Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 263 Promotion (Part [-])
When Wu Chen said that, he stared at the Queen Mother's expression. The Queen Mother's eyes flickered for a moment, and then she pursed her lips unnaturally. Wu Chen continued:

"It's strange to say that in this palace, except for the ghosts who died because of the queen mother, no other ghosts can stay. Why did they stay? I'm afraid it has something to do with the food in the palace of the queen mother. This is just my inference. No, I hope the Queen Mother will point it out. I think so. Not everyone can eat the exclusive food of the Queen Mother, but it must look very delicious. There is an old saying that the more beautiful the flower, the more poisonous it is, uh, metaphorically Not quite right!"

Wu Chen thought about it again and said:

"Let's not make analogies. My inference is that if someone steals food, he will find an excuse to kill him, and some of them are given food by the Queen Mother himself, right? The three in Concubine Su's Palace are stealing food. If they have not been killed by the stick Will he die soon? At that time, Concubine Su will not be able to explain it."

The Empress Dowager stared at Wu Chen with pity, her eyes full of inquiry.

Wu Chen also said:

"Your Majesty ordered me to clean up the evil spirits in the palace. I would go to the Royal Garden without even knowing about it, but the Queen Mother soon found out. Just now I asked the Queen Mother, why is there no one serving? The Queen Mother said that she doesn't like people to be close, Since this is the case, how can the Empress Dowager have confidantes and nuns running around for the Empress Dowager? How can there be eyeliners around Her Majesty and everywhere in the palace? Although there are not many, there are still some."

The queen mother looked outside the hall, and muttered again: "It's all gone, it's all gone this time."

"The Queen Mother's confidants... must be going to do something? The Queen Mother has her hair loose, and there is no one to comb it, so she announced that I, a foreign minister, will have an audience at night. It can be seen that I am still very anxious. Why are you so anxious? Isn't it The Empress Dowager also heard something about her ministers? It's a pity that I am a scumbag, and the Empress Dowager has nothing to do with me. Just seeing that there are not many people around the Empress Dowager, one can know that both the former Emperor and the current Majesty have taken precautions against the Empress Dowager. Take precautions, I guess tonight, at least the confidante will not be able to come back."

The queen mother glanced at Wu Chen, snorted and said, "It's just a few slaves, what's the use of arresting them?"

Wu Chen nodded and said, "That's right. In this case, is there anyone around you who can use you?"

The Empress Dowager's eyes suddenly lit up, she leaned forward and said, "You can enter the palace to accompany me!"

With a wave of Wu Chen's hand, a force slammed on the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother let out a scream, and then covered her chest in disbelief and asked, "You, you dare to hit me?"

Wu Chen chuckled and said, "I didn't use much force. I saw that the Queen Mother was behaving strangely. I was worried that something unclean would get on her body, so I gave it a try. Is the Queen Mother okay?"

At this time, the Empress Dowager's eyes showed panic, and there was no previous disdain.

At this moment, there was a noise coming from outside, Wu Chen could hear it clearly, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty still misses the Queen Mother."

Li Heng entered the hall with his hands behind his back. The Queen Mother shrank her neck and looked away.

Li Heng glanced at Wu Chen, turned to the Queen Mother and said, "The Queen Mother will rest early."

After Li Heng finished speaking, he turned around and left, Wu Chen followed behind.

……

Back in Wende Hall, Li Hengping retreated from everyone, then turned around and glared at Wu Chen and asked, "I told you not to disturb the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, but you still want to go, do you really think I can't kill you?"

"The empress dowager ordered someone to declare that my six-grade sesame organ can violate the empress dowager's order?"

"If you don't want to go, who can invite you?"

Wu Chen chuckled and said, "I must know why all the ghosts in the palace died because of the Queen Mother, right? How could it be such a coincidence?"

Li Heng was stunned.

Wu Chen sighed and said:
"Your Majesty, don't just beat and kill at every turn. Not to mention hurting the relationship between you and my ministers, it will also affect my investigation. I am timid. If Your Majesty threatens me so much, I will shy away when I do business..."

"What do you mean by saying that all the ghosts in the palace died because of the Queen Mother?"

"I asked the ghosts I saw to find all the ghosts in the palace, and I asked Gao Er and Xu Da to prepare records to see what kind of grievances they had. I didn't know until I asked, except for the three who died in Suzhou. The others in the Concubine’s Palace all died in the Compassionate Ning Palace, but the time span is different, and the three people in the Concubine Su’s Palace also died because of the Empress Dowager.”

Wu Chen introduced the cause of death of the three people, and said:
"...What a solemn place is the imperial palace? How can there be no useful treasures for the palace? It stands to reason that unless there are extremely resentful ghosts, other ghosts can't stay, but these in the Empress Dowager's Palace can stay, and they are the only ones. Stay."

Li Heng took a deep breath and asked, "Did you send the ghosts away?"

"Send it away, maybe I won't be able to send it off later."

"what for?"

"The queen mother knows me, and she also knows that your majesty asked me to clean up the palace tonight, and none of the queen mother's confidantes are here..."

"Concubine Su is dead. I ordered the imperial physician to see her, and he said that she was... frightened to death." Li Heng walked to the armchair behind the desk and sat down, and said expressionlessly.

Wu Chen didn't answer. He didn't expect Concubine Su to be scared to death, but he didn't understand. Since Li Heng had suspected the Queen Mother long ago, he must also suspect Concubine Su. Why didn't he interrogate her earlier?

"The five-color jade in the inner warehouse is gone, and the eunuchs who were in charge of guarding and counting the warehouse are all dead."

Wu Chen raised his eyebrows. The officials didn't want him to interfere with the Empress Dowager's affairs. To clean up the palace tonight is really to clean up the palace.

"Someone will take you to the house that was rewarded to you tomorrow. Starting from tomorrow, first check the internal treasury. The investigation department will be under your supervision temporarily, but Chen Zhong is still responsible for some errands. You don't need to follow orders with him. Before leaving the palace, Liu Jinzhong I will give you a pair of badges, you have to keep them well, and you can come to the palace to meet me at any time if you find out anything, and you can’t tell anyone before you meet me, who do you need..."

"Except for Senior Two and Xu Da, I want Song Gusong to be punished."

"It's all up to you, but I want to know the result as soon as possible. The inner treasury of the palace does not allow others to get involved!"

Wu Chen bowed to accept the order, and then asked: "Then Prince Cheng..."

"So you have to find out the main culprit of the theft of the internal treasury as soon as possible, so that you can investigate Li Yi."

"Su Chang and Yuan Tianshi and the others..."

"You can take the time to interrogate, but the most important thing is to find out the theft of the internal treasury first."

Wu Chen frowned and asked, "Then, I'm the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division now? It's not that I want an official position, it's easier to investigate cases, otherwise, I would have to go to the palace to ask for orders every day..."

Li Heng waved his hands impatiently and said, "There will be a decree tomorrow."

Wu Chen smiled and was about to retreat, walked to the entrance of the main hall, turned around suddenly and said, "Your Majesty can't think about killing donkeys, there is no harm in keeping someone like me."

Li Heng waved his hand, and Wu Chen left the hall.

……

Wu Chen never expected that Yu Shi'an and Song Gu were waiting at the gate of the palace.

(End of this chapter)