The An Emperor had come around in the Hall of Cultivated Heart, but her face was ghostly white and she was still very weak.

Heye hurried to her side. "Your Majesty, you're awake?"

The An Emperor's brows drew together slightly. "Heye, what's happened to this emperor?"

"Your Majesty ate some of the medicinal candy and was poisoned."

The An Emperor went still for a moment. Her voice dropped. "The medicinal candy? The candy Sister Zisu sent?"

Heye answered respectfully. "Yes. Master Director Lin says the candy was poisoned, and eating it is what made Your Majesty faint."

The An Emperor's little face clouded over.

Just then the Xuan Emperor heard she was awake and came striding in from the outer room.

"Huai'an, how do you feel?"

The An Emperor forced a smile onto her pale little face. "Your child is fine. Sorry to worry Father Emperor."

Then she turned to Heye. "Go call Commander Nie in here for this emperor."

Heye was about to answer when the Xuan Emperor asked, "What does Huai'an want with Nie Liang?"

The An Emperor's delicate brows knitted, and her voice was grave. "Father Emperor, if anyone tells me Sister Zisu tried to kill me, I'll never believe it.

Everything your child eats goes through check after check before it's set in front of your child... Today the only people besides Zisu and Yudie who could get anywhere near your child were the maids and eunuchs on duty in the imperial garden, plus the imperial kitchen staff and the eunuchs who carry in the meals, and the like.

Have Nie Liang arrest every last one of them and send them all to the Inspectorate for hard questioning.

There's something Father Emperor doesn't know. A while ago Geng Jing sent a secret report: an organization called the Myriad Nations Society has turned up in the capital... It's been quietly approaching several ministers at court, and nobody knows what it's after.

Your child's guess is that this so-called Myriad Nations Society was cooked up by an enemy state to go after Ning Chen.

Ning Chen has just…