The Rising Phoenix

Empress Miao left the Jasmine Palace. The empress dowager turned her gaze to Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu.

"You are really something. How dare you talk about her like that?" The empress dowager said coldly.

Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu started to calm down. She knew she had gone too far saying something like that to Empress Miao.

"Mother, I will punish Yunyu." The emperor stated.

"You should. If I don't hear anything about her punishment, I will make sure that she receives the punishment myself." The empress dowager.

"Your son understands it, Mother." The emperor nodded.

"As for Lan-er, you should conduct an investigation on people in Lan-er's Mansion. He must be poisoned by someone around him. When you catch the culprit, ask him for the antidote." The empress dowager said.

"Yes, Mother." The empress dowager said.

"You can leave now. Sigh, a good day has been ruined by you. You are forbidden to enter my palace unless you have my permission, Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu." The empress dowager stood up and left the hall with her servant.

"Yunyu, you should not say something like that to Empress Miao." The emperor sighed.

Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu, cried. "I am sorry, Your Majesty. I am just desperate to save my son. So, when she refused my request to send the men to fetch Young Lady Bai, I snapped out and said a horrible thing to Her Majesty. I don't mean any harm..." Her tears fell down gracefully.

The emperor became sad when he saw his consort sad like this.

"Since Mother wants me to punish you, you need to be punished." The emperor stated.

"I understand, Your Majesty." Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu, nodded.

"Don't worry. I will not punish you heavily. Let's leave and return to your palace." The emperor stated.

"Yes," Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu, agreed without any fight.

Later on, the emperor issued the decree stating the punishment on Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu. Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu, would be confined in her palace for one month, was not allowed to leave her palace without any permission, and she needed to write 5 copies of the virtual woman manuscript per day.

People wondered why the emperor suddenly punished Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu. It must have a reason. The emperor would never punish Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu, because she is his beloved consort.

Then, people found out that Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu had been punished because she had said something hurtful to Empress Miao in front of the empress dowager. The empress dowager demanded that the emperor punish Noble Consort Furen, Qian Yunyu. Because of that, the emperor with a heavy heart, had to punish his beloved consort.

The emperor ordered some people to lead the investigation into the fourth prince's mansion. Every single person in the fourth prince's mansion was considered a suspect.

The fourth prince was shocked when he was told that he had been poisoned by someone around him. He was curious. The person who led the investigation was from the Embroidered Uniform Guard. His name was Duan Jianyu.

The fourth prince asked Duan Jianyu to investigate this as soon as possible. He wanted to meet the culprit and had the culprit taste the same thing that happened to him. Duan Jianyu promised the fourth prince that he would bring justice to the fourth prince.

However, as soon the investigation started, Duan Jianyu already faced the problem. When he investigated the time of the poisoning, he found out that the fourth prince's mansion had let go of a lot of servants during that time. So, the culprit might have already escaped the mansion. The investigation became more difficult.

Duan Jianyu asked the fourth prince about that. The fourth prince did not know about that and asked Duan Jianyu to ask the butler.

The butler did not dare to hide anything and told Duan Jianyu about what had happened in the fourth prince's mansion for the past few months. Duan Jianyu could not help to be disgusted by the fourth prince's action. So, Duan Jianyu suspected that, because of those actions, the fourth prince had been poisoned.

Duan Jianyu went to the emperor to report the situation. The emperor wanted this investigation to be a secret. He could do it in secret in the first place because the location was limited to the fourth prince's mansion only. It was easy to control.

Since the culprit had already left the mansion, Duan Jianyu needed to expand his location. So, it would be harder to keep the investigation a secret.

The emperor told Duan Jianyu to continue the investigation. No matter what, he wanted that person to be caught.

So, Duan Jianyu continued his investigation. He asked the butler to give him a list of servants that left the fourth prince's mansion recently. The butler nodded and gave him a long list. He was surprised when the list was in his hand. 'This many?' He was not sure how long it would take him to go through the list. But he was sure it would take him a long, long time.

He and his team started to go after the people in the list. They were surprised when they were caught by the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Most of the people in the list were the women. So, they did not fight with the Embroidered Uniform Guard that much. They obeyed the Embroidered Uniform Guard because they were scared.

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