Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

Chapter 259 Suspicious
The morning light was twilight, and the mist that shrouded the palace gradually dissipated, and a spring rain washed away the depression of the silent night.

When Ling Youyao woke up, she found that she was covered with a thick blanket. She rubbed her numb arms and was about to get up when she heard a voice suddenly: "Are you awake?"

The voice is immature, still a child.

Ling Youyao looked at the boy sitting in front of the queen's bed, and was taken aback for a moment: "His Royal Highness?"

Fu Yunchen sat there quietly, with his back to Ling Youyao, his small figure was very silent, he said: "Aunt Huang, you worked hard all night with the queen mother, go to rest earlier."

Ling Youyao supported the table and got up, walked to him, and said softly: "When did your highness come here? I remember that your majesty asked the eldest princess to accompany you last night."

"I came here after I showed my aunt the painting, but I didn't dare to come in when I heard my mother was crying."

His immature face was a bit steady, he was only nine years old, but he was so sensible that it made people feel distressed.

Ling Youyao said softly: "The empress is still sleeping, why don't we go out first? When the empress wakes up, Your Highness will come to see her, okay?"

Although Fu Yunchen was worried about his mother, he still nodded obediently and went out with Ling Youyao.

Qingdai, who was guarding outside, saw the two coming out, and quickly greeted them: "His Royal Highness, Suian is looking for you everywhere! You should go to Chongwen Hall to go to school at this point."

Fu Yunchen hid from Ling Youyao, frowned and said, "I want to stay here with my mother"

Hearing what he said, Qing Dai couldn't bear to speak again, so she looked at Ling Youyao for help.

Ling Youyao sighed slightly, knelt down and said to him: "I know Your Highness is worried about the empress, but the empress was tired all day yesterday and she hasn't woken up yet. Your highness will go to listen to the teacher's lecture now. When school is over, the empress will also wake up." At that time, His Highness will be able to accompany Empress with peace of mind."

Fu Yunchen looked troubled, looked at the dormitory reluctantly, and said: "Okay. Aunt Huang, then I'll go to school first, can you help me look after my mother?"

"Okay, Your Highness can go at ease." Ling Youyao rubbed his head with a gentle tone.

"Ah."

Before leaving, Fu Yunchen took another sneak peek at the queen, and then reluctantly left.

Seeing his cautious appearance, Qing Dai couldn't help her nose sore, fearing that tears would fall, she turned around hastily.

Ling Youyao stood on the steps and watched Fu Yunchen leave. Although he was young, he knew everything.There was such a commotion in Fengyi Palace yesterday, even though Fu Xiuyun left him in Chengming Palace, he still ran over by himself.

Now that Lushan is gone, if something happens to the queen, who will protect him?
Ling Youyao looked at the pear blossom in the corner that had been beaten to pieces by the spring rain, with a bewildered expression.

The current Fengyi Palace is not as good as it used to be, the empress had a miscarriage, the entire palace, except for Qingdai and Chunlin, the rest of the palace people were taken to the Shang Xingsi and were beaten, and the palace people have not been dispatched yet, The palace seemed deserted.

The bloodstains left in front of the palace last night are still there, and I don't know if Fu Yunchen was frightened when he came.

After a moment of silence, she said to Qing Dai: "Clean up that pool of blood, lest His Royal Highness be frightened when he comes again."

Hearing what she said, Qing Dai noticed the pool of blood, and immediately agreed, and said: "Princess, you have guarded your mother for one night, go to the side hall to rest for a while, the Secretary of Shangshan has brought food over, and the maidservant first Bring it in for you."

"No," Ling Youyao had no appetite, "I'll go to Changle Palace first, and when the empress wakes up, I'll let the imperial physician come over to take a look."

"Yes." Qing Dai replied.

After a few words of advice, Ling Youyao took Yinzhu to Changle Palace.

The palace experienced a storm last night, although the sky has cleared, but the cloud that hangs over everyone's hearts has not yet dissipated.

Seeing Ling Youyao coming, Fu Yunchuo asked her to sit down, and then asked: "How is the queen?"

"I cried a lot last night, and I'm still asleep right now. I'll have to wait for the imperial doctor to see me to find out what's going on."

"The matter of Lushan is heartbreaking. Although His Majesty deliberately concealed it, how could he hide it for the rest of his life?" Fu Yunchuo said regretfully, "The queen always needs to know, and I only hope that she can survive, if not for other reasons, but also for the prince. Think about it."

The prince is only nine years old, although everything is fine now, but who can predict what will happen in the future?
Ling Youyao understood the danger, and said: "Your Highness, I came today to ask you, but has anyone found out who tampered with the Empress's medicine?"

Fu Yunchuo stared for a moment, and then said: "It's been found out, it's a little eunuch from the decoction room of the imperial hospital."

"Then have you found out who is behind it?"

"Your mind is quite fast," Fu Yunchuo said, "Your Majesty asked Wei Xiu to interrogate him personally, but unfortunately he didn't find out anything, so the little eunuch bit his tongue and committed suicide."

"Suicide?" Ling Youyao was slightly surprised, "Isn't the clue broken?"

Speaking of this, Fu Yunchuo's eyes darkened, and he said: "It is true that he committed suicide, but he said a person's name before he died."

Ling Youyao suddenly felt uneasy, and asked tentatively, "Who is it?"

"Zi Lin."

Ling Youyao was stunned, never expecting that the little eunuch would identify Fu Mingjue before he died.

Similarly, Fu Xiuyun was quite surprised when he heard about it.

"Is what you said true?"

Wei Xiu cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Lu Kang did mention King Jing when he bit his tongue and killed himself, but we will not be able to determine whether this matter is related to King Jing."

"Oh?" Fu Xiuyun looked up at him, "Why did you say that?"

Wei Xiu replied: "Lu Kang's mouth is very hard, even after all the tortures, he couldn't pry his mouth open, but after he heard that we had found the barley he discarded, he bit his tongue and committed suicide. Before he died, he also revealed King Jing, and the general suspects that he may be trying to cover up the real mastermind, so he blamed King Jing for this matter."

Not to mention whether Fu Mingjue wanted to assassinate the queen, now that he is far away in southern Xinjiang, it would be too hasty to entrust such an important matter to a young eunuch.Wei Xiu thought that this matter was not like Fu Mingjue's style.

Fu Xiuyun pursed his lips and remained silent, his long eyelashes drooping, unable to guess what he was thinking at the moment.

After a long silence, he suddenly asked: "How is the investigation of Lushan Miemen going?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, according to the Broken Jade brought back by King Jing, the one who attacked Lushan should be Zixiao Palace, the head of the top ten sects in the Jianghu."

"Zixiao Palace?" Fu Xiuyun was taken aback, "Could it be related to Xie Heng?"

"That's right, Young Master Xie had a dispute with Gu Qingyi, the owner of Zixiao Palace, and Zixiao Palace has been tracking his whereabouts all these years, but they don't know the real identity of Young Master Xie. According to reports from spies, something happened in Lushan A few days ago, Gu Qingyi had received a secret letter. The general speculates that it was the secret letter that exposed Mr. Xie's identity that caused such a catastrophe."

Fu Xiuyun frowned: "Do you know the origin of that secret letter?"

Wei Xiu shook his head: "Not yet."

The imperial court never intervened in the affairs of the rivers and lakes. Now a secret letter has caused the tragedy in Lushan, which made the queen feel distraught and devastated.

Is it just a grievance between the world and a conspiracy behind this?

After Fu Xiuyun pondered for a moment, he said: "Most likely Xie Heng went to Zixiao Palace to seek revenge, but he didn't know about the secret letter. You send someone to Zixiao Palace immediately, and if you find Xie Heng, you will be knocked unconscious and take him to sleep." return."

"As for what the little eunuch said." He paused, "Zi Lin is still in southern Xinjiang, let's keep this matter a secret for now, and we'll talk about it after he returns to Beijing."

Wei Xiu replied yes, and then asked: "Where is the Empress?"

"The queen is lingering on the sick bed, depressed, Princess Jing is deeply in her heart, so let Princess Jing stay in the palace to accompany the queen."

Fu Xiuyun's expression was not salty, but Wei Xiu understood that he wanted to keep Princess Jing in the palace until King Jing returned to Beijing.

The emperor was suspicious. Although he didn't say anything, he was suspicious in his heart.

(End of this chapter)