met free Chapter 618: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (25)
Chapter 618: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (25)
Chapter 618: The Foolish Woman Who Fakes Her Death for a Man (Twenty-Five)
Yao Fugui didn't give them the chance to scream and howl, and simply had someone cover their mouths with a handkerchief and drag them out.
When it was Xile and Cuilan's turn, they were stopped by Li Xiangyu.
"Okay, don't wake up my sister Shuangshuang!"
Yao Fugui looked at the emperor and was scolded by the queen!
"What are you looking at? You've crippled all the people serving him. Who's going to serve these two?"
The emperor knew that the queen was taking her anger out on him, so he waved at Yao Fugui.
"Alright, keep the board for now until your princess is out of danger."
Yao Fugui quickly bowed and stood aside.
The emperor continued, "Yao Fugui, you should go to the Jianning Palace yourself with a few imperial physicians and have a thorough investigation."
The imperial physicians arrived at the palace and went straight to the main courtyard, where they began to search carefully everywhere.
Whenever an object related to the underworld was found, it would be carried out in a box.
Soon, the yard was filled with various ornaments and decorations.
But the dean still frowned and did not find the medicine that Shuangshuang was given.
Until a younger doctor covered his nose and complained in a low voice.
"What kind of paint is used on these furniture? Why does it smell so bad?"
The look in the courtyard changed. As soon as I came in, I could smell a faint pungent smell of paint.
It’s just that no one cares about it. The paint smell in a new house is the main thing, which is understandable.
But when someone reminded him, the imperial physician immediately turned his eyes to these furniture.
He had smelled the paint carefully before, and there was indeed no other smell except paint.
To be cautious, the dean finally gave orders to the two guards who followed him.
"Chop up this furniture for me!"
When the furniture was split open, it was discovered that the wood had been processed again.
Make a tiny hole right in the middle of the wooden square.
Then insert a wooden stick soaked in the secret medicine into it, and paint the outside layer by layer to cover up the smell of the secret medicine.
The imperial physician's expression became tense, and he asked someone to bring the prepared oil paper, and then wrapped only the sticks in the middle that had been soaked in the secret medicine layer by layer.
He continued to order, "Chop up all the furniture in the palace and see."
After splitting it open, we found that fortunately, except for the hospital, all other courtyards were safe and sound.
Yes, this method is too complicated.
Even if all the furniture in the main courtyard is completed, it will still cost a lot of manpower and resources.
The court official gave careful instructions to the guards.
"Find an uninhabited wasteland, dig a deep pit and burn everything.
Then you all go back, take several good baths, and burn all your clothes.
I'll go back and prepare some medicine, and then you can come to the Imperial Hospital and drink a bowl of it yourself."
A guard was frightened when he saw how nervous the imperial physician was, and hurried to ask.
"Doctor, will we be okay?"
"Don't worry, this secret medicine I've got won't cause too much damage to your body.
And the reason it's called a secret medicine is that not many people know about it, and its antidote is actually pretty easy to find. Just drink a bowl and you'll be fine."
After saying this, he took the evidence packed in a box and returned to the Imperial Hospital.
He prescribed a prescription and asked someone to boil the medicine. After changing his body inside and out, he went to see the emperor and reported the whole story to him.
The emperor was so angry that he gave orders angrily.
"Send an order to the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture to thoroughly investigate this matter. No matter who it is, their property will be confiscated!"
Yingtian Prefecture was very quick. After all, these furniture were newly added, and all those who had handled them had been arrested before.
Finally it was discovered that it was a deputy minister of the Ministry of Works who wanted to kill Shuangshuang because he had a grudge against the Prince of Loyalty's Palace.
This reason was actually not tenable at all, but the emperor was relieved.
He had fought his way to the throne through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. How could he not know what was going on in the palace?
It's just that I don't dare to find out who is behind the scenes.
The emperor directly ordered the execution of the entire family of that official!
The prefect of Yingtian Prefecture received the order and left!
The emperor sat on the dragon throne for a long time without saying a word. He didn't know how the queen would argue with him this time.
At this time, the eunuch who temporarily replaced Yao Fugui rushed in in a panic, lying on the ground trembling.
"Your Majesty, this is bad!
The Empress brought her people and angrily went to the Imperial Concubine's Roufu Palace."
"What!" The emperor stood up suddenly.
"Why did the Queen suddenly..."
Then he sat down dejectedly again. If you can find out about Yingtian Prefecture, the Queen can naturally find out about it as well.
Seeing that the emperor did not move, the eunuch urged anxiously.
"Your Majesty, what do you think we should do about this?"
The emperor looked at him coldly and said.
"Quick, set up the Roufu Palace!"
The eunuch immediately stood up and shouted, "Your Majesty, please go to Roufu Palace!"
The emperor arrived at Roufu Palace and saw the queen sitting steadily in the middle of the courtyard.
The imperial concubine was being forced to kneel in front of the queen by several palace servants and was being slapped in the face.
At this time, her cheeks were red and swollen, and she couldn't speak. She could only shake her head and struggle.
All the palace servants around her were beaten with sticks.
There were also some servants in the imperial concubine's palace, smashing and throwing things around.
The emperor was so angry that he covered his chest and said, "Queen, what are you doing? This is too..."
The queen slowly stood up and bowed calmly to the emperor, without any panic as if she had been caught in the act.
"Your Majesty, I greet you!
As for what I was doing at night, didn't you see it all?"
"How could you be like a shrew? Doing such a violent thing!"
"A shrew? That's pretty good!
In fact, I should have become a shrew more than ten years ago, so that my son would not have to suffer so many years of injustice."
"What nonsense are you talking about? The incident back then has long been investigated and the culprit has been brought to justice. How could it be implicated in this incident?"
"Find out? Even if you find a scapegoat who is not important enough, then your Yingtian Prefecture Governor should be replaced."
Without waiting for the emperor to lose his temper, he continued softly.
"I wonder if your Yingtian Prefecture Governor has found out that the official has a daughter who is a concubine in the Pingyang Marquis's mansion?"
The emperor was stunned and stared at the concubine in disbelief.
When the emperor arrived, the executioners loosened their grip and knelt down to pay their respects.
The imperial concubine lay down in front of the emperor and deliberately showed him her red and swollen face, her words were incoherent and unclear.
"Your Majesty, I am wronged. Please help me!"
The queen stood up and walked up to the imperial concubine, and suddenly kicked her over!
"Why don't you tell me what I have wronged you about?
Are you wrongly accusing the harmful official, not your good brother's relative?
Or is it that the eunuch who wrongly accused you of murdering my son back then had a sister who happened to be a concubine in the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion?"
When Li Xiangyu was mentioned, the emperor felt a surge of guilt.
However, the same thing still applies. The imperial concubine has the third prince. Even if she dies secretly due to illness, she cannot let the third prince have such a terrible mother.
Otherwise, his vast empire would have no heir.