The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"No need!"

Fei Wan held Xiangyi's hand and gave her a quick reassuring look.

Xiangyi understood and immediately realized that her queen was fine, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But I have to keep pretending.

"Your Majesty, you can't ignore your own health. Although investigating the matter is important, you must also take care of your safety. I will call the imperial physician for you right away!"

"No, ask this tree stump why he wanted to kill me, who ordered him to do it, and whether it has anything to do with the Sakura selection. Ask him..."

Fei Wan coughed, holding on to the table to stand, her face flushed from holding it in.

But he looked like he didn't care about himself at all and was only focused on investigating the case.

After the palace servants from the Palace Administration Office controlled Shudun, they began to interrogate him on the spot.

The stump's face was pressed against the ground, twisted and hideous, with its eyes slanted upwards, staring at Fei Wan.

He grinned and said, "You should have died long ago!"

"Still not behaving!" The eunuch from the Palace Administration Office stepped on him.

The stump groaned, gasped, and continued to grin.

"Zhao Guipin, do you want to know who wants to kill you?"

Fei Wan coughed and said hoarsely, "As long as you tell the truth, I will protect you from death."

"Hahaha!" Tree Stump laughed. "How can you guarantee that I won't die? Are you bigger than her?"

He suddenly raised his head with all his might and shouted towards the ceiling of the hall, "I'd rather die than tell the truth. Remember, keep your promise! Otherwise, I'll turn into a ghost and come after you!"

He laughed loudly, and then suddenly he stopped making any sound.

He stared blankly ahead, not moving for a long time.

The eunuch who was controlling him changed his expression, suddenly realized something, and hurriedly checked his breath.

"died……"

The whole hall exclaimed in surprise.

The eunuchs loosened their hands, and Shudun's body fell limply to the ground, his head drooping to the side, and a breath came out of his throat, like a turbid sigh.

His eyes were not closed, but remained open in a dead position.

One of the concubines was frightened and cried. She covered her face with her sleeves and dared not look directly at him.

The eunuch in charge of Changle Palace wanted to go forward to check, but was stopped by people from the Palace Administration Office.

Jin Shou, the kitchen steward, hurried over to check and found a small pit between the teeth of the tree stump with some unmelted poison particles inside.

"Your Highnesses, this man hid poison in his teeth and committed suicide by taking it!"

Several timid concubines screamed in fear.

Linglong shouted, "Hurry up and take him away! Don't scare the ladies!"

The people from Changle Palace rushed forward and tried to carry away the body from the tree stump, which had not yet cooled down.

There were few people in the Palace Administration Office, and they were unable to stop him for a while.

"Wait!"

There was a shout outside the palace, and Zhishu came in quickly, holding the hand of a maid, accompanied by Concubine Shun from the same palace.

What was surprising was that Cao Bin was following behind her.

"Concubine Ying, why are you here?" Concubine Xian looked at Zhishu.

"Hello, Consort Xian." Zhishu bowed, her face cold. "I heard that the person who was plotting to harm me was found here, so I immediately reported it to His Majesty. His Majesty sent Cao Bin to follow me and see what happened."

The virtuous concubine looked at Cao Bin and asked, "What does your majesty say?"

"Your Majesty asked me to come and listen to the trial and report the progress at any time." Cao Bin said respectfully.

Hearing? Report on progress?

The virtuous concubine was extremely unhappy and her heartbeat accelerated.

Your Majesty doesn't trust her, Your Majesty, you actually don't trust her!

"What is there to investigate? Someone has simply set a trap to frame me. I am one of the Four Consorts and have the power to manage the harem. I would only protect Consort Ying and the heir, so how could I possibly harm her? Even if the servants of Changle Palace are suspected, that has nothing to do with me. I want to see who is behind this, trying to harm Consort Ying and the heir, and bring me down at the same time!"

At this point, Concubine Xian finally took it seriously.

After seeing the dead body and Cao Bin, she was no longer a leisurely spectator, but was determined to get to the bottom of the matter.

"Has that servant called Four been brought back?"

"Your Majesty, not yet..."

"Alright, one is dead, the other one ran away, so I can have no evidence to prove it?"

The virtuous concubine sneered and personally ordered the kitchen steward Jin Shou to bring up the other person who delivered the medicine powder.

The one who put the powder in Zhishu's food was the tree stump. He took the powder and hid it in the stove, waiting for an opportunity to put it in. This is the downstream of the chain.

The original source of the powder has been traced back to Zhang Xiaosi of Changle Palace, who has since escaped. This is further up the chain.

The middle one was Zhang Xiaosi's cousin Zhang Xiaoliu, who put the medicine in the toilet in the first half of the night.

He had been tortured by Jin Shou, and his bones were soft, so he confessed everything clearly.

At this time, he was taken to Changle Palace. He was so scared that he wet his pants in court and repeated his previous confession.

No matter how big or small the matter is, it is clearer than before.

But it’s no use understanding it because he doesn’t know any key points.

The virtuous concubine ordered: "Take him away and interrogate him severely. If he doesn't know, beat him until he knows."

"Your Majesty, I really don't know anything. I was ordered by my cousin. Please spare my life, Your Majesty. I didn't know that this medicine was meant to harm Consort Ying. My cousin said that someone in the kitchen needed the medicine for pleasure and couldn't let anyone know, so he passed it in the toilet. I am innocent..."

When Zhang Xiaoliu was dragged away, he kept shouting.

"Hasn't he shut up yet?"

Cao Bin, who had been watching from the sidelines, frowned and signaled the palace eunuch to drag Zhang Xiaoliu away.

Can the filthiness of the palace pollute the ears of the ladies?

Zhang Xiaoliu was quickly gagged and dragged away.

I just waited for a long time and didn't get any useful information.

"Your Highnesses, this servant is almost ready. If he is tortured any further, I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it." The person in charge of the interrogation from the Palace Justice Department came over to reply.

The virtuous concubine said calmly: "If he can't hold on, let him die."

At this time, not only the people found by Jin Shou, but also the entire kitchen had been interrogated and searched by the Palace Administration under the supervision of Concubine Xian.

But nothing wrong was found.

The escaped servant Zhang Xiaosi from Changle Palace disappeared without a trace, and no one knew where he had hidden.

In the end, nothing was gained.

It was already dark.

The virtuous concubine's expression became increasingly gloomy.

When Cao Bin was about to send someone to report the progress to the emperor again, Fei Wan stopped him.

"Eunuch Cao, since there's been no progress on this matter, please don't disturb His Majesty from discussing military and national affairs. It's getting late, and the Concubine Xian and everyone else have been up all day, so they're all tired. It's best to disperse now and investigate further later. Even the passing of geese leaves traces. Those bad guys have done evil things, so there will always be clues to follow. One day, the truth will surely come to light."

Cao Bin naturally agreed.

Xian Fei raised her phoenix eyes and said pointedly, "Zhao Guipin, you brought people to this palace, but in the end you didn't find out anything and just dispersed like this. Are you willing to accept this?"

Fei Wan had already put away her tough aura when Cao Bin and Zhishu arrived.

At this time, she bowed her head and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I have brought people to you because I believe this matter has absolutely nothing to do with you. I came here to investigate the truth with you. Although our investigation has suffered setbacks today, I believe that as long as we work together, the person who secretly harmed Sister Ying will not escape pursuit."

The virtuous concubine looked at Fei Wan.

After a moment, he smiled.

"Sister Zhao, it seems that I was not wrong about you."

"Thank you for your trust, ma'am."

The two of them met eyes and smiled.

But it’s not that simple as what each of us thinks in our hearts.

When undercurrents surged in Changle Palace.

In Chen Qian Hall, the atmosphere was relaxed.

After finishing his discussion on military secrets with his courtiers, the emperor leaned back on the couch and rested with his eyes half closed.

Several court musicians who had just been summoned to the corners of the palace were playing beautiful tunes for the emperor to enjoy.

When the song ended, the emperor opened his eyes slightly and said "OK".

A pipa player stood up, bowed, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise. If Your Majesty thinks it is good, I wonder what reward you will give us?"

The emperor listened to the clear and delicate voice, which did not sound like that of a man, and the abrupt words, so he focused his attention and looked over carefully.