Chapter 620: Trapped in the Fire (2)
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“Can you make the same poison?” Song Jingchen asked.
MO Yuan nodded and hesitated for a moment before saying, “I suspect that the poison he was poisoned with came from my master’s family.”
Just like the Heart-Devouring Poison in the kidnapped woman, it was a rare poison in the poison sutra that her master had once shown her.
In order to differentiate between the former lady and Shen Yijia, she now referred to the former lady as her master.
Shen Yijia guessed, “Could it be that the destined person chosen by the Valley of Heavenly Secrets is Shangguan pu?”
The two medicines from Shangguan Pu came from there. It couldn’t be a coincidence.
Song Jingchen shook his head. “It’s also possible that Shangguan Pu was used.”
When they returned home, MO Yuan returned to the pharmacy to make medicine under Song Jingchen’s instructions. Shen Yijia placed the food box given by Empress Dowager Wei on the table and opened it. “The empress dowager gave this to me. Did Grandfather like to eat this pastry in the past?”
Song Jingchen reached out, picked up a piece, and took a bite. The jade cake was milky white. As the name suggested, it was as clean as jade.
Seeing that he had finished one piece and reached out for a second piece, Shen
Yijia asked in disbelief, “You like it too?”
“Who wouldn’t like it?” Song Jingchen chuckled and stuffed the pastry into Shen Yijia’s mouth.
Shen Yijia’s mouth was stuffed. She widened her eyes for a long time before swallowing the pastry. She asked suspiciously, “What does the empress dowager mean? Will she help us?”
The Song family had been slandered. How could she be innocent?
If she was innocent, why not help them to overturn the case?
“Oh, could it be a reminder that we can’t do anything to humiliate ourselves?” she thought.
Song Jingchen was amused by her appearance and couldn’t help but rub her head again. “It’s a journey of more than ten days from the imperial mausoleum to the capital. Why do you think the empress dowager could enter the capital in time?”
Shen Yijia blinked. That’s right. It had only been ten days since the emperor’s accident. It was impossible for her to have the ability to predict the future and Imow in advance that something would happen to the emperor.
At Lord Jing’s residence.
Shangguan Pu was also discussing this matter with his advisor. He got someone to investigate the time the empress dowager set off from the imperial mausoleum. It was actually the day he attacked the emperor.
In other words, the empress dowager had received the news before he could attack.
But was that possible?
Even he had decided to attack at the last minute because he had received the news.
Unexpectedly, Shangguan Pu thought of the person who had sent him the news and asked for another 100,000 taels of gold.
He originally wanted to find out who was behind this while paying.
Unexpectedly, the other party was too vigilant. The money was given out, but he did not gain any clues.
Could it be that the empress dowager returned to the capital because of that person?
Thinking about how there was such an eye staring at him from behind and not knowing if it was friend or foe, Shangguan Pu felt extremely frustrated.
That was the main reason Shangguan Pu laid low recently. He was worried that he would fall into someone else’s trap once he made a move.
The advisor said, “The empress dowager has helped us today.”
Shangguan Pu agreed with this. He sneered. “It’s all thanks to the medicine given by Apothecary.”
“I thought that the girl beside Madam Song Shen was very powerful. It seems that she’s nothing.”
The advisor frowned and felt that things were not that simple. He thought for a moment and said, “In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I think Your Highness should take action as soon as possible. We can’t delay it any longer.” Shangguan Pu suddenly looked at the man and said after a long time, “I feel the same way.”
He had been overcautious and had already delayed until the empress dowager returned to the palace. If this continued, who knew what would happen?
The two of them discussed their next plan for nearly an hour before coming out of the study.
After returning to the backyard, Shangguan Pu thought of something and asked the attendant, “She hasn’t confessed yet?”
The invigilator lowered his head and said respectfully, “No, that maidservant committed suicide when no one was paying attention. Concubine An is pregnant, so they don’t dare to torture her. They’re afraid of hurting the fetus in her stomach.’
“It’s just a child. If it’s gone, so be it.” Shangguan Pu smiled coldly. “Give the order. There’s no need to worry. If she’s still unwilling to say it, let her try the methods of the Fragrant Teahouse.”
“Yes.”
Under the bright moon, a messenger pigeon flapped its wings and landed in a courtyard in General Xiao’s residence. A slender hand untied the letter raft tied to the messenger pigeon’s leg.
Fifteen minutes later, a thick fire rose in the backyard of the general’s residence.
The weather was dry to begin with, and the fire was like a dragon that instantly swallowed several courtyards at the same time. The servants and guards on night duty were in a frenzy.
“There’s water in the backyard!” “Quick, put out the fire!”
