After Zhu Qizhen drank the licorice soup, he still felt weak and drowsy.

Jinyiwei has already heard the news and has arrived, and has put everyone in Shangshan Supervisory under control. From those who buy vegetables to those who cook, including those who wash rice and wash vegetables, they are investigating them one by one.

The emperor was poisoned and almost died. This was something that had never happened in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years.

Surprisingly, except for Zhu Qizhen himself, no one else showed signs of poisoning.

Now that the prince is young, King Zhou, as the only royal family, is left in the palace by the queen mother to temporarily take charge of the overall situation.

Yuan Bin, with a face blacker than carbon, came to Zhu Qizhen's bed and saluted: "I will die!"

Zhu Qizhen gave a bitter smile and said: "It's none of your business...ahem..."

King Zhou hurriedly said: "The emperor is weak and should not work too much. It is better to rest first!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and slowly closed his eyes.

Yuan Bin wanted to ask a few more questions, but saw King Zhou waving to him, then got up and came to the side hall.

"Your Highness!"

Yuan Bin understood and followed.

King Zhou took a deep breath and said, "Commander Yuan, have you investigated anything unusual?"

Yuan Bin frowned, shook his head and said: "I have investigated the Shangshan Supervisor from top to bottom. All the ingredients have been inspected and no problems have been found."

King Zhou also fell into deep thought and continued to ask: "What about other foods? Besides lunch, what else did the emperor eat?"

Yuan Bin sighed and said: "I really can't find any problem. The strange thing is that except for the emperor, no one else in the palace showed signs of poisoning. How...how to explain this?"

After hearing this, King Zhou pondered for a long time and then said: "Either the emperor ate something special, or... someone deliberately murdered him!"

"You mean... there is an assassin sneaking into the palace?"

"I am just guessing..."

As King Zhou spoke, he looked inside and said, "It's just that the emperor is weak now, so it's not appropriate to disturb him for the time being."

Yuan Bin frowned, feeling very suspicious in his heart.

An assassin sneaking into the palace is no joke!

After a long time, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "In that case, I will continue to follow this clue and say goodbye!"

Returning to Shangshan Supervisor, the captains have already controlled everyone.

Imperial doctors were also recruited to inspect all the ingredients and dishes repeatedly, even the swill buckets.

However, until dark, still nothing was found.

Yuan Bin's face became increasingly ugly, and he almost turned the entire palace upside down, but where was the murderer?

The ingredients of each dish, the source and quality of each ingredient are checked no less than three times.

Even the cooking process was not neglected, and even the cooks in the royal kitchen were interrogated separately to see whether the cooking time, heat, seasoning, etc. of each dish were appropriate.

As long as there is a conflict between the answers of two people, it can be used as a new breakthrough to continue the investigation.

However, he was disappointed again.

Everyone's answers were surprisingly consistent, and even the cooking details of the dishes were exactly the same.

In desperation, Yuan Bin simply ordered the food supervisor to make all the lunches for today again.

After the dishes were served, he tasted all the dishes himself and waited to see if he had any adverse reactions.

However... there are still no problems!

On the other side, Wynn stayed up all night, and the entire Dongchang team went out to snoop around the palace, looking for any suspicious people or clues.

His luck was the same as Jin Yiwei's, he couldn't find even a clue!

Late at night, Kunning Palace.

Queen Mother Sun's face was solemn, her fingers kept tapping the armrests of the Grand Master's chair, and the worry on her face was obvious.

The last time I was so worried was five years ago, when the emperor was on a personal expedition and was ambushed by the Oara army.

Over the years, she has seen with her own eyes that ignorant child grow into a wise king step by step, and the pride in her heart has grown day by day.

Once upon a time, Emperor Taizong conquered Mobei, conquered Annan, and sailed to the West, making unparalleled achievements.

During the Second Emperor Ren and Xuan, although the territory did not expand, the people were able to recuperate and lay a solid foundation for the centuries-old foundation of future generations.

Now she saw with her own eyes that her son, the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had made contributions that far surpassed those of his ancestors. He had spread the Han people all over the world. He had truly made the whole world a royal territory!

However, the most dangerous hidden dangers are lurking around us.

This murderer must be found, otherwise, the emperor will still be in danger.

She had arranged for people to search everywhere in the palace, but no clues were found.

Queen Qian and Concubine Zhou stood on either side of the Queen Mother, both frowning and looking solemn.

Empress Dowager Sun took a deep breath and said, "Today's matter must have an outcome."

Queen Qian and Concubine Zhou nodded at the same time, waiting for her to continue.

"Have the maids around you done any investigation?"

"Palace maid?"

Queen Qian and Concubine Zhou looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

Empress Dowager Sun continued: "Even the emperor's food can be poisoned, which shows that there are still big flaws in the security of the palace. It is still unclear how the poison was delivered and who was behind it. The Ai family thought carefully.

However, the maids in the inner palace are the ones who have the easiest access to the emperor, and their identities, backgrounds, and whereabouts all need to be verified."

At this time, Wynn walked in from the outside, bowed and said: "To the Queen Mother, all the maids on duty today have been brought here."

As he spoke, he took out a roster and handed it over.

Queen Mother Sun said: "This is the list, take a look!"

Queen Qian took it and looked at them one by one. Concubine Zhou also followed and watched.

"Bing Qingyan, sixteen years old, born into a poor family, has been in the palace for two years."

"Jiang Ruolan, eighteen years old, comes from a good family. She was sent to the palace by her parents last year."

"Zhang Yating, twenty years old, was sold to the palace for three years because of her family's financial difficulties."

The three of them carefully checked the information of each palace maid, but still found nothing suspicious.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Queen Mother Sun sighed and said, "Wynn, I'll leave the rest to you."

"yes!"

Wynn ordered people to take these maids for interrogation one by one, and then took out their confessions and cross-corroborated them.

He hoped to find some clues in this way, but after checking for a whole night, he didn't find any problems.

Everyone's confessions can be verified with others, that is to say, no one is lying.

This is difficult to handle...

That night, the entire Forbidden City stayed up all night.

Everyone is looking for the murderer hidden in the palace, but still nothing is found.

In the early morning, Queen Qian cooked a bowl of hot porridge with her own hands and ordered someone to carry it to Zhu Qizhen.

Yuan Bin subconsciously stopped the person and prepared to take a bite.

Just when he picked up the spoon, he was stunned!

"I'm so humble and rude, please forgive me!"

Maybe he was too dizzy from investigating the case, but he actually stopped Queen Qian and wanted to check the bowl of porridge.

Queen Qian didn't know whether to be angry or sympathetic.

"Commander Yuan, please get up!"

Yuan Bin then stood up, lowered his head, and said: "I'm humble and incompetent. I checked all night and still can't find any problem..."

Queen Qian said: "I and the Queen Mother also checked all night, but found nothing."

When Yuan Bin heard this, he felt even more disappointed. As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, he actually saw the emperor being poisoned, but he could never find where the murderer was hiding.

I don’t even know how they poisoned me!

Queen Qian seemed to see what he was thinking and comforted: "Commander Yuan, don't be discouraged. The emperor's condition has stabilized. If we continue to investigate, we can always find out the results!"

Yuan Bin said nothing more and silently stepped aside.

All he can do now is to stand in front of the Fengtian Palace and check carefully whoever wants to see the emperor.

Never let this happen again!

Queen Qian led people into Fengtian Hall, brought hot porridge and fed it to Zhu Qizhen's mouth herself.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen was still very weak. After two sips, he no longer had any strength.
To be continued...