Chapter 322 The mastermind behind the scenes is Liang Chaozong
"What's going on in the imperial manor?" Xia Miaoyuan blinked her big black eyes, blinking at Emperor Mingxi and the crown prince.
Emperor Mingxi looked at Xia Miaoyuan lovingly and read the contents of the letter in a low voice.
In the letter, Prince Jin wrote down all the findings so far. He expected that the mastermind behind the scenes might have a bigger conspiracy, so he didn't dare to act rashly. So he wanted to show it to Emperor Mingxi and the crown prince and ask them for their instructions. After reading
the letter, the room was silent for a long time.
The content of the letter really surprised Emperor Mingxi and Xia Miaoyuan.
The crown prince had read the letter before, so he had to be calmer.
[Wow, so cunning! He actually poisoned the rice bowl. 】
Xia Miaoyuan bit the corner of the handkerchief in a daze, his thoughts still drifting.
【This method is certainly not something that ordinary people can think of. 】
【The person behind the scenes must have a very big plan. 】
【Nine out of ten, the person behind the scenes is Liang Chaozong. 】
【And what they are after is most likely exotic crops. 】
【But, if they are after potatoes, corn and so on, why would they poison the tenth uncle and the tenth aunt? 】
【This is something I can't figure out. 】
"Cheng Wan, what do you think about this?" Emperor Mingxi asked with a frown.
The prince said with a bitter face: "My son thinks that since the poison is so exquisite and so concerned about the dosage of the poison, people will not die even if they eat it for a few months."
"Then, the person behind the scenes must have a bigger plan, and it is definitely not the life of the tenth uncle and his wife."
【Good, big brother's IQ is online! 】Xia Miaoyuan secretly gave the prince a thumbs up in his heart.
The prince couldn't help but relax his brows and feel happy.
Emperor Mingxi glanced at the prince and thought, you boy, you listened to your sister's thoughts and said them out in a pretentious manner, and you are so happy!
But what he said was: "Well, Chengwan's analysis is reasonable."
"Then the best plan for now is not to make a fuss."
"Finding out the mastermind behind the scenes and their conspiracy is the most important thing."
[Yes, yes, that's right. Daddy's brain is also very smart. 】
[It seems that my eldest brother has inherited Daddy's genes! 】
Xia Miaoyuan looked at Emperor Mingxi with admiration.
Emperor Mingxi felt his daughter's gaze, raised his eyebrows slightly, and continued: "Chengwan, you send a message to Prince Jin, and tell them to pretend that they didn't notice anything."
"Eat as usual, and then continue to pretend that your body is getting tired."
The prince nodded: "Okay, I got it, I will send a message to them immediately today."
At this time, a restrained knock on the door sounded.
"Knock, knock!"
Emperor Mingxi and the prince both shut up, and then Debao's voice came into their ears.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, just now, the prince's confidant Awu came to see the prince and said there was an urgent matter."
The prince raised his eyebrows and whispered to Emperor Mingxi: "There must be new clues."
"I sent people to investigate in the past two days."
[Wow! My brother's people are quite efficient. 】
The Emperor Mingxi's eyes flickered, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Lead him here from the back door, and don't alarm others."
Debao nodded and left.
Before long, the tall guard beside the prince, Awu, appeared in the inner room.
Awu bowed respectfully to the Emperor Mingxi and the prince.
"Tell me quickly, what new discoveries have you made?" asked the Emperor Mingxi.
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Awu.
Ah Wu's eyes were bright, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he looked in a good mood. "Your Majesty, Your Highness, our subordinates have made new discoveries today."
"Based on the portrait drawn by the Crown Princess, our subordinates found out the landlord who beat people on the street that day."
"The landlord's name is Chen Liuzi, and he is a street urchin in East City."
"He specializes in stealing, cheating and deceiving people on weekdays."
"He is not a landlord at all."
"We arrested him and tortured him, and he confessed quickly. He said that a middle-aged man hired him that day."
"He was asked to pretend to be the landlord and have a conflict with the old woman on the street."
"The dialogue between the two was also designed and taught to him by the employer in advance."
The prince held a folding fan in his right hand. Hearing this, he couldn't help but knock the folding fan on the palm of his left hand, "Sure enough!"
"Does Chen Liuzi recognize the old woman that day?"
Awu replied, "Chen Liuzi said that the old woman was also hired by the employer, and he had never seen her before the incident, let alone knew her."
Emperor Mingxi asked anxiously, "Did Chen Liuzi tell you who the employer was?"
Awu raised the corners of his mouth, "Originally, every time the employer went to find Chen Liuzi, he wore a veil to hide his identity."
"However, Chen Liuzi often hangs out on the streets and is very familiar with the merchants, shopkeepers and the like on the streets."
"He recognized that the woman was the head shopkeeper of Tianxiang Restaurant by a black mole on the employer's forehead and the look in the employer's eyes."
When Emperor Mingxi, the crown prince, and Xia Miaoyuan heard this, their hearts skipped a beat.
But the prince still suppressed his excitement and asked: "Can he be sure that the employer is the shopkeeper?"
Ah Wu nodded solemnly: "He can be sure."
Emperor Mingxi and the prince exchanged glances.
Then the prince waved his hand and asked Ah Wu to leave first. Only
Emperor Mingxi, the prince, and Xia Miaoyuan were left in the room.
At this time, the three of them were extremely excited.
[The employer is the shopkeeper of Tianxiang Grand Restaurant, so the mastermind behind the scenes is Liang Chaozong. 】
【There is a 99.999% chance that it is Liang Chaozong.】
【Then, this conspiracy must be for the purpose of cultivating those exotic crops in the garden.】
【But, why is the chronic poison used?】
Xia Miaoyuan thought of this again and was once again stuck.
【Oh, what a headache.】
Emperor Mingxi and the prince listened to Xia Miaoyuan's thoughts quietly, and for a moment they felt very complicated, excited and uneasy.
After a long silence in the room, Emperor Mingxi said: "I will give you twenty secret guards to secretly keep a close eye on Liang Chaozong, but be careful not to make any surprises."
The prince took the order and left.
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On the other side, at the imperial manor.
The Prince of Jin and his wife received the prince's reply and confirmed the next course of action.
Yin Xizi continued to pretend to be a servant and stayed in the main courtyard.
She secretly gave acupuncture and medicine to the King of Jin and his wife to continue detoxification.
It had been a few days since the poisoning was discovered. After Yin Xizi's treatment, the toxins in the bodies of the King of Jin and his wife had been almost eliminated, and their complexions had improved a lot.
Especially the Princess of Jin, she no longer had the previous symptoms of dizziness and chest tightness.
But in order not to arouse the suspicion of Nanny Xie, the two of them deliberately asked the maid to apply a layer of light yellow powder on their faces every morning.
In this way, the complexion of the two still looked faintly yellow.
As for three meals a day, the two of them could eat with peace of mind. However, for every meal, the trusted maid brought out the main courtyard's rice bowls and gave them to them.
In the cultivation garden, the Jin prince and his wife still went to inspect it regularly every day.
Jin prince supported the princess and walked slowly on the ridge of the field.
The princess' slender hands gently held a tomato the size of a quail egg and said to King Jin, "Look, Your Majesty."
"At this rate of growth, the tomatoes will be ready in another month."
King Jin laughed, "Yes, the tomatoes, potatoes, and corn that we have invested the most effort in are growing well."
"I didn't expect that these foreign seeds would grow so well when planted in the Central Plains!"
"When these three are harvested, we will pick the best ones and personally deliver them to the palace for the emperor to see."
"The emperor will surely be very pleased then."
King Jin said with his eyes shining, as if he was already looking forward to being rewarded by Emperor Mingxi.
Princess Jin agreed, "When the time comes, we should promote these good things in the capital first, so that the people of the capital can have a taste of them first."
"Then it will surely make a sensation in the whole capital!"
The Jin prince and his wife chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere seemed very relaxed and happy. The haze that had been hanging over their heads for days suddenly faded a lot.
Outside the gate of the breeding garden, a fat old woman hid behind the gate, peeking greedily through the crack of the door, with the corners of her mouth silently grinning.
...
Late at night, Liang Mansion.
A man in black skillfully climbed over the wall, came to the main courtyard, and quietly jumped outside Liang Chaozong's bedroom.