Chapter 596 The Poisoner (Update 2)

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was indeed very good at predicting things and had calculated everything. Fulu secretly became proud that their Crown Prince was the best!

"Did the Crown Prince ask the eldest brother to escort him?" Lu Chengtian suddenly asked.

Fulu came back to his senses instantly and immediately said respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty, after His Royal Highness vomited blood and fainted, Jiang Yuanzheng immediately gave His Royal Highness the Crown Prince acupuncture. After His Royal Highness woke up, he asked the eldest prince to escort him away. He also ordered the servants and Hua Shiwei to investigate everyone in the East Palace and find out the person who poisoned him!"

Lu Chengtian was silent.

He really trusted the eldest brother!

Lu Chengtian said indifferently, "Prince, aren't you worried that the poison was given by the eldest prince?"

Fulu chuckled, "How is that possible? Your Highness and the eldest prince are brothers, and they have a good relationship. Since the eldest prince returned to Beijing, he has almost lived in the East Palace. The eldest prince is so worried about your health, how could he poison you?"

Lu Chengtian didn't say anything else, it was too true!

The fight for the throne was cruel and bloody, and he had seen a lot of tricks like poisoning!

He left Dequan to investigate together and went straight out of the East Palace.

He wanted to go to the mansion of his unlucky son to see what his specific situation was now, but he was worried that his actions would bring danger to the prince.

The prince has already left the palace to avoid assassination. If he came now, wouldn't it be telling the man in the dark where the prince is?

Lu Chengtian did not leave the palace in the end, but the angry emperor felt that he was looked down upon.

The man in the dark actually dared to poison the prince in the palace, which was clearly a provocation!

Lu Chengtian thought more, today he poisoned the prince, tomorrow he might be poisoned!

No, he had been poisoned last time, and it was a poison that was difficult for the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital to detect. If he hadn't run into the palace doctor of his unlucky son, he might have died now.

At that time, he had already cleaned up the harem thoroughly. It can be seen that the harem was not cleaned up thoroughly at that time, and there were still some fish that slipped through the net!

Lu Chengtian, full of anger, cleaned up the harem again.

How could such a large harem really be as peaceful as it looked?

This cleansing exposed all kinds of secrets to the sun.

Stealing, gambling, private transactions, and even witchcraft to harm others.

In the dry well in the palace, several corpses of palace maids and eunuchs were turned out. These people disappeared quietly in the harem.

If Lu Chengtian had not ordered a large-scale purge, they might not have been discovered in their lifetime, and would have slowly rotted in the dry well, turned into dust, and disappeared from this world.

Lu Chengtian looked at these things one by one, his face became darker and darker, and his mood became worse and worse.

The noble concubine who was in charge of the harem affairs naturally did not have a good time. Under her management, the harem was so corrupt!

It was simply a damage to the royal dignity!

The royal concubine's palace power was once again divided among several other high-ranking concubines, and they were also confined to their homes for half a year as a punishment.

The royal concubine wanted to make a few excuses, but Lu Chengtian did not even see her and did not give her a chance at all.

The prince was in a coma, the royal concubine was under house arrest, and anyone in the harem who violated the palace rules, no matter how big or small, would be severely punished.

For a while, the whole harem was in turmoil. Everyone was living cautiously, and no one wanted to offend the emperor at this time.

The emperor was in a bad mood, and the ministers in the morning court were very obedient. Whoever faced the challenge at this time would definitely be given a thumbs up by the ministers in the court and praised as a capable person!

The morning courts for two consecutive days were very quiet. None of these ministers were stupid. How could they give the emperor a chance to get angry?

After the morning court, Fulu and Dequan met Lu Chengtian together. Lu Chengtian's anger, which had already dissipated a little, rose again.

He never thought that the person who poisoned the prince's medicine was actually someone in front of him!

During this time, he delivered medicine to the East Palace every day, and each time it was a little eunuch named Wei Jiu.

This little eunuch has always been in front of Ai Yu, but he only did some trivial things and basically never showed his face in front of Lu Chengtian. Lu Chengtian never noticed that there was such a remnant of the previous dynasty by his side!

This Wei Jiu found out the situation of medicinal materials in the East Palace by delivering medicine every day, and then judged the physical condition of the prince based on the words of the servants in the East Palace, and then poisoned him.

Lu Chengtian never thought that in the end, it was his people who poisoned the prince!

The eunuchs and palace maids who could serve in front of Ai Yu had all been screened through layers. This Wei Jiu had an innocent identity and entered the palace since he was a child. He never caused trouble, and he never fought or competed. He just did his own job.

He had been in the palace for ten years and had never made any mistakes. This time, Dequan transferred him to serve in front of the emperor.

At first, Dequan was not very reassured, so he asked his apprentice to keep an eye on him to see if he was serious about his work.

He kept watching him for a year, and Wei Jiu was still the same as usual. He was very well-behaved every day, never showing up, and never joining any side. He did whatever work was assigned to him, and no one could find any fault with him.

Dequan was relieved.

However, who knew that the barking dog would bite.

Wei Jiu had been well-behaved for ten years, but this time he made a big move!

Poisoning the prince!

Lu Chengtian had a gloomy face, and he was furious when he saw Wei Jiu's testimony.

Dequan had already knelt before Lu, "I deserve to die, for bringing Wei Jiu, the poisonous snake, before you, and giving these remnants the opportunity to murder the prince! It was because I didn't investigate for a moment that a great disaster occurred, and I deserve to die!"

Lu Chengtian's eyes were cold, "You really deserve to die!"

Dequan was also full of regret at this time.

Pei Ruqing felt that his luck was a bit bad, the emperor was in a bad mood, and he chose to meet him at this time. Isn't this asking for trouble?

"Is there a result?" Lu Chengtian asked directly.

That day, Pei Ruqing reported to Lu Chengtian that he chased people from outside the East Palace, chased them to the dark alley and courtyard, bumped into the eldest prince and the prince, and captured the two rebels alive.

Lu Chengtian was shocked by this series of news. He really couldn't understand it. Didn't the eldest brother take his unlucky son back to the mansion for treatment?

How come they ended up in a small courtyard in a dark alley and started a fight with the rebels?

However, knowing that the prince was not seriously ill, Lu Chengtian did not investigate the matter in detail and handed the interrogation to Pei Ruqing again.

Pei Ruqing naturally knew the importance of the matter. He worked for two days and two nights without sleep and tried every possible means to finally find out the whole story.

He did not even return to his residence and hurried to the palace to meet the emperor.

He had to be anxious, as this matter was really too big and too serious.

If it was not handled properly, the world would be in chaos.