Chapter 62 Floating Flower Party
Jiang Lingyin frowned and said slowly: "After my careful analysis, the last person Ye Wenjing saw before he was poisoned was Emperor Li Zhuo. Now there are two possibilities.
One possibility is that someone poisoned Ye Wenjing and then put the blame on the emperor.
It would be best if Ye Wenjing died, as the Longyuan Dynasty would lose a general who could protect the country. Even if he didn't die, it would create a rift between Ye Wenjing and the emperor and his subjects, which would essentially shake the foundation of the Longyuan Kingdom."
Bai Hu continued, "Well, that makes sense, but another possibility is that the emperor himself poisoned Ye Wenjing? But that doesn't make sense."
Shanying also agreed, "Yes, Li Zhuo has always left the military power to General Ye, which is equivalent to holding the lifeline of the Longyuan Dynasty. He has no reason to do this."
Ye Wenjing was thoughtful. "I really can't figure it out. The emperor has always trusted me. He has watched me grow up since I was a child. He and my father are as close as brothers."
The more Ye Wenjing spoke, the sadder he looked.
Jiang Lingyin seemed to know why Ye Wenjing was always reluctant to mention the poisoning.
What he feared most was that it would be discovered that Wu Ye Ti was the one who was given to him by the emperor.
However, Li Zhuo was still acting out the deep affection between the king and his subject to him.
Then his life, and even the life of his father Ye Nanzhao, would be a complete joke.
Jiang Lingyin sighed, "It's really confusing."
White Fox shook his head, "This matter is too complicated. We need to think about it carefully."
Shanying scratched his head, "How can I think clearly about this?"
Ye Wenjing was silent for a moment and then said: "In any case, we can't easily draw conclusions. We need more clues and evidence."
Jiang Lingyin nodded, "That's right, we can't determine which situation it is just by guessing, but, Ye Wenjing, haven't you checked it yourself?"
Ye Wenjing was silent again.
Jiang Lingyin probably knew it because the last person he met was Emperor Li Zhuo.
So no matter how you investigate, all clues come to an abrupt end when they reach the emperor.
The white fox said: "So what should we do next?"
Everyone fell silent again.
After a long while, Jiang Lingyin asked Concubine Yun: "White Fox, from the time you traveled through time to the time Ye Wenjing was poisoned, was there anything unusual in the palace during that one month?"
The white fox said, "I was busy training and adapting to the environment at that time. You know Yun Fei's Zewu Palace, it's almost like the cold palace, and the information we know is limited... Well, if you must say something big, it seems there really is one."
Jiang Lingyin quickly asked: "What's the matter?"
The white fox said: “Three years ago, after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the next morning, news came out that the Empress Zongzheng Fuyue was seriously ill.
At that time, I was asking the imperial physician to feel my pulse and regulate my qi and blood, but before he could write any prescription, he was hurriedly summoned away, saying that the queen was in danger and was vomiting blood.
Jiang Lingyin asked: "What's the big deal?"
The white fox said: "Someone in the palace is seriously ill, which is really not a big deal.
But the strange thing is that the emperor and empress had a deep love for each other, which was known to everyone in the world.
But that time, I accidentally heard the palace maids say that the queen had been ill for seven days and had not eaten a single grain of rice.
It is all thanks to the ginseng that it is keeping alive, but Your Majesty has never visited it once."
Shanying said: "It is reasonable to speculate that something must have happened between the emperor and the empress on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and it was very serious.
Otherwise, how could the emperor not even look at the queen when she was about to die? Moreover, they had such a good relationship before, which was very abnormal. "
Jiang Lingyin frowned: "Is there nothing else besides this?"
Concubine Yun said, "That's all. The next big news was that General Ye was poisoned. Your Majesty personally went to the general's mansion to guard him for a day and a night."
Jiang Lingyin was surprised: "The emperor went to the general's mansion to guard it personally?"
Ye Wenjing nodded, "I was unconscious, but Sang Tao said that His Majesty was indeed gone."
Jiang Lingyin felt sympathy for Ye Wenjing.
If it is finally discovered that it was the emperor who poisoned him, I'm afraid he really won't be able to bear it.
Ye Wenjing's father, Ye Nanzhao, was immersed in the grief of losing his wife and all he did was fight and kill.
Not much for taking care of children at all.
Most of the time, Ye Wenjing grew up with Li Zhuo.
In his heart, Li Zhuo is actually half a father to him.
Li Zhuo may not have held his own son, but he had held Ye Wenjing.
Teach him to read and write.
The other princes were taught by the imperial tutors, but Ye Wenjing was taught by Li Zhuo himself.
Only occasionally would I attend classes with the princes and princesses.
There was even a New Year's Day one year when Ye Nanzhao was at the border and had not returned, so Li Zhuo invited Ye Wenjing to spend the New Year in the palace.
On the top of the Zhaixing Tower, Li Zhuo let Ye Wenjing ride on his shoulders to watch the fireworks all over Yujing City.
He said to Ye Wenjing: "As long as the lights of these thousands of houses are on, I will feel at ease. Ah Jing, when you get married in the future, there will be people who will light the lights and wait for you to come home."
Ye Wenjing felt a little sore in his eyes.
He said: "It doesn't matter if we don't investigate this matter. If the poison can be cured, that's the best. If not, forget it."
He knew what Jiang Lingyin meant. As long as he knew who poisoned the person, he would naturally be able to find the antidote.
But he……
I don't want to check.
Even if you don't puncture the mirror, the revelation in the water and the flowers in the mirror are still beautiful.
Concubine Yun said, "In fact, there have always been rumors in the palace that General Ye is your majesty's illegitimate son, but as General Ye grows older, his eyebrows and eyes are more and more similar to the former general, and the rumors are self-defeating."
Jiang Lingyin was very puzzled: "If we talk about friendships of life and death, Prime Minister Jiang and Your Majesty are also friends, so why didn't he bring me into the palace to teach me personally?"
Yun Fei looked at Jiang Lingyin like she was a fool and said, "Have some shame, you are not a left-behind child."
Jiang Lingyin stuck out her tongue.
Although the Jiang family is in a bad state, at least they still have popularity.
There is really nothing in the general's mansion except for that little brat Ye Wenjing.
If the servants were a little more heartless, they wouldn't even be able to have a hot meal.
Jiang Lingyin looked at Ye Wenjing with sympathy.
Ye Wenjing said calmly: "It's all over."
Jiang Lingyin suddenly had an idea and deliberately changed the subject: "White Fox, now that you have traveled through time, how did Concubine Yun die?"
The white fox sighed, "Drowned in the Imperial Garden."
Jiang Lingyin's mouth twitched: "So careless?"
White Fox: "Not rash, he killed me."
Mountain Eagle: “Ah?”
White Fox: "Empress Yun overheard the conversation between two palace maids. Those two are very skilled. The weak and sickly Concubine Yun is no match for them at all."
Jiang Lingyin was curious: "What did you break?"
Concubine Yun: "One of the maids said to the other, the Queen has ordered that if that woman shows signs of memory recovery again, she should be put under a sleeping spell by a wizard and must be kept under close watch. She must not run away.
Another said, tell the queen to rest assured that those who enter the Floating Flower Society will not escape. "
"What the hell? Floating Flower Society?" Jiang Lingyin almost slammed the table and stood up.
The sound was a little loud, so she quickly covered her mouth and sat down.
Ye Wenjing looked at Baihu: "Are you sure you heard the Fuhua Society?"
Baihu said while gnawing on the chicken feet: "That's for sure. Concubine Yun died because of this. I've been craving this for a long time, but Concubine Yun's character cannot be ruined. I can only live my life with my tail between my legs. If it wasn't for the fact that I wanted to have a few more bites, I wouldn't have bothered to go to the palace banquet that day."
The white fox didn't notice that something was wrong with Jiang Lingyin and Ye Wenjing's expressions.
But Shanying asked: "Boss, what do you know about that flower?"
Jiang Lingyin recounted the story of how the emperor was assassinated in the palace that night.
The white fox and the mountain eagle gasped.
Shanying: "Boss is awesome, shooting in the palace!"
White Fox: "So... the assassin who assassinated your majesty that night was from the Fuhua Society? In other words, it was the Queen who wanted to kill your majesty? Why?"
Jiang Lingyin said: "Li Zhen."
Ye Wenjing: "It's possible. In the past few years, the support for Crown Prince Li Zhen has been getting louder and louder. But at this critical juncture, he was implicated by Jiang Yeqiu, and was caned and confined. The Queen can't sit still anymore."