Li Yu had made some guesses about who was responsible for the poisoning of King Jing when he was young, but he was only King Jing's wife. To investigate the many restrictions of the emperor's harem decades ago, it would be most appropriate to let the emperor investigate it himself. At present, he and King Jing had no other choice but to trust the emperor.
In addition, there is another terrifying thing to think about. The King Jing in this world recovered, while the King Jing in the original book was probably dumb for life. It is no wonder that King Jing's descendants are normal, whether in the book or in this world. It is not because King Jing is lucky, but because King Jing's dumbness is not congenital. King Jing in this world was lucky to discover it. However, there is no carp spirit in the original book that can help King Jing find the truth.
Li Yu himself felt lucky, but also a little scared. The secret related to muteness had been lingering in front of him for a long time, but he almost missed it.
King Jing spat out poisonous blood in a hurry because he chose to do the side quest "Compassion", and the reward for this side quest was a prescription that was inextricably linked to muteness.
One more snow crowberry would become a poison to harm King Jing, while a few more other good medicines could help King Jing recover.
You never know what surprises are waiting for you in the pit fishing system.
And sometimes doing good things will still be rewarded.
The side quest came to an end. Li Yu helped Liang and helped himself and King Jing to get through the most difficult stage.
The Sixth Prince held Liang hostage that day, and there was a suspicion of regicide. After the emperor returned to the palace with everyone, he ordered the guards to put the Sixth Prince in the prison, and no one dared to speak for the Sixth Prince.
The Sixth Prince dared to attack the emperor. The emperor could abolish this son, but he could not really kill his son. Sparing the Sixth Prince's life was the utmost kindness.
Concubine Zhang knew that the Sixth Prince had really made an unforgivable mistake this time, so she was prudent and protected herself. She stayed in Yongfu Palace and did not show up if possible.
The emperor retained Concubine Zhang's position as a concubine because she did not directly participate in the Sixth Prince's actions, and reprimanded her severely.
Concubine Zhang was always a quail in front of the emperor, but it was her quail nature that saved her in the end.
Liang was completely disappointed with the Sixth Prince. After being held hostage, the child in Liang's belly was too shocked and died that night. Liang packed her bags without saying a word and returned to her parents' home to live permanently. The
framed Concubine Lu was released after the emperor found out and reunited with the Eighth Prince.
The Seventh Prince and his biological mother, Concubine Li, also learned from the emperor that they were also responsible for the Sixth Prince's frame-up. The Seventh Prince said that you can't know a person's heart by his face. After this hunting trip, the two little princes unexpectedly matured a lot.
The emperor sent the four sons of King Jing to the Yu study. The Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince were finally not the youngest radish heads anymore. They became uncles in front of the four treasures, and the two little princes held their chests high.
The emperor has already paved the way for King Jing, and told them clearly that it was King Jing who helped them clear the suspicion. The two little princes then paid special attention to their nephews. The study was peaceful and harmonious, and the emperor was very satisfied with this. The seventh and eighth princes could establish a good relationship with the four treasures, which means they had established a good relationship with King Jing. They probably wouldn't have to worry about the future.
On the other hand, Luo Zongguan was ordered to investigate, and the cause of Pu Liu's death also surfaced. Pu Liu died of poisoning. The emperor ordered the old doctor to assist the coroner and found that there was residual poison in Pu Liu's body, which was the medicinal properties of Xuewuzi mixed with Angelica dahurica.
This is very clear. Pu Liu should have drunk the juice of these two medicines, and then passed the poison to the young King Jing through breast milk, and the poison took effect after she left the palace.
It should be said that it was fortunate that she did not feed the King Jing the medicine directly, otherwise the King Jing would hardly live for a few months, because the poison of Xuewuzi was passed through breast milk, and the toxicity was weakened a lot, so the King Jing was mute by the medicine, not dead, and the poison remained in the King Jing's body, and did not cause other harm.
This is probably the cunning of the poisoner. If the King Jing died directly from the poison, the emperor would definitely investigate it strictly, but if he was mute by the poison and pretended to be born mute, the emperor would at most ask the imperial physician to see him, and would pray to the gods, but would not punish anyone else.
In this way, even if the emperor and Empress Xiaohui still have such a legitimate son in the world, it is actually the same as not having one.
The emperor was very sure that he had no hatred with Pu Liu, and really didn't understand why the other party wanted to frame him like this.
Since they were not enemies, Pu Liu must have been doing things for others. Luo Ruisheng continued to track down Pu Liu's family.
He found that her family members also died of plague shortly after her death.
The two midwives who delivered Empress Xiaohui at that time, one slipped and fell off a cliff, and her body was not found, and the other was accidentally hit by a carriage after drinking. The imperial physician who "diagnosed" King Jing was quite old at that time, and passed away not long after retiring to his hometown.
... None of them survived.
The emperor, who was familiar with the court methods, knew at a glance that they were probably silenced.
Reflecting on the past, there were indeed too many cats.
The investigation was interrupted because of this, and the emperor had a headache. Because this was related to King Jing, the emperor summoned King Jing and his wife into the palace.
In recent days, the emperor has also seen the intelligence of Princess Jing. Li Yu always has unique insights. It was Li Yu who found the poison powder under the cattails in the closed palace and saved Prince Jing. The emperor thought it would be better to ask Li Yu to see if Li Yu had any other opinions.
The emperor ordered, and Prince Jing soon brought Li Yu.
Prince Jing's speech has been getting better day by day. Except that his voice is still very hoarse and his conversation is a little slow, there are no other problems. Even if it continues to be like this, the emperor will not dislike it in his heart.
"Tianchi, what do you think?" the emperor asked.
Prince Jing said slowly: "Very good."
Prince Jing couldn't speak before, and now that he is better, he has no desire to talk to the emperor, and is usually very concise.
On the contrary, the emperor himself prepared a lot of questions and wanted to care about Prince Jing, but he couldn't ask them.
The emperor heard from Wang Xi that the Prince of Jing now gets up early every day to study in the palace, reading aloud from the Three Character Classic to various storybooks.
The Prince of Jing looked cold and indifferent. He could do some fighting, but it was hard for the emperor to imagine him reading storybooks.
The Prince of Jing stuffed a booklet in his sleeve, and after consulting the emperor, he would take it out and take a look from time to time.
The emperor knew that the Prince of Jing used to prepare some notes, but now the notes were no longer needed, so what was the booklet for?
The emperor took a sneak peek when the Prince of Jing was not paying attention, and saw only some messy and strange patterns.
"The princess wrote it." The Prince of Jing explained with a smile.
Because Li Yu was afraid that the Prince of Jing would suddenly forget how to pronounce a certain word, he compiled a pinyin book of commonly used words for emergency use. The Prince of Jing carried it with him and would take it out to read whether he forgot or not.
Even though Li Yu was right beside him, he couldn't help but feel that King Jing wanted to show off.
The Emperor: "..."
The emperor felt that after the prince's muteness was cured, the scandals with the princess of Jing reached a new level. The emperor had seen it so many times that he had gone from amused to numb. This was the feeling of being flattered too much.
Back to the point, after greeting the young couple, the emperor laid out the current predicament.
"Father is wise. You found many clues so quickly."
Li Yu flattered him first. The emperor investigated vigorously. The news came very quickly. Li Yu did not expect that the few insiders they could think of were all dead.
The emperor was surprised to be praised. He coughed lightly and said, "It's just that the clues are gone now. I don't know what to do for a while."
Li Yu was waiting for him to say this.
"Although these people are gone, there are still 'things' here, and some 'things' cannot be changed... Father, why don't you check out the Snow Crow?"
Li Yu said the secret.
He had heard the old doctor say that the Snow Crow grew on the top of the snow mountain, but there were no snow mountains in the territory of this dynasty, so the Snow Crow was extremely rare, and even the Imperial Hospital did not have one.
"…This is suspicious. Why would Pu Liu have a medicinal material that is not even available in the Imperial Hospital? Moreover, snow crow seeds are a great tonic. They become poisonous only after they meet angelica root. I think the person behind the scenes should understand medical principles, or at least understand the toxicity of snow crow seeds."
The old doctor said that the powder was originally prepared according to the ancient health-preserving recipe, with only one more ingredient, snow crow seeds. People who don't understand the mystery would think that this is to supplement the medicine even if they know the existence of snow crow seeds. It is estimated that this is also a way to deceive people.
Li Yu said all here, and he was worried in his heart. Snow crow seeds are rare in this dynasty. Could it be that this poison is related to foreign countries?
But for so many years, there have been no foreigners in the emperor's harem.
For example, even if the emperor and King Jin Jue formed an alliance and the two countries were friendly, the emperor could accept the marriage between Princess Jin Jue and the prince, but he would never take a Jin Jue person as his concubine.
This was the emperor's usual style.
Li Yu strongly suspected that Pu Liu's Xue Wuzi came from a foreign country, but since there were no foreigners in the palace, how did Xue Wuzi come from? Could it be that Pu Liu herself was a foreigner?
The more Li Yu thought about it, the more strange it became, and he asked the question without realizing it.
The emperor was stunned and fell into deep thought. After a while, he said, "I will order people to start with Xue Wuzi and continue the investigation."
Seeing that the emperor did not want to say more, Li Yu did not ask any more questions.
After leaving the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Li Yu gently nudged King Jing with his elbow: "Tianchi, do you know where there is a snow mountain?"
King Jing was outside, so it was inconvenient to say more. He wrote two words on Li Yu's palm, Loulan.
"Loulan...what is it?"
Li Yu was confused. He was a fish who traveled through the book. He had very little knowledge of the geography of this dynasty. Thanks to the original book, he only knew of Jin Jue among all the neighboring countries. It was the first time he heard the name Loulan.
King Jing wrote: Loulan, there is a snow mountain. Thirty years ago, it was destroyed by my father.
Li Yu: "…………"
It turned out to be a destroyed country. No wonder I have never heard of it.
Could the Snow Crow come from Loulan!
He had been thinking that the person behind the scenes who harmed King Jing must have some grudge against the emperor. Could it be that the people from Loulan, whose country was destroyed, had sneaked into the palace and were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on the emperor?
Or, Li Yu recalled the emperor's glittering eyes just now. Could it be that the emperor had an old relationship with a Loulan girl and took her into the harem, but the emperor's favorite was still Empress Xiaohui. Did the Loulan girl turn hatred from love and... harm King Jing?
The more Li Yu thought about it, the more ridiculous it became. King Jing curled his lips and pulled Li Yu's sleeve.
Follow me. King Jing signaled with his eyes.
Li Yu followed King Jing for a while and found that King Jing took him into a palace that looked familiar.
Li Yu glanced at the plaque. It was Jingtai Hall!
Thinking back to when he first turned into a fish, he had lived in Jingtai Palace for a few days. But after only a year, Li Yu had lived in the palace more often, and Jingtai Palace had become a little unfamiliar to him, so he was not able to recognize it at the first time.
The original servants in Jingtai Palace, seeing their master, King Jing, saluted one after another.
King Jing looked straight at him, pulled Li Yu and went straight to the bedroom.
Li Yu: ? ? ?
Li Yu blushed a little. Recently, he has been clamoring for a daughter, but after sucking gold several times, King Jing's dark circles were almost gone, and his daughter didn't come.
It was too difficult not to get it right away. Li Yu was eager to have a daughter, and he was a little superstitious. He strongly suspected that the horoscope of King Jing's Mansion in the imperial city was not compatible with his daughter. He was just thinking of trying another place with King Jing. King Jing was really a considerate and good old man. He gave him a pillow as soon as he fell asleep.
Jingtai Palace is great, it can be considered as a place of first sight, it is very commemorative.
King Jing knew that there was something that might be related to Loulan, and when he turned around to get it, he found that the carp spirit had drilled into the brocade quilt, and the watery eyes with small hooks kept teasing him.