I held my breath and listened, but I heard the two words I didn't want to hear from the little eunuch's mouth-

"If you go back to the emperor, it's Concubine Kang."

“…”

My breathing was suffocated, and the chopsticks in my hand fell to the edge of the bowl with a clatter. Fortunately, Pei Yuanhao did not notice me, but when he heard the word "Concubine Kang", his face slightly sank.

"Where are people?"

"I have been watched by Eunuch Yu, and the things are still behind the house."

It is a person who is stolen and captured.

My hands became increasingly weak, and I could hardly hold the bowl or the chopsticks. I could only put the bowls and chopsticks back on the table before I completely lost my strength. On the other side, Pei Yuanhao's bowls and chopsticks had already been placed on the table. When a few palace maids standing next to me saw it, they hurriedly carried the copper basin and handkerchiefs. Pei Yuanhao only washed his hands a little, wiped the handkerchief for a while, and threw it back on the tray.

I thought he was about to get up and leave immediately, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he held the warm jade in his back hand, rubbed it for a while before saying, "Let's go."

He was about to get up, Miaoyan shouted beside him: "Father, are you leaving?"

Pei Yuanhao then looked back at her and looked at me again, as if he had come to his senses and quickly sighed softly: "Something happened outside, my father wants to go over and take a look."

"But you haven't eaten yet."

"It's not too late to eat after processing."

"The food will be cold."

She was so soft and sticky, and no matter how big Pei Yuanhao had, she seemed to be unable to express her temper, and she just spoke softly to coax her. At this time, I finally came to a little rationally and soothe him Miaoyan, and then said, "Your Majesty, I'll go with you."

“…”

This time, he was really surprised and looked at me.

He naturally knew that I never wanted to be related to these people in the harem, especially when I came back this time, I was even more insecure. However, this incident tonight had nothing to do with me, but I took the initiative to follow him, which surprised him a little.

He said, "You go too?"

"It's too late, there is a Princess Ling there, don't scare the child."

“…”

Hearing me say that, he didn't say anything, but just glanced at me again and said, "Let's go."

After saying that, I got up and walked out, and I hurriedly followed.

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I walked quickly along the way and arrived at Yuhua Palace in a short while.

It is usually quiet here. Now that night is falling, except for a few lanterns swaying in the wind under the eaves, the entire palace is so quiet that it even sounds a little. When we see us, the two little eunuchs guarding the door hurried over to pay their respects.

After walking straight in, he saw outside the West Side Hall, Eunuch Yu and a few eunuchs were standing under the steps, and several palace maids were being held kneeling there, and there were two strong palace maids standing at the door.

As soon as Pei Yuanhao walked over, Eunuch Yu came up to pay his respects: "Emperor."

The palace maids were already scared and didn't even have the strength to speak. Pei Yuanhao only glanced at them and asked, "Where is the thing?"

“Just behind.”

"Take me to see."

"yes."

We walked around the Ximen Hall and walked to the small courtyard behind. Sure enough, we saw a small jar and a few incense candles simply setting up an altar. There was a pile of paper ash next to it, which was blown by the wind and floated away.

Sure enough, it was a sacrifice!

Pei Yuanhao walked over, fiddled with the pile of paper ash with his toes, and sneered.

At this time, Princess Ling's cry came from the other side.

In the night, the child's crying seemed particularly desolate and pitiful. When I heard it, I couldn't help but feel panicked. I looked up at Pei Yuanhao, and his brows also frowned and asked, "Where is Princess Ling?"

Eunuch Yu hurriedly said, "I am worried that I will scare the princess, so I asked the nurse to carry it to the other house first."

Pei Yuanhao nodded. The expression on his face was much darker than the sky, but he still didn't look angry, but just put the jade in his palm and rubbed it harder.

He said: "Take me to see her."

Eunuch Yu nodded and hurriedly served him and walked back to the front door. The two palace maids pushed open the door. When he was about to walk in, he looked back at me and saw me standing under the steps, but he did not follow me immediately.

He said, "Are you going to see Princess Ling?"

I looked up at him: "Yeah."

"Yuquan, take her there."

"yes."

After saying this, he turned around and walked in.

Eunuch Yu came to me and made a gesture. I stood there again, looked at the closed door, paused, and followed him.

If it were normal, Eunuch Yu would definitely ask me why I would come with me, but at this time, he did not speak, but just took me to Princess Ling's room without saying a word. The crying sound from the door and window caused the child on the other side of Yunhua Palace to cry. I heard Liu Li's strong urge to coax, and then pushed the door and walked in.

The room was brightly lit, and the panicked nurse sat by the window holding the princess. When she saw someone walking in, she was so scared that she stood up quickly. Seeing that it was me, she was a little helpless: "Miss Yan?"

I walked over and saw that the little Pei Ling was already crying and her face was flushed, and she was so angry that she couldn't breathe.

I looked at it with a distress, hurriedly walked over, took her from the nurse's arms, and helped the nurse coax her. The child was probably scared by the men under Eunuch Yu just now, and was still shaking while crying. I comforted her for a long time, and she was tired of crying, so she finally sobbed and slowly closed her eyes.

She was still in the nurse's arms for most of the time, but her head was on my chest, and tears wet my clothes. When the nurse saw it, she said carefully: "Miss Yan, I will bring you something to wipe it."

"No need." I raised my hand and waved it, preventing her from moving around to wake up Pei Ling.

The nurse was obviously scared and didn't dare to take a breath. I asked softly, "What happened just now?"

"I don't know. After having dinner early today, I asked me to take His Highness the Princess back to rest. They seemed to be doing something, but before a while, Eunuch Yu brought people in and searched the back, and then I realized that it seemed that Empress Kang was offering sacrifices in private."

"Has she done this during the day?"

"No."

"What about the past few days?"

"Not even, she stayed in the house and accompanied His Royal Highness."

“…”

"But she has been a little dazed these days. When she was with His Highness the Princess, she often distracted. When she took His Highness out to play that day, she didn't know what she was thinking. When she loosened her hands, the princess was dragging her and fell head-on. Fortunately, the wind was strong that day, and His Highness the Princess dressed a lot and didn't fall."

"Then did she do something else today?"

"No," the nurse honestly thought for a while and said, "By the way, at noon, I heard people outside say that the emperor caught the people around Lipin by the lake today. The empress seemed to be relieved."

When I heard this, my heart suddenly sank.

It was indeed not an accident to catch those people by the lake.

If you think about it again, you will understand why the incident was so popular today, and there were all kinds of details. But how Pei Yuanhao dealt with those people was not spread, but was depicted in such a bad state.

Because this news was originally something he had spread, and he wanted to make people feel that he had severely punished the eunuchs and palace maids around Fang Zhijun. In this way, the rest of the palace would naturally guess that he would focus his attention, at least, on the eunuchs and palace maids who served Lipin in person.

In the final analysis, he would catch someone while the other party was relaxing his guard.

A person related to Fang Zhijun's death.

Today is the day when Fang Zhijun returns to disaster.

If Fang Zhijun is really not that strong; if she has a little bit of love for a mother, she would not easily die with her children, then her death would be very informative. The women in the harem may be cruel and ruthless, but because they have lived in this harem with heavy yin energy for a long time, they often believe in ghosts and gods. They are not afraid of harming people, but are afraid of revenge from ghosts and gods. Therefore, after harming people, sacrifices to ghosts and gods are inevitable.

The first seventh period is naturally the best time for sacrifice, but the palace is afraid that it will be more severe. Today is a day when disasters are brought back and are often overlooked, so sacrifices are relatively safer.

That's what Ye Yunshuang thought, so after knowing that Pei Yuanhao had punished those people seriously, he came to worship Fang Zhijun tonight.

But I absolutely never expected that Pei Yuanhao would arrest people today!

And I also understood a fact when I saw the simple altar and the pile of paper ashes in the backyard-

Fang Zhijun's death is really related to Ye Yunshuang!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a chill that penetrated my muscles and my whole body trembled for a moment.

Princess Ling, who was sleeping in my arms, squirmed uneasyly. When the nurse saw her, she hurriedly carried her back carefully and put it in her arms. She looked at me worriedly and asked in a low voice: "Miss Yan, has Empress Kang caused trouble this time?"

“…”

"There are no private sacrifices in the palace, but I have never seen the emperor come here to inquire about it in person."

“…”

"Miss Yan, can you please plead for the Emperor in front of the emperor?"

“…”

I sat down and didn't move. Although she listened to her words, she was completely thinking about something else in her heart.

The thing I least want to face, the worst situation at this moment, finally happened.

If Ye Yunshuang really took action against Fang Zhijun, the matter would definitely not be as simple as ordinary competing for favor. After all, she has survived for so many years, so she doesn't have to worry about a concubine who is obviously impossible to turn over. If something really happens and forces her to take action, now that the emperor has intervened, the possibility of hiding it is very small.
Chapter completed!