"I don't believe it." Shen Cha shook her head slightly and said decisively, "Based on the Empress Dowager's plan, her purpose cannot be so simple." She looked at His Highness Prince Ning, "Uncle Wang, with all due respect, Zhao Family members are also very suspicious. Once the seeds of suspicion are planted against a person, they will quickly take root and sprout and grow into a towering tree. Even if it turns out that this person is not who he thought, this kind of The suspicion will not dissipate, and this person will not gain the trust of the Zhao family." She showed a shallow smile, "Am I right?"
"Yes, it is indeed the case." His Highness Prince Ning nodded, smiled slightly, turned to Jin Miaomiao and said, "My family members know their temper best." Seeing Jin Miaomiao's confused look, Looking at himself, he raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why, don't you understand what it means?"
"Please explain clearly. You don't understand it very well. If you don't understand it clearly, you understand it a little bit." Jin Miaomiao touched his chin, "How about I explain it to you and you listen to see if I understand it correctly?"
"Okay, you tell us and we listen."
"Because they are suspicious of the Empress Dowager, neither the late Emperor nor Emperor Wu will easily believe the Empress Dowager. What she says and every move she performs are not trusted. After all, His Highness has previously As I said, the Empress Dowager is always being watched, so no matter what she does, it will be in vain."
"That's right, it's useless for her to do anything, even if she does nothing, she will be suspected. The Xue family didn't fall ill after returning home from the emperor's sister, but after several days , it was reported that she fell ill, and it was extremely serious, and she was about to die. If the Xue family hadn't hired famous doctors on a large scale, we wouldn't have known about it. "
"Are you really sick?" Shen Cha was slightly startled, "I thought he was pretending to be sick."
"At the beginning, the emperor's sister wanted to invite her to the palace to play. Her refusal was indeed the family's intention. They didn't want her to get too close to the emperor's sister, because the relationship between the Xue family's female relatives and the empress dowager was relatively good. But then, I don’t know what happened, but I suddenly fell ill." His Highness Prince Ning sighed softly, "The first person who asked for help was Lao Xue. You know him, he won’t lie, and, I remember The anxious look at that time didn't look like he was faking it. My father even asked his spies to take a look, and he was indeed very ill."
"So that's it." Jin Miaomiao sneered, "Is this asking for mercy? She didn't want to go to the palace to see Aunt Shen, and the excuse she made was that she was sick, but she really became ill."
"Yes, Sister Huang also said that she brought it upon herself. However, according to Lao Xue's description, this little girl was fine during the day, in good spirits, and bouncing around. But at night, she suddenly became ill and could only come out. Qi, no Qi, but it made them anxious. The news reached the palace, and Emperor Father sent the entire Taiyuan Hospital to Xue Mansion, but it was of no use. After struggling for half a month, there was no improvement. , I feel like every day is my last, as if I’m going to die soon.”
"I know, because I suspected that he was possessed by evil spirits, I invited famous monks and Taoist priests from Xijing City, but it was of little use. It was the elder brother of the Empress Dowager, the uncle who faked his death, and pretended to be a heavenly master who saved Xue Madam." Shen Cha looked at His Highness Prince Ning, "Did the Imperial Grandfather and Uncle suspect the Empress Dowager from the very beginning?"
"Well, including your father and Lao Xue, they all doubted the Empress Dowager for the first time."
"My father can understand, Uncle Xue..." Shen Cha frowned slightly, "Don't he know the inside story?"
"Neither he nor that little girl knows." His Highness Prince Ning shook his head gently, "The little girl is the person involved, so I will definitely not tell her, and I will not agree if I tell her. Old Xue and Mr. Xue don't really believe this. Moreover, Mr. Xue is in the East Palace, and Mr. Xue is either busy fighting a war or dealing with foreign enemies, and has no time to care about him. So, it almost led to a big mistake."
"It turns out that Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Xue are cruel enough. They used their daughters and granddaughters in exchange for... No, were they deceived by the Empress Dowager? The Empress Dowager probably didn't tell them. The situation will become worse. So serious, right?”
"That's right. They didn't know it would be so serious, and they didn't know that they might really lose their daughter or granddaughter. Therefore, even if they knew the inside story, they were still frightened. Until the appearance of the heavenly master, they were frightened. The condition of the little girl from the Xue family has improved."
"So, it's Gu, right?"
"Yes!" His Highness Prince Ning nodded, "Yes, it's a poison. Guess who planted this poison and where it was planted."
"After you came back from the palace?" Seeing His Highness Prince Ning nodding his head appreciatively, Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao looked at each other, "If...if it's under the Xue family, then it should be someone close to the Xue family. , the old lady of the Xue family or Mrs. Xue, or... the girl next to the empress?"
"None of them." His Highness Prince Ning looked at Jin Miaomiao, "Miaomiao should understand that the requirements for poisoning are relatively high and ordinary people cannot master them, right?"
"Yes." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "So, I guess he should be the brother of the Empress Dowager."
"The elder brother of the Empress Dowager? How could he bewitch the Xue family? How...how did he do this?" Shen Cha thought for a while, "I understand!"
"Understand what?"
"Mrs. Xue or Mrs. Xue secretly brought people into the house at night, and then poisoned the Xue family's mother-in-law without anyone noticing, right?"
"Correct answer!" His Highness Prince Ning snapped his fingers, "That's true."
"But... how did His Highness know that these inside stories were hungry?" Jin Miaomiao frowned slightly, "The so-called family scandal should not be exposed to the outside world. The Xue family should not leak it to the outside world."
"Lao Xue said it himself, and he only told it to the emperor brother and Lao Shen. I know because before Lao Xue entered the palace, I was playing hide-and-seek with the emperor brother, and ended up hiding in a big closet. Inside, the emperor searched for a long time but couldn't find it. When he met Xue and Shen entering the palace, he forgot about me. Thanks to him forgetting, I was able to hear the whole story. "
"So that's it."
"Yes, but the price is that I fainted in the big closet that day. When I woke up, I had slept in the East Palace Bedroom for three days." His Highness Prince Ning opened the curtain of the car window and looked outside. "I didn't expect that it's almost halfway through March, and it's still so cold in the north, and we still need to wear such thick clothes. The trees and grass on the roadside are still bare, and there seems to be no life at all."
"If you want to be full of greenery, you have to wait until May and June. After all, sometimes it snows in June in the north." Jin Miaomiao chuckled, "Why don't Your Highness stay a few more days to experience the border and the What’s the difference in the capital?”
"I don't have any objections, I'm just worried that you might find me annoying." His Highness Prince Ning smiled at Jin Miaomiao, "If you don't think I'm a burden, I have no problem."
"Then we have decided that His Highness will stay here longer and enjoy the scenery of the north."
"Okay, it's settled."
