Chapter 1146
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The atmosphere of the entire Chengde Villa changed in an instant. Everyone's breathing became cautious. They didn't know what happened, but the guards who usually stood in the corner were walking around looking for something. The people in the kitchen were taken away. Something must have happened.
Dong He and Xia He checked the entire courtyard but didn't manage to find anyone suspicious. As for those people who were brought away in the kitchen, they didn't manage to interrogate them either. Little Xi was tortured, but he still insisted that he caught the fish in the stream and kept them in the wooden barrel in the kitchen. There were still two fish that hadn't been cooked yet.
"Empress, why don't we go back to the palace?" Hong Ling said with a pale face. If Zhao Ning was not here today, no one in the whole villa would have found out that there was something wrong with the fish.
The palace was even more unsafe!
"Where is Zhao Ning?" Ye Zhen asked in a low voice.
"He has gone back to the house." Hong Ying said, "Fortunately, he was here today. He grew up in a fishing village, so he can distinguish the difference between fish and fish."
Ye Zhen shook her head and smiled. She owed Zhao Ning another favor.
"Empress!" Lin Zhiran hurried in and hurriedly bowed to Ye Zhen.
"Did Xiao Xi confess?" Hong Ling asked Lin Zhiran. The fish was caught by Xiao Xi from the stream and he roasted it himself. If there was a problem, he would be the first suspect.
"The two fish he mentioned were found in the kitchen. This servant has tasted them. The two are different. One has been fed medicine, and the other is not. It's the same as what we ate before." Lin Zhiran gasped. The fish that had been fed medicine without any seasoning could taste a slightly bitter taste, which was easier to detect than the roasted fish with seasoning.
Ye Zhen whispered, "Xiao Xi's fish were all caught from the stream. Let's wait for Xue Lin and the others to come back."
In the afternoon, Xue Lin and Wu Chong came back from outside.
"Someone threw a lot of fish into the stream. In every basket that was caught, there were at least ten that had been fed medicine. This subordinate tracked the fish upstream and heard from the nearby commoners that there were movements in the middle of the night a few days ago. They were afraid that something strange had happened, so they didn't dare to come out to take a look. Your Highness, these fish were deliberately thrown into the stream." Xue Lin said that someone deliberately wanted to harm the Empress. Because Chengde Villa was heavily guarded, they could not enter, so they could only use the stream outside the villa. It could be seen that this person was not so simple to throw so many fish into the stream.
It was just as she had guessed! Ye Zhen's face darkened slightly. After attacking Hu Yue 'er, now she didn't let go of her child. If the villa was not guarded like an iron wall, the other party could not lay a hand on her. She was afraid that she would have suffered the same fate as Hu Yue' er. Releasing fish into the stream was a helpless move. Since they couldn't take her life, did they want to take her child's life?
The fire in Ye Zhen's heart was about to burst out. Who was it? Why would he use such unscrupulous means to harm her?
No, not to harm her, but to target Mo Rongzhan. Poisoning Hu Yue 'er was to attack Mo Rongzhan, and releasing those fish into the stream was to get rid of her child. No matter how she looked at it, it was aimed at Mo Rongzhan.
"Has this matter been passed back to the palace?" Ye Zhen asked in a low voice.
Xue Lin whispered, "Your Highness, I have sent someone to inform the Emperor."
"All the food in the villa comes from outside. Check them carefully. Since someone wants to drug the food, they will definitely use more than one method. Check everything clearly. If there is no problem with the people in the villa after checking, let them out," Wang Yao said. Ye Zhen still believed in the people around her. If someone could bribe the people in the villa, they would not release fish into the stream.
"Yes, Your Highness." Xue Lin answered in a low voice. He also believed in the people in the villa. The whole villa was chosen by the emperor himself. It was impossible to be bribed, unless it was something he didn't know. Just like Xiao Xi who went to the stream to catch fish, how could he see at a glance that there was something wrong with the fish?
Mo Rongzhan came to the villa in the evening. Ye Zhen was walking with Zhao Ning in the garden. When she saw him striding over, her face was ugly and cold, as if a layer of frost would float on the ground wherever she passed. Everyone around her turned pale with fright and knelt down tremblingly to salute him.
Even Zhao Ning was scared speechless by Mo Rongzhan's cold momentum.
"Your Majesty, you are here." Ye Zhen showed a bright and gorgeous smile, trying to ease his cold face.
Mo Rongzhan didn't say a word. He grabbed Ye Zhen's wrist and led her to the Daohua Courtyard.
After a long time, Hong Ling and Hong Ying slowly stood up. Their legs were weak.
"The Emperor … Why is he here?" Zhao Ning asked in a low voice, "He looks very angry. Will he be angry with the Empress?"
"No." Hong Ling answered in a low voice. The Emperor must be worried about the Empress.
Of course, Mo Rongzhan was worried about Ye Zhen. When he heard that someone had poisoned her, the murderous intent in his heart filled the whole hall. He ran all the way to the villa and saw her standing in front of him with a smile. Only then did he feel his heartbeat.
"I'm fine." Ye Zhen hooked his finger and said softly, "It's just the fish that has a problem. The others have been checked. Those people haven't had a chance to do it yet."
Mo Rongzhan glanced at her. "Aren't you afraid at all?"
"I'm afraid!" Ye Zhen hugged his waist. "I'm afraid that they will hurt you in the end."
"You don't worry about yourself, but about me?" Mo Rongzhan's eyes widened. Did she know how afraid he was of her being hurt? He never knew what fear was. Only she made him feel this way.
Ye Zhen said with a smile, "I will be fine. It's not so easy for others to poison me."
"You are really going to piss me off!" Mo Rongzhan tapped her forehead. "I thought it would be the safest to put you in Chengde Villa. I didn't expect those people to still refuse to let you go."
"They did it to me because of you. You should be careful in the palace." Ye Zhen asked in a low voice, "Is Hu Yue 'er poisoned?"
Mo Rongzhan looked down at her. "You guessed it?"
"Apart from this reason, I can't think of any other reason for you to say that she is pregnant." Ye Zhen said. "Ah Zhan, who is it? How can they poison someone in the palace? I feel scared when I think of you in the palace every day. Let me go back to the palace. I want to stay by your side. "
She was at least a doctor, and she had the spiritual spring. She would certainly be able to protect him.
Mo Rongzhan rubbed her shoulder. "When I find the person, I will take you back. Now is not the time."
Ye Zhen was disappointed. She knew he would say that.
He just didn't trust her. She didn't want to just hide behind him. She could also fight side by side with him.
"How is Hu Yue 'er now?" Ye Zhen suppressed the bitterness in her heart and asked about Hu Yue' er's situation.
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