Princess Dona and Princess Duoya had already left, but halfway through, they felt something was wrong, so they turned back to see what was going on. Who knew that they heard that the horse had eaten something it shouldn't have eaten and became like this? When Su Yao said that he would send someone to investigate, Princess Dona and Princess Duoya were horrified. When they saw Su Yao standing up and looking at them, they subconsciously straightened their backs and shook their heads: "Why are you looking at us? This is not what we did!"
They are not crazy. Things have been going badly for them recently and things are going on a lot. Even if they want to be angry, there is no need for them to attack a horse.
Eunuch Wen was sweating profusely as he looked at the horse. He then looked at Su Yao and Chu Changyuan. He was so nervous that he didn't know how to react. When he heard Su Yao say that he wanted to check it out, he just had a stiff face and couldn't make any expression.
Chu Changyuan nodded first. He didn't care about the two Mongolian princesses who had returned. He just patted the dirt off his body and nodded, saying concisely: "Investigate! We should investigate. It's just a good horse. If people have any grievances, that's their business. What kind of person is it to vent your anger on livestock? Cowardly and insidious, such people are really hateful."
He has always been crazy about horses, so it's no surprise that he would say this. Eunuch Wen glanced at him and pursed his lips bitterly: "But I really didn't feed it anything it shouldn't have!"
Concubine Pang, who was chatting with Madam Pang, also heard about this. She frowned and asked, "Something happened to the horse?"
Mrs. Pang Da was also puzzled: "He seemed fine yesterday, how come something bad happened suddenly?"
It's such a good horse. It looked full of energy yesterday. It's so strange that it happened just like that.
The Eleventh Princess was a little absent-minded. Thinking that Su Yao was still watching on the scene, she suddenly felt restless. Without bothering to reply to Madam Pang Da, she thought about going back to take a look.
At this moment, Aunt Cui, who was beside Concubine Pang, came over quickly, glanced at the Eleventh Princess, and whispered a few words in Concubine Pang's ear.
Concubine Pang's face suddenly darkened. She sneered and raised her eyebrows. "Great! At this time, there are still people stirring up trouble! Investigate! Have the Imperial Household Department send someone to guard the horse, and have the Ministry of Punishment send a few people to investigate thoroughly! If we can't find out who killed the horse, no one on duty at the stable last night will be able to escape!"
Aunt Cui responded and quickly went out to give instructions.
Madam Pang Da was a little worried: "Madam, what happened?"
Li Jinniang, Princess Xianning and other noble ladies also looked at Concubine Pang with great concern. After all, they also wanted to know what was going on.
Concubine Pang had a blank expression on her face. "The horse was deliberately fed a large amount of sweet clover and half-wet green leaves, which is why it suddenly became like this. Chu Changyuan from the Imperial Household Department also said that this could not have been an accident. Someone must have wanted to kill the horse. If someone hadn't discovered it quickly today, the horse would have died of bloating."
The Mongolian king lost the prize to the Great Zhou, but the horse died before it reached the person concerned. If this news gets out, not only will everyone lose face, but Su Yao will inevitably be criticized for being unlucky. Otherwise, why was the horse fine in Mongolia at the beginning, but died of a sudden illness just when it was about to be given to you
Who on earth is so vicious behind this to be so cruel
The Eleventh Princess and all the noble ladies changed their expressions.
Someone murmured quietly: "Could it be that Princess Ana and the others are not convinced and deliberately want to kill Ma Lai for revenge?"
After all, this incident really made them lose face.
Princess Eleven thought so at first, but after someone said that, she calmed down and said, "That's impossible. This is our territory. The Mongols are just guests. The horse was fine when it was handed over to us. The eunuchs didn't notice anything wrong when they took care of it. The timing is wrong. After giving it to us, how could they come to our stable to feed the horse so much grass without being discovered?"
That would be too much of an underestimation of the Great Zhou's guards.
Concubine Pang didn't expect the Eleventh Princess to say such a thing. She was a little surprised for a moment, but after being surprised, she couldn't help feeling a little happy.
I finally learned to use my brain, which is a good thing.
She just looked serious: "Okay, the Ministry of Punishment will naturally investigate this matter thoroughly. We will know the exact situation soon."
Everyone agreed and no one dared to discuss it further.
The Eleventh Princess stood up and said goodbye to Concubine Pang. She wanted to find Su Yao to comfort her. She felt that Su Yao must be feeling very upset after encountering such a thing.
Princess Mingchang had originally prepared herself to go sit with Concubine Pang, but when she heard that Su Yao had another problem, and it was because of that eye-catching Arabian horse, her expression suddenly became very unpleasant. She stared at Li Jinniang who had just returned with a fake smile and said, "If it's up to me, there's no need to investigate. What's there to investigate? After all, if she didn't have a problem, why did everything revolve around her? If one's virtue is not worthy of the position, there will be disaster. Naturally, she herself is not worthy of this thing, so she can't stay."
Mrs. Li held her daughter's hand and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Li Jinniang was the same. She used to obey her grandmother's words and never thought that her grandmother would be wrong. Now, after hearing what Princess Mingchang said, she didn't know why she felt uncomfortable in her heart. So she suddenly looked up at Princess Mingchang and asked, "Grandmother, do you have a grudge against the Su family?"
Thinking about it carefully, even if she hated the Su family and Su Yao in the beginning, it was because her grandmother always said things that belittled Su Yao and the Su family, as if the Su family was not presentable and it was very embarrassing to have any dealings with the Su family. It was also because of this that, in order to please her grandmother, she had always been targeting Su Yao.
Princess Mingchang didn't expect her granddaughter to ask this question suddenly. She looked at Li Jinniang coldly and said, "Why? Are you going to teach me a lesson?"
She had been in a weird mood recently. Mrs. Li was disgusted but also afraid that her daughter would suffer. She immediately denied it with a smile: "How could it be? She is just a child. Mother, she just doesn't know why you hate Su Yao so much..."
"If you really don't know, then you don't deserve to be a member of my Li family?!" Princess Mingchang suddenly spoke angrily, pointing at Li Jinniang and scolding her word by word: "Why?! Because the reason why Jiamin went to her hometown to study and the reason why our family lost a title are all because of that Su Yao! Even so, you still want to ask me why I don't like the Su family and Su Yao?! Don't you know these things?!"
Li Jinniang lowered her eyes.