Chapter 2865 Don’t kill me!

Nan Yan asked, "What happened?"

One of the eunuchs said, "Your Majesty, the body of the criminal was found at Jingyixuan!"

"What?"

Nan Yan frowned suddenly.

She immediately asked, "What's going on?"

The young eunuch said, "I'm not exactly sure. I just heard people from Jingyixuan shouting when I arrived early this morning. It sounded like they had run into some bad guys. Later, someone said they were dead. I don't know either, so I hurried over to report this to Her Majesty."

Nan Yan frowned and thought for a while. At this time, Zhu Feng's weak voice came from the room.

"Nan Yan, what's wrong?"

She scolded in a deep voice: "Everyone, please keep your voices down and don't disturb the emperor!"

Everyone was so frightened that they dared not breathe and quickly retreated to the side.

Nan Yan turned around and went back to the room, and saw Zhu Feng leaning against the head of the bed. The sunlight shone in from the window onto his face. Although he looked a little more energetic, he was still pale from blood loss. Nan Yan had never seen Zhu Feng so weak before.

She hurried to the bedside and whispered, "Your Majesty, nothing is wrong."

Zhu Feng asked, "Why would they dare to make a scene outside Yonghe Palace if there's nothing wrong?"

“…”

"Tell me quickly, what's the matter."

"That is, the body of the criminal was found at Jingyixuan."

"Bad guy?"

"I suspect it's the Pang Hu that I haven't found yet. I want to go over and take a look."

"Um……"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Feng subconsciously tried to move, but before he could even stand up, he just used his arms to push himself up when he felt a sharp pain in his chest. Nan Yan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, please don't mess around anymore!"

“…”

"You clearly promised me this. If you keep moving around like this, what if the wound opens again?"

Zhu Feng's lips turned pale as he said, "I want to go over and take a look."

"Your Majesty, stop messing around!"

Nan Yan sternly scolded, "How can you still stand up at this time? Just lie down and recuperate!"

Although the two of them often play around when they are together, no matter how they play, there are still basic rules, and Nan Yan never oversteps the boundaries.

But this can be said to be deceiving the king.

But Zhu Feng was not angry. He just looked up at her with a hint of smile in the corner of his eyes.

Nan Yan also realized that her words were too harsh. She bit her lower lip and said softly, "The emperor's health is more important..."

Zhu Feng looked at her for a while and didn't insist anymore.

He simply said, "Take a few more people with you and keep an eye on it. If it's hard to handle, bring it back for me to see."

"yes."

Nan Yan agreed and asked Xiao Shunzi from outside to come in to serve. She also repeatedly warned Zhu Feng not to drink too much water. Then she took Ruoshui and several personal guards and left Yonghe Palace and headed towards Jingyixuan.

Jingyixuan is located in the northwest corner of the harem and is an exquisite and quiet house.

However, this place is a bit remote, and other concubines are unwilling to live in Jingyixuan, so it is usually empty. Only last year, a group of selected concubines entered the palace, two of whom were canonized as noble ladies, were arranged to live there.

As soon as Nan Yan walked over, she saw several young palace maids running out with pale faces.

Almost bumped into her.

Ruoshui immediately said, "Why are you so rude? You're like a headless fly!"

Several young palace maids were frightened and quickly knelt down to beg for mercy. Nan Yan was too lazy to say anything more to them and continued to walk inside. After entering the gate, she saw a group of people crowding at the entrance to the backyard, and some were standing on tiptoe to look inside.

Several guards behind Nan Yan immediately stepped forward.

"The Imperial Concubine has arrived!"

Upon hearing this, those people hurriedly retreated to the sides and knelt down. Nan Yan walked in slowly and saw a corpse lying at the door of a woodshed at the back. Surrounded by people, they all knelt down and kowtowed to her. In the front were two nobles who were pale and trembling with fear - Yao Ying and Ling Shansi.

"Greetings, Madam Noble Consort."

"The Imperial Concubine has arrived. We are sorry for not coming to greet you. Please forgive us."

Nan Yan said, "Lady Yao, Lady Ling, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The two men stood up, their bodies still a little shaky, and they reached out to hold each other's hands to support each other.

Nan Yan took a quick look and said nothing more. She turned and walked towards the door of the woodshed to look at the body. It was an unfamiliar face, with blood oozing from its mouth, nose, and eyes. It looked horrifying.

Several guards immediately said, "Your Majesty, please be careful. Let us go and check it out."

Nan Yan nodded.

A few people went over to take a quick look and said, "He's dead. Was he beaten to death by a blunt object?"

Right next to the corpse were several thick wooden sticks.

Nan Yan asked, "What's going on?"

Ling Shansi was so frightened she was speechless. Yao Ying, being older and calmer, stepped forward and whispered, "Your Majesty, my maid Liu'er was passing by the woodshed early this morning when she heard a strange noise. She opened the door and saw this villain. She screamed in fear. He was trying to kill her, but luckily Zhuzi and the others rushed over and knocked him down, saving her."

"oh……"

Nan Yan looked at the eunuchs around her and asked, "Did you beat him to death?"

Several eunuchs knelt on the ground, trembling: "Yes, my lady."

"When we arrived, the villain was already charging towards Miss Liu'er. We were afraid he might hurt someone, and even more so, frighten the two noble ladies, so we immediately grabbed sticks, intending to knock him down and tie him up for Her Majesty to deal with. But we didn't expect him to be so vulnerable."

"After just a few blows, he fell to the ground and died."

"This servant and I did not expect this. We hope Your Majesty will forgive us."

Nan Yan frowned slightly and turned to look at the guards: "Is he really dead?"

One of the guards reached out and touched the man's neck again, confirming, "Your Majesty, he is indeed dead."

“…”

Nan Yan didn't say anything and looked at the corpse again.

She didn't know if it was Pang Hu, after all, she had never seen Pang Hu before. So she ordered, "Drag the body away and have Li Quan identify it and confirm the identity of this criminal."

"yes."

Two of the bodyguards immediately sent someone over and carried the body down.

Nan Yan added, "The rest of you, stay in Jingyixuan and don't go anywhere. I will summon you at any time."

Several young eunuchs said, "Yes."

Nan Yan then turned to look at Yao Ying and asked, "Where is that palace maid named Liu'er you just mentioned?"

Yao Ying said, "Yes, she is in the servant's room. She just fainted from fright. I had someone take her away."

Nan Yan said, "Take me there to have a look."

"yes."

So Yao Ying personally took Nan Yan to the servants' room not far away.

As soon as I walked in, I saw a palace maid curled up at the head of the bed. Her face was pale, her eyes were dull, and her whole body was shaking as if she was sifting chaff.

He murmured, "No, don't kill me, don't..."