After the replacement of the delicate imperial concubine, my emperor will never come to court again

Chapter 410 Ling Ji is a spy

Ren Yuhuan didn't want to let it go at this point, so he took the initiative to bring it up.

Shen Yanzhi nodded and said, "That's right, my spirit is so strong that I forget it as soon as I say it."

"Who do you think is better to send?"

Ren Yuhuan smiled and said, "Nowadays, many people in the harem rely on Concubine Qi. Why not invite a neutral person?"

"Xianfei?"

Ren Yuhuan shook his head.

"Why let Concubine Xian come out and oppose the Queen Mother? It will not benefit her, and Concubine Xian may not agree."

"Does your majesty remember Ling Ji?"

Shen Yanzhi shook his head.

Ren Yuhuan smiled and said, "This is why I mentioned her."

Ling Ji received Shen Yanzhi's order and accepted the imperial edict with trepidation. She asked Xiao Wu, "Excuse me, eunuch, His Majesty has not come to my palace for many years. I am afraid that he has forgotten me. Why is he ordering me to investigate now?"

Xiao Wu smiled and said, "Your Majesty has filtered it. His Majesty naturally remembers the concubines in the palace. The reason why he chose Your Majesty is because you are neutral and fair in your work."

After hearing this, Ling Ji gave Xiao Wu an ingot of silver and ordered someone to deliver it safely.

Ren Yuhuan was serving soup to Shen Yanzhi in the palace when she heard Xiao Wu pass on a message: "Your Majesty, Empress Ling Ji just went to visit Empress Qi."

Ren Yuhuan heard this and asked calmly, "Did you go alone, or with everyone else?"

"She went alone. The other concubines had already gone there."

Ren Yuhuan smiled and said nothing.

Shen Yanzhi looked at Ren Yuhuan's smile and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Ren Yuhuan smiled and said, "I am just laughing. Madam Ling Ji is really amazing. She directly told us who spread the rumor without offending Concubine Qi."

After hearing this, Shen Yanzhi thought for half a day but still couldn't remember who Ling Ji was.

"Let her report back. I want to see this person."

Ren Yuhuan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to do this. We will have a chance to meet later. If you call her here right away, you will give her a chance not to investigate."

Shen Yanzhi thought it made sense, so he didn't mention it again.

Ling Ji returned to the palace and waited anxiously.

Ruoye, the trusted maidservant beside her, asked, "Why is the queen so uneasy?"

Ling Ji looked gloomy, and said quietly: "There are so many people in the harem, but you chose me. Now that I have taken the initiative to meet Concubine Qi, there is no reason to choose me. Why don't you come to investigate?"

Ruoye thought for a moment and said, "Since the queen has gone to see Concubine Qi and told her about the investigation, we should just wait for Concubine Qi to take action."

Ling Ji nodded, still looking a little worried.

"Is Shen Yanzhi really seriously ill?"

Ruoye nodded: "Our people sneaked into the Imperial Medical Bureau, read the prescription, checked the medicine, but couldn't sneak into the Yikun Palace. But I heard that the Queen Mother didn't doubt it after seeing it, maybe she is really sick."

Ling Ji thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty's preference for Ren Yuhuan is real. If he had pretended to be sick, he wouldn't have been in such a mess in Yikun Palace today."

Ruoye nodded and looked around: "Should we pass this information on?"

Ling Ji's expression was sharp and she made a decisive decision: "Send it!"

As they were talking, they didn't realize that there was someone squatting outside the window who could hear their conversation clearly.

Late at night, the man entered Yiku Palace from the back door and reported Ling Ji's words to Zanhua.

Zanhua came to wait outside the hall, ready to pass on the news, but she didn't expect to see Nanny Wang go out and go around the backyard.

Zanhua was hesitating whether to follow, but when she saw Ren's mother coming out, she followed her.

How is this going?

Zijuan also went out and followed behind. Zanhua was relieved and went in to report.

Ren Yuhuan was shocked when he heard this.

Pass the message out?
"Keep an eye on them and make sure to see who they pass it to!"

Zanhua shook her head: "They said they were going to use carrier pigeons, which are impossible to track."

"There are no carrier pigeons in the harem. Could it be that they raised them on their own?"

Zanhua nodded.

Ren Yuhuan thought for a moment and said, "No, the Queen Mother didn't find any clues when she searched the palace last time. I guess they still use the palace's carrier pigeons and send people to keep an eye on them!"

Seeing that Ren Yuhuan was extremely serious, Zanhua did not dare to slack off and personally ordered someone to handle it.

Just as Ren Yuhuan said, they were found outside the pigeon coop of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A palace maid approached quietly and seemed to have a good relationship with a palace servant in the pigeon coop. After the two of them were together for a while, the palace servant stuffed the bamboo tube containing the letter into the pigeon's feet and released the pigeon.

After the palace servant released the carrier pigeon, he forcibly pulled the palace maid's hand and led her into the house.

The candle was blown out.

Ren Yuhuan's men immediately shot down the pigeon with a slingshot and took the letter.

Zanhua immediately delivered the letter to Ren Yuhuan.

"The dragon lies down, and the queen is complete."

Ren Yuhuan didn't see the signature, so he ordered, "Send someone to follow the pigeon and make sure to find where the pigeon landed!"

Zanhua immediately gave the order.

When it was too light, the palace maids who went out to purchase goods released the carrier pigeon, and immediately several people rode fast horses to chase the pigeon.

On the tall bell tower, the person in charge of beating the drum held up a sign to direct the direction.

Soon, the carrier pigeon landed in a pigeon house in the market.

The waiter brought the pigeon back, looked at it, took the mailbox off the pigeon's foot and pressed it on another pigeon's leg, then released the pigeon again.

The pigeon took off again, and Ren Yuhuan's men started tracking it again.

This time it finally landed in an old house on the outskirts of the city.

After determining the location, everyone immediately dispersed, changed their clothes, and hid around.

After five days of guarding, he recorded the few people who came in and out.

One of the men in charge of guarding was drinking spicy soup while staring sharply at a man who dismounted from his horse and entered the courtyard.

"Hey, Wei Cheng, it's been five days and we haven't figured out anything yet. Let's go back and report to the higher-ups and let them investigate!"

Another bearded man who was in charge of guarding said.

Wei Cheng spat out the pepper shells and pointed at the big brown-red horse with a round butt: "That's a horse from the Western Regions, mostly used as a war horse."

The bearded man's eyes widened when he heard this.

Wei Cheng threw down a few copper coins and stood up, saying, "It's time to report back!"

Ren Yuhuan was shocked when he heard the information about the investigation.

Both Shen Yanzhi and Doctor Xie mentioned that the sudden rise of Da'an was probably due to someone lurking in Daliang, passing on information, and using the news from Daliang and the Western Regions to seize the opportunity to rise.

At the beginning, Imperial Physician Xie concluded that the traitor must be in the harem.

No one believed him at that time, not even Ren Yuhuan.

It doesn't have to be the concubines. All the concubines entering the palace have to go through several levels of screening and investigation. Unless they come in as a marriage alliance, foreigners cannot enter.

Ren Yuhuan sighed at this moment that Doctor Xie had locked on the direction so early. If he had followed his instructions and investigated, he would have gotten the result long ago.

But who could have imagined that Ling Ji would be a spy?
However, whether it is Daan still needs to be confirmed.