After all, if you fell into such cold water in the middle of winter, you might not be able to survive if you were a little weak.

"Take Concubine Shu's pulse." Ji Lingzhou said.

Although the imperial physician did not dare to delay, they had just heard that His Majesty had also gone down to save Concubine Shu, so...

"Your Majesty, let me take your pulse." said one of the imperial doctors.

Compared to the concubine, the emperor's health is naturally more important.

But Ji Lingzhou didn't care much: "Help her take a look first." he said.

Fine……

Although I fell into the water today, it was actually not a big deal. Because I was rescued in time, I didn't suffer too much.

But it was cold in winter, and Cheng Mingran was weak, so she inevitably caught a cold.

This cold air entering the body is no joke, but the symptoms are not very serious, so the imperial physician prescribed some medicine.

"Your Majesty, this is the ginger soup that has just been prepared." Li Sheng walked over, followed by Shuhua who was also holding the ginger soup.

Ji Lingzhou nodded: "Bring it here." he said.

Shuhua came forward, Ji Lingzhou took a bowl from the tray and handed it to Cheng Mingran: "Drink a bowl first to warm your body." He said.

Cheng Mingran took the bowl. Because it was too rich, the smell was not very pleasant, but it was already this late, so she was naturally not a pretentious person.

"Your Majesty," Li Sheng brought over another bowl.

Ji Lingzhou drank it in one gulp. He actually seldom drinks these things now. But when he was young, this kind of thing was already commonplace. Because of his weak body, the most common thing he kept in winter was ginger soup.

After drinking it now, he was also brought back to his past memories by the familiar taste. He felt mixed emotions, as he actually had no idea of ​​the Queen Mother's concern for him.

Perhaps because he was not his biological son, and the Queen Mother was always a very strict person, he always ignored many small details that the Queen Mother said to him.

Now that I think about it, the Queen Mother actually had a lot of difficulties, and she did spend a lot of energy and effort on herself.

"Your Majesty," Li Sheng spoke again.

"I have asked people to bring here all the people who were present recently. Does Your Majesty intend to try them now?" he asked proactively.

When Ji Lingzhou heard this, his face darkened again. He thought of what Cheng Mingran had just said to him. She said it seemed like someone pushed her? If this was true, then what happened today could not be an accident.

"Bring the person in." Ji Lingzhou said in a cold tone.

Cheng Mingran listened to his voice and her heart became tense unnoticeably. Because Ji Lingzhou just now was like his original self, no matter what he said or did, there was no warmth in his words or actions.

The people outside were quickly brought in, and everyone except Shuhua knelt on the ground. Ji Lingzhou's eyes swept over the few people, and Cheng Mingran also looked over.

One of the eunuchs was shaking violently. Ji Lingzhou fixed his eyes on him: "Is it you?"

"Your Majesty, please spare me. Your Majesty, please forgive me! Queen Concubine Shu, please spare me! I really didn't mean it. I don't have the courage to murder Queen Concubine Shu. It's snowing heavily today and the roads are slippery. I don't know what I stepped on. I slipped and couldn't stand firmly. Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me!" The little eunuch really looked scared.

Ji Lingzhou's expression was gloomy, but Shuhua next to him came out and said: "Your Majesty, I felt something strange happened today, so I specially asked someone to check the scene. It turned out that there were a lot more pebbles on the road tonight." She said.

"Pebbles?" Ji Lingzhou asked.

"Yes, and it's snowing heavily today. If the pebbles had appeared there early in the morning, they should have been covered by snow. But when I sent someone to check just now, I found that the stones were still dry." Shuhua said, and someone behind him brought a tray with the stones on it.

Ji Lingzhou and Cheng Mingran looked at the things on the tray, which were clean.

"That's why I thought someone must have scattered the stones on the road on purpose. The reason why these stones are not covered by the snow is because they were just placed there not long ago."

"Your Highness suddenly decided to return to the palace today. I think someone must have known the route you would take in advance, so they temporarily placed these stones there."

"The roads are already very slippery on snowy days, and it's pitch black at night, so it's normal that you don't notice your feet slipping. It can be explained as an accident." Shuhua said.

Ji Lingzhou could naturally think of this: "When Concubine Shu fell tonight, who was closest to her?" he suddenly asked.

"Your Majesty, it was me. I saw Her Majesty was about to fall, and I wanted to hold her up. But it was too dark at night, and because of the sudden change, the people around were crowded together, so I couldn't catch Her Majesty." Shuhua replied.

"It's because it's dark at night that you can't see clearly. Who else is there besides you?" Ji Lingzhou asked again.

There was total silence below, and no one dared to answer.

"If no one answers, I will have to torture them." Ji Lingzhou's voice became colder and colder: "You should know my methods."

Everyone in the palace knew that Ji Lingzhou was a cold and cruel person, so they were all terrified and begged for mercy.

Ji Lingzhou didn't have the patience to waste time with them, and was about to give the order, but at this moment, a little kilometer raised his head tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...I saw something tonight."

The little maid looked very timid, and even her words were stuttering. Ji Lingzhou looked at her and said, "What did you see? Tell me the truth."

"I...I saw Yinghui pushing, so I pushed Concubine Shu." The little palace maid said this tremblingly.

Lingering? Before Ji Lingzhou could say why, the person next to the palace maid spoke hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please check it out! How could this servant possibly push the Concubine Shu? This is all nonsense!"

"Do you have any evidence?" Ji Lingzhou's gaze fell on the palace maid who had just taken the initiative to testify.

"I can't produce any evidence. I just saw it vaguely. At that time, I and Yinghui were holding lanterns nearby, and she was standing on the side where Concubine Shu fell. I saw with my own eyes that she pushed Concubine Shu when she fell from the shelf." said the maid.

"You're talking nonsense, I didn't!" The palace maid named Yinghui shouted, her face full of panic.

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