Donggong Zhangjiao

After a night of interrogation, after Pei Yao went to court, he was still told by Hong Zheng that nothing was found.

The source of this poison seems to be hidden in a place where no one will find it. No matter how you ask or check, you can't find any clues.

But since someone poisoned him, there must be something wrong.

Recalling the fifth prince's illness, Pei Yao found that the child would always feel unwell after going to school for a period of time, but he was not affected during the time he stayed in Fengxuan Palace to recuperate. In this case, he would check the school again.

It’s just the desks, chairs, benches and books in the school. What could be wrong?

Guo Yuan checked it again and found nothing wrong.

Pei Yao was also upset, so he got up and went to Fengxuan Palace to see the fifth prince again.

At that time, the queen had woken up from a coma. When Pei Yao came, she was crying silently. On the table next to her were all the homework the fifth prince had written since he went to school.

The fifth prince is indeed very diligent and smart, no worse than the fourth prince. Such a young child is very dedicated to learning. From the beginning of his enlightenment, he has never stopped holding a pen every day.

After school, the first thing I did when I came back was to complete the homework assigned by the master. That is to say, I took a break from school during the period of recuperation and really rested for a while.

At this moment, Pei Yao looked at the thick pile of paper in front of the queen, and his heart was moved. He picked up a pile and looked through it.

But as he looked at it, Pei Yao's face looked strange, as if he had discovered something.

But he was not sure, so he took out one of the piles and compared them again and again.

At this time, the queen also noticed Pei Yao's unusual behavior and couldn't help but ask.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

"Take a look at what Xu'er wrote during this period. Is there anything wrong with it?"

Pei Yao spread out the paper in his hand and asked the queen to compare it.

The queen looked at it and shook her head, "I don't see anything unusual, but the handwriting is getting better and better. What did the emperor find?"

"No, there's something wrong with this ink mark." Pei Yao frowned, his eyes sharp, "I remember that the ink used by Xu'er was the Hui ink I gave him. Hui ink has the ability to lick the pen but not glue. It lasts for a long time, is strong and shiny, and falls brightly. The paper is like lacquer and does not smudge when it is inserted into the paper. You can see that starting from these pieces of paper, although his handwriting is better, there seems to be a problem with the ink."

Queen Suri's concern is all about her son's calligraphy progress and the quality of his schoolwork. In these matters, the Four Treasures of the Study are the best. Who would care about these things.

However, as Pei Yao said this, the queen took a closer look and found something wrong.

Especially when the fifth prince went to school again after a month of training, the changes in the ink marks on the pieces of paper he wrote during this period were much more obvious than before. Seeing this, the queen couldn't react, so she immediately shouted loudly.

"Minsi, go and get the Four Treasures of the Fifth Prince's Study. Go quickly!"

In the past, when I checked the things around the fifth prince, they were all daily necessities and food. Who would have thought that the things used for studying would be tampered with.

The fragrance of Hui ink is rich, and the color is even richer. It cannot be seen if it is mixed with something. The fifth prince uses it every day and smells it every day. How can he stand it?

If this happens for a long time, wouldn't it be poisonous to the hair, skin, and body?

Minsi didn't dare to delay any longer and quickly found the fifth prince's belongings.

At this time, Hong Zheng also went to invite Guo Yuanfang over under Pei Yao's instructions.

After Judge Guo carefully inspected these items, he immediately took the inkstone over.

"Your Majesty, the Queen, there is a problem with this. The inkstone has been soaked with poison for a long time. When grinding the ink, it naturally penetrated into the ink. The fifth prince uses this inkstone every day and comes into contact with the poison every day, so he will naturally become infected. superior!"

As soon as she said this, the queen took the inkstone over. Naturally, she saw no problem.

Although this inkstone is a good thing, it is not a problem to make it exactly the same. After all, when every emperor in the palace starts studying, Pei Yao will give his children a set of these four treasures of the study as an encouragement.

From the eldest prince to the fifth prince. And after these things are brought to school, they are not always put away.

During the lunch break at noon, the children spent their time in the school, eating and taking a nap in the special rest room. Naturally, these things were still placed on the desks, waiting to be used in the afternoon. The servants who were always there to help with the brushes Just wash it off.

So if you want to replace the fifth prince's inkstone, there is a chance.

"Check, check for me, who has tampered with these things!"

Pei Yao was furious and immediately asked Hong Zheng to go to the school to investigate.

This investigation really gave me some clues.

In the tenth month of the previous year, a eunuch and a palace maid left the palace. The eunuch contracted a contagious disease and did not want to die in the palace, so he took out his savings, bribed the person in charge, and let him go. Just pretend that he is dead.

Another palace maid happened to be twenty-five years old and left the palace.

With just two people like that, it was natural to investigate.

But I didn't expect that when I checked the information left in the palace, no one was there.

The people next door to the eunuch said that a few days after he came back, others found out that he was sick, and they all rejected him, so he moved away. I don’t know where he went.

The palace maid said that after she came out, she followed her parents back to her hometown, but no one knew where their hometown was, only that it was in the south.

As a result, the clues outside the palace were cut off.

If we can't find direct witness now, we can only investigate indirectly.

When these two people were still in the palace, they continued to investigate who they had contact with and who they had a good relationship with.

But I didn’t expect that it would be difficult to check.

Both the eunuch and the palace maid were very withdrawn and had no friends in the palace.

Originally, things in the school were very easy, just sweeping the floor, wiping the tables, and trimming the green plants in the yard every day. In addition, when the princes and princesses came to class, they all took care of themselves and did not need anyone else, so there was no need for others in the school. There are not many palace servants on duty.

There weren't many people, and there weren't many things to do. After finishing work every day, people who liked the excitement gathered together, and those who didn't liked the excitement went to rest by themselves, but no one paid much attention.

But the more difficult it was to investigate, the angrier Pei Yao felt.

Who is it, hiding so deeply?

The fifth prince's health is not getting better, but there are other children in the palace.

If you keep such a cancer in the palace and attack other children in the future, it will affect more people.

As long as it was done, there would definitely be clues. The portraits of the eunuch and the maid were taken from outside the palace and sent people to investigate.

In the palace, Pei Yao also had suspicions in his mind.

He had arranged for someone to investigate in secret.

Not only Pei Yao, the queen also hated the person behind her.

Nowadays, everyone looks like a murderer to her, whether it is Fang Yun or Concubine Wan, or even Concubine Jin and Concubine Song, as long as she has a son, she is not at ease.

It was also at this time that the queen decided to muddy the waters in the harem.

This is what happens when people are irrational because of resentment. If I don't have a good time, then no one else should have a good time.

So not long after, the news that Concubine Wan had been assassinated and that she could not have children broke out in the harem.