After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 394 The Last Face

The empress dowager deliberately made her words sound extremely serious. The emperor was most averse to the collusion between the harem and the previous dynasty. As long as she said so, the emperor would definitely investigate everyone in Concubine Liu's palace thoroughly. Even Concubine Liu herself would probably be brought to the Ministry of Punishment for trial.

"Come here, take all the people in Yong'an Palace to the Ministry of Punishment and interrogate them strictly. There cannot be any mistakes or omissions!" said the emperor.

The Queen Mother then asked about the details of Lee Soon Bok's search.

"To answer the Empress Dowager, I wanted to leave Yong'an Palace at first. After all, I turned the palace upside down and didn't see anything unusual. But before I left, I suddenly noticed that a palace maid was looking at the osmanthus tree in the yard furtively."

"The soil under the osmanthus tree actually didn't show any signs of having been disturbed, but it was precisely because of this sight that I had an idea and asked someone to open the osmanthus tree, and only then did I discover the little man wrapped in it."

Although the palace always said that they would dig deep into the ground during a search, in reality not many people actually did that. Most of the time they did it to see if there were any signs of renovation on the ground. If there were any signs, it meant that the ground had been dug up recently.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she nodded. She calculated the speed of Li Shunfu and others and found that it was almost when Niu Niu just woke up that the group discovered the abnormality of the palace maid.

She was even more convinced that Niu Niu was blessed.

However, the senior monk from the Huguo Temple has not arrived yet, and they don’t know how to deal with the needles on the little figurine being pricked by needles. The Queen Mother is afraid that the little figurine will continue to be pricked by needles, which will affect Concubine Shun.

I don’t know if the Emperor and the Empress Dowager ignored Niu Niu just now. They didn’t even let the little girl hide away from such a big thing.

The little girl suddenly spoke up and said, "Grandma Queen Mother, I want to help Sister Luo get the needle and then go home."

The Queen Mother was stunned when she heard this. Her first reaction was: "Why did you touch such an unlucky thing?"

Niuniu raised her little face and said, "If I can't confirm that Sister Luo is safe, I won't feel at ease even if I leave the palace. Grandma Queen Mother, please let me do it. I think as long as I remove the needle, Sister Luo will be fine."

The Queen Mother hesitated, and the Emperor said, "Mother, let Niuniu come. She is very lucky. She has said so, so she will be fine."

The Queen Mother was skeptical and had the tray brought to Niu Niu.

Without any fancy moves, Niu Niu just reached out her hand and took out all the needles from the little man's belly. Then she took the red paper and walked around the room.

Just when the Queen Mother thought this was some strange ritual, Niu Niu spoke.

"Grandma Queen Mother, why aren't you angry?" Niu Niu asked in a crisp voice.

Nanny Sun immediately asked someone to bring in candles.

Niu Niu took the red paper, lit it over the candle flame and threw it into the copper basin beside her.

When the flames burned out, Concubine Shun's expression visibly relaxed: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, I feel very well now, and my mind seems to be clearer than before."

During this period of time, Concubine Shun occasionally felt as if her head was covered by a veil, and her whole body was a little confused. However, because the feeling was not serious, and the Imperial Hospital had always diagnosed her with strong health, they could not prescribe any medicine for her, so she just endured it.

Niuniu threw the villain to the ground again and stomped on him several times, saying, "You big bad guy, you are not allowed to harm Sister Luo! Do you hear me?"

The little girl stepped on the figurine several times before lighting it on fire like the red paper.

After doing all this, Niu Niu threw herself to the Queen Mother and said, "Grandma Queen Mother, I want to leave the palace now." The Queen Mother was still reluctant, but after going through so many things, she also knew that things in this world could not be forced just because she was in a high position.

"Okay, you go back. Once things at your family are settled, I will take you into the palace," said the Queen Mother.

Niuniu showed a look of joy on her face. She stood on tiptoe, kissed the empress dowager on the cheek, and said with a smile: "Grandma Empress Dowager, you are the best! You keep your promise. Niuniu likes you so much!"

The Queen Mother also laughed: "Little clever boy, your mouth is always so sweet."

Niu Niu was in a hurry to leave the palace, so the empress dowager had someone send her out first, and then asked the palace maid who served her to stay and pack up the many treasures that Niu Niu had in the palace, and prepare to organize these rewards for Niu Niu and send them out a little later.

The Queen Mother even planned to let the two palace maids and an old nanny who had been serving Niu Niu continue to serve Niu Niu outside the palace.

"My son also has a lot of good things to give to Niu Niu last time, so I can take this opportunity to bring him back to the Gu family." The emperor said from the side.

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "I'm afraid the imperial chef in the palace is unwilling to serve at the Gu family. I'll copy down the recipes for the dishes that Niuniu likes and send them to the Gu family. I'll also dig up the tree that Niuniu likes the most and send it over..."

The empress dowager kept muttering to herself, and when the little girl really left, she realized that Niu Niu had been with her for such a short time, but had left so many traces. The empress dowager remembered all the little girl's favorite food and toys, and she wished she could pack them all up and send them to the Gu family.

"Emperor, the Gu family must have been plotted against. You must not let anyone wrongly accuse them." The Queen Mother could not help but remind the Emperor again.

After all these things, the emperor was convinced that Niuniu was blessed, and said, "Don't worry, mother. How could the family that gets the lucky doll be a bad person? Your son knows it well."

Niu Niu finally left the palace in the carriage. She kept thinking about her family. She was worried about her grandmother's illness, Zhang Yuniang would be arrested and thrown into jail by the officials, and Gu Mingda would lose his job.

Doctor Yan, who was riding in a carriage with her, comforted her, "Don't worry, your family will be fine. They will definitely get better."

Because Old Lady Gu was in a coma, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager sent Doctor Yan and two other imperial physicians to accompany Niu Niu back to the Gu family to see Old Lady Gu.

Niu Niu leaned on the window of the carriage, wishing the horse pulling the carriage could fly.

After finally arriving at the door of Gu's house, Niu Niu jumped off the carriage before it even stopped.

"Girl! Girl, be careful!" The coachman was frightened when he saw Niu Niu jumping down, fearing that something might happen to the little girl.

Not only was Niu Niu fine, she also lifted her skirt and rushed home like a little cannonball.

"Grandpa, grandma, daddy, mommy! I'm back!"

Niu Niu shouted loudly and rushed into the backyard.

As soon as she entered the room, the little girl saw a strong and pungent smell of herbs in the room, and a group of people were gathered around Old Lady Gu's bed.

Zhang Yuniang and Liu Xiaoru had red eyes.

Old Mrs. Gu was lying on the bed, barely breathing. She seemed to have heard Niuniu's voice, and she opened her eyes with difficulty, mumbling, "Niuniu... Niuniu..."

Zhang Yunniang wiped away her tears and said, "I'm glad you're back. Come quickly. Your grandma just woke up. She has been thinking about you and holding on to her last breath just to see you for the last time..."