C39 (2/2)

At night, Chen Jinyan did not come to look for her. He said that he had matters to take care of in the imperial court, so Luo Yi was very clear on the situation and laughed, saying that the emperor had to take care of a lot of things everyday, so he did not need to specifically tell her about all these.

”This is the emperor putting our Empress in his heart!” Qing Luo had a sweet mouth, this was what she said to Luo Yi when she saw her father-in-law back into his room.

Luo Yi gave a noncommittal smile. She did not reply, but in her heart, she could not smile at all.

Was it really all a coincidence?

As the night fell, in the entire Hall of Announcements, other than the palace guards, there was no one else who was awake.

Before Luo Yi went to sleep, she specially found an excuse to kick the maids and eunuchs out of the room. As a result, she flipped the windows extremely smoothly, not disturbing even a single bug.

The window of her bedroom faced the backyard, and the wall in the corner of the backyard was somehow shorter than the rest, so she didn't need to use too much effort to climb over it.

She dusted her hands and looked around like a thief. After confirming that there was no one around, she walked towards her destination cautiously.

In the day, Qing Luo said that the corpse was found in the extraction hall. It was a remote place, and there were very few people who went there originally, but two years ago, a concubine was found hanging in there. After that, there were even fewer people who went there, and basically, there were only people who cleaned it once every six months.

It was probably due to psychological factors causing Luo Yi to feel a chill the moment she stepped into the palace gate. It was as if something was staring at her all the time, which was extremely strange.

She rubbed her arms with both of her hands, taking each step more carefully.

It was said that the corpse was found in a pond in the backyard. Because it had not been cleaned for a long time, weeds that were half a leg high grew along the side of the pond, and the water was covered with moss. When the corpse was pulled out, it was even wrapped in aquatic plants.

Luo Yi didn't have the guts to run to the side of the pond, she only went along the way to see if she had left any clues, such as bloodstains.

There were many wounds on the body, roughly a hundred or so. This kind of crime looked more like revenge, and they heard that this palace maid wasn't drowned, but had lost too much blood and died while being dragged along the way, so …

”Who are you? How dare he trespass! Turn around! ”

Unfortunately, before her thoughts could take shape in her mind, they were interrupted by a voice from behind her.

The voice of the person who spoke sounded ice-cold, even colder than the weapon he placed on Luo Yi's neck.

Luo Yi sighed at her shameful appearance as she raised her hand above his head. She carefully turned around, afraid that the sword on her neck that was emitting a cold light under the moonlight would leave a hole in her body.

Because of that, she only brought a fire piston with her as lighting. This pitiful fire piston, however, was extinguished because of Wen Shili's cold snort, so Wen Shili had to take advantage of the weak moonlight for a long time before he was able to recognize that the person in front of him was the person he had saved this morning.

”Esteemed Empress Yi?” Wen Shili frowned, he had retracted the sword. His tone was not polite at all: ”What are you doing here?”

”...” When I heard that there was a murder case here, I was curious and came to take a look. ”

She had not thought that she would be caught red-handed the moment she stepped out of the door, nor did she come up with a plan in advance. It took her a good while to come up with such an unwise reason. Fortunately, Wen Shili did not care too much about her words, after glancing at her for a moment, he kept his sword and walked towards the place where he had found the corpse.

The two of them had just misplaced their shoulders, Luo Yi immediately felt the sinister feeling behind him grow even stronger, and after standing still for a while, she couldn't help but jogging two steps and following behind them.

Wen Shili glanced at her but did not say anything.

”Do you no longer doubt me?” Maybe because there were too many differences in attitude, Luo Yi could not help but ask.

Wen Shili answered without thinking: ”The crime was committed last night. At that time, the Empress was together with the Emperor. There was no time for the crime to be committed.”

He used his sword to brush the grass in front of him. Just as he was about to walk forward, he paused for some reason and then took a step to the side. ”Empress, this way please.”

Luo Yi did not stand on ceremony with him, and walked along the path that he had opened up, feeling at ease. As she walked, she asked him: ”This is not the first crime scene right?”

”Yes.”

Was he agreeing with her or denying her?

Luo Yi curled her lips, she knew that the person in front of him would not easily divulge the details of the case to him, so she poured out all of the information she had heard from him: ”I heard that he had been slashed by several hundred people?”

”Nope.”

”How tragic … I've also heard that this palace maid died from excessive blood loss. ”

”Crap.”

”I wonder why the murderer had to go through so much trouble to bring the corpse here … Could it be because there are only a few people here that can't be discovered? ”

”Empress Dowager …”

Wen Shili did not want to bother with her, seeing how she kept on talking, he took his as an old well, and only replied with a single word or sentence. However, when he said half of what he said just now, he immediately realised that something was wrong, and he could not control his anger and glared at his.

Luo Yi laughed like a cunning fox, ”Oh …”

She used all her strength to drag out her last words. ”This place really isn't the scene of the first crime. It seems like those sounds I heard in the afternoon weren't all fake!”

This was the first time in Wen Shili's life that someone tried to trick him. He was angered to the point that his face turned green and white, but because of the other party's identity, he could not say anything more.

Luo Yi had never seen such a person, she could not even utter a word with her staff, and was immediately interested. When others were not paying attention, she suddenly went over and teased: ”Mr. Wen doesn't look too good!”

Originally, she wanted to laugh at him, but since Wen Shili was a martial artist, it was difficult for ordinary people to get close to him. When they saw Luo Yi's sudden attack, they instinctively leaned back to avoid it, but managed to endure it with great difficulty, and pitied Luo Yi, who ran straight into the pond. Fortunately, Wen Shili's reaction was fast, and he resisted the impulse to pull out his sword, so he extended his arm forward to grab Luo Yi back.

”Empress, please have some self-respect.”

Just as Luo Yi stabilized her footing, she heard those words.