SFS Chapter 488 Thorough Investigation
Chapter 488 Thorough Investigation
"Your Majesty, you are unwilling to eat the lunch from this concubine, Fengming Palace, but are willing to eat the food brought by a sinner?"
Queen Yan suddenly changed her gentle demeanor and no longer looked attentive and flattering.
Instead, it became cold.
He Shuangying stood beside the emperor and felt happy when she saw the contemptuous look from Queen Yan.
What’s the matter, Queen, can’t you pretend anymore?
You are clearly an arrogant and domineering person, not even taking my aunt, the Queen Mother, seriously. Ever since you were crowned Queen, you have always acted gentle and considerate, bewitching the emperor.
Finally, there comes a time when you can’t stand it anymore!
You can't pretend anymore, and your good days are about to end.
He Shuangying met Empress Yan's gaze without fear, but spoke timidly, "Empress, why are you blaming His Majesty... It's you who's showing off here and causing His Majesty's displeasure. What does this have to do with me, or with lunch?"
The emperor rebuked her again: "Don't talk nonsense!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I spoke out of turn, and I know I was wrong."
He Shuangying immediately bowed and admitted her mistake with a wronged look.
The weakness and pity are used to contrast with the noble demeanor of Empress Yan.
Queen Yan took a deep breath and softened her tone again, but her expression was still a little indifferent.
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry with me. Your Majesty's health is more important. Please come to the side hall to eat. The food here is more exquisite than the food in the kitchen. Would you mind if I could serve you? This He has been deposed and has an awkward position in the palace. It is unreasonable to ask her to serve you."
The four words "not awkward, not awkward" made the emperor raise his brows slightly.
It was he who deposed He, but did not allow her to enter the Yanyun Palace or return to the Xinzheku.
If He's status is embarrassing, it was also caused by him.
Who is Queen Yan implying?
The emperor smiled faintly: "Isn't the Queen waiting for the results of the investigation into the cold palace? You are the Queen appointed by me, and I will wait with you."
He did not go to the side hall to eat, but directly signaled He Shuangying to serve him there.
The concubines in the palace all felt the obvious atmosphere between the emperor and the empress, and became quite restless.
In this strange atmosphere, the emperor drank two sips of soup brought to him by He Shuangying's bare hands, ate two mouthfuls of vegetables, and ate half a rice cake.
"Your Majesty, try this again."
Every movement of He Shuangying was extremely graceful and gentle, and she served with full concentration.
The more focused she was, the more embarrassed the concubines and Queen Yan became.
Queen Yan did not sit down again and stood there.
The concubines were on pins and needles.
Even the most carefree Concubine De didn't dare to speak carelessly.
The atmosphere in Fengming Palace was strange and depressing.
The emperor slowly ate his lunch in this atmosphere, and then suddenly, slowly, he fell onto the golden phoenix-wing chair covered with bright yellow cushions.
"Hey, Your Majesty, why did you fall asleep while eating? Are you so sleepy? Were you reviewing memorials until very late last night..."
He Shuangying held the bowl of soup and muttered with concern.
Cao Bin, who was standing next to her, was stunned for a moment, then quickly rushed over and pushed her away with his arm.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
Cao Bin's panicked call surprised all the concubines in the hall.
Everyone stood up and gathered around in surprise.
The emperor lay limply on the large phoenix chair, and no matter how Cao Bin called or touched him, he did not respond.
Cao Bin felt his breath with fear and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Call the imperial physician! Go get the imperial physician! His Majesty is unconscious!"
Sharp shouts spread out layer by layer.
Before long, everyone in the palace knew that the emperor had eaten the lunch presented by He Shuangying and suddenly fainted and lost consciousness.
Led by the Minister of Literature of the Imperial Medical Service, a group of medical officers hurried over, each of them sweating profusely.
The concubines who were not present also rushed to Fengming Palace from all over.
Even Concubine Heqing, who was recuperating in seclusion and rarely showed up in public, rushed over after hearing the news.
The emperor was carried into the inner hall and treated carefully by the imperial doctors.
The concubines were waiting in the outer hall, crowded together and feeling uneasy.
"What's going on? There are so many people?"
Fei Wan, who was "resting" in the back hall, walked over at this time, looking confused and asked in a slow voice.
When she learned that the emperor had fainted, she immediately swayed, held her forehead, and almost fainted as well.
"What on earth is going on? Why did His Majesty faint for no reason?"
She was very anxious, and Queen Yan was also anxious.
She came over to support her and gently consoled her, "Don't worry, sister. You're not feeling well either. You must not injure your liver or cause a fire. It was He who gave His Majesty something inappropriate to eat. I've already sent her to the Palace Administration Department. The imperial physician said His Majesty will wake up soon. Sister, please sit down and rest first."
"He, it's her again?!"
Fei Wan couldn't help but look shocked.
After a long pause, he pondered and said, "Last time I gave the princess the clothes, I implicated her, but she denied it. I also thought she was just being used by the embroiderer by chance. But this time... was it she who personally sent something inappropriate to His Majesty? Could it be..."
Someone among the concubines spoke up.
"How can the descendant of a traitor be anything good? She must be resentful of the court for executing her family and for letting her enter the Xinzheku, so she deliberately seduced the emperor and approached His Majesty in an attempt to assassinate him!"
"Yes, yes, she must be seeking revenge. Otherwise, why didn't she harm other people in the palace, but only His Majesty, the Queen, and the Princess?"
"Yes, she wants to destroy the emperor and empress, and destroy the royal bloodline!"
"Investigate her thoroughly! Perhaps she, along with the He family, participated in treason and was instructed by the enemy to murder His Majesty!"
The concubines started talking about it and everyone was very excited.
He Shuangying was already unpopular, and many people were waiting to see her end. Now that she had actually overthrown the emperor, who could possibly forgive her?
You know, if anything happens to the emperor, everyone present will become yesterday’s news.
There are only a few people in the palace who can be given the titles of Grand Concubine and Grand Imperial Concubine. Most of the rest have to go to the narrow Helingyuan for recuperation. Some may even go to Huangtai Temple to live out their lives in loneliness.
So for most people, no matter how bad the emperor is, it is better to be alive!
Someone suggested to Queen Yan that He Shuangying be tortured to find out the truth, to prevent her from being a spy and causing disaster in the future like the previous queen mother.
"Without His Majesty's order, the He family must not be moved. However, my sisters are right. A thorough investigation of spies in the palace is urgent. If He is not a spy, then someone else must have acted against His Majesty. And if He is a spy, her accomplices in the palace must be eliminated!"
At Queen Yan's order, the palace began a large-scale investigation into spies.
When the emperor first fell into a coma, all the palace gates were blocked and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will.
At this point, the process of catching the turtle in the jar began.
Hard work pays off.
The emperor was still asleep, but within an hour or so, clear clues were uncovered. One after another, suspected spies were sent to the Palace Administration for custody and interrogation.
Fei Wan and Queen Yan looked at each other silently.
Fei Wan thought: I have been investigating secretly for a long time, and today, I am finally going to close the net.
These clues of spies that quickly surfaced were all arranged by her in advance, waiting for people to discover them.
Empress Yan thought to herself, "This time, I've killed three birds with one stone. First, His Majesty's health has worsened, so he won't need to summon his concubines for the near future. Second, I've dealt with He Shuangying again, which will vent my anger. Third, I've taken this opportunity to eliminate the spies in the palace. Excellent!"
It was worth it that I secretly took the trouble to send someone to put medicine in the imperial meal, and then He Shi fed it into the mouth of our dear Majesty!
On this day, such a commotion broke out in the palace, and everyone was nervous.
Yu Shuren, whose "whereabouts are unknown", was temporarily forgotten.
Yu Tingjin followed her biological mother in a bumpy carriage and quickly left the capital.
It was sunset when we finally settled down in an inn in a small town a hundred miles away.
Close the doors and go to bed early, ready to get up early and continue your journey.
"Mother, you must take me far away and save me alive. Mother, save me!"
She hugged tightly her widowed aunt, whom she had looked down upon before and who was now her biological mother.
"Good boy, you are my only child, I will definitely save you!"
The mother and daughter slept in each other's arms.
While they were sleeping, they didn't know someone came into the house, put the two of them in sacks and carried them away.
The next morning, when they woke up from their sleep, they found that they had seen a ghost.
How come I'm back in the capital overnight!