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At this time, the butler ran in hastily and said anxiously: "Empress, something has happened, Qing Yan has been killed!"

"What?" Shen Kouqing was so shocked that she accidentally knocked over the teacup in her hand and immediately rushed to Qing Yan's residence.

In the room, Qing Yan was lying in a pool of blood, his chest had a sharp knife stabbed into it, with clear water crying on the side.

"How could this be?" Shen Kouqing was stunned.

The sudden death of a living person was an unbelievable shock to everyone present.

Shen Kouqing walked over.

"Empress …" Ting Zhu quickly pulled Shen Kouqing back, afraid that something dirty would hit her.

Qing Yan did make a mistake, but who would do anything to her? In this short amount of time, she was able to kill them cleanly. Could it be that … Was it someone sent by the Crown Princess?

[That is to say, the crown prince's wife has spies in their residence?]

Shen Kouqing's heart thumped, but her expression did not change, she continued to look at Qing Yan's wound, and suddenly discovered something, and slightly frowned.

"Empress, would you like a coroner to come over?" the butler asked.

"No need." Shen Kouqing shook her head and sighed, "Qing Yan committed suicide, there's no need to investigate further."

Suicide?

Everyone was shocked by Shen Kouqing's words.

But she didn't plan to say anything else. She tightly furrowed her brows, and looked at Qing Yan with a trace of pity in her eyes.

Qing Yan's death look like she was going to kill him, but Shen Kouqing saw a shallow mark on the table, after comparing the two, she discovered that it matched perfectly with the handle of the dagger.

In other words, Qing Yan had crashed into the table with a dagger in her chest, causing him to die.

She was very serene, with a calm expression. There was not a single trace of panic or unwillingness on her face.

Since she had died once, Shen Kouqing had especially cherished her life, so she felt pity for Qing Yan.

Shen Kouqing speculated that the reason Qing Yan committed suicide was because she was afraid that the princess consort would make a move against her!

Shen Kouqing shook her head and left the room.

She ordered people to carry Qing Yan's body out. When they return to their homeland, they would save the corpse.

After doing all this, Shen Kouqing locked herself in her room and recited a small segment of the Diamond Sutra.

The main culprit was the princess consort. Qing Yan was just a chess piece, it was indeed painful.

"Empress, Empress!"

Ting Zhu's hurried voice came from outside.

"Empress, His Highness has awoken."

"Pah!" The buddhist beads in his hand fell to the ground.

She quickly ran towards her room, and when she arrived, Song Yichen looked around in a daze, his eyes filled with fatigue.

"You're finally awake …" Shen Kouqing cried tears of joy and heaved a sigh of relief.

She held onto Song Yichen's hand tightly, and was so excited that she was slightly trembling. Her white fingertips caressed Song Yichen's forehead, and Shen Kouqing said happily: "It's alright, the fever has already passed."

Song Yichen looked around in a daze. In the next second, his eyes became clear.

Shen Kouqing told him what happened when Song Yichen was unconscious. Shen Kouqing did not mention anything about the princess consort.

Just as he spoke of Qing Yan, Song Yichen's pupils darkened slightly.

"It's all in the past now, don't worry. I'll send someone to take extra care of your diet and prescription in the future. There won't be any mistakes."

Shen Kouqing thought that Song Yichen was worried about being secretly harmed again, so she quickly promised.

Song Yichen did not speak. He withdrew his hand, stroked Shen Kouqing's eyebrows, and muttered: "It's been so long, you probably haven't rested either!"

Because he hadn't spoken for a long time, Song Yichen's voice was a little hoarse. Her soft palm caressed the greenish black in front of Shen Kouqing's eyes.

Shen Kouqing smiled lightly, shook her head and said: "You must be hungry, I'll go to the kitchen to make you something to eat, you can sleep a little more." Shen Kouqing covered Song Yichen's body with the blanket and walked out softly.

Because he didn't know when Song Yichen would wake up, Shen Kouqing made a very delicious and soft congee for Song Yichen.

Shen Kouqing yawned, she was really tired.

It was getting dark as she headed for the kitchen.

Just as Shen Kouqing was about to reach the kitchen, she passed by a fake mountain at the corner. Shen Kouqing suddenly saw a flame jumping around, and green black smoke faintly floated out.

She was stunned. Who would come here at this time?

Shen Kouqing looked at Ting Zhu, who nodded and walked over, but cried out.

"Miss Qingshui, why are you here?"

Shen Kouqing immediately walked over and saw Shui Ruo flusteredly stepping on the yellow and white paper money on the ground. Many of the paper money were already burnt to perfection, with a step on the water, residue rose into the air.

"Please spare me, Royal granddaughter consort!" Qing Shui quickly knelt down and pressed his head against the ground. His body was slightly trembling.

"Why are you burning paper money here? There's still half a month until the Central Elemental Festival. Don't you know that this is a death sentence?"

She bit her lips as she raised her head to look at Shen Kouqing, then quickly lowered her head and said: "This servant knows that I have violated a big taboo, but Empress need not worry. Tomorrow, this servant will leave."

"Why?" Shen Kouqing frowned, she did not remember herself ordering Chasing Water to leave the palace.

"Yes …" The butler said so. The butler said that this servant and Qing Yan came in together, Qing Yan has already died, and this servant is not clean either.

"So, the reason you're burning paper money is to send Qing Yan off?" Shen Kouqing understood.

Clear Water lowered his head again, almost touching the ground.

But even so, the two empathy hearts could not be stopped.

However, there was a fire in front of the city gate, which affected the fish in the pond. The butler wanted to drive her away, so Clear Water did not complain at all.

Shen Kouqing sighed.

The butler could expel the servants of the mansion. Other than the master's personal servant, when Qing Yan and Shui Shui had come, in order to prevent the two of them from being spies, Shen Kouqing had sent them to do other menial tasks. Naturally, they could not be considered Shen Kouqing's personal servants.

For a long time, Qingshui kept her head down, not moving an inch. She had already accepted this arrangement without any complaints.

"Get up!" Shen Kouqing sighed, "In the future, you will follow by my side and serve me together!"

In Ting Zhu's heart, she naturally categorized Qingshui and Qing Yan as a group.

"Ting Zhu, go tell the butler."

Ting Zhu wanted to say something, but she hesitated. In the end, she sighed and turned to leave.

Only after a long while did he raise his head. He found it hard to believe, as he even forgot to thank him.

Only when Shen Kouqing reached out his hand, did she step forward to support him, and accompanied him into the kitchen.

It was as if a huge pie had fallen from the sky and almost knocked the water out of consciousness.