Empress with no Virtue Chapter 6: Trial case

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On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Fei received highly poisonous mooncakes and almost died. When the emperor learned about it, he was furious and scolded the queen in Luhua Palace. He pointed out that the unrest in the harem was due to the queen's negligence and ordered her to investigate the case within three days.

This is the hottest news inside and outside the palace today.

Ye Xiu Ming naturally knew about this matter immediately. He faced all kinds of probing eyes when he went to court in the morning, and was scolded by his wife when he returned home. Many people know that Ye Ge is always afraid of his wife. He has never married a concubine in his life, even though he only has one son, Ye Kangle, who is Ye Zhenzhen's father.

"It's all because you didn't listen to the advice! We Zhenzhen are straight-tempered. If we enter the palace, we will be plotted to death by those vicious women!" Mrs. Ye was very angry.

Ye Xiu Ming defended in a low voice, "Zhen Zhen is the queen, who dares to plot against her."

"So what about the queen, I can't even come back to see my grandma. My poor granddaughter..." She actually wiped away her tears as she spoke.

"I am doing this for the Ye family's good. If Fang Xiuqing's daughter becomes the queen, the Ye family will be in danger...Okay, madam, please stop crying. Zhen Zhen will be fine. I, Ye Xiu Ming, Granddaughter, you won’t be able to deal with even this little thing.”

Mrs. Ye was crying and scolded Ye Xiu Ming again. Ye Xiu Ming did not dare to reply, so he had to respond honestly.

Ye Kangle heard the conversation of his parents indoors outside the door, shook his head and sighed, and finally did not go in. For the sake of his daughter's life, he didn't agree with the marriage, and he already had a satisfactory son-in-law candidate, but his father was too stubborn and he couldn't disobey him.

What has happened is irreversible. I just hope that Zhen Zhen can be careful in everything in the palace and not do as she does at home, so that she can stay safe for the rest of her life.

***

In Kunning Palace, Ye Zhenzhen was staring at a plate of mooncakes in a daze.

The outer skin of the mooncake is as white and crystal-like, and the filling inside is made of shrimp. Because Li Fei likes to eat seafood, Ji Wu Jiu ordered the Imperial Kitchen to develop crystal shrimp mooncakes specially for Li Fei. However, the taste was too unique and the other concubines didn’t like it. Ji Wu Jiu didn’t like it either, so he ordered the Imperial Kitchen to make it. The room is only made for Concubine Li alone every year.

The problem was this single crystal shrimp mooncake. When Li Fei picked up the moon cake last night, on a whim, she broke open the moon cake, took out the shrimp inside and fed it to the black cat in her arms. Unexpectedly, the black cat died after eating it.

After careful inspection by the imperial doctor, something called Xiangfeizi was added to the fillings of the mooncakes. This fragrant concubine is extracted from some wild fruits in the south. When you smell it carefully, it has a light sour taste, which is not very attractive, but it tastes like a special aroma, hence its name. Xiangfeizi can be used as a cooking seasoning and medicine, but it cannot be eaten together with shrimps and crabs, otherwise it will cause symptoms of poisoning, which may be life-threatening in severe cases.

Ye Zhenzhen had already ordered everyone who made the mooncakes that day to be detained for interrogation. The imperial kitchen was also searched carefully, but Concubine Xiang was not found. Because this kind of thing is a specialty of the south, the output is very small, and northerners are not used to eating it, so they did not purchase it for the palace. There are some in Taiyuan Hospital, but according to the records of medicinal materials released in recent days, no palace has used Xiang Fei Zi.

Then, the last way is to bring it into the palace secretly from outside, which is a bit difficult to handle.

Ye Zhenzhen used coercion and inducement, scaring the imperial chefs so much that they almost peed their pants. They didn't ask anything. Everyone claimed that they were following the usual practice in previous years and didn't notice anything was wrong. Ye Zhenzhen didn't have the heart to give in, and besides, even if she gave in, Ji Wu Jiu wasn't that easy to fool. He obviously deliberately gave her small shoes this time, and I'm afraid she will never be without such small shoes in the future.

That is to say, whenever something happened in the harem, she would have to be pulled out and scolded, and then she would have to clean up the mess, otherwise Ji Wu Jiu would be deprived of the throne on the charge of "the harem is restless and cannot bear the post" After her account was banned, she had no place to cry.

This move is really cruel and despicable.

Well, although he can't do it now, he won't be sure in the future...

So Ye Zhenzhen still hoped that she would not leave too many clues in Ji Wu Jiu's hands, especially such an obvious one.

So now Ye Zhenzhen started staring at the plate of mooncakes again, hoping to see some mystery.

Another tricky thing about this case is that the range of suspects is too large... Li Fei has been in the palace for many years. Through her unremitting efforts day after day and year after year, she has made many enemies. She can It’s definitely a miracle that I’ve gotten to where I am today. Therefore, even an inconspicuous little **** in the palace may have this motive for committing the crime, let alone the high-ranking concubines such as the virtuous concubine and the concubine who were ridiculed by her face to face. Even the emperor couldn't completely escape the suspicion. If he ate this thing, he would just be poisoned and might not really die. If he wanted to take the opportunity to beat Concubine Li and stumble the queen, it would be possible. There is also Li Fei herself. She is not dead. It is entirely possible that she put on a show to gain attention and sympathy and frame the blame on someone she hates.

Ye Zhenzhen was going crazy thinking about it, which **** bastard caused me such a big trouble? If I catch you, I will cut you into pieces with a thousand knives!

***

At lunch the next day, when Ji Wu Jiu learned that Ye Zhen Zhen had not even eaten properly because the case had not progressed, his appetite increased and he ate an extra bowl of rice than usual.

After lunch, he strolled to Kunning Palace and reminded Ye Zhenzhen in a friendly way that she still had one day.

Ye Zhenzhen looked at him expressionlessly, "If I can't find out, what are you going to do with me?"

Ji Wu Jiu smiled and said, "You are my queen, how can I deal with you."

Only a ghost can believe it!

"I will just keep an account for you. By the way, Queen, you have already committed the crime of deceiving the emperor twice."

"When was the second time?"

"Poison moon cake."

"Isn't it the deadline yet? How do you know I won't be able to find out?"

"I'm referring to the poisonous moon cake you made."

"..."

***

The third day came quickly. Regarding the crystal shrimp poison mooncake, Ye Zhenzhen still had no idea. Just kidding, she was in the harem and not in the Dali Temple, so how could she possibly try a case, let alone a case like this with an infinite range of suspects and no clues at all!

After lunch, Ye Zhenzhen had already put on an attitude of not being afraid of boiling water. She was just keeping accounts. Anyway, he didn't save enough for the time being. She held a plate of snacks and chewed them as if to vent her anger. She had no image of the Lord of the Sixth Palace.

Su Feng suddenly ran in in a hurry, "Mother, Ding Daxiang of our Kunning Palace committed suicide!"

Ye Zhenzhen was stunned and had no time to swallow what was in her mouth. She puffed her cheeks and asked vaguely, "Which Ding Daxiang?"

"It's the little **** who is sweeping outside the palace gate... Madam, please don't think about it now, go and have a look. Sister Suyue thinks something is fishy, ​​so she is guarding there, and the things and corpses in the house are not allowed to be touched. ."

So Yue is indeed a hero! Ye Zhenzhen immediately felt admiration. For a girl to be able to think of something strange when facing a dead person and take the initiative to guard it, it really takes a bit of courage.

Ye Zhenzhen and Sufeng soon arrived at the side hall of Kunning Palace, where all the eunuchs of Kunning Palace lived. Ding Daxiang lived in a room with another eunuch. This **** was originally on duty today, but suddenly came back for unknown reasons, and then found that Ding Daxiang had committed suicide by hanging from a beam. Suyue asked him why he came back, but he hesitated and couldn't explain clearly.

Ye Zhenzhen asked: "You probably want to hide away and come back to take a nap, right?"

The **** hurriedly kowtowed, "Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life, I will never dare to do it again!"

...It turns out to be just like this! Su Yue wiped her sweat and thought that lazy people understand lazy people best.

Ye Zhenzhen ignored him and walked to the body. The corpse had been put down and was lying on the ground, with protruding eyeballs and a long tongue hanging out, which was very frightening.

"Mother, I found this on him." Su Yue quietly handed a small paper bag to Ye Zhen Zhen.

Ye Zhenzhen took it but did not open it. She put it under her nose and smelled it. There was a sour and astringent smell. She narrowed her eyes, "Isn't this Concubine Xiang?"

Many pictures suddenly flashed through my mind, as if several plays were finally connected into one, forming a complete story. Ye Zhenzhen's eyes widened and she shouted: "Not good!"

"Mother, what's wrong?"

"Su Yue, stay here and see what else you can find out; Su Feng, take all the eunuchs from Kunning Palace to the Yangxin Palace. Except for those around the emperor, anyone who comes near the Yangxin Palace will be knocked unconscious. Bring it back. Quick!"

Su Feng took the order and ran out in a hurry. Ye Zhenzhen kicked the **** who was kneeling on the ground, "You go too, hurry up, everyone goes!"

The little **** also ran out.

Ye Zhenzhen thought about it for a while, but still felt uneasy, so she simply picked up her skirt and ran out in person. Su Yue was so anxious that she jumped up and down, but couldn't walk away, so she had to shout at their backs: "Su Feng! Look at me, empress! Stop bumping into each other!"

As soon as Sufeng received these words, she saw a red shadow flying past in front of her, and the cloth fluttering in the wind swept her cheek, leaving a fragrant breeze. When she came to her senses, Ye Zhenzhen was already far ahead of her and still running wildly.

"Empress!" Su Feng gathered the eunuchs from Kunning Palace as quickly as possible and risked his life to catch up.

On this day, many people in the palace saw the Queen in a fiery red dress running wildly as if she was being hunted. Even though these maids and eunuchs had been in the palace for a long time, they had never seen such a battle before. Each one of them was so frightened that their faces turned pale. They didn't know what was going on. They were afraid that it would be blamed on them, so they had to kneel on the ground and remain motionless. After finally seeing the Queen off, Su Feng led a group of eunuchs to catch up with them, shouting and killing. Their posture was like that of a gangster on a street fight.

Everyone is confused. People are curious, and so are palace maids and eunuchs. Therefore, those palace maids and eunuchs who had less urgent matters at hand and were more courageous mingled with Su Feng's team and started running after him. Su Feng was leading the way and did not notice anything strange behind him. However, the young eunuchs in Kunning Palace were still confused for a moment. They only knew to follow them to arrest people and did not care about anyone following them.

Therefore, the team from Kunning Palace to Yangxin Palace grew four or five times in size, which shows how free the people in the harem are.