Since Qi Yuan is conclusive at the moment, it must be that she has some evidence, so the queen asked.

As a result, Qi Yuan didn't immediately say who harmed her mother, but just said sadly:

"Queen Mother! The mother has been very careful in recent days, whether it is daily movements or diet, she always pays attention to it, if it is for no reason, there will definitely be no such thing! So someone must have deliberately murdered him!

The concubine was fine when she got up in the morning, she had just eaten lunch, and soon after she entered the tonic soup, she said that she was unwell, so she took a nap, who would have thought that the abdominal pain would be unbearable after a while, and when the imperial doctor and Wen Po came, they had already returned to the sky and had no skills! Pity my unborn brother......"

Speaking of this, Qi Yuan cried bitterly, knelt down and kowtowed to the queen again:

"The Queen Mother! I beg my mother to investigate this matter thoroughly and give my mother a fair deal! ”

When the queen heard this, she said:

"Yuan'er, don't worry, if someone really makes trouble, the queen mother will definitely make the decision for you!"

After the queen finished speaking, she swept around with her sharp eyes, and then shouted: "Someone! Call me all the people who are in charge of meals here Concubine Lan! ”

With that, the queen led a group of people into the Guerlain Hall and took a seat in the hall of the Guerlain Palace.

The others followed her in, and each stood up.

Shu Jin was also given a seat by the queen, so he sat aside and watched coldly.

A moment later, a group of four or five people walked in and kowtowed to the queen and others in the hall.

These people are all in charge of Concubine Lan's meal, and they each introduced themselves. The queen interrogated them one by one. In the end, the queen asked in detail a female official named Mingdi who was in charge of Concubine Lan's small kitchen, the female official was in her thirties and spoke in an orderly manner. At this moment, when this happened, her face was obviously very bad, but she was not flustered.

"Queen Mother, Concubine Lan's mother, all meals, including tonic soup, are stared at by slaves and maids every day, from the selection of materials to the production, there are always people in the middle, and they dare not leave. Niangniang's daily recipes are set by the hospital. The maids are made according to the formula, and they dare not have the slightest difference! Mingdi said.

The queen listened to Mingdi's words and nodded. Ask the Imperial Doctor:

"Imperial Doctor, have you ever diagnosed Concubine Lan's miscarriage?"

The imperial doctor twisted his beard and said:

"Back to Niangniang, Concubine Lan should have a slippery fetus caused by taking blood-activating drugs."

"What did Concubine Lan eat at lunch. What have you drunk? Have you ever tested everything one by one? ”

At this time, Mingdi replied:

"Queen Qiyu. Concubine Lan has a bad appetite in recent days, so every time the kitchen is ready and simmered over slow fire, when the mother wants to eat, pick up the hot and serve it. At noon, the mother did not eat much, and there were still a lot of leftover meals, and some of the mothers could not eat the slaves and maids and did not throw them away, because the mother had always been thrifty, and the rest of the meals were given to the next people to eat.

Just now, the imperial doctor has checked them one by one. There was no problem, and there was no blood-invigorating medicine mixed in. ”

The queen looked at the Imperial Doctor. After getting an affirmative answer, he frowned and thought about it.

"Since there is no problem with eating and drinking, where did this blood-invigorating medicine come from, and how did it get into Concubine Lan's stomach out of thin air?"

The imperial doctor frowned and said nothing, Qi Yuan whimpered softly, and Mingdi and the others bowed down and did not dare to speak. And Shu Jin, when she heard the blood-invigorating medicine, somehow thought of the bottle of red essence that was found on the market.

Could this be a coincidence?

If these things are not connected at all, Shu Jin can't convince himself. There was a thief in the market, not to steal others, not to steal her things, at such a juncture, Concubine Lan had a miscarriage and birth because of the use of blood-invigorating drugs, and a bottle of safflower essence was found on the thief's body.

"Is there anything that only Concubine Lan herself uses?" Finally, the queen asked.

As soon as this sentence came out, Qi Yuan's crying stopped, raised her face to look at Ming Di, Ming Di thought for a while, and then said:

"If it is only used by the mother, there is only a tonic soup after the meal. The tonic soup material is precious, and it takes seven or eight hours to get a bowl of soup, and the mother drinks it after every meal, and then takes a nap. ”

Speaking of this, Mingdi paused, and then said, "This tonic soup is precious, so even if I can't stop staring at it for a while, there are always people watching the fire." On duty today is the Purple Peach ......"

Saying that, Mingdi turned around and found someone to call a little palace maid.

The palace maid named Zi Tao trembled and knelt down at the door, and secretly looked up, and sure enough, even the queen's eyes saw her body, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly kowtowed:

"The queen mother's life! Slave maid, slave maid did nothing, slave maid didn't know anything! ”

When the queen heard this, she frowned, and before she could open her mouth to reprimand, Aunt He on the side snorted coldly and scolded:

"What are you yelling about! No one said what you were doing, what were you panicking about! You just said what did you do when you looked at that tonic soup at noon, and what happened? ”

When Zi Tao heard this, she was relieved when she heard that she didn't want to punish her sins, shrunk her shoulders, and thought about it carefully before she spoke again:

The slave kept staring at the fire of the soup and didn't dare to leave, until her aunt came to bring the soup, and nothing happened. The slave really doesn't know anything......"

"Talk a lot!" He said to his aunt, thought about it, and asked, "When you look at the fire, who else is there in the dining room besides you?" Or, who has been in the dining room? ”

This question, the purple peach was stunned, and then said:

"I was the only one on duty in the dining room at the time, and there was no one else, but ......"

As she spoke, she raised her eyes and glanced in one direction, and this action was immediately noticed by Aunt He, who stepped forward and gave Zi Tao a mouthful.

"You little hoof, look at what you see, and speak if you have something to say! But what! I think you're begging for a beating, right? ”

This action was too sudden, and the people on the side were shocked by the crisp sound, and Zi Tao burst into tears at the moment, but she didn't dare to cry, and she didn't dare to touch the speed of the little face, which was visible to the naked eye, and she didn't dare to touch it, just kowtowed and said quickly with tears:

"The slave has always looked at it carefully and never left, and only Gonggong Hui has come to the dining room once during this period. When I asked him what was the matter, he didn't say. It's just a turn and gone. ”

The father-in-law Hui in Zi Tao's mouth is not a bystander, but the chamberlain who went to invite Shu Jin to come to the Guerlain Palace. At this moment, everyone's attention was also focused on that Hui Gonggong.

As soon as Shu Jin heard that Father-in-law Hui had been to the dining room, he felt as if something had flashed in his mind. But she didn't catch it, she just felt as if she was about to figure out what was going on.

"You dead girl, spewing blood! When have I ever been to the dining room! ”

When Gonggong Hui heard this, he immediately denied it.

"You minion! The queen mother is still here, and she hasn't asked you yet, where is your turn to speak! You say, have you ever been to the dining room? ”

He and his aunt also turned her head to look over, opened his eyes and asked.

Father-in-law Hui's knees weakened. He knelt down with a pop and shouted that there was absolutely nothing.

"Whether you've been there or not, you'll know for a while!" Queen's Road. Then he commanded him to go down and pass on the men who were on duty in the courtyard during the time of lunch.

After many inquiries, the results finally came out. A palace maid who was cleaning the courtyard saw Father-in-law Nahui enter the dining room, and left after a while. Father-in-law Hui is lying.

"This time. What else do you have to say? The queen looked at Grandpa Hui coldly.

"The Queen's Mother. Slave, slave just to take a look, I just don't dare to admit it for fear of being implicated, the slave has nothing to do with this matter! ”

"Phew! You are a minion, you dare to stand in the way of the queen's mother, the second princess and the lord of Xiangtang! How many heads have you grown? ”

and his aunt reprimanded, "Say, what the hell are you doing in the dining room!" If you don't say it, beware of the pain of your flesh! ”

"Minions really walk around at will!"

"Good. Then you say, why didn't you admit it just now? ”

"Minion ......"

Father-in-law Na Hui heard this. He hesitated again.

"There must be a ghost in your heart! Someone! The palace rules are waiting! ”

"Don't!" Father-in-law Hui howled.

Before his voice fell, he heard someone shouting outside:

"The emperor has arrived!"

The queen and the others listened. hurriedly got up, Shu Jin also got up, and everyone greeted him with a hula and knelt down.

Qi Yan only walked into the Guerlain Hall at this time, his steps were a little hurried, and his face was very bad, obviously because he got the news here, and his mood couldn't get better.

"Get up." Qi Yan waved his hand casually, and then walked into the Guerlain Palace.

Qi Yan went to the inner hall to visit Concubine Xialan, during which the queen and others waited quietly outside, and the palace people knelt on the ground tremblingly and did not dare to make a sound.

Shu Jin didn't use his mental power to probe, and he didn't see the situation in the inner hall, but he could hear hoarse cries and faint comforting voices coming from the inner hall.

Shu Jin's face sank like water, and his eyes swept over the people in the hall. There are those who are afraid, those who are expressionless, and those who gloat. Looking at Qi Yuan again, it was obvious that her eyes were red and swollen, her face was pale, and there were even tears on her face, but at this moment, there was no longer pathos in her eyes, but ambition.

With a meaningful look at the queen, Shu Jin moved the corners of his mouth, and said in his heart Sure enough, it's a good show!

After a while, Qi Yan walked out, the dragon robe on his body was a little more wrinkled than when he went in, and even a few places were still a little wet, and his face was even more ugly.

"Queen, what's going on?"

When the queen heard this, after giving the salute, she told her what she had just asked. After hearing this, the emperor turned to Gonggong Hui, and without saying much, he said directly:

"Drag it out and beat him until he says it!"

"Don't, Your Majesty! Spare your life, Your Majesty! ”

However, the emperor gave the order, and there was no discount at all, and there were guards carrying people out immediately. Then there were screams, and the guards were counting loudly.

Shu Jin looked at Qi Yuan again, thought about it, and said:

"The second prince wants this chamberlain to invite me to the Guerlain Palace, I don't know what the important thing is?"

"Huh?" Qi Yuan said without being confused, "When did I invite the county lord to come to Guerlain Palace?" ”

Shu Jin closed his mouth when he heard this. Qi Yuan paused, blinked, and saw that Shu Jin had no intention of continuing to speak, so he said:

"My mother and I didn't send anyone to invite the county lord. It must be this guy who made his own decisions, but he doesn't know what he wants to do when he invites the county lord here! ”

Qi Yan was originally sitting with a calm face, but when he heard the conversation between Shu Jin and Qi Yuan, he frowned, and gestured to the chief manager beside him, the chief manager had been following Qi Yan since he was a child, and at this moment he immediately understood what he meant, bowed down and turned around and went out, and soon, the board outside was louder, and the screams were even more miserable.

After a while, the chief manager came back and reported to Qi Yan:

"Emperor Qiqi, that guy couldn't stand the beating, he recruited him, he said that he received the benefits of people, and was ordered to put the medicine in Concubine Lan's soup, and then went to invite the county lord to come over." After saying this, the chief steward said a few words close to the emperor's ear.

Shu Jin's ear power is not ordinary, so he naturally listened to the words of the general manager. However, she didn't react much.

When Qi Yan heard this, before he could speak, Qi Yuan immediately cried bitterly:

"Father! Ask the father to call the shots for the mother! ”

Qi Yan looked at this daughter, sighed for a while, and said:

"Don't worry, I know it in my heart, and I will naturally make decisions for you."

"Your Majesty, what should you do with that chamberlain?" The manager asked Qi Yan about his treatment of Father-in-law Hui.

"Cane to death." Qi Yan said coldly.

Whoever instructed him to do something wrong, he could not stay.

"Okay, I have my own plans for today's affairs, you all disperse, let Concubine Lan have a good rest."

As soon as these words came out, it was an eviction order.

So everyone led by the queen got up, saluted the emperor, and left.

"Lord Xiangtang." Qi Yan screamed.

Shu Jin, who was also about to leave with everyone, stopped, turned around and waited for orders. Qi Yan looked at Shu Jin, and finally said:

"The thief in the market, I have already ordered someone to interrogate him, and I already know everything. You are also implicated in today's affairs for no reason, and the county lord should not take everything to heart, right? ”

Shu Jin hurriedly said how dare he dare, and he was flattered.

Because of the relationship between King Yong, Qi Yan is really very generous to himself.

I believe that if someone else changes, no matter where this safflower essence comes from, if something like Concubine Lan happens, I'm afraid that as long as it is a little related, it will be indispensable to be interrogated. But Shu Jin was not interrogated, let alone interrogated. So far, it was Qi Yan who said politely to her: Don't worry, I know that this matter has nothing to do with you, don't worry about it, I'm sorry to implicate you. That's pretty much it.

Everyone gave face, and Shu Jin naturally went down the ladder.

After a few polite words, Shu Jin said goodbye to the emperor and left the palace under the guidance of the inner servant.

Unexpectedly, when he left the imperial city, the carriage of the Protector's Mansion was still at the gate of the palace.

Shu Jin walked over and saw that Jiang Duanyu was sitting in the car waiting for her!

"Why are you still here?"

"You're back!"

The two said almost at the same time. Then he was made to laugh by the other party's words, and Jiang Duanyu said:

"I saw that you were asked to leave by Concubine Lan, so I was afraid that something would go wrong in the middle, so I didn't leave." What he thinks is that if there is any trouble, he can also know it as soon as possible, so that he can react.

Shu Jin naturally knew what he had in mind, so he smiled and said:

"It's nothing, it's just a fight drama out of the palace. Let's go back to the house. (To be continued.) )