Rebirth as Princess Jin again

Situ Lin entered the room, his eyes fell on Rui'er, and asked in a soft voice: "How is Rui'er?"

Su Ying replied respectfully: "It's okay. The toxin has been removed and the body has not been hurt. It will be fine in a few days. Father, don't worry."

Situ Lin suddenly turned around and asked Su Ying: "Do you have any doubts in your heart?"

Su Ying bit her lip and shook her head: "There were many people attending the banquet that day. The prince had made many enemies when dealing with the family affairs. Now my father suddenly appointed Concubine Shu, who had not been favored for many years in the harem, as the queen. Now I only know that The person who poisoned her was after the Queen, and I have no clue about the rest."

Situ Lin's face was serious: "That's why I ground the queen. I don't think the person who poisoned her will dare to do it again."

Su Ying didn't say anything. Situ Lin probably believed in the queen. No matter what the poisoner's intention was, if his goal was not achieved, he would naturally not stop. Grounding the queen at this time would, on the one hand, make the poisoner feel that the queen has been killed. Losing the Emperor's Heart, on the other hand, the person who poisoned him will not be able to do it again.

Perhaps because of the discomfort in his throat, Rui'er tossed and turned in his sleep, making a humming sound in his throat. Situ Lin stood by the bed for a long time, feeling sour in his heart when he saw his favorite little grandson in pain.

He hated the person who poisoned him even more, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

"What happened to the poisoned little palace maid?"

Situ Jin replied: "I insist that it was the queen who ordered it."

"Then use torture!"

"I've used everything I can use, and I won't let go."

"Does she have family outside the palace?"

"The house suffered a flood, and she was the only one left!"

It turned out that she had found such a person with no background. No wonder he would not let go even after being tortured. He was probably someone like a dead soldier. If she refused to tell him anything, she might not be able to find anything out in the trial.

Situ Lin said coldly: "Then let me die!"

Situ Jin seemed to have expected this result, and just replied lightly: "Yes!"

After a few people left the inner hall, Situ Lin sat down on the table and asked Situ Jin and Su Ying to sit down as well. He turned to look at Su Ying and asked: "As for the poppy matter, can you develop an antidote?"

Su Ying thought for a while and said cautiously: "The tea shop has not been open for a long time, but if some people have been using it for a long time, they may have become addicted. If the shop is suddenly closed, those people may do something extraordinary. , there is no antidote for this kind of thing, you have to slowly reduce the frequency or quantity of drinking, and then add decoction to detoxify the body. The biggest disadvantage of this method is that it takes a long time."

Situ Lin asked Situ Jin: "Has the person behind the scenes been found?"

Situ Jin raised his eyes and replied: "I dare not disturb them, so I can only make secret visits. We haven't found the place where the poppies are grown yet, and there is no clue about the person behind the scenes."

Situ Lin's eyes darkened and he said: "In this case, we will find a way to seal down the shop first, control the people in the shop, and then find the people who bought the tea. Gather them first, observe the depth of their poisoning, and then slowly If treated slowly, the impact of this matter will be greater. If it is not handled well, the capital will be in chaos again."

After Situ Lin said this, his expression suddenly became serious.

Situ Jin looked at Situ Lin and suddenly said: "When my father just ascended the throne, a similar thing happened in the capital. Can my father tell me about this?"

Situ Lin was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Back then, the late emperor had just announced that I would become the crown prince. He suddenly fell seriously ill and passed away in less than a month. I suddenly took the throne. At that time, Xia Zhaoguo had just experienced the border chaos in the Western Region of Northern Liao. The national strength has not yet recovered. It is a time when everything is in ruins and waiting to be revitalized."

"Although in accordance with the late emperor's decree, I canonized the Zhao family as the Queen Mother, made her son a prince, and granted awards to the Zhao family. However, the Queen Mother injured one eye because of her son, and saw that her son had no hope of sitting on the throne. , but let me get the throne in vain, and I feel dissatisfied."

"So he summoned the courtiers who supported Prince Su back then and lured people into taking Five Stone Powder in the capital. After those people became addicted, the sale of Five Stone Powder was suddenly stopped, leading to riots."

"They calculated that I had just ascended the throne at that time and did not dare to use bloody means to suppress this matter, so they blatantly did it under my nose."

"The most arrogant at that time were Huang Qi and Kong Zhen. They were the two famous families in the capital at that time. They relied on their power in the court to make the entire capital a mess."

"I initially adopted a gentle approach, but the two of them were stubborn and demanded that Prince Su be granted the title of regent and jointly manage the government with me."

"I know the Zhao family's methods. If Prince Su is really allowed to become the regent, not only will the entire capital be in chaos, but the court will also not be peaceful."

"I repeatedly tolerated it, but they intensified their efforts. In desperation, I had no choice but to mobilize the Royal Guards to kill the nine tribes of Huang Qi and Kong Zhen with thunder, and beheaded the officials who participated in the crime and the common people who took the lead in making trouble. , and this farce was suppressed.”

"It was also because of this incident that Queen Mother Zhao saw my determination to never compromise, so she began to give in, and promised that as long as the border town was granted to Prince Su as a territory, she was willing to go to Xiangguo Temple to live a fasting life and no longer participate in court affairs. .”

As Su Ying listened, she could foresee that Situ Lin had also gone to the throne in blood. For the sake of the peace of the imperial city, he must have made great determination when he ordered the massacre of those people.

After all, if this matter cannot be fatal in one blow, the consequences will be endless.

Situ Jin frowned slightly and said: "When my son was in the border town, Zhou Wei personally told him that his father was Huang Qi. He was Huang Qi's illegitimate son. Since the Huang family survived what happened back then, then the rest Will there be any survivors left in the family?”

Situ Lin immediately shook his head and said: "Impossible, the husband and wife of the Kong family are harmonious, and their family motto is to only marry one wife. At that time, Xiao Dongcheng went to the Kong family in person, and except for Kong Zhen's wife who was burned to death, no one else slipped through the net. .”

Su Ying raised her eyebrows and asked in surprise: "Does Kong Zhen have an heir?"

Situ Lin thought for a while, nodded and said: "Her wife was pregnant at the time, and the imperial doctor concluded that it was twins. Because she was pregnant with twins at the time, he went to the palace specifically to ask his father to give the imperial doctor to protect his wife's pregnancy, so this I remember it very clearly."

Su Ying asked, "Does that mean that when General Xiao went to arrest people, there happened to be a fire in Kong's house and his wife was burned to death?"

Situ Lin nodded: "The autopsy showed that he was indeed dead and his body was badly burned. But in that case, it is impossible for the child to be alive?"

Su Ying asked back: "Then if the child had been born before the fire, maybe the fire was just to deceive others."