C39 (1/2)

This was not a big matter, after all, Luo Yi did not have a single scratch on his body, but somehow it had alarmed the emperor, causing Chen Jinyan and Ye Rong to come to the Hall of Announcements one after another to look at her.

Mu Yizhou followed behind Chen Jinyan as usual, and as he dealt with all of the Empress's questions, he stared blankly at Mu Yizhou's green clothes.

It wasn't easy for him to send off these two great buddhas, and the imperial physician's cure for them was also left behind. Luo Yi finally spoke to Qing Luo: ”Hurry, hurry, pour me a cup of water, you're exhausting me to death …”

”Did you find the body?”

The man was as cold as ice, and his expression made people shiver. The people under the stage kept pushing and pushing each other for a long time, and only when he was about to get angry did one of the unlucky ones get pushed out.

The young man who was pushed out swallowed his saliva, and with the word ”Submit” written on his face, his tone was also a bit hollow, but his voice was loud and clear as usual: ”Reporting to Sir, I found it, it's in extraction hall's pond.”

As he spoke, he took another peek at the man in front of him, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The man was called Wen Shili, he was the Commander of the Imperial Guard in charge of the palace guards, he usually served in front of the palace and rarely came to the harem, but today, he coincidentally had matters to attend to, who would have thought that he would become someone's meat cushion right after entering the imperial garden.

”What is it?” Luo Yi's interest was piqued, but she did not feel tired at all, hence she found a more comfortable sitting position and asked.

”I heard that some palace maid died, and the Mr. Wen came to investigate.”

Qing Luo was not too sure either, but on the way back, she met a few palace maids talking about this matter, and only then did she remember.

”Oh …” Luo Yi dragged her words: ”You're not some ordinary palace maid are you?”

There were at least a few thousand servants in the palace. Although her name was recorded in the book, but there were too many people, so even if Literari Star was alive, it would still be difficult to remember everything. However, according to Qing Luo, this palace maid was discovered right after she went missing.

”Yes, the missing palace maid is called Night Fragrance. She was served by the imperial palace. ”Today, when the emperor was in the morning assembly, no one came to add to his tea, which was why he was discovered.”

Qing Luo cleaned up the table and said: ”But it doesn't seem to be a good idea to amuse people this late.”

She thought for a moment and continued, ”I heard that she has a mean personality and a venomous mouth. She bullies people quite often … Oh yeah... ”This Evening Fragrance used to serve in the East Palace, the Supreme Emperor was too …”

She paused here and purposely skipped the phrase, ”At that time, the Crown Prince was very underhanded and probably got bullied a lot. It was all thanks to the crown prince's magnanimity that he spared them and found such a good place for them …” Your Highness the Crown Prince! ”

Qing Luo suddenly stopped as he spoke. To her surprise, she suddenly raised her voice, not caring about the chores at hand, and knelt down in front of the door.

Luo Yi raised her body and turned her head, she did not know how long Chen Liyi had been standing at the door for, but the noon sunlight shone onto half of his face, causing him to be unable to see her expression clearly.

”What are you standing at the door for? ”Come in.” She waved her hand at Chen Liyi, and at the same time instructed him: ”You may leave.”

”I … Let me see your injury. There were too many people just now, so I didn't manage to squeeze in. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he paused for two breaths and then changed his way of addressing Luo Yi. When he stopped in front of Luo Yi, his head was slightly lowered, showing a clear sign of weakness.

Luo Yi was startled, she stood up from the ground, looked at Chen Liyi for a while, and finally laughed: ”You want to come see me, are you not simple?”

She raised her hand and called Chen Liyi closer: ”Back then the situation was too chaotic so I didn't have time to ask you, what about you? Are you scared? ”

Chen Liyi shook his head.

”That's good.”

Luo Yi said indifferently, as though she was really not interested in Chen Liyi's abnormal behavior. After comforting him a little, Luo Yi coaxed him back into her own room, causing her expression to instantly turn cold, even her voice became softer.

”Go and call Hong Xiang over … Quietly, don't alarm the crown prince. ”

Hong Xiang suddenly called out, without knowing the reason, he kneeled on the ground in confusion.

”Where was the Crown Prince last night?”

”Esteemed Empress, the crown prince is sleeping in his own room …”

”Never stepped out of the room?”

That would be weird … Luo Yi's worry did not decrease but increased instead. He did not do anything wrong, why should she be afraid?

”However …” Hong Xiang added, ”Yesterday, when the Emperor arrived, because he did not have enough manpower, he called this servant over to help. After this servant finished working, I happened to see the crown prince coming back from the outside.”

Luo Yi's face darkened, ”Didn't I tell you to look favorably for the crown prince? Who told you to let him go alone! ”

After pausing for a moment, he finally suppressed the anger in his heart and Luo Yi asked: ”When did you return? When I return, is there anyone else with the crown prince? ”

”No, the Crown Prince came back himself.” Luo Yi had never gotten angry, it was a rare outburst that scared Hong Xiang to the point that she did not even dare to breathe, ”After the crown prince returned, he went back to his room and never stepped out again.”

Luo Yi frowned again.

Honestly speaking, just being able to work in the Eastern Palace alone wasn't worthy of Luo Yi suspecting the crown prince. The key point was that Chen Liyi's unease was too obvious, like a child who was afraid of being scolded by an adult after an ordinary person did something wrong. He didn't even want his identity anymore, so he came to Luo Yi to beg for mercy with a soft voice.

Hong Xiang was still kneeling on the ground, knowing that he could not get any more useful information from her. With a headache, he waved her away, and turned around to call for his people: ”You said the kitchen staff is insufficient? Do you know who's missing? ”

Speaking till this point, Luo Yi had some guesses about the answer, but she was not too surprised by the name Hong Xiang spat out, she only raised her eyebrows and laughed coldly once again, and said: ”You left your duties without permission, you sure have a lot of guts.”

”Secretly ask if anyone knows where she went last night and when she came back …” Oh right, keep quiet, especially not letting the Crown Prince know. ”

After taking care of all of this, Luo Yi once again slanted her head to the side with her forehead furrowed, her face ashen.

Based on her conscience, all she had to do was ponder about the use of the jade pendant the old emperor had given her and watch over Chen Jinyan so that he wouldn't make a move against her without making any sound. But it was rare for Chen Liyi to rely on her, and she herself had a strange feeling of closeness to this child, so since she had already guessed that this matter was related to Chen Liyi, she definitely wouldn't just stand by and do nothing.