The prince supports her, and the reborn princess kills people

The more Su Peichang thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he suspected that something had happened to Gu Beihuai in there.

But he didn't dare to barge in without permission, so he could only knock on the door gently and ask cautiously: "Your Majesty, have you finished your bath? I have prepared hot tea for you."

Su Peichang leaned against the door and listened for a long time, but did not hear any response from Gu Beihuai.

He didn't give up and knocked on the door a few more times and shouted a few more times.

Still no one responded.

Su Peichang was now panicked. When he was about to break in through the door, a hand suddenly appeared behind him and placed on his shoulder.

"Your Majesty is fine, stop yelling."

Su Peichang turned around and found that it was Ji Feng who was beside Gu Beihuai.

"You were clearly outside, how did you know that the emperor was fine?"

Ji Feng said coldly: "I said the emperor is fine, so don't bother talking any more."

The more Su Peichang thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He looked Ji Feng up and down, with a look of suspicion on his face, and asked tentatively.

"Is the Emperor still in there?"

Ji Feng did not give a direct answer, but instead pulled Su Peichang away.

"The whereabouts of the emperor are not something you and I can ask about. It's getting late, Eunuch Su should go to bed early."

Su Peichang felt even more that something was wrong and immediately started shouting loudly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Are you in there? Let me go, what have you done to the Emperor? Someone, come here..."

Then Ji Feng covered his mouth.

Ji Feng was somewhat convinced, he had never seen anyone as stubborn as Su Peichang. You said he was loyal to his master, and sometimes he was indeed very conscientious, but sometimes he was inflexible and simply could not understand the implicit meaning of what others said.

It was not until Su Peichang was dragged to a deserted place that Ji Feng told the truth.

"You want to make everyone in the palace know that the emperor climbed over the wall into the queen's bedroom in the middle of the night, right?"

Su Peichang's struggle stopped instantly, and it took him a long time to laugh at Ji Feng's long sentence.

"So you can say so many words in one breath?"

Ji Feng: "..."

It seems that Su Peichang is not only stubborn, but also has a slow brain.

*

Zhaohua Palace.

Gu Beihuai did not disturb anyone. He came to Shen Qingyan's bedroom with ease and entered through the window.

The feeling of being a thief in your own palace is really a bit different.

Gu Beihuai quietly came to the bed and found something wrong.

The quilt on the bed is indeed bulging, but this is not necessarily the case when no one is in it.

Because he knew that Shen Qingyan had a habit of exposing her long hair like a waterfall when she slept, but the "person" on the bed did not reveal anything.

Suddenly, there was a rush of wind behind me.

Gu Beihuai's expression tensed, and he immediately turned his head to dodge, while turning around and attacking quickly.

"oops!"

After a woman's scream, the soft and fragrant girl was easily held in his arms.

The candlelight lit up, and a gentle gaze fell on Shen Qingyan's face full of regret.

"How did the Emperor find out?"

Gu Beihuai just felt helpless and amused. The only person who dared to attack him openly in the palace was Shen Qingyan.

But he liked this feeling, it was a little interest that only existed between them.

Gu Beihuai pinched Shen Qingyan's waist with his big hand and chuckled when he heard it.

"Yan'er, do you think I don't know you well enough? If that's the case, then I'll get to know you better."

Shen Qingyan immediately dodged with a smile.

Finally, the two of them ended up in bed.

Gu Beihuai held the person in his arms and said in a low voice: "Okay, it's getting late, go to bed obediently."

If he continued to make trouble, he was afraid that he would become impulsive and hurt Shen Qingyan.

Shen Qingyan also knew her limits. She nestled in Gu Beihuai's warm arms, closed her eyes, and soon fell asleep.

Outside the house, Qingmei, who was on night watch, had already heard the noise inside. She remained calm and even used to it.

Because the Emperor has done this before...

Although they don't understand how her queen and the emperor get along, as long as their master is happy, they, as servants, just have to do their duties.

Leng Feng and Lie Feng have been searching the cold palace for two consecutive days.

The last time they searched for several days without sleep, but not only did they not find a single ghost, they were also chased all over the cold palace by the crazy concubine. This time they had experience, so they knocked the person out and locked him up first, and then started searching.

This time, they reaped great rewards.

In a hidden corner of the cold palace, they found traces of food being cooked.

It was a large rusty pot with black ash from burning firewood.

At first they thought that the concubine in the cold palace was just hungry and secretly cooked a special meal, but later they found that things were far from as simple as they imagined.

Because there were many bones scattered around, how could Lengfeng and Liefeng, as secret guards, not recognize that those were not animal bones at all?

Soon the two reported the matter. Not long after, people from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple arrived, and all the coroners were mobilized to check the origin of the bones.

Sure enough, it comes from humans.

After Gu Beihuai learned the news, he immediately understood the situation.

"Your Majesty, these bones come from the same person. It's a girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old. But the head is missing, so it's impossible to tell who she is. I guess it's most likely a maid in the palace."

A coroner reported.

Gu Beihuai pondered for a moment and asked Su Peichang beside him.

"Have you checked the list of palace maids in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Su Peichang hurried forward with a thick booklet in his hand.

"Your Majesty, I have checked everything. There is no missing maid of this age in the palace, except..."

When he talked about the latter part, he was a little hesitant.

"explain."

"Except for the maid named Hua Yan beside the Queen."

Because Hua Yan's identity is rather special, she has not been registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

She had been missing for several days and her age was right.

Gu Beihuai had a plan in mind.

At this time, other coroners made new discoveries.

"Your Majesty, this is the unburned piece of clothing found in the ashes."

Gu Beihuai looked carefully and found that it was the fabric of the pink gilded skirt that Shen Qingyan had rewarded to Hua Yan. He happened to be present when the reward was given.

Now, it is confirmed that the owner of this corpse is Hua Yan without a doubt.

Gu Beihuai immediately ordered, "Give it a lavish burial, and don't publicize this matter."

"Yes."

The incident of cannibalism that took place in the palace was truly shocking, but Gu Beihuai's more important goal was not to let Shen Qingyan know about it.

She treated Hua Yan as her own sister, and would be very sad if she knew about this.

Moreover, she had just given birth and her health was still unstable. Gu Beihuai decided to wait until she fully recovered before telling her.

After the coroner left, Pei Zheng asked respectfully.

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with the concubines in the cold palace?"

Gu Beihuai frowned, having already thought of a countermeasure.

"I'll leave it to you. No matter what method you use, you must find out who ate people and why they did it."

"Wei Chen understands."

Gu Beihuai knew clearly that with Hua Yan's temperament and ruthlessness, it was impossible for him to be defeated by a few powerless crazy concubines in the cold palace. The specific situation remained to be investigated.

After Pei Zheng left, Gu Beihuai turned his gaze to Leng Feng and Lie Feng who were waiting for instructions on the side.