Pregnant Before the Royal Marriage

Jiang Ning thought to herself, there’s no general in this world who never lost a battle.

Even Uncle, didn’t win every battle..

Among the Jiang Family, there are two brothers, one is a military officer and the other a civil official. Both wield significant power.

From Jiang Ning’s historical perspective, it was clear they had already violated the imperial taboo.

No Emperor could tolerate his subjects possessing such great power.

Seeing her frown, Jiang Yi smiled and said, “Sister, the things you’re worried about, father and Uncle have thought of. They’re not foolish.”

“I know father is a cunning old fox.”

“… It’s not good to talk about your own father like that.” Jiang Yi thought about how this little girl would talk like this in front of their parents, laughed, and said, “As long as you stay safe and well in the palace, our parents will be at ease. Everything is taken care of at home. As for the murder of Concubine Jin, father has been investigating it, and now there are some clues.”

“Really?”

“Do you think our parents would sit idly by and watch you suffer in the palace?” Jiang Yi chuckled, “I disguised myself as a palace maid and sneaked in during the chaos of the Mid-Autumn Banquet, just to tell you about this.”

“Tell me quickly.”

“After Concubine Jin’s death, father managed to have her body examined.”

“Father is badass.”

Jiang Ning was genuinely impressed.

After Concubine Jin’s death, the Emperor was devastated and stayed in the Splendid Palace for seven consecutive days without leaving. Under such circumstances, if Jiang Ruobai could still send someone to examine the body, that was truly formidable.

Jiang Yi continued, “The autopsy result was that Concubine Jin died from Nine Breaths Poison.”

“What’s that?” Jiang Ning knew nothing about poison.

“It’s not surprising that you haven’t heard of it. It’s an extremely rare poison that I heard about from father.”

“What happens if you take it?” Jiang Ning asked.

“They say that Nine Breaths is colorless and tasteless and hard for ordinary people to detect. After taking it, the internal organs are all burned, and blood flows from all seven orifices. It’s extremely painful, extremely gruesome,” Jiang Yi said in a low voice.

Jiang Ning thought of how Concubine Jin looked before she died, and felt very saddened, “Concubine Jin, who loved beauty and cleanliness, died in such a ghastly way. The person who poisoned her is truly evil. They deserve to die!”

“Indeed, Nine Breaths has no antidote, and most doctors simply don’t recognize it. They would not know where to start.”

“Did they find out who did it?”

“Father traced the source of the Nine Breaths poison and couldn’t find anything in the Splendid Palace at first. However, they recently found a tiny bit of the Nine Breaths powder in the stuffing of the pillow that the noble concubine used every day.”

“The pillow stuffing?” Jiang Ning was shocked.

“That’s right. Concubine Jin always had a persistent headache. Her pillow stuffing was specially prepared by the Imperial Physician at the Imperial Medical Academy, it was supposed to calm the heart and mind.”

“And the people who could have access to the pillow stuffing? Have they checked?”

“They only found it on a palace maid named Denghua. But after Concubine Jin’s death, that maid died by suicide.”

Jiang Ning uttered, “I remember her, at that time everyone said she was a rare loyal servant. The Emperor even specially rewarded her and allowed her to be buried with the noble concubine. It turns out she committed suicide out of guilt.”

Jiang Yi nodded, “That seems to be the case.”

Jiang Ning frowned, “So this line of inquiry has reached a dead end? Did they investigate the people who were in contact with this palace maid?”