Concubine Cao is pregnant, and according to Emperor Li Yan's own account, the child is not his.

Therefore, Su Wuming had a new idea, that is, the box of poisonous rouge was not bought by Concubine Cao herself, but someone gave it to her, and the person who gave her rouge must be the father of the child in Concubine Cao's belly.

The palace is heavily guarded, and it is difficult for other men to approach the harem at all, and if Concubine Cao wants to have a relationship with a man, she must be outside the palace.

With such a general idea, all Su Wuming needed was to wait for the news to verify.

When I left the palace, the night was already deep, and the entire Chang'an City was quiet, and even the sound of insects was gone.

On the empty street, there was the sound of snapping footsteps, Su Wuming didn't feel scared, he was just curious, that man, even the emperor's woman dared to play?

What would this man do if he found out that Concubine Cao was pregnant?

If the emperor Li Yan has not been in the same room with Concubine Cao, then Concubine Cao's pregnancy will definitely be discovered, and if the emperor finds out, with Li Yan's temper, even if he will not openly send someone to investigate this matter, it is indispensable to investigate secretly?

As long as that man is investigated, the whole family of that man must die.

In order to be able to survive, will that man kill Concubine Cao when Concubine Cao's belly is not very obvious?

Su Wuming felt that it was necessary for him to enter the palace again tomorrow, and he needed to check to see if Concubine Cao was really pregnant, or if her lower abdomen was bulging, but it was just flatulence.

The night was deep, and from time to time there was a cool breeze, and the moon on the horizon showed its shadows.

The next day, Su Wuming entered the palace to ask for the dissection of Concubine Cao's body, Li Yan nodded and agreed after listening to it, but at this time, Cao Man actually entered the palace, and when he heard that he was going to dissect his daughter's body, he was immediately furious, but his anger was too pale in front of the emperor Li Yan.

Su Wuming skillfully cut Concubine Cao's belly, and the blood flowed out with a fishy smell, which was a fishy smell that made people want to vomit, Su Wuming frowned slightly, and then reached out and took out Concubine Cao's uterus, peeling off the uterus, Su Wuming found that in Concubine Cao's womb, there was a fetus that had not yet taken shape.

The fetus looked very scary, because the fetus was round, that is, it was not Concubine Cao's belly that swelled, but the fetus in his womb swelled, as if it was about to explode at the touch.

There was only Su Wuming alone in the whole room, because of this matter, he couldn't let others know, after Su Wuming finished this, he sewed up the body again, and then went to see Li Yan and said these again, after last night's anger, Li Yan at this time was already mentally prepared, he just blushed slightly, and then said: "You go to investigate, you must investigate that person." ”

After Su Wuming left the imperial study, he walked through the quaint palace wall, summer seemed to have come in advance, the sun hung high in the sky, it was surprisingly hot, after turning a corner, Su Wuming found that in the garden not far away, there were many palace maids weeding there, and several palace maids were transplanting some flowers and trees, and at this time, one palace maid suddenly fanned another palace maid, and the whole garden suddenly became chaotic.

Su Wuming couldn't hear what they were saying, thinking that it might be a conflict between the two palace maids, so he didn't care, so he left straight away, after all, everywhere, as long as there are people, there will be contradictions and frictions, Su Wuming, as an outsider, can't enter their circle, and it's obviously not okay to meddle in things.

At noon, a government official came to Su Wuming, saying that they had investigated the entire shop selling rouge in Chang'an City, and according to their investigation, that Concubine Cao had not bought rouge in any store on the day she went to the province.

However, although these officials did not investigate where Concubine Cao had bought rouge, they found that on that day, there were no more than ten boxes of the kind of rouge sold in the entire Chang'an City, and they also asked all the people who bought that kind of rouge.

That kind of rouge is very precious, a box costs one tael of silver to two taels of silver, and those who can afford it are rich people, a total of eight boxes were sold that day, there were five people, three of these five people were wealthy merchants in Chang'an City, and the other two were court officials, but after Su Wuming saw the names of these five people, he couldn't help but be surprised, because among these five people, there was his boss, Dali Temple Qing Linghu Gu.

This matter surprised Su Wuming and found it very difficult, but after thinking about it, he still ordered to go down and ask those officials to investigate the three rich merchants of Chang'an City to see if their rouge was still there, if the number was not enough, they would be suspected.

However, despite this, Su Wuming didn't think that those rich merchants had a leg with Concubine Cao, so the focus was still on those two officials, but it was a bit too difficult for those officials to investigate these two officials, so Su Wuming decided to ask in person.

Among the two officials, in addition to Linghu Gu of Dali Temple, the other person is an official of the Ministry of Rites, named Zhang Yue, who is very close to Cao Man, and can even be regarded as a figure of the national relatives, among these two people, Su Wuming is the most suspicious of that Zhang Yue, because he is the closest to Cao Man, and has the best chance to contact Concubine Cao, and in comparison, Ling Hugu has no chance to get close to Concubine Cao at all.

Su Wuming decided to go to the Ministry of Rites first and meet that Zhang Yue.

The afternoon sun slowly became scorching, and after walking a few steps, I felt feverish, Su Wuming and Tang Xiong came to the Ministry of Rites, and called Zhang Yue out, and now Su Wuming has the token of Emperor Li Yan, and no matter who the people in the Ministry of Rites are, they all want to give a few thin noodles.

Because this matter is very hidden, the place where Su Wuming chatted with Zhang Yue is also very hidden, and even what Su Wuming said is very vague.

After seeing Zhang Yue, Su Wuming smiled and asked, "I heard that Lord Zhang bought a few boxes of rouge a few days ago, I don't know if that's the case?" ”

Zhang Yue didn't know Su Wuming in the first place, but he had heard some of Su Wuming's fame, so when Su Wuming was looking for him, he was very puzzled, and when he heard Su Wuming suddenly ask about rouge, he felt even more inexplicable, if it weren't for Su Wuming's special identity, he would have scolded you for something wrong now, and you even asked about me buying rouge.

Although Zhang Yue was very unhappy in his heart, he still held back, glanced at Su Wuming with his slightly small eyes, and said, "That's right, the official did buy a few rouges, but the official didn't know, when did Lord Su even become curious about whether the officials bought rouge?" ”

Zhang Yue is a member of the national family, and he is very close to Cao Man, so he is not afraid of Su Wuming.

Hearing Zhang Yue say such words, Su Wuming smiled faintly: "I don't have any curiosity about who buys rouge, but the cause of Concubine Cao's death has been ascertained, it is the rouge that is poisonous, and the rouge flows into the mouth after mixing with sweat because of the heat, and the box of rouge that Concubine Cao was poisoned is exactly the kind of rouge that Lord Zhang bought a few days ago, if Lord Zhang doesn't want to be suspected, the best way is to cooperate." ”

Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment, he knew that Concubine Cao was dead, it was just a matter in the palace, and he, the person from the Ministry of Rites, rarely inquired, and after Concubine Cao died, many things were not allowed to be publicized under the emperor's orders, because if the cause of Concubine Cao's death was not Su Wuming, it was really unlikely that he Zhang Yue would know.

And after knowing this, Zhang Yue's forehead couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"I really didn't expect that Concubine Cao would die like this." Zhang Yue's face was sad, but no matter who he was, he could see that the grief on his face was fake.

Su Wuming didn't want to find out if Zhang Yue was really sad, he asked very directly: "So, I want to know now, are all the rouges that Lord Zhang bought that day still there?" ”

Zhang Yue's face changed slightly, but he still hurriedly replied: "Yes, of course, I bought it for my wife, and now it is all with my wife." ”

"In that case, how about asking Master Zhang to take us to see your wife and have a face-to-face examination?"

"This ......" Zhang Yue looked a little embarrassed, but he still nodded: "Okay, okay, let's go!" ”

Su Wuming and others rushed from the Ministry of Rites to Zhang Yue's mansion, along the way, Zhang Yue's expression was very ugly, and he wanted to stop talking, after walking a few streets, when he was about to arrive at Zhang's mansion, Zhang Yue suddenly said: "Master Su, there is something I have to tell you, in fact...... Actually, I lied just now, I bought three boxes of rouge that day, and I bought one box for each of the two ladies in the family, but ...... But there is a box, I gave it to a woman raised outside, and the officials raised women outside, which is a bit ruinous in their image, so I just said that. ”

Su Wuming knew that Zhang Yue had bought three boxes of rouge, but whether the matter was really as Zhang Yue said, he had to wait until he had tested it.

Entering Zhang's mansion, Zhang Yue led Su Wuming into the bedroom of his two ladies, and the two ladies were very surprised when they saw Zhang Yue leading a man into the room, and as soon as the man opened his mouth, he said that he wanted to see the rouge that Zhang Yue bought for her, which made Zhang Yue's wife feel inexplicable, and they didn't know why, but they saw that their husbands were urging again and again, so they had to take out the rouge that Zhang Yue bought for them a few days ago.

Su Wuming glanced at it, asked a few more questions, and had no questions, so he left with Zhang Yue and went to Zhang Yue's outer house.

It was a relatively clean, a house with a small courtyard, and immediately there was a woman, a maid, the woman was very charming, it was the kind of woman who would want to fall in love with her after a man saw it, and the woman was very enchanting, as if she was born with a charming bone.

But today, Zhang Yue's face has always been gloomy, and after meeting, she was only asked to take out the rouge she bought a few days ago, and although the woman was reluctant, she still did it.