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The moon was cold as water, her ear pressed against Wen Shili's chest, making her feel as if she could feel the rise and fall of his chest as he spoke.

Luo Yi, "..."

"After you, Empress."

At this moment, he wasn't wearing the mask that obstructed his eyes, revealing his complete facial features. The scar on the right side of his face was much thinner than it had been during the day, and when paired with his white jade-like skin, it gave off a seductive feeling for no reason.

They had always been outside of extraction hall, and watched helplessly as the two figures slowly stood side by side, one in front of the other.

Actually, he had planned for the person to appear here tonight, but who knew that the heavens would not want him to show off. Just as he was about to appear, he saw that someone had silently followed Luo Yi.

That person was of course Wen Shili. It was too dark to see clearly who the sneaky figure in front of him was. Instinctively, he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword. However, as he approached, he discovered that this person was not the murderer that he thought he was …

Mu Yizhou retracted his thoughts, and turned to look at Chen Jinyan, whose face had a profound expression, but had eyes filled with schadenfreude. He raised his eyebrows, and said indifferently: "She's your concubine now."

The meaning behind his words was that since this green hat was still hanging on your head, everyone should not laugh at each other.

"You're right." With much difficulty, Chen Jinyan managed to hold back his laughter, "From what I see, this Imperial Consort Yi and this Mr. Wen can also be considered a perfect match …"

Before he could finish his words, the person beside him bowed and took his leave.

"Hey, don't go …" From what I see, you are also a perfect match for Imperial Consort Yi … "

On the other side, the talented and pretty Imperial Consort Yi and Mr. Wen were still continuing to face each other in silence, feeling awkward.

Even though the two of them were walking shoulder-to-shoulder, Luo Yi was still unable to think of anything to say to ease the awkward atmosphere. Furthermore, it was impossible for Wen Shili to take the initiative to speak, so Luo Yi racked her brains and finally thought of a less embarrassing topic: "Honestly, why did you send me here?"

"For now."

"Huh?"

Luo Yi was startled, and before she could react to the meaning of the four words, Wen Shili abruptly grabbed him by the waist and jumped onto a tree.

Luo Yi held her breath and looked down from the tree, she could only watch as a squadron of night guards passed beneath her feet.

However, this did not mean that the guards in the other parts of the palace were similarly loose. Especially her, the Hall of Announcements, which had recently become the home of the Emperor's beloved Imperial Consort Yi as well as the ruler of a country, naturally had a much tighter defense than the other palaces.

Luo Yi did not even dare to breathe loudly. After the Imperial Guards that she had worked so hard to hold in left, her entire face was red as she gasped for breath and asked: "All of you have left, right?"

Wen Shili's eyes fluctuated once again.

As Luo Yi spoke, she turned her head back and accidentally saw the look Wen Shili was giving him, and she immediately looked like a cat with its tail stepped on, wanting to bite him: "What kind of look is that?"

The look of a fool...

Wen Shili once again carried her and landed on the ground. He lightly said, "This subject even thought that the Empress wanted to suffocate herself to death."

"This palace …" Luo Yi was speechless. She could only glare at him hatefully, and then quicken her pace.

No one noticed that the man with the icy face behind her had suddenly raised his face into a smile.

Even he didn't realize it.

Before, when Luo Yi went to the extraction hall, since she did not bring anyone with him, it meant that she had secretly run there herself. Although he could not think of the reason behind the Empress's actions, she knew very well that this person was not related to this case.

The two of them walked together, shoulder to shoulder, at some point in time. Wen Shili shrugged, uninterested in Luo Yi's reluctant thanks: "It's nothing much, Empress doesn't need to take it to heart."

Luo Yi curled her lips again.

Returning to Hall of Announcements was the same as before, she flipped over the wall, but the better point compared to going out was that Wen Shili had flipped over the wall while carrying her.

As a Commander of the Imperial Guard, whether it was flipping over a wall or flipping over a window, it was fine for Wen Shili. When he landed, there was not even a single sound.

Luo Yi patted his shoulder as she praised him, "With the skills that Mr. Wen has, if he were to become a thief, he would definitely steal all the skills in the world."

Wen Shili ignored her. After putting her down, he wanted to flip the window and go out again.

"Hey wait a moment," Luo Yi opened her mouth, saw a hand supporting on the windowsill, but slowed down because of her call, and laughed: "On account of you helping me today …"

She said, "Have you examined the maid who found the body?"

Wen Shili did not even need to ask who she heard this from, and could not be bothered to fight with her for no reason. He honestly shook his head.

"Not yet. I intend to go to the inquest tomorrow."

"Interrogate her properly," Luo Yi yawned, and after saying that, he gave the order to expel the guest without a trace of politeness: "She must be lying."

Wen Shili raised his eyebrows, and did not ask her for the reason why he said those words, but once again, a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

The palace maid had lied.

Although he had not personally gone to investigate, from the information reported by his subordinate, the palace maid must have concealed some important information. He just did not expect that the emperor's new beloved concubine would be so quick-witted that she would be able to draw such a conclusion based on the information she had heard.

Thinking of this, the smile on his face became even wider. Before he left, he actually said, "Good night, esteemed lady!" before he left, he was still in a good mood.

"Ugh …" Luo Yi laid on the bed and replied half-heartedly: "Good night, Master."

Because he had slept rather late the previous night, by the time Luo Yi woke up the next day, the sky was already bright.

Perhaps it was because the weather was good today, when Qing Luo helped her comb her makeup, she could not even stop herself from smiling. Luo Yi was in a good mood due to the smile in the mirror, she herself could not hold back and laughed with her: "What is the good news today? "Look at how happy you are."

"Look at what the Empress has said. To serve the Empress is the best thing that can happen to a servant."

"Only your mouth is sweet."

Luo Yi glared at her angrily through the mirror, then lowered her gaze, pretending to be unconcerned: "Qing Luo, your mouth is so coincidental and capable, I'm not willing to give you up to anyone else!"

"Esteemed wangfei, what kind of words are these …" She showed two hair ornaments to Luo Yi: "Which one does the Empress want to wear today?"

"About this," Luo Yi said as she thought about it in her heart. She did not take a careful look and casually pointed to one. "That's right, even I can't figure it out which palace the emperor poached you from."

"Empress's eyesight is good. Wearing this would be perfect for your makeup today."

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."