Hou Junsheng hurriedly asked, "How did Lord Tan know about this?"
"My coroner just examined the deceased and found that he did not hang himself, but was murdered."
Hou Junsheng thought for a moment and looked at his nephew, "How about we go and take a look together, General Jing?"
[Look, nephew, this is my aunt's longevity lock. Yes, one box.]
"Longevity lock?"
Hou Junsheng glared at Jing Shenghan with disgust: "We haven't talked about it yet."
"At this moment, you asked me to accompany you to the cell."
Nephew: I must get the longevity lock for my aunt
"You!" Hou Jun's face flushed with anger. He took a deep breath and nodded. "Okay, I promise you."
The eldest nephew followed Hou Junsheng to the cell after seeing a box of longevity locks.
After listening to the coroner's analysis again, the eldest nephew asked, "Who delivered the food today?"
"It was... this little one sent it to me." A yamen runner behind him knelt down and said, "General, please spare my life. I would never poison you."
"Is there anyone visiting today?"
"There was a maid from the palace." The bailiff recalled the scene. "She said she was the prisoner's vegetable farmer's wife, so..."
"What?" Hou Junsheng grabbed the man's collar with one hand. "Didn't I tell you that no one is allowed to visit?"
"But sir... that maid is holding Concubine Yue's badge."
"Noble Concubine Yue?" Hou Jun walked out angrily, "I'm going to the palace."
He walked to the door, then stepped back and grabbed his nephew's arm: "General Jing, come with me."
"I'm busy."
Hou Junsheng calmed down and said, "In order to reveal the truth about His Majesty's poisoning, you must accompany me to the palace to meet Concubine Yue."
"Why do you want me to come with you?"
"Your fourth brother has a close relationship with the Second Prince. Do I need to tell you that?" Hou Junsheng took Jing Qiaoqiao away from his eldest nephew's arms. "I'll hold the child for you. Let's go."
The imperial palace.
Concubine Yue was still guarding the old emperor's side. She might not have closed her eyes for a long time, and her eyes were dazed.
Lu Xiaojia reported that General Jing and Lord Hou had arrived.
She was delighted and went out to meet him.
"What's wrong with you?"
Hou Junsheng immediately bowed and said, "Your humble servant greets the Imperial Concubine. I have come to the palace to convey important matters to you."
"you say."
"Today, a maid, armed with your jade pendant, killed the murderer whom I caught."
"Maid?" Concubine Yue pondered for a moment before saying, "I felt dizzy a few days ago, and a maid took me back to the palace in the Imperial Garden. I gave her a badge and told her to come find me if she needed anything. How could this happen..."
"Your Majesty, this matter involves Your Majesty. Please take action and allow this humble servant to capture the maid and interrogate her."
Concubine Yue nodded: "Okay, I'll take you there."
Hou Junsheng widened his eyes.
It’s... it’s that simple?
He also thought that Concubine Yue, who was favored by His Majesty, was not a gentle and kind character.
That's so easy to say.
Concubine Yue quickened her pace when she went there.
The palace lady took Concubine Yue and others to find the maid.
Unexpectedly, when the door was opened, a maid was sitting on the ground with a brazier in front of her, burning paper money.
"Who are you?"
"You're finally here." The maid looked up hurriedly, "I've been waiting for you."
"Yan'er, how do you talk to the Empress?"
"Your Majesty, hahaha, isn't she just a peasant woman?" the maidservant raved. "Your Majesty is easily displeased with the old and easily becomes bored with the new. Sooner or later, you will be like the Empress and be abandoned. Hahahaha."
"Yan'er, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"Master, it's Yan'er's fault. I've embarrassed you." The maid stood up with the support of the ground, a smile on her lips.
His eyes were desperate and sad.
"Master Hou, aren't you here to ask how Mr. Ge died?" The maid took out a porcelain bottle and said, "I used poison."
"In that case, come back with me and stand trial!" Hou Junsheng was about to take action when he was dismissed by the maid.
"Being put on trial, hahahaha... no need for that. I'll tell you the truth. It was Mr. Ge who asked me to buy poison for him because he didn't want to live anymore."
The maid's face was filled with sadness. "The reason I disguised his death as suicide so you could find out is because I didn't want to live anymore. But before that, I have something to say."
The eldest nephew was probably also curious and asked casually, "What are you talking about?"
"General Jing, the Queen and the Crown Prince admire you very much. Since you asked, I'll tell you. Back then, when the Queen was still a young girl, she knew Mr. Ge.
They were childhood sweethearts and had already decided to spend their lives together, but the emperor forced the girl to marry him. For the sake of her family, the girl entered the palace. In order to keep his family company, Mr. Ge gave up his official career and entered the palace as a slave.
Mr. Ge originally thought that the Empress was favored by the Emperor, but who knew that the dog emperor was tired of the old and loved the new, and brought back this peasant woman.
[Emperors are fond of new things and dislike old ones, so the women in the harem must pursue careers.]
"If you're just fickle, that's fine, but why... why did you have to kill the entire Lin family..."
The maid's face was covered with tears. "Mr. Ge is indignant and seeking revenge for his beloved, while I am just following someone I admire. What's wrong with that?"
Hou Junsheng angrily rebuked, "The Crown Prince is rebelling and should be executed."
"If it weren't for that ruthless dog emperor, how could the prince have rebelled? Well, the dog emperor is dead anyway, so we won."
She tilted her head back and drank the poison.
If she died, at this critical moment, the crime of poisoning the emperor would fall on us.
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