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The imperial concubine nodded her head, "That's right, on the day that Shen Youhuang returned to the capital, a letter came from the brother of Manager Wu's hometown saying that his mother had suddenly become very ill, and would probably not be able to live much longer. Manager Wu is a loyal and filial person. Of course the emperor knows that he's anxious to return, so he allowed him to return home on leave to serve his old mother. "

Hearing this news, Feng Ningyan suddenly felt a chill.

When Shen Youhuang returned to the palace, he left immediately. Why was it such a coincidence?

She seemed to have an answer in her heart, but her life was in danger, so she did not dare act rashly. She asked, "That's right, on the night of the Emperor's sudden plague, was the imperial guard, Sikong Jing, present?"

"Of course not. Otherwise, how could the emperor be harmed by a traitor!" The imperial concubine said angrily, "I remember that the empress dowager went to visit the emperor one day. At that time, Shen Youhuang was in a critical condition, so when the empress dowager came out, she said a few words to Sikong Jing. The next day, Sikong Jing's wife suddenly gave birth to a child. She lost too much blood and almost died. He is currently taking care of his wife at home. It has already been seven to eight days. "

"Wife is a prostitute?" Feng Ningyan muttered to himself, "Old Wu Nianen's mother is in a rush, Sikong Jing's wife is a small child, if that's the case, all of Your Majesty's trusted aides will be transferred away. "The only one who can control the people in the palace is the cunning Eunuch Dong. However, that Eunuch Dong has probably gotten close to Shen Youhuang already …"

After listening to Feng Ningyan's analysis, the imperial concubine finally realized that there was a big part of the story.

"Princess, what you're saying is that Wu Nianen was the one who thought of ways to separate Wu Nianen and Wu Nianen?"

"It must be, and Wu Nianen's death, was definitely also done by Shen Youhuang. If Shen Youhuang's goal is to exterminate the Emperor's trusted aides, then I'm afraid Sikong Jing is also in danger. "

Feng Ningyan was even more certain now, he quickly took a pen and paper and wrote down the note, telling the imperial concubine to send a message to Shen Lingjue and his family members, telling him to secretly send people to protect them.

Watching the pigeons fly away, she felt slightly more at ease.

The Imperial Concubine, however, was extremely disappointed. "Since Wu Nianen is back, why is Shen Youhuang still not letting him go? This person is simply too vicious …"

Feng Ningyan said coldly, "This is the problem. The reason Shen Youhuang set up Manager Wu and Sikong Jing was to frame Yu Su so that they could harm the Emperor. That's why I feel that Wu Nianen's death is related to the Emperor's sudden plague, not just to frame King Yu. "As long as we find out how the emperor was infected with the plague and whose hands it is from, it won't be hard to find out the cause of Manager Wu's death."

The imperial concubine didn't have such a sharp intuition as Feng Ningyan, but seeing that she was so sure that Wu Nianen's death was related to the Emperor getting the plague, she was completely convinced.

"Then we'll investigate this matter as soon as possible. Now that my brother has stabilized the situation of the Forbidden Army Battalion, with his help, we'll definitely be able to investigate until the truth is revealed."

Feng Ningyan nodded his head: "That night, Shen Youhuang had Eunuch Dong impersonate the imperial edict and announced that Yu Su had returned to the palace. It was to frame Yu Su and spread the plague to the Emperor. Then Shen Youhuang would definitely be able to get the source of the plague from the plague area, and the time of the poison should be before Yu Su enters the palace. "

The imperial concubine understood after hearing it, "Then let's start with the people who entered and left the Qianyuan Palace that day. Within the Qianyuan Palace, from the people of the palace to the people of the Forbidden Army, you have all changed to someone you can trust. I have no experience in investigating cases. "

Feng Ningyan frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "We will start the investigation from Su Caijun and Li Wanru, who were taking turns to get sick."

After the imperial concubine heard this, she immediately called Jiang Tao in.

"Pass down my order, order the commander of Forbidden Army to bring over Su Caijun and Li Wanshi, who are both imprisoned in Fanghua Palace, for questioning."

Jiang Tao accepted the order and rushed out of the palace towards the Forbidden Army Battalion.

Not long after he left, Feng Ningyan suddenly exclaimed, "Something's wrong! Our investigations must be conducted in secret. Otherwise, if he were to find out what we did on the day of our investigation, wouldn't he have silenced us beforehand and destroyed the evidence? I will go to the Flowerflower Palace myself! "

It was already too late for Imperial Concubine to call Jiang Tao back, so she could only give her carrying jade pendant to Feng Ningyan.

"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you, Royal Concubine. This jade pendant is something that I inherited from my ancestors. Brother, once you see it, you'll know what you mean by that." "Whatever you want, just get General Shangguan to cooperate."

Feng Ningyan solemnly received the jade pendant and immediately left the palace.

She had been practicing martial arts since she was young, and her speed was unknown, but she still had to hold her steps, so as to not let others know that she was not the real Lian Yi.

Along the way, she kept praying in her heart. She only hoped that the matter of Jiang Tao passing on the message to Shangguan Jin wouldn't leak out, let alone how anxious she was.

She did not go to the Forbidden Army Camp, but directly went to Fanghua Palace. After all, her Chen Ming Palace was still relatively close to Fanghua Palace, so she had to arrive there before Shangguan Jin.

After passing through the imperial garden and passing by a fake mountain, and then crossing a few palace paths in the middle of the palace halls, she quickly arrived at Fanghua Palace.

Ever since Su Caixiu and Li Wan had been grounded in the Flowerflower palace, the palace doors had been guarded by eunuchs. Only those who brought food could enter and leave the palace gates.

In such a cold weather, he could see that the tall windows of the Flowerwood Palace were tightly shut. However, no one was able to repair the broken pieces of paper on the windows. Without a concubine, who would care? Even things bullied people, and they were even worse.

Feng Ningyan held the imperial concubine's jade pendant, and just as he walked to the entrance, he saw two young eunuch s guarding the entrance.

Although the palace door was locked, the chains were very long. Anyone with a bit of weight would be able to enter.

She could not help but be furious as she shouted, "How could you two young eunuchs leave your duties? Can't you see that the palace doors are wide open?"

This was within the palace, if it was in her Ningnan Army Camp, seeing this kind of fella who left his post, she would have already whipped him!

The two young eunuch were shocked, they ran out from behind the stone statue and upon closer inspection, they saw that the one who came was Imperial Noble Concubine's most capable palace maid, Lian Yi.

"Aiya, Sister Lian Yi, what wind brought you out?"

Feng Ningyan looked at them snappily, raised the jade pendant and said, "In the name of the Imperial Noble Concubine, I'll ask Su Cai'er and Li Wan for a few words before opening the door."

One of the young eunuch saw the jade pendant and quickly took the key from his body and ran over to open the door.

Another young eunuch hurriedly explained: "Sister Lian Yi, just now, the two of us were really freezing cold. That's why we picked up some branches to warm up. In front of Imperial Noble Concubine, you must show mercy … "

Feng Ningyan snorted coldly, and walked in.

The two young eunuch were afraid that she would remember this mistake. If they went back to the imperial concubine, the both of them would be in trouble.

Thus, they accompanied Feng Ningyan to his left and right side of the hall.

There were only two palace maids left in Fang Hua Palace, serving Su Caijun and Li Wan. The lord was out of favour, and the servants were lazy to deal with them, so the snow on the ground had not been cleaned up yet.

This was the harem, the difference between being favored and being spoiled was like heaven and earth.

Feng Ningyan sighed, stepped on the snow beneath his feet and walked over.