This time the female apprentice finally realized that things were not going to be simple, so she turned around and tried to run.
You know what, he ran really fast. Bai Yaoyao with her delicate skin and tender flesh couldn't catch up with him. He disappeared in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, a sudden force of distance came from the neck, and at the moment of fainting, Bai Yaoyao heard the system prompt that the mission point had been completed.
Chapter 19: Yaoyao was poisoned and became mute ( more chapters have been added)
"Damn it! We were hiding in such a secluded place to receive intelligence, but we were still overheard!"
The woman with the extremely cold tone before was the one who knocked Bai Yaoyao unconscious. Her face couldn't be seen clearly because of the veil, but her furrowed brows showed that she was in a very bad mood.
"Just kill him, why waste words?"
The other woman had beautiful white hair. She directly tore off Bai Yaoyao's veil. When she pulled out a knife and was about to attack, her accomplice spoke.
"Wait! This person seems to be Bai Jieyu, who was once favored by the empress."
"Bai Jieyu? Wasn't she banished to the cold palace? Why is she here?"
The white-haired woman who was about to silence the witness paused for a moment, and quickly realized the seriousness of the matter.
Not to mention that they don’t know whether they can catch the palace maid who ran away just now. Even if they catch her, they can silence her, but how should they silence this Concubine Bai?
The empress doted on this White Concubine so much. If she really tried to silence her, the news would surely reach her ears. What's the difference between that and exposing herself?
As long as what they are doing now comes into the empress's sight, it will be easy to catch them by following the clues and eventually catch the mastermind behind the scenes.
But if they were not killed, only Concubine Bai herself would know what she heard from them, and needless to say what their fate would be after they reported the incident.
Killing or not killing seems to be a dead end.
The white-haired woman who had originally drawn the knife looked extremely unhappy. After thinking for a moment, she decided to go all out and went back into the house, found all the envelopes that had contact with the Duke of Jin, and stuffed them all into Bai Yaoyao's body.
"What do you want to do?"
Facing the questioning of her accomplice, the white-haired woman gritted her teeth and said, "What do you think? Of course, we should throw this damn Bai Jieyu out to cover us. We should run away and save our lives while there is still time!"
"You are not afraid of death, but I am. I have worked so hard to earn so much money, but I have not yet enjoyed it."
After saying that, the white-haired woman took out a small jade bottle from her arms and poured the liquid and a small packet of powder inside the jade bottle into Bai Yaoyao's mouth.
"If she'll tell on me while she's still alive, I'll just poison her and make her mute! And then break her hand, and see how she'll betray me!"
The cold woman looked at the white-haired woman's actions without any expression. She only cared about her master's mission: "So you even -"
"I'd rather die than have my friend die. It's a good opportunity to throw them all out so that the Empress can investigate them slowly!"
The White-Haired Girl didn't want to waste any more time talking. She picked up a stone and smashed Bai Yaoyao's already injured hand several times. Then she carried Bai Yaoyao away. The woman with a cold tone hesitated for a moment but still followed her. It was too late to do anything about it. They had better save their lives and pass on the message as soon as possible, waiting for the master's next arrangement.
It's a pity that Duke Jin was used as a pawn, which had a lot of impact on the master's subsequent plans.
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"Are you Bai Cainu? Aren't you supposed to be locked up in Yuzhao Palace? Why did you escape?"
"You're not in your right mind? Someone take him away first."
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"Wake up, wake up?"
Bai Yaoyao suddenly felt someone slapping her cheeks repeatedly, but she couldn't wake up. It was not until a bucket of extremely cold water was poured over her head that she was finally awakened.
"Finally woke up."
An officer in fine armor stood in front of him, flipping through a thick stack of envelopes in his hand, his expression becoming increasingly solemn.
"Bai Cainu, do you know whether what these envelopes say is true or false?"
Envelope, what envelope?
Bai Yaoyao was a little dazed, and her brain felt dizzy and tingling because it had been awakened by the stimulation.
Not only that, Bai Yaoyao could also feel a burning and stinging pain in her throat that was extremely uncomfortable. She wanted to speak but couldn't. Her hands were also in excruciating pain and she almost fainted from the pain.
"Ah, ah-"
After trying desperately to make a sound, Bai Yaoyao could only hear herself making ah ah sounds and was unable to utter a single word.
Could it be that she was poisoned and became mute?
Upon seeing this, the officer raised his brows and sent someone to call the imperial physician. At the same time, he quickly sorted out the contents of the envelope and reported them to the Red Palace Chief Steward.
From the implicit description on the envelope, it can be seen that someone actually poisoned His Majesty, which is simply unheard of.
"The sky is going to change..."
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As the poisoning incident completely came into Hong Zhu's sight, Di Muxi was shocked. He immediately ordered the Huangtian Army stationed outside the city to enter the city and blocked all the entrances and exits of Huangtian Capital.
He then summoned all the Qianlong Guards to cooperate with the army to investigate whether the situation was true.
The days in winter are always short, and night falls after one order after another is issued.
In the palace and even the entire imperial capital, as the city was completely sealed off, the tense atmosphere weighed heavily on every corner like a substance, and the dense sounds of marching footsteps and metal collisions echoed in the quiet night.
The army is Di Muxi's foundation and the force she trusts the most. Only after the Phoenix Army completely entered the city and took over all affairs did she feel relieved and the strong feeling of palpitations was slightly relieved.
"Investigate bit by bit, and don't let anyone go!"
As Di Muxi's intelligence organization began to investigate the poisoning with all its might, after getting the clue of the envelope on Bai Yaoyao's body, they quickly uncovered the financial transactions involving a large number of people.
The furious Emperor Muxi adhered to the principle of rather killing someone innocent than letting him go, and hundreds of royal nobles were arrested and thrown into the imperial prison in one night. Thousands of people who were involved were arrested little by little, most of whom were people in the palace, and Concubine Chu De was an important character among them.
"Your Majesty has indeed been poisoned for half a month, but the poison is extremely latent and will only erupt when the dose reaches a certain level. By then, even gods will be unable to save you."
Imperial Physician Gu spoke calmly. As the Chief Imperial Physician had some connection with the poisoning, it would be natural for her, as the Deputy Chief, to remove the word "Deputy". By then, she would be a fourth-rank official, in charge of all matters concerning medicine in the palace, big and small, and would surely be in the limelight.
Her disciple who followed Bai Cainü was found dead on the street. She only found out about this not long ago. She didn't know if Bai Cainü had also met with an accident.
If something goes wrong... don't be afraid, she has a backup plan and can get rid of it at any time.
"That's good."
While Di Muxi breathed a sigh of relief, she was also furious at the harem that was as leaky as a sieve.
There has never been a case of poisoning the emperor in all dynasties, which shows how rotten the harem she managed was. It was rotten from head to toe, with not a single good piece of meat.
There was also a group of royal nobles who came to poison and murder people not long after the knife of land tax was cut. Their methods were so brutal.
The more intense it gets, the more she wants to do it. She wants to see how long these parasites in the empire can last!
While thinking, Di Muxi dismissed Doctor Gu and asked the steward of Qianlong Guard who had been waiting for a long time to come up.
The steward was wearing a clean and sharp soft armor and looked very heroic. As soon as he walked in, he knelt down with a thud.
"I am at fault for not finding out—"
"That's all."
Di Muxi waved her hand, signaling the housekeeper to stand up.
"It's not your fault. I didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, and I didn't expect those noble families to be so ruthless."
After ascending the throne, in order to secure her position, she spent almost all the money from the national treasury and even her own private treasury on the army, which was a money-eating beast. She neglected the investment in the Qianlong Guards, which were essential for the emperor, resulting in a shortage of manpower.
"You said earlier that the key clue was found from Bai Cainu?"
"Exactly!"
The chief steward of the Qianlong Guards had a serious expression on his face. "At that time, there was someone staggering on the road, and his behavior was very suspicious. So the patrolling soldiers noticed him and took him away. After investigation, they found that it was Bai Cainu, and they also searched her body and found a lot of envelopes, which were important evidence in the poisoning case."
Di Muxi frowned slightly. She didn't expect Bai Yaoyao to be involved. The most important thing was why a person from the cold palace could enter and leave the palace at will.
But on second thought, with the harem so leaky, it's nothing new for someone from the cold palace to come in and out at will.
"Okay, let's find out the real culprit as soon as possible and let Hong Zhu, who is kneeling outside, come in."
"Here!"
Chapter 5000: Yaoyao who cannot prove herself ( fire scrolls have been returned and additional chapters)
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
There was still snow on Hongzhu's body. Perhaps because he had been kneeling for too long, his knees were trembling and weak, and he stumbled when he walked.
"It was all my negligence that caused my subordinates to do such a thing."
Di Muxi looked at Hong Zhu's pretty face. Because she had been kneeling in the snow for too long, her face had turned pale and bloodless.
"Your Majesty, please change my position."
Di Muxi sighed. She has always known how to repay kindness. It is not just talk that one should repay a drop of kindness with a spring of water. After returning from Qi Country, she was still hungry every day. If it were not for Hong Zhu's kindness in sending her meals and passing on some messages afterwards, she might not be who she is now.
It was for this reason that she handed over all matters in the palace, which originally belonged to the Queen, to Hong Zhu, but she did not expect that it would directly lead to a disaster of killing.
"Speaking of which, Hong Zhu was just a lowly ninth-rank second-class palace maid. It would be difficult for her to be in charge of such a huge palace."
Thinking of this, Di Muxi asked someone to bring a cup of hot tea for Hong Zhu to warm up.
"Zhu'er, please help me stabilize the current situation first. As for those people in the harem, I will send General Ji to assist you in handling them. After this poisoning incident is over, we will discuss whether you should resign."
"As ordered!"
Di Muxi waved her hand: "Don't be so reserved, our concern doesn't need to be that serious."
Hong Zhu relaxed a little, but His Majesty said not to be so restrained, but there must be rules, after all, there is a difference between the monarch and his subjects.
The maid quickly brought hot tea. After drinking a cup of hot tea, the coldness in my body was instantly dispelled, and my thoughts became much faster.
"Your Majesty, how should we deal with that Bai Cainu?"
How to deal with Bai Yaoyao?
Di Muxi was about to say that he should be dealt with according to the principle of primary crime, but the image of the soft pink ball handing a gift to Mu'er in the dream and the frightened expression on his face when he was holding the hound came to his mind.
It seemed... Bai Yaoyao was not as arrogant and domineering as he remembered.
The ones who really bullied her were not that little brat Bai Yaoyao, but a group of playboys who took advantage of their strength to bully the weak.
But Bai Yaoyao had to be punished for coming out of the cold palace without permission.
Thoughts sound complicated, but in reality they only happen in a flash.
"It's up to you."
When Emperor Muxi saw the medicine soup that was delivered, he waved to Hong Zhu, signaling her to leave, and called the eunuch to test the poison.
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"Let's see what happens?"
Hong Zhu walked out of Kunning Palace and fell into deep thought. Normally speaking, although Bai Yaoyao had a lot of evidence on her body, her hand bones were broken and her throat was poisoned, making her unable to speak. It was very likely that she was framed.
But from another perspective, he could also be an accomplice, who wanted to have someone to take the blame, but was worried that he would be exposed, so he poisoned Bai Yaoyao and made her mute and broke her hand bones, leaving her with no ability to express herself.
Both are possible, but the former is more likely. However, with His Majesty's wishes, it is completely different.
She was the one who was in charge of the painted walls of the Yuzhao Palace and the frame-up on the defense map. She knew how much His Majesty hated Bai Yaoyao, and she did not arouse much sympathy for what Bai Yaoyao had done.
"Besides, Bai Yaoyao has been framed like this since she came out of Yuzhao Palace. She must have a big problem."
As for why Bai Yaoyao was able to come out of the Yuzhao Palace, which was designated as a cold palace, Hong Zhu was no longer surprised. The imperial palace she was in charge of was leaky like a sieve, and it was not a casual thing for her to come out of the cold palace.
"Let's deal with it more severely."
Hong Zhu still felt that it was better to kill the wrong person than to let him go. After all, there were many suspicious things about Bai Yaoyao after she came out of the cold palace, and she couldn't stand further investigation. In addition, with His Majesty's attitude, she still felt that it should be classified as a third-degree crime.
The second-degree crime is beheading, and the first-degree crime is extermination of three generations of the clan.
After all, she cannot kill. She dare not kill without His Majesty's order. What if His Majesty wants to kill the enemy with his own hands?
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"Did you really become mute?"
Bai Yaoyao sat in the cell and kept trying to shout out. Apart from the "ah ah" sound at the beginning, as the burning sensation in her throat gradually subsided, she could only make an unpleasant tearing sound. Finally, the burning sensation in her throat completely disappeared, and now she couldn't make even the slightest sound.
I can make a humming sound, but it's meaningless and my throat hurts a lot when I make it.
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