The Queen Mother's voice sounded, and then the palace servants stepped forward to put on the curtains. The Queen Mother and several people walked into the hall.

The imperial concubine stepped forward to salute, then looked at the person behind the Empress Dowager. It was Mo Zhenren from Shangqing Temple, and the one behind Mo Zhenren was Gu Mingzhu from the Marquis of Huaiyuan's Mansion.

After Mo Zhenren's enlightenment, Miss Gu was completely cured. The imperial concubine also heard about it in the palace. Mo Zhenren was very skilled in medical skills, and the Empress Dowager brought Mo Zhenren here, obviously to show Concubine De's illness.

The imperial concubine thought of this and the lightning flashed in her mind, but the Empress Dowager was not entirely for Concubine De's illness. You should know that Zhenren Mo and Miss Gu had been to Kunning Palace a while ago...

The imperial concubine looked deeply at the palace servant who confessed guilty on the ground and suddenly understood the reason why the empress dowager stood here. A while ago, the empress dowager spoke for Empress Wei. If something happened to Kunning Palace, would the empress dowager be implicated? The imperial concubine thought it through and understood that no matter who was behind the scenes, at least from now on, she could not speak easily. It would be better to use this opportunity to see everything clearly.

The empress dowager walked to the chair and sat down, raised her head to look at the emperor: "Is the emperor cursing just now? Tell me carefully about the Ai family. The first time in so many years that the Ai family heard the Emperor of Great Zhou get such a big temper."

The emperor's face was still gloomy, but he had already recovered his usual majestic expression. He had just lost control. He was first confused by the incident of King Liang, and now he saw Concubine De like this, the anger and hostility that were pressing on his heart suddenly gushed out.

Especially when the palace maid mentioned Wei, what came to his mind was Wei's contemptuous gaze, and Wei's memorial, which was cut in his heart every word.

Finally, she was happy again.

This bitch.

At that moment, he thought so, rather than deciding that Wei was the murderer.

However, if Wei can be treated as the murderer, he will be very happy and let her face a desperate situation, so as not to be arrogant and above everyone, and not even take him as the emperor seriously, Wei never thought about who made her have her current status?

After leaving him, Wei was just an alien woman, but she would never see these things. She thought that he could ascend the throne because of the Wei family. It was wrong, but he gave the Wei family a chance to follow the dragon.

In front of the empress dowager, the emperor did not dare to go beyond the rules. He sorted out his mood and saluted the empress dowager: "Mother, I am angry and have lost my words."

The Queen Mother breathed a long sigh: "It's not your fault. The burden of the previous harem fell on your shoulders alone, and you wouldn't be able to hold on if you change to someone else."

In front of others, the mother and son still have to give each other face.

The emperor stopped talking, and the empress dowager also looked at the palace servants on the ground: "Ai's family heard about Concubine De, and it happened that Zhenren Mo was in the palace. I brought her to see if I could help."

The emperor glanced at Huang Chang, and Huang Chang hurriedly said what the palace servant admitted, and the evidence found was also presented to the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother glanced at the evidence: "Before Concubine De was poisoned, this palace servant was always serving you?"

Huang Changying said: "Report to the Empress Dowager, the Jiang Palace Master Department is in the inner hall of Yongchun Palace. After hearing that Concubine De was poisoned, the Silijian came to take all the palace servants and eunuchs to interrogate, and then found poison from her."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she raised her eyelids slightly.

"Where did she poison?"

The eunuch of Silijian brought all the poisoned pastries.

The empress dowager stood up and looked at Mo Yangming next to her, and asked Mo Yangming to support her and carefully check the snacks made in the imperial kitchen.

The Queen Mother said, "There are quite a lot. Are you preparing for a banquet?"

The emperor spoke: "I originally wanted to hold a small banquet in Yongchun Palace."

The empress dowager understood it and she roughly knew why the emperor and Wei were in harmony. Wei was the one who did not rub the sand in her eyes. There must be too many things that disappointed her and eventually she felt as if she was ashamed. This Concubine De was one of them.

The sound of Concubine De vomiting and moaning came from the inner hall.

The emperor's eyes subconsciously looked into the inner room. The imperial concubine tried her best to restrain her emotions. The empress dowager felt that the queen was confined to the Kunning Palace very well, and she did not have to flow into this mud and was dirty.

Gu Mingzhu followed the Empress Dowager and looked at the snacks made in the imperial kitchen. The masters in the palace could not express their preferences in front of others, and the imperial kitchen would not favor anyone's taste. This is to avoid poisoning, but the palace people have never been able to hide the secrets. It is not uncommon for Concubine De to know that the ninth prince likes chestnut cakes.

However, the imperial concubine must let the palace servants take care of the ninth prince and be careful everywhere. Even if the banquet is at the same time, the palace servants should try the dishes first. Therefore, poisoning cannot be the kind of immediate poison, otherwise it will be easily exposed. Concubine De was safe after eating the chestnut cake. If the ninth prince had an appetite, he would naturally have to eat some. In this way, poisoning of the ninth prince is inevitable.

However, there is a small problem. The ninth prince should be the eunuch around him trying to eat something. If the ninth prince wants to eat, he will order the eunuch to pick it up and try it first.

The eunuch never took action, so from the beginning, the Ninth Prince probably didn't want to eat the chestnut cake. Concubine De picked up a piece of chestnut cake to eat it, deliberately mentioning the Ninth Prince, making the Ninth Prince embarrassed to refuse to taste the cake? Or was it just a simple coincidence?

Gu Mingzhu took her eyes off the snacks. It was a pity that so many delicious foods were. She was not greedy for those snacks, but felt that it was not easy to make the imperial kitchen.

The Empress Dowager suddenly raised her head and looked at the emperor: "Empress Wei was confined to Kunning Palace, and there was a guardian of the Sili Supervisor outside the palace. How could the Empress instruct the palace servants to poison them?"

This is to ask the emperor, and to ask the palace servant and the liexi supervisor.

The emperor did not speak, Huang Chang stepped forward and said, "Since yesterday, no one has ever been in and out of Kunning Palace, nor has anyone ever spoken to the people in Kunning Palace, but..."

Huang Chang glanced at the palace servant on the ground: "This palace servant has been to Kunning Palace before."

Huang Chang didn't continue talking.

The Queen Mother said: "What do you mean is that these are all arranged by the Queen long ago?"

Huang Chang's face changed drastically: "Empress Dowager, I dare not speak nonsense. This is what the Jiang Gong people admit to him."

The Empress Dowager reached out to stop Huang Chang: "The Ai family did not blame you. The Ai family thought that this was reasonable. The banquet at Yongchun Palace had been decided long ago. Even if the queen was confined, she could not stay out of it."

The queen mother said, her eyes flashed slightly: "The poison in the palace man's hand was given by the queen. Where did the queen's poison come from? If you don't figure it out, it's useless to say anything."

The emperor's eyes were deep.

The Empress Dowager continued: "The Empress left Kunning Palace because it was Ai's family who ordered her to deal with the funeral of Concubine Mi. The Ai family also asked Zhenren to treat the Queen. Zhenren Mo was quite versatile in medical principles and should have a clear understanding of the properties of the medicine."

The queen mother paused as she spoke, and the corner of her mouth raised slightly and showed a smile. I don’t know if she was laughing at herself or others.

"Emperor, do you think it is possible that the Ai family and the queen are conspiring to act?" The empress dowager naturally seemed to be talking about herself. "The Ai family has never liked the imperial concubine and has always protected the Wei family. This is well known. If there is something wrong with the imperial concubine and the Concubine De, the one who can take charge of the overall situation in this harem will be the Ai family and the queen."

Before the emperor could speak, the empress dowager lowered her eyes, with a solemn expression and a firm voice: "The Ai family said it for the emperor. If the emperor dealt with the Ai family and Empress Wei, do you feel that everything is safe? If that is true, you should act like this!"

When the emperor heard this, he looked at the empress dowager. The empress dowager just raised her head and looked at her with her eyes facing each other. The empress dowager's calm eyes were as deep as the sea.

"Are you ready?" the queen mother said lightly.

But this time it was not the Emperor who asked about it, but Gu Mingzhu beside him.

Gu Mingzhu said: "Okay."

The Empress Dowager said, "Before I came in, the Ai family heard that you had found evidence, so I told the girl to do something, and now we will see the result."

The Queen Mother reached out and pointed to the two warm cages beside her: "Open and take a look."

Huang Chang did not dare to neglect and ordered the eunuch to move away the carpet lid on the warm cage, and looked into it with a few pairs of eyes. He saw a pile of ashes stained on the charcoal fire. Seeing the ashes, it looked like something like paper fell there and was burned clean.

Both warm cages are like this.
Chapter completed!