The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

The queen died.

Without even having to step forward, the experienced imperial doctors were able to come to this unique and accurate conclusion.

The horrifying sense of death emanated from the Phoenix Throne, but its source was not the "dead" woman, but the man who was protecting her with tears in his eyes, a man who exuded a dangerous and treacherous aura like a tiger, leopard or mountain monster.

She just sat there, and she became a natural barrier separating yin and yang, life and death, causing everyone to instinctively stop and not dare to cross it.

"Your Majesty." With a boldness that he himself did not quite understand, Imperial Physician Lin took a step forward and said, "I would like to examine the pulse of Your Majesty the Queen."

The pair of red eyes turned and looked at him: "Sorry to trouble you, Lord Lin. The queen is weak. Please use the medicine to perfection. Don't damage the queen's health for the sake of a momentary spirit."

The air in the hall suddenly became colder.

Even Chen Guipin, who heard the noise outside and came out anxiously with Imperial Physician Song, felt a chill all over her body at Xie Yuzhen's behavior at this moment. She didn't know how to start talking or what to say to persuade Xie Yuzhen, who was obviously in a bad mood and mental state, instead of igniting him.

It's a tricky situation.

Many people thought the same thing.

Since he had already stepped forward, Imperial Physician Lin did not think that he could retreat, so he walked forward with his head slightly lowered, bowed to the "corpse" of the queen, and said, "Please stretch out your hand, Queen."

Xie Yuzhen had previously placed the empress's weak hand on her chest. Upon hearing this, she did not wait for the female official to come forward to help, but held the arm herself, cushioned it with her own hand, and put it in a position that would be convenient for Imperial Physician Lin to take her pulse. Then she continued to stare at Imperial Physician Lin without blinking, and found that although this man pretended to be calm, his temples were actually wet with cold sweat.

Imperial Physician Lin, who was sweating profusely, reached out to feel the Queen's pulse. His movements were very professional and his expression was serious enough. Even though he could not detect even the slightest movement at his fingertips, Imperial Physician Lin still seriously tried to find the possibility that the Queen was not dead. After a moment, he withdrew his hand, and the fine beads of sweat on his forehead had become extremely conspicuous.

He took a few steps back, then raised his hands over his ears and with a little effort, he took off the official hat on his head. He also knelt down and said, "I am incompetent. The queen... has passed away."

Holding the official hat in front of him with both hands, with Xie Ruizhen's toes not far away, Imperial Physician Lin kowtowed deeply. With his action, the many imperial doctors and palace servants behind him knelt down and kowtowed as if they were just liberated from solidified time.

For a moment, the mixed cries of men and women resounded throughout the Kunning Palace.

After a brief pause, the concubines followed suit and bowed to the empress on the Phoenix Throne. Xie Yuzhen staggered to her feet, as if she was hit hard by the reality she had to accept. She turned pale and took two steps back in panic, but she caught a glimpse of a familiar face in her peripheral vision - Commander He of the Yulin Guard.

I don't know if this guy has been having bad luck recently. In the previous flashback, he was guarding Lefu Palace, and Xie Yuzhen snatched his sword and threatened to commit suicide, which made him live in fear for who knows how long. After this flashback, he was rotated out of his post in Lefu Palace and began to patrol around Changrui Palace. He was just following the rules to arrest palace servants with abnormal itineraries, but he didn't expect to run into such a big event as the Queen's death.

At this moment, Commander He also followed the crowd and knelt down. The warrior in silver armor was very conspicuous among the team of palace servants in plain clothes at the entrance of the hall.

Xie Yuzhen stared at the sword at his waist, and then looked at Wang Xianshi, whose guard had been relaxed a little because the palace maids were all crying over the death of the queen.

She staggered to the front of Imperial Physician Lin and grabbed his clothes like crazy and pulled him up: "I don't believe it! Check again! Check again!"

She shook Imperial Physician Lin frantically. Although everyone had anticipated her loss of composure, they were still frightened by Xie Yuzhen's madness.

"My queen..." Yun Rong cried and rushed over to try to stop her, "My queen, please don't do this."

"Get out of the way!" Xie Yuzhen suddenly pushed the surprised and somewhat flustered Imperial Physician Lin out, then walked to another Imperial Physician and pulled him up as well - this one was already quite old, and it took much less effort to pull him up than to pull Imperial Physician Lin.

"His diagnosis is wrong, you come and diagnose it!"

"Zhao Guipin!" Chen Guipin walked over Li Fei, who was crying and almost fainting in Ruyi's arms, and said, "I know you are sad, but calm down first..."

"How do you expect me to calm down?!" Xie Yuzhen waved away her outstretched hands, "Quack! Quacks are misleading!"

She said in a shrill voice: "The queen is obviously fine, you——"

Xie Yuzhen raised his hand and pointed at the people around him: "Don't you have eyes? The queen is clearly there, she is fine..."

"Zhao Guipin!" Chen Guipin shouted, "Are you going to disturb the Queen's rest and make her... make her restless?!"

She grabbed Xie Yuzhen's arm and pulled it but couldn't move it, so she raised her hand and pointed at Concubine Wang: "Today, a villain is trying to slander the Queen's reputation. Are you just going to watch and go crazy at an innocent person? If so, I will look down on you!"

Wang Xuanshi, who was secretly thinking of escaping to seek help from the "lords of the previous dynasty" while the palace servants were busy crying and neglected to watch over her, was met with two pairs of eyes when she looked up.

One pair of eyes had tears in them, but still managed to maintain some rationality; the other pair of eyes had red eye sockets, with tears about to fall, and its dark pupils seemed like an abyss filled with ominous whispers.

She shuddered subconsciously and no longer cared about anything. She suddenly exerted force to break free from the palace servants' hands, jumped up and ran out.

The movement was so fast that even Commander He, a warrior, was frightened.

The palace maids were about to get up and chase after him.

However, Xie Yuzhen raised his hand and pressed it downwards to stop them from chasing. The woman gritted her teeth and said, "Let her run."

That beautiful face, which had not been distorted even when she was mad, now revealed a calmness that made people even more frightened.

Xie Yuzhen pried open the hand that Concubine Chen was holding on her arm. She stepped forward, and the staggering and panicked figure of Concubine Wang was reflected in her pupils: "No one is allowed to chase her. I want to see where she can escape to."

"Haha." The woman suddenly laughed, with this sweet and joyful, crazy and sad laughter. Xie Yuzhen walked lightly through the palace people. As her plain skirt kept rising and falling, she passed by the kneeling silver-armored guards, lowered her body slightly, and drew out the sharp sword from Commander He's waist with extremely smooth motion.

The clear sound of the sword rubbing against the scabbard woke everyone up.

And when they finally came to their senses from this crazy shock and chased after her, they could only see Consort Wang stumbling and running desperately between two vermilion palace walls, while Xie Yuzhen, dressed in plain clothes, holding a long sword, walked quickly and leisurely behind her to catch up.

Her creepy laughter echoed over the palace path, and evil spirits with swords in hand chased after the guilty living people.