Chapter 276 Your Majesty, there is an important discovery!
Chan'er followed the nanny to the place where tea was made.
The Royal Guards followed them closely, keeping a close eye on their every move.
The nanny glared at Chan'er fiercely and said in a sarcastic tone, "Miss Chan'er, you should make the tea yourself. I dare not make tea for Concubine Zhao. If something goes wrong, I can't bear the consequences."
"Okay then." Chan'er looked unhappy on the surface, but she was actually very happy in her heart.
How come the Empress is so amazing? She always gets it right!
Just now, when Bai Wutong asked her to make tea, she lowered her voice and said that it must be her who made it.
This was a good opportunity for her to clean her hands and wash everything off.
Of course, she still didn't understand why, but now it seemed that the Queen clearly had a firm grasp on human nature.
Chan'er pretended to accidentally push the nanny away and her hand brushed across her body.
Then, she washed her hands carefully, rinsed the teapot with water several times, put in the tea leaves, poured in hot water, rinsed away the first batch of tea, and then brewed it again.
After wiping the teapot clean, Chaner picked it up and said, "Let's go."
The Royal Guards watched closely the entire process and did not find anything unusual.
The process of brewing tea is also correct.
Chan'er returned to the hall with the brewed tea.
"Your Majesty, the tea is here." Chan'er said, pouring a cup of tea and handing it to Bai Wutong.
Bai Wutong took the teacup and drank a sip without hesitation, then looked at Zhang Chengyan, "Your Majesty, wouldn't you like a cup?"
"No need." Zhang Chengyan refused coldly.
Everyone was silent.
The Royal Guards outside were still searching carefully.
"Hey, look what this is?"
A royal guard pointed to the side of the open palace gate, where there seemed to be something like powder.
The emperor issued a strict order that any suspicious points must not be overlooked, so they dared not slack off in the slightest.
The team leader walked forward, dipped a little powder on his finger, put it under his nose and smelled it, "It seems to have a fishy smell."
He suddenly remembered Wang Decai and his team's search operation that night, and his face changed. "This is... algae powder! Quick, go get some salt water!"
Not long after, the salt water arrived.
The captain of the Royal Guards sprinkled a little on the powder, and the powder really turned green!
He immediately carried a container of sea salt water, walked quickly into the palace, and reported loudly, "Your Majesty, there is a major discovery!"
The queen's heart suddenly tightened, her face turned pale, and she blurted out, "This is impossible, I didn't do anything!"
She had already dealt with it cleanly, how could she have discovered anything?
Zhang Chengyan ignored the queen's explanation and asked, "What did you find?"
"Your Majesty, we found algae powder at the side door of Fengyi Palace. I have just tested it with sea salt water and it indeed turned green."
"Algae powder?"
Algae powder was the special means used to find that palace maid, which means that the palace maid had been to Fengyi Palace!
How could a maid from Concubine De's palace come to Fengyi Palace at this critical moment?
Zhang Chengyan turned his head slowly, his eyes deep and cold, "How do you explain it?"
"What...what algae powder?" The queen looked confused. She really didn't know what algae powder was.
But for some reason, the more she didn't understand, the more panicked she became, and her heartbeat became faster and faster!
Zhang Chengyan spoke word by word, "I had people sprinkle algae powder on the palace maid who bribed Xiao Luzi. Why is there such a thing in your palace?"
The queen staggered and almost lost her balance.
Shock and fear almost enveloped her completely!
What is the emperor saying?
Bribing Xiao Luzi's palace maid?
How did he know this?
Isn’t Xiao Luzi already dead?
At this point, even if the queen was slow-witted, she finally figured it out.
From the very beginning, the emperor knew that Xiao Luzi had been bribed.
So, did something really happen in the imperial prison?
This sudden change was so shocking that even though the queen was usually very shrewd, she could hardly hide her panic at this moment.
The shock and fear on his face were still revealed inadvertently.
Bai Wutong kept staring at the queen, taking in every change in her expression.
This was indeed done by the Queen!
In this way, everything he had done before was not to frame the queen, but to help the emperor find out the real culprit behind the scenes and reveal the truth to the court!
Even Bai Wutong could easily see that something was wrong with the Queen, so how could Zhang Chengyan not notice it?
His face was terribly gloomy. He walked quickly to the queen and slapped her mercilessly, "It was you who did it!"
The slap was so powerful that the queen felt a burning pain on her face. She woke up with a start and frantically explained, "Your Majesty, I... I just don't know what algae powder is, so I was surprised and scared. It's not because I did something wrong and I feel guilty!"
The nanny hurried forward to support the queen, "Your Majesty, the queen's heart disease is extremely serious. If you don't believe it, you can call the imperial physician to ask. The queen is so weak, how could she do such a heinous thing!"
At this moment, Bai Wutong suddenly pointed at the nanny and asked, "What's that on you?"
The nanny subconsciously looked down and saw a faint mark on her clothes, as if left by some kind of powder.
The Royal Guard understood what he meant, stepped forward and splashed salt water on the mark.
The next moment, that area suddenly turned green!
Bai Wutong covered his mouth and said, "There is algae powder on your body too. It turns out that you were the one who came into contact with that palace maid!"
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