Emperor Pu Xuan suddenly came, and the people in the East Palace were unprepared, and they bowed when they saw him.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in retreat to mourn the Crown Princess, and no one is allowed to disturb him, so he didn't come out in time to greet the emperor, and the villain will report it." The housekeeper of the East Palace, Liu Gonggong, prostrate on the ground and explained.

"No, I don't. I'll see for myself. Emperor Pu Xuan waved his hand, very satisfied with the prince's approach.

If the crown princess dies and the prince comes out to get away, won't Yanagi Qing make a fuss sooner?

Gonggong Liu's expression became nervous, and he followed behind stubbornly, seeing that a eunuch came from afar, and hurriedly gestured for the man to go back.

The man saw the emperor and the gesture of Gonggong Liu, turned around and ran back.

"Bold!" The tiger guard was very shrewd, suspicious of the man, and chased after him, asking him why he was running.

The man said in a hesitant manner that the villain didn't see the emperor.

Hu Wei immediately pointed his sword to his eyes and scolded: "If you have such eyes, shouldn't you dig them out?!" ”

He was so frightened that he fell to the ground and explained: "The villain wants to inform His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

"Isn't the prince in retreat?" Emperor Pu Xuanhuang turned around and asked Gonggong Liu, "Can anyone disturb him?" ”

"This person is the personal eunuch of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so he can enter and exit His Highness's room." Gonggong Li replied.

"I don't need to report it, I'm just going to take a look. Lead the way! ”

The man walked ahead, his lips trembling with nervousness.

When they arrived at the prince's study, everyone smelled a strange smell from afar.

Emperor Pu Xuanhuang couldn't help but cover his nose.

The closer it gets, the stronger the smell becomes, and even Huwei frowned and covered his nose, especially wanting to vomit.

"What does it smell like?" Emperor Pu Xuan asked Gonggong Li.

Gonggong Li knelt down and explained that the prince was developing an antiseptic drug, and if he disturbed the emperor because of this, he really shouldn't have been.

"How can the retreat be for the development of medicine, not for the mourning of the crown princess?"

"Your Highness...... His Royal Highness hopes that the crown princess will be able to grow ...... Born young, so, that's why this anti-corruption medicine was developed. ”

Emperor Pu Xuanhuang smiled, he didn't expect the prince to be really affectionate and righteous, maybe everyone really misunderstood him, the crown princess was killed by other people with malicious hearts.

He asked Gonggong Liu to call the prince out.

Gonggong Li was relieved, stood at the door and knocked on the door, reminding loudly: "Your Highness, the emperor has arrived." ”

When the prince heard this, his hand shook, and the knife cut through the skin on the back of the corpse.

With a look of regret, he hurriedly covered the body with a cloth, pushed into the dark room, sealed the hidden door, washed his hands, changed out of his bloody white coat, ran out, knelt down, and asked, "Father, why are you here?" ”

Emperor Pu Xuanhuang felt that the smell was unpleasant, and said: "You wash it clean, there is no smell, come to see me tomorrow, it smells too bad, don't fiddle with these things in the future." ”

"Erchen likes to learn medicine from his mother since he was a child, so he is particularly interested in it." The prince explained.

Emperor Pu Xuan's benevolent color retracted.

If the prince didn't remind him, he would have forgotten that Concubine Chun was born in a medical family.

He turned away unhappily, because he remembered another thing, that is, the medicine that Hou Gonggong sprinkled on Hanxiao's body.

For a while, I have been busy rewarding Banyue, and I don't have the energy to pursue this matter, but now, I think of it-

Concubine Chun is the daughter of the imperial physician and once worked as a medical lady in the palace.

I saw her haunting the bamboo forest, catching poisonous snakes to make snake gall, wearing a white dress, and her back was a little similar to that of Yu Li, so I regarded her as a stand-in for Yu Li, and unconsciously treated her with special affection.

Since Gonggong Hou has a close connection with her, it is very likely that the medicine that attracts snakes is provided by her!

Back in the dormitory, Emperor Pu Xuan summoned Qiu Zhengyi to come and asked him to continue to investigate the poisonous snake case, and it was time to cast a net to catch the beast.

Qiu Zhengyi immediately secretly arrested Hou's father-in-law and then interrogated him.

"Wronged, the villain is only in charge of the meal, and he has no grievances with the smiling girl, how can he harm her?" Father-in-law Hou shouted grievances.

"Do you have an old mother and a younger brother outside the palace?" Qiu Zhengyi asked.

Hou Gonggong paused for a moment, and his voice was much quieter: "It's true." ”

"With your salary, how can you buy a farmhouse, buy a maid for your old mother, and hire a private school for your younger brother?"

Gonggong Hou's face began to become flustered, and it was obvious that Qiu Zhengyi had grasped his motive for obeying Concubine Chun.

It is in order to let the widowed mother live a good life in her lifetime and let her younger brother have a future career, so she will continue to accept bribes from Concubine Chun and then do things for her.

"Villain...... The villain was often rewarded by the emperor because of the good cooking, and as time went by, he accumulated some silver taels, so—" he defended.

"Smack!"

Qiu Zhengyi threw a roll of bamboo slips in front of him: "The emperor's rewards are all recorded." If you see for yourself, all the rewards add up to enough for you to buy an ordinary mansion at most, but there is still a lot of lack to buy a land, buy a maid, and hire a private school teacher. ”

"Villain...... The villain is illiterate. ”

"Read!" Qiu Zhengyi handed the bamboo slip to Hu Yin beside him.

The tiger secretly read it one by one, what year, month, and what happened, and what the emperor rewarded Gonggong Hou, it was clear.

Father-in-law Hou's body trembled, can he recruit Concubine Chun?

Even if she is recruited, can the prince let himself go?

It's better to say that the money was obtained after stealing the things in the palace and reselling them.

He confessed like this, and Qiu Zhengyi's nose snorted coldly: "You did exchange a lot of money for things in the palace, but why did you only steal things from the concubine?" ”

As he spoke, he took out another bamboo slip, on which were painted various patterns of gold and silver jewelry.

Each pattern is bordered by the price at which it was sold, when it was sold, the purchaser and his fingerprint.

Father-in-law Hou was paralyzed, this tiger was really powerful, and it was difficult for him to quibble.

"As long as you are willing to explain honestly, this official can guarantee that your mother and younger brother will have a place to live and have no worries about food and clothing." Qiu Zhengyi saw that Gonggong Hou was a filial person, and decided to put his worries first, maybe he could explain.

Father-in-law Hou hesitated.

Qiu Zhengyi's expression turned stern, and he threatened: "If you have the slightest concealment and refuse to confess, your mother and brother don't want to end well!" They will be left with nothing and will also become outlaws! ”

Father-in-law Hou was really scared, and the spiritual defense line completely collapsed, and 1510 explained:

how he was bribed by Concubine Chun to provide her with information about the emperor;

how to buy the Bing gang for her to kidnap Hanxiao;

And how to sprinkle the medicine on Hanxiao's body, trying to use poisonous snakes to bite Hanxiao to death, so as to get rid of the trouble in the heart of the concubine Niangniang......

"Such a vicious woman!" After listening to Qiu Zhengyi's report, Pu Xuanhuang's face turned pale.

Father-in-law Hou also said that he suspected that the maidens in the palace who were favored by the emperor were all killed by Concubine Chun with that kind of drug to attract snakes. Therefore, the minister investigated one by one and found that all of them had indeed died from the wounds of poisonous snakes. ”

Pu Xuanhuang's legs were weak, and he couldn't stand still, the woman he loved so much turned out to be such a femme fatale!

"Sou Yu Su Palace, confiscate all the medicine bottles!" He ordered!

Soon, Hu Dian searched out several green bottles from the Yusu Palace, and when he did an experiment, he really attracted poisonous snakes.

"In the way of others, govern the body of others!" Pu Xuanhuang gritted his teeth and said.

When Concubine Chun was anxiously thinking about how to explain to Emperor Pu Xuan, Gonggong Li came.

"Father-in-law," she hurriedly greeted her enthusiastically, "this palace is wronged, this palace has a lot to say to the emperor." ”

As she spoke, she stuffed a night pearl into Gonggong Li's hand and whispered: "In this way, when Gonggong gets up at night, he doesn't need to light the lamp." ”。

Gonggong Li coldly pushed away the bribe, took out the green bottle from his sleeve, and said, "The villain is not blessed to enjoy." The emperor instructed the villain to let the mother also experience the benefits of this medicine. ”