Chapter 323 Son
When Jixiang washed up and went to serve Su Qingqing, Rongque had already helped Su Qingqing get up and washed up, and the two were sitting opposite each other eating breakfast.
Jixiang stood by and bowed, then reported what Minghe had just mentioned.
Su Qingqing and Rong Que looked at each other, and Rong Que sneered, "I didn't expect her to be so impatient?"
Su Qingqing said, "She must have been planning to do something at the Hundred Flowers Festival, but we disrupted her plan. Now that the Hundred Flowers Festival is just around the corner, how could she not be anxious? If she wasn't anxious, she wouldn't have let Imperial Physician Liu cause trouble ."
Rong Que followed up, "The white jade cup of Imperial Physician Liu has already revealed the result. The white jade cup has been boiled with arsenic countless times. Not to mention that a silver needle will turn black if blood is poured into it, even if rainwater is put into it, the silver needle will turn black. In the entire Imperial Hospital, only Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Wu La use such white jade cups, and the other person is Zhen Ze from Tongji Pharmacy.
When Imperial Physician Liu made this small white jade cup, he was planning for the poisoning incident."
Su Qingqing chewed the crystal steamed dumplings in her mouth. "At that time, I wanted to test Liu Yuyi, so I called him from the Imperial Hospital. But if I didn't have the intention to test him at all, and I didn't call him from the Imperial Hospital, then what's the point of him preparing this white jade cup?"
Rong Que said, "This means that the other party knows that we are investigating the location of the residences of Duke Xue and the Minister of Rites, and also knows that we have found the owners of the escort agency and Tongji Pharmacy."
Su Qingqing nodded.
The people they sent out might have been followed by the other party without their knowledge.
Fortunately, now they have discovered each other's tracking, but the other party seems to have not discovered their discovery.
Twisting her fingers, Su Qingqing put down her chopsticks and said to Jixiang, "Since she is so anxious, let her worry for two more days. You don't have to go to her now and pretend to be anxious to seek medical treatment. You can go to Qingquan Temple in Zhending today."
He Chao went there once yesterday, and Jixiang went there again today. If someone follows Jixiang, the other party will definitely list Qingquan Temple as a key observation point.
Su Qingqing didn't believe that the other party had enough people to track her.
"You don't have to go to Concubine Qi before the Hundred Flowers Festival. Go after the Hundred Flowers Festival."
Jixiang took the order and executed it immediately.
As soon as she left, Su Qingqing said to Rong Que, "I didn't expect that Xiao Rui caught such a tough guy. It shows that this palace maid has a high status in the other camp."
Rong Que said, "Don't worry, I will go to the trial myself today."
Su Qingqing said, "No need. Let's hold her back first. She and Concubine Qi are on the same page. Now that Concubine Qi is imprisoned and she is arrested, we can prepare for the Hundred Flowers Festival and see what kind of trouble will happen at the festival. We can also spread the news that she has confessed and that it was Concubine Qi who asked her to pass on the message. We have already dealt with Concubine Qi in secret."
Rong Que was stunned. "Is this dose a bit too strong? What if Duke Xue comes to forcefully..."
Su Qingqing followed up, "The best military strategy is to use both real and fake tactics. If Duke Xue comes in a tough way, that would be great. We can't find any evidence against him, so it would be great if he could offer us something on his own initiative."
Rong Que believed in Su Qingqing's judgment. Although he felt it was a bit rash, he did not object.
After breakfast, Rong Que went to the imperial study to review memorials and continue discussing matters, while Su Qingqing asked Xiao Rui to release the rumors she had made up bit by bit.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the day before the Hundred Flowers Festival.
Because of the "poison" on his arm, Jixiang went out to find a famous doctor to treat his illness. He was not in the palace. Xiaorui was with Su Qingqing.
When she was in Zhao State before, Xiao Rui served Su Qingqing only by helping Jixiang to move boxes and tidy up the house, and she had never attended a banquet with Su Qingqing.
"Can you please be quiet for a while? You're shaking my eyes so hard that they hurt me. You're almost breaking my legs. Look, you've made two holes in the ground!"
Xiao Rui kept wandering around the place, and Aunt Xu made her dizzy.
Xiao Rui said pitifully to Madam Xu: "Madam, I'm nervous. I know there will be dangers at tomorrow's banquet. I'm afraid I can't handle it. I don't have Sister Jixiang's kung fu."
Madam Xu rolled her eyes at her and said, "The queen doesn't need your protection, just be smart and follow her."
Xiao Rui clapped her hands, "That's the problem. How clever does one have to be? Madam, I'm so scared. What if I'm not careful or don't notice it, and the queen gets hurt?"
Aunt Xu was also unsure, but not as anxious as Xiao Rui.
"Was the last investiture ceremony dangerous? There were snakes, dogs, and eagles, but what happened? The snakes were roasted by our master, the eagles were shot by our master, and the dogs were taken to the military camp to be military dogs.
Don't worry, our master will turn danger into safety, you just need to follow him patiently.
Your role is not to protect the master, but to highlight the absence of Jixiang, understand?"
Xiao Rui: ...
I understand, but I feel that what Madam said is so hurtful.
Here, Xiao Rui was fidgeting.
Over there, Su Qingqing and Rong Que were about to rest when a little palace maid reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Madam, there is news from the Imperial Study that Lord He has entered the palace."
Rong Que was stunned, took off half of his clothes and put them back on, "Why is He Chao here at this time?"
These days, He Chao's task is to walk away those who are following him.
He Chao and Ji Xiang led people around in circles, and they went into every nook and cranny in the mountains and forests. However, these two had good acting skills, and those who were following them thought that several of these places were secret bases, so they sent people to wait nearby.
Why did you enter the palace at this time?
Rong Que put on his clothes and said to Su Qingqing, "I'll go take a look. Don't get up. Go to bed early. You'll be busy tomorrow."
Su Qingqing couldn't sleep at all. "I'll go over too. If I don't go over, I'll always feel uneasy and I won't be able to sleep."
Rong Que knew Su Qingqing's personality, so he didn't say much. Just for the sake of pretending, he asked Su Qingqing to change into the clothes of an ordinary eunuch and led him back to the imperial study.
As soon as the two of them entered the door of the imperial study, Minglu tacitly stood guard outside the imperial study.
"What happened?"
He Chao didn't bother to greet him, his eyes sparkled, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, guess what news I got!"
Su Qingqing: ...
This leaves me to guess.
"Do you know the identities of those who followed you?" Rong Que poured a cup of tea for Su Qingqing and placed it in front of her, then asked He Chao.
He Chao shook his head.
"I have found Duke Xue's son!"
Rong Que was stunned. "Duke Xue's son ? Isn't he at the manor?"
He Chao rubbed his hands together, his eyes full of excitement, "That's not his real son, it's just a trick. Your Majesty, who do you think his real son is?"
You will never guess!
