royal palace.
Royal study room.
Emperor Jiawen looked at the book in his hand, his brows furrowed more and more, and finally he threw the thing aside with a "pop" sound.
"Chun Ning, I asked you to search Qijiao Alley with all your strength, and you only found these useless things?"
Chu Ning, who stood respectfully with his hands down, immediately knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, I have used all the connections and means at my disposal, but at present I can only find out these. Although there are hundreds of bones in Qijiao Alley, apart from being able to identify that they are all cultivators, there is nothing else No information about their identities could be found at all. Anything that could reveal their identities seemed to have been specially processed and nothing could be found. Even except for the hanging corpse, other bones He doesn’t even have a single piece of clothing on him.”
The people who do these things are obviously very careful.
Chu Ning has been almost sleepless these days, and even dug up three feet of Qijiao Alley, but apart from piles of bones, there really is no other breakthrough.
Emperor Jiawen rubbed his brows irritably.
He knew that this matter was not that easy to find out, and there was no point in sitting here and worrying, but whenever he thought of the bronze vat stained with dried dark red blood, he was filled with worry.
Chu Ning glanced at Emperor Jiawen and continued:
"Refuse to investigate. The Empress will go to Seven Corners Alley on average once every two months. Her actions are very covert and she only stays there for a short period of time at a time. Therefore, she has not been discovered for such a long time."
Emperor Jiawen's face was very gloomy.
In fact, he had personally interrogated the queen several times, but the queen was very strict. She only said that she did everything from beginning to end, but she never mentioned whether it was prepared for Rong Jin, let alone why. in this way.
In the meantime, with Emperor Jiawen's acquiescence, the people below also tortured the queen, but still did not get any useful clues.
As soon as he thought about the fact that the Queen had deceived him for so many years without even realizing it, he felt a chill running straight from the soles of his feet to his forehead, making his whole body shudder.
"Tuk-tuk."
"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Third Highness wishes to see you."
Eunuch Min said carefully outside.
"Let him in."
Emperor Jiawen took a deep breath, looked at Rong Jiu who walked in through the door, and asked:
"Do you have any news over there?"
As soon as Rong Jiu came in and saw Chu Ning kneeling on the ground, he realized that he must have found something without tea.
He bowed respectfully first, and then said slowly:
"My son personally interrogated all the servants in the Queen's palace and got some information, which may be of some use."
Emperor Jiawen finally gained some energy:
"Say it!"
Rong Jiu said:
"According to the Queen's personal maid, the Queen kept a box for herself and never allowed others to touch it. Every once in a while, the Queen would lock herself in her bedroom. At first, the palace people didn't take it seriously, but later An eunuch accidentally broke in and finally discovered that the Queen was inside, seemingly looking at the contents of the box."
Emperor Jiawen thought for a moment:
"What kind of box is it that she values so much? Why did I never know about it?"
Rong Jiu sneered secretly in her heart.
There was no affection at all between Emperor Jiawen and the Queen, especially Emperor Jiawen. He probably didn't even put one tenth of his thoughts on the Queen.
If he had ever cared about the queen, he would not have allowed her to do so many messy things under his nose.
Emperor Jiawen didn't even know that the Queen frequently visited Qijiao Alley and even hunted cultivators to accumulate power for the bronze jar, let alone a small box
It is too easy to hide this from Emperor Jiawen.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh at himself.
It is precisely because of this that the queen quietly killed his mother and concubine, but never received any deserved punishment!
Emperor Jiawen's treatment of his mother and concubine was not much better!
Rong Jiu suppressed the emotions in her heart and looked calm.
"This son-in-law didn't ask. After all, the palace people did not dare to ask about the Queen's things. But the eunuch who accidentally discovered this matter soon lost his footing and fell into the lake and drowned. After that, Everyone in the Queen's palace is keeping silent about this matter."
This time, he also used some means to finally ask this point.
"Erchen thought that if the box could be found, many problems would be solved."
Emperor Jiawen looked solemn.
"You mean, that box is related to the incident in Seven Corners Alley?"
"This is just Erchen's guess. At present, there are no other clues. This is the only feasible way."
Emperor Jiawen thought for a moment and felt that this was quite reasonable.
"In that case, Rong Jiu, go find the queen and ask her to hand over the things!"
Rong Jiu hesitated for a moment:
"Father, since the Queen values the box so much, she shouldn't hand it over easily."
"Tell her, if she hands it over honestly, I might be able to give Rong Jin a chance. If she remains stubborn, let her decide what to do!"
An imperceptible cold light flashed across Rong Jiu's eyes.
"My son, I obey your orders."
After saying that, he quickly left.
Emperor Jiawen glanced at Chu Ning helplessly.
"Chun Ning, you have to hurry up. If it doesn't work, start from other aspects! Go and investigate all the people who have had close contact with the Queen and Rong Jin!"
"yes!"
After Chu Ning withdrew, Emperor Jiawen relaxed his body and leaned back in the chair.
Chu Ning is good at everything, but there is only one thing—not enough means.
In comparison, Rong Jiu's work efficiency is much higher.
After all, he was trained in the Northwest Army.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jiawen felt vaguely uncomfortable.
He had never thought of leaving his position to Rong Jiu before, because he really didn't like this son, and the murderous aura about him was so strong that sometimes even Emperor Jiawen was a little afraid.
But now it seems that Rong Jin is absolutely dead. Among the remaining princes, Rong Jiu turns out to be the most suitable.
Even killing coldly is better than being cowardly and incompetent.
pity
Emperor Jiawen let out a long sigh, as if he was more than ten years old in an instant.
If only Rong Xiu was in good health.
The queen's bedroom.
The once lively and prosperous place disappeared in an instant, and now it is desolate and lonely, with only heavy guards remaining, trapping the queen here.
When Situ Xingchen arrived here, he couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.
Emperor Jiawen was so jealous of the queen that he was so wary of her
A guard saw Situ Xingchen and immediately stepped forward:
"Princess Situ, please stop. Your Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to come near this place!"
Situ Xingchen took out a token from his sleeve and maintained the majestic posture of the eldest princess:
"This princess is here under orders."
The guard took a look and recognized that it was indeed His Majesty's token, and quickly stepped aside:
"Princess Situ please!"
Situ Xingchen put away the token and walked into the Queen's Palace with a calm expression.
(End of chapter)