Everyone is saying it’s because the water ghost is seeking his life.”

Bao Chan was still a little scared as he spoke. Although the palace was strict, there was no guarantee that some monsters would not appear.

"That's nonsense. The Old Summer Palace is a royal garden. How could there be a water ghost at the emperor's feet? If anyone continues to tell lies, I will really let them go to see King Yama."

"yes."

"Wait a minute, does the Emperor know about this?"

"The emperor is still discussing matters in the Qinzheng Hall, and they don't dare to report it. Xiao Shunzi said that the emperor hasn't come out yet, so he probably doesn't know."

Taomi nodded and asked Bao Chan to step back. Is Xin Guiren dead? Is it man-made or a natural disaster?

"Your Majesty, please investigate this matter thoroughly. Xin Gui was born in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. She knows how to swim and will never drown in the water." After Baochan withdrew, An Qian calmed down and knelt down.

Said before pouring peach honey.

"So what if you know how to swim? Don't forget, you are a water ghost. The water ghost is attached to you, but it doesn't matter whether you know how to swim or not."

An Qian is not stupid. When Tao Mi said this, An Qian immediately thought of what Bao Chan said just now about the people in the palace talking about it, "What I mean is that someone deliberately spread the rumors of water ghosts in order to attribute Xin Guiren's death."

An accident?"

"I didn't say anything. It's just that as soon as Mr. Xin Gui died, the rumors of the water ghost were already spreading. I wouldn't believe it unless someone was behind it."

This is the Old Summer Palace, not a lake in the wild. Many people have died in the Old Summer Palace, but if you think about it carefully, the people who drowned in the pool seem to really not exist.

And the legend of the water ghost has always been about the unjust ghost who died unjustly in that lake. Since there are no people who drowned, how can we talk about the unjust ghost? Since there are no unjust souls? Where did the water ghost come from?

But this Xin Gui man may become a water ghost.

"Okay, the emperor will make his own decision after knowing this matter. You should go back to see your master for the last time, wash her up, and bury her neatly."

"yes."

Taomi looked at Chang Yonglu who was standing quietly aside, "You should go down too. Someone has just died in the palace, and it's not easy for me to paint and enjoy it."

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Chang Yonglu ran out and ran all the way to Xin Guiren's palace before he saw An Qian. It was obvious that she had also run back all the way. When the maids in the palace saw An Qian returning, they seemed to have found a backbone, "Aunt An Qian, Xin Guiren

, Xin Guiren, she..."

An Qian entered the inner room and saw Xin Guiren lying on the bed. There was only one candle in the room, which illuminated Xin Guiren's whole body even more. There were water stains on his pale face and wet clothes.

There are still two weeds stuck to it.

Because of fear, I just brought Xin Guiren back, and no one took care of her at all.

"Xiao Luzi, go and fetch a basin of water for me. I'm in trouble."

An Qian went to the closet and took out a set of Xin Guiren's favorite clothes.

I wiped my body with a wet towel, put on my clothes, put my hair in a bun, and lay quietly on the bed.

If, if she had not left first and left her there alone, wouldn't this have happened?

She had been careful in the palace for so many years, but in the end, she still killed someone because of her carelessness. It was all because of her.

"The emperor's arrival is like the arrival of a noble concubine, the arrival of Concubine Chen..."

The eunuch's voice sounded outside. An Qian quickly wiped her tears, went out and knelt down, "Join the Emperor, join all ladies and gentlemen."

"Pingsheng, has Xin Guiren really gone?"

"My servant has just changed clean clothes for Mr. Xin. Mr. Xin, Mr. Xin has indeed gone." An Qian raised her head and looked at the emperor, knocked her head to the ground, and her voice was very loud, echoing in the palace, "please ask the emperor to do it for you."

Xin Guiren made the decision, Xin Guiren was wronged, and I ask the emperor to kill the real culprit of Xin Guiren."

"So there is something fishy about Xin Guiren's death?" The emperor looked at An Qian, staring closely, as if he wanted to see whether what she said was true or false.

"This is the clothes that the slave brother Xin Guiren changed. He took them out in Xin Guiren's hands. This does not belong to Xin Guiren's clothes. It seems that the material is exactly the same as the clothes worn by the young eunuchs. Why is the eunuch's material in Xin Guiren's hands?

, I sincerely ask the emperor to take a closer look."

Xiao Shunzi took the piece of cloth from An Qian's hand. It was indeed the material from the dark blue eunuch's clothes. "Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

The emperor looked at the cloth in Xiao Shunzi's hand, and moved his eyes to Xiao Shunzi. Just by looking at it, he knew that it was a kind of material, and he could easily tell.

"Moreover, not long after Xin Guiren was discovered, news came that Xin Guiren was a water ghost seeking his life. However, as far as the slave girl knows, no one drowned before the pond where Xin Guiren drowned. Since there are no innocent souls, how can they come from there?

Water ghost? Besides, the emperor should still remember that he and Xin Guiren met in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Where did Xin Gui people grow up? Everyone in the water town knows how to swim, so how could Xin Gui people drown in a small pond? "

"Check, give me a thorough check, I want to see who is causing trouble in the harem." The emperor said angrily, "Xiao Shunzi, check each palace for me to see which eunuch is missing a piece of clothing.

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Looking at An Qian, he didn't expect that she would really dare to say it. Aren't you afraid that the emperor would convict her of making lies and deceiving the public?

"Your Majesty, Yiru? Look, we are naturally looking for the murderer, but Xin Guiren's body cannot just be left like this. It's hot summer now, and it will rot quickly if left like this." It's easy to attract bad smells.

Lots of snakes, insects, rats and ants.

"Confer the title of Xin Gui to Xin Gui, and bury her in the mausoleum of the imperial concubine."

The cause of death of a generation of concubines is unknown, and what they got in the end was just a concubine. In this harem, it is true that people can eat people without spitting out their bones.

An Qian knelt aside and listened without speaking. As long as the emperor believed that Xin Bin was murdered, he would definitely find a murderer. But was this 'murderer' the real murderer of Xin Guiren?

do not know either.

Scapegoats are not uncommon in the harem.

Sure enough, Xiao Shunzi led people to search the palace and found more than a hundred pieces of torn clothes. After comparing them one by one, none of them matched the corner of the piece of cloth.

At this time, the emperor had gone back to the Qinzheng Palace. After listening to Xiao Shunzi's report, the emperor's face looked very ugly. If the clothes were found, it meant that there was no conspiracy in the matter. But now that he has not found it, then he

It's even more certain that there's something fishy going on.

"Continue to investigate. If we can't find out who killed Xin Bin, you should be buried with her."

Du Xiaoshunzi retreated tremblingly. Everyone said that he was by the emperor's side and was a popular man, but only he knew that there was nothing wrong with the sentence "like accompanying a tiger."

Taomi didn't expect that Xin Guiren, no, she should be called Xin Bin now, would die so easily, even though she had met her not long ago.

"How did she die? Do you know?"

Mimi smiled mysteriously, "Of course I know."

"who is it?"

"Haha, who in the harem is so capable that he doesn't even think about letting a person die and spreading rumors?"

Queen? Hasn't she been deposed? And she is now in the Forbidden City, this is the Old Summer Palace.

Xiao Shunzi was able to follow the emperor. How could he do it without any skills? The next day he found the murderer, a young eunuch beside Concubine Chen, because he was dissatisfied with Xin Guiren for not saying good things for Concubine Chen in front of Tao Mi that day.

, he pushed Xin Guiren into the pond in a fit of anger.

Originally, I just wanted to give Xin Guiren some trouble, but I didn't expect that Xin Guiren didn't climb up.

When he arrived in front of the emperor, the eunuch was still saying that he was wronged. He just pushed her, not expecting that she would not be able to climb up. However, the emperor was just looking for someone to vent his anger on, so how could he let him go like this? In fact, there were

He couldn't hide from his intention to murder his master.

If you are charged with murdering a concubine, you will face execution in Lingchi. As for Concubine Chen, she said she didn't know about this matter, so she just didn't know. Whether the emperor thinks she knows about it or not is another matter.

Anyway, after this marriage, the emperor never summoned Concubine Chen to attend her bed again. Even if her green head card was ready and left there every day, the emperor would not turn over it.

There are many women like her in the palace. Even if you are right, if you have no merit, you are wrong.

Shengzhu returned to the palace after the Mid-Autumn Festival. During this period of time, life was relatively peaceful. No one died anymore. Instead, a concubine became pregnant, which diluted the long-term gloomy atmosphere.

"For example, after the first lunar month, I will have someone come to take you and the third elder brother back to the palace. At that time, I will confirm the name of the third elder brother."

"Your Majesty, please feel free to return to the palace. If everything is fine here, you won't have to worry about it. All the concubines in the palace are also models of virtue and virtue. I feel relieved to have them serving the Emperor."

The emperor nodded, his eyes falling on Fu Ya behind Tao Mi, "I see that Mr. Fu Gui's health is getting better, so I will return to Beijing with the imperial concubine then."

"Concubine, according to the emperor's instructions, I will definitely take good care of the imperial concubine and the third elder brother during this period. Please rest assured, the emperor." Fuya bowed and said with a smile.

The emperor laughed twice, "The two beloved concubines are so sensible. It's hard for me not to worry. So I will go back to the palace first, and you don't want to be blown away by the wind."

The emperor got on the carriage, Taomi turned back first, and Fu Ya followed her, "Have you thought about it, Mr. Fu Gui? It will be difficult to get out of the palace this time. Although the Old Summer Palace is also a royal garden, it is more spacious than the palace.

If you don't want to go back, I can help you talk to the emperor and let you continue to recuperate here."

"Thank you for your kindness. Since Fu Ya is already a royal wife, there is no reason to escape." At least he can go back to the palace and look at that person from time to time.

She doesn't want much, she just needs to take a look at him from time to time to see if he is doing well, that's all.

Taomi nodded, everyone has different pursuits, she would not stop Fuya from what kind of life she wanted, nor could she impose her own ideas on her.

But judging from the news in the palace, it seems that Sun Baiyang won't be able to be an imperial physician for much longer. It seems that Fu Ya's hopes may be in vain.

In the palace, the emperor had just returned and took a walk in the imperial garden after handling political affairs. Unexpectedly, he saw the deposed queen Niu Hulu in the middle of the plum forest. Her thin body did not even wear a coat.

The petals are buried under the plum tree.

"What are you doing?" Gardeners have always taken care of the flowers in the palace. Although she is no longer the queen, she doesn't need to do this, right?

Mrs. Niu Hulu raised her head and saw the emperor's face. She quickly knelt down and saluted, "The sinful woman has seen the emperor. I wish the emperor good fortune and peace."
To be continued...