Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 161
At night, the Yupeng Hall was already a quiet and dark room.

Suddenly, a sound of dense and hurried footsteps came from outside the hall.

Huo Qi had just rested. When he heard the noise, his heart skipped a beat. He climbed up, casually pulled his hair into a low bun, put on his cloak and walked out.

By the time she left the house, the lanterns in each room had been lit one after another, and there was another rustling sound of dressing, and the entire Yupeng Palace woke up from its deep sleep.

When he arrived at the inner courtyard, Huo Qi saw a group of maids standing neatly in a line, with the murderous aura of a women's army, which was particularly frightening in the night.The leading female officer wore a black braid on her head, and her face was so gloomy that water dripped out.

A few days ago, Yang Shangyi clearly explained the current situation of the Sixth Division and the First Bureau.As soon as Huo Qi saw him, he knew in his heart that the person in front of him was none other than Si Zhengsi's Shao Zhen.

Huo Qi just pretended not to know, and said to the leader: "My lord, I don't know why you came here this time?"

Shao Zhen raised her eyebrows, looked at Huo Qi calmly, and said indifferently: "Don't worry, let's talk about it when everyone is here."

Huo Qi nodded slightly, stood aside and said nothing.In the blink of an eye, the rest of the people arrived in the inner courtyard one after another.

Luo Rou consciously stood beside Huo Qi and whispered: "What's going on?"

Huo Qi shook his head, but his heart was already faintly uneasy.Shao Zhen's complexion was very ugly from the beginning to the end, and she came here wearing stars and moons, and she was not afraid of disturbing the masters of the harem if she made such a big noise on business.

Then there is only one possibility—a major event happened in the palace, and Shao Zhen was ordered to handle it.

Moreover, I am afraid that they are coming for the people in Yupeng Hall.

They are all new arrivals, and the only thing that can be related to them is the matter of embroidering pajamas for the concubine.

Could it be that something happened to the concubine?

Sure enough, as soon as Huo Qi thought of this step, Shao Zhen glanced at them with her sharp eyes, and said coldly: "Everyone must know that the embroidered pajamas for the concubine is not just for the mother's birthday. It is also to drive away evil spirits for the empress."

Huo Qi lowered his eyes.

Wang Quan had not specifically informed about this matter at first. In fact, they only got wind of it later.It was actually because Concubine Zhen had been suffering from unbearable headaches for the past few days and could not sleep at night. She even alerted Emperor Xiaowen that this matter spread.They were in Yupeng Hall, and no matter how little information they had, they still heard some rumors from the palace maids and eunuchs.

Shao Zhen paused, and her voice sounded extremely harsh: "But tonight, the dragon fetus in Concubine Zhen's belly is gone!"

Everyone was horrified when they heard this, only to hear Shao Zhen say again: "The empress put on the pajamas donated by Yupeng Palace in Xushi, and within just a few hours, her body turned red. After the research and judgment of Liu Yizheng of Taiyuan Hospital, I found that the pajamas were stained with a lot of musk. But because the musk smell was covered up by the jasmine scent on the fragrant satin, I fished in troubled waters and sent it to Shuchunxuan, killing the dragon in the mother's belly!"

After Shao Zhen said these words, even a fool could understand what they meant.The concubine's pajamas slipped, and the first to bear the brunt were the people in the Yupeng Palace.

Murdering the Dragon Heir is a crime of beheading!
For a moment, everyone looked different.

Luo Rou's expression rarely darkened, and there was a hint of stability between her brows and eyes.

Wang Rong frowned, but her expression did not change.

Nie Ying's eyes widened, her legs trembled slightly, and she felt that her heart was already in her throat.How could a good job lead to such a disaster!

Li Jiayin's beauty turned pale, and she no longer looked as proud as usual.You must know that in this Jade Peng Palace, she was the last person to handle this pajamas. Under the melons and plums, she was naturally the most suspicious.

Before Shao Zhen could say anything more, she trembled and said in panic, "Shao Sizheng, this matter has nothing to do with me, please investigate clearly!"

Shao Zhen didn't even look at Li Jiayin, instead her eyes glanced at Huo Qi inadvertently, and the words in her mouth meant something: "Who did this matter, there is no conclusion yet, we have to search the palace to find out, offended tonight Everyone."

She waved her hand and made a decisive decision: "Come on, search the palace!"

With an order, the people behind Shao Zhen immediately dispersed, and went straight to the back of the inner courtyard in a dense mass.

Seeing this posture, Luo Rou glanced at Li Jiayin who was still sobbing, then frowned and whispered in Huo Qi's ear: "Why do I look at this a little strangely?"

"Huh?" Huo Qi raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

Seeing that Shao Zhen had turned her back, Luo Rou made sure that she was not looking this way, and then continued to whisper: "Si Zhengsi's people came to search the palace. Logically speaking, they should divide their troops into several groups and search inside and outside. Chaotian, why do they have such a clear goal and go straight to the house where we live?"

"I'm afraid it's a catch." Huo Qi sneered nonchalantly.

Luo Rou was stunned for a moment, pouting and wanting to say something else. She saw a person walking in front of Shao Zhen and grabbing a cloth bag in his hand: "My lord, I found this from Miss Huo's house. This slave has experienced it." I’ve seen it, it’s full of musk.”

As soon as these words came out, all eyes in the courtyard were on Huo Qi, and even Li Jiayin stopped crying.

Shao Zhen opened the cloth bag and took a sniff, then walked up to Huo Qi and shook it: "Huo Qi, do you have anything to say?"

"Sir, it can't be Huo Qi who did it! There must be a misunderstanding! She and I are together every day, and she would never do such a thing!" The voice that was faster than Huo Qi's was Luo Rou's.

"If I say I didn't do it, will your lord believe it?" Huo Qi pressed Luo Rou's arm and raised his eyes to ask back.

Facing Huo Qi's bottomless eyes, Shao Zhen was so guilty that she couldn't speak, she just forced herself to say: "Oh, it's not up to the instincts to decide whether to believe it or not. If you have anything to say, go and Your Majesty, let's make a distinction in front of you!" Then he snorted coldly: "Come here, take all the five girls from Yupeng Palace to Shuchun Xuan!"

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At this moment, the Shuchun Pavilion was as bright as day, and it was bright all night, except for the intermittent painful moaning of a woman, there was hardly any other sound.

Following Shao Zhen into the Shuchun Pavilion, Huo Qi discovered that the three inner floors and the outer three floors were full of people.

The middle-aged man sitting in the main seat in the room is Emperor Xiaowen.Seeing that he didn't have a jade pendant on his waist, Huo Qiwei thought about it and realized that Emperor Xiaowen had been with Zhenbi tonight and witnessed with his own eyes the loss of her son.This also means that Emperor Xiaowen's anger is probably even worse than usual.

After all, witnessing is often more shocking and emotionally volatile than hearing about it.

The Queen and the Concubine are also there.The queen is the middle palace and oversees all matters in the harem. The concubine Xian and the concubine Zhen live in the same palace and have the responsibility of taking care of them. It makes sense for these two people to be together.But somehow, Concubine Shu also came, with no pearls on her head and a look of genuine worry on her face.

Huo Qi was even more surprised that the fifth prince and Shen Yuning were also there!

Their eyes collided, and Shen Yuning raised her eyebrows at her, with a careless smile in her peach eyes.

Huo Qi frowned, followed Shao Zhen, and respectfully saluted the emperor and the concubines.

Emperor Xiaowen was obviously in a bad mood, he didn't even raise his head, it was Empress Zhou who spoke first: "Shao Zhen, did you find anything?"

Shao Zhen hurriedly reported: "Returning to the empress's words, the officials were ordered by the emperor to search the Yupeng Hall, and found musk in Huo Qi's house, here is the physical evidence." He took out the cloth bag pinned to his waist.

(End of this chapter)