noffsinger Chapter 522 Search
Chapter 522 Search
As he spoke, the consul lowered his head and said, "The swill bucket should still be there. I failed to handle the matter properly. I beg the Emperor and Empress to punish me."
"Get up first. It's a good thing you were lazy and inconsiderate, otherwise you wouldn't be able to keep this泔水袋." Xie Ci'an's voice was cold and gloomy, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
Because it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry, the consul stood up tremblingly, stepped aside and silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, waiting for Xie Ci'an and Gu Jianchu to deal with it.
Gu Jianchu glanced at Yunhe.
Yunhe quickly walked out of the Crown Prince's courtyard and went to look for the泔水袋 that the palace maid had mentioned.
Even if she was forced to tell her what the prince ate last night, it would be of no reference value. No one knew what was poisonous. She was helping Su Tang rule out the possibility of the kitchen taking action. Now only the pastries were left, and Su Tang had to believe it even if he didn't want to.
Yunhe returned quickly, holding a greasy泔水袋 in his hand. However, the weather was very cold, and the泔水袋 had been left outside, so there was no bad smell. Instead, the water on it was frozen.
Gu Jianchu gave a look and Doctor Lin and Doctor Zhou immediately stepped forward.
The old doctor from Yelan Kingdom followed silently and checked together.
The Crown Princess and Prime Minister Zhu were extremely panicked upon seeing this.
Su Tang remained silent and let the Queen investigate. After all, it was in Jin State, and sometimes she herself would suspect that the authorities were too confused. In addition, solid evidence was needed to convict. Gu Jianchu was investigating in front of everyone, so Su Tang had no worries at all.
Besides, she does have a severe headache now.
After an examination by Imperial Physician Lin, Medical Daughter Zhou and the old Imperial Physician, the three of them came to the same conclusion that the food consumed by the prince was not poisoned. If it was poisoned, there must have been some residual poison, but no poison was found.
Then there is only one possibility left, that is, the Crown Princess made the pastries for the Crown Prince herself, but the remaining pastries were fed to the cats and dogs by the Crown Princess, so no evidence can be found at all.
The Crown Princess is someone who knows how to destroy evidence.
No matter how stupid the Crown Princess was, she knew by now that all the blame was directed at her.
She plopped down on the ground and said, "Eldest sister, you are wise. I have been married to the Crown Prince for many years. Although we have no children, we are always respectful to each other. I have always respected my husband, the Crown Prince. How could I poison him? It would not benefit me in any way. The Crown Prince and I are fathers. We rise and fall together. There is no need for me to commit such a capital crime."
The Crown Princess lowered her head as she spoke, not daring to look into Su Tang's eyes, for fear that if she looked at Su Tang she would lose the ability to hide her guilty conscience.
Although the Crown Princess is stupid, she is not that stupid. She is still a smart person. She knows how to offer benefits equal to those of the Crown Prince in order to win the sympathy and trust of the Princess.
On the surface, this is indeed the case. The Crown Princess and the Crown Prince are husband and wife. They prosper and suffer together, and it is easy for her to get into trouble. But in reality, the Crown Princess knows her own interests, but she is still a hopeless fool. For her so-called love, she murdered the Crown Prince. Such a fool now says such words, and for a moment, no one knows how to evaluate her.
Su Tang moved her fingers down from her temple and couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the Crown Princess in front of her. She really still believed in the Crown Princess. After all, the Crown Princess was chosen by her personally and was the granddaughter of the Grand Tutor. There would definitely be no problem.
"You should get up first. You have taken care of the prince for the past two years. Even if you have no credit, you have worked hard. I know you are a good person and you will not do anything to poison the prince."
"Thank you, elder sister, for your insight and willingness to believe me. But now all the blame is directed at me, and I have no way to defend myself. This pastry was made in a small kitchen in our Yelan Kingdom. I suspect that there are too many people in this small kitchen and that someone put poison in the pastry I made while I was making it, in order to poison the prince and kill two birds with one stone by framing me." The Crown Princess knelt on the ground and did not get up, hurriedly defending herself.
Su Tang glanced at Lin Wen, and Lin Wen immediately understood and stepped forward to help the Crown Princess up.
"I understand." There was no emotion on Su Tang's face, and her brows were slightly furrowed because she had a headache.
Prime Minister Zhu and the Crown Princess were both nervous when they saw Su Tang's expressionless face. They were not sure what Su Tang was thinking and whether they believed the Crown Princess' explanation.
What's more, Su Tang has a queen by his side who may explode at any time.
This queen is also a terrifyingly smart person, and it seems that there is nowhere to hide in front of her.
Su Tang has the old emperor's blood, so naturally she inherited the old emperor's suspicious nature. She believed the Crown Princess's explanation on the surface, but she did not completely believe her. It was just that she had not found the Crown Princess's motive to murder the prince.
After all, it just so happened that the prince and the cats and dogs in Sifang Pavilion were poisoned after eating the snacks made by the princess.
Even though there are many people in the small kitchen and there is a possibility that a servant may have poisoned the food, the Crown Princess cannot be free from responsibility.
Those cakes could have been given as rewards to the servants around him, but they were fed to the cats and dogs in Sifang Pavilion, which is suspicious enough.
Gu Jianchu said quietly, "Princess, since we haven't caught this bad guy yet, you must always be on guard against him attacking the Crown Prince a second time. The person who poisoned him might be someone close to the Crown Prince. Even if you are on constant alert, it's hard to prevent a thief from roaming your own home. Princess, why don't you send someone to search the entire Sifang Pavilion where Ye Lan Kingdom is staying? Maybe the person who poisoned him hasn't completely destroyed the evidence yet, and you can find some clues."
Upon hearing this, the Crown Princess' eyes showed a hint of panic, and soon she stood there in a daze, looking as if she was thinking.
I guess he's thinking about whether he's wiped his butt clean.
Before Prime Minister Zhu could open his mouth to refute her, Gu Jianchu spoke first, "I know that people in your country don't trust the entire Jin State. I'm just giving you a suggestion. I'm not forcing a search or sending our people to help you. Princess, you can definitely delegate Lord Lin to help with the search. If you're really too busy, I can lend you Yunhe, but I won't ask for anyone else. Yunhe is smart and a master at searching the palace. All those things that happened in the palace before were all supervised by Yunhe."