Chapter 568 Fortunately, you are there
"His Royal Highness is currently in Yangxin Palace. He is only waiting to make sure that the Emperor is safe and sound before he has time to go to Cihe Palace to deal with the aftermath." Baoyu told all the news he had learned.
Qin Zhao nodded: "Yes, the burden on his shoulders has always been heavy. Doesn't he feel uncomfortable when something like this happens?"
One is his grandmother, and the other is his biological father. They are both very important people in Xiao Ce's life, and nothing can happen to either of them.
As for the emperor's time, there is only more than a year left, right?
At that time, Xiao Ce will ascend the throne and become the supreme king.
Qin Zhao suddenly lost her appetite. She even thought, would it be better if Xiao Ce never became emperor?
This thought flashed through her mind, and she thought she might be crazy.
In fact, what is the difference between the current backyard of the East Palace and the three thousand harem in the future? But she has changed from a concubine to a concubine, and Xiao Ce has changed from a prince to an emperor.
She may have tried her best to prevent the Queen Mother from being poisoned and died, but she could not change Xiao Ce's accession to the throne.
A person like Xiao Ce is born to be an emperor. He will become a wise king. What she wants to change is Xiao Ce's early death.
"Let's clear the meal." Qin Zhao stood up and left the living room, only seeing the dim sky.
She just had a sudden thought. She helped the Queen Mother prevent death. Will that change the fate of others?
This thought was only fleeting.
Because the Queen Mother meant so much to her, even if she would change the fate of others, she could not just watch the Queen Mother being poisoned and do nothing.
Qin Zhao didn't know the situation in Cihe Palace. She only knew that the Queen Mother's crisis was relieved today. The murderer who wanted to kill the Queen Mother probably hated her to the core, right?
She was just curious about what kind of person would kill the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother is Lafayette, the most noble woman in the palace, and is valued by the emperor. Who is not fawning over her? Why would someone have the ability to reach into Cihe Palace and murder the Queen Mother on her birthday?
She really couldn't figure out what kind of person could be so capable of committing murder in public.
She hadn't thought about the mystery of this before, but when she calmed down, she felt that that person was very capable and could actually reach into Cihe Palace.
No wonder Emperor Long Yan was furious. This was a great shame and humiliation for the royal family.
After thinking wildly, she decided to go to bed and rest early.
Qin Zhao also woke up early the next day. She was washing when Baoyu came in.
"What's going on over there at Cihe Palace?" Qin Zhao asked.
"I knelt up and down all night, without exception. The situation on the Emperor's side stabilized, and His Highness went to Cihe Palace to investigate the poisoning of the Empress Dowager. I heard that a palace maid with poison on her hands was found.
The palace maid has been on duty in Cihe Palace for ten years. She cried and said she didn't know why this happened, and she also said she was not poisoned. She was beaten to pieces and only half her life was left." Baoyu responded in a low voice.
Qin Zhao was stunned for a moment and then said: "The palace lady may not be telling lies. She may be really unaware, or she may be framed, but her life cannot be saved."
"What a pity it would be if the palace maid was wrongly accused and suddenly died in vain?" Baoyu said.
Qin Zhao washed his face and sobered up a little before saying: "There is no shortage of people who died in vain in a place like the palace. There are many people who cannot control their own destiny. What we can do is to minimize such tragedies."
But she also knew that the reason why this palace maid suffered such an encounter was because of her interference.
If she didn't stop it and the Queen Mother was poisoned and died, maybe the palace maid would not be pushed out as a shield, or someone else might be pushed out, or maybe...
"Your Highness knew that the maid might have been wronged, but he didn't clear her grievances?" Baoyu asked puzzledly.
She thought His Highness the Crown Prince was a very upright person.
"I am not His Highness the Crown Prince, so naturally I don't know what His Highness is thinking." Qin Zhao said softly.
If she were in Xiao Ce's position, she might have to see more and consider more. It's unclear whether she would become as cold-blooded as Xiao Ce.
From the standpoint of an ordinary person, she felt that Xiao Ce's behavior was cold-blooded and ruthless, and that it was shockingly indifferent. But only Xiao Ce, who was in a high position, felt that he was cold-blooded. Only he knew.
Baoyu calmed down for a rare moment. At this moment, she realized how cruel it was in the deep palace. She was lucky to have a good master like Liang Di.
If something happens to the four of them, Liangdi will definitely try her best to save them.
At this moment, Qin Zhao also felt that it would not be easy to find out the real culprit behind the murder of the Queen Mother. After all, the murderer was very thoughtful and had even found the scapegoat.
Soon Baoyu received news that the palace maid with poison on the knight's hands had died, and she had not confessed any murderers before.
In addition, there were no other witnesses, and it was unknown how the Queen Mother was poisoned. The most important point is that everyone present left the Cihe Palace at that time, during which the murderer had enough time to remove the evidence.
Because of this, it is too difficult to find out the truth. Perhaps this is the news that Xiao Ce knew that the palace maid might be wrongly accused, but still tortured her to extract a confession.
The person who was poisoned was the Empress Dowager, and she was poisoned on the Empress Dowager's birthday. How embarrassing would it be for this matter to spread?
No matter what, Xiao Ce had to find the murderer. At this time, the palace maid happened to be pushed out, so she naturally became the scapegoat.
Qin Zhao became more and more certain of one thing. The real culprit who poisoned the Queen Mother would not be found in a short period of time. Unless new witnesses or physical evidence appeared, and the chance of this was really slim.
It was night, Xiao Ce finally returned to the East Palace, but other people who had been around the Empress Dowager, whether they were relatives of the emperor or the imperial doctors, were still kneeling in Cihe Palace.
Even if Xiao Ce can't find the murderer at present, he is still one of them, and they have to suffer.
Qin Zhao saw Xiao Ce coming to Wangyue Residence and saw that he looked tired and his eyes were red and bloodshot, so he knew that he had not rested for a long time.
"I am going to prepare some water. Your Highness will take a bath and take a rest later." Qin Zhao said and went to prepare the water himself.
Xiao Ce looked at Qin Zhao's busy figure and approached her unconsciously.
Qin Zhao was suddenly hugged by Xiao Ce from behind. She was stunned for a moment, then patted the back of his hand: "Your Highness must be tired. You can rest for a while."
"I'm lucky to have you this time. If it weren't for you, the Imperial Grandmother might have..." Qin Zhao understood what Xiao Ce had not finished.
In the previous life, the Queen Mother did die on that day of her birthday. She could not tell Xiao Ce that the person who really saved the Queen Mother was actually Xiao Ce in the previous life.
"The Queen Mother is blessed with great blessings. I just saw that the Queen Mother looked bad and was a little worried, so I called Miss Luo." Qin Zhaona said.
With Xiao Ce's scheming attitude, he would definitely not believe what she said, but in any case, it was a good thing that the Queen Mother was safe.
(End of chapter)
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