Before leaving, he entrusted his two grandsons and his newborn great-great-grandson to Bai Shan.
Bai Shan promised: "Even if Mr. Zhou is involved, I can protect them. If we can't stay in the capital, we can go to Mianzhou. As long as Mr. Tong doesn't dislike the bitter cold in Mianzhou."
"Mianzhou is a place with great talent and great talent if a person like Mr. Zhou can come out. Mr. Bai is so kind."
The child chamberlain and the little chambermaid entered the palace with the queen's sign and asked to see the queen.
The queen who had been waiting in the palace exhaled, turned to the female official beside her and said: "If you want to quickly find out these monsters in the palace, you still need people like the servants."
The female official bowed and said, "Your Majesty is so kind and virtuous, which is why some people push her further."
The queen shook her head slightly without explaining.
Naturally, she is not only benevolent, otherwise she would not be able to keep the harem in order. This incident is said to be a matter of the harem, but it is more likely that the forces of the front court intervened in the harem...
Although she has prestige and all the officials believe in her, if she is too strong at this time, it will definitely cause people to doubt the prince, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
It's not that she can't find out about this matter, but the method must be gentler, which means it will take a long time.
Definitely not as good as the child maid.
Sure enough, as soon as the child chamberlain entered the palace, the queen directly handed over the chamberlain department and the punishment department to him and asked him to investigate the matter. Then the queen fell ill.
The emperor's bedroom was always in one place. If the emperor didn't go to the harem and his concubines, he would stay in the study in front and the queen's place.
The couple had always had a good relationship, but this time the emperor fell into a coma, so the queen stayed in the penthouse, not even in the side hall.
There is a small door separating the couple.
Now that the queen is "sick", the queen has returned to the palace. In order not to expose her illness to the emperor, the couple separated a screen and arranged a small bed behind the screen. When the queen raised her head, she could see the emperor through the screen.
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Zhou Man carried the medicine box and went over to see her.
Although she was not seriously ill, the queen barely closed her eyes throughout the day and night, so Zhou Man simply gave her an injection so that she could have a better rest.
While she was getting the needle, the Queen suddenly asked her in a low voice, "When will Your Majesty wake up?"
Zhou Man paused for a moment, then the needle gently penetrated her skin, and his eyes scanned the surrounding screens. This small bed was separated by three screens. At this time, except for a palace maid standing far away,
There were only the two of them on the screen.
When Zhou Man turned around to take the needle, he said, "Please be patient, I will see Your Majesty when you wake up tomorrow."
The emperor was nearby, and she could see him anytime she wanted.
The queen felt relieved and leaned back on the pillow, which meant that the emperor would wake up tomorrow at the latest.
She exhaled and asked in a low voice: "Who else knows about this?"
"It's just me and Xiao Yuanzheng," Zhou Man's voice was barely audible, "we haven't said it out loud."
In other words, they had a tacit agreement not to talk about the illness when they talked about it, but they just knew each other well.
The Queen raised her lips slightly, "This is good. When Your Majesty wakes up, all the ghosts and ghosts jumping around outside will disappear."
Zhou Man finished pricking the needle, pulled up the quilt, and said comfortingly: "Your Majesty, please take a nap, otherwise your Majesty will collapse before you wake up."
This guy's health isn't very good.
The queen slowly closed her eyes under the influence of acupuncture, and she slept soundly.
When she woke up, it was already slightly bright. After only half a day and one night, the waiter had already found out a lot of things.
He was smiling and sitting in the side hall waiting. Although he was clean, Master Old Tang and others sitting not far away could still smell the blood on his body.
Mr. Yu frowned slightly, but Mr. Tang took a sip of tea with a calm expression. There is a Jia Qi in Dali Temple, but his methods are still a bit immature, and he is still incomparable to the child servant here. When it comes to torture,
The Imperial Palace's Chief of Punishment is the number one, and the Child Chamberlain is the leader among them.
Lord Tang secretly thought whether it was a blessing or a misfortune that Gu Zhong was sent to Dali Temple. He wondered if he would torture Gu Zhong if he fell into the hands of a child servant?
After the queen finally washed herself and sat down on the couch "weakly", several people were invited in together.
"Have you checked it out?"
The courtiers did not say anything, but the old servant boy said with a smile on his wrinkled face: "I have found out the truth with my old slave, but your lords still feel that the evidence is not enough."
The queen said: "Invite the prince here and let him listen."
No one objected, so the queen knew that the matter was beneficial to the prince, so the guards left in response.
The queen asked: "Where is Master Yin?"
"Master Yin is on patrol."
Since the emperor fell into a coma, Yin Li has put the entire imperial city under martial law. Mr. Old Tang and other ministers found a reason to give all officials a holiday. Now the officials below the fourth rank do not know that their emperor has fallen into a coma and is currently enjoying himself outside.
's vacation.
Therefore, the imperial city was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. Even the gates of the capital had to be quietly reinforced with troops and horses. Yin Li had a lot of things to do.
The queen said: "Invite him."
"yes."
The prince was imprisoned in a side hall, and the emperor fell into a coma. The matter was undecided, and it was difficult for him to sleep well, so he came over soon.
He strode in, and his eagle eyes swept over the faces of the ministers. When he saw Zhou Man standing aside with his hands folded and his face calm, he knew it was not a bad thing, so he lifted up his robe and sat on the other side of the couch after saluting the queen.
One side.
"How is Father?"
The queen sighed and said, "Still not awake."
The prince frowned and looked at Zhou Man and Xiao Yuanzheng, "Hasn't it been found out yet? Is it poisoning?"
"No," Zhou Man insisted, not knowing for the first time, "Your Majesty is sick, not poisoned."
In the past two days, many imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital were summoned to diagnose the emperor's pulse. Everyone gave the same opinion, and there was no sign of poisoning.
It is also because of this that Xiao Yuanzheng and Zhou Man have been in charge of Taiji Hall, and their diagnosis is correct.
The prince wanted to ask more questions, but Yin Li had already strode in and bowed to the queen and prince.
The queen then said: "Everyone is here, let's start."
She looked at the waiter and said, "Tell me."
The child servant bent down and said: "Back to your Majesty, I have interrogated the maids serving beside you, as well as the martial artist who reported Liu Meiren. At that time, Liu Meiren wanted to win favor, so she prepared charming things to seduce Your Majesty, but
Your Majesty is so blessed that he did not use the tea she made..."
Dali Temple has been unable to pry Liu Meiren's mouth off. Firstly, because she is a concubine. Although some military officials reported her, they did not dare to use severe punishment without concrete evidence;
Second, Miss Liu is not stupid. She knows that there are some crimes that cannot be admitted and some things that cannot be said. Otherwise, someone will take her life first before the charges are judged, and she still has family members behind her.
But the child servant could make her life worse than death and forget her family, so she confessed.
Of course, not all of her confessions are credible.