Dabao: "She's just a little palace maid sent in from outside, why didn't the master deal with her first?"
Tu Qingyu: "They say a new official starts with three fires. Since someone wants to show off his power so much, why shouldn't I fight back?"
It would also let that bastard know how troublesome his harem is.
She stood up and straightened her skirt, "Where's the Emperor?"
"The emperor is still in the front hall discussing matters with the ministers. This happened suddenly, so he probably doesn't know about it yet."
"Send someone to invite him."
"But His Majesty never likes to be interrupted when he is discussing matters with his ministers..."
"Go when I tell you to." The head nanny interrupted him, "It's already this late, and you're still talking about this. If you go, the emperor will definitely see you."
It's already this time, how come there are still people who don't understand how important the Queen is to His Majesty?
"Yes, I'll go right away."
When she brought her people slowly to Zhujing Palace, Si Chao also hurried over.
The two met at the palace gate and looked into each other's eyes.
The palace maids behind all thought that His Majesty would blame them as soon as he opened his mouth, and they were all ready to kneel down and defend and plead for the Queen.
The next moment, they saw His Majesty holding the Empress's hand and whispering, "I'm sorry, it was my negligence."
"What? Didn't they tell you the truth?" She raised an eyebrow. "You don't suspect that I poisoned the princess?"
"You won't." He was certain, "You wouldn't bother."
The struggles in the palace are either for the emperor's favor or for power.
But she didn't even look at what he held in his hands, so how could she have tried to murder the princess?
Those people are really ridiculous.
What's more, he had already caught someone and found the culprit on the way here.
He took the person by the hand and said, "Let's go in and see what kind of show they are doing."
Almost all the officials above the fifth rank in the Zhujing Palace were present, most of them coming to watch the show.
More than half of those above the third rank were with Ran Chongyi.
Tu Qingyu was wearing a sky-blue long skirt today, made of the finest brocade with a shimmering dark pattern.
As you walk, it feels like sunlight is shining on the clear blue water, making the ripples sparkle and beautify the whole body.
When she walked in, most people in the hall changed their expressions.
This batch of materials was tribute from other countries before Si Chao left the palace.
Everyone in the palace knew that the small country had presented several pieces of rare and precious material as tribute. They had only heard of the fame of this material before, but had never seen it.
This material is also extremely rare. I heard that it takes several years to get one piece.
At that time, except for Concubine De and Deng Chongrong, all the others who had some status in the harem went to Si Chao to ask for it openly or secretly.
Unexpectedly, something that no one had obtained was now worn by a concubine who had just entered the palace.
The handkerchiefs in the hands of Zhao Xiuyi and others were almost torn, but when the two men approached, they still had to put on a smile and stand up to salute.
"Greetings to His Majesty, may His Majesty be well and safe. Greetings to His Majesty the Consort Zhaoyi, may His Majesty be well and safe."
"Everyone, get up."
After he woke her up, he led her to sit down and then asked, "Where's the princess? Bring her out and let me see her."
The wet nurse carried the princess out. The princess was only one or two years old and not thin, but her face was pale and her eyes were dull.
It was obvious at a glance that the princess was ill, even without the help of a physician.
He took the child in his arms and coaxed him gently, "What did the imperial physician say?"
When asked this question, Ran Chongyi fell to his knees.
"Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me, Your Majesty..." She cried with tears in her eyes.
The voice she thought was delicate sounded very noisy to Si Chao's ears.
As she cried, the little princess in Si Chao's arms also started crying.
Tu Qingyu noticed that when the little princess was crying, in the whole palace, including her mother, only Concubine De and Deng Chongrong looked distressed.
The pain in the eyes of both of them was not concealed at all.
The little princess cried even harder, but Ran Chongyi ignored her and wanted to continue complaining, "Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty," De Fei interrupted her. She stood up and squatted slightly. "The little princess must have heard her mother crying. Mother and daughter are connected by heart. Besides, it's noisy here. It's better to let the wet nurse take her down and comfort her. She's already sick, and if she keeps crying like this, she'll get sick."
"Please sit down first." Si Chao handed the child to the wet nurse and said, "Tell the imperial physician to be on standby."
"yes."
After he carried the little princess away, he glared at Ran Chongyi and said, "Go on, what do you want me to do?"
"The imperial physician said that Ranran's condition was caused by eating something poisonous. However, the princess only ate milk from her nanny and some soup. The soup was made in the small kitchen of the Pearl Mirror Palace."
"What does this have to do with Qingyu?"
"So I arrested the kitchen staff and tortured them. It wasn't until this morning that someone finally confessed that she had put croton powder in the princess's soup. She had taken the powder from the servants in Fengyi Palace. Your Majesty, please help me."
Tu Qingyu:?
Is it so careless?
Don’t you have any advanced methods?
Isn’t it said that Si Chao’s harem is very vicious?
Si Chao didn't want to see her look so stupid. He took a deep breath and said, "Someone, bring up all the people involved."
Ran Chongyi thought that the people involved here might be the palace maids they had planted in Tu Qingyu's palace, but the guards directly pushed a group of people up.
Among them were her personal maid, the chef in the small kitchen, the disloyal maid in Tu Qingyu's palace, the eunuch in charge of food in the Ministry of Food, the chef in the Ministry of Food, and so on.
Anyone involved in this matter was brought up.
These people were not clean and had obviously been tortured.
"Go ahead." Si Chao slowly picked up the tea and took a sip, looking like he knew what he was talking about.
"Yes, I am the wet nurse beside Empress Chongyi. The croton powder was put into the little princess's food by Empress Chongyi herself."
"I am a cook in the small kitchen. I was instructed by Madam Qian to tell me that it was Xiaohui, a palace maid from my hometown, who came to me for help, saying that Empress Zhaoyi had forced her to give me the croton powder. Because I was attracted to her and didn't want her to die, I was so bold as to agree to her request."
"I am Xiaohui, the new maid in Concubine Zhaoyi's palace. This is all ordered by Nanny Qian. I am Concubine Zhaoyi's person. Please forgive me, Your Majesty... Um..." She had just finished speaking tremblingly when her mouth was covered by the guards behind her.
Next came the eunuchs in charge of food ingredients from the Food Department.
After everyone finished their trembling confession, the matter became very clear. All the confessions pointed to Ran Chongyi.
It was she who arranged this series of events, starting from Nanny Qian who was by her side, to the eunuch who was in charge of the food in the Food Department.
She arranged everything.
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