Dongfang Chen's eyes flashed slightly, and then he said in a deep voice: "Call all the slaves in."
Yun Xiyao nodded, turned around, and ordered the female officials around her to inform everyone. Soon, all the eunuchs and maids from Shuyan Palace came in. Yun Jingchu and Yun Jingxi quietly stepped aside.
Dongfang Chen and Yun Xiyao were sitting at the main seats, and there were nearly twenty people kneeling on the ground. Except for Nanny Xue, who was taking care of the third prince, everyone else had arrived.
"Tell me, why did the third prince get poisoned?" Dongfang Chen said coldly.
"..." Everyone was trembling on the ground, and no one spoke to answer.
"Who was responsible for taking care of the third prince yesterday?" Dongfang Chen looked around at everyone, his voice becoming more and more condensed.
"It's a slave." The wet nurse and the two little palace maids replied with trembling voices at the same time.
"Okay, tell me everything that happened yesterday. If there are any mistakes, I will not forgive you lightly. Nurse, you tell me first." Dongfang Chen said sternly.
The nanny spoke in a trembling voice: "Yesterday, I got up early in the morning and fed the third prince, and then took her to the imperial garden to bask in the sun. After half an hour, the sun gradually became a little stronger, so the slave took him back to the room, and he stayed there ever since.
In the room, the slave left three times during this period, all of which were watched by Bai Bing and Bai Ling. In the afternoon, after the third prince took a nap, the empress asked the slave to take the third prince to her room. The empress stayed with the third prince until
In the evening, when it was time for the third prince to go to sleep, the slave took him away and coaxed him to sleep. In the middle of the night, the slave was suddenly woken up by the white spirit who was keeping watch at night. Only then did he know that something had happened to the third prince... Your Majesty, the slave did not know where it happened.
Wrong?"
"Do you two have anything to add?" Dongfang Chen looked at the other two palace ladies.
"Just like what the nanny said, the two slaves have always been with the nanny, helping her take care of the third prince. They only leave occasionally, but one of them must take turns to stay and help the nanny." A palace maid said with a trembling voice.
"Where are the others? I will give you one more chance. If you are recruited, I will blame one person. If you are not recruited, you will be punished as a crime of deceiving the emperor and the whole family will be blamed." Dongfang Chen said coldly.
"..." Everyone remained silent.
"Very good, you're not recruiting any people, are you? Come here and call the imperial doctor in." Dongfang Chen raised his voice with a cold look in his eyes.
A young eunuch quickly ran to the door to convey Dongfang Chen's will.
Soon, four imperial doctors quickly entered the door and knelt down to Dongfang Chen and Yun Xiyao.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Dongfang Chen asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, the four ministers have searched almost all the rooms in Shuyan Palace and found no poison." The leading doctor said cautiously.
"Is there any place in Shuyan Palace that I haven't checked yet?" Dongfang Chen said coldly.
The imperial doctor was silent for a moment, and then said cautiously: "...and Concubine Shu's room has not been inspected."
"Go check it out immediately!" Dongfang Chen said coldly.
"Yes." The four imperial doctors stood up, and Yun Xiyao ordered the female officer Linglong to take them to her room.
The room fell into silence. Many people knelt on the ground quietly, not daring to make a sound. Occasionally, there was only a small sound made by Dongfang Chen while drinking tea.
About half a cup of tea later, an imperial doctor hurried out, holding two things in a white handkerchief, bowing and saying: "I found it, in the empress's powder box and rouge."
Everyone was stunned, and Yun Xiyao's face instantly turned pale.