The emperor just doesn't treat everyone equally, and it's none of my business!

Lady Li?

The only person with the surname Li in the palace is Li Jieyu. Li Jieyu, Lu Junze remembered that she was also Defei's person, and she was also Defei's distant sister.

"How much did you give to Xier? Did Xier hide it secretly?" Lu Junze asked.

In fact, the children are not young anymore, especially the eldest princess, who is already eleven years old. Born in the royal family and with a mother like that, she understands things very early. So when she heard Lu Junze ask this, her eyes flashed.

But the second princess was only eight years old and didn't understand much. She blinked her eyes and shook her head, "No more, there are only three in total, I gave them all to my third and fourth brothers."

Lu Junze touched the second princess's head and asked softly, "Did Xier eat candy?"

The second princess nodded and said, "I ate one."

Lu Junze smiled, scratched the second princess' nose, and said, "Then Xi'er can't eat candy today."

"Yeah." The second princess nodded vigorously, "Xi'er knows, no candy today."

"Xi'er is so good."

Then Lu Junze touched the eldest princess' head and said, "Lan'er, take your brothers and sisters to eat. Father still has some things to deal with."

"Okay, I understand, father." The eldest princess agreed sensibly.

Watching them leave, Lu Junze's expression became very rare, "Li Jieyu!"

When Concubine Li first entered the palace, she was no pushover either, but she was a little smart and never left any handles behind whenever she did something, or in other words, every time she did something, she would not let Lu Junze deal with her completely. Unexpectedly, such a big thing would happen now.

"Su Deyuan, go and bring Concubine Li to Chenhua...Chengqian Palace." Originally, Lu Junze wanted to go to Chenhua Palace to visit Gu Shijin, but if he brought Concubine Li to Chenhua Palace, he would be worried in case Gu Shijin knew the method of detoxification.

After much thought, I decided to take her to Chengqian Palace.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do it right away." Su Deyuan knew that this was a big matter, and he didn't want his subordinates to do it, so he would feel at ease only if he went there in person.

In this case, Lu Junze turned around and returned to Chengqian Palace.

The Shangshufang is not far from Chengqian Palace. After Lu Junze went back, he dealt with some urgent government affairs before Su Deyuan came back.

It’s just that Su Deyuan’s face wasn’t very good, and Lu Junze didn’t bring back the person he wanted.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Li is dead." Su Deyuan reported with his head lowered.

"Bang..." The sound of a teacup breaking was heard in the house.

Lu Junze sat on the chair, his face looking frighteningly pale.

"presumptuous!"

Su Deyuan knelt on the ground, trembling.

After a while, Lu Junze regained his composure and asked, "How did he die?"

"Your Majesty, I couldn't tell. When we arrived, Concubine Li was lying on the bed. We couldn't see anything unusual. It was not until Concubine Li's personal maid went to call for her that we found out that Concubine Li was dead."

It looked like someone who was asleep.

Lu Junze tapped his hands on the table, and after a long while he said, "Go, arrest all the palace people who have had contact with Li Jieyu recently, and put the concubines who have had contact with the concubines under house arrest in the palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Su Deyuan hadn't seen Lu Junze so angry for a long time. The last time he was like this was when Lu Junze just ascended the throne.

Although Lu Junze usually looks gentle and kind, it would be a big mistake to think that he is weak and can be bullied. Lu Junze is always decisive in killing, and once someone steps on his bottom line, he will show no mercy.

"Also, let Dr. Song look into the cause of Concubine Li's death."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Tianlin." After Su Deyuan left, Lu Junze called Tianlin out and ordered, "Go and watch. If there is any unusual movement or anything that Su Deyuan can't handle, you will handle it."

Lu Junze suspected that Concubine Li also died from a Gu poison. If there really was a Gu master in the palace, Su Deyuan might not be able to handle some things.

"Yes." After Tianlin said this, his figure flashed and disappeared.

Lu Junze really didn't expect that there were so many talented people in his harem who could actually control the poisonous insects.

Although Lu Junze did not have a deep understanding of the poison, he did know something. That is, in order to control most of the poisonous insects, they had to be fed with one's own blood, which would not happen in a day or two.

But no one in the harem looks like they are feeding poisonous insects. People who feed poisonous insects will have a particularly bad complexion.

However, Lu Junze's first suspect was still Concubine De. Only Concubine De was easy to target. How could others know when the Second Princess would go to play with the Third and Fourth Princes?

"Someone come here." As Lu Junze finished speaking, a dark shadow knelt in front of him.

"Keep an eye on Concubine De, and check everything that passes through Yonghe Palace."

"Yes."

“Li family…” Lu Junze looked out the window and said to himself, “Can’t you help it?”

About half an hour later, Song Jibai arrived.

"How is it?" Lu Junze asked as soon as he saw Song Jibai.

Song Jibai picked up the tea on the table and took a sip before saying, "It's a poison."

"But I don't know what kind of poison Li Jieyu died of. If you want to find out, you can ask Ning Jieyu to take a look."

Lu Junze waved his hand and said, "No need, as long as it is confirmed that he died from the poison, that's enough."

For harming the royal heir, Concubine Li deserved to die. As for how she died, Lu Junze didn't care at all. He just wanted to know what he wanted to know.

"Okay." Song Jibai spread his hands without any surprise.

"What are you going to do with the poison in the third prince's body?" Song Jibai asked worriedly.

Although Concubine Ning said not to worry, there was a time bomb in the Third Prince's body, and it was hard to feel at ease no matter what.

Moreover, the poison is the most unpredictable. It would be bad if it mutated in the body of the third prince.

"Find the person who controls the mother insect as soon as possible."

Lu Junze was actually very worried. He always felt that it was not right for the person behind the scenes to poison the third prince.

"Should we let Concubine Ning try to detoxify?" Song Jibai asked hesitantly.

“No.” Lu Junze refused immediately. If the mother Gu discovered him during the detoxification process, and the person behind the scenes really caused the poison in Ajin’s body to explode, it would be all over.

Song Jibai regretted asking the question as soon as he finished asking it, and he knew that he had asked a very stupid question. The person behind the scenes could make this kind of Gu, so he must be very good at controlling the poison.

"Do you have any doubts about anyone?" Song Jibai asked.

"Have."

"Oh, right." Song Jibai suddenly said, "I don't know what kind of poison is in Li Jieyu's body, but I can see that Li Jieyu was willing to be poisoned."

Lu Junze's eyes narrowed, and he said in a cold voice: "Then my guess about the person is almost right."

"Boom..."

Suddenly, there was a noise outside the door. Lu Junze walked quickly to open the door, and saw Gu Shijin standing outside in a daze.