Chapter 354



354 Assassination (1)

When he left the spirit Treasure Temple, it was already 13:45.

Xu Qi ‘an entered the palace and asked the guard to inform him. He waited at the palace gate for 15 minutes. The young eunuch finally arrived at 15:45.

“Lord Xu, what should we do next?” The young eunuch asked.

“To the Feng Palace to find the Empress … You don’t need to inform His Majesty in advance to see the Empress, right?” Xu Qi ‘an said.

The young eunuch hurriedly waved his hands. His Majesty said that you can go wherever you want in the harem. Of course, the premise is that there is a servant accompanying you, especially to see the Imperial consort and the Empress.”

Xu Qi ‘an nodded.

If he wanted to see the emperor’s woman, of course he couldn’t see her in private.

The Feng Palace’s full name was Feng Qi Palace, and it was the largest and most luxurious palace in the harem, excluding the emperor’s bedroom.

When they arrived at Feng Qi Palace, they found out that the Empress was taking a nap. Xu Qi ‘an and the young eunuch waited in the corridor outside for an hour. A delicate Palace maid came to inform them, ”

“The Empress has awoken and has invited Lord Xu over.”

Xu Qi ‘an followed him into the palace. In the luxuriously decorated front hall, he saw the Empress, who was the mother of the world. She was wearing a Dark Phoenix robe embroidered with gold thread and a gorgeous crown on her head.

Her eyebrows were like a painting, and her lips were full. She was no longer young, but her face was full of collagen and did not look old at all. This added a mature woman’s charm to her flawless beauty.

she’s one of the top two beauties I’ve ever seen, and Luo Yuheng is the first. But the state preceptor has her own charm and buff, while the Queen has her own hardware … With such a woman as the Empress, there was no one in the harem who could fight.

Xu Qi ‘an quickly lowered his head, maintaining the etiquette and rules that a Foreign Minister should have.

“As expected of a young genius.”

The Empress was obviously also obsessed with looks. She examined Xu Qi ‘an and nodded in satisfaction.”Huaiqing often mentions you in front of bengong and praises you a lot. Bengong has also heard of your deeds of repeatedly solving strange cases in the capital.”

Both parties had a good first impression.

Perhaps Xu Qi ‘an was feeling good about himself, but he felt that the Empress appreciated him very much and did not regard him as an outsider at all.

“It is Wei Yuan’s good fortune to have such an outstanding subordinate like you.” “Serve some tea to Lord Xu,” the Empress said softly.

The palace maid served hot tea. Xu Qi ‘an took it with both hands, but he didn’t drink it. He asked directly, “”This humble servant has come for Consort Fu’s case and has a few questions to ask the Empress.”

“Lord Xu, please ask.”

“Do you know the palace maid, Huang xiaorou?”

“Bengong doesn’t know.” The Empress shook her head.

“Is there a Palace maid called he ‘er in the Empress Palace?”

“There are.” The Queen was silent for a few seconds and slowly nodded.

granny Rong from the crab Pavilion said that four years ago, Huang xiaorou had committed suicide for no reason. The palace maid who lived with her at that time saved her. That Palace maid was he ‘er from the Empress’ Palace.

“He ‘er has never been to crab restaurant.” The Empress denied it immediately.

Xu Qi ‘an continued, ” after examining the corpse, I found that the palace maid, Huang xiaorou, had suffered a fatal injury. It is not something that a Palace maid can save. It is also not something that the Imperial physicians of the imperial physician Department can save. He must have taken a spirit medicine that can bring the dead back to life.”

The Empress stared at Xu Qi ‘an and said, “”Does Lord Xu have any proof for your words?”

“The corpse is the proof.”

“What about the pill?”

“…… I don’t have any.” Xu Qi ‘an shook his head.

The Empress was the one who tore up the records of the Royal medicine Hall?

“I’m tired,” the Empress said softly, nodding her head.”I’ll see you out of the palace.”

Didn’t you just finish your afternoon nap … Xu Qi ‘an’s lips trembled a few times. He got up helplessly and left the Feng Qi Palace with the palace maid.

……..

Xu Qi ‘an looked up at the sun. eunuch, have you finished collecting the list? ”

The young eunuch took out a folded piece of rice paper from his pocket. I was just about to give it to Lord Xu.

Not bad, you’re very efficient. As expected of someone trained by the palace.

Xu Qi ‘an opened the name list and glanced at it. There were more than a dozen Palace maids, officers, and guards.

“Let’s check them one by one according to the list.” Xu Qi ‘an said.

“Then the Empress …”

“Naturally, I can’t.”

Xu Qi ‘an sighed. Although Emperor Yuan jing had given him great privileges, allowing him to investigate whoever he wanted, the Empress would not cooperate even if she was beaten to death. Xu Qi’ an had no way to force himself on her.

It couldn’t really have been the Empress, right? then huaiqing would be very pitiful. Should I not continue to investigate? But if they didn’t check, wouldn’t it be very pitiful to have it framed? It’s here, it’s here, the Shuraba of two choices …

However, one thing was for sure, and that was that the Empress had a guilty conscience.

It couldn’t really have been the Empress, right? then huaiqing would be very pitiful. Should I not continue to investigate? But if they didn’t check, wouldn’t it be very pitiful to have it framed? It’s here, it’s here, the Shuraba of two choices … Xu Qian sighed in his heart.

But then again, the Empress was really beautiful. She still had such charm at such an old age. How beautiful must she have been when she was young? no wonder she could become the Empress.

Huaiqing’s and the Empress’s eyes were somewhat similar.

“In comparison, I still think Luo Yuheng is better because she can satisfy my various tastes … Oh, Su Su can do it too.”

Xu Qi ‘an couldn’t help but think of what the Golden Lotus Daoist priest had said just now. Luo Yuheng had the looks of all living beings and could let men see the type that they liked. However, he was looking at young women in their twenties, young women in their thirties, and mature women in their forties …

“I really don’t want to admit that I’m lecherous.”

In the next two hours, Xu Qi arranged to check the people on the list. Because time was limited, he had to leave the palace before the closing of the palace, so he only had time to check one-third of them.

With the ringing of the city-closing bell, he successfully left the palace. He took his little mare from the palace guards and took the black gold long knife that Jian Zheng had given him. He then slowly left the Imperial City.

At this moment, only the light of the setting sun remained.

The curfew had begun, and there were no pedestrians on the street. Xu Qi ‘an was wearing a night watchman’s uniform and a gold medal. Other than the palace, he was unobstructed.

“Da da da …”

The little mare slowly walked on the empty street. Xu Qi ‘an was thinking about the context of the fu Fei case.

Consort Fu was the biggest victim in the entire case, a sacrifice used to frame the Crown Prince. The one who did it was Huang xiaorou, who had already been silenced.

Huang xiaorou had once been seriously injured, but she was cured by the Empress. Therefore, she was greatly indebted to the Empress.

The Empress’s fourth prince was the legitimate son, and the Crown Prince was the son of a concubine. The Empress was not willing to let the position of Crown Prince fall into the hands of others, so she set up a scheme to frame the Crown Prince and take back the position of the eastern Palace.

The motive was clear, and the entire case was reasonable. The only thing lacking was evidence.

Yes, there was still a lack of evidence to convict the Empress.

“Rong Mama is right. In this deep Palace, there are too many secrets that can not be said. One foot can not be pulled out. I thought that this case would take some time, but I didn’t expect it to progress so quickly. Now I don’t even have the chance to drag out the time. F * cking Emperor Yuan jing, I’ll take leave tomorrow before you issue the Imperial edict and confer me a noble title.”

At this moment, an image appeared in Xu Qi ‘an’s mind.Behind the house on the left, there was a man in Black lying in ambush. Behind the house on the right, there was another Man in Black lying in ambush.

In the small alley in front of them stood a Man in Black who was holding a knife.

With the uniqueness of a spirit-forging stage martial artist, he immediately sensed the danger.

I was ambushed … As this thought rose in his mind, the next moment, a sharp sound of air being torn could be heard.

………

Dusk.

After Emperor Yuan jing finished his dinner, he planned to go to the Lingbao temple to find Luo Yuheng, meditate with her, and listen to Taoist Scriptures.

The eunuch who was standing guard outside suddenly came to report, ” Your Majesty, noble Consort Chen is outside asking for an audience.

What was she doing here at this time … Emperor Yuan jing frowned and thought for a while, “”Send her in,”

If it had been a few years ago, Emperor Yuan jing would have thought that noble Consort Chen had come to her bedroom at this time to offer her a bed and serve her.

In the first ten years of his cultivation, the concubines in the harem persevered and begged to sleep with him, but Emperor Yuan jing ignored them all. The stubborn ones knelt outside for the whole night.

Later, when they saw that his heart was as hard as iron and knew that they could not win back the king’s heart, the concubines gave up and lived their days in peace.

By now, he was already very Buddhist.

Everyone was living their own lives, and occasionally they could get together to chat.

Emperor Yuan jing’s harem was probably the most harmonious harem in the five hundred years of Da Feng.

After the eunuch left, Emperor yuanjing sat cross-legged on the bed and closed his eyes to cultivate. Not long after, noble Consort Chen rushed in crying and said, ”

“Your Majesty, you must seek justice for chenqie and the Crown Prince.”

Emperor Yuan jing was not surprised that they had come for the Crown Prince. Or rather, he had expected this.

Emperor Yuan jing, with his black hair regrown, opened his eyes and looked at noble Consort Chen indifferently. the crown prince’s matter is still under investigation. My dear consort, please go back. There will naturally be a fair judgment on the right and wrong.

“Still investigating? Hasn’t the case already come to light? Your Majesty, I’ve heard everything from Lin ‘an.” Noble Consort Chen clutched her silk handkerchief and wiped her tears as she said in a sad voice, ”

the Crown Prince was wronged. The Crown Prince was wronged.

Eh? “What did Lin ‘an tell you?” Emperor yuanjing frowned.

“That Lord Xu has already found out the truth …”

Emperor Yuan jing was stunned. He knew that a drowned body had been fished up from the crab Pavilion today. It was the missing Palace maid of Consort Fu. But he never expected that Xu Qi ‘an would find out the truth so quickly.

Noble Consort Chen told him everything she knew while crying.

After Emperor Yuan jing heard this, his face turned gloomy. He turned to his companion and ordered, “”Call the person who is supervising Xu Qi ‘an over.”

The old eunuch in the Python robe answered and left. In less than fifteen minutes, he came back with the young eunuch.

The young eunuch glanced at Emperor Yuan jing from the corner of his eye. He was sitting cross-legged on the bed, his expression emotionless. Noble Consort Chen was kneeling by the bed, sobbing.

“Any progress on the case today?” Emperor Yuan jing asked lightly.

The young eunuch had already prepared a draft in his mind. He replied without hesitation, “”After young master Xu entered the palace, he immediately rushed to examine the corpse.The palace maid, Huang xiaorou, was pressed into the water and drowned before being thrown into the well.”

Then, they added the autopsy process to prove this conclusion.

furthermore, Lord Xu also found out that the palace maid. Huang xiaorou. had a fatal wound on her heart. She should have died. few years ago, but was saved by a miraculous elixir … Then. I went to crab restaurant and asked nanny Rong …”

This time, the young eunuch was very experienced. He only talked about the process and did not add any personal thoughts. He also did not talk about the interaction between Xu Qi ‘an and the two princesses.

He had thought it through. If he said these things out loud, it would certainly cause trouble for Sir Xu, but his method of reporting the two princesses would probably make the Emperor even more unhappy.

Harm others and harm yourself, why bother?

Moreover, Lord Xu was extremely good to him and cared for him. Although he had a bad temper, it wasn’t bad to make things difficult for him.

“Is it confirmed that a part of the income and expenditure records of the Imperial medicine Hall have been torn?” Emperor Yuan jing asked.

“That’s what Lord Xu said,” The young eunuch still did not express his personal opinion.

Emperor Yuan jing nodded slowly. inform the coroner to enter the palace overnight and reexamine the body of the palace maid, Huang xiaorou. I want to know the answer immediately.

Half an hour later, his companion brought back the coroner’s autopsy results, which were irrefutable and corroborated with Xu Qi ‘an’s.

Emperor Yuan jing was suddenly lost in thought and did not speak for a long time. The large sleeping Palace was silent.

Until noble Consort Chen knelt on the ground and cried, “”Lord Xu does not dare to investigate the Empress. Only his Majesty can handle this matter. I beg Your Majesty to seek justice for the Crown Prince and chenqie.”

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[ PS: 15000 words completed ] The typos in the previous chapter had been changed, so this chapter was updated first and then changed.