The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

Su Peisheng, Zhang Qilin and the people from the Sticking Rod Department acted quickly. Facing the wrath of the Emperor and Empress, as well as the safety of the Second Princess, they tried their best to investigate.

It didn't take long to determine the approximate scope.

There were quite a few people taking action this time.

Basically, it was linked together, from the Imperial Household Department to the Imperial Medical Bureau, from top to bottom, and there were also some secret operatives in the harem, involving about twenty palace maids.

Su Peisheng understood the emperor's intention. He wanted to report the matter seriously. Anyone who was even slightly involved must be punished as a warning to others and this trend must be severely curbed.

It is unacceptable for a slave to bully his master, especially when the master is the emperor and empress of the Qing Dynasty.

Whether it is to vent the second princess's anger or to maintain the face and dignity of the royal family, this time the punishment must be increased and their prestige must be severely killed.

Let those who are hiding in the dark and those who have their own thoughts realize who is the master of the Qing Dynasty, who is their master, and who is the one who holds power and controls the hearts of the people of the world.

In the Ministry of Punishment...

In the dim environment, the only light that people can feel is the flickering candlelight.

In the flickering candlelight, people's vision seemed to be obstructed. Sun Qiren felt that he could hardly open his eyes. Sweat had completely dripped into his eyes, and the salt in his eyes made his eyes red. He could not see the face of the person in front of him at all.

At this moment, in this small dungeon, various torture instruments collided with each other, making creepy sounds, mixed with one's own screams, which continued to echo in this enclosed space.

"Tell me! Who ordered you to do this?"

Zhang Qilin stood aside and asked with a gloomy face.

Sun Qiren, who was hanging, had already been unrecognizable, but he still clenched his teeth and refused to reveal a word.

"Hmph, you dog slave, you are so bold. I am telling you with good intentions, your brother is right next to us. We will deal with you first, and it will be his turn soon. It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, I will torture you one by one!" There was a gleam of ruthlessness in Zhang Qilin's eyes.

As the sound of whipping became more and more frequent, Sun Qiren seemed to hear his brother and was somewhat moved. He finally uttered a sentence: "Don't... don't touch my brother... I... I said... it was Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Liang..."

Sun Qisheng listened to his brother's heart-wrenching cries and finally gave away the man. He couldn't help but burst into tears, but he couldn't stop because his tongue had been pulled out long ago.

"Deputy Chief Manager Liang? You'd better tell us everything. We will check it out ourselves. If there is even the slightest discrepancy, hum..." Zhang Qilin snorted coldly, like a ghost in this dungeon.

Sun Qiren quickly replied, "No! No! I...I don't dare. It was Deputy Chief Liang who found us two brothers and arrested our sister...He said that the Queen Mother would not let him live, and wanted us two brothers to fight for him!"

Zhang Qilin couldn't help but let out a "Pah!" sound. Su Peisheng was right behind him, staring at Sun Qiren sinisterly, "Besides Liang Kang? Has anyone else approached you?"

The Sun brothers were low-ranking doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau. Normally, they only treated palace maids. Occasionally, when other doctors were too busy, they would ask these two to do odd jobs and hard work.

This time, the medicinal materials in Hutu's mosquito repellent sachets were prepared by the two of them based on prescriptions written by other imperial physicians.

When Su Peisheng received the emperor's edict, he reacted immediately and captured the two brothers before the imperial physician took his turn on duty. After careful interrogation, he indeed made a discovery.

Liang Kang, the deputy chief of the Imperial Household Department, was a bribe-taker and deceiver. He was the first on the Empress's list of people to be purged.

Su Peisheng's eyes narrowed slightly. This bastard was indeed not a good guy. He really thought that he could do anything as a deputy general manager.

However, for him, a mere eunuch deputy chief steward, to sneak past the many people who were taking care of the second princess and successfully deliver the sachet to the princess, there was still something missing.

For example, how to ensure that the sachets would not be sent to other princes? After all, this wave of sachets was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the order of the Empress Dowager.

How can you be so sure that this sachet can be delivered to the second princess?

In addition, everything made by the Imperial Household Department and everything sent to the palaces must be registered, even the medicinal herbs in the sachets.

How did they hide the truth?

There must be someone behind Liang Kang, or an accomplice of similar status.

"It's gone...really gone...Deputy Chief Manager Liang said that after the mission is accomplished, he will give us a sum of money and send us out of the palace...and he will also send my sister back..." Sun Qiren said crying.

Su Peisheng turned to look at Zhang Qilin, "Take him away and interrogate Sun Qisheng again. He is a scholar and can write."

Zhang Qilin waved his hand, and someone took the two brothers of the Sun family away.

"Eunuch Su, it seems that Liang Kang is involved in this matter. I just don't know if he has an accomplice behind the scenes. For now, shall we report this to the emperor?"

"No matter if there is one or not, let's take him down first. Then check who Liang Kang has been close to recently." Su Peisheng already had a plan in mind.

Meanwhile, at the Nansan Institute, after a night of careful care, Hutuli's fever finally subsided.

Changning breathed a sigh of relief when he felt his daughter's forehead return to normal temperature. He turned his head and saw that it was already bright outside.

"How is it? Is it still burning?" Yinzhen had been guarding here for a whole night. Seeing Changning, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt a lot more at ease.

Chang Ning nodded: "Don't worry, the fever is gone. Let Doctor Zhou take his pulse."

Hongyan and Hongzhao also laughed. As long as their sister no longer had a fever, everything should be fine.

Doctor Zhou was an old man with gray hair. He came in tremblingly and bowed to check Hutuli's pulse. Soon he showed joy: "Your Majesty, Queen, the second princess is fine. She just needs to rest for two or three days. Be careful not to eat spicy or cold food."

After these words were spoken, everyone present felt at ease.

They were all very nervous throughout the night, fearing that something might go wrong.

"Okay, I'll trouble Doctor Zhou." Chang Ning smiled at him, and couldn't bear to see him running around and working so hard at an age that he could be her great grandfather. But fortunately, he was old, otherwise Hutuli's illness might not be cured so quickly.

"You should go to court quickly, the time is almost up. I'll just wait here for Hutuli to wake up." Changning looked at the time and urged Yinzhen to go to court.

The Fourteenth Master has been traveling to Japan these days, and the military situation is changing all the time, so she is paying close attention to it.

Her daughter wasn't in any serious trouble, so she felt relieved and planned to talk to her about what happened after she woke up.