After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

"The queen is suspected of plotting to murder the emperor. The criminal will be taken to the Heavenly Prison to await interrogation." Qin Junyu raised his hand and the queen was taken away.

"Qin Junyu! You think that just because you captured me you can... " The queen wanted to curse, but her mouth was covered by the guards in time, and she didn't say it in the end.

Qin Junyu sighed heavily. The queen was nothing to be afraid of, but the disappearance of the emperor made him uneasy.

Li Zhongquan saw his worry and whispered, "Your Highness, can I have a word with you for a moment?"

Nian Susu's heart skipped a beat. She had just observed the queen's reaction. When Li Zhongquan secretly accused her of hiding the emperor, her subconscious angry reaction did not seem fake.

Moreover, before they came back, the Queen had already controlled the Emperor. Why should she make such a fuss at this critical moment and give Qin Junyu the opportunity to catch her?

Therefore, the emperor’s disappearance may have nothing to do with the queen. Instead, Li Zhongquan, who remained calm and composed, was more suspicious.

Li Zhongquan noticed something and glanced in the direction of Su Su. Seeing that she was looking straight ahead, he thought he might have seen it wrong.

Qin Junyu comforted the officials and persuaded them to leave, then turned around and followed Li Zhongquan into the Yangxin Palace.

Nian Susu also followed him in.

As soon as she stepped over the threshold, the smell of ambergris hit her nose. Nian Susu was sensitive to smells and frowned instantly. Qin Junyu's first reaction was to look back at her. He curled the corners of his mouth and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, wait for me outside."

She shook her head to indicate that it was not necessary, and her breathing method changed to holding her breath for ten seconds, breathing in for one second, and repeating this cycle.

Li Zhongquan signaled the people in the hall to leave.

Qin Junyu looked at the layout of the hall and felt strange. The eight windows were covered with thick curtains, and no light could get in. In addition, there were incense burners in the four corners, and the air was filled with smoke, which made the entire Yangxin Hall extremely depressing.

Ambergris has a calming and sleep-inducing effect. If it is burned in large quantities like this, they will feel dizzy just by coming in and standing for a while, not to mention those who are bedridden.

"Father has been living in such an environment for a month to recuperate?" Qin Junyu didn't dare to think about how his father had managed to survive this period of time. If it were an ordinary person, he would have gone crazy long ago.

Li Zhongquan lowered his head and said, "Yes, I am useless. With the order from the Empress, I cannot even enter the Yangxin Palace. I can only watch the Emperor's health getting worse day by day."

Nian Susu walked back and forth in the hall, looking for clues about the emperor's disappearance. He didn't hear clearly what the two of them were saying, but mostly it was Li Zhongjin talking and Qin Junyu listening.

She looked carefully and saw a bowl on the cabinet next to the dragon bed. She walked forward and saw some black medicine at the bottom of the bowl. She guessed that it was the medicine the emperor usually drank.

Without thinking too much, she put down the bowl and heard Li Zhongquan's voice clearly enter her ears: "The Empress has been guarding the Emperor almost every step of the way. She even feeds him medicine herself. This has lasted for a month, and she has not delegated her duties to others for a single day."

Nian Susu was cautious and took a hairpin from her head and dipped it into the bowl to get the medicine. The silver hairpin did not turn black, so she put it under her nose and smelled it. If it weren't for her sensitive sense of smell, she would not have been able to smell anything wrong in such a pungent environment with ambergris.

Qin Junyu also felt that this was not right. "It's normal for the queen to monitor her every day, but she feeds her medicine by hand every day?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nian Susu came over with a bowl, "This?"

Li Zhongquan was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Yes."

"It contains herbs such as realgar and cinnabar that can help you sleep and calm your nerves, but these two herbs are toxic in themselves. If they are not properly controlled, they can easily become poisons. The amount used here is clearly above the standard."

"Also, there are hallucinogenic substances like mugwort and datura. Even if the dosage is small, if taken for a long time, the poison will slowly accumulate in the body and eventually lead to death."

Li Zhongquan widened his eyes in horror and stared at the remaining black medicine in the bowl in disbelief.

Qin Junyu's face was heavy. "Doesn't the medicine that Father drinks every day go through inspection?"

Li Zhongquan was wondering about this. "The Empress is all-powerful, but I also have some connections. The Emperor secretly tests what he eats with silver needles every day, and there is nothing abnormal!"

Nian Susu shrugged, "Strictly speaking, realgar, cinnabar, mugwort and datura are not considered poisons. Medical practitioners often use them when prescribing medicine. As long as the dosage is controlled, these are life-saving drugs. Of course, silver needles cannot detect them."

The two of them understood. No wonder no one discovered that the Queen had poisoned the Emperor for a month.

Li Zhongquan inadvertently glanced at Nian Susu a few more times. He didn't expect that the Crown Princess actually knew medicine.

Nian Susu put down the bowl, put her hands behind her back, and was about to see if there was anything suspicious, but Li Zhongquan called her and took out a small square box from his sleeve.

Qin Junyu and Nian Susu both widened their eyes, because they knew at a glance what was in the box.

"The reason why I was able to rescue the emperor so smoothly was thanks to a palace maid named Qiao Yue. She claimed to be the Crown Princess's person and took out this object and asked me to return it to the Crown Princess."

"Qiao Yue?" Nian Susu went through the people around her in her mind, but couldn't remember anyone named Qiao Yue. Besides, she had never taken out the concubine seal, let alone gave it to a palace maid.

"Could it be... that the Crown Princess didn't send her?" Li Zhongquan became suspicious when he saw Nian Susu's reaction.

If Qiao Yue hadn't taken out the imperial seal, he would never have believed her. But now that he had verified it with Nian Susu herself, she seemed to be unaware of it. Li Zhongquan quickly added, "She has a big red birthmark on her face, and there are burn scars left. Does the Crown Princess have any impression of it?"

Nian Susu's eyes trembled, "No."

But she had already identified a suspect in her mind.

"Please tell me the whole story, Eunuch Li."

Li Zhongquan told Nian Susu all the information he knew about Qiao Yue.

After listening to this, Nian Susu went straight to Zhongcui Palace.

Zhongcui Palace was already guarded by Qin Junyu's men, and she entered unhindered.

According to Li Zhongquan, there was also a palace maid named Qiuyao serving Qin Fengtian together with Qiao Yue. Maybe she knew something.

By asking any palace servant, Nian Susu knew the location of Qin Fengtian's bedroom.

At this time, Qiuyao was sweeping fallen leaves in the yard, and Qin Fengtian was not there.

When Nian Susu entered the room, Qiuyao looked at her blankly, holding the broom. It was not until she came closer that Qiuyao came to her senses and nodded in greeting, "I don't know what your name is, my lady. I am Qiuyao, a maid in Zhongcui Palace."

Qiuyao didn't know her true identity, but seeing her heroic temperament, she didn't look like someone from the palace. In order to avoid offending anyone, she had to be respectful to her.