Hongli narrowed his eyes. The evidence was conclusive that Hailan was poisoned by cinnabar.

However, regarding the fake pregnancy, it remains to be considered whether Hailan was framed or whether the pregnancy was fake to compete for favor.

He thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Hai Guiren's false pregnancy is suspected of deceiving the emperor, so he has reduced his consent and is banned from the Yanxi Palace. Wu Shulai, please send someone to investigate the Cinnabar case! You must investigate carefully and seriously!" I want to see who is causing trouble in the harem!"

After saying that, Hongli looked at Jiang Yubin again: "Jiang Yubin is suspected of being an accomplice and needs to be severely tortured."

If Jiang Yubin and Hailan conspired to fake a pregnancy to compete for favor, it would be the crime of deceiving the emperor.

If Jiang and Bin didn't know, they had poor medical skills and were suspected of dereliction of duty.

"Your Majesty, I don't have any concubines. I don't know anything..."

Hailan is good at crying and is also a good actor.

Wei Yanwan looked on and praised her acting skills.

You don’t know what’s going on with false pregnancy, but you know very well about Cinnabar!

Honglili ignored Hailan and left.

The false pregnancy and Cinnabar happened, which made his thoughts a little confused.

He needs a good life to find out the truth.

When Hongli thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh.

He was already busy enough in the previous dynasty, and it was really annoying to have to worry about the harem.

Back at Yangxin Hall, Hongli called for the manpower he sent to keep an eye on Jin Yuyan.

"Your Majesty, the servants have been keeping an eye on Mr. Jiagui. He has no contact with anyone distributing charcoal fires in the dining room or the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Are you watching carefully?"

The other party said in a very affirmative tone: "Yes, all the servants in Qixiang Palace are keeping a close eye on him."

"You guys just keep staring."

Hongli waved his hand and made people retreat again.

He was lost in thought again.

If Jiagui didn't take action, who would?

Hongli originally thought that Hailan would not be stupid enough to fake a pregnancy just for a few months of attention.

But now he suddenly remembered something!

His adoptive mother, now the Queen Mother, used this trick to frame Ruyi's aunt, the former deposed Queen Uranala!

The Queen Mother was pregnant at that time, but she was destined to be unable to keep her pregnancy, so she simply gave Ulanara a bowl of inducing labor medicine to frame Ulanala as the queen.

He didn't know it originally.

Later, I heard the conversation between Haoyue and the Queen Mother and found out the truth.

Hailan is indeed not stupid enough to fake a pregnancy just for a few months of attention.

But what if Hailan wanted to use the false pregnancy to frame others?

Doesn’t that make sense?

Hailan wanted to fake her pregnancy, but was given cinnabar, which led to her premature pregnancy.

After all, Hongli didn't believe that he could have so many talented people in his harem.

Whether it is false pregnancy or cinnabar, there must be scheming and manpower, and it cannot be done except by those with high authority.

As for the few in his harem, the low-ranking Chang Zai agreed, and there was no manpower at all.

High-ranking people, queens and concubines have always been in the same group. It is impossible for Hailan to have a false pregnancy and then add cinnabar to cause a miscarriage.

Concubine Chun was a Han woman, and he had directly transferred her into Zhengbaiqi, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs had no manpower at all.

Moreover, Concubine Chun's mind was such that she would believe whatever others said. She was so stupid that even he thought it was magical, and it was impossible for her to do anything about it.

Jia Guiren kept staring at his own hands and said he didn't take action.

Calculating this, it is impossible for two waves of people to take action against Hailan.

As for Wei Yanwan, Hongli didn't even consider him.

Just kidding, Wanwan is very kind-hearted and innocent, how could she be involved in such a thing?

Therefore, Hongli thought for a long time and came to the conclusion that Hailan had a false pregnancy but was given cinnabar.

Who gave this cinnabar?

Tiger poison does not eat its seeds, so he never considered the possibility of Hailan taking cinnabar on her own.

The Queen Mother frowned when she heard that such a big event had happened in the harem.

The fake pregnancy that Hai promised reminded her of Sister Mei back then.

Sister Mei...

Immediately he ordered Fujia: "Fujia, send someone to check. Did Hai Zhixian use any prescription to assist pregnancy before the false pregnancy?"

"Yes."

Fuga retreated.

The Queen Mother sat there for a long time and sighed.

She wanted to find out the truth on a whim, not because of Hai's promise, but because of the innocent sister Mei back then.

If Sister Chu Mei had quickly found out the truth about the false pregnancy, she might not have been disappointed in the late emperor and fell in love with Wen Shichu instead...

If not for this, Sister Mei would not have been frightened and had difficulty giving birth when Wen Shichu had an accident.

This time she took action, just think it was for Sister Mei...

But although the Queen Mother had good intentions, Fujia checked again and again and found nothing unusual.

Hailan has not taken any prescriptions to assist pregnancy, and her diet is normal.

"How could this be?"

The Queen Mother was a little surprised, then thought of something again and chuckled.

"That's all, it's the Ai family's fault. How many people in this palace are like Sister Mei?"

I'm afraid that this false pregnancy was created by Hailan herself to frame others.

Wu Shulai sent people to investigate the witnesses of the Zhusha case, the families of Xiao Fuzi and Xiao Anzi.

It was discovered that both families had a lot of money, and they suddenly became rich a few years ago, just in time for the Cinnabar Bureau.

He went to torture Xiao Fuzi again, but Xiao Fuzi still refused to tell the truth. After all, his brother is dead. If he recanted his confession now, wouldn't his brother's death be in vain?

But Xiao Anzi has become mute.

Finally, Wu Shulai asked Xiao Anzi one by one about the people who were involved in the Cinnabar Bureau, and asked him to nod or shake his head.

Xiao Anzi nodded when Wu Shulai mentioned A Ruo.

Wu Shulai presented all these confessions to the emperor.

Hongli read the confession and asked Wu Shulai to continue tracing the source of the money of Xiao Fuzi and Xiao Anzi's family.

"Where is this Ruo now?"

Hongli suddenly asked.

After Wu Shulai found these evidences, he went to find out the whereabouts of A Ruo.

Only then did we know that Ah Ruo got married not long after leaving the palace.

Back then, Hongli gave Ah Ruo some respect because of her father's merits in flood control.

He only said that he was allowed to return home because of his father's meritorious service.

Ah Ruo was originally a bannerman, and his father was recognized by the emperor and became the prefect.

She herself had served Concubine Xian, and she was very honorable when she said it, which led to many suitors.

After Ah Ruo left the palace, she had no choice but to accept her fate and choose a good man from the Manchu Army to marry.

After marriage, they gave birth to a son and a daughter, who seemed to be doing well.

When Hongli saw this, he remembered that his father had made great achievements in flood control this year.

Forget it, this Ah Ruo was just a slave at the beginning, there must be a mastermind behind it.

Besides, Ah Ruo would rather die than reveal the person behind the scenes. Even if he were to be arrested and interrogated again, the result would be the same.

It is better to give his father a dignity and let him serve the DPRK better.

After Wu Shulai obtained Hongli's order, he continued to investigate.

On the other hand, Jiang Yubin knew nothing about the false pregnancy no matter how he was interrogated.

But from the time Hailan was revealed to be pregnant to the miscarriage, Jiang Yubin was always responsible.

Hongli recalled that he had sent people to investigate and found out that Jiang Yubin was in love with Ruyi's personal maid, and he became even more convinced that Hailan's fake pregnancy was his own fault.

But Jiang Yubin refused to admit it, and there was nothing wrong with the pulse test and the fetal medicine, which all showed that Hailan was pregnant.

Regardless of whether Jiang Yubin conspired with Hailan or not, he could not stay in the palace.

Hongli immediately ordered: "Jiang Yubin has poor medical skills and is incompetent. He is unfit to be an imperial physician. He will be dismissed from his post with immediate effect and will be sent to the Ministry of Punishment to be dealt with according to law."

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