The little girl hides her secrets

Everyone was trapped in the palace, the atmosphere was tense and it was difficult to breathe.Yu An always lowered his head and followed the fifth son book, lowering his sense of presence.

After about a stick of incense, Yan Wei and Yan Wei Cheng came together, followed by a group of officers with swords.

Yanwei's name is Gu Yuefei, he is only loyal to the emperor, he is responsible for investigating important murder cases, and has the right to arrest the royal family and nobles.

Gu Yuefei's imposing manner was fierce, he scanned the surroundings with his scrutinizing eyes, and then he bowed and said: "I am ordered to thoroughly investigate the murder of His Majesty, and I hope everyone will cooperate."

Empress Xie Wan's face was pale, she stood up in grief and said, "Master Lao Gu is here."

Someone in the hall questioned: "Lord Gu has many opportunities to contact His Majesty, why should he investigate the case?"

Gu Yuefei said word by word: "Your Majesty did not summon me during his convalescence, and I did not participate in the Qianqiu Festival today. I have been dealing with official documents with Yan Weicheng, and we can prove each other."

Yan Weicheng Niu Xiguang echoed: "Yes, the emperor has been in a mess recently, Mr. Gu has been busy, I can prove it for him."

Concubine Duan wiped away her unwarranted tears with a handkerchief, and cried and said: "Master Gu must arrest the person who killed His Majesty and bring him to justice."

Gu Yuefei bowed his head and said: "The responsibility of the minister lies."

After finishing speaking, Gu Yuefei led the team to the emperor's bedroom. In order to investigate the case, the old emperor was not buried immediately, but was carried over and lay flat on the dragon bed.

Gu Yuefei personally inspected the old emperor's body and found that he was poisoned by arsenic, and the dose was astonishingly large. His lips were purple, his mouth was festered and bleeding, and his body was still warm. He should have died not long ago.

Gu Yuefei kowtowed three times, got up and took off the old emperor's clothes, and found that there were no other injuries on his body.

Arsenic poisoning and death within a quarter of an hour.

Gu Yuefei frowned, and immediately took someone back to the hall to check, and soon found residual arsenic in the old emperor's teacup.

Gu Yuefei found the eunuch accompanying the old emperor, held a teacup and asked, "Your Majesty's board and lodging will be inspected every day. How can there be poison in this teacup?"

The attendant eunuch had been frightened for a long time, and he stuttered and said: "I don't know, all the food at the banquet has been checked in advance, and there was no problem at that time."

"When did you check?" Gu Yuefei asked immediately.

The attendant eunuch knew that this matter should not be ambiguous, and after thinking about it, he said: "Today is a big event, and the imperial dining room started serving the dishes yesterday. All the dishes on the banquet were reheated at Maoshi today, and they were checked after reheating."

"However, His Majesty's dishes and tea are prepared separately by the Imperial Dining Room, and they are checked immediately. The servants have tested poison with silver needles just after they were brought in. The time is about a quarter of an hour."

Gu Yuefei nodded, jotting down something in his notebook, rubbing his chin in thought.

The attendant eunuch doesn't seem to be lying, and the only thing at the banquet that is poisonous is the cup of tea. If what the attendant eunuch said is true, then the poison was placed on the spot at the banquet.

But even so, the suspicion of accompanying eunuchs still cannot be removed.Gu Yuefei searched all the servants of the imperial dining room and the maids and eunuchs serving dishes, and searched their rooms, but found no trace of arsenic.

Of course, the accompanying eunuchs were also searched carefully.

In this way, the possibility of collusion between the eunuchs and others in poisoning can be basically ruled out.

Gu Yuefei is a fair and strict person, he pondered for a while, and did not embarrass these servants, then turned to Yan Weicheng Niu Xiguang and said: "You take people outside to search for the source of arsenic."

Arsenic is highly poisonous. Although it has medicinal properties in some aspects, it is strictly guarded. It is strictly forbidden to store it in the imperial hospital, and it is not allowed to buy it casually in the entire imperial city. Therefore, as long as someone uses arsenic, it should leave traces.

Niu Xiguang's eyes lit up, he nodded in response, and led the people out of the palace.

Gu Yuefei locked his eyes on the Queen and Concubine Duan. They sat one on the left and the other on the right, and they were the most convenient people to poison the emperor.

He returned to the main hall, and asked in a serious tone: "The Empress and the Duan Concubine, can you tell me what you have been doing recently?"

Concubine Duan was stunned, she stared and shouted, "Are you suspicious of me?"

"Don't dare." Gu Yuefei knelt down and said: "I just act according to the rules, please cooperate with the empress."

Xie Wan looked at the notebook in Gu Yuefei's hand, raised her eyes and said, "Let me tell you first."

"Princess Huikang's coming-of-age ceremony is organized by my palace, so I have been preparing for various matters a few days ago."

Gu Yuefei nodded and said, "Has the empress received anything from outside the palace?"

Xie Wan thought for a while and said: "I have received several replies from the vassal states. They were unable to attend the Qianqiu Festival due to some things, and they sent people to send gifts and letters at will. They are all recorded. If Mr. Gu wants to see it, I will I can take you there."

Gu Yuefei said respectfully: "Then I'll have to work."

Xie Wan brought Gu Yuefei to the warehouse, where all the things sent by the feudal kingdom are here. If there is no problem, these things will be sent to Princess Huikang's palace tonight.

Gu Yuefei checked it carefully, most of them were expensive porcelain and jewelry, there was no space to hide drugs, and the content of the letter was also ordinary.

Gu Yuefei asked: "Are there any other things outside the palace?"

"No more." Xie Wan said calmly: "The palace rules are strict, and all things entering and leaving the palace are specially recorded, and Mr. Gu can check it."

Gu Yuefei bowed and said, "Thank you, Empress, for reminding me."

He did not show any doubt or trust towards Xie Wan, and quickly returned to the main hall, ready to hear what Concubine Duan had to say.

What he didn't expect was that Concubine Duan was no longer in the main hall. Gu Yuefei looked at the officer next to him with a sullen face, and asked, "Where did Concubine Duan go?"

The officer trembled and said: "Ms. Duan Concubine cried and said that she wanted to see the emperor. She looked like she was about to die from crying. We didn't dare to stop us, so we asked two eunuchs to go with us. Everyone else should stay in the hall."

Gu Yuefei frowned, he stopped talking, and strode towards the emperor's bedroom, and heard Concubine Duan's cry from a long distance away.

Gu Yuefei didn't think that Concubine Duan really came to see the emperor, and she might have another purpose in coming here.

Gu Yue flew into the emperor's bedroom, he stood behind Concubine Duan, his crisp footsteps stopped Concubine Duan from crying.

Concubine Duan was crying with tears in her eyes, she said in disbelief: "Master Gu, is this trying to prevent this palace from mourning for the emperor?"

Gu Yuefei shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is worrying too much, you can cry as much as you want, I will wait here."

Concubine Duan choked, gritted her teeth secretly, and cried bitterly in front of the dead old emperor.

After crying for a long time, Gu Yuefei didn't see Gu Yuefei leaving. Her voice was already hoarse, she had no choice but to pretend to be exhausted and fell to the ground, and was carried away by the eunuch.

After he left, Gu Yuefei inspected the room carefully, his eyes resting on the seemingly ordinary drawer.