Chapter 227: The Next Day
A crisp sound, a white porcelain teacup shattered on the ground.
Wang Degui hurriedly knelt down to clean it up.
“No need to clean,” Bai Ying said coldly, “His Majesty can’t hear or see, he’s only busy crying in the Empress’s Palace.”
Zhang Ze said: “Your Ladyship, please calm down, don’t you know His Majesty’s temperament? He will definitely cry for a while, but the dead are dead, no need to care.”
Bai Ying looked at him and sneered: “But this dead person has affected me!” After saying that, she fiercely swept another porcelain bottle on the table to the ground.
The room was filled with the sound of shattering porcelain.
“Originally, I was going to be reinstated as Noble Consort at yesterday’s banquet, but after this incident, His Majesty didn’t even mention it.”
“The most crucial thing was Young Miss Zhu’s words reminding His Majesty of his promise.”
Bai Ying looked at Zhang Ze, gnashing her teeth.
“After that, only Yang Yuan will be His Majesty’s Empress, no one else can even think about it!”
Zhang Ze nodded: “This is indeed a problem.”
Bai Ying was annoyed: “Problem, problem! A huge problem! You investigated all night, did you find out who harmed me? Princess Jinyu and the Zhu family joined forces?”
It was clearly Princess Jinyu and the Zhu family’s excitement, who would have thought that in the end, the bad luck would fall on her head.
“I knew it long ago, Princess Jinyu has ambitions for power, seeing that I gave birth to a prince, she wanted to scheme against me.”
“And the Zhu family, that old thing Zhu Xingjian, two-faced and opportunistic, he could support His Majesty in forcing the abdication before, and he could also support that bastard Li Yu in the future.”
“Zhang Ze, these two families must be eliminated, they can use the Empress to create trouble, and they can also use the Empress to take their lives. Don’t forget how the Empress died, the Yang family escaped death, it doesn’t mean others can escape too… Inspector, Zhang Ze!”
Bai Ying suddenly raised her voice.
Zhang Ze looked at her.
“You’re distracted again!” Bai Ying said angrily, “I’m talking to you!”
After saying that, she felt a bit aggrieved. It wasn’t the first or second time, Zhang Ze had been difficult to summon these days.
“Are you looking at me not being able to become Empress, and have a new plan, to support that Princess Jinyu!”
Zhang Ze laughed: “Your Ladyship, you jest. Even if you don’t become Empress, with your Ladyship’s status and means, you can still achieve your goals.”
He said, bowing deeply.
“Princess Jinyu, apart from her surname Li, has nothing to offer, she cannot be compared to Your Ladyship.”
Bai Ying snorted: “Really?”
Zhang Ze replied: “Absolutely true.”
Bai Ying then smiled and said lightly: “That’s right, even if I can’t be the Empress, I can be the Empress Dowager.”
She looked in the direction of the Empress’s Palace, her eyes flashing with ruthlessness.
Wang Degui knelt on the ground, not daring to even raise his head.
Zhang Ze smiled: “This matter was not Princess Jinyu or the Zhu family scheming against Your Ladyship, it was done by the remnants of Empress Jiang’s faction.”
The remnants of Empress Jiang’s faction again? Bai Ying looked at Zhang Ze: “They were targeting me?”
Zhang Ze shook his head: “I think they might be targeting everyone, just to make everyone unhappy, to create chaos.”
He explained his guess.
Princess Jinyu did scheme against Young Miss Zhu, and the Zhu family was indeed schemed against, but the remnants of Empress Jiang’s faction intervened, using illusionary techniques to take Li Yu away and let Young Miss Zhu see Empress Yang.
Bai Ying was both angry and uneasy after hearing this: “These things are getting more and more rampant, can even the Imperial Bell not defend against them?”
“It can still defend, they can’t and dare not approach Your Ladyship.” Zhang Ze said.
Bai Ying paced back and forth, then asked as she thought of something: “That night at the palace gate, when you were checking the list, did you find any suspicious people?”
Zhang Ze shook his head: “No.”
Bai Ying saw the regret in his expression and shook her head regretfully, then said: “Since they dared to do it, they must have means to avoid being discovered.”
Zhang Ze didn’t speak. Yes, it seems she didn’t need to come to see him this time.
Although he checked, he didn’t really expect to catch any suspicious people.
He was thinking, if he stayed at the palace gate, would that person come to see him, like last time.
But she didn’t come.
Perhaps she did come.
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Just not to see him.
“But please rest assured, Your Ladyship.” Zhang Ze said, “I already have a direction for investigation.”
Bai Ying looked at Zhang Ze and sighed: “To have such a capable person as the Inspector assisting me, if I can’t achieve my goals, it would be against Heaven’s will.”
Zhang Ze bowed: “Your Ladyship is resolute, resourceful, and destined for greatness.”
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“Your Highness!”
Cai Songnian grabbed Li Yu, who was walking out of the room.
“Why are you up!”
He then called out to the maids and eunuchs standing in the courtyard.
“Quickly bring the hangover soup!”
The maids and eunuchs hurriedly responded.
Li Yu rubbed his forehead: “It’s just a bit too much drinking, why hangover soup? Nothing happened yesterday, right? I’m going to see my aunt—”
He said, taking another step, but Cai Songnian stopped him and said loudly: “Don’t go see the Princess in this state, the Princess will be even angrier when she sees you!”
He pulled Li Yu back into the room and closed the door.
After finishing the act for the outside, Cai Songnian looked at Li Yu, his expression both worried and joyful: “Young Master, you’re awake, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”
Li Yu asked: “When did Ah Li leave?”
Cai Songnian said with a sullen face: “She left last night, saying that Young Master could have a good sleep now.” He became a little anxious, “Why did you take her with you, are you still poisoned? Didn’t you say she could protect you?”
Knowing that Princess Jinyu was up to no good this time, he originally wanted to disguise himself as a eunuch and follow, but Young Master let that Young Lady Bai follow instead.
As expected, something happened.
“What happened, didn’t nothing happen?” Li Yu said.
He woke up as soon as he returned to the Prince of Chu’s Residence last night.
“Did I…” He sat up anxiously before even opening his eyes.
Warm hands held him down: “Something did happen at the palace banquet, but you were drunk, and Marquis Zhou’s Heir helped you to Lake Taiye, where you slept for half a day, so nothing is related to you.”
Li Yu opened his eyes and saw the girl’s bright eyes, he was overjoyed.
Bai Li lit another incense stick, letting him sleep well to clear the remaining drug in his body.
He slept soundly all night and felt refreshed.
Cai Songnian, however, had a sleepless night. The news of what happened in the palace also came out, and he knew something was fishy as soon as he heard it.
“Of course it’s fishy.” Li Yu said, “Young Miss Zhu should have bumped into me, it’s because Ah Li was there that I only slept at Lake Taiye.”
Cai Songnian was a little surprised, this Bai Li was so capable, she could swap people under Princess Jinyu’s nose? Well, Zhou Jingyun must have helped.
Thinking of this, he looked at Li Yu with a strange expression.
“Don’t be skeptical.” Li Yu frowned, then smiled, “Ah Li is very capable!”
He then tidied his robe and sniffed himself, he had already bathed and could go see Bai Li clean and fresh.
“Prepare the carriage, prepare the carriage.” He said, turning and rushing out, “I’m going to see my aunt—”
The maids carrying the medicine had just reached the door and hurriedly called out: “Your Highness—”
His Highness ignored them completely and strode out.
First to his aunt’s residence, Princess Jinyu’s scheme had failed, she would definitely not want to see him, he would put on a show outside for half a day, and then he could go to the pleasure boat to see Bai Li.
Right, Ah Li said that today was Nannan’s hundred-day celebration, although it was on a small pleasure boat, although there were only a group of gamblers and prodigal sons, it still had to be lively.
The anesthesia reaction was too strong, I vomited all day, I only wrote half a chapter today, I need to recover.
