After all the necessary people had been sent out, Su Pan’er began to wait for the good news to arrive.
Waiting was the longest part, and it was also the most helpless.
Su Pan’er beca utterly perplexed, even neglecting the fraternal twins to so extent.
After the Mid-Autumn, Mrs. Su-Hua entered the palace again and, upon learning of Su Ke’s disappearance, imdiately scread and fainted.
This caused a flurry of activity among those present. Fortunately, Su Pan’er was nearby, and after so urgent first aid, Mrs. Su-Hua gradually regained consciousness. When she realized the news she had heard earlier, her tears fell like a waterfall.
"Mother, please stop crying. Didn’t you see how many people His Majesty has mobilized for Ke’er? If you keep crying in front of him, wouldn’t it hurt his feelings? Please, stop crying..."
"I, I understand what you an, but mother... mother just can’t help it..."
Mrs. Su-Hua, holding Su Pan’er, cried uncontrollably, "Pan’er my dear! Mother only has you and Ke’er as children. If anything three long and two short happens to Ke’er, mother doesn’t want to live either..."
"Mother, I know, I know!"
Su Pan’er comforted her, growing more and more worried about the outco of this search.
She was inquiring about the latest developnts almost every day.
Qin Yi was also worried.
Rescue like fighting fire! After much consideration, he even called back Su Huarong, whom he had initially planned to send again to Qilian Mountain.
Su Huarong had long heard about the disappearance of his cousin.
However, he had a different opinion about Qin Yi sending him to Luoyan Village.
"Your Majesty, due to the matter of Su Ke, the Empress has lost her composure in the palace, but Your Majesty must make a decision. Currently, there is no contact with Su Ke, but there is no evidence that sothing has happened to him. Have you considered that if the current situation was deliberately arranged by soone, and after deploying a large amount of manpower and resources to Yongzhou, the defense here becos weak, the consequences could be unimaginable."
Su Huarong analyzed solemnly.
"I have considered everything you ntioned, but ultimately dismissed them one by one."
Qin Yi stood up and walked over to stand beside Su Huarong: "I plan to renovate the mausoleum of the forr emperor, which might have affected so people’s interests. There are people who will try to stop this, which is what I thought of from the beginning. However, although Su Ke is scholarly and not martial, he still has a few tricks up his sleeve. It wouldn’t be easy for an ordinary person to overpower him. Yet, he has disappeared nonetheless! There must be sothing fishy going on here, and I can’t rest until I investigate it thoroughly."
Su Huarong fell silent.
After a long sigh, he finally said, "Your Majesty, are you referring to the fact that the young prince has ’coincidentally’ run into various incidents on several occasions?"
"Ah! Speaking of that, my heart is also filled with anger."
Qin Yi then told him about an incident that had occurred yesterday: "Ah Mann’s body was already weak. Pan’er and I were very cautious in taking care of him, fearing any slight issue. But this ti, soone with intentions exploited an opportunity."
"Another strange occurrence?"
"It’s not exactly strange, I should say it is man-made."
Qin Yi imdiately picked up a small bowl of milk from the side and pushed it in front of Su Huarong: "Look, what’s unusual about this milk?"
"This milk... there’s no difference!"
Su Huarong curiously stared at the cup of milk from left to right and couldn’t find anything wrong with it.
"Could it be that there’s sothing special about this cup? I notice there are so problems on the edge of this cup, could this be what Your Majesty wanted to see?"
I’ve already taken off my pants, yet you only let see these things!
"It’s not about the cup, but the milk. This milk’s production should be quite good, unfortunately, we can’t consu that much."
"Indeed, not bad, but haven’t you felt that many things appear fine on the surface, yet once you delve deeper, you feel there’s sothing extra?"
What extra?
Looking at His Majesty who was serious, Su Huarong thought for a long ti but still could not figure out what was special about this cup of milk.
"This milk was just freshly squeezed. However, these cows have been fed a lot of grass every day from the start, but this grass was mixed with so poisonous herbs. As the cattle gradually grew and produced milk, this milk naturally contained a certain poison."
Qin Yi looked troubled, "Currently, the two children are still young. Once they drink this milk containing toxins, the gradual accumulation will severely harm the delicate bodies of the children. Alternatively, if the milk consud by the wet nurse was infected, and then she indirectly passed it through her milk to the children. After a certain period, once the accumulated toxins in the children’s bodies act up, even if a Da Luo Jinxian descended, they wouldn’t escape a fatal outco."
He spoke with certainty, making Su Huarong raise an eyebrow and hurriedly pick up the milk to inspect it closely, "This cup of milk is also poisoned? God, did the fraternal twin brother and sister also drink it? The Empress’s dical skills are excellent, perhaps we should have the Empress take a look?"
"This milk is poisoned, and it was Pan’er who discovered it."
Qin Yi said without hesitation.
"I am thinking, soone is playing a hidden ga of chess. And it’s a long-planned big ga! Yet the opponent’s moves are strange, leaving sowhat puzzled. Every ti a crucial mont cos, we lose the clues needed to continue the investigation. Hence, I need your help."
Qin Yi did not hesitate to share his thoughts, making Su Huarong nod continuously.
After a secret consultation between the two, the next day, Su Huarong left Shengjing alone, his destination unknown.
People at the Imperial Court did not hold back from exerting force on Su Huarong. Yet, Su Huarong seed to have vanished into thin air, and despite their efforts to turn up everything, there was still no sign of Su Huarong.
There was no good news from Su Ke’s side, and the Empress was in a bad mood.
The Empress’s bad mood created a gloomy facade on His Majesty, his face like ice all day, maintaining a gloomy expression.
Apart from displaying a playful smile in front of the Empress usually, he held a chilling expression that made everyone at the Court extrely uncomfortable.
Just as everyone at the Court was going mad, a different tone erged at the Court!
Soone at the Court loved to stir up trouble and soone deliberately brought up the issue, pointing out sothing that enraged His Majesty.
Only one person stood out to make a report: "Your Majesty, your servant has a report!"
Qin Yi was in a bad mood, and seeing it was the minister from the Ministry of Sanctuary San Si who stepped forward, he forcibly suppressed his anger, gesturing dismissively.
"Speak, my loyal subject!"
The official from the Ministry of Sanctuary San Si spoke bluntly, "To report to Your Majesty, I have learned that after the Empress gave birth to the crowned Prince, I took the initiative to ticulously calculate his life chart. I believe that the Crown Prince and the Third Princess, being fraternal twins, are destined to both love and destroy each other in their fates. I boldly beseech Your Majesty to send the Third Princess to live among the commoners, raised by others. In doing so, we could ensure the prosperity and stability of Our Great Zhou, and allow both the Third Princess and the Prince to grow up safely. Otherwise, their lives are at risk!"
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