In the Imperial Palace, inside the Yangxin Hall.

Shen Jinyu and Song Yao waited for a long time before Lu Tao walked in with a sad look on his face. Behind him, Li Mingde came in with a palace maid. Song Yao called the emperor, but Lu Tao didn't respond. He walked straight to the desk behind the bookcase. After sitting on the dragon chair, he waved his hand,

"My dear friends, please sit down."

The two sat down, and Shen Jinyu glanced at the palace maid. As soon as the two eunuchs holding her released their hands, the palace maid knelt on the ground with a plop, with tears still on her face.

"Ban Yue, you are the personal maid of the imperial concubine. Tell me, what happened today?!" Lu Tao restrained his usual gentleness. For the first time, Shen Jinyu saw something belonging to the emperor on that face. majesty.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Today, the imperial concubine saw that the weather was very good. She thought that the flowers in the imperial garden should be blooming a lot, so she wanted to go to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers and bask in the sun. Originally, everything was fine. Your Majesty is still here. I met Concubine Wang Shu in the Imperial Garden. Concubine Wang saw that the exquisite jade that the imperial concubine liked was in full bloom, so she picked one and gave it to the empress. As soon as the empress took the exquisite jade and smelled it, she suddenly said that her stomach hurt. The servant was frightened. I was shocked and quickly called the imperial doctor, but I didn't expect it to be so serious!" The palace maid Ban Yue said and started crying again.

"You have a stomachache after smelling a flower?" Lu Tao obviously didn't believe it, "Where's the imperial doctor? Come in here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the white-bearded imperial doctor who was treating Li Huanwu today rolled in with trembling hands and feet. As soon as he came in, he fell to his knees with a plop. It was a big deal for the imperial concubine to die. If he had said something wrong, It is estimated that everyone's head is not saved, and the nervous beard is trembling at this moment.

Lu Tao: "Mr. Sun, tell me, what was the cause of Concubine Li's miscarriage and death?"

"Back to the emperor, when I arrived today, the imperial concubine was suffering from unbearable abdominal pain. I checked her pulse and found that the imperial concubine's pulse was disordered and her pulse beating was extremely strong. She was suffering from poisoning. The poison was too strong. It took only half a stick of incense to cure her. Before I could figure out what this poison was, the imperial concubine..." At the end of the sentence, Doctor Sun leaned over in fear and put his head between his hands.

As expected, Lu Tao became furious after hearing this. He picked up the inkstone in front of him and threw it at Imperial Physician Sun's feet, "Trash! What do I feed you for? I don't even understand this!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Dr. Sun's head was almost buried under the marble floor.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Since Dr. Sun said that the Imperial Concubine is suffering from poisoning, do you have any thoughts about the poison now? For half a month, you have been in charge of the Imperial Concubine's daily life. Has anything wrong happened since the Imperial Concubine became pregnant? "Song Yao raised a question, and Lu Tao became a little confused after he got emotional.

"Back to Master Song, after the empress became pregnant with the dragon heir, the emperor specifically told her to be cautious about everything she eats and tea, so the slaves and maids kept an eye on everything the empress used. There was nothing wrong with her!" Ban Yue! cried.

Song Yao: "Where are you, Imperial Physician Sun?"

Imperial Physician Sun: "This poison is extremely poisonous, and even the experienced pulse diagnoses in the past few months did not notice it at all. I have never seen such a poison before!"

"There was nothing wrong with the pulse diagnosis in the past few months?" Shen Jinyu, who had been silent for the whole time, spoke up.

Imperial Physician Sun: "No, my empress's pulse condition has always been very stable."

Lu Tao: "Li Mingde, send someone to examine all the eunuchs and maids who are responsible for all affairs in Concubine Li's palace, as well as the rooms on duty. I don't believe it is even the slightest bit different!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Mingde took the order and hurried down.

Shen Jinyu thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, according to what I have seen, you can take people to search the imperial concubine's palace."

"Okay, Jinyu, you will be in charge."

"I am a foreign minister, and investigating the case is not within my scope of responsibilities. I am afraid that I will be criticized by others." Shen Jinyu was a little worried, not because he was afraid of others' criticism, but because he was afraid that those rigid old men would start chanting sutras again. It sounds like a real headache.

"You can go with peace of mind. There is nothing wrong with what I allow." Lu Tao waved his hand, "In Ban Yue, you take Mr. Shen with you and ten guards. Anyone who dares to say anything will be caught in front of me."

Shen Jinyu didn't say much, stood up, bowed and left. Song Yao went to the Imperial Medical Office and brought the oldest and most experienced old physicians and a bunch of medical books, and locked them in the Nourishing Heart Hall until the investigation. Until we find out what this poison is.

A group of guards were already standing at the door of Li Huanwu's palace, looking at him. When he saw Shen Jinyu coming, he wanted to reach out and stop him. The guard behind Shen Jinyu reminded him, "Your Majesty personally ordered Mr. Shen to come and investigate. You cannot stop him." .”

The person who spoke was a captain of the palace guards. Those standing guard at the door all recognized him. Seeing what he said, they did not dare to stop him anymore. They respectfully stepped aside and said, "Master Shen, please!"

Shen Jinyu strode in, Ban Yue trotting behind to keep up.

Lu Tao had given an order that no one was allowed to touch anything in Li Huanwu's palace, so everything inside was still the same as before. There was still a strong smell of blood in the inner hall. Shen Jinyu frowned. Look at them one by one.

After Li Huanwu became pregnant with the dragon heir, Lu Tao rewarded her with many things. The inner hall was decorated very luxuriously and she was treated with the courtesy of a noble concubine.

"Several people will come and search one by one," Shen Jinyu said coldly, and several guards immediately followed the order and started to take action.

Shen Jinyu walked to the dressing table and flipped through it. The makeup made of mahogany inlaid with crystals was filled with rouge, gouache, and gold hairpin earrings. They were no different. The purple and gold animal head incense burner on the side was still emitting wisps of white smoke. , the light and sweet fragrance spreads from it, which is a smell that all women like.

Searching all the way to Li Huanwu's bed, Shen Jinyu didn't see anything wrong, but the scent inside seemed a little different from the one outside. He got closer and smelled it, and there was a strong smell of blood that was different from the one outside. The aroma of that incense burner, the incense burner on the other side of the dressing table smells light and sweet, but the one here is a bit like but not sandalwood. I smelled it carefully, and after inhaling it, I felt an inexplicable feeling of peace of mind.

"Is the incense used in the imperial concubine's inner and outer rooms different?" Shen Jinyu asked.

"Yes," Ban Yue replied from the side, "after the imperial concubine became pregnant with the dragon heir, she heard that this cinnamon and sandalwood incense has the effect of calming the fetus and calming the mind, so she changed the incense on the bed."

"Cinnamon and sandalwood," Shen Jinyu thought for a while, "then why not replace the incense outside?"

Ban Yue: "The incense outside is the one that I always smoke. I like that incense the most, so I haven't changed it."

Shen Jinyu concentrated for a moment and said, "Someone, please pack up the remaining incense in this incense burner."
Chapter completed!