C40 (2/2)

Qing Luo put the things back on for her, held the mirror up and down her body before speaking, ”How could this servant have the fortune to serve all the masters in the palace … Fortunately, the emperor and the Empress did not mind, so Qing Luo was able to stay by the Empress's side. ”

”Is that so …” Luo Yi answered indifferently, with a tone that did not contain any actual feelings.

When he went out of the door, he found out that Chen Liyi was not there, and according to Qing Luo, he had been dragged by the Tutor Liang to recite the words.

”Tutor Liang?” Luo Yi was a little doubtful: ”Does this palace not remember that the honored tutor's surname is Zheng?”

”Yes.” Qing Luo answered: This servant said that this Tutor Liang has already resigned from the palace two years ago, but because he is an official with vast knowledge in the three dynasties, our emperor has always respected him, thus allowing him the privilege of entering and exiting the palace freely, but he is unwilling to get involved with the affairs of the imperial court, and has always been more interested in the crown prince's studies … ”Empress, please try this new almond tofu made in this little kitchen.”

Luo Yi picked up a spoonful and said, ”The taste is not bad, let the little kitchen make more, when the crown prince comes back, let him have a taste … ”Send more people to deliver more to the emperor and empress.”

”Yes.”

After Qing Luo received the order, she laid down in the courtyard and basked in the sun for a while. However, the more she laid down, the more tired she became, the more she felt that she was accompanied by shadows.

Qing Luo called out carefully, ”Empress?”

”Hmm?”

”If you are really sleepy, you should go back to your room to rest. It will save yourself the cold.”

She spoke as she helped Luo Yi sit up from the chair, allowing his body to freely move around. After sitting for a while longer, she finally managed to stand up, and on the way back to her room, she saw many palace maids gathered together, talking about something unknown, but they stopped when they saw her, and greeted her in panic.

Luo Yi was a little curious: ”What are they saying?”

Qing Luo turned her head to look at them, and as if she had thought of something, she laughed as well, ”She must be laughing at that group of Imperial Guards.”

Forbidden army? An expressionless face instantly appeared in Luo Yi's mind, and her drowsiness had instantly disappeared as well. She curiously asked: ”What are they laughing about?”

”Mr. Wen punished his imperial guards to run ten laps around the palace walls this morning, while running they would even shout 'Let me talk too much' and attracted a large number of palace maids and eunuchs to watch.”

Running around the palace walls? To think that he could come up with such a plan!

Luo Yi wanted to laugh, but taking into consideration that there was an outsider beside him who was forcefully holding it in, she turned her feet and changed the direction she was moving in: ”You haven't caught the murderer of extraction hall, right?”

”Not yet.”

”Then let's go take a look as well.” This time, she had thought of an excuse beforehand. ”When the empress came yesterday, she had me help her manage the harem's affairs, and since Your Majesty has always been kind to me, I should lighten their burdens …” Right, where is the location of the Mr. Wen's interrogation? ”

In the kitchen.

Wen Shili did not have the authority to bring people out of the palace and interrogate them. He could only find a secluded place in the backyard of the imperial kitchen and ask the questions his subordinates had asked him again.

”You found the body?”

”Yes.”

”When?”

”Yesterday morning.”

”The extraction hall is very far from the imperial kitchens. Why would you go there?”

”When this servant was passing by earlier, I dropped something there. I'll go back and look for it.”

”What is it?”

”It's not anything valuable. This servant entered the palace and was personally made by mother herself …” If you don't believe me, look. ”

As she spoke, the palace maid took out a bag from her bosom.

Wen Shili only took a glance before she kept it, obviously not interested, and before he could finish speaking, he heard someone from the palace say, ”Esteemed Empress Yi has arrived.”

Wen Shili was startled, he turned his head to see the lady slowly walking over with the support of a palace maid.

Unlike the previous night, she was currently dressed up meticulously. There were also many servants following behind her, making her seem much more forceful. Just looking at her made people feel dizzy.

While he was in a daze, Imperial Consort Yi had already arrived in front of him, seeing that the palace maid in front of him was saluting her, Wen Shili finally reacted, but before he could do anything, he was ignored by the latter with a casual wave of her hand: ”Mr. Wen will continue, I am only here to watch the show.”

While they were speaking, someone had already moved a chair over. Imperial Consort Yi raised her eyes, her lips curled up into a smile, and she casually sat down.

Wen Shili snapped out of his shock with great difficulty, but his tone of voice was no longer as sharp as before. ”extraction hall is located in a remote place, why would a palace maid from the imperial kitchens like you pass by that place?”

”Of course it's because there are overgrown weeds in extraction hall.

The palace maid who was questioned did not even open her mouth when Luo Yi answered first. Seeing Wen Shili turn to look at him, he innocently shrugged his shoulders. ”Mr. Wen, instead of asking this, why don't you ask who she went with?”

Saying that, she winked at Wen Shili.

Wen Shili immediately reacted: ”It's just daylight. Why would she go to that remote place with others?”

”Who knows? Maybe I have an appointment with someone. ”

”What does the Empress mean by this?”

”It's not that important, she's just a girl, but when she sees a corpse, she doesn't panic. It's just a guess.”

”Even if the Empress had guessed, she shouldn't have spoken carelessly and destroyed the innocence of others.”

”I only said that I had an appointment with someone, and I never said that this person was male or female. Where did it come from to destroy someone's innocence …”

After saying that, she paused for a moment before turning to the palace maid and smiled, ”Am I right?”

The palace maid's face turned pale from fright. Hearing these words, her entire body trembled like a sieve as she stuttered for a long time, not knowing what to say. Speak... ”I'm talking about …”

Luo Yi then stood up from the chair and took two steps forward, as though she had unintentionally said it: ”I heard that when the corpse was being fished out, its face was painted, did you see that?”

”No …” The palace maid was so frightened by her actions that she started crying. She subconsciously wanted to say ”no”, but the words were just on the tip of her tongue when she said, ”Look …” ”I saw it …”

”That's truly strange …” As Luo Yi said that, shshesmiled and returned back to her chair. Before she even looked up, he heard Wen Shili following her words: ”This subject brought the body back, but there isn't a single scratch on her face.”