Rebirth on the wedding night, being doted on by the scumbag elder brother

As soon as the Fourth Prince left, the palace suddenly became quiet, and Concubine Wu felt her head throbbing and painful.

"My queen, why don't you ask the imperial physician to come and take a look?" the old nanny asked worriedly.

Concubine Wu closed her eyes and rubbed her temples, her expression showing that she was in pain.

The old nanny made the decision on her own and asked someone to call the imperial physician. Concubine Wu had been having a headache for two days and couldn't sleep at night. If she delayed any further, there might be big problems.

The imperial physician came and took Concubine Wu's pulse, prescribed some tranquilizers, and told her that she would feel better after a few days of rest.

The old nanny escorted the doctor out of Fenghua Palace. Along the way, withered yellow leaves were flying all over the sky, and the stone road was covered with yellowed fallen leaves. The doctor stopped and looked up, and found that a sycamore tree had died and was lifeless.

This season should be the time when everything grows and is full of vitality, so why is this tree starting to shed its leaves?

The old nanny noticed the doctor's look and said, "This tree has suddenly withered since a few days ago. No matter how the palace maids take care of it, it's useless."

"Oh?"

The imperial physician's eyes changed, as if he was thinking about something.

He stood for a while, looked at the dead tree carefully, then turned and left.

On this day, the imperial guards searched Fenghua Palace. With the Imperial Concubine present, they did not dare to be too presumptuous and planned to ask a few questions and leave. Imperial Concubine Wu was of high status and would definitely not do something like harming Princess Weiyang.

"Master Ye, are you going to search the palace?"

"I am just following orders. Madam, please do me a favor and don't disobey the emperor's orders."

"How dare I?" The old nanny lowered her eyes and said respectfully.

"Come here, check the maids, don't wake up the imperial concubine." Guard Ye ordered coldly, waving his hand. A team of guards walked around outside the palace, and no one dared to enter without permission.

Not long after, the Imperial Guards finished their inspection and Guard Ye was about to retreat with his men.

At this moment, a guard came over and whispered something in his ear. When Guard Ye heard it, his brows furrowed, "Are you serious?"

"Absolutely correct." The guard nodded in confirmation.

Guard Ye had a gloomy expression on his face. He raised his hand and gave a cold order: "Follow me in to search!"

"Order!"

"Master Ye, what happened to you?" The old nanny was startled by the sudden change and quickly stopped Guard Ye.

Guard Ye glanced at the old lady coldly, without saying anything more, and just ordered coldly: "Go in and search!"

A group of people entered Fenghua Palace and, led by the guards, headed straight to the courtyard, finally stopping in front of a withered phoenix tree. The withered yellow leaves slowly fell, and the phoenix tree was dry and rotten, which was out of tune with the lush scenery around it.

Guard Ye looked down at the newly turned soil, squatted down, and dug it with his hands.

"This is really the soil that was just dug a few days ago..."

"Dig this up for me." Guard Ye gave the order coldly, and several of his men came over and started digging.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the old nanny quietly withdrew and hurried to report to Concubine Wu, asking the Empress to make the decision.

Concubine Wu had just drank the bitter medicine and felt a little calmer. She was about to take a nap when she was interrupted by the noise outside. "Who's making so much noise?"

"My queen!" The old nanny came running over, her face changed drastically, and she told the whole story.

“The withered sycamore tree?”

"Yes, the guards are digging the soil under the tree!"

Concubine Wu was surprised, as she had never heard of the paulownia tree withering.

At this time, Guard Ye's loud voice rang out from outside: "Your Highness, I'm sorry to bother you. We have dug up something suspicious under the sycamore tree in Fenghua Palace. Please come out and take a look."

When Concubine Wu heard this, she was stunned. She blinked her eyes and was a little confused: "What? What did he say?"

The old lady also looked nervous, rubbing the corners of her clothes in a panic: "Madam, it seems that something was dug out from under the tree."

Concubine Wu called Guard Ye, who entered the hall holding a piece of oil paper covered in mud.

Concubine Wu stared at the oil paper and wondered in her heart, she had never seen such a thing before: "What is this?"

Guard Ye shook off the mud and opened the oil paper, revealing a pile of white powder inside. It looked like some kind of medicine. "I don't know either. I can only ask Your Majesty to tell me why this thing was buried under the phoenix tree."

The old nanny got anxious first and stepped forward: "We in Fenghua Palace have never heard of this thing. This is definitely not our thing. The palace is checking so strictly now. If something goes wrong, it will be a big trouble."

"Madam, please step back." Concubine Wu called out softly and gave a look.

Her face was solemn and her heart was in turmoil, but she knew she had to stay calm at this moment: "I have no idea what this thing is, and I don't know why it is under the sycamore tree."

Guard Ye looked at Concubine Wu, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Please rest assured, your majesty, I will find out the origin of this thing. I will report this matter to the emperor truthfully and let the emperor make the decision."

After saying that, Guard Ye turned around and strode away, instructing his men to keep a close eye on Fenghua Palace and report any signs of trouble immediately.

This matter soon reached the ears of the emperor.

The package of oil paper was sent to the imperial physician, who asked him to identify what the white powder was.

Half a day later, the doctor gave the answer: this is a special poison, which is colorless and tasteless when dissolved in tea, and can slowly cause the internal organs of a person to rot and die. It was because the poison was buried under the tree that caused the sycamore tree to wither.

When the emperor heard the news, he was so angry that he slammed the table, and the table shook three times: "Poison, poison... Great! Someone actually dared to hide poison under my nose!"

"Your Majesty, would you like to summon the Imperial Concubine?"

"Call her over here!"

Since the poison was dug out from under the tree in Fenghua Palace, this incident must be related to Concubine Wu. If we want to find out the truth, we have to call her over to confront her face to face.

Concubine Wu's face turned pale. Poison suddenly appeared in her palace, and she herself didn't know what was going on. Moreover, the place where the poison was buried was too conspicuous. Such a big phoenix tree withered, which would definitely arouse other people's suspicion.

"Who is so wicked? Who wants to harm me?" Concubine Wu was so angry that she was shaking all over. From the current situation, it was obvious that someone was playing tricks and wanted to put the blame on her for Princess Wei Yang's coma.

"My lady..."

"When did that sycamore tree turn into dead wood?"

"I didn't notice it, but I guess it has been dry for several days." The old nanny was so anxious that her palms were sweating.

"Investigate, interrogate everyone in Fenghua Palace. It must be someone bribed by one of the concubines who did this. Otherwise, how could it be done so quietly?"

"Yes, sir. I'll do it right away." The old nanny responded quickly.

As they were talking, the Imperial Guards stepped into Fenghua Palace again and said coldly, "My Lady Imperial Concubine, please come with us."