Chapter 415.1: Layers of Dense Fog
“Someone come, head towards Kunyi Palace. You all come along too.” Le Cheng Emperor directly got up, stepping out of Ganlu Palace in large strides, aggressive and imposing, unlike going to visit the once again heavily ill Empress Sun, but further like preparing to go interrogate and stir up a storm in Kunyi Palace.
Jing Wan turned towards Li Hong Yuan, using her gaze to ask—–Are we going to go?
Li Hong Yuan slowly got up. They naturally needed to go. This matter, up until now, was still unclear. This kind of completely unexpected situation, how could Li Hong Yuan allow for it to exist? According to Le Cheng Emperor’s meaning, to go or not actually all didn’t matter.
Li Hong Yuan wanted to go, so Jing Wan naturally followed along, although there was nothing for her to do, not needing to say anything or do anything, just needing to be a perfect background board, and perhaps can even watch some play.
Jing Wan walked by Li Hong Yuan’s side, following behind Le Cheng Emperor. Behind them was Gong Jiu, Yu Zhong Qing, and Li Su Yan. Naturally no one said a word the whole way.
When having nothing to do, naturally it was either emptying one’s thoughts, or think of something trivial. Jing Wan’s current situation belonged to the latter. ——-Speaking of which, Shu Consort Qin getting poisoned, Le Cheng Emperor closely accompanied by her side; the Empress falling ill, Le Cheng Emperor immediately just went over. Only n.o.ble Consort Su alone, aside from calling two imperial physicians over, didn’t cause a single splash. If n.o.ble Consort Su were to learn of this situation, don’t know what kind of reaction she will have. One has to know, among these three, she was the one that was the most favored. Although Le Cheng Emperor going to Kunyi Palace had its reasons, but n.o.ble Consort Su didn’t know! Then looking again to Li Hong Yuan, going to Kunyi Palace, yet still not going to her place, even if feigning illness, it would all become real, and a minor illness would all become major. Le Cheng Emperor perhaps still had his reasons, but Li Hong Yuan completely didn’t. At least, in everyone’s eyes, there won’t be any. Think about it from her position, her husband and son were all like this, so if someone with weak endurance, with anger attacking the heart, vomiting blood and dying all wasn’t impossible. Of course, n.o.ble Consort Su’s endurance level won’t be that bad. ———However, standing from certain people’s perspective, naturally it was the more miserable she was, the better, even better if dead.
With Le Cheng Emperor’s arrival, the entire Kunyi Palace, aside from the Empress, as well as the people serving by her side that didn’t dare to leave, all came to receive him in fear and trepidation. Le Cheng Emperor didn’t pay them any attention, directly entering the inner hall. Aside from Gong Jiu, the others all halted. And for the people serving in the inner hall, it also wasn’t their first time seeing Gong Jiu. As such, seeing such an outer male that wasn’t an imperial physician come in, they didn’t reveal any abnormal expression either.
Le Cheng Emperor sat to the side, indicating for Gong Jiu to go forward and ‘treat’ the Empress. Gong Jiu naturally knew what he needed to diagnose for.
Gong Jiu first examined the pulse, and afterwards, inserted a few silver needles in certain places on the Empress. Because of not understanding medicine, the palace servants just thought he was treating the Empress. Gong Jiu very quickly came to a verdict, subtly nodding his head towards Le Cheng Emperor.
Le Cheng Emperor overflowed with anger, directly overturning the tea cup that was placed by his hand just now.
The palace servants got terribly frightened by Le Cheng Emperor’s sudden move, and at the same time, failed to understand the reason why, just kneeling onto the ground on instinct.
“Your Majesty, please quell your anger.” Gong Jiu said, not carrying any emotions.
Le Cheng Emperor calmed his emotions. He also knew, even if the Empress took the revive, this matter may not necessarily be related to her. Although towards the great majority of people in the world, he can just kill, lock up, or demote as he pleased, but evidently, there were still that portion of people, where he must bring out evidence, even if it’s forged evidence, in order to be able to convict them of a crime. On the Empress’s side, he didn’t really want to have her kicked down or killed. That’s why, he won’t forge evidence, but he still needed to have this whole matter investigated clearly.
“What did her Highness eat today? Her Highness’s phoenix body needed quiet recuperation to begin with. Originally, at most, in another half month, can greatly improve, and after a month, for the most part, can mostly recover, yet the body is now rapidly declining. Judging from this situation, nine times out of ten, it will affect the lifespan.” Gong Jiu calmly said as he applied the needles for the Empress.
Upon hearing this, the people serving her nearly lost their souls.
“What are you all still blankly staring for, still not quickly confessing? If the Empress meets with any mishaps, this emperor will certainly have you all sentenced to death!”
“Your Majesty, your Majesty, all of her Highness’s food, that is all taken care of with upmost care, not daring to have the slightest mistake. Her Highness really didn’t eat anything special.”
“If the meals don’t have any problems, then what about the medicine? Is there any changes with her Highness’s medicine?” Gong Jiu continued asking.
This question caused a few people’s complexion to change. It was obvious to see that there was a problem.
“Still not quickly saying——–” Le Cheng Emperor was greatly angered. A bunch of imperceptive b.a.s.t.a.r.ds.
“Your Majesty, her Highness felt that her energy was lacking, and not wanting to have any accidents occur during the banquet, she thus let the imperial physician prescribe a dose of strong medicine. That imperial physician is also the one that her Highness normally uses. He said that this medicine will let her Highness’s spirit improve a little, just might cause after effects and will probably delay her Highness’s recovery, but he didn’t say that it will shorten her Highness’s lifespan. ———That wretched man, that wretched man, how does he dare, how does he dare……………” That seemingly relatively old palace maid was both furious and angry, bitterly crying as she cursed.
Gong Jiu let them have the dregs of the Empress’s medicine brought out, and Le Cheng Emperor sent someone out, letting Li Su Yan go arrest the person.
And just that coincidentally, out of all the imperial physicians that had the qualifications to come and go from the palace in the entire Imperial Physicians Court, it was just that one that had prescribed the medicine for the Empress, that hadn’t been able to enter the palace because of a cold.
The people of the Black Clad Guards moved quickly, and believe, very soon, will have results.
After Gong Jiu temporarily stabilized the Empress’s condition, he had the dregs of the medicine separated out one by one. Among them, there was one where the amount was fairly obvious.
“This is the revive?” Le Cheng Emperor asked with a heavy voice.
“Replying to your Majesty, yes.” As he said this, he furrowed his brows, “The amount used is a bit too much. There’s at least five of the revive herb. Under normal circ.u.mstances, even if because of a special circ.u.mstance, insisting on taking the revive, three is already the max. The Empress’s current situation isn’t too optimistic. Might even……….”
Hearing Gong Jiu say this, the people by the Empress’s side were even closer to breaking down.
Just, in this way, the suspicion of the Empress being the mastermind behind the poisoning lessened quite a bit, but still can’t rule out a hundred percent. After all, it was possible that the Empress simply didn’t know the revive’s true effect. As such, the question came again, did this matter also have a third party? In fact, it was possible that it wasn’t the Empress’s people setting the poison, but rather a third party coming to kill two birds with one stone. Shu Consort Qin and the Empress both fell to it at the same time. Shu Consort Qin might just from here on lose her life, and the Empress also might continue weakening from taking too much revive, never to recover, all the way until her life ends.
Continuing in this direction, usually it was whoever benefited the most was just who the true culprit was.
Was it n.o.ble Consort Su? But n.o.ble Consort Su wasn’t stupid. When the Empress first collapsed from illness, she was all very nervous. When Kang Qinw.a.n.g restrained his behavior, she also similarly let her own son not act rashly, at least don’t rush to expand one’s power. During this period of time, the one that truly bounced around the most was actually just Gong Qinw.a.n.g.
That’s why, behind this matter, it was more likely for there to be a fourth person setting this stage, preparing to become the final fisherman?
However, when everyone all believe it’s impossible, it instead would become possible, using this to escape the blame? That’s why, n.o.ble Consort Su’s suspicions weren’t able to be washed away either.