PDLP Chapter 152 Unnamed Draft
Chapter 152 Unnamed Draft
The two young eunuchs who falsely conveyed the imperial edict were both dead.
Yan Wan was not surprised to hear this result.
She had figured it out in her previous life that in addition to being lucky, Ruyi must also have some power in secret.
Otherwise, how could she do so many things right under her nose without leaving the palace?
At that time, she was already the Imperial Consort in charge of the harem, but she was completely unaware of the crisis happening right under her nose.
After Yongcong's incident, she deliberately set up a trap to induce Ruyi and Hai Lan to complain. She originally wanted to make Ruyi suffer by making up a false accusation, but who would have thought that the truth would be revealed.
At that time, she was certain that Ruyi was surrounded by old friends of the Ulanara clan.
However, it has never been certain whether it is Ruyi who rules them, or they are eager to help Ruyi to the throne and act on their own.
This time, Ruyi is in the game. If she is being used, that would be fine. But if she planned the whole thing and got herself involved, this person would be really scary.
Yan Wan said softly, "I dare not hide it. In fact, after the incident, I felt that... I couldn't catch the person behind the scenes."
Hongli's eyes were deep: "Oh?"
Yan Wan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I know my own limitations."
Hongli's expression suddenly turned cold.
Yanwan looked at him calmly and fearlessly, feeling both calm and helpless.
It's not that she can't completely follow his wishes and play dumb, but the relationship between a concubine and the emperor is just like that between a monarch and his subjects. If she just obeys him blindly without her own opinions and persistence, he might not even treat her as a human being after a while.
She just wanted to let the emperor know and keep reminding him that your legitimate son was killed and you couldn't even find the murderer, so what am I, a mere concubine?
She just wanted to let him know that as long as the matter involved someone old from the Ulanara family, she had no confidence in him!
Seeing that Hongli was really unhappy, Yanwan smiled and said, "I am now under your watch, I am not afraid of anything. The person behind the scenes is very powerful. I know that the emperor is in trouble, and I don't need to explain."
She even raised her finger and swore: "I swear, I never thought that I would catch the culprit!"
Meipin almost laughed out loud. Yanwan, she cursed so filthy.
Hongli was feeling very angry, but he couldn't vent it on Yan Wan. After all, she was pregnant and had always been well-behaved. She was just too honest, so she told the truth.
He pinched Yan Wan's cheek in anger: "I really let you do whatever you want!"
He snorted, "Though those two eunuchs are dead, I have arrested quite a few people. Although I won't tell you who they are one by one, you should know that I will not let you suffer in vain."
Knowing that she had taken a fancy to Chunchan, he specially increased the reward: "From now on, you can choose for yourself. Whoever you choose, I will grant her marriage and give her a title of imperial decree."
Yanwan's eyes lit up. She really didn't expect to get such a surprise.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I don't feel wronged at all now! I am happy!"
Hongli looked at Yanwan with amusement. This girl now looked dependent again like before.
A few people chatted for a while, and then Jinzhong and Zhang Yun came back.
Hongli's smile faded: "Did you find anything wrong?"
Of course there is something wrong, but it seems to have nothing to do with Yanwan's condition.
Zhang Yun hurriedly said, "In reply to the emperor, I haven't seen anything yet, but I found a few dishes that are not suitable to be eaten together."
Hongli's eyes darkened: "Jinzhong?"
Jinzhong knelt down and accepted the order: "The one who prepared those dishes, I have temporarily stayed behind and will ask him about it in private later."
Zhang Yun hurriedly said, "I really can't see anything, but I do feel that something seems to be wrong. Your Majesty, can you allow me to observe for a while longer?"
Naturally, there was nothing wrong with Hongli, after all, Zhang Yun's original job was to take care of Yanwan and the Queen.
He even felt relaxed, and said to Meipin: "If you care about Yanwan, come visit her more often. Nothing will happen to her as long as she is by my side."
However, Hongli soon felt that he had been slapped in the face.
Yanwan became thinner and thinner day by day. After three days, she was unable to get out of bed. If she smelled anything that tasted a little weird, she would vomit uncontrollably.
Yan Wan knew that she was experiencing normal morning sickness, and with the help of Zhang Yun and Li Zhe's little tricks, she was not panicked. However, Hongli's face became more gloomy day by day.
If it was just morning sickness it would be fine, but the most frightening thing is that someone could actually do something under the emperor's nose.
Hongli has been having trouble sleeping lately and his mood has become increasingly irritable. One day, he even beat Li Yu with a stick on the grounds that Li Yu was not working hard enough to teach Ling Yunche.
Let’s not talk about how Li Yu went to Ruyi the next day to torture Ling Yunche, but let’s talk about Jinzhong, where he finally got some information out of the interrogation.
Xiaoyinzi, who worked in the small kitchen on the dragon boat, was originally responsible for purchasing. After being interrogated over and over again by Jinzhong, he finally couldn't help but reveal some clues.
Jinzhong saw that he looked flustered, so he asked, "What's going on?"
Xiao Yinzi stammered, "Eunuch Jinzhong, I recently received some money, and someone gave me some water that was said to be mountain spring water, and asked me to use it to wash vegetables."
Jinzhong frowned and asked, "And then?"
Xiao Yinzi hesitated for a moment before continuing, "They say this will make the vegetables more delicious, but it's very expensive. A bucket of water costs one or two taels of silver."
After hearing this, Jinzhong immediately realized that something was wrong, so he took Zhang Yun to investigate.
Zhang Yun carefully examined the so-called spring water, smelled it, and his face became solemn.
He whispered to Jinzhong: "Sir, there is a faint smell of poppy powder in this water. I am afraid..."
When Jinzhong heard this, his face suddenly changed and he immediately asked Zhang Yun to go with him to meet the emperor.
The two men hurried to Hongli, and Jinzhong knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, I am terrified. There is a faint smell of poppy powder in the spring water. I am afraid..."
Hongli's expression changed slightly, and then he became furious.
He asked Jinzhong to arrest all the people related to Xiaoyinzi and told Jinzhong to torture them directly.
He then asked Zhang Yun, "Since it is opium, it should be addictive. Why is Lingpin vomiting non-stop? Why can't she eat anything?"
Zhang Yun said: "Pregnant women's tastes and taboos are ever-changing. The taste they like today may not even be acceptable to them tomorrow.
I guess that Concubine Ling was indeed addicted to it at the beginning, but after eating it for two days, she became disgusted by the taste of pollen and vomited.
She loved it so much that she couldn't help herself, but she could only eat things that didn't taste like pollen, and she gradually became weaker! "
At this point, he couldn't help but sigh: "Empress Lingpin is really a very lucky person, otherwise, over time, not only would she be completely addicted to opium, but the child she gave birth to would also be an addict!"