Although he has been living a life like an idle cloud and a wild crane outside, but now that he has such a good situation, it is naturally impossible to waste it.

The emperor had not even given the order before he had already returned to the capital himself.

For the sudden return of King Xiaoyao, naturally some people are happy and some are worried.

The Thirteen Princes and Duan Ling were quite dissatisfied with him.

However, when the emperor had not yet set up a crown prince, there were still some people who supported King Xiaoyao.

As a result, the current situation presents a three-legged posture.

Part of them support Duan Ling, the prince who is a serious child.

Part of it, supporting the Thirteen Princes, the newly favored princes who are currently trusted by the Emperor.

The other part is the old subordinates who once supported the Easy King, and now, the situation in the entire capital has become a bit dire.

"Your Majesty has been smelling that spice before, but did Your Highness find the remaining residue?"

It was not easy to learn that the emperor was not poisoned now, but was dependent on spices, and Lin Liang hurriedly came back to tell Duan Ling.

Duan Ling nodded, the guards he had always placed in the shadows before were not vegetarians.

After learning from the imperial physician that the emperor's condition was menacing this time and his condition was quite strange, he immediately asked people to investigate.

Although it is said that others are now imprisoned in the prince's mansion and cannot get out for a while, they still have some understanding of the things in the palace.

The people he arranged in the shadows were not like the emperor's personal bodyguards, roaming around the palace with great fanfare.

But it's really convenient to do a lot of things in the dark that ordinary people can't imagine.

Therefore, after receiving Duan Ling's order, he began to search around the palace.

In the end, I finally found the little spice left in the incense burner.

And all of them were carefully transferred to Duan Ling's Prince's Mansion.

"Your Highness, now there are only these spices left, please let Your Highness and the crown princess take a look."

After hearing this, Lin Liang and Duan Ling also sat on the desk in the study at the same time.

Because these days, Duan Ling was under house arrest in the Prince's Mansion, and there were not many times when the two of them went out.

At this time, the spice has been brought in, and naturally the next step of careful and meticulous inspection has begun.

However, the two of them didn't know much about medical skills, so they asked a respected old doctor who had always had a good relationship with Duan Ling to come and check it.

The old doctor carefully picked out some with a silver needle, then lit them in the incense burner, and after a few slow sips, his complexion changed greatly.

"What's wrong? Dr. Wang, what's wrong with this spice? Duan Ling asked.

Dr. Wang's face was extremely unsightly, and he carefully picked out a small dot and spread it out on a blank piece of paper.

The little bit of spice continued to grind and crush, and then it unfolded in front of Duan Ling.

"Your Highness, please see, there is some very small black powder in this spice."

Lin Liang and Duan Ling both leaned their heads over at the same time to look at them, and after that, they nodded.

"That's true, is there anything wrong with the spices?"

"It's these black powders, the old man had heard of them a long time ago. In Dashi, some people grow a strange herb, after this herb blooms, someone crushes the petals, extracts some black powdery stuff from it, and mixes it with other spices, once this spice is mixed with other things, it will have a fatal attraction to people, and once they no longer smell this spice, it is likely to cause people to be irritable and irritable. ”

"This thing, it seems that Prince Ben has heard the master mention it before."

The reason why Duan Ling was able to have today's achievements was inseparable from the fact that he had a strong division.

In addition, although his master said that the perennial dragon does not see the end of the head, he is also a well-known existence in the rivers and lakes, and he also knows something about these things.

"Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has heard of it, then he must also know that this spice is not a good thing, but will harm people."

"What Dr. Wang said is, but is there any solution to this spice?" Lin Liang asked.

"This solution is really difficult."

Dr. Wang stroked his snow-white beard.

"It is said that this spice is for the upper nobility in Dashi, but once it is contaminated, it is difficult to quit it. After using the spices, the body will decline day by day, and eventually become skinny and die. ”

"There is such a way to damage it?" Lin Liang's face turned white with fright.

"This thing actually has such a powerful effect, so why did it spread to Da Chu? Doctor Wang, has there been such a spice in this Dachu before, do you know something? ”

Doctor Wang shook his head and said, "The old man has never seen this kind of thing in Dachu, the last time I saw it, I heard about it when I went to Dashi to purchase an extremely rare medicinal material, but I didn't take it seriously at the time, Your Highness, where did this spice come from?" ”

Of course, Duan Ling didn't dare to tell Doctor Wang about the things in the palace, so he just shook his head.

"In this matter, please ask Dr. Wang to keep his mouth shut, and the next thing, the prince will personally go to take care of it."

"Then the old man won't stay long, His Royal Highness and the crown princess must be careful, this spice can't be too close to people, once there is dependence, it will be bad."

"Got it, thank you Dr. Wang."

Duan Ling ordered the guards to send Dr. Wang down, and both of them stood nervously at the table.

Lin Liang never imagined that the black powder, which looked inconspicuous, would have such a powerful effect.

Presumably, the emperor's situation now makes sense.

"But Your Highness, Your Majesty has so many Imperial Guards in the palace to protect him, how can he still let people give such spices?"

Moreover, this spice, one item is personally watched by the palm incense bureau in the palace.

"That's it, it's weird."

Duan Ling had already thought of this just now, no matter what was used in the palace, it was all headed by the respective directors of each bureau.

This spice suddenly appeared, it must have been concealed by someone, or deliberately sent it.

"I still have to ask someone to check which side sent this spice recently."

Now there is no other way but an alternative, Duan Ling wants people to check it out for the time being.

However, the results of this investigation make people feel that they are not optimistic.

According to the investigation of the Palm Incense Bureau, there is indeed no place to pay tribute to this spice recently.

However, it appeared in the emperor's bedroom, which made it a little difficult to do.