Chapter 112 The Princess Adopts Jingle
Chapter 112 The Princess Adopts Jingle
The emperor arrived quickly. When he entered the room, he was shocked to see Xiao Guizi's body. Jin Xin just said that the princess asked him to come over, and did not say what happened.
"What's going on? Why did Jiayi come to see me? The Queen is here too?"
The emperor asked three questions in shock. The queen lowered her head guiltily. The eldest princess didn't bother to care about the queen and she just stood up.
"My Royal Brother, didn't you see someone killing someone in front of me? This person must be extremely bold."
"Who? The Queen? I have never seen this eunuch before. Is he the Queen's man?"
"Your Majesty, I have never seen this eunuch. I just heard the palace servants report that a servant had bumped into Sister Jiayi, so I rushed here and just missed the opportunity."
The emperor looked at the queen who was making unreasonable arguments in silence. Was she treating him as a fool? Was it a mistake? Could a mistake kill someone?
"Jiayi, tell me what happened here."
The eldest princess told the emperor everything that had happened. The emperor frowned and looked at the queen with a questioning look.
"Is what Jiayi said true? Queen, you actually took action against Jingle and Huaiyuan?"
"Your Majesty, how could I do such a thing? This dog servant is just talking nonsense!"
"Really? You mean Jiayi hired someone to frame you? Jiayi has no conflict of interest with the people in your harem, so what's the benefit for her to do this?"
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty..."
"Come here, search the Queen's Zhengyang Palace carefully for me! See if the harmful drug came from her."
Li Fuquan received the order and led the palace servants to search. The queen's expression suddenly relaxed. She had nothing to fear from the search as the evidence had been destroyed long ago.
Sure enough, after a search, Li Fuquan reported that there was nothing suspicious in the Queen's palace.
"Your Majesty, please see that I am truly wronged. I don't know how I have offended Sister Jiayi to allow her to wrongly accuse me like this."
"So, how do you want me to punish Jiayi?"
"I dare not. I know that the emperor and Jiayi are blood brothers and sisters, and I, as an outsider, dare not say too much."
"As long as you know"
The queen suddenly choked up. The emperor actually admitted it like that? She wanted to play hard to get and let the emperor scold Jiayi, and then she could ask for Jiayi's right to interfere in the harem.
How could the emperor not know the queen's little thoughts? He knew that what Jiayi said was true, but the eunuch was already dead, so he naturally could not do anything to the queen.
But the Queen's plan to use this opportunity to sow discord between him and Jiayi was a miscalculation.
"Brother, I would like to request that Jingle be taken to the Princess's residence to be raised. The Imperial Concubine is short-handed here and I'm afraid she can't take care of two children."
"That's good. Since you don't have any children, Jingle can keep you company for a while."
"Thank you, brother."
"Li Fuquan, transfer more personnel here. From today on, Yuqi Palace will be guarded. If any suspicious people approach, they will be arrested and sent to the Dali Temple."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The queen was so angry when she saw the emperor who treated her like air. Today she lost a capable general and got nothing in return.
Obviously the emperor did not believe her lies and became suspicious of him. Then when he saw Song Qingwan was there, he knew that the two children must be safe.
"Why doesn't Your Majesty hand Jingle over to me?"
"If you want to raise him, go and get Concubine Qin's daughter Changle to show your support. Why do you want to compete with Jiayi?"
"Yes, I obey your order."
She didn't really want to raise Jingle, she just wanted to save face. Why would she raise a princess? She would get married when she grew up, and she would have to pay a dowry.
The Queen would not do a business that would lose money, so she just said it, and naturally she would not raise Concubine Qin's child.
Concubine Shun handed Jingle to the eldest princess. The eldest princess' heart melted as she looked at the fair and tender girl in front of her.
She had never been a mother, and her husband died in the second year after their marriage. As for the emperor's other children, she did not raise them herself, but only played with them occasionally.
Now Jingle was sleeping peacefully in her arms, his hand unconsciously holding her fingers, and the eldest princess couldn't let go of him.
That day the princess took Jingle back to her house. From then on, she was her child, so it was naturally impossible for her to get involved in any trouble again.
Song Qingwan was naturally satisfied with the result, but she was somewhat skeptical about the results of the search.
According to Xiao Guizi's description, if this medicine is not taken orally, then if it is left in one place for a long time there will be no trace left.
The medicine can be effective without being ingested, which means that the medicine is volatile, so it can evaporate in the swaddling clothes and in other environments.
Thinking of this, Song Qingwan decided not to rush back home and instead find a chance to investigate the Queen's Palace in person.
So she came out of Yuqi Palace and used the space to sneak into the Queen's bedroom, then hid in the space and eavesdropped to see if there was a chance to go out and search.
"Humph! I didn't expect that bitch Jiayi would ruin my plan. Yan Qinghuan is really smart. She actually set her sights on her!"
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Fortunately, Xiao Guizi is dead. There is no evidence. Even if the emperor suspects something, there is no evidence."
"That's all I can think of. However, Song Qingwan was able to find out that these two children were drugged. She's really capable."
"I don't think it's necessarily Princess Huai who found out. Maybe they just guessed. This medicine is so hidden, how could it be found out?"
"You're right. No doctor in the world can find out. I don't believe that Song Qingwan has such ability."
"That's right, Madam, calm down. It's just a eunuch who died. There's no need to be so angry."
"Oh, by the way, Biyu, go tell the remaining people to keep a low profile during this period and make sure they don't get caught by others,"
"Yes, ma'am."
After Biyu left, the Queen became angrier and angrier. She really couldn't swallow this anger, so she got up and went to the imperial study.
If Jiayi can't deal with it, can't she deal with Yan Qinghuan?
Song Qingwan looked for a while and made sure that there was no one in the inner hall. She walked out of the space and began to search everywhere.
Song Qingwan searched all possible places where something might be hidden but still found no clues. Could it be that there was really no trace at all?
Just when Song Qingwan was dejected and ready to give up, she suddenly glanced at the vase of flowers next to her.
Could it be... maybe the place that seems most obvious is actually the safest.
Song Qingwan quickly took the flowers out of the vase, then searched around inside. She touched something and quickly took it out.
After some checking, it turned out to be true! The queen is really smart, and no one would have thought of this.
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