Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 945: Bad News

Early the next morning.

“Boring, borring, borring…”

Just as Gu Chan was sleeping soundly in bed, the sound of bells suddenly rang out in the palace.

Gu Chan was awakened by the shock, and quickly put on her clothes, got out of bed, and ran out of the room.

Running to the courtyard, Gu Chan shouted, "Don't hide, someone come and tell me what's going on in the palace? Why are the bells ringing so early in the morning?"

"Mr. Xu, please calm down." The physical training expert who spoke to Gu Chan last night walked in from the gate of the courtyard and said.

Gu Chan hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Tell me, what happened?"

"There was a fire in the imperial study in the palace last night. Because the fire was too big, it was not put out until dawn. Afterwards, everyone found a charred female corpse in the ruins. It has been confirmed that it was Her Majesty the Queen herself." The physical training expert said with a heavy face.

"No way!" Gu Chan opened her mouth in shock.

That night in the barracks at the foot of Bi'an Mountain, Leng Yixue was still thinking about favoring her! But just two days after returning, the dignified Queen of Diyue Country was burned to death in the imperial study.

This... is simply unbelievable.

The physical training expert added, "We have also found out the cause of the fire last night. It was because Her Majesty the Queen was reviewing memorials late at night. She was so tired that she accidentally knocked over the oil lamp, causing the fire. It's a pity that she couldn't escape from the fire in time!"

"No, I can't stay here. I have to go into the palace and take a look." Gu Chan said anxiously.

"Mr. Xu, wait a minute." The expert in physical skills immediately reached out to stop her.

Gu Chan's face was filled with anger as she said, "As the third place winner of this year's imperial examination, now that Her Majesty the Queen has passed away, shouldn't it be my responsibility to go to the palace to offer condolences? Why are you stopping me?"

"The old prince said that you must stay in this west courtyard for three full days. You are not allowed to leave during this period, so you'd better go into the house and wash up. I will ask the maid to bring you breakfast later." The physical training expert said coldly.

"I tell you, if I want to leave, I'm afraid you can't stop me." Gu Chan said gritting her teeth.

The physical strength expert didn't bother to say anything more to her and immediately raised his hands and clapped three times.

A dozen or so strong physical fighters who were hiding around the West Courtyard showed up one after another, blocking every corner of the West Courtyard. Even among these dozen people, four of them had ninth-level physical fighter strength.

This means that if they attack together, even if Gu Chan tries her best, she will probably find it difficult to escape.

The physical training expert stared at Gu Chan and said, "Mr. Xu, please don't force us. We are just following orders. Otherwise, there is no need for us to stop you."

"Okay, I'll stay. Otherwise, if we really fight, the entire Prince Leng's Mansion will be destroyed." Gu Chan said, suppressing her anger.

After saying that, she turned and walked towards the house.

The physical strength expert let out a long sigh, turned around and walked out of the yard, and told a maid to bring breakfast to Gu Chan.

After a while, the maid brought the breakfast, placed it on the stone table in the yard, and then left quickly.

Gu Chan came out of the house, sat down at the table with a gloomy face, and began to eat silently. The little spider was lying on the spider web under the beam and said, "Be calm, you have to believe that Her Majesty the Queen will not die so easily."

"It's hard to say. It's really a lie to say that she is smart. At most, she is stubborn, with a bad temper. Most importantly, she is weak. If the fire last night was premeditated, it would be difficult for her to escape." Gu Chan said in a low voice.

[Don't think about her, think about what you should do next! ] Spider-Man reminded.

Gu Chan nodded quietly and said nothing more.

After quickly finishing her breakfast, she patiently started catching insects for the little spider in the west yard.

On the other side, inside the palace.

At this time, everyone was already in the Yangxin Palace and had set up the mourning hall for Leng Yixiu.

All the civil and military officials in the court have come to pay their respects to the empress.

The Empress Dowager and many of the late emperor's concubines in the harem all stood in front of the coffin and cried bitterly.

Ever since the death of the previous emperor, the fight for the throne has been extremely fierce. Many members of the royal family have died for this throne. The empress dowager finally helped her daughter to the throne, but who would have thought that she had not sat on the throne for long before she was taken away by a fire last night.

As long as the empress leaves, these concubines who rely on her protection will probably have a hard time in the future.

Of course, the saddest person is the Queen Mother. She now looks as if she has aged ten years overnight. She is so haggard that it makes people feel extremely distressed!
Leng Yixuan stood beside the Queen Mother, held her up with his hand and said, "Mother, please don't be too sad. You must take care of yourself. Now that things have happened, it's useless for you to be sad."

"Why weren't you with her in the imperial study last night? Where did you go?" the Queen Mother asked heartbrokenly.

"Your son has gone to investigate the case of leaked exam questions as ordered. I never expected this to happen." Leng Yixiuan said bitterly with his head down.

He had planned everything, but had never expected this to happen. Otherwise, he would have come to the palace to accompany Leng Yixiu last night. But now, no matter what he said, it was too late.

Compared with the mother and son, Prince Leng, who was standing opposite them, did not seem sad at all.

While all the civil and military officials were present, he immediately stood up and said, "Okay, everyone, be quiet. Now that the tragedy has already happened, there is nothing we can do. We still have to put the country of Diyue first and cannot let the late Queen die with regrets!"

"The old prince is right, Queen Mother. I, the Minister of War Chen Xing, wish to make a request and hope that Queen Mother will choose a new emperor as soon as possible to stabilize the country." As soon as the old prince finished speaking, Minister of War Chen Xing immediately stood up and spoke.

As a senior official in the Lengwang Party who is in charge of the Ministry of War, he not only has a certain say in the court, but is also one of the most core figures in the Lengwang Party. So in this situation, when he stood up and sang the same tune with the Lengwang, no one present found it strange.

The Queen Mother glanced at him coldly, then looked at Guo Pinchuan and said, "Sir Guo, you are a person who speaks absolutely fairly in the court. I want to ask you now, what do you think of what Prince Leng and Sir Chen said?"

"Empress Dowager Qibing, I think that it is not appropriate to discuss the issue of choosing a new emperor now that Her Majesty's body is still warm. We have to wait until the funeral of Her Majesty's mother is over." Guo Pinchuan stepped forward and said.

Leng Yixuan also immediately expressed his opinion, "I also think that what Lord Guo said is very right. No matter what, we have to wait until the Queen's funeral is over before discussing it."

"A man cannot be without a leader for a day, and a country cannot be without a king for a day. What's more, our country is now in conflict with the Tiancang country, and it is hard to say when the two sides will go to war. Without the new emperor to preside over the situation, how can we succeed?" The Minister of Rites Wu Huaiyun was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so he took advantage of this opportunity to run out and interfere.

The Queen Mother glared at him viciously, wishing she could cut the bastard into pieces!