When the imperial concubine was involved, things became a bit tricky.
After all, the imperial concubine is Xie Xun's biological mother. Even Qin Rushuang must consider the stakes very carefully.
Since she chose to spend the rest of her life with Xie Xun, she also cares about the people Xie Xun cares about.
Although the imperial concubine had done some things before, which made Qin Rushuang feel bad, when it came to Xie Xun's safety, Qin Rushuang still did not believe that a mother would harm her own son.
She herself became a mother and understood that maternal love is the greatest. No one would harm Xie Xun, not the imperial concubine.
And when it comes to children, every mother should be respected.
Therefore, Qin Rushuang decided to tell the concubine face to face.
Qin Rushuang took people to the imperial concubine's palace.
The imperial concubine's palace was deserted, and the usual joy and laughter were gone.
When Qin Rushuang entered, she saw the imperial concubine holding a handkerchief and crying secretly. Seeing Qin Rushuang coming, the imperial concubine quickly wiped away the tears on her cheeks with her hands and forced a smile.
"Rushuang, you're here. Come in and sit down. Are you exhausted from the past two days?"
Qin Rushuang shook her head, hurriedly went over to support the concubine, and asked: "Concubine, you care about the prince, why don't you go and see him?"
The imperial concubine sighed and said, "I have heard that Xun'er is unconscious, but the palace is not quiet. People with good intentions and bad intentions are all coming to you. You are tired enough. I
The palace just needs to know that his life is safe for the time being, so I won't bother you for now and let you free up your hands to deal with other things."
Qin Rushuang also appreciates what the imperial concubine did.
My heart felt a little softer unconsciously.
"It's because the prince and I are not doing well, we have made my mother and concubine worry about us."
Hearing this, the imperial concubine held Qin Rushuang's hand tightly, looked at her with worry, and asked: "Tell me honestly, have you found anything in the past few days? Who wants to harm me?"
My son?"
Qin Rushuang made a move and helped the imperial concubine sit aside.
"Mother, please sit down first. I came here today to talk to you about this matter. Don't be anxious yet."
"How can I not be anxious? Xun'er... Xun'er is like this now. How can I feel at ease!"
Qin Rushuang saw that the concubine's worries did not seem to be fake, so she told the concubine everything that the shadow guards had found out in the past few days.
After the imperial concubine heard this, she was immediately shocked.
"What?! This matter actually has something to do with the little maid in my palace?! Who is it? Who is it! Who's coming? Call all the servants in the palace! Give me a severe torture one by one!
"
"Concubine, don't be anxious. This matter must not be alerted. Once the clues are found here, I will first come to talk to the concubine. Your palace is not made of iron. Maybe there are people from other forces.
, mixed into your palace."
"Yes, yes, I am confused. I am a little worried about Xun'er. Don't worry, I will listen to you. I know your methods."
Seeing that the imperial concubine was willing to believe her wholeheartedly, Qin Rushuang felt much better.
In this urgent situation, there are not many people she can trust, so it is best if the concubine is willing to cooperate with her plan.
"Don't worry, mother. In the next few days, I will arrange for the shadow guards to slowly investigate and find out the relationship between the servants in the palace. First, I will catch the source of these rumors, and then follow the clues to find the person behind them."
"There is one more thing. I want to apologize to my mother and concubine."
Speaking of which, Qin Rushuang should indeed apologize for this matter. Xie Xun took the fake death drug. After returning to the palace, there were too many difficult things that fell into her hands. There were too many people she had to deal with. When he was ready to send someone
When he told the imperial concubine that Xie Xun had taken the drug to fake death, it was found out that it was related to the people in the imperial concubine's palace.
So after a delay, the imperial concubine still doesn't know that Xie Xun took the drug to fake death.
"Mother concubine, the prince is fine. He was indeed bitten by a poisonous snake, but he immediately used his energy to force out part of the poisonous blood. The reason why he became seriously ill is because the prince and I decided to use a trick to make the prince take a fake death drug to find out what happened.
The person who really wants to harm him behind the scenes."
After hearing this, the imperial concubine froze on the spot.
Immediately afterwards, tears fell down heavily, and she reached out and gently patted Qin Rushuang's arm.
"You two kids! You are so! You are really worried about me! Why didn't you inform me earlier? I can't bear the eclipse in the past two days. I'm afraid that the white-haired person will give away the black-haired person in the end!"
The imperial concubine was crying and slapping Qin Rushuang's arm, but her actions made Qin Rushuang feel at ease.
Because she knew that the imperial concubine truly regarded her as her own family, so she hid the truth from her, so that the imperial concubine would express her true emotions in front of her without hesitation.
Qin Rushuang allowed the imperial concubine to pat her arm. After the imperial concubine cried a lot and vented all the anxiety in her heart, Qin Rushang hesitated for a moment and then slowly stretched out her arms to hug the imperial concubine.
"Mother and concubine, it's our fault. Don't worry. We will be fine in the future. I have forgiven the prince and will live a good life with him in the future. You will be my other mother from now on and I will honor you."
In fact, Qin Rushuang rarely showed such an expression.
Even with Mrs. Qin, there was little intimacy after the age of ten.
Therefore, she was a little unaccustomed to such intimate movements. Just as she was about to push the imperial concubine away, the imperial concubine reached out to hug her and patted her back gently.
"Good boy, good boy, my concubine knows that you are the best. My concubine just got angry all of a sudden. Don't take it to heart. My concubine has always treated you as her own daughter. There was something wrong with your concubine in the past.
If you make a mistake, my concubine will no longer interfere with your relationship with Xun'er. You must be good and work together to overcome the difficulties."
After all the previous grievances were settled, the two people became much closer.
Qin Rushuang comforted the imperial concubine again, and only told her not to show her emotions in the past few days, and just pretend that she didn't know what to do.
After coming out of the imperial concubine's palace, Qin Rushuang arranged for shadow guards to carefully investigate the identities, relationships, and recent movements of the various maids in the imperial concubine's palace.
However, what Qin Rushuang didn't expect was that after repeated searches, only a few minor palace maids who had spread rumors were found.
When she wanted to arrest them for torture, those little palace ladies all died quietly in the imperial concubine's palace, and they all committed suicide by hanging from the beam.
The man Qin Rushuang thought was behind the scenes has yet to be found.
It seems that the ultimate source of all this is in the imperial concubine's palace.
But the little maids are all dead, and the clue ends here.
Seeing that all the ministers in the court, except for those who were wavering in their minds and came to test them a few times, none of them had bad thoughts. Qin Rushuang secretly wondered whether she and Xie Xun had thought about this matter.
Too serious?
Unable to find out the person behind it, Qin Rushuang had no choice but to start with the rumors outside the palace, and finally zeroed in on the person the rumors spread about, a young hooligan who was hanging around in the lower circles.
The shadow guard tied him to the palace, but before Qin Rushuang could execute him, the man was already pissed off.
"Princess, please calm down. Tell me! Tell everyone! You are so fooled by lard that you believed other people's words! That's why you spread those rumors!"
Qin Rushuang quickly asked: "Who instigated you?"
The little gangster repeatedly begged for mercy and said, "It's an old palace maid who came out of the palace! She has white hair and looks to be quite old. She must be in her fifties or sixties. She looks very thin and can't walk steadily.
She looks like this. Every time she meets me, she gives me a lot of money but hides her face. I really don’t know who she is or what she looks like!
Seeing that he couldn't find anything, Qin Rushuang could only ask the shadow guards to take him to the prison, and then went to the imperial concubine's palace.
After listening to Qin Rushuang's words, the imperial concubine showed an expression of disbelief on her face.
"He's talking about an old palace maid in her fifties or sixties, with white hair and looking very thin?"
Qin Rushuang nodded and said to the imperial concubine, "Yes, this is what I think is strange. As far as I know, the only elderly maid in the concubine's palace is Nanny Yinghong beside you. But Nanny Yinghong
It is absolutely impossible for me to have bad intentions towards the prince, and her appearance and image do not match her..."
Unexpectedly, after hearing Qin Rushuang's words, the imperial concubine smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"There is such a person in my palace, but if it were her... things would probably be difficult to handle."
"What's so difficult about this? I'm afraid that she won't recruit him. If I entrust the person to me, no matter how tough her mouth is, I will let her speak!"
"No, this matter is not that simple. If after searching and searching, this person is finally found... Then the concubine suggests that you let Xun'er take the antidote first, and then make a decision after he wakes up...
