In the evening, Zhou Shuren returned home, "Has there been any news from the Duke's Mansion?"
Zhu Lan has also been thinking about it, "The Duke's Mansion has blocked the news, and the Queen has been guarding the Duke's Mansion for the whole afternoon."
Zhou Shuren signaled the maids to go down, "The less news there is, the more it shows that the problem is serious. The old lady's fainting is not simple."
Zhulan, "I originally guessed that the Du family wanted to take the initiative, but from what you said, it's more complicated?"
Zhou Shuren hummed, "I just think it's too coincidental. The emperor just issued an order to investigate Zhang in the morning court today, and not long after, the old lady fainted. It's such a coincidence that I have to think more about it."
Zhu Lan was surprised. "The emperor's words confirmed that someone from the Zhang clan had escaped. So it seems that the person Rongchuan saw last time was most likely someone from the Zhang clan."
Zhou Shuren also thought of it, "If it's not a coincidence, have you ever thought about how many people Zhang from the various clans in the capital has released over the years?"
Zhulan shuddered, "So, the backyard of those who came to Beijing later is safer. No, the backyard of those who came to Beijing later is also difficult to be safe. It seems that I have to carefully check our servants a few times."
Zhou Shuren was also thinking about it, "Well, you have to take more care."
Zhulan was thinking about how to investigate, but ordinary methods were useless and she had to be ruthless.
At the Duke's Mansion, the Queen brought the medicine and carefully fed it to her mother. The Duke's wife drank the medicine and closed her eyes. The Queen signaled the female official to go down and tucked the quilt for her mother herself. She made sure that her mother was asleep before leaving.
Xue Han was the first to notice that the Queen had come out. There were no female officials in the room. After thinking for a moment, she stepped forward to support her and said, "The Queen has worked hard."
The queen was indeed a little tired. She had been standing by the bed and was exhausted. She patted Xue Han's hand and said, "You are pregnant. Sit down and rest."
The Duke opened his eyes and waited until everyone was seated before speaking, "I have sealed the Duke's Mansion. You are only allowed to enter but not leave."
Ning Xu stared at his father's hand. His father's hand had been shaking since his mother fainted. After knowing that his mother was poisoned, his father blamed himself even more. "Dad, you have been worrying about mother for a whole day. Why don't you go to bed early? Leave this to your son."
Ning Hui moved the corners of his mouth but didn't dare to say a word. He covered his chest and coughed intermittently.
The queen looked at her two brothers, and finally at her second brother. "Second brother, I can tolerate fools, but I cannot tolerate fools harming others. No matter what the reason is, if you don't do it this time, I will do it."
Ning Hui's face turned pale and he coughed even more violently. He raised his head and looked at his cold-faced sister. No, it should be the Queen, the Queen who fought for the world with the Emperor. "She is the biological mother of the Queen's two nephews."
How could he have done this? The feelings they had in their early years were not fake. They had been together for many years. Even though the warmth of husband and wife had disappeared early on, they had been together for many years!
The Queen said calmly, "It is precisely because she is the mother of my two nephews that my two nephews are not here, right?"
Ning Hui covered his chest. His sister had always been decisive. Once she had the intention to kill, she would not change. With a trembling mouth, he said, "She was used."
The Queen scolded, "That's enough, stop making excuses for her. If she hadn't thought about becoming the Duke's wife, how could she be used? The root of everything is her greed!"
Rongchuan squeezed his wife's hand. He wanted to take his wife away from the beginning, but no one allowed him to leave. Now it was the elders' business, and he really didn't want to know how to deal with it.
Ning Xu paid attention to his son's movements, "It's getting late, and the children are tired. Dad, you and Rong Chuan and his wife should go back and rest. The Queen and I will stay here."
Duke Ningguo refused to leave and signaled Rongchuan and Xuehan to go back.
Xue Han was pregnant and was really tired after guarding for a whole day. She also wanted to leave here, so she stood up and walked out with Rongchuan.
The next day, there was still no news from the Duke's Mansion. Even the Crown Prince went to the Marquis' Mansion. Zhulan was worried but there was nothing she could do.
Zhulan paid more attention to the mansion. She held the list of all the servants in her hand and looked carefully at the records. Fortunately, she asked carefully. The shortest servant had been in the mansion for three years. Time can make people blurry about many things, not to mention what was said.
Zhulan handed the list to Li and Zhao, "You two should take the list and ask the servants in person. Be sure to ask carefully."
Zhao was sensitive, and every move of her mother-in-law was meaningful. "Mother, why do we need to check the servants?"
Zhulan explained: "I feel uneasy, so I want to check my family thoroughly. Thank you for your hard work."
Li held up the list and said, "Mom, we are not tired. We are just afraid that we will not do it well for the first time."
Zhu Lan chuckled, "I don't expect you to find out anything. If you ask, you will only put pressure on the servants."
To check on the servants, she still needs to check personally, the two daughters-in-law cannot do it.
When Li heard this, he was overjoyed and thought he was very powerful!
In the palace, Zhou Shuren played chess with the emperor. The emperor defeated all of his opponents on the chessboard. There was already a trace of sweat on his forehead. Finally, he put down the white chess piece helplessly and said, "Your Majesty is a great chess player. I admit defeat."
The emperor dropped the black chess piece and said, "Shu Ren's chess skills have improved a lot. I had a great time playing today."
Zhou Shuren was speechless. This was the emperor's true character. When he played chess with the emperor before, the emperor never brought his emotions into the chessboard. "I have also learned a lot."
The emperor looked at Zhou Shuren, "What does Shuren think of the Zhang family of the previous dynasty?"
Zhou Shuren's heartbeat quickened. This question was not easy to answer. The emperor had a taboo in his heart. He thought about it twice before answering carefully, "I don't know much about the Zhang family. I have only heard about the past events of the previous dynasty. Your Majesty, I don't know much, so I dare not speak nonsense."
The emperor cursed the old fox in his heart, "Shu Ren, I trust you very much. I just want to listen to what you have to say. I don't want to listen to a word from others."
Zhou Shuren cursed in his heart. The emperor asked him not because he was shaken by his own ideas, but because he wanted others to agree with him. In fact, the emperor was also a pitiful man. However, if there were no hardships, he would not have become the wise ruler he is today. "I haven't heard much, but I have personally seen that the Zhang family's secret passage is very large. The emperor said that the secret passage is very old, which shows that the secret passage is the result of the hard work of several generations. At the end of the previous dynasty, the court was incompetent, and the Zhang family had a lot of ideas. Since they had ideas, they would naturally leave a foolproof way out."
After saying this, Zhou Shuren didn't say much.
The emperor thought of Yao Wenqi. There must be a secret passage or a way out in Yaohou Mansion.
At the Ningguo Mansion, after hearing that she was poisoned, the Duke's wife looked very lucky, "Luckily I had an argument with your father yesterday morning and rushed to eat your father's snacks, otherwise, your father would have been lying down."
The Queen was terrified, "Mother, if you hadn't been taking the tonic medicine, which conflicted with the poison, you would have had no chance of waking up. Even if you woke up now, you would only be able to lie in bed."
Xue Han felt sad after listening to this, as her grandma loved to wander around.
The Duke's wife was more open-minded. "It's good to be alive. Being alive is better than anything else."
However, this time the fool was taken advantage of, and she couldn't be soft-hearted.