Zhao Xu brought Ning Fu to the Imperial City to see Zhao Bai, but he himself did not stay too long. He just handed over the investigation of the real culprit who poisoned the royal heirs to Zhao Bai and Ning Fu, asking them to cooperate to solve this problem.

The real culprit behind the scenes was found.

After Zhao Xu left, Ning Fu and Zhao Yi sat opposite each other. They met for the first time. They didn't know what to say for a while, and the room seemed a little awkward.

"Having a blind person investigate the case, doesn't Uncle Qingping think it's a bit funny?"

Zhao Bai finally broke the silence and spoke, with a bit of self-deprecation in his tone.

"There are two kinds of people in this world, one is blind and the other is blind. If I choose one of the two, I would rather be like Your Highness, a person who is blind but not blind!"

Ning Fu replied with a smile.

"Hahaha~, Uncle Qingping is really good at talking!"

Zhao Bao was also amused by Ning Fu's compliment. No wonder the outside world said that Ning Fu was a wonderful person. It was so true when he met him today.

"Your Highness, the officials just said that you have been tracking down the murderer behind the palace. Do you have any clues?"

Ning Fu stopped joking and went straight to the point.

Zhao Bao has been tracking down the real culprit behind the poison that blinded his eyes over the years. Furthermore, Zhao Bao had been living in the palace until last year when he left the palace to live in his own palace, which was later than other princes.

It is estimated that apart from the fact that he is blind, the main reason is that Zhao Bai wanted to stay in the palace to investigate the real culprit behind the scenes.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Bai let out a long sigh and was silent for a moment before speaking.

"To be honest, Uncle Qing Ping, since I was thirteen years old, I have made a great ambition to find the black hand hidden in the palace, so I have been checking various records in the palace these years."

Zhao Bai paused for a moment when he said this.

"Like you, I also discovered that since the time of Zhenzong, some people have started to target the royal family's heirs. For such a long time, it must not be one person, but a strict organization, otherwise it would not have been hidden for so many years without being discovered.

"

"Didn't any clues be found in the palace?"

Ning Fu frowned and asked again.

"have!"

Unexpectedly, Zhao Bai said with great certainty.

"During the Renzong Dynasty, there was a scandal recorded in the palace. However, this scandal was related to the royal family, so it was not included in the official history, and few outsiders knew about it."

"What scandal?"

Ning Fu asked immediately.

"Princess Fu'an, the ninth daughter of Renzong, was very healthy when she was born, and the palace also prepared a wet nurse for her. However, just when Princess Fu'an turned one year old and Renzong officially canonized her as a princess, Princess Fu'an suddenly fell ill."

"Sick again?"

Ning Fu was shocked and had a bad premonition, knowing that not many of Renzong's children would survive.

"Yes, Princess Fu'an fell ill very suddenly, and on the fifth day after she was canonized, Princess Fu'an died suddenly. She only lived one year and five days."

When Zhao Bao said it to the end, he couldn't help but show a sad and angry expression.

Not only because this princess is Zhao Bai's great-aunt, but also because the real culprit behind the scenes is too cruel, specifically targeting the newly born princes and princesses in the palace.

"What's the scandal?"

Although Ning Fu was also angry, he was mentally prepared, so he wanted to know what the relationship between the princess's death and the scandal was.

"The sudden death of Princess Fu'an made Emperor Renzong very angry, so he asked people to investigate the matter thoroughly. As a result, by chance, someone in the palace discovered that the princess's wet nurse was secretly taking arsenic. Although the amount was not large, it was enough.

Poison the little princess!"

At the end of his speech, Zhao Bao slammed the table.

Ning Fu was shocked when he heard this. If arsenic is taken in small amounts, it will not kill people in a short period of time. Instead, it can poison body fluids. Therefore, the wet nurse took arsenic, obviously targeting Princess Fu'an.

"What happened next? Did the palace interrogation reveal anything?"

Ning Fu asked eagerly.

"No, although the palace caught the wet nurse, she committed suicide very violently!"

Zhao Bai also showed a pity expression when he said this, and then continued.

"Furthermore, after Princess Fuqing was killed and the wet nurse committed suicide out of fear of crime, the three princesses born after Renzong, namely Qingshou, Yongshou, and Baoshou, all lived to adulthood. Apparently, the mastermind behind the scenes temporarily stopped his actions.

But after Renzong’s youngest daughter, the Princess of Chu, was born, she died again, and I suspect it was another conspiracy behind the scenes."

"What a deep scheming!"

Ning Fu couldn't help but take a deep breath when he heard this.

The man behind the scenes is like a poisonous snake hiding in the palace. As long as there is an opportunity, it will attack the princes and princesses. If it is alerted, it will immediately hide until the limelight passes before coming out to commit crimes.

"Wait a minute, I remember that the wet nurses in the palace are carefully selected. How could there be a problematic wet nurse?"

Ning Fu suddenly asked again.

Being a wet nurse in the palace is not something that ordinary people can do. Not only must they have good appearance and good health, but they must also have a clean financial background. This is even limited to people from the capital.

After all, the princes and princesses of the Song Dynasty were usually brought up by wet nurses after they were born, so the palace had extremely high requirements for wet nurses. Even when the concubines in the palace were just pregnant, they began to select wet nurses until one month before the prince and princess were born.

, will choose the wet nurse.

"As for the wet nurse, the palace also conducted a thorough investigation afterwards, but no abnormality was found. She was indeed selected carefully by the palace to become the princess' wet nurse. No one expected that she had hidden evil intentions."

"Then the death of Renzong's young daughter couldn't have been caused by the wet nurse, right?"

Ning Fu asked again.

The real culprit behind the scenes remained silent for several years after the wet nurse was exposed, until he took action again after Renzong's baby girl was born. It's really scary when you think about it.

"Absolutely not. Since that incident, the screening of wet nurses in the palace has become more stringent. Even when the wet nurse is taking care of the prince and princess, there are special people watching over the food and daily life. It is absolutely impossible to tamper with her again."

"Then how did Renzong's young daughter die?"

Ning Fu immediately asked.

"I don't know. Renzong's daughter died quietly just two months after she was born. Although Renzong sent people to investigate at that time, nothing was found, or nothing was found, and there was no record in the palace."

"The Renzong Dynasty is indeed a long time ago, but the experience of the late emperor seems to be no worse than that of Renzong, and he is closer to us. I wonder if Your Highness has found anything?"

Ning Fu asked again.

Unexpectedly, when Zhao Bai heard this, he pointed to the bookshelf next to him and saw that it was filled with all kinds of old books.
Chapter completed!