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

Qiuyue suddenly felt very sad. She didn't understand why people had to live such a tiring life. Sometimes they were as close as a normal couple. When something happened, the emperor would obviously side with Shen Zhiyao. But when Shen Zhiyao was killed, he still doubted Shen Zhiyao. How hard and terrible must the emperor's heart be!

Qiuyue was sad for Shen Zhiyao and for herself. She suddenly felt hopeless as if she had lost all hope in this deep palace, and she couldn't help crying.

Actually, Qiuyue is the same age as Shen Zhiyao, only seventeen years old, which is the age when one is innocent and knows nothing.

"Your Majesty, life in the palace is so complicated. It would have been great if we had not come here in the first place! With your conditions, even if you had married into an ordinary family, you should be living a simple and happy life now." Qiuyue choked up.

"Okay, why are you crying, Qiuyue? Just remember that if people have no way to change the status quo, they must work hard to adapt to the environment, make use of all conditions, and gain as much benefit as possible to create a good living environment for themselves." Shen Zhiyao smiled. She was always full of hope for her future life.

That night, the emperor sent three maids to take care of Shen Zhiyao's daily life as agreed. Imperial Physician Zhang was called in to take Shen Zhiyao's pulse again and prescribe some medicine.

Shen Zhiyao was very generous. She read for a while at night and then went to bed to recuperate. The body was the capital of the revolution, and she had to recover as soon as possible so that she could be ready to face the next wave of attacks from the enemy at any time.

The next day, the Queen personally began to lead people to investigate the matter. Except for Queen Mother Zhao's Renshou Palace, almost every place in the harem was thoroughly checked. Even a previous distant theft case was unexpectedly closed.

The palace maid who was investigating tested the food residues of Shen Zhiyao with silver needles one by one. As expected, the silver needles changed color. The palace maid then called the imperial physician, and after careful examination, it was finally determined that the poison was actually the highly toxic red crested poison.

Fortunately, the poisoner was timid and did not dare to use a large dose. In addition, the poisoning period was short enough to hurt Shen Zhiyao's heart, otherwise Shen Zhiyao would have died long ago.

The poisoner probably wanted to cause Shen Zhiyao to suffer from chronic poisoning, but he didn't expect that Shen Zhiyao was young and had a special physique, and her body was extremely sensitive to poisons, so she was discovered so easily. We can only say that it was God's will and Shen Zhiyao was really lucky.

After the Queen learned the result, she couldn't help but sneer and said, "This person really has good intentions. The palace servants who are investigating should be divided into several groups. They should strictly interrogate all the eunuchs and palace maids with suspicious behavior in the imperial kitchen and the concubines' palaces. We must make progress within today!"

The palace servants in charge of the investigation received the task and started the investigation under tremendous pressure, and indeed there were results on the same day.

A kitchen helper in the imperial kitchen could not bear the severe torture of the Ministry of Punishment and confessed on the spot, saying that a maid in Lu Guiren's palace bribed him with fifty taels of silver to mix small amounts of Crane's Beak Red into the meals sent to Cuiwei Palace in batches.

The Queen then ordered people to search Lu Guiren's palace. Sure enough, they found the Crane's Beak Potion, which had not yet been destroyed, in the residence of a palace maid. The palace maid then bit her tongue and committed suicide in the Ministry of Punishment.

All the evidence pointed to Concubine Lu. She burst into tears before the Queen, but could not defend herself. The Queen only placed her under house arrest, since she was a Concubine after all, and did not torture her directly.

What is intriguing is that Concubine Lu once unfortunately suffered a miscarriage, after which the eunuch Xiao Linzi who served in Concubine Lu's palace falsely accused Shen Zhiyao of being the mastermind behind the incident.

Now that Shen Zhiyao has been poisoned, and the mastermind has been found to be Concubine Lu, the palace is in an uproar. Some people even arrange a long drama of "love, hate and vengeance" between Shen Zhiyao and Concubine Lu.

Obviously, someone with ulterior motives wanted to dig up old things again and frame the incident as Shen Zhiyao having murdered Lu Guiren's offspring, and then bringing disaster upon herself by being poisoned by Lu Guiren in retaliation.

Perhaps only Shen Zhiyao and Lu Guiren themselves knew how wronged the other party was.

The emperor and the empress naturally knew that they were both wrongly accused. At this time, the emperor and the empress were discussing the case in Changdeok Palace.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, Concubine Lu was also plotted against. The mastermind behind the scenes had long thought of taking advantage of Concubine Lu's miscarriage to create momentum together with this incident. It's really an ingenious chain of schemes!" the Queen whispered.

"Who does your Queen think might be the mastermind behind this incident? Does your Queen have any suspects?" Bo Muxi asked with a smile. Although her smile was bright, it did not contain a trace of warmth.

Bo Muxi was setting a trap for the Queen again. He certainly didn't think that such a capable Queen could only find out so little. But he hoped that the Queen could reveal the results of the investigation in full, but he also didn't want her to be so clever.

"Your Majesty, please forgive my stupidity. I... really don't know." The queen lowered her eyes and spoke in a low voice with a sincere attitude.

Naturally, the Queen refused to accept the charge. She had already found out the truth long ago. It was Eunuch Li, a subordinate of Queen Mother Zhao, who did it personally. Eunuch Li was also the chief eunuch in the imperial kitchen. The Queen had even collected all the evidence, but she did not intend to hand it all over to the Emperor. Some truths were better not known.

"Okay, Queen, you are not stupid. Could it be that Concubine Zhao, or even the Queen Mother, arranged for someone to do this?" Bo Muxi felt that there was no need to beat around the bush with the Queen, so he expressed his opinion directly.

Bo Muxi had a hunch that the queen knew everything, but she didn't want to say it.

"In my opinion, this matter does not seem to be the work of Noble Lady Lu, but to suspect Noble Concubine Zhao... or even to suspect my mother... there is indeed insufficient evidence and it seems too hasty." The Queen answered very cautiously and her tone was full of hesitation.

The emperor was a very intelligent man. The queen could neither explain everything clearly nor completely hide the truth from the emperor. She only mentioned the point briefly, believing that Bo Muxi could understand the deeper meaning of her words.

Bo Muxi just sighed, and the two fell silent again.

Bo Muxi just felt depressed. The royal power was not stable now. He was very tired from dealing with various forces. After all, Shen Li had a large number of troops. If he could keep them firmly in his hands, it would definitely help to stabilize the royal power.

How could the shrewd Queen Mother Zhao not understand this? However, she understood it, but she also intervened, and was taking every step carefully, and was planning to use ruthless means to compete with her own son. According to Queen Mother Zhao's ambition, she wished that Bo Muxi had a weaker character so that she could rule the country from behind the curtain.

After a long silence, Bo Muxi asked seriously, "How is the investigation going on with Jin Cairen?"

"This matter should have nothing to do with Concubine Jin. All the servants of Cuiweixuan have been strictly interrogated by the Ministry of Punishment. Their confessions match and there is nothing suspicious. In addition, in my opinion, with Concubine Jin's current ability in the palace, she should not be able to infiltrate Concubine Lu's palace. The possibility that Concubine Jin directed and acted in this matter herself is very small." The Queen answered softly but confidently.

The Queen reported the results of her investigation into Shen Zhiyao truthfully. Of course, she investigated more than just this incident. She used this incident as an excuse to thoroughly investigate Shen Zhiyao's behavior over the past year. She was hinting to the Emperor that Shen Zhiyao was clean and could be used.

Bo Muxi naturally understood and nodded with satisfaction. The queen was indeed worthy of being used. She did not need any additional instructions and always managed to get things done to his heart's content.

"How is she doing now?" Bo Muxi asked again.

"She is still following Doctor Zhao's method to detoxify. She must have suffered a lot. Although the toxin is in trace amounts, it is very toxic after all. Fortunately, she is young and has a good foundation. Otherwise, she would definitely have developed a chronic illness." The queen sighed.

How should he deal with this matter now to be safe? Bo Muxi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.