Ning'an Palace.
As soon as Jiang Yueyang walked into the Queen's bedroom, she smelled a strong scent of medicine.
A coughing sound was heard in the room, and Emperor Yuan led her directly into the inner room. The Queen was leaning on the bed drinking medicine at this time.
When he saw Emperor Yuan coming, he subconsciously stood up and saluted.
Emperor Yuan hurried over and said, "Queen, there is no need to be so polite. Just drink your medicine."
The Queen pursed her lips and smiled. Just as she was about to ask why Jiang Yueyang was here, Emperor Yuan spoke first, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to see this girl Jiang Yueyang? I saw that her injury was almost healed, so I summoned her to the palace."
The Queen and Emperor Yuan had been married for so many years that she knew what Emperor Yuan would do next even if he farted.
This time, Jiang Yueyang was summoned to the palace without her knowledge. He must have wanted to use Jiang Yueyang's inner voice to find out whether her illness was simply a disease or due to some other reasons.
Jiang Yueyang stepped forward and saluted, "Your subordinate greets Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty be in good health."
"No need to be polite, please take a seat."
As the Queen's voice fell, the maid of Ning'an Palace immediately brought a small round stool and placed it beside the Queen's bed.
Jiang Yueyang thanked her and sat down. The Queen asked with concern, "Are your injuries still serious? Do you need to call the imperial physician to take a look?"
"Thank you for your concern, my injury has improved a lot."
The Queen looked at her lovingly, "What a well-behaved and sensible child. Were you scared at that time?"
"Yes. I felt that I was doomed, but fortunately, a kind-hearted person came to my rescue."
"Oh, right." Emperor Yuan suddenly said, "A few days ago, Minister Jiang asked me for two guards to protect you. I was too busy to arrange them at that time. You can take them back when you leave the palace later."
[Little melon, His Majesty is not going to give me two more secret guards, right? ]
System: [What are you afraid of? They won’t harm you and can protect your safety.]
[But I always feel that they are monitoring me for Your Majesty. ]
Emperor Yuan: I...don’t have any.
Emperor Yuan asked sternly, "Why? You don't want it?"
"I dare not."
"Look at you! Don't worry, since I have given them to you, I will not order them to do anything. I am not kidding!"
"Then their monthly salary..."
"Give it to me! Do you still want me to give it to you? You are the granddaughter of the richest man in Daxia, why are you so stingy?"
Jiang Yueyang turned her head away awkwardly, avoiding Emperor Yuan's gaze.
At this time, the Queen started to cough violently. She opened her handkerchief and saw that she was coughing up blood.
Emperor Yuan immediately shouted, "Come, call the imperial physician."
Jiang Yueyang frowned as she looked at the Empress who was already lying on the bed pressed by Emperor Yuan. [Little melon, what disease did the Empress have? Why is it so serious?]
【She is not sick, she is poisoned. 】
When Emperor Yuan and the Empress heard the word "poisoning", their faces changed, but they were not too surprised.
Because both of them felt from the bottom of their hearts that there was something strange about the Queen's illness.
Although the Queen is weak, her condition is far from being as bad as it is now.
Jiang Yueyang was shocked to hear that the Queen was poisoned, [What? Who is so bold as to poison the Queen? ]
[What do you think? ]
Jiang Yueyang thought about it, [Lan, Imperial Concubine Lan? ]
【Correct.】
[Where did she get the poison? And how did she poison the Queen without being discovered? ]
The system said: [Marquis Jing'an sent the poison into the palace, and Concubine Lan wore the poison on herself, so she would not be discovered.]
The ladies in the harem had to pay their respects to the Empress every day, and Concubine Lan took this opportunity to poison her.
[You mean the poison is something like spice? ]
[Yes, and no toxicity was detected. Judging from the Queen's condition, if she doesn't take the antidote within three days, she will definitely die! ]
[No.] Jiang Yueyang was anxious, [Didn't your highness find the secret letter on the top of the library?]
System: [Found it, but they seem to want to play the long game and catch a big fish. ]
[Hehe.] Jiang Yueyang sneered, [Your Majesty, you big idiot! Now you're done, right? You didn't catch the big fish, but you killed the queen instead!]
Emperor Yuan: “…”
Emperor Yuan is now very regretful. The poison should be the one buried in the cold palace.
After An Yi sneaked out of Concubine Lan's palace, he asked the imperial physician to test for poison, and the result was that it was non-toxic.
Later, An Yi reported that Concubine Lan put those things in a sachet and wore them with her, so he thought...
He was the one who harmed the queen!
Yilandu, you deserve to die!
The system asked: [Host, are you going to stand aside and watch? ]
[The Queen is such a good person, I don’t want her to die. ]
So what are you going to do?
Jiang Yueyang was silent for a moment, then turned to Emperor Yuan and said in a serious tone, "Your Majesty, the blood that the Empress vomited is black. It's obvious that she was poisoned!"
Emperor Yuan glanced at the bright red blood on the handkerchief and followed her words and said, "The color of the blood seems to be abnormal. I also think it is poisoning, otherwise the queen would not have suddenly become so seriously ill."
[Great! His Majesty is color blind! I was just worried that he would question me.]
system:【……】
Emperor Yuan: “…”
"So your majesty, go and interrogate everyone who has had contact with the Queen recently. It would be best if you search their palaces. Maybe you can find the antidote!"
"Okay. I understand. You should leave the palace first. This kind of scene is not suitable for a little kid like you to watch."
Jiang Yueyang was speechless when she heard this, but she still obeyed the order and left the palace, taking two "guards" with her.
The system said that they were An Qi and An Jiu among the emperor's many secret guards, so Jiang Yueyang simply called An Qi Qingming and An Jiu Guyu.
At night, outside Mingyue Villa in Fengqi City.
Bai Yan sneaked into Mingyue Villa secretly with two followers.
After he came out of Linglong Pavilion today, he immediately took his men to Mingyue Villa in Fengqi City.
From his observation, he found that the guards at Mingyue Villa were not strict. There were only two people who looked like guards guarding outside a room, two gatekeepers, a cook and two maids.
So, they just need to deal with those two guards.
Bai Yan winked at his two followers, and one of them grabbed a stone and threw it into the bushes in the distance.
The two guards heard the noise and shouted, "Who's there?"
When no one responded, they drew their swords and inched toward the bushes where the sound came from.
And then nothing happened. They were knocked unconscious by the two followers brought by Bai Yan.
Bai Yan entered the room and saw that there was no one inside, so he immediately began looking for the mechanism.
After a while of searching, I finally found the mechanism on the wall.
After he pressed the mechanism, a hole opened up in the ground, and there was a staircase leading directly to the underground.
Bai Yan led the way down, holding a fire starter, and it took him about half a quarter of an hour to reach the end.
Then he saw a pool of water below, with a stone platform in the middle of the pool. On the platform was a huge golden birdcage, with a woman locked inside.
He was very familiar with that woman's face...
"mother……"
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