Reborn as a Sickly Child: The Emperor's Beloved

The moonlight is like water, sprinkling on the quiet streets, emitting a cool glow.

The corpses and blood on the street had been quickly cleaned up, as if the bloody scene had never happened.

It was already late at night when the two returned to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity.

But the lights in the Hall of Mental Cultivation were still on, and Li Defu was standing outside the hall, looking forward to it.

His Majesty and His Majesty are finally coming back. They are a little delayed in entering the palace, and Li Defu is filled with anxiety.

It seemed that the people coming were His Majesty and His Majesty, and Li Defu hurried to greet them.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have asked the palace maids to prepare the toiletries," Li Defu followed the two of them. He had prepared these things early on. Your Majesty and Your Majesty must be exhausted after entering the palace so late at night.

Shen Yanyan waved her hand and went directly to the bedroom in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. After washing up, she was not even covered with dust. There was no need to wash up again. She was tired and sleepy and just wanted to sleep.

Xiao Jingzhan glanced at her back and walked towards the side hall.

Li Defu was the chief eunuch of the emperor. At this moment, he was outside the side hall, instructing the palace servants to help His Majesty wash and dress.

"You all need to be careful. There is no room for negligence when serving His Majesty." Li Defu's voice was sharp and stern. The palace servants shuddered after hearing it and became more busy and cautious.

Shen Yanyan returned to the bedroom and fell asleep immediately. As soon as she touched the pillow and smelled the familiar and reassuring scent, she fell into a deep dream.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Guo Liang hurried into the study.

"Prime Minister, something has happened. All the assassins we sent out have been killed. His Majesty has already entered the palace."

Gao Xiang, who was sitting at the desk, had a cold face. "It seems that I underestimated him. He had no imperial guards or garrison troops around him. He relied on a few secret guards to kill all the assassins I had carefully trained for many years. There are many things hidden behind our Majesty."

"Nanzhu Mountain sent out about a hundred people in total. Although the people sent out from the capital were only a hundred people, they were all the best among the death squads. Unexpectedly, they were all killed. Prime Minister, the loss this time is a bit heavy." Guo Liang said with a frown.

These assassins were carefully trained over the past three years with a huge amount of financial, material and human resources. How could they not be heartbroken when they lost two hundred of them in just one day!

"It's good that the training base has not been exposed. If these two hundred people die, they die. No one expects that such a small number of people can kill Xiao Jingzhan!" The candlelight reflected on his face, and his face looked a little sinister under the dim light.

Guo Liang nodded. Indeed. Xiao Jingzhan had fought his way into the capital through a sea of ​​blood and corpses. He had been emperor for so many years that they had forgotten how he ascended the throne.

It is very difficult to overthrow a man who is a man of both civil and military talents and has a ruthless mind.

Inside the Yangxin Hall.

Xiao Jingzhan came back from washing up and saw Shen Yanyan sleeping peacefully on the bed. He walked up to her gently, lay down beside her, held her in his arms, and his eyes fell gently on her slightly red forehead.

He gently rubbed the injured area with his hand. Her shallow breathing sounded in his ears, which made him feel inexplicably relieved.

Seeing her sleeping face so sweet, he couldn't help but want to get close to her. He leaned down gently and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.

This kiss was as light as a feather, yet full of affection. He felt her body temperature and breathed her scent, as if time had stopped at this moment.

There was a trace of guilt and heartache in Xiao Jingzhan's eyes. She had entered the palace at this most chaotic time. He couldn't bear to see her standing in the front and fighting bravely. These were what he should do.

Xiao Jingzhan hugged her tightly, resting his chin on her soft hair, as if she was the most precious treasure in the world, and slowly fell asleep.

The next day, Xiao Jingzhan went to the morning court.

After Shen Yanyan got up, she washed up and returned to her Yaohua Palace. As soon as she entered the palace, her face became gloomy. Concubine Gao! Wait, you will pay the price for doing something wrong.

As soon as Shen Yanyan entered Yaohua Palace, the palace servants hurried forward to pay their respects.

Shen Yanyan waved her hand and walked towards the inner courtyard.

Xia Zhu and Dong Xue had been in the inner courtyard. Seeing her come in, Xia Zhu hurriedly stepped forward and asked softly, "Madam, you are finally back?"

Shen Yanyan raised her head, looked at Xia Zhu, and said slowly: "Finally? I've only been out for two days, why do I feel like you've been away for a long time?"

Dongxue nodded and said, "My queen, you just went on a long journey. It's only been two days and we miss you so much."

Xia Zhu also nodded, indicating that she agreed with Dong Xue's words!

Shen Yanyan smiled and said, "Okay, okay!"

In fact, she also felt like she had been on a long journey, as there were too many things happening in the past two days.

Shen Yanyan walked towards the inner room, looked at the two people and said, "Follow me."

Seeing that the empress looked serious, Xia Zhu and Dong Xue quickly followed her.

After entering the inner room, Shen Yanyan asked Dongxue to close the door and said to the two of them, "Dongxue, go check carefully to see if there have been any concubines who have died suddenly since His Majesty ascended the throne. Check Concubine Gao first!"

Shen Yanyan's expression was serious. Wasn't Concubine Gao good at framing others? She also let her taste the feeling of being framed by others. She couldn't die yet, but she had to pay a price for provoking her. When the time was right, she would kill her first.

"Also, bring over the palace's accounts for the past three years. Gao Jinyi doesn't seem like the kind of person who can be tolerant of others. She must have put a lot of effort into these accounts over the past three years. Treating concubines harshly? I don't believe she has never done anything like withholding money from her husband."

"Ask the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come to Yaohua Palace." After Shen Yanyan gave the instructions, she began to think about how to deal with Concubine Gao.

Even if she doesn't die, she will be skinned alive.

Xia Zhu and Dong Xue nodded and went down to make arrangements. The Queen wanted to deal with Concubine Gao, and they couldn't hold her back, so they had to make arrangements.

above the hall.

Xiao Jingzhan sat on the dragon throne at the top, his eyes cold and majestic, scanning the people below.

His eyes were as sharp as torches, emitting an invisible pressure that made people dare not look up and look directly into his eyes.

"I met a lot of assassins when I returned to the palace last night." His tone was calm, but it frightened the officials below him. Their faces turned pale, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and they all knelt on the ground.

Assassinating His Majesty is a capital crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the clan. These people are too crazy to dare to attack His Majesty in the capital.

"There was quite a commotion, but the Royal Guards haven't shown up yet!"

"Someone come, bring the commander of the imperial guards up." Li Defu shouted, and the people outside the hall brought him up.

Xiao Jingzhan glanced at Gao Xiang, whose expression remained unchanged, and sneered in his heart, "Old fox! Let's see if you can still remain so calm later."