Chapter 497 Questioning (Update 1)
Xiaowu looked back in surprise.
Seeing her elder sister staring at the booklet, she tilted her head.
——It seems that this booklet is really worth reading?
Ye Chutang turned back again.
Xiaowu waited obediently by the side.
Ye Chutang read very quickly, even faster and faster, and she finished reading the thin booklet in no time.
By the last page, she had confirmed her guess.
——Someone had indeed secretly poisoned Emperor Mu Wu’s food, causing his heart disease to relapse.
The other party's method is covert. They just increase the amounts of several different foods separately. On the surface, there seems to be nothing abnormal, but when you look at them together, you will find that these things counteract each other and cause great damage to the heart.
This is a sophisticated method of poisoning...
Ye Chutang narrowed his eyes slightly - it seemed that his condition was similar to that of Xiao Chengqi being poisoned.
The difference is that Emperor Mu Wu was poisoned by a slow-acting poison that would take years to take effect, while Xiao Chengqi was poisoned by a highly toxic one that took effect very quickly.
The similarity is that both of these poisons are extremely rare and are intended to take people’s lives!
Maybe... there really is the same mastermind behind this?
If that were the case, it would really send chills down one's spine.
This proves that the opponent's forces have silently infiltrated the palace!
Ye Chutang took a copper basin, lit the booklet and threw it in.
The flames rose and leaped, reflecting on the doors and windows, casting faint shadows.
Only after the booklet was completely burned to ashes did Ye Chutang pour another cup of tea into it.
The smell of something burning dissipated, leaving only wisps of white smoke.
After cleaning up, Ye Chutang stood up.
Xiaowu was no longer surprised by this. After all, her elder sister would burn things from time to time, sometimes letters, sometimes books, and she was used to it.
Ye Chutang then opened the door, and the night wind blew towards him, instantly dispelling the depressing atmosphere in the room.
As if nothing had happened.
Ye Chutang took Xiaowu's hand.
"Let's go eat."
…
The Imperial Palace.
Xiao Chenglin limped along on one leg, walking step by step towards Qianyuan Hall.
Inside the hall, Emperor Muwu sat at the head, with ministers from the Cabinet, Dali Temple and Ministry of Justice sitting on both sides.
Xiao Chengqi knelt in the middle of the hall with a pale face.
Concubine Ru was by his side, with tears still on her face.
Hearing the footsteps, everyone looked over with complicated expressions.
Ever since Xiao Chenglin injured his leg, he has never appeared in such occasions again.
Many people present had not seen him for several years.
When he saw him again at this time, the frail young prince had obviously grown up a lot.
He is handsome, polite and courteous, but a little too introverted and his clothes are too simple.
If it weren't for that disabled leg, he would be living a much better life than he is now.
Xiao Chenglin knelt down and saluted: "Your son pays homage to the emperor, long live the emperor."
Emperor Mu Wu looked at his almost forgotten son with heavy eyes and waved his hand.
"Your legs are inconvenient, so you don't have to bow. Someone, please give me a seat."
Xiao Chenglin bowed his head in thanks.
After he sat down, he looked seriously at Xiao Chengxuan who was kneeling in the middle for the first time.
He hesitated for a moment before asking, "I wonder why the emperor urgently summoned me to the palace?"
Emperor Mu Wu did not answer his question immediately, but only asked: "Where is Huang Kun?"
Eunuch Li waved his whisk and said, "Bring Huang Kun in!"
Xiao Chenglin was stunned for a moment.
When he saw the blood-soaked figure being dragged in, he took a long time to identify him before speaking in disbelief:
"...Xiao Kunzi?"
Emperor Mu Wu asked in a deep voice: "Huang Kun, I want to ask you, when Prince Jing's leg was injured, was it an accident or was it a deliberate murder? "
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