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The palace maid was not very good at lying.

It was not a big deal for a servant to die in the palace. If the victim had not happened to serve in front of the imperial palace, it would have been difficult to guess how the matter could have been solved. Therefore, when the palace maid saw someone dragging a corpse and throwing it into the pond, although she was shocked, she did not take it to heart.

This matter should have been buried in her stomach. Who would have thought that the next morning she would hear from her side that a palace maid in front of the Emperor had disappeared? The Emperor was furious, and had sent his Imperial Guards to investigate this.

Not to mention that extraction hall had not been cleaned for a long time, so there was a large amount of mud in the pond. Once a corpse was thrown into the pond, it would be very difficult to float, and at the bottom of the pond, there was a lot of water grass.

The palace maid was already completely speechless. She could only kneel on the ground and kowtow as she said, "Please spare me, Empress, please spare me,"

Qing Luo looked at Luo Yi's expression, she took half a step forward and said: "Speak what you know, if there is any deception, I will not forgive you!"

"Yes …" "Yes …" The palace maid trembled again, kneeling on the ground and crying until her voice turned hoarse. "Your servant spoke the other night and …"

"Get to the point!" Luo Yi interrupted at the right time: "I am not interested in your personal matters!"

It was no wonder that the palace maid didn't dare to speak the truth before.

Even though Luo Yi had investigated her case, she did not really think that she would have to do anything to a sixteen or seventeen year old girl like her. Hence, she sneaked a glance at Wen Shili, and upon seeing that he had no objection to what she had just said, she raised her chin towards the palace maid again: "Just say what you saw."

"This servant saw someone dragging the corpse to the extraction hall … "It should have been wrapped in a gunny sack, because later on, this servant saw her take out something else …"

"Did you see what it looked like?" Wen Shili frowned, and interrupted with a cold voice.

His skin was delicate, but his personality was too unreasonable. Even his face seemed to be filled with anger, scaring the palace maid into trembling. None... That place is too dark, and this servant even has some weeds in front of me … But... But from the looks of it, it should be a woman … 'Your servant, seeing how difficult it was for her to drag the corpse away … '

The palace maid stuttered, but Luo Yi was more concerned with another question: "Is she the only one? Are you sure? "

Usually, these words would be asked, but the meaning had changed when it came from Imperial Consort Yi's mouth, as if she had already guessed who the culprit was, but did not dare to believe it, so she deliberately asked to reassure herself.

Too eager.

Wen Shili looked at her without a sound, and as expected, after receiving such a reply, he let out a breath of relief, his entire being relaxed, and with a raise of his hand, the palace maid by his side helped him stand up. Blinking slightly, he naughtily said to himself: "I can only help you until here."

As he spoke, he turned around to leave.

"Empress!"

Wen Shili's mouth was quicker than his brain, only when Imperial Consort Yi replied and looked back at him did he suddenly realize that she had brought a servant with her today, and that he had no excuse to send her on her journey. He could only stand in place blankly for two seconds, then said with a tense face.

Luo Yi, "..."

The Wen Shili of today might not have something wrong with his head.

She took one last glance at Wen Shili, didn't take any of her abnormal behavior to heart, nodded and continued to walk. Wen Shili was left alone to gaze at her back until they turned a corner and completely disappeared.

He was in a daze for a long time, but luckily, only he and the palace maid remained, and that palace maid absolutely did not dare to raise her head to look at him. That saved him a lot of trouble.

He sighed in his heart, feeling that there was something wrong with himself.

The Emperor did not come in the evening.

In the recent few days, the daughters of the various ministers that sent them to the palace were bestowed titles one after another, whether it was to pacify the hearts of the people or to comfort the newbies, it was impossible for Chen Jinyan to be as diligent as he was two days ago. Luo Yi did not complain at all regarding this matter.

There was also Chen Liyi who shared the same view as her.

He had just returned from Tutor Liang in the afternoon, and was so tired that he had lost all energy. After returning, he looked at Luo Yi aggrievedly with grievance, and pounced on her, lying on her lap, unwilling to take another step.

Luo Yi then asked Hong Xiang to the side and asked him what was going on. Hong Xiang held back his laughter and said that the Tutor Liang was very strict, that if the crown prince did not finish memorizing the book, he would have to stand in the sun forever. He was not allowed to eat, and if he recited wrong, he had to copy over ten times of his mistakes.

Is that so? Luo Yi raised her eyebrows, she felt that this was pretty good, at least there was someone able to manage him.

"Come here," she beckoned Chen Liyi, who had just been ignored by them, "I left you some almond tofu to taste if you like it or not."

Chen Liyi tasted two mouthfuls from her hand. He was simply too tired to even open his eyes, but he still forced himself to nod his head at her: "I like it."

Luo Yi's heart softened. She was afraid that he would be hungry if he did not eat tonight, so she coaxed him to eat a few more mouthfuls before calling for someone to bring him back to rest.

Qing Luo covered her mouth and laughed at the side: "The relationship between the Empress and the crown prince is really good."

Luo Yi thought about it, then raised her eyebrows.

Even she herself was surprised that she could get so close to Chen Liyi in just a few short days. One part of the reason why she asked for details was because had a mysterious reliance on her, and the other …

Chen Liyi was only ten years old, and was not much older than when he first picked her up, so he instinctively felt a sense of intimacy from her. She was incredibly patient with his children.

But she did not have this kind of patience from the start, but Lin Ting had taught her that, and even the ways she took care of Chen Liyi today, she had learnt them from the way Lin Ting took care of her when she was young.

Speaking of Lin Ting... I wonder how he and Tang Yuan are doing.

Luo Yi lied on the table and buried his face in her arms. Only after ensuring that she could not see anyone did she let his face show a little hint of weakness — — I miss you guys.

Lin Ting suddenly stopped in his tracks.

After a long while, he laughed self-deprecatingly and then greeted Tang Yuan and Yi Qiannan before sitting down beside them.

Recently, he had been preparing for the Hall Competition half a month later. It was obvious that he had lost a lot of weight. Tang Yuan passed him a cup of tea in surprise, "Why have you lost so much weight?"

"I haven't been able to sleep well recently …" Lin Ting laughed: "The pill you gave Luo Yi to treat insomnia, do you still have more? Give me some too. "

"Do you think that's some good stuff …" Tang Yuan frowned, expressing his dissatisfaction at his words. "Give me your hand, I'll give you a vein."

"It's fine …" Lin Ting rejected him, but to no avail. In the end, he still reached out his hand, and said to Yi Qiannan: "Is she still well in the palace?"

Yi Qiannan took a mouthful of the food and threw it into his mouth. No one knew who he was angry at, but he said, "It's alright. Didn't the palace send someone over two days ago to say that she'd become an imperial concubine …"

He gritted his teeth. "None of those who entered the palace at the same time as her had a higher position than her. What's there to worry about?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another person followed, "It's nothing serious, I'll give you two sets of formulas to calm your mind. Just follow me to the medicine store to catch the medicine."

Tang Yuan retracted his hand and spoke a few more words of advice before finishing the meal.

Before Lin Ting could say anything, Yi Qiannan turned his head and let out a "Hmph".

He did not know why, but when he saw the person making a ruckus, he used his shoulder to hit Tang Yuan and asked, "What happened to him?"

"Nothing, just ignore him." Tang Yuan, on the other hand, didn't seem to care at all. After saying this, he changed the topic, "There are a few ingredients in this medicine that forbid drinking. I know you've been in a bad mood these few days, but don't drink alcohol otherwise it might turn into poison!"

"Got it." Lin Ting laughed, the answer was good, but his voice did not sound serious.

Doctor... Lin Ting disapproved, but a certain corner of his heart was pulled because of a certain word, and a face full of worry immediately followed: "Is her body really alright?"

"It's true!" Tang Yuan had asked this question over and over again for the past few days, but he was not annoyed. When he answered again, his voice was as patient as the first time he had answered, "It was originally not that hard to resolve. And now that I've nurtured you for nearly four months, you don't have to worry anymore."

"How can I not be worried …" Lin Ting let out a long sigh as he floated across half of Li City, and as if he had his own consciousness, he landed in the palace and in the Hall of Announcements, "Why is this girl so worrisome …"

Luo Yi suddenly sneezed.

Qing Luo took out a cloak that she had just taken out from the house and wrapped it around her, "I already told you that the night at the end of March is still very cold, but you just didn't want to listen. If you really get chills in the future, let's see what you can do! "

Her mouth started to nag even more than Lin Ting, causing Luo Yi to listen with a smile, and let her wrap herself up tightly. Then she laughed: "Are you satisfied now?"

Qing Luo lowered her eyes and looked carefully, seeing that the person on the recliner was wrapped up by him until only her head was left outside, she could not hold back and laughed out loud.

She was clever, she knew how to behave. Most importantly, just by looking at how she treated him sincerely, Luo Yi was happy with her. She would occasionally get along with him like a friend, which was more interesting than always sticking to the line between master and servants.

Luo Yi was having trouble sleeping.

In the afternoon, she lay on the soft bed for a while. She wanted to rest for a while, but who would have thought that she would accidentally fall asleep and not wake up until the evening? So when it was time for her to really rest, she just couldn't sleep.

The other servants in the hall had all gone back to rest, only Qing Luo and her were left in the front courtyard. Just as Luo Yi was about to ask her to move a chair over to sit down, he heard a voice that was just loud enough for her, "Is the Empress not going to rest?"

The figure cast by the moonlight landed on her body and coincidentally surrounded her.

"Thank you, Sir, for sending a message for the emperor late into the night." Luo Yi lazily lifted her eyelids, and said carelessly.

She originally wanted to sit up, but Qing Luo had wrapped her up too tightly. Even after struggling for a bit, she was still unable to break free, so she simply laid there.

She glanced at Mu Yizhou.

According to the rules, even the famous person in front of the emperor was not qualified to enter and leave the harem as he wished, especially when he barged into his concubine's chambers late into the night. Although it was not yet the dead of night, he had appeared here without permission.

Sure enough, Mu Yizhou laughed and said, "The Emperor just passed by the entrance of Hall of Announcements, and seeing that the Empress's room was brightly lit, he thought that she hadn't slept yet, so he specifically ordered this subject to come and inform the Empress that he really likes the almond tofu you sent over at noon."

"As long as the emperor likes it, it's good enough. We can change it to the Japanese palace and have someone deliver it to the emperor."

Luo Yi originally wanted to politely say that she would also get a copy next time, but for some reason, when the words were already at her mouth, she swallowed them back and changed it to a sentence that was not too hot.

She instinctively took precautions against this man, as if there was some sort of explosive hidden on his body. If she rashly approached him, that explosive would be ignited.

This feeling was inexplicably warm. Luo Yi had always had a strong desire to live, so of course she would stay far away from this man.

seemed to not be able to feel the coldness in her words. He had clearly already said what the emperor wanted him to say, but he didn't have the slightest intention of leaving, and only after Luo Yi suspiciously glanced at him again, did she bend her eyes — actually, Luo Yi was unable to see his expression, it was only because the smile in his voice was too obvious, that Luo Yi guessed that the other party's eyes were curved — and said, "This subject has grown up together with His Majesty and the only son of the Prime Minister's Estate, Xu Heng.

Have you ever seen a frozen river? The ice was still flowing, but it was impossible to tell on the surface. It was as if the river had lost all of its vitality in an instant.

Luo Yi was the same.

She could clearly feel the blood in her body flowing at an extraordinary speed, yet her entire body seemed to have been nailed to the ground and she couldn't even move. She didn't even know when Mu Yizhou took his leave, or whether Qing Luo was the first one to react as she called out to her "Empress" a few times urgently in her ear to wake her up.

"Ah …" Luo Yi curled her lips with difficulty, but the speed at which her brain worked was much faster than usual, even the cloak that she could not pull off previously had become much more obedient now.

She returned to her room steadily and covered herself with the blanket before lying down. She was so normal that she was almost abnormal.

She buried her head in the blanket and thought, "How long has it been since I last heard this name from an outsider …"