The reason why he has always trusted Prince Jingling and his wife is because they say whatever they think.
I never do anything vague or roundabout.
It is said that the emperor is very suspicious. In fact, it is because too many people dare not tell the truth in front of him, for fear that they will say something wrong or bad, which will anger him and cause trouble.
But if he hears too much high-sounding talk, he will get annoyed and tired.
"This minister and the Third Prince..." Jiang Li touched the tip of his nose, "Actually, if we really want to talk about personal grudges, it's not that there aren't any."
"The last time the Third Prince was unwell, it was I who discovered he had syphilis. After that incident, I completely offended the Third Prince. I heard he scolded me quite a bit back then."
Although her personal grudge with the Third Prince goes far beyond this.
But the emperor could find out about this matter easily, so Jiang Li had no intention of hiding it.
So I thought, I might as well take this opportunity to file a complaint.
The eunuch was waiting on the side, wishing he could cover his ears.
If possible, he would like to cover Princess Jingling's mouth.
Listen, are these the kind of words you can say in front of the emperor?
This thing on the neck is your head. You only have one head, you can’t lose it!
The eldest eunuch was so anxious that his feet were sweating, but the main person looked indifferent. Judging from her expression, she still wanted the emperor to make the decision for her, right?
"You are quite honest." The emperor shook his head helplessly. "It was his fault in the first place. If you wanted to make a fuss about it, you would have done it a long time ago. Why wait until now?"
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. This isn't some kind of personal vendetta."
Jiang Li nodded, "Actually, I'm just guessing. We need evidence to prove who it is."
"You're right. Speculation alone won't cut it. We need evidence." The emperor sighed and looked out at the empty hall. "Wait until the Dali Temple's investigation results come out. No matter who it is, I won't let him off easily."
I don’t know whether he was saying this to Jiang Li or to himself.
"Okay, I still have to go to Yu'an Palace to see Xiao Shisan. If there is nothing else, you can go back and rest early."
"By the way, Little Thirteen is still young. It would be great if you could go to the palace more often to check on him these few days."
After saying this, the emperor put his hands behind his back and turned to leave.
The chaotic court hall finally regained a moment of peace.
If we talk about the bustling place at this moment, it must be the imperial kitchen.
With a three-day deadline looming, the Dali Temple Minister immediately took people to the imperial kitchen, and arrested both the imperial chef and the servants who did odd jobs.
But after interrogating them one by one, they found nothing wrong.
"Father, come quickly, there's something wrong with the water."
Bai Mo also entered the palace as an official's wife today, but he did not discover the problem with the food in advance, which made him feel very ashamed.
Fortunately, Jiang Li reminded him to go with the officials from the Dali Temple to inspect the imperial kitchen.
After all, the amount of poison in the food is relatively low and difficult to detect, but there will be some traces at the scene.
Sure enough, after carefully checking the ingredients left in the imperial kitchen, Bai Mo found something wrong in the well water used exclusively in the imperial kitchen.
However, the well in the imperial kitchen was in the side yard, and there were already many more people preparing for the palace banquet. If someone took advantage of the chaos to put some medicine in the water, it would not attract attention.
"Check it for me!"
At Bai Zhou's command, the Imperial Guards expanded the scope of their arrests. In addition to the people on duty in the Imperial Kitchen, all those who had been to the Imperial Kitchen from this morning until the start of the palace banquet were arrested.
For a time, people in the palace were in panic and everyone felt insecure.
Jiang Li had just walked a few steps out of the hall when he heard a familiar voice coming from the side below the stone steps.
"Auntie Huang, Auntie Huang..."
It was the ninth princess, Gu Yuyan.
"Why didn't you go back with Concubine Xi?"
Jiang Li was in the palace at that time, and it was a rare opportunity for her to see Concubine Xi, the Ninth Princess's mother, beside the Ninth Princess.
I think it is because Gu Yuyan has performed so well recently and has managed the herbal medicine shop very well. The emperor loves her and pays a lot of attention to Concubine Xi.
Gu Yuyan said, "I didn't see Aunt Huang at the palace banquet today. Xiaojiu was a little worried, so I wanted to wait for you here."
"Don't worry, I'm fine. It was the Thirteenth Prince who had an accident."
I wanted to touch Gu Yuyan’s head, but since the little girl lost weight, she has been growing rapidly recently. I’m afraid she will be taller than me after the New Year.
Jiang Li had no choice but to gently pinch her cheek, "The weather is too cold, you should go back quickly. During the New Year, you should spend more time with your mother. Business will be busy after the New Year, so don't cry and ask to go back to the palace then."
Gu Yuyan blushed, "Aunt Huang, do you treat me like a child? I would never do such a thing."
After that, he looked worried and said, "Is Xiao Shisan okay? So many things happened in the palace today. It's terrible."
"Aunt Huang, you don't know, but at that time, the Crown Prince suddenly had a seizure, which scared me to death."
As Gu Yuyan was talking, Jiang Li suddenly realized something.
The poison for the Crown Prince was obviously much stronger than that for others. It was obviously unrealistic to let the imperial kitchen poison his food alone. If it was really the Third Prince who did it, then he must have done something on the spot.
How did he do it?
"Is your position not far from the prince?"
"Yes, it's not far away. The prince talked to me several times in the middle."
Gu Yuyan was confused by Jiang Li's question.
Until Jiang Li asked her to think carefully about whether anything strange happened in the palace today, or whether there was anything that she felt was wrong or unusual.
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