My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 595 Investigation in the Palace

In a side hall next to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Zhanhe temporarily used this place as the yamen for investigating the case. He brought several confidant eunuchs around Zhu Gaochi and the palace maids who took care of his food and daily life here, and then interrogated them one by one.

The first person who was brought in was a palace maid. She looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, but she was very timid. She was trembling when she was brought in.

"What's your name, and what are your usual responsibilities?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked, trying to make his voice as kind as possible.

"My name is Qiu Ping. I am usually responsible for making your Majesty's bed and cleaning the palace."

The palace maid Qiu Ping replied with a trembling voice. She was timid. She had seen Zhu Gaochi die in the palace before, so she was naturally frightened. She has not recovered yet.

"Since you are responsible for cleaning the bed, have you ever seen this thing?"

Zhu Zhanhe took out the pills and asked Qiu Ping to identify them.

Qiu Ping looked at it carefully for a moment, then shook his head and said: "No, I have never seen it before!"

Zhu Zhanhe was also observing the changes in Qiu Ping's expression, and felt that she was not lying, so he waved her back, and then called others in order to identify her.

But it was a pity that after asking more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs, no one had seen such pills. This made Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but wonder, had he thought wrong?

But there is one important person to interrogate in the end, and this person is most likely to know the origin of this pill.

The eunuch who came in last was an eunuch, about 40 to [-] years old. He was slightly fat and had a naturally smiling face, which made him feel very approachable.

This eunuch's name was Haitao, a Korean who was sent to Prince Yan's palace to be a eunuch since he was a child. He also grew up with Zhu Gaochi and was the closest person to Zhu Gaochi. Zhu Gaochi's daily life, including various chores, This Haitao took care of everything.

"The servant pays homage to the prince!"

After Haitao came in, he immediately saluted Zhu Zhanhe and said that he was an old acquaintance of Zhu Zhanhe. After all, Zhu Zhanhe would see him every time he came to see Zhu Gaochi.

"Haitao, how many years have you taken care of your uncle?"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't take out the pills and asked directly, but asked.

"This slave entered the palace at the age of eight, and it has been more than 30 years now. I thought that I would always stay with His Majesty, but I didn't expect that Your Majesty would leave first!"

Haitao actually wiped away his tears as he spoke. Looking at his sad look, it didn't seem like he was faking it.

"The sudden death of my uncle is really sad, but he was fine during the day, and suddenly passed away at night. This always makes me feel like something is wrong!"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly changed the topic at the end and expressed his doubts. At the same time, his eyes were fixed on Haitao's face.

"Shi Ziqian, you mean that there is something fishy about your majesty's death?"

Hearing this, Haitao also showed a shocked expression and immediately raised his head to look at Zhu Zhanhe.

Zhu Zhanhe was also carefully observing the changes in the expression on Haitao's face, but he didn't see any problems.

So Zhu Zhanhe finally took out the pill, showed it to Haitao and asked, "Have you seen this?"

"This... what is this?"

Haitao hesitated obviously for a moment when he saw the pill, and then pretended not to understand and asked.

When Zhu Zhanhe saw the change in Haitao's expression, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed. He finally found someone who knew about it.So he stared at Haitao with burning eyes, and said again in a cold voice: "I found this pill from under uncle's pillow. You are the closest person to uncle, don't tell me you don't know!"

Hearing that the pills were found under Zhu Gaochi's pillow, Haitao's expression changed again, and judging from Zhu Zhanhe's words, he was obviously doubting him.

Thinking of this, Haitao didn't dare to hide it anymore, and immediately knelt down in the tunnel and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. It's not that I intentionally concealed it, but...it's because this matter concerns His Highness King Zhao!"

"Really him?"

Zhu Zhanhe frowned even more when he heard this. He and Queen Zhang had suspected Zhu Gaosui before, but they didn't expect that it was actually related to him.

"Tell me what's going on in detail!"

Zhu Zhanhe ordered with a serious expression.

"Yes, this happened a few months ago, when His Royal Highness King Zhao sent a group of North Korean beauties into the palace..."

Following Haitao's narration, Zhu Zhanhe finally understood the origin of this pill.

It turned out that after Zhu Gaosui sent the beautiful woman to the palace, Zhu Gaochi was also very happy. After all, his desires were satisfied, and he no longer had to conflict with the ministers. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone.

But before Zhu Gaochi was happy for too long, he discovered a problem, which was a problem that middle-aged men often faced.

Zhu Gaochi was not in good health to begin with, and he was too fat, so in a certain aspect, he seemed to be incapable of doing anything. For this reason, Zhu Gaochi also lost his temper.

As a result, at this moment, Zhu Gaosui didn't know where he got the news, so he went into the palace to meet Zhu Gaochi alone and presented him with a bottle of traditional Chinese medicine, which was the pill in Zhu Zhanhe's hand.

After Zhu Gaochi used it, he found that the effect was excellent, and as a result, he became even more addicted to women. During this period, Zhu Gaosui also visited the palace several times, and each time he gave Zhu Gaochi such pills.

"Your Majesty, every time King Zhao delivers medicine, His Majesty will ask the others to leave. Only the slave is with him, so I recognize this medicine. If you don't believe it, you can find King Zhao. I am willing to talk to Zhao. Confront the king!”

Haitao finally straightened his chest and assured Zhu Zhanhe.

"Very good, I will naturally go find Uncle San, but before that, you should come with me to see my uncle first!"

Zhu Zhanhe nodded slightly, and then took Haitao to see Queen Zhang.

When Queen Zhang learned that Zhu Gaosui actually gave Zhu Gaochi Chinese medicine, her face turned livid with anger, and she immediately ordered: "Come here, take King Zhao into the palace!"

"Auntie, wait a minute, now is not the time to arrest Third Uncle!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly stood up and stopped him.

Empress Zhang was just stunned by anger, but now she suddenly woke up after hearing Zhu Zhanhe's words.

If Zhu Gaosui is arrested now, the impact will be too great. News of Zhu Gaochi's death may be leaked by then, causing even greater chaos.

Thinking of this, Queen Zhang had to force herself to calm down, and then asked Zhu Zhanhe: "Zhanhe, thank you very much for helping His Majesty find out the cause of death. What should we do next?"

"Auntie, the third uncle sent medicine to the palace. I still don't know whether he did it on purpose or just to please the uncle? So even if you arrest him and he insists that he just wants to please the uncle, you can't convict him. .”

Zhu Zhanhe calmly analyzed again, and here is the trouble now. The Chinese medicine in the room is not poison, so even if Zhu Gaosui admits to sending the medicine into the palace, it cannot be said that he killed Zhu Gaochi.

(End of this chapter)