Guarjia's eyes flashed slightly and said: "We'll discuss this another day. Now let's go to Yikun Palace as quickly as possible."
Seeing that she didn't speak, Ling Ruo knew that it would be futile to ask any more questions, so he could only go to Yikun Palace with her. When he was approaching Yikun Palace, he unexpectedly met Nala.
Sure enough, she came... Ling Ruo and Guarjia glanced at each other, both bowed and said: "See you, Queen, may you be blessed with peace and happiness."
Nala glanced at them and said: "I heard from Mrs. Xu that Xu Changzai was poisoned in his palace, and the poison was also arsenic. I suspected that it was related to the previous incident, so I came here to have a look.
Are the noble concubine and concubine Jin here for this reason too?"
Ling Ruo lowered his head and replied: "Yes, I heard Xu Changzai's maid Zi Rong said about this incident, and came here to find out what happened so that the poisoner can be caught as soon as possible."
Nala nodded and said: "Since we are all here to investigate this matter, let's go in together."
At this time, Mrs. Xu had already woken up, but she was very weak. She reluctantly walked up to the three of them with her hand caressing Zi Rong, and said in a voice as loud as a mosquito: "I have seen three empresses."
Nara concealed his disgust and disappointment very well, and said warmly: "Xu Chang still has lingering poison in his body, so it's not advisable to move around more. It's better to sit down quickly."
"Thank you, Madam!" After Mrs. Xu sat down, Ling Ruo called to Zhou Minghua who was standing aside and said, "Mr. Zhou, are you sure that the arsenic poison this time came from the arsenic sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"Yes, Wei Chen is very sure." Hearing Zhou Minghua's answer, Ling Ruo nodded and said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent pearls to various palaces before, and no problems were found. This time arsenic appeared, presumably because someone wanted to harm Xu.
Chang Zai. The things came out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so they have to be investigated from the Ministry of Internal Affairs." After saying this, she turned to Nala and said, "What do you think, the empress?"
Nala raised his eyelids and said: "What the noble concubine said is reasonable, so we will do it according to the concubine's wishes and have all the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who have handled this batch of pearls be summoned for interrogation."
Ling Ruo responded and ordered: "Shui Xiu, do as the Queen says."
Shui Xiu retreated as she was told. Logically speaking, it was not far from here to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but she still didn't come back. Nala waited for a while, feeling something was wrong, and said to Xiao Ningzi who was standing behind her: "You go
Look, why haven’t you seen anyone for so long?”
Xiao Ningzi was about to agree when Guarjia suddenly said: "There is no need to go, because Shuixiu and the others have already returned."
Looking up, she saw Shui Xiu coming in with a few people. When they stood up after bowing, Zi Rong said excitedly: "No, there is still one person who hasn't come, Qi Jia - she is the one who brought the pearl to the master.
of."
She didn't have the right to speak here, but no one was harsh on her at this time. Ling Ruo stared at Shui Xiu and said, "Where is the Qi Jia family, why didn't you bring her here? Also, why did you stay here for so long?"
Shuixiu lowered her head and said: "Returning to the master, I originally wanted to bring Qi Jia, but when I found her in her room, she was already dead. Because she was the one who gave the pearl to Xu Changzai.
, so this slave boldly invited the imperial doctor to examine it, and it was found that he died suddenly of poisoning!"
Nala suddenly stood up and stared at Shuixiu in surprise, "What did you say, Qi Jia is dead?"
"Yes, it is also because of this that I came back late. In addition, I also brought Qi Jia's body, which is outside." Before Shui Xiu finished speaking, Nala was already supporting Xiao Ningzi.
Hand walked out, and sure enough, there was Qi Jia's body outside. Without Nala's instructions, Xiao Ningzi walked over to check his breathing and pulse. As Shui Xiu said, there was no breath at all and his whole body was cold.
Xiao Ningzi returned to Nala, who looked unhappy, and whispered: "Master, she is really dead."
Nala was shocked and angry at the moment. She had obviously arranged everything, so why did Qi Jia suddenly die? Could it be that... Nala thought of a possibility, and immediately turned around and looked behind her. Sure enough, she discovered
There was an imperceptible smile at the corner of Niu Hulu's mouth.
It seems that the Niu Hulu family killed Qi Jia as expected. Unexpectedly, this woman has become so decisive and ruthless. As soon as she found out that Qi Jia had become a pawn to deal with her, she immediately sent someone to kill Qi Jia.
Okay, that's great! But if she thinks that everything will be fine, she is totally wrong.
Nala suppressed the anger in her heart and said slowly: "As soon as something happened to Xu Chang here, Qi Jia was poisoned and died suddenly. What happened was really a coincidence."
Guarjia came over and took a look, and said: "Now it seems that there are two possibilities. One is that someone poisoned Xu Changzai and Qi Jia respectively, and the other is that Qi Jia committed suicide after poisoning.
, but if it is according to my concubine’s wishes, I would prefer the former one.”
Nala already knew that she was training the Xu family, making the Xu family become more and more like the Sochuro family. The hatred for her in her heart even exceeded that of Ling Ruo, and she calmly said: "Why did Concubine Jin say this?"
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"Although this thing looks like suicide out of fear of crime, firstly we all know that Qi Jia did not have arsenic on her hands; secondly, even if she and Xu Changzai really had some disputes, they would not kill to vent their anger; and killing would not be a crime.
Just kill him. Is it necessary to commit suicide out of fear of guilt before the matter is found out?
After a pause, she continued: "So from my concubine's point of view, it seems more like someone instigated the Qi Jia family to harm Xu Changzai, and afterwards they were afraid that the Qi Jia family would reveal the truth and implicate herself, so even she also
Kill them together so that others will think that she committed suicide out of fear of crime. Madam, do you think what I said is reasonable?"
"Concubine Jin has always been observant of every detail, so it's not unreasonable." With that said, Nala walked up to the palace attendants who came with Shuixiu, and after questioning them one by one, said: "Before you come here, can you
Have you ever noticed who has been looking for the Qi Jia family during this period?"
"Reporting to the concubine, Qi Jia's popularity is not very good, so no one usually comes to see her. However, someone did come to see her just now. It was Eunuch Yang Hai and Yang who was next to the concubine." The person who spoke was exactly that.
On the order of Nala, he smeared arsenic on the pearls, and ordered Qi Jia to send the poisonous pearls to Xu's steward Zhong.
Seeing that Qi Jia's death was indeed related to Ling Ruo, Nala was secretly happy, but on the surface, she frowned and said to the silent Ling Ruo: "Your concubine, please let Yang Hai go see Qi at this time.
What did Jia Shi do? Is it possible that her death was related to you?"
Ling Ruo lowered his head and said, "My Lady, can I ask you a few questions?" After the Nala family agreed, she stared at Guanzhong and said, "You said you saw Yang Hai going to the Qi Jia family, so I ask you,
When Yang Hai leaves, will the Qi Jia family be dead or alive?"