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"Why do people suddenly die from poisoning?"

Emperor Wenkang, who soon got the news, asked suspiciously after Xuanbai Shile entered the palace.

In his opinion, Kamenashida and Terajima Ninomiya are just foreigners who don't care, why are they suddenly poisoned out of nowhere!
Naturally, this incident also made him faintly aware of the taste of conspiracy!
"It's my negligence, please Your Majesty punish me!"

Bai Shile, who knew that this matter had something to do with her, immediately knelt down to plead guilty, and her attitude was so sincere that even Emperor Wen Kang couldn't say anything to blame;
"This matter is strange, and the person who did it secretly is even more cunning and weird. It's not entirely your fault that such a thing happened. There is no need to blame yourself like this!"

Thinking of Emperor Wen Kang who discovered the abnormality of these two people because of Bai Shile's attention, he stepped down the steps to help 'her' up, with a little comfort on his face.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness!"

After thanking him, Bai Shile quickly got up and took two steps back, keeping a proper distance between Emperor Wenkang and his subjects.

And looking at Bai Shile, who took two steps back and kept a distance from him, and Emperor Wenkang, who stretched out his hand to maintain a supporting posture, felt a little strange, so he couldn't help but look up and down at the "subject" in front of him several times, and then put down his hands as if he didn't care about anything. It didn't look like it happened, but the abnormal heartbeat still made him feel strange.

"Have you found out the source of the poison?"

Ignoring the strange feeling in his heart, Wen Kangdi asked as usual.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the poison was mixed with the food and sent to the prison cell. As for what kind of poison it is, the imperial doctor still can't give an answer, and the source is not clear."

Bai Shile's answer made Wen Kangdi fall into silence, and also felt the difficulty of this matter.

"Has anyone been found suspicious?"

"Does the person who delivered the food have an interrogation?"

After Wen Kang stared at Bai Shile and asked this question, he looked at the half-open window, staring intently at the snowflakes falling outside the window.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the officials of the Jingwei have been interrogated, and no suspicious person has been found so far. As for the jailer who delivered the food, he did not behave abnormally as usual, nor did he have any relationship with anyone outside. After contact, the suspicion can basically be ruled out.”

Bai Shile spoke neither too fast nor too slow, and answered truthfully in a positive tone. After saying this, 'she' felt a little nervous, for fear of being blamed by Emperor Wen Kang.

After all, this matter is getting more and more weird!
Moreover, it happened in the territory controlled by 'her', no matter how you look at it, it has something to do with 'her'!

If this matter is not investigated and the truth is not revealed, and a reasonable explanation is not given, it will appear that 'she' is very incompetent!
This is what Bai Shile is most worried about!
No matter what, 'she' can't be ashamed of Zhao Yunshen's skin!

Let's not make Zhao Yunshen think 'she' is bad!
"It seems that some people don't want me to have a good time this Longevity Day!"

Wen Kangdi, who was silent for a long while staring out the window, spoke again with a sneer.

Her voice was gentle and her smile was gentle, but Bai Shile who was at the side felt inexplicably chilled, and stood silently at the side.

"Wu Sheng—"

Suddenly, Emperor Wen Kang turned around and stared at Bai Shile, who lowered his head and pretended to be dead, and cried softly;

The sudden gentleness scared Bai Shile's heart and liver trembling, but fortunately, he pretended to be profound and did not show any flaws, and replied respectfully and solemnly;

"The minister is—"

"You are solely responsible for this matter, you must investigate and find out the truth!"

"His Majesty……"

Bai Shile, who heard these words as expected, did not rush to take orders, but raised her head with a embarrassed look on her face.

"If there is any difficulty, just say it."

The very upright Emperor Wenkang understood the worries of 'Aichen' in seconds, and he just said that, which made Bai Shile very satisfied.

"I'm afraid it's not easy to solve this matter. Regardless of other things, I can't afford to offend those distinguished guests and envoys..."

"When did Wu Sheng become so hesitant?"

Unexpectedly, 'Zhao Yunshen', who has always been decisive and strict, also got up at this time. Wen Kangdi, who was in a heavy mood, couldn't help but feel a little curious, and couldn't help laughing and joking, but he lamented how much a person has changed in his heart!
"Isn't His Majesty's Longevity Festival approaching, are you afraid of causing unnecessary trouble to Your Majesty?"

Bai Shile, whose heart was tense, said "intimately" with a look of concern for the emperor on his face.

Emperor Wenkang...

Should he thank him for having such a caring courtier?
"Since that's the case, let's do it. If anyone has any dissatisfaction, or makes trouble with you, let him come to see me."

Emperor Wenkang's slightly cold voice opened the door to Bai Shile with determination and majesty unique to the emperor, so that 'her' has no worries at all.

Bai Shile, who got the 'Shangfang Sword', went out of the palace non-stop, and went back to the Beijing Guard to see if he could find any clues;
In the current situation where there are no clues, 'she' is confused and uneasy, like a headless chicken, unable to find a way out and direction, let alone investigate the case!
At this time, the restless Bai Shile raised her head, and saw that she was wearing a concubine red cloak and luxurious gold ornaments in front of her. Looking at the beautiful back of a woman walking slowly towards the palace gate in the snowflakes all over the sky;
Bai Shile, who was worried, looked at the slender figure not far in front of her, and inexplicably felt a lot better, even walking with wind on her feet.

But suddenly, 'she' slowly discovered that the woman in palace costume who was supported by two servant girls in front of her was walking in a somewhat...

For a while, Bai Shile couldn't accurately describe the walking posture of the woman in front of her, she only felt that the posture of the woman in front of her was a bit special compared to the noble ladies in the capital;
Especially Bai Shile felt awkward!

Looking closely, the woman walked with her shoulders still and her body swaying, as if she was only walking forward with two legs alternately, but the stiffness of her upper body was not obvious, which made Bai Shile feel a little familiar.

Just when 'she' wanted to catch up quickly to see who this woman was, she saw that the master and servant had already left the palace gate, turned left and disappeared from sight.

For some reason, Bai Shile panicked inexplicably, and accelerated towards the palace gate, hoping to see this woman head on.

At this time, Xia Guang, who was waiting at the gate of the palace, saw Bai Shile coming out from a distance with the wind under his feet, and immediately went up to him and asked in a low voice;
"My lord, does His Majesty blame you?"

"Your Majesty is wise and did not blame me."

After hearing Bai Shile's answer, Xia Guang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, knelt down and kowtowed to the palace, then got up and asked again;

"Your Excellency, you want to go back to the guard?"

Xia Guang, who didn't know what Bai Shile's arrangement was, asked tentatively, but in his heart he hoped that his "young master" would go back to the guard to rest for a while, and have breakfast by the way.

Because, from the moment she opened her eyes in the morning until now, Bai Shile hasn't had a drop of water, but Xia Guang is so distressed!

"Who just came out?"

Bai Shile, standing at the gate of the palace and looking to the left, saw a luxurious carriage driving away, and was submerged in the flying snowflakes in a short while, presumably the woman in palace attire was sitting on the carriage, inexplicably "she" Just want to ask clearly.

Suddenly Xia Guang was taken aback when he heard that his "young master" was asking about other women, and then shook his head decisively.

Xia Guang...

Does 'Master' have any other thoughts?

Is the 'young lady' at home not good enough, not beautiful enough?

Don't say he really doesn't know, even if he knows he doesn't say anything!
"The little one didn't dare to look up, and he didn't know the identity of that lady!"

In fact, he quietly raised his head to glance at Xia Guang who had just left the master and servant three times, deliberately fooling Bai Shile.

(End of this chapter)