noffsinger Chapter 217 Assassination of the Queen
Chapter 217 Assassination of the Queen
Therefore, as long as we find the supplier of mercury, we will be able to know who bought the mercury. Although the female ghost has confessed that it was the imperial concubine who ordered her to go, who can believe the words of a ghost? Therefore, we still need to find real human evidence, otherwise we cannot kill the imperial concubine.
The verification task still had to be handed over to Li Siqi, so Xu Yingying sent someone to tell Li Siqi that the late queen died of mercury poisoning, and that they needed to find the mercury supplier in the capital. This would be a great progress on this matter.
When Li Siqi received the news, he immediately sent people to investigate who was selling mercury in the capital. Li Siqi had many channels, so Xu Yingying got the results quickly.
Seeing the words on the note, Xu Yingying sneered. Camellia leaned forward to take a look. It clearly said, "In the capital, there is only one supplier of mercury, and it is under the command of Crown Prince Li Siming."
Xu Yingying didn't expect that the Imperial Concubine would be so bold as to use the property of Li Siming's men to assassinate the late Queen, so she was not worried at all. Would this matter be discovered?
Xu Yingying then denied this view. The Imperial Concubine was very capable. If she was so bold, then it was certain that other people in the middle would not reveal the news. In other words, it was very likely that the witness they were looking for might no longer be there.
But Xu Yingying didn't want to give up any hope. Since the imperial concubine didn't want her to investigate in the palace, she would go out and investigate the mercury matter first. However, she still needed the emperor's approval to enter and leave the palace. After thinking for a moment, Xu Yingying decided to go to the emperor with this news.
"Your Majesty, this is what I just found out from His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince. The late Queen was poisoned by mercury, and in this capital, only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's men produce and sell mercury, so I would like to beg Your Majesty to investigate this matter. I also need to go in and out of the palace frequently, so I would like to ask for another grace, so that I can go in and out of the palace at will."
Xu Yingying knelt on the ground and did not look at the emperor's expression, but she could sense that the emperor's eyes were always on her.
After a long time, Xu Yingying finally heard the emperor's voice, "Okay, this is about the crown prince and the imperial concubine, I feel more at ease leaving this matter to you. This is the token for entering and leaving the palace, I will give it to you. With this token, the people at the palace gate will not stop you. Besides, seeing the token is like seeing me, so it will be easier for you to check things."
Xu Yingying bowed and thanked him, then reached out to take the token that Su Shengyuan handed over.
After taking the token, Xu Yingying left the palace without stopping. Li Siqi was already waiting at the palace gate.
Xu Yingying held the token in her hand and no one dared to stop her along the way, and she soon met up with Li Siqi.
Li Siqi saw Xu Yingying panting and felt helpless, so he took her back to the prince's palace first.
Xu Yingying was a little confused, "Shouldn't we investigate Li Siming's matter first?"
"Don't worry about Li Siming. I have already sent people to infiltrate Li Siming's inner circle. There should be results soon. If we go there rashly now, I'm afraid we will alert the enemy. Now the Imperial Concubine and Li Siming don't know that we are investigating this matter, so at this time, we must not do anything unusual."
After hearing what Li Siqi said, Xu Yingying suddenly realized that since Li Siqi had taken action, she could also relax a little. In Li Siqi's house, Xu Yingying still felt much more relaxed than in the palace. In the palace, she still needed to be on guard against the Imperial Concubine's attack on her at all times.
Seeing that there was nothing to do after leaving the palace, Li Siqi simply took Xu Yingying to Baihua Tower.
Xu Yingying originally didn't want to call Chahua to join them, after all, Yang Huiwen had a special physique, but seeing that Chahua was not in a good mood, after hesitating for a long time, Xu Yingying still called Chahua to join them.
By this time, the sky had already darkened, the lights were turned on, and the Baihua Tower was bustling with activity.
Li Siqi and his group went directly to the private room specially reserved by Cui Jiangyuan. Downstairs, Yang Huiwen was dancing on the stage.
Chahua was already eager to make a move when she saw Yang Huiwen. Xu Yingying had been paying attention to Chahua's situation. She whispered to Chahua, "Don't forget what I told you. Control yourself. I know Yang Huiwen is very tempting to you..."
Xu Yingying kept talking, but Camellia nodded absentmindedly, but still stared at Yang Huiwen downstairs.
Seeing that Camellia was just looking at her, Xu Yingying felt relieved and turned to start talking with Li Siqi.
Yang Huiwen downstairs finished her dance and was about to return to her room. When Camellia saw Yang Huiwen leaving, she followed her without thinking.
Although Yang Huiwen was very tempting to her, she still tried her best to restrain herself. However, Camellia was eventually attracted by Yang Huiwen's physique and floated into Yang Huiwen's room. Yang Huiwen was changing clothes, and Camellia directly attached itself to Yang Huiwen's body.
Yang Huiwen just felt dizzy, and then the painful memories of Chahua's life began to replay in her mind.
After being possessed by Camellia, Yang Huiwen instantly felt the same pain as Camellia and rolled on the ground in agony.
After hearing the voice, Xu Yingying subconsciously went to look for Camellia. Sure enough, Camellia was gone. Xu Yingying suddenly had a headache. Camellia finally found Yang Huiwen.
Li Siqi also heard Yang Huiwen's cry of pain, and then saw Xu Yingying's face full of collapse, "What's wrong? Is this Yang Huiwen's voice? Who did it next to you?"
Xu Yingying nodded weakly, stood up with a look of despair, and walked resignedly towards Yang Huiwen's room. Fortunately, there were not many people in the box and it did not attract anyone.
Li Siqi followed behind Xu Yingying and went over to take a look.
Fortunately, Yang Huiwen didn't have time to lock the door, so Xu Yingying went in easily. As soon as she entered the room, she saw Yang Huiwen lying on the ground, holding her head and tossing and turning.
Xu Yingying was startled. Yang Huiwen had never behaved like this before. It seemed that she had seen something. She quickly used incense to draw the camellia out of Yang Huiwen's body.
Camellia, who had transformed into a soul again, felt guilty when she saw Xu Yingying's dark face. She didn't dare to look at Yang Huiwen and floated away quickly, fearing that she would lose control again.
When the servant rushed over after hearing the news, Xu Yingying had already resolved the matter. When the servant came in, he only saw Yang Huiwen lying in Xu Yingying's arms, breathing slightly.
Xu Yingying took out an amulet from her body and placed it on Yang Huiwen, saying to her: "This is a talisman. If you keep it close to your body, it can prevent this kind of thing from happening again."
Yang Huiwen still hadn't recovered. Seeing this, Xu Yingying had to ask someone to help her and help Yang Huiwen to the bed.
Afterwards, Xu Yingying turned around and left. Before leaving, Xu Yingying reminded the servant next to her, "Miss Yang may be a little weak recently. Remember to prepare some tonic soup for her to drink regularly."