Seeing what Lan Ling took out, everyone's already ugly faces darkened even more.
Jiang Wan looked curiously at the dry branch in Lan Ling's hand. Although she didn't know what it was, her years of experience in TV novels made her feel that the branch was most likely poisonous.
Sure enough, the next moment, Bai Zhuo's angry voice rang out.
"Mushazhi? Why is this thing in Xiaoxue's bedroom?"
Wood kills branches?
Why is this name so strange?
Jiang Wan asked Yu Rou curiously, "Xiao Rou, do you know what this wood-killing branch is?"
Yu Rou nodded and whispered, "This is a branch of a tree called the Wood Killer Tree. This tree is poisonous. The toxicity doesn't have much effect on orcs and half-orcs, but it is very deadly to females.
If a female sniffs the scent of this wood-killing tree, she will be poisoned, and doctors won't be able to detect it in a short period of time. They can only find out after the female dies."
So powerful?
Jiang Wan was surprised and became a little interested in this magical thing. He couldn't help but want to get closer to take a closer look.
But before she could get close, Lan Ling had already put the wood-killing branch into the space ring, and Jiang Wan could only look away with regret.
"The servant told me that she found it under the table below the window of the Queen Mother's bedroom after she passed away. I think someone must have secretly placed the wood-killing tree in the Queen Mother's bedroom. The Queen Mother inhaled the poison from the wood-killing tree, and the doctors failed to detect it, so they couldn't treat her. After the Queen Mother died, the murderer sneaked into the palace and stole the wood-killing tree, but accidentally left this small branch behind."
Lan Ling expressed his guess.
The servant had stayed in the palace for so many years and had always wanted to investigate this matter, or to report his elder brother and himself. However, they had a rift with their father because of their younger brother's affairs, and they rarely came back after leaving the palace.
In addition, they were all orcs, and the queen mother was a female after all. Even after her death, they could not enter her bedroom at will, so the servant could not see them.
If he hadn't missed his mother that time and secretly went to his mother's bedroom at night, he would probably never know that his mother was murdered!
"Did the waitress say anything else? Where is she now?"
Lan Ling shook his head at his eldest brother. "She's dead. I left so suddenly two years ago that I didn't have time to take her out of the palace and protect her. Plus, she lost her memory for so long. When I recovered my memory and went looking for her, I discovered that she had died of illness not long after I left two years ago."
Hearing this, the others felt a chill down their spines, and suddenly realized that they seemed to have been under surveillance.
Who on earth could have such great ability?
Everyone present was no novice, so naturally they would not believe that the servant died of illness. It seemed that the murderer from that year discovered that she had noticed something and told Lan Ling, so he quickly threw Lan Ling out and killed her to silence her.
What a vicious mind.
Bai Zhuo's face looked very ugly. The three Yin Yi brothers were still young at that time, and they were not allowed to approach their mother, so it was normal that they did not notice anything unusual.
But I had clearly visited my sister that year, and I didn't notice anything unusual.
He is so derelict in his duty.
Who on earth dared to attack the Bai family?
That person had better pray that he won't be found out, otherwise he can just wait for the Bai family's crazy revenge.
The few of them discussed for a long time, but apart from the information that Yin Yi had found, there was no other useful information.
Apart from the Hou family, they did not find any relationship with anyone else.
"In that case, let's start with the Hou family."
Bai Hao said, no matter what, since so many clues point to the Hou family, then they should start with the Hou family. Maybe they can find some other clues from the Hou family that can help them find the mastermind behind the scenes.
"no."
Bai Li, however, had the opposite opinion from his brother, "I think it's better for us to pretend we know nothing for now, and then conduct another investigation in secret to see if there are any other clues.
If we directly target the Hou family, we might just fall into the trap of the mastermind behind the scenes.
Although the Hou family is not enough evidence, we can still take action, but the person in the palace will definitely not just watch us deal with the Hou family like this."
After these words were spoken, everyone else fell silent.
Indeed, although the Hou family was nothing in their eyes, they could not help but take the royal family seriously.
Although the current queen is just a half-orc, she is the biological mother of the seventh prince.
Even if the emperor did not consider the queen's face, he would not watch them attack the Hou family for the sake of the seventh prince.
And those old guys in the House of Representatives.
After so many years, the Mingxi Empire finally had an orc who had regressed to his ancestral form, and his beast form was the most noble black.
They have always believed that the Seventh Prince will be the leader who will lead the Mingxi Empire to create glory and reach another height, so naturally they will not allow them to take action against the Seventh Prince's in-laws.
The person behind the scenes really has a good plan.
Point all the clues to the Hou family, making them unable to take action even if they want to.
If they can't touch the Hou family, they can't continue the investigation. After all, apart from the Hou family, they currently don't have any other useful clues.
Jiang Wan and Yu Rou watched from the side for a long time, and seeing that everyone's faces were unhappy, they didn't interrupt.
Jiang Wan didn't understand, and based on what he heard, he couldn't offer any constructive suggestions.
Yu Rou felt that she had no ability to help with this matter, and it would be better to leave these matters to the orcs at home.
After discussion, everyone decided to let Yin Yi report the results of the investigation directly to the military and the parliament.
Since the clues are so obvious, instead of keeping it secret themselves, they should take action against the Hou family in private and cause dissatisfaction among others.
It would be better to just make all the clues public and act openly.
In this way, even if the royal family and the House of Parliament have objections, it is difficult for them to intervene directly. Moreover, in order to help the Hou family clear suspicion, those people will be more active than them in investigating the information about the mastermind behind the scenes.
After all, the Hou family cannot afford to commit any of the crimes of murdering royal family members and military generals, betraying the Mingxi Empire, and colluding with the Mifa Empire.
Once it is announced, the Hou family will become the public enemy of the entire Mingxi Empire, and even the Seventh Prince will not be able to protect them.
The families of the soldiers who died in the war with the Mifa Empire will not let go of those who colluded with the Mifa Empire.
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