"Liu Gang, go get a ladder so I can see what's going on." Xie Jian hadn't sent anyone to tell her about this in the past few days. The situation must be tense, and Chen Heng wanted to see what was happening outside.
Liu Gang took the ladder and placed it on the top of the wall. There was a shadow from the eaves there, so even if he stuck his head out, no one would see him.
"My lady, be careful." Nanny Feng said softly.
Shen Heng nodded, climbed up the ladder, and slowly poked her head out to see two teams of imperial guards fighting each other. Many of them had already been killed on the ground.
She had seen this kind of scene several times, but after all, it was a dead person. No matter how many times, Shen Heng still felt a little uncomfortable.
A team of imperial guards were quickly killed, and soon all the imperial guards turned to another road. Just when Shen Heng was about to go down, she saw a dozen men in black coming out of the alley. With a move from the leader, these people quickly dragged the killed imperial guards into the darkness.
Just when Chen Heng was wondering what they were going to do, the man in black emerged from the darkness and turned into a royal guard.
"Aheng, what's wrong?" Xia asked softly from below.
“It looks quite complicated.”
Everyone blinked. Is the fight complicated?
When Shen Heng saw those black-clad men dressed as the Imperial Guards disappear, she couldn't tell friend from foe, good from bad. Now that her family was safe, she thought Xie Jian was fine.
On the fifth day, the tightly closed palace gates opened wide, and mourners on the streets of the imperial capital shouted, "The Emperor has passed away—"
Wherever the voice was heard, people who heard it knelt down one after another.
Chen Heng was tending to the shop when she saw Liu Gang and his employees kneeling on the ground. She dodged and slipped into a corner.
The palace coup lasted for five days, and it seemed that the dust had settled.
Within just a few months, the previous emperors passed away one after another, and the whole country was in grief.
After an incense stick of time, Zhenzhu hurried over to report, "Madam, the master is back."
When Xie Jian arrived at Shen Heng's house, he had just finished washing up. He looked tired, with bruises under his eyes, and he had lost a lot of weight.
"Ajian." Shen Heng felt so distressed that she threw herself into his arms without caring about her sister-in-law and Aunt Feng.
My chest is so thin that it feels a bit uncomfortable.
Xia and Nanny Feng looked at each other and left tactfully.
Xie Jian was stunned for a moment, then hugged Ah Heng tightly. He hadn't seen her for five days and missed her so much. "There are still some things in the palace that haven't been dealt with yet. I have to go back."
"These past few days must have been extremely dangerous." Although Shen Heng had not been at the scene, she knew what the situation was.
"It was a close call. I'll be back tonight." For Ah Heng, his sister-in-law, Min'er, and for this family, he wouldn't let himself go out: "No matter where I go these few days, Hu Ya must follow me."
Shen Heng nodded. Hu Ya was now her groom and never left her side.
When Xie Jian left, he brought Nanny Feng into the palace as well. I don't know why.
At night, Shen Heng paced in the corridor waiting for Xie Jian to come back. It was late at night when Nanny Feng came back, but Xie Jian did not.
Nanny Feng pulled Shen Heng into the room. It was quiet all around, but she still looked around before saying, "My lord said that you also knew about it, so I don't have to hide it. You know Nanny Shan who is beside the Empress, right? My lord asked me to question her in order to find out the Crown Prince's background."
"Which family is the prince from?" Chen Heng has always been very curious.
"The Crown Prince is the child of a distant relative of the Empress, and his parents are already deceased."
"What about the Queen's child?"
Nanny Feng sighed, "To prevent the Empress from being criticized, Nanny Shan suffocated the princess to death with a quilt. The Empress died without even knowing it."
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