Changle Palace.
Zhu Sijia was still sleeping when Yan Xiu came over.
Xin'er said tiredly: "The slaves have clearly called the queen three times, but she still didn't wake up. Fortunately, the slaves checked carefully and found that the queen was not injured."
Yan Xiu: "The noise didn't wake her up tonight?"
Xin'er shook her head.
Yan Xiu: "Go down, I'll go see her."
As soon as he entered the dormitory, Yan Xiu noticed that there was a different fragrance in Zhu Sijia's dormitory than before.
In order to prevent the "Cat Demon" from appearing again, Changle Palace has stepped up its security. Forbidden troops have been surrounding the palace on three levels, and even on the roof there are several dragon guards who have been recalled to the palace to guard it.
The bedroom was also brightly lit with candles, but Zhu Sijia was sleeping very deeply.
Yan Xiu sat on the edge of the couch, gently stuffed her hand back into the quilt, and leaned down to watch her silently.
There was a shallow mark on the corner of her lips. Yan Xiu almost saw it when his face was close to hers. At first glance, it looked like the residue of lipstick that had been rubbed and wiped off, but no woman would apply it before going to bed. Oral fat.
It looked more like blood stains that had been wiped away.
Yan Xiu simply sniffed the corners of her lips carefully, and it was indeed the smell of blood.
Why was that wiped? She was so sleepy that she couldn't be herself.
He suddenly stood up straight, walked quickly towards the incense burner placed on the table, kicked it a few feet away, went to the palace door and said:
"Pass on the imperial physician."
After burning the incense, it was not the imperial doctor who arrived at Changle Palace first, but Fu Zhu and Sui Yu.
Dr. Han, who was on duty at the Imperial Hospital tonight, arrived a few steps behind the two of them.
The incense burner that Yan Xiu had just kicked away had been packed away by the palace servants, and the incense ash and spices were placed on the tray.
It's past midnight.
Yan Xiu sat casually on the soft chair, rubbing his eyebrows heavily with one hand, moving his fingers casually with the other hand, and ordered Dr. Han:
"First take your pulse, then come out and check to see if anything has been added that shouldn't be added."
Xin'er invited Dr. Han into the bedroom. After he took Zhu Sijia's pulse and confirmed that she was fine, he walked aside with the tray and immersed himself in studying.
Yan Xiu raised his eyes and glanced at Fu Zhu and Sui Yu, with a shallow crease in his eye socket. He asked, "What are you two doing here again? If you plead guilty, you can go down and receive the punishment on your own."
Fu Zhu coughed: "Your Majesty, I do have to apologize first, but please allow your Majesty to listen to my report on other matters."
Sui Yu lowered her eyebrows and remained silent.
Yan Xiu: "Speak bluntly."
Fu Zhumiao looked at Imperial Physician Han: "It should not be known to outsiders. After Imperial Physician Han has completed the examination, I will let you know."
Yan Xiu almost lost his composure: "Master Fu, please tell me, what crime did you plead with Sui Yu, and what crime should you deserve?"
Fu Zhuhu's face was not red and his heart was not beating. He replied: "In the critical moment tonight, I was eager to save people, so I broke into the queen's bedroom without permission. Please forgive me."
Yan Xiu almost couldn't sit still and asked Suiyu again: "What about you?"
Broken Jade: "I learned that the cat demon had sneaked into Changle Palace. I was worried about the safety of the empress and broke into the empress's chamber without permission. Please forgive me."
The Imperial Physician Han on the side choked a few times, and several people immediately stared at him. The Imperial Physician Han said awkwardly: "I choked on the ashes of the incense. Please forgive me for the crime of disrespecting the emperor."
Yan Xiu thought of the wiped mark on the corner of Zhu Sijia's lips, and laughed angrily. Was he trying to save someone to the point of attacking Zhu Sijia?
However, since it is difficult to have an attack in the presence of outsiders, I could only ask Imperial Physician Han: "Can you find anything abnormal in the furnace?"
Imperial Physician Han walked to the group of people with a tray and said, "Your Majesty, an extra drug was added to the incense burner. The empress will only have symptoms of drowsiness tonight."
Yan Xiu: "I understand."
After Imperial Physician Han withdrew, Fu Zhu murmured in a low voice: "This further confirms my thoughts."
Yan Xiu: "Say."
Fu Zhuque first asked Suiyu to describe what he had experienced tonight.
Broiyu explained everything clearly about the last time he secretly discovered cat hair.
Ever since he neglected his duty last time and allowed the cat demon to sneak into Changle Palace, and hurriedly hid the found cat hair before the Imperial Army, he has been extra thoughtful than others.
He chose to hide the cat hair secretly. Just because he was worried that this was a simple harem struggle, he had the idea of temporarily protecting Zhu Sijia, thinking that he would investigate later, and did not take into account the many mysteries hidden in it.
During this period, Suiyu was indeed secretly investigating the matter of Mao Mao, and was even more attentive to pay attention to the disturbances in the palace.
Unfortunately, he was always one step behind. When he saw the giant shadow jumping into Zhu Sijia's bedroom, he hesitated for a moment before chasing after him.
It was this half-moment of hesitation that made him miss the cat demon.
He sneaked into the dormitory and saw Zhu Sijia lying quietly on the bed, with blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, and a huge cat skin on the ground.
At this moment, Suiyu heard Fu Zhu's voice speaking in a low voice outside the door.
He couldn't confirm whether Fu Zhu would do business this time. In desperation, he stretched out his fingers to wipe the blood from the corners of Zhu Sijia's lips, picked up the cat skin on the ground and ran out.
Then Fu Zhu pushed open the door and entered.
Broiyu stood close to the window, not daring to make any sound. During the whole thing that happened, Zhu Sijia didn't even open her eyes once.
Yan Xiu learned the cause and effect and did not mind the two of them's rude behavior. He focused on the key points and asked Sui Yu:
"If I remember correctly, when you discovered the cat hair, the cat demon appeared in the palace for the second time. At that time, the rumor that Zhaoyi was the cat demon had not spread all over the world. How did you predict the cat demon? Will something implicate her?"
Broken Yu: "This subordinate is not a clairvoyant."
He told the two people present everything he heard in Baiweizhai.
Fu Zhu: "It turns out that everything has traces. The rumors were first generated in Baiweizhai. That Taoist priest has a great background."
Yan Xiu: "Do you still remember the looks of the women in Baiweizhai?"
Broken Jade: "I have never seen their appearance, but I know the name of one of them, which is Jia Ruo, the second daughter of the Jia family, a wealthy businessman in the south of the city who escaped from Luo Yang. As for the specific identities of the rest of them, we can learn from the shopkeeper of Baiweizhai Learned everywhere.”
Fu Zhuqing frowned: "It's her."
Yan Xiu: "Go and follow Jia Ruo to investigate, and find out the details of the Taoist priest before noon the day after tomorrow."
It's not difficult to check someone out.
Fu Zhu added: "So, the whole story is clear to me. This is indeed a harem fight under the guise of a cat demon, who can instruct his subordinates to come and go in the palace to take their own lives. The person behind the scenes must have an extraordinary family background and Means. And I know that no matter what, she cannot surpass Zhaoyi's position in His Majesty's mind."
"If the empress is successfully framed by a cat demon, no matter whether His Majesty will break away from Zhaoyi or not, Zhaoyi will be affected sooner or later due to the crusade against Zhaoyi by the former harem and even the world."
Yan Xiu's mind immediately flashed into a face that always pestered him to call him cousin.
Fu Zhu: "No matter how clever the person who pretends to be a cat demon is, there will always be a flaw. The potion in the incense burner tonight is the biggest flaw. Just now, Imperial Physician Han said that this potion is not an ordinary potion, but Originating from the Western Regions, as long as the dosage is accurately controlled, the duration of the coma of the person who inhales the incense can be controlled. Apparently, the person who administered the drug accidentally missed it, which caused the empress to sleep for a long time. "
"But please rest assured, Your Majesty, anyone in the palace may be the next target, but the empress is the safest."
