All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

The little girl who robbed her of her husband?
which one?
Shen Lingxi's heart was full of question marks, and she hurriedly told Chu Yan about the matter, and walked towards the entrance of the underground palace very quickly, taking three steps in two.

They were under the underground palace, and they were delayed for a long time.

When I went up again, there was still lightning and thunder outside, but the heavy rain had already passed, and there were large areas of water dripping on the bluestone floor tiles.

If it weren't for the entrance of the underground palace, under the eaves of the inverted seat, the water would probably still be poured into the underground palace from the opened entrance.

Chu Yan followed Shen Lingxi out of the underground palace, restored the mechanism at the entrance to its original state, and then chased after Shen Lingxi.

Shen Lingxi, who was walking in front, just turned around the golden body of Ksitigarbha in the hall, and saw a woman in a plain dress and a scarlet cloak hanging from the beam.

The corpse's hair was loose, and it fluttered left and right under the beams with the strong wind passing through the hall, looking extremely strange.

Shen Lingxi walked under the corpse, picked up the lantern in his hand, and wanted to see the appearance of the corpse clearly.

However, it is too far away, and the light of the wind lamp cannot reach it.

She wanted to turn around and ask Liu Meiren——
He staggered and nearly tripped over something.

Shen Lingxi picked up the lantern and looked at the ground.

Then I saw two people in dark cloaks lying on the ground silently.

The two of them are slender and look like women.

However, the hair was messy covering the face, making it difficult to see his face clearly.

Shen Lingxi squatted down, brushed away their long hair that covered their faces, and took a lantern to shine on them.

When she saw the faces of the two of them clearly, she was shocked.

Xu Ziyao and Li Yuejiao.

How are they here?
"Rumble..."

At this moment, a flash of lightning accompanied by thunder, across the sky, the flash of light illuminated the entire hall as bright as day.

Shen Lingxi raised her head as if feeling something, and looked at the corpse on the beam.

Under the light of lightning, the ferocious face of the corpse instantly came into her eyes.

Mu Xue'e!
Who would have thought that the woman with a hideous death on the beam was actually Mu Xue'e, the lord of Bingqing County!
Chu Yan strode in from the apse, and by the light of the lightning, he happened to see the situation in the hall clearly.

He walked to Shen Lingxi's side, stretched out his hand and probed the breath of the two people on the ground, "It's alive."

Shen Lingxi pondered and said: "In such a cold place, to be able to sleep so soundly, must be drugged."

She and Chu Yan looked at each other with serious eyes.

Under a hanged body, two living people were asleep.

Obviously, this is a game that someone did deliberately.

"It's not suitable to stay here for a long time." Chu Yan stood up and reached out to her, "I'll take you out of here."

After the words fell, Liu Meiren also hurriedly floated over from the front hall, "The inner guards who watch the night are here, the door to the front hall is open, they will find this place soon, you go quickly."

Hearing this, Shen Lingxi quickly blew out the lantern in her hand, and reached into Chu Yan's palm without hesitation.

Just like when he was in the Princess Palace, Chu Yan held Shen Lingxi's waist, performed lightness kung fu, and left through the secret door, avoiding the inner guards, and walking through the night.

The female ghosts floated beside them.

There were so many things that happened tonight that no one was in the mood to joke.

There were many inner guards in Yuxiu Palace, so Chu Yan took Shen Lingxi to Anhua Palace.

The two escaped the eunuch on duty, entered the bedroom, and lit the candles.

Only then did he realize that the other party's hair was the same as his own, sticking wet to his face, and the clothes on his body were still dripping water.

Although the rain outside was not heavy, it was raining all the way from the westernmost part of the palace to the easternmost part.

Chu Yan took a dry robe and pointed to the screen beside the bed curtain, "Change out the wet clothes first, and I'll ask someone to carry hot water."

Shen Lingxi knew very well that it was very inappropriate for a woman who had not left the court to stay in a man's dormitory late at night.

Not to mention changing clothes...

But in this situation, there is really no other way.

She pressed the thought in her heart to be ashamed, and turned around to go behind the screen.

What Chu Yan gave her was a Taoist robe, but he was too tall and tall. The robe was loose and baggy on Shen Lingxi's body, and it didn't fit at all.

Shen Lingxi came out from behind the screen, and Chu Yan had already changed into a dry robe somewhere, which was the same color as her in snow.

The two looked at each other, and they both saw embarrassment from the bottom of each other's eyes.

Shen Lingxi felt that it was impolite to meet people in an ill-fitting robe.

As for Chu Yan's embarrassment, seeing his own robes on the body of the delighted woman, he only felt that the apex of his heart was burning slightly.

"I asked someone to carry the water, you go and wash it, don't catch a cold." Chu Yan pointed to the clean room beside him, coughed, and urged uncomfortably.

Shen Lingxi shook her head, inexplicably feeling a little nervous in her heart, "It will be fine if you change your clothes, and you don't need to wash or take a bath."

After thinking about it for a while, Chu Yan knew what she was worried about.

He turned around and went to clean the room, took a large handkerchief, and handed it to Shen Lingxi, "Then...wipe your hair."

Shen Lingxi looked slightly relaxed, and hurriedly took the veil, untied her hair, and began to brush her hair on her own.

The candles in the sleeping hall were dimly lit, shining on her fair neck, and the black and soft hair poured down like flowing clouds, hanging down her slender waist, giving her a lazy and charming beauty.

Chu Yan was sitting at the table cooking tea soup. Seeing Shen Lingxi like this, he lost his mind for a moment.

But soon, he lowered his eyes, and the heat rising from the red clay stove engulfed his handsome face into a warm outline.

In such a windy and stormy night, the bubbling tea soup and the rich tea fragrance made both of them feel a rare moment of peace.

Both of them had something on their minds, they looked at each other silently, after about half an hour, when Shen Lingxi was drying her hair, someone knocked on the door of the main hall suddenly.

Chunjun took Eunuch Zhu to see him outside the hall.

Chu Yan asked coldly through the palace gate, "Eunuch Zhu came late at night, why?"

Eunuch Zhu replied in a solemn tone: "Your Highness, the inner guards who just patrolled the night just now found the body of County Lord Bingqing in the Dizang Hall, and Miss Xu and Miss Li were also at the scene of the crime. The Emperor ordered you to investigate the matter thoroughly. case."

He paused, and then said: "The whereabouts of Taoist Master Miaoling are still unknown. The maidservants of Yuxiu Palace said that at dusk, Taoist Master Miaoling, Miss Xu and Miss Li had a dispute with County Lord Bingqing. It is possible that Taoist Master Miao Ling fled in fear of crime after the murder..."

"The emperor is furious. He has ordered the inner guards to search the palace. It is imperative to find Daoist Miaoling. The deputy commander of the Yulin Army also asks you to send some embroidered envoys to help find someone."

Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

Unexpectedly, this time Shen Lingxi was not in Yuxiu Palace, but instead became the prime suspect in this case.

Right now, if there is no convincing alibi, I am afraid that this game will end up on her head.

Chu Yan frowned deeply.

For the first time, the face that had always been decisive and resolute showed hesitation.

To prove that Shen Lingxi was not there, he only needed to say that Shen Lingxi was with him all night.

But in this way, I'm afraid it will ruin her reputation.

Shen Lingxi couldn't think of what Chu Yan could think of.

She pondered for a while, then walked directly to the door of the palace, opened the door, and walked out.

When Eunuch Zhu saw Shen Lingxi coming out of the emperor's grandson's bedroom, his eyeballs almost fell out of shock.

"Miao, Miao, Daoist Miao Ling? How could you be here with His Highness?"