As long as the curse on the Xiao family remained unresolved, Xiao Yun was always in danger of being harmed.
The Crown Prince and Wei Yu might fear Xiao Yun, but they certainly wouldn't fear her, Wang Qingyao.
If Xiao Yun were to accidentally kick the bucket, she and their two children would truly be at the mercy of others.
In ancient times, what methods could a woman use to increase her power?
At this moment, Wang Qingyao remembered she still possessed a Dragon Submergence Token. She hadn't taken it seriously back then and hadn't studied it thoroughly.
Could it be used as a death-exemption token?
Countless thoughts stormed through Wang Qingyao's mind. Seeing that she still hadn't relaxed, Xiao Yun felt a sense of defeat.
Failing to provide his wife with a sense of security was a man's greatest failure!
"I've already sent people to find your maternal grandfather," Xiao Yun said. "We can't just wait for him to return. Though I don't know where he and the Grand Tutor Feng Fu have gone, we should be able to find some clues and eventually locate them."
Wang Qingyao was thinking about something else: "How is the investigation into Eunuch Changshou progressing?"
"Him," Xiao Yun said dejectedly. "He has no enmity with the Xiao family. Tracing back to my grandfather's time, nothing special has been found. He entered the palace after becoming a eunuch not long after arriving in Duanjing and has always served the Empress Dowager. He had no close ties with my grandfather or father."
This was very strange.
How could someone with no enmity towards the Xiao family have pursued and killed two generations of the Xiao family?
Wang Qingyao pondered for a moment and asked, "Was he present when grandfather attended the banquet at the palace? Was he present when father contracted a cold and the palace sent someone?"
Xiao Yun shook his head. "It was too long ago, and we can't find out. For that incident with father, we could ask grandmother if she remembers? But if we ask grandmother, we'll have to tell her the truth about the curse."
"So be it," Wang Qingyao said, unconcerned with empty titles. "Grandmother is family."
They immediately went to ask the Old Imperial Consort.
The Old Imperial Consort was surprised. "Why are you asking about this now?"
Xiao Yun and Wang Qingyao exchanged glances, signaling Nanny Jing to send away any unnecessary people.
Once no one else remained in the room, Xiao Yun said cautiously, "Grandmother, there's something I've never told you. Please don't get agitated."
The Old Imperial Consort looked bewildered, sitting up straight. "Speak. I won't get agitated. How many years has it been since I got agitated? I can handle it."
Xiao Yun thought to himself, *Heh, boasting. The last time Imperial Physician Lu diagnosed Yao Yao as pregnant, weren't you quite agitated?*
Xiao Yun muttered the thought and slowly said, "Yao Yao and I have confirmed that grandfather and father did not die from any curse, but were poisoned."
As soon as the words were spoken, the room became so quiet that the fall of a needle could be heard.
The Old Imperial Consort remained sitting upright, her face unperturbed.
Xiao Yun and Wang Qingyao exchanged another glance, and they both nodded simultaneously: *Well, grandmother can indeed handle it.*
However, as soon as this thought of admiration arose, they suddenly heard a loud "bang." The Old Imperial Consort slammed her palm onto the table.
She didn't have Feng Jiangduo's palm strength, so the table didn't break, but the teacup on it wobbled, its lid separating from the body.
"Who, which accursed wretch killed my husband and son?"
The Old Imperial Consort came from a humble background. Before becoming a princess, she had accompanied Xiao Yun's grandfather in business. She was outspoken and spirited, a true heroine.
However, after being a princess and imperial consort for so long, her status was revered, and no one dared to trifle with her, so her temperament gradually softened.
Upon hearing this earth-shattering statement, the spiritedness deep within her resurfaced.
Her face filled with anger, and she rolled up her sleeves. The dignified and noble Old Imperial Consort was now an old woman ready to go out and fight.
Wang Qingyao had never known the Old Imperial Consort had this side to her!
In her astonishment, she quickly went to pull the Old Imperial Consort. "Grandmother, calm down, calm down."
Xiao Yun also went to pull her.
"Calm down my ass!" the Old Imperial Consort swore. "They killed two generations of our Xiao family and disguised it as a curse. If I don't find him and kill him, I'm not surnamed Leng."
Oh, so the Old Imperial Consort's surname was Leng.
"We now suspect that the one who poisoned them is Eunuch Changshou, who is close to the Empress Dowager..."
Xiao Yun quickly recounted the events concerning the green demon, omitting Wang Qingyao's "super-sensitive perception" and merely stating that they had accidentally discovered the bones turning green.
He didn't explain how it was discovered accidentally.
And the enraged Old Imperial Consort didn't think to ask for these details, so they managed to gloss over it.
"Although Eunuch Changshou is Zhao Peng and is the most likely person to have poisoned them, I've investigated for so long and haven't found any enmity between him and our Xiao family. So I wanted to ask grandmother, when father had a cold and the palace sent someone, did Eunuch Changshou come?"
It had been nearly twenty years, and the Old Imperial Consort thought for a long time before saying, "I remember that the late emperor sent Imperial Physician Liu over then, and also bestowed a lot of medicinal herbs. Accompanying Imperial Physician Liu were several young eunuchs from the palace carrying the gifts."
"Was Eunuch Changshou among the young eunuchs?" Wang Qingyao asked urgently.
The Old Imperial Consort thought for a long time again. "I can't recall clearly. However, Eunuch Changshou was the eunuch attending the Empress Dowager, who was then the Empress, so he shouldn't have come along."