The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 764 Things in the Story

Hearing that this matter was most likely aimed at the crown prince, Concubine Wu Guifei immediately thought that the dim sum was the crown prince's favorite food, if the crown prince hadn't given it to the Supreme Emperor out of filial piety, wouldn't it be the one who died suddenly? ...

"Yes, who is so vicious?!"

She was so angry and frightened that she couldn't use her tongue very well: "How dare, how dare..."

At this time, Jia Yuanchun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "If there is no evidence, don't speak nonsense, otherwise it may not be able to quell the rumors."

Jiao Shun heard his heart move, quickly bowed and said: "It's the minister who is being rude."

The queen faintly felt that there was something in Jia Yuanchun's words, but it was not easy to ask at this time, so she said: "It's not too late, the manpower needed to investigate the case is waiting outside the palace now, I will give you a gold medal again, no matter who is involved in the case They can be arrested and questioned!"

"The minister leads the order."

When Jiao Shun stepped backwards out of Qianqing Palace, the queen glanced at Concubine Wu Gui who was thinking about it, and then at Concubine Xiande who was standing quietly with her hands down. She was about to say something when she suddenly heard Concubine Xiande say: "Your Majesty, Sister Concubine Rong I have never been on duty today, so according to the rules, it is not good to stay in the Qianqing Palace for a long time."

There is indeed such a rule, but it was at the beginning that the concubines were lingering in the Qianqing Palace, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to invite favors, so the queen and the queen mother made this rule together.

But now that Emperor Longyuan is in a coma for a long time, and it is too late for the concubines to hide, this rule is naturally useless.

Jia Yuanchun suddenly used this to reject Concubine Rong, obviously he meant something else.

The queen thought of the rumor that she had missed the vice car just now, and immediately cast a skeptical look at Concubine Rong.

Concubine Rong killed the Supreme Emperor by mistake, she was panicked at first, but now she was stared at by the empress again, her face turned pale with fright, and she was about to speak to explain a few words, when Concubine Wu Guifei suddenly grabbed her skirt , sternly shouted and asked: "Is it you?! How dare you, a lowly maidservant, lay hands on the prince?!"

Concubine Rong was so majestic and trembling at being pulled by her, her heart almost jumped out of her throat, and thanks to her humiliation and humiliation these days, she finally managed to gain some city power through experience, barely suppressing the panic in her heart, trembling Said: "Your Majesty, please don't listen to Concubine Xiande's blood spitting, I have the courage to dare to touch His Highness the Crown Prince!"

The Empress was also afraid that Concubine Wu Gui would make a move in Qianqing Palace, so she hurriedly stepped forward to stop her and said, "Sister, don't rush to draw conclusions, everything will be discussed after Jiao Changqing finds out the truth."

When Concubine Wu Guifei let go of Concubine Rong resentfully, the Empress said to Concubine Rong again: "This is a big matter, Zhongcui Palace is probably going to investigate, my sister has been walking around there recently, why don't you help Wu Guifei?" The noble concubine sits in the palace, so she can communicate in time if there is anything."

Concubine Rong naturally understood that she was asked to sit in the palace, but in fact she was asked to be interrogated along with her.

Naturally, she was unwilling to do so, but since the queen had already opened her mouth, there was no room for her to bargain, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and give Jia Yuanchun a hard look, before she walked out quickly. Qing palace.

As soon as she walked away, Concubine Wu Gui gnashed her teeth on her back: "If it really is her, look at me not skinning her!"

The queen shook her head slightly, then turned her gaze back to Jia Yuanchun, and asked softly, "Sister Yuanchun, what do you think?"

"The concubine thought..."

Jia Yuanchun said in a deep voice, "Suspicious, but it shouldn't be her."

"Not her?"

When Concubine Wu Guifei heard this, she was immediately annoyed again: "Then what do you mean by being mysterious?!"

"My sister misunderstood."

Jia Yuanchun shook his head slightly, and then repeated what he said just now: "I said 'suspicious, but it shouldn't be her', I didn't say it wasn't her."

Concubine Wu Gui's head was muddled. Is there any difference?

But the queen thought about it carefully, and suddenly understood what Jia Yuanchun said to Jiao Shun just now.

…………

The words are divided into two parts.

But when Jiao Shun came out of Qianqing Palace, there was already a team of dragon guards waiting beside him, and Dai Quan and another eunuch in charge were also waiting in the corridor on the west side.

Seeing Jiao Shun coming out from inside, two eunuchs immediately came up to meet him, Dai Quan pointed to the strange eunuch and said, "This is Eunuch Lu, who was sent by the Empress Dowager to cooperate with Lord Jiao in investigating the case."

It seems that the Queen Mother is not completely at ease, and has left the matter of her husband's sudden death to the Queen for investigation.

Thinking in this way, Jiao Shun hurriedly cupped his hands at Eunuch Lu, "Your Majesty has seen Eunuch Lu."

"Don't dare, dare not~"

Eunuch Lu hurriedly returned a salute, and said solemnly: "The Empress Dowager has already ordered the miscellaneous family to follow Mr. Jiao to watch more and talk less, and not to interfere with Mr. Jiao's investigation."

The key to this sentence is probably the word 'follow me'.

But it doesn't matter, the empress dowager looks dignified, but she is about to be promoted to the empress dowager, as long as she stands firmly on the side of the prince, she is not afraid of causing any troubles.

So Jiao Shun exchanged polite words with this Eunuch Lu, said goodbye to Dai Quan, and led the team of dragon guards to hurry to Renshou Palace.

At this time, Renshou Palace was completely deserted, and the huge black-and-gold lacquered coffin was parked in the middle of the courtyard, and a slave who was crying bitterly was kneeling at the door.

Near the door were three imperial physicians, and looking inside, there were four more imperial physicians whispering inside.

Eunuch Lu had obviously been here once, and seeing Jiao Shun looking at those imperial physicians, he pointed to the three at the door and said, "These three are the ones who have consulted and prescribed medicine for the Supreme Emperor recently, and the inside is the imperial hospital. The envoy is leading the inspection."

No wonder the three faces at the door are earthy-colored, while the complexions of the four inside are much better.

Jiao Shun took a deep breath, stepped into the main hall, and asked the head of the court directly: "May I ask if you have ever found out the cause of the death of the Supreme Emperor?"

"This one……"

The court envoy looked around and thought about it: "It's still not sure yet, and further investigation may be needed."

Jiao Shun immediately asked again: "How to investigate further?"

"This one……"

The court envoy was dumbfounded and didn't have anything to say, so he couldn't say that he was going to disembowel the Supreme Emperor, right?

Seeing this, Jiao Shun breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most afraid of right now was that the evidence was conclusive and there was no room for change—since the people from the Tai Hospital couldn't determine the cause of death, it would be easy!

He asked again immediately: "Generally, death from abdominal pain is inseparable from diet?"

Seeing that Jiao Shun didn't get to the bottom of the question, the envoy of the court was relieved, but he didn't dare to answer rashly. After pondering for a while, he nodded and said, "It's probably the case, but there are exceptions."

"I understand."

Jiao Shun nodded, then turned around and left without saying a word.

Eunuch Lu followed out in a bewilderment, and after holding back for a while, he finally couldn't hold back, and asked, "Master Jiao, just ask a few words and you're done?"

Jiao Shun glanced at him sideways, and said with a smile: "It's hard for an envoy from the Imperial Hospital to make a conclusion, so what can Jiao, a layman, find out?"

Eunuch Lu opened his mouth. Although Jiao Shun's reason seemed very reasonable, but the dead is too high. Isn't it a bit too childish to act so hastily?

Jiao Shun didn't care about him, and hurried to the imperial dining room with his people.

The imperial dining room is already full of people at this moment, one chief, two deputy and three chief managers are overhearing that Jiao Shun was ordered to investigate the case, and all of them are sweating, trying their best to distinguish the meals of the nobles, and according to the rules, they are supervised by special personnel , the snacks are prepared for His Royal Highness, so it is natural to be cautious.

"Who asked about the dim sum?"

Jiao Shun interrupted him sharply: "Hurry up and take the record of the emperor's recent meals, and show it to me!"

Those stewards were too listening, so they quickly ordered someone to fetch the sealed records, and the leader said cautiously: "Your Excellency, because the emperor has occasionally caught a cold in the past few days, these meals have been reviewed by the imperial physician first, and it is confirmed that they have nothing to do with the soup. Contributions are allowed only if there is a conflict."

This is a shrewd person, no wonder he can take advantage of the fat vacancy of the Imperial Dining Room.

Jiao Shun praised secretly, but his face sank, and scolded: "Whether there is a conflict or not, it doesn't matter if you say it, and the imperial doctor may not be sure if it says it!"

After saying that, he turned to look for Lu Gonggong and said: "Please trouble Gonggong to tell the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager that I want to transfer some death row prisoners from the sky prison to test the medicine. I hope the two empresses will agree."

"This……"

Eunuch Lu hesitated and said, "Can't we have an interview outside? This brings the condemned prisoner into the palace..."

"It's better to test it in the palace."

Jiao Shun finished what he said, and said without doubt: "Try to choose the weak and sick, please trouble the father-in-law."

Eunuch Lu couldn't say anything more when he saw this, so he could only arrange someone to report back to the Queen Mother and the Queen.

The queen mother got the news first, but she didn't say anything about it, she just said that she knew it, and everything was left to the queen to decide.

The queen was not surprised when she heard the news, and while issuing a decree to transfer a few death row prisoners from the prison to the palace, she asked casually, "What is Mrs. Jiao doing now?"

The eunuch who sent the message said: "When the servant left, Mr. Jiao was preparing to lead a team to Zhongcui Palace to investigate. If he is still in the Zhongcui Palace, the slave doesn't know."

"He went to Zhongcui Palace?"

Now the queen was a little confused. According to her understanding just now, Jia Yuanchun said that Concubine Rong should not be the murderer behind the scenes. In fact, she was implying that it is best to get the prince out of this matter, otherwise there will inevitably be rumors.

Because the current focus is not to find out the cause of the death of the Supreme Emperor, but to clear the crown prince from suspicion.

Jiao Shun obviously understood the meaning of this layer, so he chose to cut the mess quickly and directly mobilized the condemned prisoners to test the medicine in the palace - as long as it is confirmed that the problem lies with the imperial physician and the imperial kitchen, then the crown prince has nothing to do with it.

But why did Jiao Shun go to Zhongcui Palace now?
Did you guess wrong?

Or is there another meaning in the words of the two of them?
Just being suspicious, Jiao Shun sent eunuchs to report.

When the eunuch entered the door, he knelt down and reported: "I would like to report to the empress, Mrs. Jiao has already found out that the matter of the cakes was first reported by the servants in Zhongcui Palace!"

"what?!"

Concubine Wu Gui, who was still distracted at first, immediately flew into a rage when she heard the words, and said, "Which dog slave is so bold?!"

The eunuch replied: "Reporting to Madam, because there are too many people involved, it is difficult for Mr. Jiao to confirm the source for a while."

"Too many people involved?!"

Concubine Wu Gui became more and more annoyed, she stood up abruptly, gritted her teeth and said, "Then don't leave any of them behind, and put all these dogs in limbo!"

Hearing this, the queen suddenly realized that Jiao Shun went to Zhongcui Palace for this reason!

In order not to damage the crown prince's reputation, this case must not come out of Zhongcui Palace—at least not for the time being.

But if it is true that they hit the auxiliary car by mistake, before the truth is found out, how dare Concubine Wu Gui and the Crown Prince use the servants of Zhong Cui Palace again?
But the sudden dismissal and replacement at this juncture is likely to arouse suspicion.

So Jiao Shun simply planted the source of the rumors at Zhongcui Palace, so that her mother and son could target them.

(End of this chapter)