“Since it really was the witch doctor who poisoned them, then the person must still be in the palace,” Cang Xixue said.
The Queen expressed her suspicions, "But it's not necessarily the witch doctor himself who poisoned the Empress Dowager; perhaps the other party obtained the poison from the witch doctor."
Qi Zhen looked at the Empress and said, “Indeed, but no matter what, this person must be related to witch doctors. Since it involves witch doctor sects, as a disciple of the Divine Doctor Sect, I will not let this go unpunished.”
After saying that, he looked at Feng Guche and said, "Your Majesty, please excuse us. I need to use the unique secret technique of my Divine Physician Sect to ensure that the Empress Dowager is not harmed by the poison any further."
Feng Guche then withdrew from the crowd, leaving only Granny Yun to take care of the Empress Dowager.
Before turning to leave, Mu Chenshuang glanced at Qi Zhen, her eyes darkening slightly. She then subtly withdrew her gaze and left the inner hall.
The group arrived inside the main hall.
Fu Junheng told the emperor that he wanted to spend some time alone with Mu Chenshuang. Feng Guche glanced at the two of them, said nothing, and granted Fu Junheng's request.
Mu Chenshuang glanced at Fu Junheng, who turned to look at her, his eyes filled with undisguised tenderness, and said in a low voice, "Let's go!"
This scene caught Feng Anxue's eye, and her fingers, which were hanging down on her lap, clenched unconsciously, her eyes turning sinister.
Outside the palace.
“You really have no scruples.” Mu Chenshuang said.
Fu Junheng reached out and grasped the woman's slender, delicate fingers, a faint smile playing on his thin lips. "Everyone knows this now, so why bother hiding it?"
Mu Chenshuang glanced at him, then withdrew her hand and sat down on the railing chair beside her, gazing into the distance. The hanging candlelight illuminated the woman's exquisite profile, and the evening breeze carried a touch of coolness.
Fu Junheng glanced at her again, his gaze sweeping over her lower abdomen. She was wearing a loose-fitting ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), so her pregnancy wasn't obvious. Her hand instinctively fell to her lower abdomen.
His eyes darkened, and he withdrew his gaze, asking, "Shuang'er, have you noticed anything wrong?"
Looking into the distance, Mu Chenshuang calmly explained, "The poison that the Empress Dowager was poisoned with was indeed Half Red Essence. Qi Zhen and Ji Luoyan were right."
"Shuang'er, you must know in your heart that the Empress Dowager's actions today were aimed at you. Who do you think was behind it?"
Mu Chenshuang looked up at him and asked in return, "What do you really think?"
Fu Junheng lowered his eyes to look at him, lifted his long robe, sat down next to Mu Chenshuang, reached out and held her hand that was placed in front of her lower abdomen, gently kneading her fingers, looking into her pair of beautiful eyes like glass, and said, "What I think in my heart should be the same as Shuang'er's."
Mu Chenshuang did not withdraw her hand, letting the man play with it as he pleased, and said, "But in the current situation, even if we find evidence, we may not be able to testify in person. As things stand, all I need to do is get acquitted."
It goes without saying who poisoned the Empress Dowager; it was undoubtedly related to Feng Anxue.
When Feng Anxue confronted her aggressively just now, although the emperor stopped Feng Anxue and lectured her, he was by no means truly blaming Feng Anxue in his heart.
She was, after all, his most beloved princess. No matter what she had done before, the emperor would eventually step in and smooth things over, and the matter would be dropped.
Moreover, Feng Guche was probably already dissatisfied with her, so why would he really blame his daughter for the sake of this maternal relative princess?
If, given the Emperor's current dissatisfaction with her, Feng Anxue is rendered speechless, the final result will only make the Emperor even more dissatisfied with her, and may even implicate Lord Mu.
So you're planning to just let this go?
"Of course it won't just be left unresolved. Now is not the right time to punish her. As for what she's doing now, I'm afraid we really need to investigate her secretly."
After all, she wouldn't let Feng Anxue continue to act recklessly.
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