usatvline Chapter 523 Digging Out Something
Chapter 523 Digging Out Something
"I am just lending Yunhe to you for your use. I am not interfering in the affairs of the Yelan Kingdom." Gu Jianchu directly distanced himself from the Yelan Kingdom as soon as he opened his mouth.
She picked up the cooled teacup beside her, took a sip of the tea, then placed the teacup on the small table beside her, and waited quietly for Su Tang's arrangements.
Su Tang lowered his hand that was rubbing his sore forehead. His cold gaze swept over the few people and finally landed on Lin Wen. "Search the entire Sifang Pavilion. Don't let anyone's residence go, including the Crown Prince's."
Su Tang knew clearly that if this matter was not investigated thoroughly today, it would become an old account with no clue when he returned to Yelan Kingdom, and there would be no way to bring it up again. If it was not dealt with after today, it would also give the murderer a chance to destroy the body and cover up the evidence. The murderer knew that he might be exposed and could destroy the evidence at any time.
Now that the people of Jin have known about it and have intervened in the matter, there is no need for them to continue hiding it.
It would be better to take this opportunity to pull out the chess piece that the Second Prince has buried next to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
If he doesn't kill the prince today, there's no guarantee that he won't try to murder him tomorrow.
The Queen was right in saying one thing.
Even the people around the prince cannot be on guard every day no matter how hard they try, and there will always be times when they fail to be on guard.
Su Tang glanced at everyone and saw that the Crown Princess had her head down and didn't say much.
A hint of panic flashed in Prime Minister Zhu's eyes.
She had already had some doubts about Prime Minister Zhu who had been trying to stop her, and when she saw the Prime Minister's evasive eyes, her doubts deepened.
Su Tang turned to look at Gu Jianchu, "I wonder if I could borrow Yunhe, the eunuch beside the Queen, to help Lin Wen with the search."
"What's wrong with that? Yun and you will follow Lord Lin to search the palace. You must obey Lord Lin's command and must not cross over or interfere in their affairs, lest someone throw a big pot on our heads. There is really no need to lift a rock and drop it on our feet." Gu Jianchu said this deliberately for Prime Minister Zhu to hear.
From beginning to end, only Prime Minister Zhu kept refuting them.
Gu Jianchu continued, "Doctor Lin, Doctor Zhou, you two should follow along."
Prime Minister Zhu lowered his head and didn't dare to continue speaking. He could clearly feel that Su Tang had already suspected him, but he just didn't say it.
As Gu Jianchu's voice fell, several people followed Lin Wen to search the courtyards of the adults.
At that time, under the care of the old doctor, the prince had woken up after taking two bowls of nourishing medicine.
The Crown Princess was taking care of the Crown Prince at his bedside. When she saw him slowly open his eyes, she immediately looked at aunt with joy, "Eldest sister, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is awake."
Hearing that the prince had woken up, Su Tang strode to the bedside. The Crown Princess naturally made way for him and helped Su Tang sit down beside the bed.
Although the prince had woken up, he was still weak after being poisoned by the poisonous insects. Even his voice sounded weak. "Sister, what happened to me?"
"You were poisoned by a Gu worm. Fortunately, Doctor Zhou discovered it in time and helped you expel the worm from your body. You are no longer in serious condition. We are now investigating who poisoned you. We must find the murderer, otherwise he will harm you a second time." Su Tang explained while holding the prince's hand.
Su Tang and Su Yu are from the same mother, and their relationship has always been much closer than that of other princes and princesses. What's more, Su Tang now supports the prince and will definitely not let anything happen to him.
"In that case, I'll trouble you to take care of this matter, sister." The prince knew that he was not capable enough, so he left all important matters to Su Tang.
Su Yu also has another advantage. She is very self-aware and will never interfere too much in matters that she cannot handle. She will completely follow Su Tang's arrangements on important matters.
Just like now.
On the contrary, the second prince is very opinionated and no one else can interfere with his decisions. This is why the old emperor still chooses the crown prince over the two princes. Although he cannot pass his throne to his favorite child, when the crown prince ascends the throne, Su Tang can support him or act as regent, thus ensuring that the crown prince will not do anything too outrageous. With Su Tang's support, the future of Yelan Kingdom will not be too bad.
On the contrary, if the second prince ascends the throne, it will inevitably cause civil unrest. The second prince will not tolerate Su Tang. The two will fight for power, and the government will inevitably be unstable.
Therefore, this trip of the crown prince and the emperor is particularly important, and it is very likely to be an important factor in the old emperor's decision on who to pass the throne to.
It’s no wonder that the Second Prince was anxious and directly activated the most important secret agent he had buried next to the Crown Prince.
The Crown Princess is a particularly important chess piece, as she can help him solve some problems at critical moments, but she was used to poison him this time. It can be seen that the Second Prince is already unstable and anxious.
Su Tang patted the prince's hand and said, "You are very weak after being poisoned. You should rest well now. I will take care of the rest."
The moment Su Tang finished speaking, Lin Wen brought the maids and eunuchs around the queen back to their room, followed by Yun He and two imperial doctors.
Lin Wen took one of the trays from the young palace maid and handed it to Su Tang. "Your Highness, this was found under the banyan tree in the Crown Prince's courtyard. It was discovered first by Eunuch Yunhe. He saw signs of disturbance under the tree, so he had the palace maids dig. They dug out this rouge box. After investigation by Doctor Zhou, they found that it contained the poison that the Crown Prince was poisoned with. Doctor Zhou even tested it with water, and the remaining poison powder, when it came into contact with water, turned into milky white worms that swam in the water."
Su Tang took a closer look and felt that the rouge box looked familiar.
The Crown Princess standing behind Su Tang was shocked when she saw the rouge box, and her body trembled uncontrollably. She clenched her fingers under her sleeves into fists, her nails deeply embedded in her flesh, and she barely used the pain to stop her trembling body.
The Crown Princess never expected that even though she hid so well, she was still dug out by these people.
Now I just hope no one recognizes this rouge and powder box.
She lowered her head, trying her best to hide her guilty look.
"Since it was dug out from the Crown Prince's courtyard, have all the palace servants who serve the Crown Prince come and identify whose rouge and powder box it is."
However, this box looked very valuable and was not something that an ordinary palace servant could afford. Considering what had just happened, Su Tang already had a guess, but he needed evidence.
Her eyes were cold as they glanced at the Crown Princess behind her. The Crown Princess kept her head down cautiously, and her expression could not be seen at all. But seeing that she kept fiddling with her handkerchief, it seemed that she was a little nervous.
There was just one thing that Su Tang couldn't understand. She was already the Crown Princess and would be the Queen Mother in the future, second only to the Emperor. Why did she turn to the Second Prince now and what did she want?