C94

Yuxiu Palace.

Tuoba Yu, Tuoba Rui, Nan Jue, and Zhen Feng remained inside the hall until noon. They gave the order to not allow anyone to disturb them during this time.

After the discussion was over, the hall fell into a period of silence, and the atmosphere was somewhat heavy.

Tuoba Yu habitually stroked the blood jade on his waist with his finger. He frowned slightly as his deep phoenix eyes stared at the imperial report on the table. After a long while, he finally said, "Nine, where is Lian Huang now?"

"He's always been at the Absolute Immortal Restaurant." Tuoba Rui replied.

"Right." Tuoba Yu slightly closed his eyes and smiled lazily. "Zhen Feng, send someone to take care of the Embroidery Hall."

Zhen Feng was startled before nodding his head. "Yes, Your Majesty."

Tuoba Rui and Nan Jue looked at each other and didn't understand.

He leaned lazily on the back of the chair, squinted his eyes like a lazy leopard and said, "Ninth brother, do you think Lian Kuang will be satisfied with my arrangements?"

Tuoba Rui froze on the spot, then abruptly came to a realization. "The emperor wants Lian Lian pao to stay in the Evening Primrose Temple …" Ning Xuemo frowned. "Lian peng already has his own palace before he left the palace. Why not let him live in his former palace?"

Nan Jue and Zhen Lin also had puzzled expressions as they looked at him.

Tuoba Yu revealed a fox-like smile as he said, "Don't you find it very interesting to sit next to the Hall of Illumination?"

Tuoba Rui Wei E, Chao Hui Hall and Xi Fu Hall are next to each other … The corner of his mouth twitched as he looked at Emperor Xian, who had a creepy smile on his face. He had to admit that in terms of being undercover, he was not his match!

Dawn Hall was Lou Lan's sleeping quarters, but Lou Lan's was a nightmare.

Lian Jun had seen almost all of Lou Lan's methods against Tuoba Yu.

The Lian Li of the same year as Tuoba Yu was just a troublemaker who wore a pair of pants. The two of them listened to Divine Doctor Yun Feng's lecture, and Lian Li helped Tuoba Yu do a lot of untidy things.

Compared to Tuoba Yu, he had suffered a lot more at Lou Lan's hands.

All along, Lian Qing was like a mouse that had met a cat and was hiding as far away as possible from Lou Lan.

Yet, some emperor had allowed the two of them to live next to each other. Other than being interesting, he probably wanted to use Lou Lan to suppress him … Needless to say, this move was enough … Ruthless!

Suddenly, he felt pity for Lou Lan. He felt like he was being toyed with. He did not know if he would regret his decision to return to the palace just because he knew that he was about to be next to Lou Lan.

Nan Jue and Zhen Jian had followed Tuoba Yu ever since he was young, so all they had to do was think about what they had to say to him.

Seeing that everyone understood, Tuoba Yu quickly opened his eyes. He put down his legs and stood up, then walked out of the hall. "Follow me to the Longevity Palace to take a look."

Zhen Jian hurriedly rushed forward to open the door, but just as he did, he saw a young eunuch flop to his knees. "This servant has something to report to the emperor. May Young Master Zhen please pass on it."

Zhen Feng frowned. Just as he was about to open his mouth to criticize, he saw a yellow step at his side from the corner of his eye. He took two steps back and stood behind him.

Tuoba Yu looked at the person on the ground indifferently and asked casually, "Why are you in such a panic?"

The eunuch lowered his head, not knowing yet that the one speaking to him was the current emperor. He answered truthfully, "Beauty Zheng …" "Gone."

Beauty Zheng?!

Tuoba Yu frowned slightly, "It's gone? "Why can't I?"

"Someone found out this morning that Beauty Zheng hanged herself from the Soul Orchid Hall, and now the corpse of Beauty Zheng is left in her palace."

Palace of Soul Orchid!

Her phoenix eyes suddenly turned fierce as she sneered. This beauty Zheng had died at the right time.

He coldly looked at the person on the ground and said, "Send my edict, bury him deeply!"

I …

The young eunuch was immediately scared half to death, and he said while doing nothing, "Yes!"

After that, he stumbled away.

Tuoba Yu flicked his wide sleeves and returned to the hall.

When Tuoba Rui and the others saw this, they hurriedly turned around as well.

Tuoba Yu was just about to sit down when someone from outside the hall came to report that the justice court's young official, Song Shiliang, had requested an audience.

Tuoba's lips turned cold. "Xuan!"

Tuoba Rui and Southern Jue stood on either side of Song Shiliang. He was dressed in his official uniform as he knelt down, "This official, Song Shiren, pays his respect to your majesty."

"Stand up!" Tuoba Yu's voice was a bit heavy. He was worried about someone and was afraid that she would be frightened.

"Thank you, your majesty!" Song Shiren stood up and directly said without any hesitation, "All of the medicine stores in the East Tomb City that Zheng Xianfeng's family owned have disappeared in one night … It was as if the Zheng Clan had never even appeared in the Eastern Tomb City.

Other than Tuoba Yu, the others were all shocked.

The Zheng Family had gradually flourished six years ago, and in just two short years, they became the largest medicinal clan in the Eastern Tomb City. The reason they were called aristocratic families was because they used to operate medicine for generations.

Most importantly, the Zheng Family had such a large fortune. It was incredibly bizarre to say that it disappeared just like that.

Furthermore, the Zheng Family had disappeared along with this beauty. Was this a coincidence?!

Tuoba Yu narrowed his eyes. His long eyelashes hid some of the coldness in his eyes.

On the night of his grandma's birthday banquet, he couldn't help but suspect the connection between his unusual behavior and Qi Mujing's abnormal anxiety, as well as his coincidental encounter with Shen Zhiqiao.

Thus, he had Song Shiliang investigate with all his might. Song Shiliang was his subordinate, and he was an upright and decisive man. The position of the Supreme Court's Junior Official was given to him.

He didn't expect that the Zheng Family would disappear the moment he made a move, and that Beauty Zheng would also die straightforwardly …

He harrumphed in his heart, Qi Mujing was really looking down on him!

As soon as he stepped into the hall, his eyes bulged out of their sockets as he witnessed the shocking scene. He was stunned and unable to react for a moment.

Shen Zhiqiao was standing on a small stool under a tree. Standing on his tiptoes, he raised his head and grabbed onto the white silk hanging from the tree trunk with both hands. His body trembled as if he would fall down at any moment.

The corners of his eyes twitched in fear, and he hurriedly helped the eunuch up. He ran up to Shen Zhi Qiao with his fastest speed in his life, and grabbed him by the thigh, and said in a trembling voice, "Young lady, you can't, you're such a good person, how did you think of living such a light life …"

Just how many people will die with you?

Shen Zhi Qiao was also scared witless by his sudden hug. Calming her nerves, she looked at him and the corner of her mouth twitched, "Where have I lived? I just want to remove this piece of white silk!"

"Miss, come down first! We'll talk later!" It concerned his own life, and he dared not let his guard down.

Shen Zhi Qiao furrowed his brows. Seeing how scared he looked, he sighed, "Let me go first. I'll get off."

His face turned red from embarrassment, and he carefully let go of her hand. However, he didn't move his hands too far, afraid that she would do something to him.

Shen Zhiqiao jumped down and raised his head to look at the white silk. Presumably, it had been hanging there for a long time. The white silk was very thick and the knot was very tight.

He glanced to the south of his head where he wiped his sleeves, and his eyelids twitched again, "South, where did you go? "I've been looking for you for a long time …"

He stopped and slowly lowered his hand. He saw that she was not looking at him and did not even glance at him. It seemed like she was just casually asking.

Slightly exhaling, he answered, "I saw that the girl was resting, so I went out to take a walk."

"Oh." Shen Zhiqiao pursed his lips and nodded, pointing to the white silk on the tree. "Go and take it down. I'm so scared to see it hanging on there every day!"

Just like before, Nan immediately shook her head. "You can't, young lady. You can't take this piece of white silk. If you take it, something big might happen."

"What big thing can happen? Do you believe that a spirit soul will live on this white silk? " Shen Zhiqiao mocked.

Nan was stopped by her question, but did not compromise, "Miss, this piece of white silk really cannot be taken, cannot be taken!"

Shen Zhiqiao bit his lips. "Then, do I have to get it down?"

"…" There was nothing to say.

If she really insisted on taking it, what could he do? She was the master!

The result was that the white silk was taken down and thrown into the great stove, which had been set ablaze with garbage from the palace.

Night came.

Shen Zhiqiao laid on the bed with his eyes closed and his brows tightly knitted. His entire face was covered with sweat and his fists were clenched tightly at his sides.

In her dream, there was a person chasing after her in the dark night. She couldn't see the person's face clearly, she only knew that he was running for his life. She seemed to be playing with her.

She was extremely frightened, extremely tired, and extremely hungry. She didn't know how long she had been running, but she could hear that person's broken laughter. The laughter was so sharp that it seemed as if it was going to burst into her heart.

Her body shook, a pair of dark green hands rested on her shoulders. Her hands were cold to the bone, she could not move, she was so scared that she did not dare to breathe too loudly, her entire body was trembling.

Her ice-cold face rubbed against her ear. What was she saying …

She heard it clearly, heard it clearly … She wanted her to accompany her. She said it was cold and lonely, they bullied her because she was new. They bullied her, so they had to accompany her …

She was so scared that she stopped breathing, her mouth was open, and her whole body was trembling. She didn't dare to move.

She could feel her hand gradually leaving her shoulder. She didn't even have time to heave a sigh of relief before a white silk suddenly appeared in front of her eyes and instantly wrapped around her neck …

She clenched her hands, wanting to shout for help, but she couldn't. Bai Ling was holding her too tightly, she couldn't speak …

"The one who wakes up, the one who …" His voice was filled with worry.

Then, when he felt a touch of warmth on his stiff body, Shen Zhi Qiao suddenly grabbed onto that warmth and opened his eyes.