Chapter 1871: Chapter 1868: Suspicion

"They all have ingested a certain drug, not Gu insects, yet it achieves a controlling effect."

Chu Heng had just come out from the Punishment Chamber.

Even though he tried to avoid doing it himself, he was still enveloped in a thick layer of the smell of blood.

Xiao Tianhao’s face darkened slightly as he spoke, "It seems these people are all subordinates from the same group, but we haven’t been able to pry their mouths open."

"I also haven’t had any significant breakthroughs," Chu Heng said blandly, as if he was not surprised by the outcome.

"However..." he changed his tone, producing a pill in his hand, "Take this to be analyzed, find out which medicinal herbs were used in it. If luck favors us, we might receive quite a bit of information."

"What kind of pill is this?" Xiao Tianhao lowered his head, unable to resist sniffing it, catching only a concentrated medicinal scent, but the specific ingredients were beyond his understanding as an outsider.

He handed the matter over for Xiao Tianhao to handle.

Chu Heng then devoted himself fully to investigating people in the capital with connections to the Southern Border.

His actions were swift, apprehending quite a few people back and forth.

Meanwhile, in the jail.

Bai Yao sat in the corner, feeling worse with each passing day.

Then, she saw a Gu insect appear before her, and with a curl at the corner of her mouth, she reached out without hesitation to crush the Gu insect, blood dripping onto her hand like something sinister.

In another cell a hundred meters away, Bai Lan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, her complexion turning paler.

Bai Lan indifferent to her injuries, was instead showing extreme anxiety on her face.

Yet she dared not draw attention from the guards within the prison.

In the afternoon.

Chu Heng learned of the incident.

He tapped his fingers on the position of the capital’s map, making it unclear what he was pondering.

"Lord Chu, Bai Lan indeed has a connection with Bai Yao. However, Bai Yao’s reaction was genuinely peculiar; she outright refused to communicate with Bai Lan and directly crushed the Gu insect."

"Do you think she might be planning something?" Xiao Tianhao couldn’t help but raise the question, the reason being straightforward. He noticed recently that the Emperor seemed to have started favoring Deng Jieyu once again.

Previously, when Deng Jieyu was involved with Duke Zheng, she was thoroughly ignored by Emperor Xuanming, but now she is suddenly favored again, all because of an inexplicable infant Fifth Imperial Son—it is truly astonishing.

Having served next to the Emperor for so long,

he clearly understood that the Emperor was a ruler who valued talent. He would favor the Fifth Imperial Son but would not randomly bestow affection without knowing the other’s character, at least not to the extent of preparing to find a companion and tutor for the Fifth Imperial Son now.

Recently, this matter caused ripples in the court.

Several of the Grand Scholars were summoned privately by the Emperor, yet no one knew the reasons.

Afterward, none of the Grand Scholars disclosed anything.

However, the changes in the Imperial Harem would attract the attention of the court officials, and many were speculating that it was about finding a tutor for the Fifth Imperial Son.

This was something Xiao Tianhao was indeed more certain about.

Yet he dared not approach Emperor Xuanming to confirm it, as it would be taboo, and a vague unease lingered within him.

"Lord Chu, do you believe the Lover Gu is truly effective?" Mentioning Gu insects, Xiao Tianhao couldn’t help but scratch his head, his face filled with impatience.

Indeed, the descriptions led him to find it all too unbelievable, and moreover, it was a grave taboo capable of disrupting the court.

"I’ll expedite the investigation, find the collaborators working with Bai Yao." Chu Heng frowned slightly and spoke with firm resolve.

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