Chapter 54: Disfigured Palace Maid VS Cold-blooded Emperor 54
Eunuch Fu responded respectfully and quickly withdrew.
Then, he quickly took people to investigate.
"You were also frightened tonight, so don't stay here. Let Qingtan Qingyu take you back first."
Ye Beichen looked at Yu Yao and said worriedly .
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yu Yao naturally would not refuse. She greeted Ye Beichen respectfully and left the banquet with her hand in green sandalwood and sapphire.
On the way back.
"Anyone, is the person who harmed me tonight the queen?"
Although Yu Yao guessed that it was the queen, she still felt that someone else was involved.
When this happened, the queen's expression was too shocked and strange, as if she was surprised even by herself.
The system did not hide anything, "It was indeed the queen who did this, but the queen was tricked by Princess Duan, and the mother-loving look she was going to show was replaced by the deadly poison of mother-in-law."< br>
"Addicted to mother's beauty? What kind of medicine is that?"
Yu Yao had never heard of this medicine and asked.
“This medicine can cause the fetus to absorb nutrients from the mother’s body like crazy. The stronger the fetus is, the weaker the mother’s body will be. In the end, the pregnant woman will not have the strength to give birth to a child and die from dystocia.”
As soon as the system explained it, she understood.
The queen's original plan was to leave her mother and keep her son, but she accidentally made the knife in Princess Duan's hand.
At this moment, the Queen may hate Princess Duan to death.
The Queen did hate Princess Duan, but the matter had already happened, so she could only try her best to sweep it away so that no one would find out.
Yu Yao asked the system to tell her how the queen was drugged and how she interacted with Princess Duan.
Although the key clues have been cleared up by the Queen, it is difficult to find any more evidence.
But as long as Ye Beichen has doubts about the queen, the queen's life will not be easy.
If nothing else, at least Ye Beichen would not let the queen interfere in affairs again.
A queen without palace power is just a decoration, equivalent to a tiger with its teeth pulled out.
It will naturally be much easier to deal with him in the future.
In the days that followed, Yu Yao intentionally or unintentionally said some seemingly irrelevant words in front of Eunuch Fu, but every word of them impressed Eunuch Fu.
Eunuch Fu was reminded by Yu Yao and followed the clues all the way, and soon found the Queen.
But after checking here, the clues were lost. The little eunuch who administered the medicine was already dead.
He still died in the dry well of Leng Palace, and there was nothing suspicious left on his body.
It does not prove that the little eunuch is the queen's person.
Yu Yao had already expected that all she needed was for Ye Beichen to doubt the queen.
Later, she found someone to whisper on the road passing by Fugong Road that Ruonan had met in private with Princess Duan.
Eunuch Fu smelled something instantly.
I quickly followed this clue to investigate, and indeed found out that Ruonan left the palace a few months ago, then disguised himself and quietly went to Prince Duan's Mansion.
Ruonan is the queen's personal maid, and the person she trusts the most. If you go to Prince Duan's Mansion for something, you can do it openly.
He was sneaky and disguised. If he said it was nothing, no one would believe him.
But because no one saw specifically what Ruonan was going to Prince Duan’s Mansion for.
Although no one saw it.
But Ye Beichen ordered Ruonan to be taken to the Shenxing Department for interrogation, and asked the people below to pry Ruonan's mouth open.
Because he had doubts about the queen, Ye Beichen did not save face for the queen.
Instead, he ordered that all the maids and eunuchs in Fengyi Palace be arrested and sent to the Shenxing Department.
Then, torture.
Obviously, what the queen did has angered Ye Beichen.
Ruonan and the entire Fengyi Palace were arrested, and the queen panicked and was very scared.
Ruonan is her most important confidant and knows almost everything about her.
The queen was very afraid that Ruonan would not be able to withstand the torture of the Shenxing Division and would reveal what she had done before.
Fortunately, Ruonan's brother is still in her hands.
The queen quickly calmed down.
She secretly sent someone to sneak Ruonan's brother's jade pendant into the Sentence Department
The Sentence Division.
In a dark, gloomy, damp, and extremely bloody darkroom. Ruonan was tied to a pillar with iron chains. His whole body was already soaked with blood. The scars on his body were so deep that his bones were visible. It was very hideous and terrifying.
Obviously, he was tortured.
Although he was tortured, Ruonan's mouth was so stiff that he still said nothing.
She firmly believed that the empress would save her.
At this moment, a jade pendant suddenly flew in from the darkroom window and fell at her feet.
Seeing the jade pendant that suddenly appeared under her feet, Ruonan's originally calm eyes suddenly became excited.
“Ah ah brother, brother, queen, I didn’t say anything, I really didn’t say anything, please let my brother go!”
No one knows that Shen that night What happened to the Criminal Division?
It was just that the people on guard at the Shenxing Division discovered in the middle of the night that Ruonan was dead, and he had committed suicide by biting his tongue.
Although a jade pendant was left at the scene.
But it is just an extremely ordinary jade pendant, and it cannot prove who it belongs to.
With Ruonan dead, the clues are gone.
Other palace officials from Fengyi Palace who were imprisoned in the Shenxing Division did ask some questions, but most of them were unimportant things.
At most, Ye Beichen would have a worse impression of the queen, but it couldn't hurt her.
Because there was no conclusive evidence, Ye Beichen could not convict the queen.
Although he could not be convicted, Ye Beichen had already determined in his heart that the queen did it and also colluded with Princess Duan.
Although there is no evidence, he thinks so in his heart.
This matter has touched Ye Beichen's bottom line.
The remaining love between husband and wife for the Queen was gone.
That night, Ye Beichen went to Fengyi Palace and didn't know what the emperor and empress said.
On the second day, the queen fell ill and was imprisoned in Fengyi Palace, with no one allowed to visit.
Of course, even the palace power in his hand was handed over.
The queen was placed under house arrest, lost her palace rights, and was not allowed to be visited by anyone. It was basically the same as the deposed queen.
Although the emperor did not issue a decree to convict the queen, both the former dynasty and the harem believed that the person who laid the foundation for Concubine Yao was the queen.
You can tell just by looking at the emperor's recent series of actions.
After all, no one is a fool, everyone is very transparent.
The Queen falls.
The concubines and palace maids and eunuchs who had taken refuge with the queen stayed away one after another.
Afterwards, he started looking for a backer again.
And Yu Yao was the first choice of the concubines and palace maids and eunuchs.
Who gave her the highest status, the favor, and the fact that she was pregnant with the emperor's only child.
Everyone knew from one glance that Concubine Yao had a bright future.
Yu Yao didn't like forming cliques, so she didn't need to, so she asked Qingtan Qingyu to thank guests behind closed doors.
When the palace concubines and palace maids and eunuchs saw Concubine Yao closing the door to thank guests, they immediately understood what she meant and stopped disturbing her.
After Ye Beichen took back the palace power, he did not hand it over to any concubine, but to the Queen Mother.
Although the Queen Mother's leg injury has not fully recovered, it is no longer serious.
Just take a general look, and the people below will handle other matters.
The Queen Mother did not refuse, and happily accepted it.
After all, the Queen Mother is also a person who loves power.
Concubine Wan, who originally assisted the queen in handling affairs, wisely handed over the palace power assigned to her to the queen mother.
The Queen Mother felt that Concubine Wan was very aware of current affairs, and she was a little more satisfied with her.
I was rewarded with many good things by Concubine Wan, and she was sent back.
Concubine Mei was poisoned and is still lying half-dead. Naturally, she cannot continue to share the palace affairs.
The palace power originally assigned to her was also taken back by the Queen Mother.
For a time, all palace power was in the hands of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother's majesty became more and more prosperous.
(End of this chapter)