The next morning, the death knell tolled again.

After waking up, Hongli lay on the bed in a daze, listening to Li Yu's trembling report, but a strange feeling arose in his heart, "I knew it would be like this."

"Empress Rong's neck and abdomen both had serious irreparable injuries. According to speculation, perhaps after being attacked by thieves, the Empress chose to commit suicide for unknown reasons."

Hongli sat up irritably and nodded slightly to show that he understood.

Everything has its own consequences. Ever since Concubine Ying died yesterday, he had already vaguely foreseen what kind of chaos would occur in the palace next.

He had gradually become immune to the successive reports of misfortune from various palaces, and now he didn't even want to care about the panic among the people in the previous dynasty.

Anyway, he has completely given up. If he knew that any minister dared to say behind his back that he had done something wrong and that God had sent down a natural disaster and asked him to issue an edict of repentance, he would go all out to summon that minister's entire family to the palace to stay overnight.

If we have to die, let's die together, hahahaha. (The smile gradually becomes abnormal.jpg)

Ever since he had been lying in the snow last night and witnessed the chaotic siege among several palace maids and eunuchs, Hongli has been in a particularly relaxed state of mind.

Die, everyone will die sooner or later. That unknown ghost did all this just to watch them kill each other!

"What about Concubine Ke? How did she die?"

His tone of voice was unusually calm when he asked.

Yes, in addition to Concubine Rong, Concubine Ke also died last night.

To be honest, Hongli is almost twisted now. While he is still the emperor during the day and everyone pretends to respect and love him and dares not do anything to him, he even wants to issue an imperial decree.

He could just let everyone in the palace except him commit suicide.

In this way, he can be directly promoted to the champion of the battle royale, and he doesn't have to worry about whether he will be hunted down by those palace maids and concubines who are bloodthirsty and have lost their minds at night with his bare hands.

"Empress Kepin... She was strangled to death! And, it is said that her tongue was also cut off..."

At this point, Li Yu, who lowered his head, shuddered involuntarily.

He really couldn't imagine that Concubine Ke, who was always known as a straightforward person in the palace, would have a grudge against someone to the point that the person died and her tongue was cut off.

"In addition, someone from Yikun Palace came to report today that Rong Pei, the head maidservant of the Queen, was also missing last night. The person who came said that Rong Pei was stabbed through the back by a knife. The knife was extremely skilled and experienced. I'm afraid that she has been responsible for many deaths!"

When Li Yu thought that Rong Pei was also dead, he couldn't help feeling cold in his heart.

That’s Rong Pei!

She was the most capable and helpful aunt of the Empress! Usually, everyone was polite to her, but she died just like that.

If Rong Pei could die... then what about him, the chief steward of the emperor?

Moreover, what if he meets the emperor in a few days and the emperor wants to kill him, should he resist?

If he didn't resist, he would surely die. If he resisted, he would most likely be murdered... Even if he ran away, the petty-minded Hongli would probably drag him out and kill him the next day...

Thinking of this, Li Yu hurriedly stopped his thoughts and tried hard to suppress his wild thoughts.

He decided to continue lying on the ice on his lake. It was a bit cold, but at least it was remote and no one came.

Besides, what if he could just lie there like this and make it to the end without anyone noticing, and become the chicken king?

"Summon all the concubines to gather at Cining Palace as soon as possible... and call the Queen as well."

"The slave obeys."

When Li Yu suddenly mentioned Yikun Palace today, Hongli realized that he hadn't thought about Ruyi for a long time.

However, the reason why he specifically called Ruyi to the Cining Palace for a meeting today was not because he felt sorry for her.

It was because Hongli became suspicious of Rong Pei's death.

Rong Pei died from being stabbed in the back.

This shows what?

This means that before Rong Pei was stabbed, she had no guard against those around her who wanted to attack her! (Rong Pei: In fact, I just relied on being the confidant of the Queen Mother and simply did not take the Imperial Concubine seriously.)

As long as we continue thinking along this line, the number of suspects who could have murdered Rong Pei will be narrowed down.

To put it bluntly, Hongli has now begun to suspect Ruyi.

If you think about it carefully, it is actually hard to understand why Ruyi survived so many disasters in the cold palace and turned misfortunes into blessings many times.

Hongli was a person who wanted the people he loved to live and wanted the people he hated to die, to the extreme.

When I first fell in love with Ruyi, the entire harem was filled with enemies who were trying to break us up.

Once I started to suspect Ruyi, I immediately felt that this person was extremely evil!

I heard that she once burned paper in the cold palace. Who knows if it would attract some wandering ghosts. From Hongli's perspective now, maybe all the disaster was caused by Ruyi!

Things like trust and love are the things that one can least expect from a creature like an emperor.

However, Ruyi once had it, but she squandered it again and again.

When Hongli arrived, all the concubines in the palace had already sat in a row, waiting to see what he was going to do that day.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the Cining Palace, Hongli looked towards Ruyi with a hawk-like gaze.

Ruyi looked a little haggard today. Without Rong Pei by her side to take care of her and put on makeup, she almost forgot what clothes and jewelry to match them with.

The emperor summoned her urgently again, so she hurriedly packed up her things and went out.

Fortunately, everyone seemed to be in a bad mood, and no one noticed that Ruyi was wearing too much foundation today and her lips were even redder.

Hai Lan noticed Ruyi's haggardness and embarrassment, but she only thought that it was because her true identity was exposed by Han Xiangjian last night, which caused Ruyi to be disappointed in her.

But she wanted to get close to Ruyi, but was afraid that Ruyi would reject her advances. For a moment, she just hesitated where she was, looking at Ruyi with tears in her eyes.

When Hai Lan found out that Ruyi was only staring at Hongli, she felt even more heartbroken.

"Ruyi, Rong Pei is gone, what do you think?"

When Ruyi heard Hongli mention Rong Pei, she began to cry belatedly.

"Your Majesty, Rong Pei died tragically. I would like to ask Your Majesty to find out the real culprit and seek justice for Rong Pei!"

After Ruyi said this, the other concubines followed suit and cried, asking Hongli to think of a solution. Many people had died in their palace in the past two days, and three high-ranking concubines had died in succession. No one wanted it to be their turn tonight.

Would Hongli agree to such an obviously difficult task?

That is definitely not possible.

Rather, he is now even more disgusted with Ruyi, the person who started it!

Just causing trouble for him!

He had a terrible headache and ordered everyone not to cry or make a fuss.

"Since the shaman entered the palace, no one has been in trouble. Maybe he is blessed by the Eternal Heaven. Later, you will all go to the shaman to ask for something to carry with you.

The only way to deal with this now is to find the source of this matter as soon as possible so that we can break the evil magic of ghosts and gods. The current situation is difficult, and all palaces need to be cautious in their words and actions! "

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