Chapter 429 The Murderer

Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

Chapter 429 The Murderer

Zhu Qizhen still felt weak and drowsy after drinking licorice soup.

The Jinyiwei had arrived after hearing the news and controlled the owner of Shangshenjian. From those who bought vegetables to those who cooked food, including those who washed rice and washed vegetables, they were checking one by one.

The emperor was poisoned and almost died, which was something that had never happened in the Ming Dynasty in a century.

What is surprising is that except for Zhu Qizhen himself, no one else showed signs of poisoning.

Now that the prince is young, the King of Zhou, as the only royal family, was left in the palace by the Queen Mother and temporarily presided over the overall situation.

Yuan Bin's face was darker than carbon. He came to Zhu Qizhen's bed and saluted: "I will die!"

Zhu Qizhen smiled bitterly and said, "It's not your business...hehe..."

The King of Zhou hurriedly said, "The emperor is weak and should not work too much. It's better to rest first!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and slowly closed his eyes.

Yuan Bin wanted to ask a few more words, but saw the King of Zhou waved to him, then got up and came to the side hall.

"Your Highness!"

Yuan Bin understood and followed.

King Zhou took a deep breath and said, "Commander Yuan, have you ever investigated something abnormal?"

Yuan Bin frowned and shook his head, "I have investigated Shangshenjian to the sky. All the ingredients have been checked, and no problems have been found."

The King of Zhou also fell into deep thought and continued to ask: "What about other foods? What else did the emperor eat besides lunch?"

Yuan Bin sighed and said, "I really can't find any problem. Strangely, there are no signs of poisoning in the palace except the emperor. How should I explain this...?"

After hearing this, King Zhou pondered for a long time before saying, "Either the emperor ate some special things, or... it was someone who deliberately plotted to murder!"

"You mean... an assassin got involved in the palace?"

"I am just guessing..."

As the King of Zhou spoke, he looked inside and said, "It's just that the emperor is weak now, so it's not advisable to disturb him for the time being."

Yuan Bin frowned and felt very suspicious.

The assassin sneaks into the palace, this is not a joke!

After a long time, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, I will continue to follow this clue and say goodbye!"

Returning to Shangshen Supervisor, the captains have already controlled everyone.

The imperial physicians were also recruited and repeatedly inspected all ingredients and dishes, and even the bucket was not spared.

However, until dark, nothing was discovered.

Yuan Bin's face became increasingly ugly, almost turning the entire palace to the top, but where is the murderer?

The ingredients of each dish, the source and quality of each dish were repeatedly checked no less than three times.

Even the cooking process was not missed, and even the chefs in the imperial kitchen had to interrogate separately, whether the cooking time, heat, seasoning of each dish was properly done, etc.

As long as there is a conflict between the two people's answers, it can be used as a new breakthrough and continue to investigate.

But, he was disappointed again.

Everyone's answers were surprisingly consistent, and even the cooking details of the dishes were not bad.

In desperation, Yuan Bin simply instructed Shang Shanjian to do all the lunch today again.

After the dishes were served, he personally tasted all the dishes and waited to see if he had any adverse reactions.

However... there is no problem!

On the other side, Huai'en was not sleeping all night, and the entire Dongchang was dispatched to explore the palace, looking for all suspicious people or clues.

His luck is the same as the Jinyiwei, and he can't even find a clue!

Late at night, Kunning Palace.

Empress Dowager Sun's face was solemn, and her fingers kept tapping the armrest of the Taishi Chair, and the worry on her face was obvious.

The last time I was so worried was five years ago, the emperor personally led the army and was ambushed by the Oirat army.

Over the years, she has seen the ignorant child grow up step by step into a wise king in the area, and her sense of pride in her heart is increasing day by day.

Once upon a time, Emperor Taizong conquered the northern part of the Mo, conquered Annan, and went to the West, making unparalleled achievements.

Although the territory of the two emperors Renxuan did not expand, the people were able to recuperate and lay a solid foundation for the century-old foundation of future generations.

Now she saw with her own eyes that her son, the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had made contributions far beyond his ancestors, allowing the Han people to spread all over the world, and truly achieved the world. Is it the king's land!

However, the most dangerous hidden dangers are hidden around you.

The murderer must be found, otherwise the emperor will still be in danger.

She had arranged for people to search around the palace, but found no clues.

Empress Qian and Concubine Zhou stood on both sides of the empress dowager respectively, with both frowns and a serious expression.

Queen Mother Sun took a deep breath and said, "Today's affairs must have a result."

Queen Qian and Concubine Zhou nodded at the same time, waiting for her to continue talking.

"Have the palace maids around you ever checked?"

"Pretty maid?"

Queen Qian and Concubine Zhou looked at each other and showed confusion.

Queen Mother Sun continued: "Even the emperor's food can be poisoned, which shows that there are still big mistakes in the safety of the palace. It is not clear how the poison was sent in and who instructed it behind it. The Ai family has thought carefully that the palace maids in the inner palace are the easiest people to approach the emperor, and their identities, backgrounds, and whereabouts all need to be verified."

At this time, Huaien walked in from outside and bowed and said, "Qi Bao, the palace maids on duty today have been brought here."

As he spoke, he took out a list and handed it forward.

Queen Mother Sun said: "This is a list, you can take a look!"

Queen Qian took it and looked over one by one, while Concubine Zhou followed her and watched.

"Bing Qingyan, sixteen years old, was born in poverty, and has been in the palace for two years."

"Jiang Ruolan, 18 years old, has a good family background. She was sent to the palace by her parents last year."

"Zhang Yating, 20 years old, was sold to the palace for three years because of her family's difficulties."

The three of them were carefully checking the information of each palace maid, but they still found nothing suspicious.

Queen Mother Sun sighed and said, "Hui'en, I'll leave it to Ji next."

"yes!"

Huai'en ordered people to take these palace maids one by one for interrogation, and then take out the confessions and cross-proof.

He hoped to find out some clues in this way, but after a night of examination, he found no problems.

Everyone's confessions can be verified with others, that is, no one lies.

This is difficult to deal with...

This night, the entire Forbidden City people stayed asleep all night.

Everyone was looking for the murderer hidden in the palace, but they still found nothing.

In the early morning, Queen Qian personally cooked a bowl of hot porridge and ordered someone to take it to Zhu Qizhen.

Yuan Bin subconsciously stopped the person and prepared to taste it.

Just as he picked up the spoon, he was stunned!

"I'm humble and rude, please forgive me!"

Maybe he was dizzy when he investigated the case, so he actually stopped Queen Qian and wanted to check the bowl of porridge.

Queen Qian didn't know whether to be angry or sympathetic.

"Commander Yuan, please get up!"

Yuan Bin then stood up, lowered his head, and said, "I'm humble and incompetent. I checked all night but still couldn't find any problem..."

Queen Qian said: "I and the Queen Mother have also checked for a night, but no results have been found."

When Yuan Bin heard this, he felt even more disappointed. As the commander of the Jinyiwei, he actually saw the emperor being poisoned, but he could not find where the murderer was hidden.

I don’t even know how others poisoned them!

Queen Qian seemed to see his thoughts and comforted him: "Commander Yuan, don't be discouraged. The emperor's condition has stabilized. If you continue to investigate, you can always find the results!"

Yuan Bin didn't say anything else and quietly retreated aside.

What he can do now is to stay in front of Fengtian Palace, and no matter who wants to meet the emperor, he must carefully check it.

Never let this happen again!
To be continued...