The prince supports her, and the reborn princess kills people

As soon as Shen Qingyan heard it, she knew that this little girl was acting impulsively again.

"What's going on? Tell me clearly."

Hua Yan then explained.

She felt that she had done nothing. She just took advantage of Su Peichang's trembling walk out and dragged him to an empty corner and beat him with a stone, settling all the old and new accounts and extracting some useful information from him.

It’s a pity that Su Peichang couldn’t say anything useful, which is really strange.

After listening to this, Shen Qingyan understood that Su Peichang was not unable to say it, but he simply did not dare to say it.

I guess Gu Beihuai has already explained it.

Why did he hide it from her? What happened to Zhiyu? She was worried and anxious, but she had no idea what to do.

Tonight was destined to be a restless night. The Zhaohua Palace was protected like an iron barrel by hundreds of guards. It looked like even if a blind fly flew in, it would test the sharpness of their swords.

Shen Qingyan had been waiting for news, or rather, waiting for Gu Beihuai to come back, but in the second half of the night she could no longer hold on and fell asleep.

Little did they know that Gu Beihuai had not slept all night.

Pei Zheng brought him a piece of news that shocked him greatly.

To be precise, it was an object, a mutton-fat jade pendant.

There is nothing special about the jade pendant, but what is special is the words carved on it.

宸。

That is Gu Chenan’s jade pendant.

This jade pendant was found in the bushes near the Qinnu Temple and was seen by many people at the time.

Soon rumors spread that the ghost was not a female ghost, but actually a male ghost, and that it was the ghost of King Chen that had returned.

Why did the ghost of Prince Chen appear in the palace? What did he want to do when he came back? Although the palace people did not dare to make a big news, they all had doubts in their hearts.

Could it be that he is here to seize the throne?

They all heard that Prince Chen died suddenly and his death was suspicious but no one dared to speak out. Now they have the opportunity to speak out.

All kinds of rumors spread like wildfire and reached every corner of the palace overnight.

Of course, except Zhaohua Palace.

After twists and turns of events, the focus now is no longer on finding Zhiyu, but where the jade pendant came from and who threw it or placed it in the grass.

The ghost story is not credible, but there are remnants of Prince Chen in the palace, so it is possible.

Important officials of the court entered the palace overnight and discussed countermeasures with Gu Beihuai in the imperial study all night.

The Royal Guards did not stop either, and kept searching for Zhiyu and the person behind him.

Shen Qingyan woke up early the next morning.

I slept late last night, so I didn't need to wake up so early, but the Queen Mother came at this time.

Out of respect, she had to quickly stand up and tidy herself up.

Because she was pregnant, Gu Beihuai had exempted her from paying her daily respects to the empress dowager, and she was happy and at ease. Now that she was finally free of the empress dowager's harassment, she felt much more at peace. However, she had been visiting him frequently recently.

After getting dressed and washing up, Shen Qingyan came to the front hall and saw the empress dowager drinking tea as usual.

She was dressed in a simple palace dress, and her complexion looked much better than the day she went crazy.

But when he saw Shen Qingyan, he became abnormal again.

"Yan'er!"

She quickly stood up, walked quickly to Shen Qingyan, and supported her to prevent her from bowing.

Before Shen Qingyan could open her mouth, she was interrupted by the Queen Mother.

"Yan'er, I've heard about this incident. Don't blame Bei Huai. I'll give you an explanation once the matter is investigated thoroughly."

Listening to her anxious words, Shen Qingyan was full of doubts.

Is the Queen Mother going crazy again?

But from her tone, she seemed to know something.

Shen Qingyan immediately decided to take the opportunity to get some information from the empress dowager.

So she gave a look, and Qingmei and the others immediately served tea, water, and snacks, and quietly closed the door.

Shen Qingyan's expression was calm as she spoke tentatively.

"Mother, it's not that I'm ignorant, but the emperor really went too far this time."

When the Queen Mother heard this, her expression changed and she immediately held Shen Qingyan's hand.

The reason why she hurried to find Shen Qingyan early in the morning was because she had a nightmare again last night.

The scene in the dream seemed familiar. Gu Beihuai let Shen Qingyan down again. The cause was the haunted palace. Later, the mysterious man led his men into the palace and massacred people.

In short, every time she had a nightmare, she would dream of the young man slaughtering the palace with blood. Every time she dreamed of it, she would collapse.

What was even more frustrating was that every time she was about to see his face, she woke up from the dream.

Helplessly, in order to avoid the scene in her dream from happening in reality, she immediately inquired about the affairs in the palace. After learning that what happened last night was almost the same as the haunted incident in her dream, she urgently came to Zhaohua Palace.

"Yan'er, listen to me. She was just a palace maid. If she dies, she dies. Don't let this affect the relationship between you and Bei Huai. At worst, I can ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to assign you ten more palace maids."

When Shen Qingyan heard this, she was shocked and couldn't help but ask.

"Mother, do you mean that Zhiyu is dead?"

The Queen Mother was slightly startled, then somewhat confused.

"Aren't you talking about the maidservant beside you? Wasn't she executed by Bei Huai?"

Little did they know that the Queen Mother had long lost the ability to distinguish between reality and dreams, and what she had just said were all things that happened in her dreams.

Zhiyu, who disappeared in the dream, was found. She was not dead, but was ordered to be executed by Gu Beihuai for the crime of attempting to murder Shen Qingyan.

But Shen Qingyan didn't know, her first reaction was that Zhiyu was really dead.

"Is what mother said true?" Shen Qingyan immediately stood up, looking anxious.

Qingmei and Zhiqing behind him were even more shocked and saddened. They wanted to go forward and ask the Queen Mother what was going on.

When the empress dowager saw that she was so emotional, she knew that her guess was correct. Shen Qingyan must have had a conflict with Gu Beihuai because of this matter, which eventually led to an irreversible consequence.

She sorted out the messy memories in her mind and nodded, "Yan'er, you don't have to be sad about this matter. I will make the decision for you. Bei Huai is also helpless to stop the gossips of the people. After all, there are rumors everywhere in the palace, and many people in the court are taking advantage of this to cause chaos..."

Listening to the Queen Mother's endless chatter, Shen Qingyan found it difficult to accept so much information for a moment.

If his mother hadn't revealed it later, Gu Beihuai didn't know how long he would have kept it a secret from her.

When Qingmei and Zhiqing learned that Zhiyu was really sentenced to death, their eyes became redder and redder, but because the Queen Mother was present, they could only hold back their tears.

The Queen Mother was still talking, and it was just a few words that she wanted Shen Qingyan to not blame Gu Beihuai.

But Shen Qingyan couldn't listen anymore. She knew the most urgent thing was to find Gu Beihuai and find out what happened.

"I have taken note of what the Queen Mother said. It is going to rain and the roads are slippery. Qingmei, please send the Queen Mother back to the Cining Palace."

"Yes."

The Queen Mother wanted to say something, but Qingmei forced herself to remain calm and respectfully asked her to leave.