The princess is rebellious and brings space to make trouble for the villain

"Father, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."

The emperor was thinking hard. There were indeed many suspicious points in Zeng Wanyi's case, and even Xu Zhaoyi almost didn't escape.

How did the plague enter the palace, and how did Zeng Wanyi get it?

"Princess Qi, what do you mean?"

"If you are not a free person outside the palace, you cannot bring the plague into the palace. As far as my daughter-in-law knows, Zeng Wanyi's son is the second prince. The second prince has been demoted now. She will not pose a threat to anyone now."

"Zeng Wanyi is a lowly person with little influence, and it is even more impossible for her to be infected with the plague and then frame my mother."

"That day, after she left the former court, she went directly to the cold palace without any chance to chat with others."

"That means someone must have something on Zeng Wanyi and is afraid that she will be sent to the cold palace and be threatened."

The emperor stood aside and recalled what Zeng Wanyi said to him before she left the imperial study.

He shook his head.

No.

Will not.

After hearing this, the senior palace maid Banqing knelt down and said:

"Your Majesty, that day Zeng Wanyi sent a strange palace maid to ask our queen to go to the cold palace."

"I tried to stop you at that time."

"It's because Zeng Wanyi has been mocking our queen for many years and secretly making trouble for her."

"But the queen is kind-hearted. She said that she has been sent to the cold palace now and she doesn't have the courage to harm her."

"The servants also accompanied her, but we didn't expect that we would still be harmed by her."

Madam Chang kowtowed and said, "Yes, yes, we were not there at the time, so we don't know what the two of them said."

"I'm afraid we won't know about this until the queen wakes up."

Lu Shiwan touched the bracelet in his hand. The prerequisite for contracting the plague is infection.

In addition to saliva, other sources of infection are personal items used by patients.

She said in a daze: "Father, your daughter-in-law wants to go to the cold palace."

"The plague is not a simple disease. If the cause is not found and it spreads, the situation in the palace will be even worse than outside the palace."

"There are concubines, maids and eunuchs here. Everyone must come into contact with them at least once a day. At this rate, I'm afraid everyone will get it."

After hearing what Lu Shiwan said, the emperor also took this matter seriously.

The plague must not spread again. The plague ten years ago killed many people in the palace, and many princes died in this plague.

He said hastily, "Yes!"

Mo Qitian wanted to stop him, but when he thought of Lu Shiwan’s words, he gave up in the end.

Whatever.

He believed her.

At worst, we'll die together.

Everyone hurried towards the cold palace again. Looking at the blocked palace gate, Lu Shiwan took a deep breath.

"Your servant pays respects to His Majesty."

These guards had no chance to meet the emperor, so when they saw someone coming here wearing a dragon robe, they naturally guessed that it was the emperor.

They couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"No gifts."

"Open the palace gate!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The guards hurriedly pushed open the door of the cold palace.

A blast of cold air hit my face.

Lu Shiwan smelled the corrosive smell and couldn't help but take out a handkerchief and put it to his nose.

"Father, please don't come in."

The emperor nodded and stood at the door looking inside.

As the Son of Heaven, he still needs to take care of his health, but this matter is of great importance and he has to take it seriously.

Lu Shiwan walked towards the cold palace and saw weeds growing on the ground, corroded wood, and messy things everywhere.

It was exactly the same as the cold palace in her memory.

She asked, "Which room is Zeng Wanyi in?"

The guard led her forward, "It's the last room over there."

Hearing this, Lu Shiwan looked up and saw from afar Eunuch Li preparing to burn the corpse.

She yelled "Stop!"

Eunuch Li was standing nearby. He vaguely heard someone shouting and looked over here.

When he saw that it was Mo Qitian and Lu Shiwan, he raised his voice and said to the eunuch who was about to light the fire: "Wait."

Lu Shiwan walked quickly to his side and spoke again.

"Don't burn it yet."

When the young eunuchs heard this, they all took a step back.

Lu Shiwan squatted on the ground, uncovered the white cloth, and looked at Zeng Wanyi, whose lips were black and her face was pale.

He indeed died of plague.

She lifted the left side of the white cloth again, revealing her stiff and pale hand.

Turning around to look at the other corpse beside her, she lifted the white cloth and looked at the palace maid who had the same symptoms.

Then cover it with a white cloth.

She walked back into the house and looked around.

Suddenly, my eyes were attracted by a box of exquisite rouge on the table.

She walked over, took her handbag, and opened the box of rouge.

The blush powder is fine and has a light natural sheen.

She walked to Eunuch Li and asked:

"Eunuch Li, I wonder who brought Zeng Wanyi to the cold palace?"

Eunuch Li smiled and said, "Princess, it is a servant."

Lu Shiwan showed the rouge box in front of him and said, "Then, has Eunuch Li ever seen Zeng Wanyi wearing rouge?"

"Princess, when I brought Zeng Wanyi to the cold palace, I did not see their rouge."

"Besides, who would carry this rouge on their body?"

Yes.

Even the eunuchs knew that it was impossible to carry it on one’s body.

Zeng Wanyi was brought directly from the Imperial Study to the Cold Palace, and she had no idea at that time that she would be sent to the Cold Palace.

It is even more impossible to carry it with you.

Suddenly, she saw a mouse in the grass not far away and hurriedly gave orders to a few eunuchs.

"Go, catch that rat."

Rat?

Eunuch Li was confused.

Princess, what do you think?

"Yes." The young eunuch did not dare to slack off, and several people hurriedly began to catch mice everywhere.

The emperor outside was so anxious when he saw the chaotic situation inside.

He paced back and forth in the doorway.

But I didn't dare to come in.

After about two incense sticks, a few young eunuchs caught the rat in a very awkward manner.

They grabbed it in their hands with some fear and handed it to Lu Shiwan.

Lu Shiwan was so frightened that he quickly took a step back and was hugged by Mo Qitian.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Lu Shiwan breathed a sigh of relief.

She said to the young eunuch, "Do you have a cage?"

"Princess, please wait a moment. I will look for it."

The Cold Palace was also a palace in the past. Because it had been abandoned for a long time and some concubines made mistakes and were punished here, it gradually became the Cold Palace.

Because of being imprisoned for many years, many concubines could not bear it and gradually went crazy.

Therefore, many of the tables, chairs and jars seen on the ground here were things that used to be in the palace.

The eunuch looked around and found a deformed cage. He trotted over and picked it up.

"Princess, is this okay?"

Lu Shiwan nodded.

She opened the rouge in her hand and put it inside.

"Put the rat in there and lock it up."

"Yes."

The eunuch hurriedly threw the rat into the cage and then locked it up nervously.

The rouge powder was stepped on by the mouse, and it was knocked over and got all over the mouse's body.

The mouse seemed to be frightened and chirped twice.

"Princess, what do you mean?"