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Dongfang Haotian woke up when Han Liu came in. He looked at Leng Qiyue and smiled. "My beloved concubine is sleeping like a lazy pig. How did she know I was coming?"

Leng Qiyue glared at him.

Han Liu said, "This servant greets Your Majesty. Eunuch De said he has an important matter that he wishes to speak with you about."

"Alright, I got it. Help me change." Dongfang Haotian got out of bed and put on his boots.

Han Liu took the dragon robe and helped Dongfang Haotian put it on carefully. Leng Qiyue also stopped sleeping and got up to tidy up the clothes. He followed Dongfang Haotian out of the inner room.

Seeing Dongfang Haotian come out, Dede immediately stepped forward and said, "Your majesty, Esteemed Empress Rong has been assassinated."

Everyone present was shocked. Dongfang Haotian urgently asked: "Is Concubine Rong injured?"

"Your majesty, Esteemed Empress Rong's injuries are quite severe, so it's best for Your Majesty to hurry and take a look."

Seeing that Dongfang Haotian was about to leave, Leng Qiyue quickly followed and said, "I'll go too."

Dongfang Haotian nodded. The two of them sat in the imperial carriage and ran towards the Jade Magnolia Temple.

The palace was brightly lit. The palace maids and eunuchs were thrown into chaos as the imperial physician rushed in. When they saw Dongfang Haotian and Leng Qiyue, they all kneeled down to greet them.

Dongfang Haotian shouted, "You're excused! Quickly, go and treat consort Rong!"

"Understood." The imperial doctors rushed into the inner hall.

Leng Qiyue walked in and saw that Rong Fei's face was pale and her eyes were tightly shut. The clothes on her shoulders were already stained with blood.

The imperial physician took turns to inspect the situation. The imperial physician told Dongfang Haotian, "Your majesty, Esteemed Empress Rong is injured on her shoulder and has lost too much blood. She needs to immediately stop the bleeding …"

Dongfang Haotian roared: "Cut the crap! Do what you have to do to save him, hurry up and go!"

The Imperial Physician leader was so frightened that he trembled, and quickly began to treat Rong Fei's wounds.

Dongfang Haotian sat in the outer room, and he looked at the Biyan Palace guards kneeling on the ground. He angrily asked, "What is going on here?"

Sweat beaded on the captain's forehead as he replied, trembling, "Reporting to the emperor, Esteemed Empress Rong suddenly left the palace in the evening. She didn't bring any guards or maids, so this servant followed her from afar, a little worried. Just as Esteemed Empress Rong stepped into the imperial garden, a black clothed man pounced on her, and then heard her cry for help. The servant immediately left, but he was too late. Esteemed Empress Rong was already injured and fell to the ground. This servant had been fighting with the black clothed man for a long time. Seeing that he was unable to gain an advantage, the black clothed man ran away. This servant continued to chase after him, but … After we reach the Palace of Moonlight, we'll be gone. "

Dongfang Haotian snorted: "You mean that the imperial concubine hid an assassin?"

"This servant wouldn't dare, but this servant did chase him to the Moon Flower Hall, and that person disappeared." The captain insisted that the assassin had disappeared from the Palace of Moonflower.

Leng Qiyue smiled faintly and asked, "Since you've chased all the way to the Moon Flower Hall, why didn't you go in?"

The head guard replied, "In reply to the Empress, this servant did not see anyone after I went in to look around."

"Oh? "Then, have you seen me?" Leng Qiyue continued to ask.

The head guard hesitated for a moment before saying, "At that time, the Empress was eating. This servant did not dare to disturb her."

Leng Qiyue and Dongfang Haotian glanced at each other. They knew in their hearts that they had both been sleeping at that time and hadn't eaten at all. The captain was lying, so who was he directing? The person behind all this must have never thought that the Emperor would be in the Moon Palace at that time, right?

Just as Dongfang Haotian was about to explode, Leng Qiyue secretly pinched him and said: "Then why didn't you go in and ask if I've seen any assassins?"

The head guard lowered his head and said, "This servant doesn't dare to disturb the imperial concubine's meal."

Leng Qiyue pretended to be angry as she said, "You bold servant, you should have gone in and revealed everything to me. I will definitely help you catch the assassin. You're afraid to disturb me, so if something bad happens to consort Rong, you won't be able to protect your head as well. "

The imperial bodyguard was somewhat afraid. He trembled and said, "This servant is terrified. Empress, you have redeemed yourself."

Leng Qiyue stood up and shouted, "Servant, take this servant to jail. If anything goes wrong with Esteemed Empress Rong, let his head fall to the ground."

"Yes." The two guards stepped forward and dragged the captain out. Even from afar, they could hear his sorrowful cries, "Your Majesty, please spare us …" Imperial Concubine, please spare my life … "

Dongfang Haotian frowned and said: "There's something wrong with this guard."

Leng Qiyue nodded. "That's right, but the truth can only be revealed after Consort Rongrong wakes up."

Dongfang Haotian worriedly looked into the inner room. After all, consort Rong was his original wife. As the saying went, "A man and a woman has a hundred days of grace." He was not a heartless person, and the worry in his heart came from the bottom of his heart.

After a long while, the imperial physicians came out one after another to report back.

The Imperial Physician leader replied, "Reporting to Your Majesty, Esteemed Empress Rong's injuries have already been bandaged, but she lost too much blood. If she can wake up within three days, there'll be no danger to her life. If …" He didn't dare to continue.

Right now, Imperial Concubine Rong's position was stable, and the Emperor was very considerate towards her. Moreover, the two of them had already resolved the issue, so she wouldn't risk her life to frame him.

Then the most suspicious person would be Die Fei. She would definitely take revenge for her enmity. She'd suffered a lot at Rong Fei's place recently, especially since she'd been blocked off by Princess Rongrong a few days ago. She would definitely take her revenge.

Dongfang Haotian whispered, "Are you suspecting Die Fei?"

Leng Qiyue nodded, "That's right. Rong Fei wouldn't sacrifice so much just to frame chenqie."

Dongfang Haotian said, "Mm, but we have no evidence."

"If I force him to confess, will he admit it?" Although Leng Qiyue did not like violence, she had to treat special things with special care.

Dongfang Haotian said, "I can only give it a try …"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Guardian Li committed suicide in the Celestial Prison." A eunuch ran in and said.

Dongfang Haotian stood up and asked in surprise: "He committed suicide?"

The young eunuch replied, "To reply Your Majesty, when Guard Li entered the prison and saw the torture instruments, he suddenly bit his tongue and committed suicide. He didn't say a single word."

"Damn it!" Dongfang Haotian slammed the table in anger.

Leng Qiyue continued, "Since he's dead, we'll send him back tomorrow to be buried. As for his death, all we have to say is that we rescued him and he died."

"Servant obeys." The young eunuch was ordered to leave.

Dongfang Haotian sat back down, silent.

Leng Qiyue replied, "Your Majesty, tomorrow your concubine will act like a eunuch to escort that guard home."

Dongfang Haotian glanced at her and said: "You want to go to his house and test him out?"

"Mhm, chenqie wants to see the reaction of his family members. Maybe I can find some clues from them." Leng Qiyue nodded.

Dongfang Haotian sighed: "Forget it, we'll listen to you. We might as well wait for others to investigate and let them do the investigation for us." Deep into the night, my beloved concubine should go back and rest. I … Accompany Rong Fei. "