I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 727 - Chapter 727 Unable to Find Out

Chapter 727: Unable to Find Out Chapter 727: Unable to Find Out Editor: Atlas Studios Qi Xiuyuan looked at the person standing below with a dark expression and asked in a low voice, “You can’t find out anything?” The Minister of Justice lowered his head in shame.

“Yes, forgive our incompetence.

We really can’t find out anything.” The Minister of Justice explained, “I’ve checked the emissary’s background.

He’s an orphan and doesn’t have any relatives or friends outside.

After entering the palace at the age of eight, hasn’t had any very good friends in the palace during these ten years.

I’ve interrogated the eunuchs and palace maids around him and they all said that he’s timid.

Although he’s diligent, he’s not smart enough.

Many of the eunuchs who entered the palace later than him are doing much better than him now.

He’s the only one who’s still stuck in the laundry bureau with his teacher.

The reason why he was transferred to the Hall of Rising Sun this time is because there are few young eunuchs and palace maids in the palace.

The steward only decided to transfer him because he saw that he was quite diligent.

Your Majesty, there were many coincidences that day.

It was only at the last minute that Prince Rong received the greeting gifts at the last minute and Your Majesty sent for the Duke of Peaceful State.

The mastermind definitely didn’t have the chance to set it up in advance.

Therefore, I’m guessing the mastermind should’ve been at the palace banquet.

At least, he must’ve seen that Prince Rong was receiving too many greeting gifts and decided to first place them with the Eldest Prince.” Seeing the Emperor lowering his head in deep thought, the Minister of Justice continued, “I originally wanted to investigate the source of the poison, but no matter if it was the guards guarding the palace gate or the attendants in the back palace, I couldn’t find any traces.

Miss Spring said that they bumped into the emissary in the Hall of the Primal Beginning, which is quite some distance away from the Hall of Rising Sun.

The Empress asked him to go to the front hall to inform the Duke of Peaceful State.

Even if he somehow lost his way, he shouldn’t have walked to the Hall of the Primal Beginning.” “So he received a mission, either to go to the Hall of the Primal Beginning to wait for Spring, or to get the poison?” “Or both.” The Minister of Justice’s train of thought was very clear.

“I’ve hypothesized two situations.

The emissary was ordered to go to the front hall to inform the Duke of Peaceful State, but before he could enter the hall, he was stopped by the mastermind and given orders.

This was when the mastermind gave him the poison.

If he went to inform the Duke of Peaceful State and led him back to the rear hall, he wouldn’t have enough time to mix the poisonous jade ring into the bag.

Therefore, he went straight to the Hall of the Primal Beginning to lay an ambush and wait.

The second situation is that after he received the mission, the poison wasn’t with the person who gave him the orders and he had to go somewhere else to retrieve it himself.

This was even more time-consuming.

It also explains why he decided to lay an ambush in the Hall of the Primal Beginning.

Right after passing the Hall of the Primal Beginning, one would reach the Palace of Earthly Tranquility.” “If it’s the first situation, the poison most likely entered via the palace gate that night.

I asked the guards guarding the gate.

They couldn’t have not noticed it if anything was amiss.” The eyes of the guards guarding the door were very sharp.

Even if they couldn’t remember every single accessory on someone’s body, they could at least remember most of them.

Moreover, it was impossible for such a potent poison to be brought into the palace without leaving any traces.

However, if this poison had been in the palace all alongaEUR|” Before the Minister of Justice could finish speaking, Qi Xiuyuan understood.

He was very strict with managing the palace, and Li Jinghua was equally strict with the harem.

There were only three masters in the entire palace, and there were very few people serving them.

Considering there were only so many people entering the palace every day, it was too difficult to send the poison to the harem under everyone’s noses.

However, it was much easier to hide the poison left behind from the previous dynasty until now.

The harem of the previous dynasty had long been in chaos, so it was much easier to transmit things.

However, he could deduce these possibilities, but he could not find any clues.

Without evidence or even a suspect, how could he solve the case?

After considering the various factions and personnel, the Minister of Justice did not think that there was an absolute need for someone to kill the Eldest Prince at this time.

If the other party was targeting the Emperor, there would be a few suspects.

After all, the Emperor had to be replaced after his death.

Considering the Eldest Prince was still young, anything was possible.

But even if the Eldest Prince was killed, the Emperor was still young and could have many princes in the future.

Another possibility was that the other party’s target was the harem.

However, His Majesty only had the Empress in his harem now.

Even if the mastermind was targeting the throne in the future, it was still early days.

Since no other concubines had yet to enter the harem, it was still unknown if the concubine could give birth to a prince, or if the concubine’s son could survive into adulthood.

Why would that person take action to eliminate the Eldest Prince now?

Therefore, the Minister of Justice felt that His Majesty had most likely offended someone.

Alas, it was impossible for the Minister of Justice to ask the Emperor, “Who did you offend?

Perhaps you might want to think about who’d want to kill you and your family?” Qi Xiuyuan must have offended many people on his way to become the Emperor, but who would want to kill an Emperor and his family?

Or rather, who had the guts and ability to carry it out?

To be honest, compared to the previous founding Emperors, Qi Xiuyuan had offended relatively very few people.

The meritorious officials who had followed him survived after the founding of the dynasty.

Based on the Emperor’s magnanimity and his actions, the possibility of him getting rid of his followers after they were deemed to have outlived their usefulness was slim.

As for the officials left behind by the previous dynasty, other than the especially greedy officials and ruthless traitors, they all survived.

Take Zhang Cheng as an example.

He was once an official helped to this position by Minister Qin, but he was not disposed of.

Reason being, although he was corrupt, there was at least a limit to his corruptness.

Since even someone like Zhang Cheng survived and could continue to be an official in this current dynasty, one could see how benevolent the Emperor was.

As for the aristocratic families that he had always loathed, the Emperor had mostly surveyed their fields and investigated the situation of their hidden households.

No one had lost their lives because of this.

This was different from the previous dynasty’s Emperor Shizong weakening the aristocratic families and directly sending troops to restrain them.

The Minister of Justice dared to say that although the aristocratic families also disliked and even hated the current Emperor, compared to the previous dynasty’s Emperor Shizong, this hatred was much lesser.

He did not think that the aristocratic families would want to plot a murder against the Eldest Prince because of this.

The aristocratic families had hundreds and thousands of years of history.

Their way of doing things was more sinister, but it was also more moderate.

They would not kill people in such a gruff manner.

Hence, we’ve circled back to the original questionaEUR”who could possibly want to kill the Eldest Prince?

What was their motive?

Without a suspect, the Minister of Justice could not investigate further.

Qi Xiuyuan glanced at Rong Xuan and could only wave his hand to dismiss the Minister of Justice and let him investigate this matter in secret.

No matter when, as long as there was any progress, he had to let him know immediately.

Qi Xiuyuan watched as the Minister of Justice’s figure disappeared and asked, “Jinyu, what do you think?” “Unless the Minister of Justice is lying, there’s no better candidate to investigate the case than him,” Rong Xuan said.

“Our foundation in the capital is too shallow, and the Minister of Justice has been in the Ministry of Justice for 11 years.

No one knows the important factions in the capital and the palace better than him.” Qi Xiuyuan nodded.

“This is also why I asked him to investigate this matter.” Qi Xiuyuan sighed.

“There are still too few people we can deploy.” Rong Xuan said with a smile, “Your Majesty, it’s already very good that we have achieved this much in two years.

Don’t be too anxious.” Qi Xiuyuan thought about it and agreed.

“We can only put this matter aside for the time being.

However, we have to pay special attention to the Eldest Prince’s safety.” Rong Xuan thought for a moment and said, “Your Majesty, it’s not appropriate for the Eldest Prince to stay in the Palace of Earthly Tranquility anymore.

After he’s conferred the title of Crown Prince, he can move to the East Palace.

There will be more people coming and going to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility next yearaEUR|” Therefore, the Palace of Earthly Tranquility might not be as safe as the East Palace.

Qi Xiuyuan nodded slightly.

After Rong Xuan left, he said in the empty Imperial Study, “Bai Li, previously I asked you to prepare some secret guards for the Eldest Prince.

How’s it going?” Bai Li appeared in front of a bookshelf and knelt down.

“Your Majesty, it’s done.

They can go to the Eldest Prince’s side at any time.” Qi Xiuyuan nodded slightly and said, “Send them over tomorrow.

I’ll take a look for myself.”