Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 788 - 0740: Power

"Brother-in-law? How do you feel? You fainted just now." Mu Yuanxiu supported Pei Shenyan, his expression anxious and concerned.

Pei Shenyan glared at him, thinking to himself, "You little rascal, you pinched me until I fainted, and now you’re asking how I feel?"

Your Brother-in-law thinks his waist hurts a lot!

"It’s all right, it’s all right." Just wait, when he gets back, he’s definitely going to complain to Li Yuzhu!

He replied perfunctorily.

But soon, Pei Shenyan noticed something amiss.

The place he was in was the inner hall of Tianming Palace.

There were quite a few people in the hall: the Empress was there, the imperial concubine was there, and the Empress Dowager was also present. All the eunuchs and palace maids had expressions of fear, kneeling on the ground, many of them quietly sobbing.

The Imperial Physicians were there in an unusually large number.

This is...

He looked towards the innermost direction.

On the bed, Emperor Li Can lay straight and motionless.

Several palace maids and eunuchs were kneeling in front of the bed, sobbing and weeping.

"Mr. Pei has woken up, so please recount what happened just now. After Mr. Gao brought you to Tianming Palace, where did you go?" The Empress Dowager’s voice was stern, her gaze severe.

Pei Shenyan walked over and respectfully replied, "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, this official remembers that upon entering the outer hall of Tianming Palace, I fainted immediately. When I woke up again, it was now, and I did not know where I had been."

"This commoner dares to supplement Mr. Pei’s words." Mu Yuanxiu also stepped forward.

"Speak!" The Empress Dowager commanded coldly.

Mu Yuanxiu recounted what had happened just now.

He said, "Empress Dowager, the two of us just stood in the hall for a brief moment before leaving again, and did not see the Emperor. After carrying Mr. Pei away from Tianming Palace, we did not go far, only walked in the palace alleys, and went nowhere else."

The Empress Dowager looked towards the other people beside her, "Is what the two of them said true?"

All the eunuchs and palace maids replied in unison, "Empress Dowager, what they said is true."

The Emperor was gone, but the Empress was still there.

They had no need to lie and provoke the Empress.

Princess Consort Yu Wen was unwilling to give up and shouted, "Empress Dowager, things can’t be that simple. The Empress Dowager must investigate thoroughly; the Emperor can’t die without a clear cause!"

The Empress Dowager’s mood was turbulent, "I have my own judgment!"

"Empress Dowager!" The Empress stepped forward and kneeled on the ground, "I wish to personally investigate the matter of the arsenic!"

Princess Consort Yu Wen sneered, "Does the Empress wish to use this to conceal something?"

Empress Cui sneered, "I am not concealing anyone; I only want to find out who poisoned me!"

The Empress Dowager’s eyes narrowed slightly, "What does the Empress mean by this?"

Empress Cui raised her head, her eyes brimming with tears and full of grievance, "I have also been poisoned; before coming to Tianming Palace, I was undergoing treatment!"

As she spoke, she raised her left hand, pointing to the needle marks on her hand to show the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager looked grim, "You were poisoned too?" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Empress Cui replied, "Yes, my body has not been well recently; I thought it was due to the weather. But after a doctor’s diagnosis, it was discovered that I was poisoned with arsenic! Fortunately, in a small dose, I was able to survive! But I am unwilling to be secretly harmed; I wish to personally find out who the poisoner is!"

Princess Consort Yu Wen looked at Empress Cui with a mocking smile, "The Empress’s complexion looks better than mine; how could she be poisoned?"

"How could poisoning be visible from appearance?" Empress Cui glanced at Princess Consort Yu Wen with a cold smile. She pulled out a few strands of hair, raising her hand and offering them to the Empress Dowager, "If someone is poisoned, every part of their body contains toxins. Please, Empress Dowager, examine it thoroughly!"

The Empress Dowager’s face darkened, and she called for the Dean of the Imperial Hospital, "Dean!"

The Dean of the Imperial Hospital walked over anxiously, "Empress Dowager."

"Quickly investigate the Empress’s poisoning!"

"Yes!"

The Dean took Empress Cui’s hair, removed a glass bottle containing potion from the medicine box, and soaked the hair in it.

Then, he took out the medicine pills and the silver spoon, crushed the pills, and placed them on the silver spoon, which he handed to the Empress along with the spoon, "Empress, press the spoon under your tongue and do not swallow the powder. After half an hour, allow this old minister to examine again."

The Empress followed his instructions.

The people in the hall became even more anxious and uneasy.

The Emperor had died of poisoning, and the Empress also claimed to be poisoned?

Is this true or false?

If it is true...

Will these people be implicated?

Princess Consort Yu Wen said nothing, her eyes narrowed, constantly observing Empress Cui, unsure of what she was thinking.

Half an hour passed quickly.

The Dean received the silver spoon handed over by the Empress, frowning deeply, as the color of the spoon had changed.

Looking at the glass bottle holding the hair, the originally clear potion inside now had a thread of dark blue.

The Dean of the Imperial Hospital reported to the Empress Dowager, "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the Empress indeed shows signs of poisoning."