Time Travel: The actress's acting skills exploded, and she was favored by the harem

The queen closed her eyes and enjoyed it for a while, then suddenly raised her hand and grabbed Concubine Zhuang's hand: "Okay, you are still in poor health, so don't just focus on serving me."

"Look at what you said, I'm not that weak..." Concubine Zhuang said, and wanted to continue massaging her.

"Please sit still. It's time for me to go. I still have a lot of things to do." The queen said, and she stood up.

Concubine Zhuang had no choice but to give up and obediently see the Queen off.

In the following days, the Queen took the lead in sending people to investigate the source of food that caused the Second Prince's wet nurse to be poisoned, but the source could not be found.

Seeing that there was no result yet and the Empress Dowager was forcing him, Bo Muxi became even more furious. He immediately ordered a strict investigation, which put the Empress under great pressure.

As someone close to the Queen, Shen Zhiyao could no longer stand idly by.

That day, after paying her respects in the morning, she took the initiative to stay in Fengyi Palace.

"What's the matter, Jin Shuyi, do you have something to tell me?" The Queen looked at her with a smile.

"Your Majesty, you speak so politely, as if you don't like me. But am I disturbing you?" Shen Zhiyao deliberately acted shamelessly and coquettishly.

"You are really good at turning the tables..." The queen shook her head and laughed.

"Your Highness, I have been visiting Fengyi Palace less frequently these days. I am sorry to offend you now. Please do not bear grudge against me..."

At this point, Shen Zhiyao put away her smile and said seriously, "The Emperor is already angry, and the Empress Dowager is also watching. If we can't give an explanation for the full moon banquet, it will be unreasonable. If the Empress doesn't mind, why don't you tell me about it? Maybe I can share some of your burdens."

The queen took a sip of tea, glanced at her, and then asked slowly, "What? You don't plan to avoid me now? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

It turned out that the queen had always known her little thoughts, but she just didn't expose them and didn't care.

"Empress...you've seen through all my little thoughts..." Shen Zhiyao stepped forward, sat beside the Queen's hand, and rocked her arm.

"You only know how to be humble now? I see that you have a lot on your mind." The queen said half-jokingly and half-seriously. Her attitude was really hard to understand.

"I don't have any other ideas. You have seen everything clearly along the way. I was really scared and I just hid for this time... Queen, please be magnanimous and don't bother with me. I will try my best to do things for you. Just watch my performance."

Shen Zhiyao's pair of peach blossom eyes looked at the queen earnestly, with great sincerity.

"Okay, then... let's see how you perform first..." The queen said reluctantly.

Shen Zhiyao smiled brightly upon hearing this: "Thank you, Queen."

She blinked and looked at the queen, with an expression that showed gratitude for giving her a chance, which left the queen speechless.

"It's strange to say. In the past few days, I ordered people to put Yongfu Palace on alert. No outsiders were allowed to enter the sensitive area. The food, wine, and various objects in it were all checked, but there was no poison residue at all..." said the queen with a frown.

"Have you found any clues from the interrogation of the servants who were imprisoned in Zhong Jin Palace?" Shen Zhiyao asked.

The Queen shook her head and said, "We have used various methods to interrogate them. It seems that those people are unaware of the matter. The servant whose feather was found was tortured to death by the people of the Ministry of Punishment. She also refused to admit the matter. I guess she really didn't know about it."

"What about the people serving in Yongfu Palace?" Seeing that there was no clue, Shen Zhiyao could only suspect the possibility of a "traitor".

"Empress Zhuang has ordered people to interrogate him, but nothing suspicious was found. I also asked Shi Jin to check again, but still nothing unusual was found." The Queen shook her head.

"Empress, were the people under you too gentle when interrogating the servants in Yongfu Palace? Also, why don't you search Yongfu Palace carefully, perhaps you will gain something?" Shen Zhiyao looked at the Empress with a meaningful look.

She wanted to imply that the person who poisoned the person might have been doing it for more than one or two days, and might have done it several times.

Shijin couldn't bear to listen any longer and couldn't help but question, "Empress Jin Shuyi, this happened at the Second Prince's full moon banquet, and the bird's feathers were found on the spot! Besides, everyone knows that the poison of the bird is extremely strong and will take effect immediately. It must have happened on the spot. Why did they have to target Yongfu Palace?"

Shen Zhiyao heard this but was in no hurry to refute. She took a sip of tea slowly, thought for a while, and then continued: "Legend has it that the poison of the 鸩 bird is indeed overbearing. Every organ in the 鸩 bird's body is highly toxic, but there is no real evidence to prove it. Who can prove that it will take effect immediately?"

"It's all recorded in the pharmacopoeia! And there are also records in history books about people being poisoned and having their symptoms immediately go away! Isn't that evidence?"

Shijin has looked up a lot of information in the past few days, so his rebuttal is naturally very confident.

"I have also been studying ancient books in the past few days, and found that in many records, the symptoms of poisoning are very strange. Combining the two, it is very likely that other poisons are mixed in the poison, which leads to the excessive glorification of the effect of the poison..." Shen Zhiyao said.

"But this is just your guess, isn't it?" Shijin asked back.

"Well, that's true. However, you should have noticed that the feathers of the 鸩鸟 are mostly purple-black, but the one we found is blue. Isn't it strange?" Shen Zhiyao asked with a smile.

"Indeed, but I have discussed this with the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau. What is certain is that this feather came from a 鸩鸟. It is also possible that this one is just unique." Shijin continued to refute.

She didn't necessarily want to argue about who was right or wrong, but she felt that she and Chang Qi had done their best to investigate for such a long time, and had looked through all the necessary information and consulted all the necessary experts. If they couldn't even figure out these details, how could they explain to the Queen Mother?

"So, since birds can grow such unique feathers, what if the toxicity of the feathers changed as a result? What if the poison wasn't strong enough, and someone deliberately used the story of the 鸩鸟 to make everyone subconsciously think that the poison would take effect on the spot, so the poison could only be administered on the spot, in order to confuse everyone?" Shen Zhiyao asked with a smile.

"This..." Shijin was no longer sure after being asked this question.

"Let's expand our thinking a little bit and think about it. There were so many people at the banquet, why did the wet nurse get poisoned?" Shen Zhiyao asked meaningfully.

"We have thought of this because the Second Prince still needs to drink the wet nurse's milk, but the poison will take effect on the spot, so there is no chance to feed it to the Second Prince..." Having said this, Shijin suddenly paused, widened his eyes, and looked at Shen Zhiyao in disbelief.

"If you calculate it this way, then the Second Prince is also..."

Shijin covered his mouth halfway through his words, not daring to continue...