After the replacement of the delicate imperial concubine, my emperor will never come to court again

Chapter 412: Capturing Ling Ji

"Oh? So urgent?"

Ren Yuhuan nodded and led Shen Yanzhi into the inner hall. Zijuan immediately closed the door and stood guard at the door.

"Your Majesty, look."

Ren Yuhuan handed the note sent by Ling Ji to Shen Yanzhi to read.

"Rescue Shen Hebei?"

Shen Yanzhi frowned and read the note several times.

"Whose handwriting is it?"

Ren Yuhuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't you know him?"

After hearing this, Shen Yanzhi moved the note closer to the candle and read it again.

"I don't remember whose handwriting this is."

Ren Yuhuan smiled slightly when he heard this.

"For Lingji."

Shen Yanzhi suddenly turned around and looked at Ren Yuhuan, then looked down at the note.

"Daan's traitor?"

Ren Yuhuan nodded and took out the previous letter and handed it to Shen Yanzhi to read.

After reading it, Shen Yanzhi said dimly: "Xie Taichu was right. The traitor is indeed in the harem!"

Ren Yuhuan glanced at Shen Yanzhi and said, "Your Majesty, didn't you believe it at first?"

Shen Yanzhi frowned slightly and admitted impatiently: "His thoughts jump around so fast that I can't guess how he came to this conclusion."

Ren Yuhuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't understand it at first, but now I understand it roughly."

"Imperial Doctor Xie immediately concluded that the traitor was in the harem because of two reasons."

"First, this person is hiding in the imperial city. He must be in a high enough position to get comprehensive information, and he must also be able to know the decisions of His Majesty. Doctor Xie probably thinks that only the empress can do this."

"Second, the method of delivering messages. If you want to send messages under the bed in the imperial city, there is no way without a complete and secure transmission line. It's like sending letters by carrier pigeons. If it's not the concubines, who can use it in the imperial palace?"

Shen Yanzhi also understood, but after listening to Ren Yuhuan's words, Shen Yanzhi asked: "How did you get these?"

Ren Yuhuan knew that Shen Yanzhi would ask this question and had already prepared the answer.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the incident when the little prince was poisoned?"

Shen Yanzhi looked at Ren Yuhuan and nodded slowly.

"The one who did it was Concubine Kong, and the one who ordered her to do it was Concubine Ling."

"Are you sure it's Lingji?"

Ren Yuhuan smiled and nodded: "Even His Majesty doesn't believe it, right? I also thought that Concubine Kong must have obeyed Concubine Qi's orders."

"But that's not the case. I have been sending people to follow Concubine Kong and have seen them meeting secretly. She is just a concubine of the Ji rank, but her palace is guarded extremely tightly. Isn't that strange?"

Shen Yanzhi nodded slowly and threw the two notes on the table.

"I understand."

Ren Yuhuan watched Shen Yanzhi stand up, knowing that he was about to leave, so he stood up too.

She knew in her heart that this matter was of great importance and Shen Yanzhi would definitely have to go back to make arrangements and would not have time to stay with her.

However, Ren Yuhuan went forward and hugged Shen Yanzhi's waist, resting her cheek on Shen Yanzhi's straight back, and holding him tightly with both hands.

"Your Majesty, you won't blame me for taking revenge without permission, right?"

Shen Yanzhi held Ren Yuhuan's hand, turned around, and looked down into Ren Yuhuan's eyes.

"I won't be angry. You have made a great contribution this time. I will reward you well!"

When Ren Yuhuan heard this, she thought that she might be promoted.

Then she smiled and shook her head: "I don't need any reward. As long as I can help Your Majesty, I think it is enough."

Shen Yanzhi leaned over and kissed Ren Yuhuan's lips. Ren Yuhuan immediately leaned her whole body into Shen Yanzhi's arms.

The two spent a night of passion together. When Ren Yuhuan opened her eyes in the morning, Shen Yanzhi had already left.

Zanhua asked someone to bring in some water and when she saw Ren Yuhuan woke up, she immediately came forward to support him.

"My lady, please go slowly. It's cold. Put on some clothes before you get up."

Ren Yuhuan looked out the window and said, "Today, Ling Ji will probably be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison." Zanhua heard this and said calmly, "That's what she deserves!"

Ren Yuhuan pursed her lips and smiled: "I hope that if this line is cut off, things outside will be easier to handle."

Zanhua smiled secretly and said, "Your Highness, are you considering His Majesty?"

Ren Yuhuan smiled and stood up and said, "Okay, you're the only one who's talking nonsense!"

"Miss!"

Ruoye pushed open the door and rushed into the hall calling Lingji.

Ling Ji probably had to torment herself until midnight before she could fall asleep, so she usually woke up late.

Today, while I was still asleep, the curtain was drawn open.

"Your Majesty is here!"

Ling Ji slowly opened her eyes, still reacting.

Ruoye said again, "Your Majesty is coming!"

Ling Ji immediately turned over and said, "Do my makeup!"

Shen Yanzhi was waiting in the hall, sitting and drinking tea, looking around the hall.

Everything in the palace was cold and deserted, with almost no furnishings, and the empty shelves giving away the scene inside, and there were only a few maids serving.

It is indeed abnormal to be willing to live like this.

Shen Yanzhi has always ignored the concubines in the harem, so it was very clever of Shen Hebei to plant spies in the harem.

Ling Ji finished washing up and hurried out.

Then he saw Shen Yanzhi, with a radiant face and handsome look, sitting in the hall, drinking tea from a white jade teacup with his slender white fingers, and looking at the sycamore tree outside the window.

"His Majesty."

Ling Ji pretended to be shy and stood aside calling out.

Shen Yanzhi looked up and looked at Ling Ji carefully.

Their appearance is surprisingly no different from that of people from the Central Plains.

"Come and sit down. I brought something to show you."

Ling Ji gave Ruoye a look and Ruoye went downstairs.

"Your Majesty, do you have anything to show me?"

Shen Yanzhi calmly took out the two station notes and threw them on the table.

Ling Ji looked at the note in confusion, reached out to take it and read it, her face suddenly changed.

But she didn't remain frightened for long, and soon calmed down.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? I don't understand."

"Don't understand? Isn't this coming from your palace?"

Ling Ji pretended not to understand, but saw Ruoye being pushed in by two guards.

"She's going to deliver a message, right?"

Ruoye was still struggling as she knelt on the ground: "I just wanted to go out and tell people to prepare a fruit plate. Your Majesty misunderstood."

Shen Yanzhi said calmly: "Really?"

The guards brought along a pigeon cage filled with pigeons with red strings tied around their feet.

"These pigeons travel between the Autumn Rain Palace where you are and a mansion on the outskirts of the city. Is that true?"

"Don't worry, I sent people to surround that mansion last night. The people inside have already been tortured in the Sky Prison. Everything is on fire."

When Ling Ji heard this, she knew that everything was over, so she just sat there without saying anything.

"Da'an's rise seems to be due to the fact that you have provided some very useful information. Tell me, how did you hear it?"

Ruoye shouted, "We are not Daan's men!"

Shen Yanzhi looked up at the guard, and the guard drew out a sharp knife and slit Ruoye's throat.

Bright red blood splattered all over the ground, and Ling Ji screamed and stood up.

"Go ahead and tell all the spies in the palace. You know, the man in the mansion is your boss, and he has confessed everything."

Ling Ji fell to the ground, closed her eyes, and two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks.