Zhong Jieyu sat motionless in front of the solitary lamp, as if she was in a daze.
Yushu came over, put down a cup of soothing jujube seed tea soup, and advised softly: "Your Majesty, drink this, you haven't slept for several days."
Zhong Jieyu looked haggard, and there were heavy bruises under her eyes.
Now, she is like a weak willow whose roots have been damaged. Although no scars can be seen on the outside, the inside has been completely damaged and is left to slowly wither.
"Take it down!" Zhong Jieyu glanced at the bowl of soothing tea, smiled bitterly and shook her head, "It's useless to drink it."
How could she possibly sleep? She didn't even dare to close her eyes now. The murderer of her son had not confessed yet, so she couldn't sleep!
"But your Majesty, you can't hold on without eating or sleeping like this!" Yushu looked anxious, "This slave is really anxious to death."
Yushu couldn't help crying after talking about it, and it was obvious that she was really anxious.
Zhong Jieyu's already cold heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, she sighed and said: "Stop crying, can't I drink it?"
As soon as she picked up the bowl to drink, the messenger eunuch shouted loudly outside: "The emperor has a decree! Xuanzhong Jieyu goes to Xiangfu Palace quickly!"
Zhong Jieyu knew that if she went to the Queen's Palace at this time, the matter must be settled.
I just wonder if the emperor will still favor Cen Yunchu this time?
When they arrived at the Queen's Palace, they found that in addition to the Emperor's Empress and Cen Yunchu, the other concubines were also there, as well as a group of people responsible for investigating the cause of the fourth prince's poisoning.
Zhong Jieyu came in and saluted numbly.
The emperor said in a gentle tone: "Sit down! Give me a seat."
"Your Majesty," Zhong Jieyu asked straight away without sitting down, "how do you want to deal with Chong'er's matter? If there is any injustice, I will not be alive today!"
"Zhong Jieyu, don't be rude!" the queen said, "You are losing your rules now. The fourth prince is your son, isn't he the flesh and blood of His Majesty?! If you are so rude again, I will use the palace rules.
I’m here to punish you, don’t bring shame on yourself.”
Zhong Jieyu lowered her head after hearing this and remained silent.
"It's late at night, and I called you all here for the purpose of getting this matter done sooner rather than later. And for the sake of fairness, I asked you all to be witnesses.
Bai Fu is responsible for investigating this matter, let him do the rest." The emperor was not angry because of Zhong Jieyu's attitude, his tone was unusually calm, so calm that it made people feel chilled in their hearts.
Bai Fu stepped forward and saluted everyone before speaking: "Your Majesty, Queen, ladies and gentlemen, in order not to alert others, although I have identified several people, I have not alerted them.
Now in front of all the masters, I will tell you the whole story clearly."
Everyone has also noticed that guards have surrounded Fuxiang Palace inside and outside, and the atmosphere is very solemn.
"Where is Miss Yushu from Empress Zhong's palace? Could you please step forward?" Bai Fu's tone was very polite.
Yushu walked out from behind Zhong Jieyu, and no one was surprised. She was a first-class palace maid in front of Zhong Jieyu, and some things really had to be asked to her to find out.
"Miss Yushu, have you been keeping the three pills of Suqing Pill given by Empress Cen?" Bai Fu asked.
"It's me." Yushu nodded.
"You were here when the fourth prince took it, right?" Bai Fu continued to ask.
"Not only am I here, but our empress and the fourth prince's nanny are also here." Yushu said.
"That is to say, this Su Qing Dan has never left your eyes, right?" Bai Fu emphasized this point deliberately.
Yushu hesitated for a moment, but still nodded: "You can say that."
At this time, she was obviously a little uneasy, but she didn't explain much.
"Miss Yushu, I heard someone said that you have an affair with a certain father-in-law in this palace," Bai Fu continued to ask kindly, "Is this true?"
When Yushu heard this, his face turned red first and then turned pale.
Since ancient times, maids and eunuchs have been discussing food in the palace.
But the palace regulations also clearly stated that it was forbidden to eat privately, unless the emperor or queen gave permission.
Yushu obviously didn't get permission.
"Miss Yushu, you haven't answered what I asked you just now," Bai Fu reminded.
Yushu bit his lip and nodded.
She didn't want to admit it, but she couldn't help but deny it.
Bai Fu would never ask her this if he didn't have evidence. Besides, if she didn't admit it in front of the emperor, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor.
How could she, a little palace maid, have such courage?
"Then can you tell me, who is the father-in-law who is eating with you?" Bai Fu smiled all the time, but everyone present still noticed something unusual.
Although the palace maid and the eunuch had sex with each other, although it violated the palace rules, it was not a big deal. If we really investigated it seriously, there would be dozens if not hundreds of people in the palace.
If Yushu was just talking to people, how could he go to such a big stage to ask her.
I called everyone here today to talk about the Fourth Prince. Could it be that Yushu is actually involved in food?
Seeing that Yushu was silent, Bai Fu did not force her, but said: "He gave you a lot of valuable things, didn't he? I found all these things from his private residence outside the palace. He also promised
, when you are released from the palace in the future, I will give you a home there, right?"
Yushu nodded with difficulty, her face turning even paler.
Bai Fu obviously has a thorough understanding of the matter, otherwise how could he even know these things?
Bai Fuli turned his head and someone brought up a pile of gold, silver and jewelry. The quantity was really quite large. For a palace maid, she would not be able to save so much even if she saved her whole life.
"These are all what that person promised to you, aren't they?" Bai Fu said, pointing to the pile of things.
Yushu nodded, but his head dropped even lower.
"Where are the three pills of Suqing Pill?" Bai Fu suddenly changed the subject again, "It's the three pills that Madam Cen gave me."
As we all know, the fourth prince took two pills of the three-pillar Suqing Dan and still had one pill left.
But when Bai Fu asked this, Yu Shu panicked.
When Zhong Jieyu heard this, she was very surprised. Without thinking about anything else, she asked Yushu: "What on earth is going on? That pill... you..."
"Your Majesty, I really didn't want to harm the fourth prince," Yushu explained eagerly, "I really didn't!"
"You tampered with the medicine, right?!" Zhong Jieyu's eyes became brighter, like fire and more like a knife.
"Your Majesty..." Yushu cried and shook his head, "Don't... how could this slave harm the fourth prince?"
"You kept saying you didn't want to harm the Fourth Prince, but you still changed the Suqing Pill, right?" Bai Fu said.
"That...that's because..." Yushu really didn't have the courage to tell the truth, "The pill given to the fourth prince is not poisonous, and only the remaining pill is poisonous."
"How are you sure that what the fourth prince took is not poisonous? Imperial Doctor Zan has diagnosed and treated him and it turns out that the fourth prince was indeed poisoned by the poison in the pills." Bai Fu's tone finally became stern.
