After paying her respects to the Empress Dowager, Zhao Shu led Physician Peng, who had been ordered to assist her in researching the prescription, back to the Prince's residence.
After calling Uncle Fu to arrange accommodations for Physician Peng, Zhao Shu immediately sent Xiao Zhuzi to deliver the message.
"What has happened in the palace recently?" After so many days, she asked the Empress Dowager about her hurried return to the palace for the first time.
Last time, due to fate, Jiyun was unable to tell her the truth. After returning to the city, he did not ride in the same carriage as the Empress Dowager and never asked about it.
Xiao Zhu lowered his voice and told her what he had learned: "Your Highness does not know, the day before yesterday, Consort Xin suffered a miscarriage. The imperial physician said that the hydrangeas in the room were poisonous, so the Empress Dowager ordered all the hydrangeas to be buried. The ones you just saw must have been newly added summer flowers."
Upon hearing his words, Zhao Shu immediately recalled the argument she had overheard among the imperial physicians at the Imperial Hospital, realizing that this matter was likely to remain unsolved.
However, someone must have taken responsibility for this matter.
"Is there anything else I haven't said?"
Xiao Zhu Zi sighed, "The princess has such keen insight that she immediately noticed there was more to this story." He then said, "That Miss Xin said the hydrangea was a gift from the Empress."
Zhao Shu sneered. No matter how beautiful the hydrangea was, the Empress would never give it as a gift. If it was truly given by the Empress, there must be some twists and turns involved.
"What should Your Majesty do?"
Xiao Guozi continued, "The Emperor was furious, but the Empress Dowager rushed back to the palace and dealt with him leniently, confining him to his quarters for a month."
Zhao Shu never expected that the Empress would suffer such a huge setback. There must be some untold secrets behind this, otherwise, why would Emperor Mingde be so angry with the Empress over a beauty's miscarriage?
"Have you found the informant?" Zhao Shu asked. On the surface, her trip to Taihe Gate that day was because the Empress Dowager and Emperor Mingde disliked her, but upon closer examination, it was actually to deal with the Crown Prince.
No, perhaps they want to kill two birds with one stone.
"We found him, but he died in a dry well in the Cold Palace, and the trail went cold." Even now, when Xiao Zhu talks about it, he still gets chills.
This person must have been monitoring His Highness the Crown Prince for a long time, hiding very well, leaving no trace after his death.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. If someone could plant someone next to the Crown Prince, how could they leave any clues?
Zhao Shu pondered. If the murderer couldn't be found, then the scope could be narrowed down. In her previous life, the first one to jump out and deal with the Crown Prince was the First Prince. However, the First Prince was of low birth and not very wise. In Zhao Shu's opinion, he was probably being used as a pawn.
It is highly likely that Xin Meiren's miscarriage was to cover up the truth that the informant had died tragically in the dry well.
No one knew that Zhao Shuneng could analyze the truth so quickly.
After mentally sifting through the options, Zhao Shu realized that any of the princes seemed capable of trying to kill the Crown Prince. Besides the princes, even those who had been granted titles of nobility seemed to be at risk.
However, Zhao Shu eventually set her sights on the fourth prince, Zhao Bi.
This is the future Prince Xuan, who also came from an ordinary background, but eventually overthrew the eldest prince, eliminated the crown prince, and overpowered all the other princes to ascend the throne.
Zhao Shu thought about finding someone to act as a shield for the Crown Prince and became lost in thought.
Green Ivy called out several times, but it didn't respond.
"Princess," Green Ivy called several more times.
Hearing this, Zhao Shucai snapped out of her daze and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Lord Wang has been waiting at the training ground for a long time," Green Ivy said. "He sent someone to ask the princess if she has changed her mind. Lord Wang said it's not too late to change her mind now."
She entered the palace early and left in the evening. She thought Wang Jiyang had already taken care of things, but he was still waiting for her.
The word "repentance" startled her, and she immediately understood Wang Jiyang's intention. She chuckled lightly. Ever since the Prince Yong's Mansion returned its fiefdom to the imperial court, it had become an anomaly among the imperial family.
Even if the fiefdom is not returned to the imperial court, the members of the imperial clan will not respect the Prince Yong's mansion.
Why should she care about other people's situation and feelings? If the Empress Dowager hadn't stayed at Prince Yong's residence for a few days afterward, those people would have definitely come to cause trouble long ago.
“Tell Lord Wang to do it this way, so he doesn’t need to have any concerns,” Zhao Shu said.
Green Ivy had no idea what all this was about, but she remembered firmly that the princess was right and that she should do as she was told, and do it well.
Zhao Shu hurriedly went down to deliver the message, watched her leave, and then whispered to Xiao Zhu Zi, "Find a clever person to keep an eye on the Fourth Prince for me."
Xiao Zhu Zi's heart skipped a beat, and he began to feel uneasy. Could it be that the princess had discovered some clue? That didn't make sense; he hadn't even noticed anything. He was puzzled, but he didn't show it on his face and said, "Yes, this servant will take care of it right away."
Perhaps because of the need to strip the princes of their titles, Emperor Mingde has not yet conferred the title of king upon his sons, and the princes have all moved out of the palace after reaching adulthood.
Zhao Bi now lives in the residence of the fourth prince.
After giving the order, Zhao Shu looked at the sky and saw that night had fallen. She then took the white jade chessboard to Chensong Courtyard.
Upon arriving at Chensong Courtyard, Physician Peng glared angrily at Prince Yong, displaying an air of unyielding integrity, steadfast in his duty to defend his family's reputation, and refusing to compromise with the powerful. "I practice medicine to heal the sick and save lives, not for child's play. I urge Your Highness to resign and return home."
Prince Yong was so angry he was practically ready to fight with Physician Peng; his handsome face turned ashen with rage.
Zhao Shu had no doubt that if Physician Peng were twenty years younger, her father would never have stood by and watched helplessly.
Based on what Physician Peng said, Zhao Shu felt that the Imperial Physician was probably not a kind person either, and the rumors that Prince Yong had humiliated the Imperial Physician were probably not true.
It takes two to tango. My father is not that wicked; he has never abused his power to bully others.
She walked up to Prince Yong and reached out to soothe him. "Father, please don't be angry. Physician Peng is old. We don't want to upset him and then blame you. Although Physician Peng's medical skills are average, he is still a physician."
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