Sima Chao leaned on the railing and looked at the crowd outside that was being carefully examined, and said to himself: "I think these thieves are not here at all. ”

Sima Chao was talking to Sima Rui, and a guard hurriedly entered from the outside and said urgently: "General, the Queen Mother has a sudden emergency in the palace. ”

Sima Chao hurriedly asked, "What is the emergency?" What the hell is going on? ”

The attendant recalled the ins and outs of the matter, and Sima Chao secretly screamed badly, and said continuously: "We really fell for the thief's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain." ”

After that, he took a group of brocade guards to the other garden quickly, and instructed the attendants: "Pass my order to quickly block the palace, and don't let anyone out." ”

When Sima Chao rushed to the palace with his people, the palace gate had just been blocked, and the head of the palace came back and said: "According to the general's orders, the gate has been sealed." ”

Sima Chao turned over and dismounted, threw the reins of the horse to his entourage, and strode into the inner palace while asking the person in charge: "Are there any suspicious people in the palace?" ”

The person in charge thought for a moment and replied, "No one has ever been here." As soon as the words came out, he suddenly remembered something, and then said: "Here lives the Huang eunuch who once served the first emperor, the first emperor thought of his good when he was alive, and gave him a palace in the north of the palace to support the elderly. ”

Sima Chao paused when he heard this, turned his head and asked, "Are these people still in the palace?" ”

The person in charge hurriedly replied: "Eunuch Huang sent everyone out after his birthday." He added: "Besides, the palace of the Great Eunuch Huang is in the north, and there are independent courtyards over there, and this side is the main courtyard, and the two are separated by a high wall, and this side of the main courtyard is the residence of the nobles, and people from other courtyards cannot enter."

Without waiting for the person in charge to finish speaking, Sima Chao ordered the deputy guard on the side and said: "Not only this royal palace, but also the independent palaces behind, everyone and others should be gathered together first and wait for interrogation, especially the new people in those side halls who have recently come and go, and they must be closely guarded." ”

The deputy guard took the order and left, Sima Chao was led to the queen mother's dormitory by the person in charge, the imperial doctor was treating inside, the female official Ah Li saw Sima Chao and hurriedly greeted him, Sima Chao asked: "How is the queen mother?" ”

Ah Li replied: "The Queen Mother fainted in pain, and the Imperial Doctor is doing her best to treat her." As she spoke, she wiped away her tears: "Look, it's not good." ”

The new emperor has just ascended the throne, the Sima family has just assisted the government, the forces of all parties have not been eradicated, the status of the Guo family and the Sima family has not yet reached a completely solid time, and the interests of the two sides coexist.

Sima Chao listened to Ah Li's words, and he asked carefully: "When the Queen Mother had an accident, were you by your side?" The Queen Mother, is he really suddenly ill? Sima Chao stared at Ah Li and said in a deep voice: "You have to be calm, tell me everything that just happened, in every detail." ”

Ah Li took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down, she reprimanded the palace people for the Empress Dowager's nightmare, and then she went in to accompany the Empress Dowager to talk After repeating it to Sima Chao in detail, she said in a trance: "There is nothing suspicious, only those two palace people said that the Queen Mother said that she heard something after the nightmare." ”

Sima Chao asked, "What is the voice, have you ever heard it?" ”

Ah Li replied: "I kept vigil in the side room outside the palace, and I didn't hear any sound, and the two palace people also said that they didn't hear it in the queen mother's bedroom. He was uncertain: "Or it may be caused by the tinnitus after the Queen Mother's nightmare." ”

Sima Chao pondered for a moment, and then said to the person in charge: "You go and find that Huang Eunuch in person, and I will ask him in person." ”

The person in charge took the order and left, Sima Chao waited in the hall for a while, and the person in charge came back in a hurry, and when he saw Sima Chao, he replied in a panic: "General, the Huang eunuch is dead." ”

Sima Chao was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "When did this happen?" ”

The person in charge replied: "I heard the little eunuch who took care of him say that he was fine for the second half of the day, and after dinner, he said that he was tired and wanted to sleep, so I went to the place where he lived and asked the little eunuch to call him, and the little eunuch went in to find that the person was dead and his body was cold." ”

Sima Chao said categorically: "The death of the Queen Mother must have nothing to do with this Huang eunuch." As he spoke, he ordered the deputy guard: "Pass my life, arrest all the people in the courtyard of the Huang Eunuch, and interrogate them carefully." ”

The imperial doctor rescued all night, although the queen mother woke up slowly, but the person was already delirious, except for the eyeballs that could still move slightly, there was no place on the body that could move.

The imperial doctors preliminarily concluded that the queen mother was poisoned, but the specific poison was caused by it, because this poison is very rare, so the imperial doctors have not yet judged it.

In order to better heal the Queen Mother, Sima Chao ordered someone to send the Queen Mother back to the imperial city with a Luan car.

When Sima Zhengde heard the news, he rushed to the inner palace, saw his son and asked, "Have you found any clues?" ”

Sima Chao replied: "The eunuch Huang who lives in the north hall is suspicious, but unfortunately he died inexplicably last night, and I have ordered someone to detain all the people in his palace, and I haven't had time to interrogate him in detail." ”

Sima Zhengde nodded and replied: "Now the court is undecided, I just hope that the Queen Mother can survive." ”

After Sima Chao personally escorted the Queen Mother back to the palace, he returned to the palace non-stop.

The deputy envoy of the Jinyi Guard, who was ordered to investigate here, stepped forward to report the situation: "The people in the palace of the Huang eunuch have been arrested, and there are a total of seven little eunuchs and six palace maids waiting, in addition, there are eight rough women who are bought from outside the hall to do rough work, and there are three young girls who play and sing. ”

Sima Chao listened to the words of the deputy envoy and sneered: "What is the origin of this Huang Eunuch? After retreating, there can still be such a style. ”

The deputy envoy replied: "This Huang Dajian turned out to be a person from the side of the first emperor, he had the skill of following the dragon, and he was deeply favored by the first emperor, but he could no longer accompany him due to illness, so the first emperor rewarded him with a palace in the palace for his retirement. ”

Sima Chao nodded and asked, "Have you found out?" What's so strange about the death of this surnamed Huang? ”

The deputy envoy shook his head and replied, "He has heart palpitations, and he also died from this disease, so there is nothing strange about it. ”

"How?" Sima Chao frowned and wondered, "How can there be such a coincidence in the world." ”

As he spoke, he got up and said, "Let's go, let's go and see the people around me surnamed Huang first." ”