Chapter 3359 Chapter 3361 [Secret murder]
Xiang Nan immediately appointed Liu Yong as the inspector and went to Jiangnan for inspection. Assessing official administration, reviewing government treasury, inspecting river embankments, inspecting famines, verifying unjust cases, etc.
In order to prevent local officials from being alert, he also sent more than a dozen inspectors to each province to inspect the local areas.
At the same time, the fourth round of the draft is also underway.
After more than 20,000 show girls passed the preliminary selection, more than 8,000 more have entered the palace selection stage.
Xiang Nan took a look at these beautiful ladies in the Imperial Garden and finally selected six.
There are two Manchu women, one Mongolian woman, one Han Eight Banners woman, and two are from the Han family.
The two Manchu women are Nala Shi Yaqi, the daughter of Nalawantai, the minister of Guanglu Temple. They look very similar to Chen Derong, a popular beauty in Xiangjiang in the 1990s. She is bright and moving;
Hadanara Uzhu, the daughter of the conductor Hadanara Sertuk, looks very much like the popular child star Shu Chang, who is pretty and pleasant.
The Mongolian woman is Zalut Baorile, the daughter of the Khan of the Zalut tribe. She looks very much like Li Wanhua, a popular actress in Hong Kong in the 1980s. She is beautiful and moving.
The girl from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty is He Qiongyao, the daughter of Jiangning Weaver He Yu. This girl looks very much like Weng Hong, a very popular actress in Hong Kong in the 1990s. She is charming and moving.
The other two women from the Han family, one is Xu Qinghui, the daughter of Xu Minghan, a lecturer at the Imperial Academy, who looks very similar to the heartthrob Chen Hao in "Pink Girl", and is also a charming beauty.
The other one is Hao Xiyu, the daughter of Hao Qidong, the Ili Xuanfu envoy, who looks very similar to Guli Nazha, one of the four little flowers in the Western Regions.
These six people were all taken into the harem by Xiang Nan.
Among them, Nala's Yaqi, Hadanala's Wuzhu, and Zalut Baorile were granted the title of noble, He Qiong was given the permanent title, and Xu Qinghui and Hao Xiyu agreed.
In addition, there were more than ten beauties given to his elder brother and other princes and nobles respectively.
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After the fourth round of the draft, Xiang Nan continued to be busy building roads and fighting corruption.
That day when he returned to the Yangxin Hall, he suddenly smelled a strange fragrance, which was different from the spices he had burned before.
In ancient times, princes, nobles, literati, and wealthy businessmen all liked to burn incense.
First, incense has the effect of calming the mind and pleasing the mind; secondly, incense has the effect of expelling evil spirits, curing diseases, and extending life; thirdly, incense has the effect of displaying wealth and honor without being invisible.
Unofficial history records that Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, burned incense in the palace during the Spring Festival in order to show that the country was peaceful and the people were safe, the country was prosperous and the people were strong. Then she asked Empress Xiao of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, how does this grand scene compare to that of the Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty?
Empress Xiao said that during the Spring Festival, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty lit dozens of bonfires in the palace, each with several carts of agarwood. The scent of the fire filled the city.
Dozens of carts of agarwood and dozens of stones of spices can be burned in one night. Such luxury made Li Shimin speechless in shock.
Incense was often burned in the Forbidden City, especially in the palaces of emperors and concubines. Incense was burned 24 hours a day. And the more favored the concubine, the more expensive the burning incense.
Xiang Nan sniffed it curiously, and then asked nonchalantly, "Li Yu, why did the spices change today?"
Xiang Nan waved his hand, "That's all, it tastes pretty good. Let's burn it later."
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Li Yu nodded in agreement. Xiang Nan immediately sat on the dragon chair to review the papers. Half an hour later, he stretched out and stood up in high spirits.
"Well, this Ruilin incense is very good. Not only does it have a strange fragrance, but it is also refreshing." Xiang Nan smiled and nodded. "Go to Taiyuan Hospital and ask who has cured the incense. Give him two pieces of velvet tribute from Europe. .”
“嗻.” Li Yu went immediately.
Xiang Nan's face instantly darkened.
It turned out that he could smell the essence of the spices.
Fuguzi is a rare poison. The roots, stems and leaves are all highly poisonous, especially the seeds are more toxic.
The oil squeezed from the seeds is poisonous whether rubbed, eaten or burned. It can range from being in a trance and feeling dizzy at the mildest condition to having a splitting headache and feeling miserable at the most severe condition.
He really didn’t expect that someone would actually tamper with his spices. And this method is really clever.
Because the medicine Fuguzi is inherently rare, and only a little bit of spice is added to it, it is even more difficult for people to recognize it.
Add a little bit of bone oil, the toxicity is very limited, and it won’t kill Xiang Nan all at once. After all, the sudden death of the emperor is no small matter, and everyone will know that there is something fishy in it. When the time comes, we will definitely track down the person who poisoned him. Of course, that person will not be able to escape.
And with such slow exposure, Xiang Nan's poisoning symptoms will become more and more severe as time goes by. When he was deeply poisoned and became delirious and dizzy, people would only think that he was old.
Xiang Nan ascended the throne at the age of twenty-five. It is now the thirtieth year of Qianlong's reign, and he is already fifty-five years old. At Yongzheng's age, people were almost dying. Therefore, it is not surprising that he started to age at the age of fifty-five.
At that time, even if Xiang Nan dies, it will be destiny. No one knows that he died of poisoning, and he is unaware of it.
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“But who would do such a cruel thing to me?” Xiang Nan couldn’t help but think.
His enemies are many, including Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Mongolia, Yushi, Japan, America... In the places he conquered, many people died because of him.
But there were not many people in the palace who had the opportunity to contact him, and there were even fewer people who slowly used spices to assassinate him.
The reason is very simple. Anyone who is conquered by him has a blood feud. Since you can make a fuss about the spices he uses every day, it would be better to poison him cleanly.
The reason why he was not allowed to die so quickly, but slowly died of poisoning, in Xiang Nan's opinion, the biggest suspects were his elder brothers.
If you die slowly, the political situation will not be chaotic. And when he ascends the throne in the future, he will not face a mess. Among all the elder brothers, the eldest elder brother Yong Huang is the most suspected.
After all, he has been a prisoner for so many years, so it is impossible that he does not have any ideas in his mind. Perhaps he had longed to die, so that he could legitimately ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor instead of being a prince in name only.
But then again, maybe some princes deliberately set up a trap to make Xiang Nan think this way on purpose, in order to alienate the relationship between himself and Yong Huang.
After all, it is not uncommon for Li Daitao to hide his identity, even Jin Yuyan can use it.
For this reason, Xiang Nan did not dare to take action, but first sent Li Yu to inquire about the news. When the time comes, he will slowly investigate along the clues. And with his martial arts skills, this guy just wants to poison him, which is really underestimating him.
(End of this chapter)