After giving way to my husband's sweetheart

Sima Chao leaned on the railing and looked at the crowd outside who were being carefully interrogated, and said to himself: "I don't think these thieves are here at all."

Sima Chao was talking to Sima Rui when a guard hurried in from the outside and said urgently: "General, the Queen Mother has an emergency in the palace."

Sima Chao hurriedly asked, "What is the emergency? What's going on?"

The attendant reported the whole story, and Sima Chao murmured inwardly, "We really fell into the bandit's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

After finishing speaking, he took a group of guards in brocade clothes and hurried to the other garden, and ordered the attendants: "I have ordered you to seal the palace quickly, and don't let anyone go out."

When Sima Chao rushed to the palace with his men and horses, the gate of the palace had just been sealed off, and the person in charge of the palace came over and reported: "According to the general's order, the gate has been sealed."

Sima Chao got off his horse, casually tossed the reins to his attendants, and strided into the inner palace, asking the person in charge: "Is there any suspicious person new to the palace?"

The person in charge thought for a while and replied: "No one has been here." As soon as the words came out, he suddenly remembered something, and then said: "Here lives the Huang Dajian who once served the late emperor. When the late emperor was alive, he missed him." Well, I gave him a palace in the north of the palace to take care of him. Last month, Supervisor Huang celebrated his birthday, but he invited a few opera troupes and musicians from outside to celebrate his birthday."

Sima Chao paused when he heard that, then turned his head and asked, "Are these people still in the palace?"

The person in charge hurriedly replied: "Dajian Huang sent everyone out after his birthday." He added: "Besides, the palace of Huang Dajian is in the north, and there are independent courtyards over there. The main courtyard, the two are separated by a high wall, this side of the main courtyard is the residence of nobles, and people from other courtyards cannot enter."

Not waiting for Xu Xu, who was in charge, to finish speaking, Sima Chao ordered the deputy guard on the side: "Not only this royal villa, but also the independent palaces behind, everyone, please gather first and wait for interrogation, especially those few palaces. Those who come and go in the side hall must be closely guarded."

The deputy guard led away, and Sima Chao was led to the Empress Dowager's bedroom by the person in charge, where the imperial physician was treating her. The female official A Li saw Sima Chao, and rushed out to welcome him. Sima Chao asked, "How is the Empress Dowager?"

Ah Li replied: "The queen mother fainted from the pain, and the imperial doctor is doing her best to treat her." She wiped her tears as she spoke, "Look, it's not very good."

The new emperor has just ascended the throne, the Sima family has just assisted the government, and the forces of all parties have not yet been eradicated. The positions of the Guo family and the Sima family have not yet been fully secured, and the interests of both parties coexist. At this juncture, the Sima family certainly does not want Queen Mother Guo Anything goes wrong.

After hearing what A Li said, Sima Chao asked carefully, "Were you by my side when the Queen Mother had an accident? Did the Queen Mother really have a sudden illness?" Sima Chao stared at A Li, and said in a deep voice, "You have to calm down. , Tell me everything that happened just now, in detail."

Ah Li took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. She told the queen mother a nightmare and reprimanded the palace servants. Then she went in to accompany the queen mother and repeated to Sima Chao in detail, then said in a daze: "It's nothing." What's suspicious is that only the two palace servants said they heard something after the Queen Mother had a nightmare."

Sima Chao asked: "What sound is it, have you ever heard it?"

A Li replied: "I was keeping watch in the side room outside the palace and didn't hear anything. The two palace servants who were in the Queen Mother's bedroom said they didn't hear anything." He was not sure, "Or the Queen Mother Caused by tinnitus after a nightmare."

Sima Chao pondered for a while, and then said to the person in charge: "You go and find that Huang Dajian yourself, and I will ask him personally."

The officer in charge took the order to leave, Sima Chao waited in the hall for a long time, the officer in charge came back in a hurry, saw Sima Chao and replied in a panic: "General, that Supervisor Huang is dead."

Sima Chao was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked, "When did this happen?"

The person in charge replied: "I heard from the little eunuch who looked after him that he will be fine for a while. After dinner, he said he was tired and wanted to go to bed. Just now I went to his place and asked the little eunuch to call him. Little eunuch When I went in, I found that the person was dead, and his body was completely cold."

Sima Chao said decisively: "The Queen Mother's death must have nothing to do with this Huang Dajian." Then he ordered the deputy guard to say: "I will order everyone in the Huang Dajian's yard to be arrested and interrogated carefully."

The imperial doctor rescued her all night. Although the queen mother woke up slowly, she was already unconscious. Except for her eyeballs, which could move slightly, there was no movement in her body.

The imperial physicians preliminarily concluded that the Queen Mother was caused by poisoning, but what kind of poison was in it, because this poison is very rare, so the imperial physicians have not yet judged it.

In order to better treat the Queen Mother, Sima Chao ordered people to use a carriage to send the Queen Mother back to the imperial city. Shuangchi and the new emperor saw the Queen Mother who was still alive yesterday and it only took one day to go out to look like this. The two siblings cried. Die alive.

After hearing the news, Sima Zhengde rushed to the inner palace, met his son and asked, "Have you found any clues?"

Sima Chao replied: "The Huang Dajian who lives in the north side hall is suspected. Unfortunately, he died inexplicably last night. I have already ordered people to arrest all the people in his hall, and I haven't had time to interrogate them in detail."

Sima Zhengde nodded, and replied: "Now the court has not been decided, I only hope that the Queen Mother can survive."

After Sima Chao personally escorted the Queen Mother back to the palace, he returned to the palace without stopping.

The deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei, who was ordered to conduct an investigation here, came forward and reported the situation: "The people in the hall of Huang Dajian have been arrested. There are seven young eunuchs and six palace maids serving in total. A rough woman who came to do rough work, and three young girls who played and sang."

After hearing what the deputy envoy said, Sima Chao sneered, "What's the origin of this Chief Supervisor Huang? After stepping back, he can still have such a grandeur."

The deputy envoy replied: "This Huang Dajian was originally a person close to the late emperor. He had the merit of being a dragon. He was deeply favored by the late emperor at first, but he could no longer accompany him due to illness. The late emperor rewarded him with a palace in the palace for his retirement. .”

Sima Chao nodded and asked, "Have you found out? What's wrong with the death of Huang?"

The deputy envoy shook his head, and replied: "He had heart palpitations, and he also died from this disease, there is nothing strange about it."

"How?" Sima Chao frowned, wondering, "How can there be such a coincidence in the world."

After speaking, he got up and said, "Let's go, first go and see the people around Huang."