"The most puzzling thing about this case is the guilt that comes out of it." Chen Ying continued, explaining her thoughts when considering the case at that time: "It gives me the feeling that it is not an invitation to pet, but more like a sense of guilt in His Majesty's heart to the greatest extent. ”

When Empress Situ heard this, her face immediately turned cold.

Chen Ying's words reminded her of Emperor Yuan Jia's reaction when he heard that Qiao Xiurong had slipped tires.

Indeed, after knowing that the poison was oleander, Emperor Yuan Jia first asked the queen to press the matter and not need to check it again, and then felt sorry for Qiao Xiurong, which made her feel wronged.

Although the world often says: the heart of the king is unpredictable. However, the so-called king of a country, no matter how high he is, he is still a human being, and the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of ordinary people are inevitable for the emperor.

It is not so much that the person who set up this poisonous plan has an extremely accurate grasp of Emperor Yuanjia's thoughts, but that this person is extremely skilled in speculating and using people's hearts, and has calculated every step in place.

Thinking of this, Empress Situ's face became more and more calm, and her fingers pinching the handkerchief were clenched extremely tightly.

"Your Majesty's filial piety has been fully exploited in this case." Chen Ying said concludingly, bowed down, and stopped making a sound.

In fact, Emperor Yuan Jia's love for Empress Situ is also reflected in this case.

Chen Ying has long heard that these two emperors and queens of the Great Chu Dynasty are a couple with deep love.

When Empress Situ was still the imperial concubine, Emperor Yuanjia was extremely fond of her. Later, he ascended the throne as the emperor, although it cannot be said that he was the only favorite queen, but he waited until the prince reached the age of six before giving birth to several princes and princesses with other concubines.

It can be seen that Emperor Yuan Jia has a deep affection for Empress Situ.

It is precisely because of this affection that when he found out that the queen mother was involved, Emperor Yuan Jia knew that the queen was likely to be affected as well.

He shouldn't believe that the queen would do such a thing, but at the same time, as an emperor, suspicion has seeped into his bone marrow, which makes his love more complicated than ordinary people.

The more affectionate you are, the more you are afraid of breaking it when you touch it.

This kind of complex and unspeakable love, which suffers from gains and losses, is extremely clear in this case. Although Chen Ying is just an outsider, he can also detect it.

If all this is really done by Wang Yudang of Anwang, Chen Ying believes that these remnants' understanding of Emperor Yuanjia is also quite profound.

"After listening to you, it's easy to guess what happens next." Queen Situ said, her expression had returned to the same as before, and she was still gentle and kind.

Empress Dowager Xiao also nodded, her obscure eyes slowly swept towards Chen Ying, and then turned to the empty hall: "The mourning family also figured it out at this time, you and Jiang Yusheng both had the smell of sheep's heels, but neither of you was fascinated, so you guessed that this incense was not prepared for you." And the queen came from the Changqiu Palace, and she was fine, so she was not among them. The rest of the people, except for the mourning family, is Your Majesty, and Your Majesty is more likely. ”

"The Queen Mother Mingjian." Chen Ying bowed down and said, once again feeling that the cleverness shown by the Queen Mother in some aspects was really amazing: "The courtiers thought of Your Majesty for the first time, and it was precisely because the smell of sheep's heel emanated from Qiao Xiurong's body, not the incense burner on the side, that the courtiers had those associations." ”

As soon as these words came out, the two nobles on the table glanced at each other, and their faces were a little strange.

The harem is a place with a lot of taboos, thinking that Qiao Xiurong slipped the fetus, whether it is the queen mother or the queen, when she goes to visit her, it is absolutely necessary to only look at her from a distance, and then say two words of general comfort, and finally leave a bunch of gifts that will not cause trouble, before leaving.

This is almost an unwritten rule, and even the little palace maid who has just entered the palace knows that unnecessary touch is the most taboo in the palace, and spices and food are even more taboo when giving gifts. Looking at the entire harem, only Emperor Yuan Jia can have intimate contact with women without suspicion.

"It's really in the bones." Empress Situ said, with a hint of fear in her tone.

The most powerful thing about this plan is that it calculates people's hearts, which seems to be careless, but in fact it does not fall into vain.

"Those few people don't have the ability, and these vicious methods are endless." Empress Dowager Xiao said coldly.

Even though she didn't say it explicitly, Chen Ying still thought that the "few" in Empress Dowager Xiao's mouth must be those dead princes or county kings.

She was right.

In the first few years when Emperor Yuan Jia sat on the dragon chair, assassination happened from time to time, and Empress Dowager Xiao alone knew about five cases, otherwise she would not always think that Emperor Yuan Jia would be a short-lived emperor.

A seemingly useless and gentle person has become a great treasure, and his seat is not secure, how can the people below look at it in vain?

Now it seems that the restless person must not be dead, and today's events have sounded the alarm for Emperor Yuan Jia.

Empress Dowager Xiao's face became extremely cold, Chen Ying glanced at it, thought about it, and said: "Actually, according to what the courtiers saw, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager don't need to panic too much. ”

Mrs. Xiao's face condensed slightly, she lifted her eyelids and glanced at her, and asked lightly, "How do you say this?" ”

Chen Ying said: "One thing can be counterproved from this matter, that is, the guard work in the area of Jianzhang Palace is very good. ”

Jianzhang Palace is the second largest building complex in the imperial city, which contains several palaces such as Taiji, Yongyan, Gaoming, Xuande, etc., and is the living and office of Emperor Yuanjia.

Hearing this, Empress Situ and Empress Dowager Xiao both raised their heads at the same time, neither of them spoke, just waiting for Chen Ying to follow.

Chen Ying continued: "Please think about it, if it weren't for the strict guards around Your Majesty, so that Qiao Xiurong couldn't find a chance to do it, how could she make such a decision?" This is one of them; Second, assassination is not a trivial matter, how can it be impetuous? The person behind the curtain should wait until Qiao Xiurong is really pregnant, or after learning more about the reaction after oleander poisoning, before taking action. But he (she) didn't do it, thinking that this is not because this person is not patient enough, but because he has to send an arrow on the string, it can be seen that the opportunity of the Changqiu Palace is extremely difficult for this person to get, knowing that there are loopholes, but he (she) can only do it. ”

When the two people heard this, their faces gradually rose.

"There's a third and most important point." Chen Ying continued, a voice as smooth as water echoing through the palace: "The assassin's movements in the palace have been greatly restricted, and she can't go anywhere except for the Changqiu Palace. It is precisely because of this that Qiao Xiurong has to do everything possible to arouse His Majesty's guilt, and then let His Majesty come to the Changqiu Palace so that the plan can be implemented. ”