Before Lee Seung-tae and Lee Seung-woo returned to the palace, Lee Seung-jeong was the most outstanding prince.

In terms of riding, archery and academic performance, he was the best among all the princes.

But ever since the twins returned to the palace, all the glory that belonged to Li Chengzhen was taken away by the two little kids!

The old maid tried to comfort him: "Your Highness, don't worry. As the saying goes, you should eat one bite at a time and do things one by one. Let's take our time. You will be able to memorize this ancient text sooner or later. It's going to rain outside. Let's go back to the house and rest."

But Li Chengzhen was already a little crazy.

The old nanny was shocked to find that Li Chengzhen's madness was somewhat similar to that of the Queen.

Li Chengzhen slammed the table, stood up, and tore the ancient book in his hand into pieces. He rushed out of the study and staggered to the pond in the yard.

It seemed like it was going to rain heavily on that summer night. The sky was gloomy, dark clouds gathered in the night sky, and the wind was howling, making the lotus leaves and flowers in the pond sway.

Boom boom

There was thunder in the sky.

Li Chengzhen squatted by the pool in a daze. The wind and rain came down, with lightning and thunder. His face was wet with rain, and he covered his head in horror. A woman's pale face appeared in front of him again.

The woman was bleeding from all seven orifices, staring at Li Chengzhen unwillingly, and uttering a vicious curse:

[I..curse..you..die a miserable death...]

It was Concubine Zhou of Prince Yan's Mansion, who died in front of Li Chengzhen. Li Chengzhen covered his head in pain, driven mad by hallucinations, and screamed, "Ahhh! Don't look for me! Get out of here!"

The old nanny hurried over, dragged the crazy Li Chengzhen into the house, closed the door, and lowered the heavy curtains. The old maid comforted him, "Don't be afraid, Your Highness. The storm will soon pass. You can take a rest first. I will not turn off the lights."

Li Chengzhen is most afraid of the dark night and thunderstorms.

Every violent storm in the middle of the night would make him feel terrified, as if he were falling into the abyss.

There was a rumbling thunder outside the window. Li Chengzhen couldn't sleep, and his eyes were full of bloodshot. He grabbed the old lady's hand and said sharply, "Find me two beasts! Quick, find me two beasts! I want to kill them!"

His pain cannot be erased; it can only be covered up by the pain of others.

The old nanny's hand was scratched and bleeding. She said in pain: "Your Highness, no! The Concubine Chen has noticed something. You can't hurt anyone anymore..."

Li Chengzhen kicked the old nanny away, took out the whip and dagger from the drawer, and rushed into the palace maids' bedroom next to the courtyard.

Boom boom

Several sleeping eunuchs opened their eyes in horror, the door opened wide, a pale light of lightning flashed, and Li Chengzhen, who was soaked all over, appeared at the door like a devil.

The youngest eunuch among them screamed in fear and tried to escape. Li Chengzhen grabbed the youngest eunuch and looked sinister: "Why are you running, my brother? Aren't you very proud in front of the emperor today?"

The young eunuch whimpered in pain: "Your Highness, I am not your brother - ah -"

There were lightning and thunder, wind and rain, and the roar of thunder and lightning mixed with shrill screams lasted all night.

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...

Cining Palace.

"A-choo——"

Lee Seung-woo sneezed while sleeping soundly, waking up Lee Seung-tae next to him.

Li Chengtai rubbed his sleepy eyes and heard the howling wind and rain outside the house, as well as lightning and thunder. The window was blown open by the wind at some point, and the cold wind made the bed curtains rustle. The palace maid standing guard outside was busy closing the window.

Li Chengtai was extremely sleepy. With the help of a flash of lightning, he discovered that his younger brother was sleeping on his back, with the quilt covering him missing.

"Stupid brother." Li Chengtai picked up the quilt that had fallen to the ground and covered his brother with it.

He yawned, crawled into the bed, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

...

...

There was a thunderstorm last night. After the heavy rain, the undulating red walls and tiles of the Qing Kingdom's harem looked brand new, and the hot weather that had lasted for many days was much cooler.

After daybreak, Shen Wei asked Rong Mama to check the damage to the buildings in the harem and repair the courtyard walls damaged by the thunderstorm in time.

"Master, there is news." Cai Ping ran over and whispered to Chen Wei, "Two eunuchs' bodies were taken out of the Second Prince's palace this morning. It is said that they were killed by lightning last night. It is unlucky, so they will be taken out of the palace and thrown into a mass grave. I secretly intercepted the two bodies and placed them in the palace."

Shen Wei put down the account book in her hand and said, "Go and call Doctor Mo to perform an autopsy."

Caiping has always been efficient. She can complete all the preparations in advance without her master's instructions. For example, after finding the body, Cai Ping knew to go to Doctor Mo for an autopsy in advance without Chen Wei's instructions.

But at this moment, Cai Ping showed a worried look on her face: "Master, today the Imperial Hospital is under the charge of Imperial Doctor Mo. I went to look for him early, but they said they didn't know where he had gone."

Mo Xun slipped away during his duty hours and his whereabouts were unknown.

Shen Wei frowned and thought for a moment: “Go to Qiuliang Palace.”

Caiping looked surprised.

This was the residence of Princess Taihua Li Qingxun a hundred years ago. Could it be that Doctor Mo went there for a stroll again?

...

After the storm, many flowers, plants and trees in the harem were damaged, and the ground was littered with fallen branches. The palace servants were picking up branches and cleaning the palace paths in an orderly manner.

Shen Wei's sedan chair arrived at Qiuliang Palace.

A few bricks and tiles fell outside the courtyard wall, broken branches of the Albizia Julibrissin tree lay across the stone slabs, the ground was covered with broken Albizia Julibrissin flowers, and the gate of Qiuliang Palace was closed.

The palace maid opened the rusty chain on the door of Qiuliang Palace. Chen Wei got off the sedan chair and walked into Qiuliang Palace with Caiping alone.

The yard was littered with broken bricks and branches, all blown down by last night's wind and rain.

Mo Xun was wearing a green robe with his sleeves rolled up, revealing two slender white arms. She was holding a large broom and diligently sweeping the bricks and tiles on the ground.

"Doctor Mo?" Cai Ping was surprised.

Mo Xun raised his head and greeted Shen Wei: "Empress Chen, why are you here?"

Shen Wei was speechless.

Chen Wei's guess turned out to be correct. Mo Xun came to Qiuliang Palace to wander around again. Ever since Mo Xun became the imperial physician, whenever she had nothing to do, she liked to stay in Qiuliang Palace.

You can either sit on the tall albizzia tree to enjoy the scenery, or lean against its back to enjoy the cool air. Sometimes when Mo Xun was in the mood, he would just grab a roll of mat and sneak into this desolate yard to sleep.

Qiuliang Palace has a fatal attraction to Mo Xun.

"There are two bodies and you need to perform an autopsy." Shen Wei said straight to the point.

Mo Xun wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Okay, I'll help you right away. After I finish the autopsy, I'll come and clean up the floor of Qiuliang Palace. The thunderstorm last night was so horrible that it almost destroyed Qiuliang Palace."

Shen Wei couldn't help but ask: "Why...why do you often come to this palace?"

In the harem, this area is made up of abandoned palaces. Even eunuchs and palace maids are usually unwilling to approach it, and there are also many strange and terrifying legends.

But Mo Xun likes to come here.

Mo Xun smiled and looked up at the pink albizzia flowers on the branches that were washed to pieces by the rain. As the breeze blows, the pink flowers that have not yet withered sway gently, as if they have penetrated time and space and bloomed in the passing years.

Mo Xun said slowly: "Maybe the albizzia flowers here are blooming too beautifully."