After Gu Yuyan finished speaking, Jiang Li didn't say anything for a long time.
"What's wrong, Aunt Huang, do you think what I said is wrong?"
Gu Yuyan looked at Jiang Li, afraid that Jiang Li would not believe her.
Although she is young, as a princess, she knows everything about the relationships between brothers and sisters in the royal family, who is close to whom and who is not.
Although it was normal for others for the Third Prince to toast the Crown Prince, in her opinion, it was like a weasel offering a New Year's greeting to a chicken, with no good intentions.
Seeing Gu Yuyan staring at her blankly, Jiang Li quickly gave her a hug and said, "No, you are absolutely right."
"Do you remember how he toasted the prince?"
Gu Yuyan nodded, "The Third Prince took his wine glass and wine pot to find the Crown Prince. He poured the Crown Prince a glass of wine, and then the two of them clinked their glasses and drank from their respective glasses."
There's no doubt about it.
Jiang Li was now certain that Gu Yanheng had poured her a glass of wine in advance and then put poison in her wine pot.
"Xiaojiu, I'm fine now. Go back to your mother first. Remember, don't tell anyone about what you said to me today, including your mother. Don't tell anyone about your doubts."
Gu Yanheng hasn't been caught yet. If he knew Xiaojiu suspected him, who knows what he would do.
After watching Gu Yuyan's back disappear, Jiang Li turned around and walked towards the court hall.
When Jiang Li walked to Gu Yanheng's seat and looked around, she discovered that the wine jug on Gu Yanheng's desk was missing.
Although everyone left in a hurry just now, they left under the premise of being watched by the Imperial Guards. No one dared to take anything out of the court hall under the eyes of the Imperial Guards.
I think that after Gu Yanheng poisoned the wine jug, he immediately had someone dispose of it.
Jiang Li's eyes darkened.
In this way, the key evidence is gone.
Even if she explained this to the emperor now, Gu Yanheng could still say that his wine jug was lost in the chaos, and that someone might have deliberately hidden his wine jug in order to frame him.
Thinking of this, Jiang Li stared at Gu Yanheng's desk for a long time without moving.
Yuqing Palace.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, wake up! The eunuch has arrived with his men and is now at the palace gate."
Today's plan failed, and Gu Yanheng was already furious. He was woken up by the palace servants just after he lay down, and his face looked particularly bad.
"What are you doing here now, Grand Eunuch?"
After calling in his personal maid to help him change his clothes, Gu Yanheng looked at the young eunuch kneeling on the ground and asked.
"Your Highness, the eunuch said that the Emperor wants to see Your Highness."
Father wants to see him?
Gu Yanheng's heart tightened and his right eye twitched several times.
"Let's go out and take a look."
Gu Yanheng tightened his robe and took a deep breath. He didn't think his father would be able to find out that it was him so quickly.
No, he destroyed all the evidence, so it is impossible for my father to find him.
"Greetings to His Majesty the Third Prince."
The eunuch bowed to Gu Yanheng and said, "Your Highness, please follow me. The Emperor is waiting for you in the Imperial Study."
I wanted to get something out of the eunuch, but he didn't say a word along the way.
As the eunuch is a close attendant to the emperor, he might say something in front of the emperor at any time.
Therefore, no matter how anxious Gu Yanheng was, he didn't dare to do anything to the eunuch.
Arrived at the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, your son, pays homage to your father. Long live your Majesty."
The temperature in the imperial study was just right, and the aroma of ambergris surrounded him, which made Gu Yanheng breathe a sigh of relief.
The emperor put down the memorial in his hand and said, "Stand up! Come, give the Third Prince a seat."
Seeing the emperor's reaction, the last bit of nervousness in Gu Yanheng's heart disappeared. It seemed that as he thought, the prince was not poisoned.
But, he just sat down——
The emperor then said, "Heng'er, what do you think of what happened today?"
Gu Yanheng's hand, holding the teacup, trembled as he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, are you talking about the palace banquet? I find the person who poisoned them truly despicable, disregarding so many lives! When the Dali Temple finds out who did it, Your Majesty will cut them into pieces to appease the public anger!"
The emperor tapped his fingers on the table. "But the imperial physician said that the poison everyone was poisoned with was very weak. It can be said that the person who poisoned them didn't intend to kill us from the beginning."
"But poisoning at a palace banquet is a serious matter, and the poisoning wasn't intended to kill people, so why would he do this for no reason?"
Gu Yanheng spoke sharply, his face filled with shock.
Anyway, it was Qin Ji who poisoned everyone, so why bother with him?
Therefore, he was not at all nervous when he spoke.
The emperor took in Gu Yanheng's reaction.
After thinking for a while, he said, "I heard from your aunt that the poison the prince was poisoned with was the fatal one. Do you think that person poisoned everyone to cover up something? Or is he deliberately creating chaos so that the prince..."
"What?!" Gu Yanheng swallowed.
But soon, his eyes rolled and he quickly said, "Father, are you saying that someone else poisoned my brother at the palace banquet?"
"Isn't it?"
The emperor stared at Gu Yanheng, who calmly replied, "This son believes that, although I don't know the reason, being able to poison everyone is already a very serious matter. To poison only my brother is simply a fantasy."
"In my opinion, my brother has been ill recently, so his reaction to the poisoning is more severe than others."
The emperor nodded. "You do have some truth in what you say."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yanheng pursed his lips, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"But some people say that if anything happens to the prince, you will be the biggest beneficiary. So, the person who poisoned him today..."
Before the emperor could finish his words, Gu Yanheng fell to his knees and said, "Father, please investigate!"
"Father, I am wronged. Forget about poisoning. Seeing my brother in pain today, I wish I could sacrifice my life for him! Besides Father, the person I respect most is my brother. How could I possibly dare to poison him?"
Gu Yanheng's heart was beating very fast, and even his fingertips were trembling, but he still tried hard to control himself.
Seeing that the emperor didn't say anything, Gu Yanheng knelt and took two steps forward, saying with deep sorrow, "Although I don't know who said such murderous words in front of Your Majesty, please believe me. The person who said this is a person who deserves death!"
The emperor remained calm, his eyes like sharp swords shooting straight at Gu Yanheng.
Seeing this, Gu Yanheng knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head.
After a long moment of contemplation, the emperor finally uttered a few words, "What a heart that deserves death."
"Then look at this, my prince. What is this?"
After saying this, the emperor slowly took out a wine jug and placed it on the table.
Gu Yanheng looked up, his pupils dilated instantly, and his mind was struck by lightning.
How could this happen?!
Didn't he already deal with this?!
How come you are here!
Cold sweat unconsciously flowed down from his temples.
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