Harem Daily Life

Chapter 886 The Emperor's Wrath

Logically speaking, Yin Jiu had been secretly following and protecting He Jinan, so no one should be able to harm Jinan. He Linzhang was puzzled and asked someone to find Yin Jiu.

"Your Majesty, I have been following the Second Prince. Everything went well with him at the Imperial College today, and he even had lunch with everyone else."

"Where is the tea? Could it have been tampered with?" He Linzhang asked worriedly.

Yin Jiu thought for a moment, "Tea has always been made in the water room, and nothing has happened over the years. Whenever Xiao Quanzi goes to get water, he never asks anyone else to do it. But the water room is crowded with people, so if someone really wanted to poison someone, they could only have taken advantage of the chaos and put the poison in the Second Prince's kettle. This person is familiar with the Second Prince's schedule and has easy access to the water room."

He Linzhang nodded: "Go and check to see who had the opportunity to tamper with it."

At the Imperial College, the headmaster learned that He Jinan had not been to school and had gone home, so he didn't take it too seriously. The teacher on duty came to ask if he wanted to go home and call him, but the headmaster rebuffed him, saying, "No, no, Jinan has good grades, so it won't be a problem if he misses a few classes."

After everyone left, he returned to his cell and found that a strange guard was already waiting in the room.

The chief priest was frightened to death and almost screamed out loud. It was only when the visitor took out the token that he quickly swallowed the words he was about to shout out.

"Sir, I'm here to investigate on the orders of His Majesty. Don't panic." Ying San put away the token. "The Second Prince was poisoned in the Imperial College. I'm here to investigate."

"What? Poison?" The chief priest's eyes went dark, and he nearly fell to the ground. It was only when Ying San reached out and helped him that he was able to steady his shaky body.

The chief priest calmed down and said in fear, "How could this happen? Sir Guard, please feel free to ask me anything. I will tell you everything I know."

Ying San's expression was serious: "Sir, please recall carefully whether there was any unusual person in the kitchen today, or who had access to the Second Prince's kettle."

The chief priest frowned, thinking hard: "The people working in the kitchen have all been working in the Imperial College for many years. They shouldn't do such a thing as poisoning. However, there are many people in the kitchen and many eyes are watching. I didn't pay attention to who could get close to the drinking water."

Lord Jijiu, to be honest, it is impossible for him to keep an eye on the kitchen all the time, right?

Ying San couldn't find anything here, so he asked, "Is there anyone in the Imperial College who has a grudge against our Second Prince?"

The chief priest thought for a moment, and only one person came to mind: "It's not a festival, but the only one who had a minor bump on his face was He Feng."

Ying San immediately stood up: "Okay, then I'll go search his room first." Ying San came and went without a trace, and suddenly disappeared in front of the Lord Jijiu.

If Lord Jijiu had not known that the royal family kept shadow guards, he would have been frightened to death by Shadow Three who appeared today.

Ying San secretly investigated He Feng's dormitory and ran into Yin Jiu who came with him to investigate. After a glance, the two of them acted separately and quickly went through He Feng's things.

Speaking of He Feng, he was a very cautious man, usually keeping to himself, occasionally helping to load the garbage in the kitchen, so no one would suspect him. Yesterday was everyone's first day back at the Imperial College, and everyone was busy and the students needed a lot of hot water. He took advantage of the chaos and poured the entire packet of medicine given by the Yan people into He Jinan's kettle. He then tore up the oil paper wrapping the medicine and burned it in the stove. Now there was no trace of him. Ying San and Yin Jiu searched for a long time, but found nothing.

"There's nothing here. What should we do? Should others continue to look for it?" Yin Jiu asked Ying San.

Ying San said, "I've already investigated. The Second Prince is popular and has no conflicts with anyone except He Feng. I can't find anything right now. Keep an eye on him for a few days and see if you find anything else. I'll go back to the palace to report. I'll leave this to you."

Yin Jiu felt a little depressed. Something happened to someone right under his nose, so he couldn't escape the blame.

Fortunately, He Jinan finally woke up after sleeping for a day and a night, and Doctor Liu hurriedly sent someone to invite the emperor and empress over.

Although He Jinan was not as excited as before after waking up and shouting that he wanted to kill His Majesty, the look he gave He Linzhang was still cold, completely devoid of the warmth that had previously existed between father and son.

He treated Tao Yanyan better, but compared to before he was poisoned, he was still obviously a little colder.

"I'm in a state of confusion right now. I don't trust either of you, but I can't seem to bring myself to kill you again. I don't know what I should do. I can't control my emotions." He Jinan had a terrible headache. It felt like there were two voices in his ears controlling his mind. One said, "Get up and kill him. Kill him at all costs!" The other said, "Don't kill him. Absolutely not!"

Tao Yanyan looked at his painful expression and wiped away her tears. "Okay, okay, if you can't control it, we won't force you. But you must promise me that you will never hurt yourself, and don't easily use anything dangerous against your father, okay?"

He Jinan's eyes were red. He glanced at He Linzhang and replied with difficulty: "I try my best to control it, but I am in great pain. Is there any sedative? Just feed it to me and let me fall asleep." As long as he was awake, he would be tortured.

"If you keep sleeping, your body will collapse." He Linzhang asked someone to bring food: "Eat something first. You haven't eaten for two days and one night."

He Jinan looked at the food and suddenly swept all the dishes to the ground: "Take it away, you want to poison me, take it away!"

Tao Yanyan looked at the mess on the floor and tried to persuade them, but was stopped by Imperial Physician Liu. "Empress, the Second Prince is full of doubts and can't tell who's treating him well and who's treating him badly. Your Majesty and the Empress should leave first. I'll give him two injections to calm him down, and I'll have someone bring him some new food later."

He Jinan was holding his head and trembling. Tao Yanyan couldn't help but shed tears and was helped out by He Linzhang.

As soon as they left the house, Tao Yanyan couldn't hold back her tears any longer and fell into He Linzhang's arms, "What should I do? Who is harming the child? When we catch him, I'll cut him into pieces!"

She hated it so much! Jin'an had a rough life to begin with, and she had finally raised him over the years to be as gentle as jade and outstanding in everything, but he was ruined like this by this poison. It really distressed her.

He Linzhang patted her back and soothed her, "Don't worry, I will definitely catch the person behind this. I have already sent people to search for herbs that can detoxify according to the prescription prescribed by Doctor Liu. Don't be too sad now, you are still pregnant."

It was impossible to say that she was not sad. Tao Yanyan had severe morning sickness, and the torture of the past two days and one night made her body unable to bear it. After crying, she was so angry that she fainted in He Linzhang's arms.

"Empress, Empress? Call the imperial physician quickly!" He Linzhang picked up the person and sent her to his own bedroom.

Imperial Physician Liu was overwhelmed, so it was Imperial Physician Zhao who came to treat the Empress. After a long pause, Imperial Physician Zhao finally said, "Your Majesty, the Empress is simply too heartbroken. While the fetus hasn't been affected yet, it won't be good in the long term. We must advise the Empress."

Imperial Physician Zhao prescribed a prescription for nourishing the spirit and protecting the fetus and then left. He Linzhang looked at the pale queen with murderous intent in his eyes.

Just then, Ying San came back to report that he had found nothing. He only left Yin Jiu to continue secretly following He Feng. He Linzhang said coldly, "I don't have time for you to continue searching for evidence. Since you have suspicions, arrest him first. I will see if he can withstand the torture!"

Ying San shuddered. As a wise ruler, His Majesty would never arrest anyone without evidence. Today, he actually ordered the direct arrest of He Feng, clearly on the verge of uncontrollable rage.