Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

Ning'an Palace.

As soon as Jiang Yueyang walked into the Queen's bedroom, she smelled a strong medicinal fragrance.

A coughing sound was heard in the room, and Emperor Yuan led her directly into the inner room. The Empress was leaning on the bed drinking medicine.

When he saw Emperor Yuan coming, he subconsciously stood up and saluted.

Emperor Yuan quickly walked over and said, "Queen, there's no need to be so polite. Just drink your medicine."

The Empress pursed her lips and smiled. Just as she was about to ask why Jiang Yueyang was here, Emperor Yuan spoke first, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to see Jiang Yueyang? Seeing that her injury was almost healed, I summoned her to the palace."

The Queen and Emperor Yuan had been married for so many years that even if Emperor Yuan farted, she knew what he would do next.

This time, Jiang Yueyang was summoned to the palace without her knowledge. She must have wanted to use Jiang Yueyang's inner thoughts to find out whether her illness was just a simple illness or due to some other reasons.

Jiang Yueyang stepped forward and saluted, "This humble official greets Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty be in good health."

"Without courtesy, I will give you a seat."

As the Queen's voice fell, the maid of Ning'an Palace immediately brought a small round stool and placed it beside the Queen's bed.

Jiang Yueyang thanked her and sat down. The Queen then asked with concern, "Are your injuries still serious? Do you need to summon the imperial physician to take a look?"

"Thank you for your concern, my injury has improved a lot."

The Queen looked at her lovingly, "What a well-behaved and sensible child. You must have been scared at that time, right?"

"Yes. I thought I was doomed, but fortunately, a kind-hearted person came to my rescue."

"Oh, right." Emperor Yuan suddenly spoke up. "A few days ago, Minister Jiang asked me for two guards to protect you. I was too busy to arrange them at the time. You should take them back with you when you leave the palace later."

[Little Gua, His Majesty is not going to give me two more secret guards, is he?]

System: [What are you afraid of? They won't harm you, and they can protect your safety.]

[But I always feel that they are monitoring me for Your Majesty.]

Emperor Yuan: I...don’t have any.

Emperor Yuan asked sternly, "Why? You don't want it?"

"I don't dare."

"Look at you! Don't worry, since I've given them to you, I won't tell them to do anything. I'm not kidding!"

"Then their monthly salary..."

"Give it to me! Do you still expect me to give it to you? You are the granddaughter of the richest man in Daxia, why are you so stingy?"

Jiang Yueyang turned her head away awkwardly, avoiding Emperor Yuan's gaze.

At this moment, the Queen started to cough violently. She opened her handkerchief and saw that she was coughing up blood.

Emperor Yuan immediately shouted, "Come, summon the imperial physician."

Jiang Yueyang frowned as she looked at the Empress who was already lying on the bed being pressed down by Emperor Yuan. [Little melon, what's wrong with the Empress? Why is it so serious?]

【She is not sick, she is poisoned.】

When Emperor Yuan and the Empress heard the word "poisoning", their faces changed, but they were not too surprised.

Because both of them felt that the queen's illness was a little strange.

Although the Queen is weak, her condition is far from being as bad as it is now.

Jiang Yueyang was shocked to hear that the Empress was poisoned. [What? Who is so bold as to poison the Empress?]

【What do you think? 】

Jiang Yueyang thought for a moment, [Lan, Imperial Concubine Lan?]

【bingo. 】

Where did she get the poison? And how did she poison the Empress without being discovered?

The system said: [Marquis Jing'an sent the poison into the palace. Concubine Lan wore the poison on herself, so it would not be discovered.]

The ladies in the harem had to pay their respects to the Empress every day, and Concubine Lan took this opportunity to poison her.

[You mean the poison is something like spice?]

[Yes, and the poison is not detected. Judging from the Queen's condition, if she doesn't take the antidote within three days, she will surely die!]

[No.] Jiang Yueyang was anxious. [Didn't Your Highness the Crown Prince find the secret letter on top of the library?]

System: [Found it, but they seem to want to play the long game and catch a bigger fish.]

[Hehe.] Jiang Yueyang sneered, [Your Majesty, you big idiot! Now you're done, huh? You didn't catch the big fish, but instead you cost the Empress her life!]

Emperor Yuan: “…”

Emperor Yuan is now very regretful. The poison should be the one buried in the cold palace.

After An Yi sneaked out of Concubine Lan's palace, he also asked the imperial physician to test for poison, and the result was that there was no poison.

Later, An Yi reported that Concubine Lan put those things in a sachet and wore them with her, so he thought...

He was the one who harmed the queen!

Yilandu, you deserve to die!

The system asked: [Host, are you going to stand by and watch? ]

[The Queen is such a good person, I don't want her to die.]

So what are you going to do?

Jiang Yueyang was silent for a moment, then turned to Emperor Yuan and said seriously, "Your Majesty, the blood the Empress vomited is black. It's obvious that she was poisoned!"

Emperor Yuan glanced at the bright red blood on the handkerchief and followed up on her words, "The blood color seems a little abnormal. I also think it's poisoning, otherwise the Empress wouldn't have suddenly become so seriously ill."

[Great! His Majesty is color blind! I was just worried he would question me.]

system:【……】

Emperor Yuan: “…”

"So, Your Majesty, quickly interrogate everyone who has had recent contact with the Empress. It would be best if you search their palaces. Perhaps you can find the antidote!"

"Alright. I understand. Please leave the palace first. This kind of scene is not suitable for a child like you to watch."

Jiang Yueyang was speechless when she heard this, but she still obeyed the order and left the palace, taking two "guards" with her.

The system said that they were An Qi and An Jiu among the emperor's many secret guards, so Jiang Yueyang simply called An Qi Qingming and An Jiu Guyu.

At night, outside Mingyue Villa in Fengqi City.

Bai Yan secretly sneaked into Mingyue Villa with two followers.

After he came out of Linglong Pavilion today, he immediately took his men to Mingyue Villa in Fengqi City.

From his observation, he found that the guards at Mingyue Villa were not very strict. There were only two people who looked like guards guarding outside a room, two gatekeepers, a cook and two maids.

So, they just need to deal with those two guards.

Bai Yan winked at his two followers, and one of them grabbed a stone and threw it into the bushes in the distance.

The two guards heard the noise and shouted, "Who's there?"

When no one responded, they drew their swords and inched towards the bushes where the sound came from.

And then nothing happened. They were knocked unconscious by the two followers brought by Bai Yan.

Bai Yan entered the room and saw that there was no one inside, so he immediately began to look for the mechanism.

After a while of groping, I finally found the mechanism on the wall.

After he pressed the mechanism, a hole opened in the ground and a staircase led directly to the underground.

Bai Yan took the lead and went down with a fire starter in his hand. It took him about half a quarter of an hour to reach the end.

Then he saw a pool of water below, with a stone platform in the middle of the pool. On the platform was a huge golden birdcage, with a woman locked inside.

He was too familiar with that woman's face...

"mother……"