Chapter 427 Calculation
Wang Lu had just finished dealing with the incense when the people ordered by the Queen to search the palace came over.
The people from the Queen's side who were searching the palace were relatively polite to Wang Lu, but the search was very thorough. Wang Lu was watching from the side. He had just asked someone to look through it, and he also had someone keep an eye on it, for fear that someone would take advantage of this opportunity to put something there and tarnish the Queen's reputation.
Wang Lu was watching closely, and the one who led the palace search was Su Changming. Su Changming was so angry when he saw Wang Lu: "What are you doing, Eunuch Wang? I am searching the palace on the orders of the Queen Mother."
Wang Lu smiled and said, "Many things in Zhaohua Palace were bestowed by the emperor. I am afraid that they might bump into something. Eunuch Su is checking. I will definitely not stop you from checking. You can check as long as you want."
Even Su Changming couldn't explain the reason, but he felt really upset when he saw Wang Lu's smiling face.
The Empress was finally established, but Wang Lu's smiling face made them look like thieves trying to steal things from Zhaohua Palace. It's not that they don't allow them to investigate. They let you investigate, but if you investigate, they will stare at you. So are they investigating Concubine Xian or Concubine Xian asking them to investigate?
Su Changming waited for the result with a sullen face, but in the end, naturally, he found nothing.
Wang Lu looked at him again and respectfully escorted Su Changming out personally.
But Su Changming was disgusted.
Su Changming walked a long way and couldn't help but grit his teeth. What kind of people came out of Zhaohua Palace? Wang Lu was not very old. He was just a eunuch who cleaned the palace. Now he led a group of eunuchs in Zhaohua Palace and guarded Zhaohua Palace like an iron barrel. Among the eunuchs, this one is now the number one in front of the emperor except for Eunuch Zhao.
Really, he was clearly in front of the Queen, but now he couldn't even put on a high profile in front of Wang Lu.
Su Changming was humiliated in Zhaohua Palace, but no one dared to do so in other palaces. In fact, Su Changming was really checking carefully this time to see if there were any dirty things in the palace that were forbidden but secretly used. Not only the concubines, but also the palace maids and eunuchs had to be checked.
The main purpose was to check the palace maids and eunuchs. After all, concubines were concubines after all. As long as they were not caught committing adultery like Lin, this palace search was actually to let everyone know that the other concubines were innocent.
The queen had no intention of doing anything strange. This was the first thing she did after finally coming to power. There was no way she would make a fuss at this time. If it was really investigated, it would be the truth.
Su Changming investigated one place after another, and the queen and the concubines were all waiting for the results.
The atmosphere was a bit depressing. The Queen even served tea and snacks, saying that it was just a formality and we just had to wait for the results to come out.
The concubines were all waiting for the result. They were still worried until they got the definite news that everything was fine.
Only Concubine Shun hoped that the things that Shen Qing kept would be found out. It was difficult to sneak things into Zhaohua Palace. If Shen Qing had not taken many people out for the safety of herself and the Sixth Prince during the autumn hunt, Zhaohua Palace would not have been so heavily guarded. How could Shen Qing sneak anything into the palace? But Shen Qing had just returned at this time, and was caught off guard by Lin Liangren's matter. She felt that Shen Qing could not react so quickly.
At this moment, seeing Shen Qing drinking tea and eating snacks at the Queen's place, with an expression as if nothing had happened, she thought that soon she would not be able to act so nonchalant.
It took a lot of effort to search the palace separately. They sat here with the queen until dark when Su Changming came back to report.
He actually found out something.
The concubines were fine, but he caught several palace maids and eunuchs who had hidden pornographic materials or banned books.
The concubines involved all looked unhappy and apologized to the queen for not keeping a close watch on the harem. Chen Qing and Defei also stood up and explained that they had not done a good job in managing the harem.
This is actually just a formality. If the subordinates commit a crime, it is impossible for the master to be punished. Just say a few words today and be more strict in the future. In this way, today's formality is over.
Only Concubine Shun looked at Shen Qing in shock. How could it be possible? Everything was clearly arranged, so why didn't they find out? This happened so suddenly, how could Concubine Xian be prepared in advance?
She didn't hide her expression, and it was a coincidence. Concubine Shun was a concubine, sitting diagonally opposite Shen Qing. When Shen Qing sat down again, didn't she see Concubine Shun's stunned expression? Although she immediately lowered her head, this unnatural expression seemed a bit problematic, didn't it?
Chen Qing felt that there was something wrong with Concubine Shun's eyes, but after all, she was in front of the Queen, so she just pretended not to see it.
The matter was investigated till here, and all the concubines took their leave. Shen Qing returned to Zhaohua Palace, and Wang Lu immediately knelt down in front of Shen Qing: "I am guilty. Someone let someone sneak unclean things into Zhaohua Palace, and I didn't find out until your Majesty ordered me to do so. Please punish me, your Majesty."
The arrogance that Wang Lu had shown towards Su Changming before was completely gone in front of Shen Qing. He felt really guilty for not having a good impression of Zhaohua Palace.
Shen Qing raised an eyebrow: "What did you find out?"
"It's a batch of spices. Obviously, I have checked it. This batch of spices was delivered half a month ago, but it was also checked before being put into the warehouse. I didn't expect there would be problems inside. I guess someone tampered with it later. Maybe the defense in Zhaohua Palace was lax during the days when the queen was away, so someone took advantage of it."
When Chen Qing went out for the autumn hunting, there were no people in the palace with him, so he naturally had to bring his own people to ensure his own safety. What's more, there was Xiaoliu. There were many people in Zhaohua Palace who followed him out. If someone took advantage of him, it was hard to say if they had intentions.
Wang Lu said: "I don't know what's inside either. It was not appropriate to ask the imperial physician to come here before, so I just left it there. Your Majesty's intention is..."
Shen Qing raised an eyebrow: "Just say that I suddenly feel dizzy, and ask the imperial physician to come and take a look."
Xuanyuan Ling came over just in time to see Wang Lu going out. Naturally, Xuanyuan Ling asked about Wang Lu's going out at this moment.
Wang Lu saw that Xuanyuan Ling was at a loss for words, so he just said, "I was ordered to summon the imperial physician."
Xuanyuan Ling went straight to the point after hearing this. He was thinking that Shen Qing had been exhausted from the long journey back home and had been bothered by Lin Liangren's incident for so long. Could it be that he was sick from exhaustion?
Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Ling hurried inside. As soon as he entered, he saw Shen Qing lying on the couch: "What's wrong? Are you sick?"
Shen Qing closed her eyes to rest, and then she heard Xuanyuan Ling's voice. It happened that he came, so she had to talk to him about this matter, so Zhang Ri said: "Your Majesty, I have been plotted against."
Xuanyuan Ling's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. Was she being tricked? Asking for a doctor? He grabbed her shoulders and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Zhao Hai, who followed in, also felt his legs trembling when he heard this. If this was a plot against him and he asked for a royal physician, wouldn't that mean he was poisoned?
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