Chapter 729： can't find

  Qi Xiuyuan looked at the person standing below with a gloomy expression, and asked in a deep voice, "I can't find out anything"

The Minister of Punishment bowed his head in shame: "Yes, this minister is incompetent, I really can't find out."

The Minister of Punishment explained: "The minister has checked the net worth of the inner servant. He is an orphan, and he has no relatives outside. He entered the palace at the age of eight, and now ten years ago, he has no very good friends in the palace. The maids of the inner prison said that he was timid, and although he was diligent, he was not clever enough. Many of the inner prisoners who entered the palace had a better future than him. He was the only one who followed his master in the clothes washing bureau. This time, he was transferred to The poor service in Zhaoyang Palace was due to the small number of young inmates in the palace. The **** in charge saw that he was working diligently and only used him. Your Majesty, there were many coincidences on that day. King Rongjun received the greeting on a temporary basis. An Guogong was also improvised, and the person behind must have no chance to arrange it in advance, so that person should be at the palace banquet. At least he saw King Rongjun receiving the greeting, but he could expect that the princess would temporarily put it away because of too many things. In the palace of the eldest prince."

Seeing the emperor bowing his head and thinking, the minister of punishment continued: "I wanted to investigate the source of the poison, but neither the guards guarding the palace gate nor the servants in the harem could find any clues. Miss Lichun said that they were in the Qianyuan Palace. When I arrived at the chamberlain, it was already some distance away from Zhaoyang Palace, so the queen asked him to go to the front hall to inform Duke An Guo, no matter how lost he was, he would never go to Qianyuan Palace."

"So he received the task, or went to Qianyuan Hall to wait for Lichun and the others, or went to get poison?"

"Or both," the Minister of Punishment's thinking was very clear, and said: "I have assumed two situations, and the servant was ordered to go to the front hall to notify An Guogong, but before he entered the hall, he was stopped by the people behind the scenes and gave the order. The person gave him the poison. If he went to notify Duke An Guogong and led him back to the apse, he would not have enough time to mix the poisonous jade ring into the baggage, so he went directly to the Qianyuan Palace to ambush and wait; It is that after he received the task, the poison was not on the person who connected with him, and he needed to go to another place to get it himself. At this time, it was even more time-consuming. One more gate to the Yuan Palace is the Kunning Palace.

"If it's the first type, most of the poisons flowed in from the palace gate that night, and the guards at the gate wouldn't have even a trace of it after the minister's inquiry."

The guards guarding the gate have very poisonous eyes. Even if you can't remember all the accessories on your body, you can remember them all. Moreover, it is impossible to bring such a poison into the palace without revealing any traces. Always in the palace..."

Qi Xiuyuan understood before he finished what the Minister of Punishment said.

He manages the palace very strictly, and Li Jinghua manages the harem equally. There are only three masters in the entire palace, and there are few people to serve. There are only so many people entering the palace every day. It's too difficult, but it would be much easier if the poison had been hidden in the past.

The front harem was chaotic early, and it was much easier to pass things.

But he can deduce these possibilities, but he can't find any clues, no evidence, not even suspects, how to solve the case?

The Minister of Punishment considered that no one from all parties felt that it was necessary to put the eldest prince to death at this time.

If the other party is targeting the emperor, then there are still doubts. After all, the emperor must be replaced when he dies. The eldest prince is still young, and everything is possible. Kill the eldest prince, the emperor is still young, and there can be many princes in the future, unless the other party's The goal is the harem.

But the emperor's current harem is the queen alone. Even if it is to prepare for the future throne, it is too early. The other party has not sent people to the palace. Whether it can give birth to a prince, grow up or not is a problem, how can it be eradicated now? Great prince?

So the Minister of Xingbu thinks that most of the time the emperor has offended someone, and it is impossible for the Minister of Xingbu to ask the emperor, "Who did you offend, and who would want to put you and your family to death?"

Qi Xiuyuan can become the emperor, and there must be many people who offend him, but who would want to put an emperor and his family dead? Or, who has the courage and ability to implement it?

To be honest, among the founding emperors of the past dynasties, Qi Xiuyuan offended very few people, and the heroes who followed him survived after the founding of the dynasty. Judging from the emperor's actions and minds now, the birds will be gone in the future. The possibility of running dog cooking is also very small.

And the officials who remained from the previous dynasty, except for the particularly greedy corrupt officials and brutal traitors, also survived. Take Zhang Cheng as an example. He was an official supported by Qin Prime Minister, but he was not liquidated. It is nothing more than that although he is corrupt, there are limits. Even Zhang Cheng survived and can continue to be an official in the court, which shows the kindness of the emperor.

As for the aristocratic families he always hated, the emperors also surveyed their fields and their hidden households. No one lost their lives because of this. This is different from the previous emperor Sejong who weakened the family and directly sent troops to ban the family. Said that although the family also hated and even hated the current emperor, this hatred was much lighter than that of the previous emperor Sejong.

He didn't think the family would want to kill the eldest prince because of this.

The family has been passed down for centuries and thousands of years. They act more insidiously, but they are also gentler, and they will not put people to death so violently.

So the question goes back to the original point, who is going to kill the eldest prince? What is the purpose?

There is no object of suspicion, and the Minister of Punishment cannot investigate at all.

Qi Xiuyuan glanced at Rong Xuan, and could only wave his hand to tell the Minister of Punishment to step down, and let him investigate this matter secretly. Whenever there was progress, he would tell him.

Qi Xiuyuan watched the back of the Minister of Punishment disappear and asked, "Jinyu, what do you think?"

"Unless the Minister of Criminal Justice is lying, there is no better candidate for investigation than him." Rong Xuan said: "Our foundation in the capital is too shallow, and the Minister of Criminal Justice has served in the Department of Criminal Justice in the eleventh year of Jingyan, and there is no one who is better than him. I understand the power of the capital and the imperial palace."

Qi Xiuyuan nodded, "That's why I asked him to investigate this matter," Qi Xiuyuan sighed, "We still have too few people to use."

Rong Xuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it's pretty good that we can do this in two years. Don't worry too much."

Qi Xiuyuan also thought about it and said, "This matter can only be put on hold for the time being, but the safety of the First Prince needs to be extra careful."

Rongxuan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the first prince should no longer live in Kunning Palace. After being crowned prince, he can move to the East Palace. There will be more people coming to and from Kunning Palace next year..."

Therefore, Kunning Palace may not be as safe as East Palace.

Qi Xiuyuan nodded slightly, and after Rong Xuan left, he said to the empty imperial study: "Baili, how about the dark guard I asked you to prepare for the first prince?"

Baili appeared in front of a bookshelf, knelt down and said, "Go back to the emperor, people are ready, you can come to the eldest prince at any time.:

Qi Xiuyuan nodded slightly and said, "Send someone over tomorrow, I will see for myself."