Chapter 298 Tea Talk
Now, a new problem arises.
Someone knew that something was wrong with her, so did that person kill her directly or did he report to Duke Xue first and then get orders from him before taking action?
If it's the former, there's nothing to check.
If it was the latter, how did this person leave the palace to send the message to Duke Xue? And how did he receive a reply from Duke Xue?
After Rong Que ascended the throne, he replaced all the people guarding the palace gates with those from his Prince's Mansion.
These people are absolutely loyal, and it is absolutely impossible for a palace maid to leave the palace at will under their noses.
Since no palace servants can leave the palace at will, does that mean people from outside came in?
Rong Que had an idea, and immediately ordered Ming Lu, "Find out who Duke Xue or the Minister of Rites had contact with before and after the morning court session these days, and find out clearly!
In addition, all those working near the woman's residence should be carefully checked to avoid alerting the enemy."
Minglu took the order and executed it immediately.
Minglu left one step and Minghe came back the next.
"Your Majesty, there are a total of 23 masters in the Imperial Hospital Director's house. All of them have been sent to the Heavenly Prison. Our people are now guarding the Heavenly Prison."
After he finished speaking, Su Qingqing said, "Ask Wang Yu to send someone over."
After Su Qingqing gave the order, Minghe didn't even ask Rongque for advice. He just took the order and left.
In the imperial study, there were only the emperor, the empress and Doctor Sun left.
Continuing the previous topic, Doctor Sun thought carefully about the abnormalities of the past few days. He couldn't remember anything abnormal, but he remembered that the woman always sat facing southwest every time she was in a daze.
"At first, I thought she just happened to be sitting in that direction and started to daydream. Later, one time, I found that she was originally in a daze, and suddenly seemed to wake up. She immediately adjusted her direction and faced the southwest again."
Southwest direction?
What's in this direction?
"Does she know where she is?" Su Qingqing asked.
Doctor Sun shook his head. "When she is awake, she just doesn't scream or shout, isn't overly frightened, and can't chat normally. I once tried to use the name she cares about most to awaken her desire or emotion to chat, but it didn't work.
She would only repeat that name over and over again when she was out of control and crazy. When she was calm, the name seemed strange to her and did not arouse the slightest reaction.
Name: Queer.
The woman kept calling out Que'er, but she would only shout desperately and say some related words when she went crazy.
When she was sober, or not crazy, she had no reaction to this name?
Su Qingqing couldn't help but wonder, is it when she is crazy that she is sober or when she is calm that she is sober.
pity.
The person is no longer alive, so there is no chance to verify this.
"There is an imperial study to the southwest of where she lives." Rong Que said after a moment of silence.
Even if that direction was the imperial study and she was staring at the emperor in that direction, why did she have to adjust immediately when she realized she was not heading in that direction?
What would happen if we didn't head in that direction?
What was she thinking when she headed in that direction?
There are so many questions, but I can never find the answers.
All that can be investigated is to follow the clues to find the person who poisoned her and then track him down.
All that needed to be said had been said, and Doctor Sun was about to leave when the eunuch outside suddenly announced, "Your Majesty, Concubine Qi wants to see you."
Rong Que and Su Qingqing looked at each other immediately.
Why is she here?
It was not appropriate for Doctor Sun to be seen by Concubine Qi here, so Su Qingqing pointed to the inner room and asked him to hide there.
After Doctor Sun came in, Rong Que sat down behind the desk, and Su Qingqing also picked up a chair and sat down casually.
She had just been standing for a long time, feeling anxious and angry, and had not paid attention to any other feelings. Only when she sat down did she suddenly realize that her lower back felt a little sore, and something seemed to be pulling at her lower abdomen. It was a slight tingling feeling, not painful, but it made Su Qingqing feel a little uncomfortable.
She was a little scared. Could it be that she was overworked or too frightened and that this was a sign of miscarriage?
While Su Qingqing was lost in thought, the door of the imperial study was pushed open by a young eunuch and Concubine Qi came in from outside.
This time she was dressed in her old style, and her headdress was also styled according to her old style, not at all similar to Su Qingqing.
She took a few steps forward and bowed to greet him. Rong Que exempted her from kneeling and pointed to the chair next to her, "What's the matter?"
Concubine Qi did not sit down, but respectfully turned her body to the side to ensure that when she spoke, she was facing Rong Que and not completely avoiding Su Qingqing.
"I heard that something big happened in the palace. The person Your Majesty found in the cold palace before died. I felt a little uneasy, so I came here specially. If Your Majesty has anything to ask, and I happen to know something, I will definitely tell you everything I know."
Su Qingqing and Rong Que glanced at each other vaguely, and Rong Que handed the battlefield of wit and sharpness over to Su Qingqing.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to talk more with Concubine Qi, but Su Qingqing has fought in the north and south and encountered many spies of various levels. Su Qingqing is better at chatting with spies than him.
They are husband and wife.
Husband and wife are one , and what they consider in everything they do is maximizing the interests of both of them, rather than who wants to suppress whom.
Su Qingqing understood, took a sip of the teacup, and said with a smile: "In this case, you sit down to talk, and you stand. I feel embarrassed to ask, after all, you are of a different status."
Concubine Qi said she dared not, but she followed suit and sat down opposite Su Qingqing.
The distance between them widened, and Su Qingqing let out the breath she had been holding.
It wasn't that she was being overly suspicious. The moment Concubine Qi came in, she really smelled a faint scent. She couldn't tell what it was, but it made her uncomfortable.
If it were in the past, she wouldn't have thought too much about it, but now she is pregnant and the political situation is turbulent...
"How do you know something happened over there?" Su Qingqing asked bluntly.
Concubine Qi smiled calmly and said, "In reply to your Majesty, I have always known that the director of the Imperial Hospital is treating her. Because I know something about the blood sacrifice, I have been hoping that she can regain consciousness as soon as possible. I am also very curious about that matter."
She made no secret of her concern about the matter.
"I also secretly sent my maid to the Imperial Hospital Director to inquire about the news, but the Director of the Imperial Hospital is loyal to Your Majesty, and I didn't learn anything."
Su Qingqing raised her eyebrows. "Can I understand that what you said is to pave a way out for yourself? You know we are investigating people who have been close to that place during this period, so you came here in advance to get your people out."
Concubine Qi's face suddenly changed, and she looked aggrieved. She stood up and knelt down, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am wronged. Why would Your Majesty think of me like this? Is this how I am in Your Majesty's eyes?"
Minglu had just returned from work and was standing outside the imperial study. He heard .
Longjing tea before the rain is not as green as you.
He was just worrying that their dignified general and queen could not handle this kind of green tea, and was wondering whether he should go in, when he heard Su Qingqing say, "It's not that I miss you like this, it's really that the man left something before he died."
