven't seen him since."
Su Ying took a deep breath and said, "Bai Shuang, immediately send someone to bring this assistant back to me."
"yes."
As they were talking, news came back from the Imperial Guards.
"Speaking of which, what did you find out?" Xiao Jin asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, I haven't noticed anything unusual these days. A few days ago, a patrol team saw a female student and the assistant teacher appear in the backyard before dawn. Before that, they heard the student's terrified screams. They thought something was wrong and went to check. The female student looked very bad and her eyes were red. The assistant teacher said she was sick and wanted to take her to see a female doctor. Later, the imperial guards confirmed with the female student in person before letting them leave."
It’s this assistant teacher again!
After the imperial guards withdrew, Su Ying stood up from her chair.
"I want to leave the palace."
Xiao Jin frowned slightly. It was almost midnight and the palace gate had been locked for a long time.
"Where are you going?"
Su Ying wanted to go to Yueliang's house to check the situation. "I can't sleep if I don't find out."
Xiao Jin knew her temper and didn't intend to stop her, "I'll go with you."
Su Ying shook her head. "I don't know when he will be back. Don't delay the morning court."
"I'll be back before daybreak."
Su Ying didn't want to waste time on this matter, so she and Xiao Jin changed into night clothes.
After Xiao Jin called a few secret guards to accompany him, the group quickly left through the back door of the palace.
In order to get to the destination as quickly as possible, they had to ride horses. The empty streets late at night were filled with the sound of horse hooves.
An hour later, they finally arrived at the slum area.
In order not to disturb the people who were already asleep, Su Ying and Xiao Jin dismounted, leaving one person behind to guard, and the rest followed them to Yueliang's home.
Su Ying thought of the letter for help that the Zhao family had sent her, so she took off her night clothes, motioned to Xiao Jin to wait outside the door, and she went in alone to find out the situation.
This time Xiao Jin did not refuse and waited quietly outside the door.
"Knock knock knock" Su Ying knocked on the door.
After a while, a vigilant voice came from the room, "Who is it?"
"It's me, Su Su." Su Su was the name Su Ying told them.
When the Zhao family heard Su Ying's voice, they opened the door without thinking too much.
Uncle Zhao held a dim kerosene lamp in his hand to illuminate Su Ying's eyes. He did not notice that Su Ying's eyes were shining.
"Why did Madam come here so late at night?"
Aunt Zhao also got up when she heard the noise. In the dim light, Su Ying discovered that the wrinkles on their faces were deeper than before.
"I received your message late at night, and I was worried so I came to check on you."
These words touched the couple deeply. They and Su Ying were just a casual acquaintance, and they didn't expect that she would care about them so much.
"Madam is thoughtful..."
Su Ying asked: "Where is Yueliang? How is she? What happened?"
When the couple heard her mention the name of the moon, they felt grief in their hearts again. Aunt Zhao couldn't help but wipe away her tears.
"Yes, it was us. If we knew that place was a devil's den, we would never let the child go there..."
"Don't be sad, tell me what happened first."
Uncle Zhao wiped his tears and was calmer than Aunt Zhao. "It's the Queen, the vicious Queen!"
Su Ying's eyebrows jumped, "What does this have to do with the Queen?"
"The Queen wanted to win over the ministers in the court, but she couldn't openly send people to the ministers' houses, so she used the convenience of running a girls' school to send us poor children there to be played with by those people... It's really hateful!"
"The moon must have been extremely frightened to become like this. What will she do with the rest of her life..."
The couple were still in their grief and did not notice the change in Su Ying's expression at all.
All the muscles in her body became tense, and the veins on her forehead were throbbing slightly.
"Who told you that the Queen did this?"
"It's her people. They couldn't stand what she did so they told us the truth and asked us to seek justice for Yueliang! Even if we can't make her pay the price, we must make her infamous!"
"Who told you that?"
The couple could sense the coldness in Su Ying's voice and thought she was pitiful for the moon. "He's a teacher in the academy, Mr. Fang."
Su Ying took a deep breath to calm herself down, "Did she tell you what to do?"
The couple told them the plan that Mr. Fang had told them, "Tomorrow, tomorrow we will definitely bring this poison queen to ruin!"
The veins on Su Ying's forehead kept twitching, which showed that her anger had reached its peak.
She tried to make her voice sound calmer and said, "I'll go look at the moon first."
Yueliang hasn't woken up yet. Just like Doctor Ruan said, heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine. The injuries on her body are not light, but not fatal. It's just that she herself doesn't want to wake up.
Su Ying's face was gloomy. She opened Yueyue's clothes and gave her the needle. There were some things she had to ask in person.
The silver needle stimulated the painful point on the moon, and the pain in her body forced her to wake up.
Yueliang slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw Su Ying's appearance clearly, he was stunned.
(End of this chapter)
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