Zhu Qizhen drank licorice soup, but still felt weak and drowsy.

Jin Yiwei has heard the news and has taken control of everyone in Shangshan Prison, from buying vegetables to cooking, including washing rice and vegetables, and is investigating them one by one.

The emperor was poisoned and almost died, which has never happened in the Ming Dynasty in a hundred years.

What is surprising is that except for Zhu Qizhen himself, no one else showed signs of poisoning.

Now that the crown prince is young, King Zhou, as the only royal family, was left in the palace by the queen mother to temporarily preside over the overall situation.

Yuan Bin's face was darker than carbon, and he came to Zhu Qizhen's couch and saluted: "The minister is dead!" ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled bitterly and said, "It's none of your business...... Ahem......"

King Zhou hurriedly said: "The emperor is weak, it is not appropriate to work too hard, let's rest first!" ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and slowly closed his eyes.

Yuan Bin wanted to ask a few words, but saw King Zhou beckoning to him, and then got up and came to the side hall.

"Your Highness!"

Yuan Bin understood and followed.

King Zhou took a deep breath and said, "Commander Yuan, have you investigated any abnormalities?" ”

Yuan Bin frowned, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has already investigated the Shang Diet Supervisor thoroughly, and all the ingredients have been inspected, and no problems have been found. ”

King Zhou also fell into deep thought, and continued to ask, "What about the other diets?" What did the emperor eat besides lunch? ”

Yuan Bin sighed and said, "I really can't find any problems, the strange thing is that in the palace, except for the emperor, no one else has any signs of poisoning, this is ...... How to explain it? ”

After listening to this, King Zhou pondered for a long time, and then said: "Either the emperor ate something special, or...... It's a deliberate murder! ”

"You mean...... An assassin mixed up in the palace? ”

"This king is just guessing......"

King Zhou spoke, looked inside, and said, "It's just that the emperor is weak now, so it is not appropriate to disturb him for the time being." ”

Yuan Bin frowned, and he was very suspicious in his heart.

Assassins sneaking into the palace, this kind of thing is not a joke!

After a long time, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, the humble will continue to follow this clue and say goodbye!" ”

Back in Shangshan, the captains had taken everyone under control.

The imperial physicians were also requisitioned and repeatedly inspected all the ingredients and dishes, even the buckets of swill.

However, until dark, nothing was found.

Yuan Bin's face became more and more ugly, and almost turned the entire palace upside down, but where is the murderer?

The ingredients of each dish, the origin and quality of each ingredient are double-checked no less than three times.

Even the cooking process was not spared, and even the men in the imperial kitchen had to be interrogated separately to each dish, whether the cooking time, heat, seasoning and so on of each dish were appropriate.

As long as there is a conflict between the answers of two people, it can be used as a new breakthrough to continue the investigation.

However, he was disappointed again.

Everyone's answers were surprisingly consistent, even down to the cooking details of the dishes.

In desperation, Yuan Bin simply instructed the supervisor to redo all of today's lunch.

After the dishes were served, he personally tasted all the dishes and waited to see if he had any adverse reactions.

However...... Still no problem!

On the other side, Wynne stayed up all night, and all the East Factory went out to probe around the palace, looking for all suspicious people or clues.

His luck is the same as that of Jinyiwei, he can't even find a clue!

Late at night, Kunning Palace.

Mrs. Sun's face was solemn, her fingers kept tapping on the armrests of the Taishi chair, and the worry on her face was obvious.

The last time I was so worried was five years ago, when the emperor drove a personal expedition and was ambushed by the Warat army.

Over the years, she has seen with her own eyes that ignorant child, step by step, growing into a bright gentleman, and the pride in her heart has also increased day by day.

Once upon a time, Emperor Taizong conquered Mobei, conquered Annan, went to the Western Ocean, and made immortal achievements.

Emperor Renxuan, although the territory did not expand, the people were recuperated and laid a solid foundation for the century-old foundation of later generations.

Now she has seen with her own eyes that her son, the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty, has made contributions far beyond those of his ancestors, so that the Han people are all over the world, and they have truly achieved the whole world, which is not the king's land!

However, the most dangerous hidden dangers lurk around.

This murderer must be found, otherwise, the emperor is still in danger.

She had arranged for people to search around the palace, but no clues were found.

Empress Qian and Concubine Zhou stood on either side of the Queen Mother, also frowning and looking solemn.

Empress Dowager Sun took a deep breath and said, "Today's matter must have a result. ”

Queen Qian and Concubine Zhou nodded at the same time, waiting for her to continue.

"Have the palace maids around you investigated?"

"Palace maid?"

Queen Qian and Concubine Zhou glanced at each other, showing puzzled expressions.

Empress Dowager Sun continued: "Even the emperor's food can be poisoned, which shows that there is still a big gap in the safety of the palace, how the poison was sent in, and who instructed it behind it, it is still unclear. The mourning family thought carefully that the palace maids in the inner palace were the easiest people to approach the emperor, and their identities, backgrounds, and whereabouts all needed to be verified. ”

At this time, Huai En walked in from outside, bowed down and said, "Empress Dowager Qi, the palace maids on duty today have all been brought." ”

As he spoke, he took out a roster and handed it over.

Empress Dowager Sun said: "This is the list, you can take a look!" ”

Queen Qian took it and looked at them one by one, and Concubine Zhou also followed and watched.

"Bing Qingyan, sixteen years old, born in poverty, has been in the palace for two years."

"Jiang Ruolan, eighteen years old, has a good family background, and was sent to the palace by her parents last year."

"Zhang Yating, twenty years old, was sold to the palace for three years because of her family's difficult circumstances."

The three of them carefully checked the information of each palace maid, but they still didn't find anything suspicious.

The Empress Dowager Sun sighed and said, "Huai'en, I'll leave it to you next." ”

"Yes!"

Wynne ordered the ladies to be taken for interrogation one by one, and then the confessions were taken out and cross-corroborated.

He hoped to find out some clues in this way, but after a night of interrogation, he didn't find any problems.

Everyone's confessions can be mutually verified with others, that is, no one is lying.

That's going to be hard......

On this night, the entire Forbidden City stayed awake all night.

Everyone is looking for the murderer hidden in the palace, but nothing has been found.

Early in the morning, Queen Qian boiled a bowl of hot porridge with her own hands, ordered someone to carry it, and sent it to Zhu Qizhen.

Yuan Bin subconsciously stopped the person and prepared to taste it.

Just when he picked up the spoon, he was stunned!

"Humble and rude, please forgive your sins!"

It may be that Cha Yu Zicha was dizzy, and he actually stopped Queen Qian and went to check the bowl of porridge.

Queen Qian didn't know whether to be angry or sympathetic.

"Commander Yuan, please get up!"

Yuan Bin stood up at this time, lowered his head, and said: "Humble and incompetent, I have checked for a night, but I still can't find the problem......"

Queen Qian said: "The palace and the queen mother also checked for a night, and they didn't find anything. ”

When Yuan Bin heard this, he felt even more lost in his heart, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he actually saw the emperor poisoned, but he never found where the murderer was hiding.

I don't even know how people poison them!

Empress Qian seemed to see his thoughts, and comforted: "Commander Yuan, don't be discouraged, the emperor's condition has stabilized, continue to investigate, and the results can always be found!" ”

Yuan Bin didn't say anything more and silently stepped aside.

What he can do now is to stay in front of the Fengtian Palace, and whoever wants to see the emperor must carefully check it out.

We must not let this happen again!

Queen Qian led people into the Fengtian Palace, brought the hot porridge, and personally fed Zhu Qizhen to her mouth.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen was still very weak, and after two sips, he no longer had the strength.

Empress Qian put the porridge in one slice and asked, "How does the emperor feel?" ”

Zhu Qizhen closed his eyes, shook his head weakly, and said, "I can't die......"

Queen Qian looked at King Zhou on the side and cast an inquiring gaze.

King Zhou understood and said: "The emperor's pulse has stabilized, drink licorice soup twice a day, and after ten days, you can recover." ”

Queen Qian asked again: "Is there any problem with the medicine in the Tai Hospital?" ”

After the two incidents of Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Qizhen, her trust in Tai Hospital has long been much less than before.

King Zhou nodded and said, "Don't worry, the minister has personally inspected it, and there is absolutely no problem." ”

"That's good......"

Queen Qian sighed faintly and said, "But I don't know how the villains were poisoned, why is only the emperor poisoned, but the others are safe and sound?" ”

"Father!"

Before King Zhou could answer, there was a child's voice outside the hall.

Immediately afterwards, I saw the crown prince Zhu Jianshen walking over with a bowl of steaming soup, followed by Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jianshu.

The three of them stepped forward, first saluted Queen Qian, and then, Zhu Jianshen took the soup and said, "Father, this is the fish soup that the child boiled with his own hands, to replenish your body." ”

Zhu Qizhen slowly opened his eyes and was about to speak, when he was suddenly stunned, and his expression became very strange.

King Zhou seemed to sense something, reached out to take the fish soup, looked at it fixedly, and was stunned.

Queen Qian didn't know why, so she asked, "This soup ...... Questions? ”

This is a bowl of fish soup, and it is usually made with crucian carp in the fish soup boiled in the imperial dining room, which is delicious and has a nourishing effect.

However, in this bowl of fish soup are a few small trash fish!

These fish are so small that they are the size of an adult's finger, so they don't look like they were bought in the imperial dining room.

In the inner courtyard of the palace, you can't afford any precious ingredients, and you won't ask for money for this kind of small miscellaneous fish.

King Zhou was stunned for a long time, then turned his head to look at Zhu Qizhen, and then at Zhu Jianshen, his expression became strange.

Zhu Qizhen's face wanted to cry without tears, and he raised his finger and pointed at the fish soup.

King Zhou asked, "The emperor also drank fish soup yesterday?" ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded, and two words popped out of his throat: "Drink ......"

Queen Qian was even more surprised, and asked again, "What's wrong with this soup?" ”

King Zhou took the spoon, scooped up a small fish from the fish soup, and observed it carefully for a long time, and couldn't help but change his expression.

"Your Highness, who made this fish soup?"

Zhu Jianshen looked proud and said, "I boiled it myself!" ”

"And me!"

"And me!"

Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jianshu scrambled to answer first.

King Zhou asked again, "Where did you catch these fish?" ”

Zhu Jianshen's face was even more proud, and he said: "It was Master Tong who made me an electric fish device, and it was electric in the ditch!" ”

"Electric fisher?"

King Zhou didn't know what electricity was, but he vaguely guessed the truth of the matter.

Zhu Jianshen also explained: "It is to use the battery to store the electricity, and then take it to the river and connect it with two copper wires...... By the way, the copper wire must be wrapped in cotton yarn, otherwise it will leak! ”

Zhou Wang nodded solemnly and said, "You...... Keep talking! ”

"Put the copper wire in the river, open it when you see a fish, and if the fish is coronaized, you can catch it."

"Corona?"

"It's corona, it won't be electrocuted, and it will come back to life after a while, so the electric fish can be eaten."

"And then...... And then what? ”

"Then I'll take it to make soup for my father!"

King Zhou picked up the spoon again and looked at the little fish carefully, his expression was very strange, revealing indescribable surprise.

Queen Qian had already sensed the problem, and she also leaned over to look, but it was just a strange little fish, and she couldn't see anything.

"This fish ......"

"It's a pufferfish!"

King Zhou smiled bitterly, this thing is really ridiculous.

Queen Qian was puzzled and asked, "What is a pufferfish?" ”

"Beizhili is also called Latou here, and it is highly poisonous!"

"Ah......h

Queen Qian was startled and subconsciously took a step back.

King Zhou put the spoon aside and said to Zhu Qizhen: "Your Majesty, the source of the poison has been found, it is this little pufferfish, presumably ...... You also drank soup yesterday. ”

Zhu Qizhen wanted to cry without tears, nodded and closed his eyes.

He was so busy studying the drawings yesterday that he didn't notice anything in the fish soup at all.

Seeing the three filial sons stewed fish soup for themselves, my heart is still beautiful......

After being poisoned, he lost his mind, and until now, when he opened his eyes, he felt dizzy, and he could not remember drinking a bowl of mixed fish soup yesterday......

Zhu Jianshen's stewed fish soup was in the harem, not in the imperial dining room, so Yuan Bin naturally couldn't find any clues.

If it weren't for this brother to do his filial piety today, I am afraid that this eucalyptus will become a mystery for the ages.

King Zhou didn't know what to do with the fish soup, this was evidence of poisoning the emperor, but ......

He looked at Zhu Jianshen, then at Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jianshu, and all three of them looked at him with blank eyes, as if they didn't know what was going on.

"Your Highness, you ...... Let's go back first! ”

Zhu Jianshen asked, "Doesn't my father drink fish soup?" ”

King Zhou replied: "The emperor is sick and needs to rest, so he can't drink fish soup for the time being." ”

"Oh!"

Zhu Jianshen thought thoughtfully, and said: "Then when my father is well, I will give my father electric fish and stew fish soup to drink!" ”

Before the words fell, Zhu Qizhen on the bed twitched suddenly, as if it was not the fish that was electrified, but himself......

King Zhou hurriedly said: "Let's talk about the fish soup later, the three highnesses will go back first!" ”

Zhu Jianshen nodded, and then beckoned the two younger brothers to leave together.

King Zhou looked at Queen Qian and said with a wry smile: "This is ...... What should I do? ”

Queen Qian shook her head and said, "I don't know." ”

Zhu Qizhen couldn't bear it anymore, struggled to sit up, and hissed: "Send someone to Xishan immediately and tell Tong Xuan that if you dare to study electric fish again, I will punish him for the nine clans!" ”