Concubine De lay on the ground all night, and by the next morning, her body had already stiffened. Except for the Queen Mother and the poisoner, no one knew about her death.

In the early morning of the next day, the Queen Mother came to Ye Wushuang in a menacing manner, and Ye Wushuang personally came to the door to greet her under the report of the little eunuch.

He vaguely noticed that the Queen Mother came to ask about Concubine De this time, although Concubine De's matter was that she personally admitted that he had seen it with her own eyes. But the Queen Mother was very important to Concubine Shu and Concubine De, and she should have explained to her.

Seeing that the Queen Mother had come to the door, Ye Wushuang stepped forward to wave away the palace maid who was holding the Queen Mother, and instead supported her in person and said, "Queen Mother, why are you here, if there is something to inform the minister, the minister will go to Cining Palace to see you." ”

The Queen Mother was extremely pleased that her son was so filial. If he didn't love that Nalan remnant, her emperor would naturally be impeccable.

She stretched out her hand and patted the back of the emperor's hand and said, "The mourning family stays in Cining Palace every day, and some news reaches my ears a little late. ”

How can you not understand that pretending to be stupid is a waste of time. He laughed for a while and said, "Where is the queen mother, Erchen doesn't want to disturb your purity because of those little things, Concubine De buys murder. Killing, she said it herself. should have been executed, but now she is only sent to the cold palace for disposal. ”

The queen mother knew that there was a dead man in the cold palace now, and when she heard the emperor say this, she naturally wanted to take him to the cold palace to have a look, but she couldn't miss it, she stood up and said, "What evidence does the emperor have to prove that Concubine De bought the murderer. Homicide? Who is this killing? ”

Ye Wushuang was silent for a while, and then thought for a while, "As for how to buy the murderer. The murder, the henchmen who were behind the connection with Concubine De have not yet been found, but Concubine De personally admitted that she bought the murder to assassinate Lan'er, and I also heard it with my own ears. ”

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "So the emperor has time today?" Go to the cold palace with the mourning family and ask Concubine De if the child is okay? ”

Ye Wushuang also compromised when he heard this, this matter really needs to be investigated carefully, since the queen mother is not at ease, let Concubine De admit her crime in person, so that her old man can rest assured.

"The sons listened to the words of the queen mother, came to the palace, and set up the cold palace."

The emperor and the queen mother traveled together, and this battle was truly spectacular. There were dozens of palace maids and guards behind him, and considering that the distance from the imperial study to the cold palace was quite long, the emperor and the queen mother went in a sedan chair.

The guards of the cold palace saw the palanquin of the emperor and the queen mother from a distance, and they had already knelt down.

Ye Wushuang took the lead in getting off the sedan chair and came to the queen mother's sedan chair to wait, and personally helped his mother to come down. His filial piety is not contrived, but it really is.

The queen mother got off the sedan chair and looked at the defeated cold courtyard in front of her, she was no stranger to this place, and was helped by the emperor to the door of the cold palace, stopped and asked, "After Concubine De came in, who has come to visit?" ”

Ye Wushuang didn't understand why the Queen Mother asked this, but the guards guarding the door had already answered respectfully. "Back to the Queen Mother, since Concubine De Niangniang went in the night before, Concubine Shu Niangniang came to visit yesterday morning with food, and yesterday evening Guifei Niangniang also went in with food."

Ye Wushuang's attention was taken away by the guards, and he asked rhetorically, "You said, did the noble concubine come here yesterday night?" ”

"Yes, the emperor, only brought one palace maid." The guard's words were very reverie, Chen Yu knelt on the ground, listening to his companion's answer, and had a faint bad premonition in his heart.

The Queen Mother stepped up the somewhat wet steps, which had snow on them, but because it didn't snow last night, it melted.

The guards who followed the emperor and the queen mother hurriedly opened the palace door and waited for the emperor and the queen mother to come in.

Their first impression when they opened the palace gate was that it was dilapidated and unpopular, and the second impression was that there were three black steamed buns and unclean water on the plate on the ground.

The queen mother has always known about the treatment of the cold palace, but when she saw it like this, she still frowned without a trace, not because she felt sorry for Concubine De, but because such ingredients were very dirty.

Ye Wushuang never knew that the food in the cold palace was so bad, and he couldn't help frowning when he saw it, he didn't let the concubines of the cold palace eat worse than the prisoners in the cell.

The two of them entered the courtyard of the cold palace under the guidance of the palace maid and slave. The Empress Dowager wondered, "Why didn't Concubine De come out to meet her." ”

Ye Wushuang didn't care, just said yes, it wasn't strange that there was no prior notice.

The Queen Mother knew it, and entered the cold palace together accompanied by Ye Wushuang, but as soon as she entered, the Queen Mother screamed, and her body almost fell, but fortunately, Ye Wushuang was on the side.

Seeing that the queen mother was so frightened, Ye Wushuang turned around and searched around, and almost as soon as he looked up, he saw that the person's dead eyes were staring at them.

He breathed sluggishly, and didn't seem to expect that this would be the result, Concubine De died!

Hurriedly appeased the queen mother, and asked the palace maid beside her to take her out of the courtyard, while she stepped forward to stare at Concubine De, the word concubine written in blood next to the corpse made Ye Wushuang's heart tremble, but he didn't want to believe it, and after a while, he instructed Sun Gong beside him to do justice, "Go and ask the husband to come to the autopsy!" ”

Grandpa Sun knew that this matter was not trivial, so he hurriedly went out to ask people to work in the palace, and Ye Wushuang then ordered, "Recruit all the guards guarding outside the palace." ”

After a while, all the soldiers outside the cold palace came in and knelt in the courtyard, and Ye Wushuang stood at the gate of the palace gate with a cold face and asked. "Have you seen any suspicious characters coming in and out of the cold palace? So many people can't even look at themselves! What's the use of waiting! ”

All the guards were reprimanded like this, and their bodies trembled, they didn't expect such a thing to happen, according to the emperor's angry situation, it was not a problem to drag them out and behead them with an order.

The chief of the guard, who commanded the dozen or so guards, boldly replied, "Back to the emperor, since Concubine De Niangniang came in, only Concubine Shu and Guifei Niangniang have been here. No other suspicious persons were found. ”

This matter was related to Concubine Shu and Lan'er, and soon he came, after kneeling down to worship the emperor, he hurriedly went to the autopsy, he knew that Concubine De was poisoned to death, and checked her head and neck again There were no other fatal injuries on her body, and then looked at her blood blisters, and there was already a bottom in her heart, just stood up and saw that there were still a few plates of dishes on the table, took out the silver needle and tried it, the silver needle was black.

After estimating the time of death, he respectfully reported to the emperor, "Your Majesty, Concubine De Niangniang died of poisoning, and the time of poison was last night, and the poison was in these dishes, a kind of medicinal powder called poisonous intestines, which will rot and die after eating." The death is no different from Concubine De. ”

Last night, Ye Wushuang instantly remembered in his mind what those guards said, Concubine Shu came in the morning, and Concubine Guifei came in the evening, he didn't believe it at all!

Leng Sheng continued to ask, "How long does it take for this poison to develop after poisoning?" ”

He responded, "Return to the emperor, immediately." ”

At this time, Concubine De had already covered it with a white cloth, and when the Queen Mother came in and heard the words, she was deeply disgusted and said, "Yo, it's that fox ghost, why is her mind so vicious, the emperor is all your pet problem!" You can't let her go again this time! ”

Ye Wushuang's heart is also mixed, Lan'er is kind, and has always been kind! But with so much evidence against her, he was also a little shaken in his heart, maybe someone was framing Lan'er? After all, there are many people who want to take her life.

The Empress Dowager looked at the emperor's expression and knew that he didn't believe it yet, so she directly crossed over him and ordered the other minions. "Let the concubine and the concubine come here! If this matter is not clear, can the real person be lawless and cover the sky with one hand? ”

The queen mother meant something, and everyone present knew who she was talking about, and the words she made made made them unbelievable, the concubine Niangniang looked so gentle and had such a vicious heart.

Not only that, but before the servants left, she said, "After the concubines and concubines leave the palace, you go in and search their palaces." See if there's any dirt! ”

Ye Wushuang had no objection to this, he still needed to calm down.

Soon, Concubine Shu and Concubine Guifei were invited to the cold palace by someone sent by the Queen Mother without knowing why.

Fortunately, at this time, Concubine Shu and Concubine Guifei were reading books in the palace to pass the time, and they could follow those servants to the cold palace without much preparation, although they didn't know what happened, but they all had a bad premonition, when they came to the gate of the cold palace, they saw all the guards kneeling in the courtyard, as well as the emperor and the queen mother standing in the middle of them.

As soon as Nalan Lan'er entered the door, she felt their gaze, and the emperor's gaze was also full of suspicion, so she didn't mention the queen mother's malice towards her.

Cailian got closer to Nalan Lan'er, but Wan'er lowered her head and couldn't see anything unusual.

No matter how weirdly these people looked at her, Nalan Lan'er and Concubine Shu also stepped forward to salute the Queen Mother and the Emperor first.

Without waiting for Ye Wushuang to reply, the Queen Mother looked at the two of them angrily and asked, "Did you two send food to Concubine De yesterday?" ”

Nalan Lan'er knew that Concubine Shu had sent it, but Concubine Shu didn't know that Nalan Lan'er had also come. didn't dare to delay too much, and both of them responded.

The emperor didn't say anything, just looked at Nalan Lan'er quietly.

The Empress Dowager directly ignored Concubine Shu at this time, and instead stared at Nalan Lan'er and asked sharply. "Did you put ingredients in the meal for Concubine De?"

Concubine Shu looked sideways, Ye Wushuang's gaze stared at her, Nalan Lan'er frowned, feeling as if something was wrong, even if she gave Concubine De's chin bean powder was known, could she use such a big battle? She saw that Grandpa Sun was also looking at her, and compared to Ye Wushuang's complicated gaze, Grandpa Sun seemed to trust her more.

Nalan Lan'er followed her grandfather's gaze and looked at the servant who was standing aside, and her heart sank, this must be something big! For example, Concubine De died?

Are they trying to force her to confess? After all, there is croton powder left in the meal.

Just when she was stunned and thought about it a lot, the Queen Mother asked sharply again, "Answer the mourning family!" Did you have any drugs in your meals? ”