Chapter 153 A false alarm

She didn't even let people have a good time on New Year's Eve. This Concubine Liang is getting more and more out of line. She needs to be punished someday.

Now that the emperor has stood up and is ready to go to Shun'an Palace, she has no choice but to stand up and follow Yuji out of Yikun Palace.

"Gee... woo... woo... Mother, mother, I'm afraid woo..."

Even at the door, she could already hear the eldest princess crying and vomiting.

"The Emperor has arrived--"

Concubine Liang and Concubine Ye from Shun'an Palace were all in the front yard of the palace. Concubine Ye trotted ahead and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

Even at this time, she was still flirting. She must have known that someone in the palace had come to invite the Emperor. She was wearing bright clothes and looking at the Emperor with a smile on her face.

What a nasty thing.

When Emperor Xuanwu passed by her, he didn't even glance at her. He walked directly into the inner hall to see the eldest princess lying in Concubine Liang's arms: "How is Yu'er?"

Concubine Liang also cried like a tearful person. Her hands holding the eldest princess were still shaking: "The imperial physician said that she was too frightened and she can't be left alone."

Tonight's incident happened suddenly. When Concubine Liang got up, the eldest princess was also awakened by the scream.

She followed Concubine Liang out, but Concubine Liang didn't notice.

There was indeed a female corpse wrapped in a straw mat in the bushes behind the palace. Concubine Liang asked the guards to lift the straw mat and see that the death was very miserable.

It looked like she was strangled to death from behind. There was a circle of purple-red marks on her neck. Her eyes seemed to be about to jump out of her sockets, protruding and terrifying. The

death of hanged ghosts is not very good-looking, and those who were strangled are almost the same.

The eldest princess saw the death of the female corpse and was so scared that she almost fainted. She fell to the ground and vomited.

Concubine Liang found out about it and quickly asked the palace maids to invite the imperial physician.

The busiest person tonight is not the emperor, but the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital who have bad luck and have been drawn to be on duty on New Year's Eve.

Concubine Liang summoned the imperial physician to treat the eldest princess, the empress invited the imperial physician to treat Fenyun, Concubine Li Gui also said she was not feeling well, and asked the imperial physician to prescribe medicine for her, and Concubine Zhen also invited the imperial physician Yan to protect her pregnancy.

But no one knew what happened.

After seeing the eldest princess, Emperor Xuanwu left Empress Zhu to comfort Concubine Liang, and he went to see the female corpse.

She was indeed wearing the clothes of a palace maid, but Wang Dequan and Tang Shiliang both stepped forward to take a look, and then shook their heads at the emperor: "Your Majesty, this palace maid looks very unfamiliar, it seems that I have never seen her before."

Wang Dequan can be the chief eunuch beside the emperor, and he still has some skills.

For example, he can remember the faces of everyone in the palace at a glance.

He had been in the palace longer than the emperor, and was bestowed by the late emperor.

It can be said that every serving maid in the palace had seen him. He might not know the name of the unknown female corpse, but if she was serving in the palace, Wang Dequan would definitely remember this face.

But he said he had never seen it, which means that the dead woman was not a slave in the palace, but was brought in from outside.

The chaotic New Year ended with the Imperial Household Department, the Mirror Department and several palaces in chaos.

Early the next morning, before Jiang Xinyue had time to have breakfast, she was hugged by Emperor Xuanwu who rushed into the bedroom.

She was about to speak, but was slapped on the head by the emperor.

"Ah! Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

"I find that my beloved concubine is getting bolder and bolder."

Emperor Xuanwu looked at her seriously: "Such a big thing happened last night, why didn't you let the palace maids come to me? Do you know that I am not in the mood to accept congratulations from all officials today? When Wang Dequan said that you were almost bitten by a group of snakes last night, I..."

He paused for a while before hugging Jiang Xinyue again, and kissed her on the top of her head out of fear: "I just realized that the most beautiful words in the world are not anything else, but a false alarm."

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.

Jiang Xinyue patted his back and said softly, "I also think it was just a false alarm. Although the process was dangerous, I and the child in my belly are both blessed people. Why should I let the emperor and the empress worry? I wanted to wait until the emperor came to tell you. Although I was not injured, the person who released the snake is really vicious. If he is not found, I and the child may encounter such a thing in the future."

Emperor Xuanwu had seen the bodies of the chopped snakes. All the snakes were colorful and poisonous.

The person behind the scenes hated Concubine Zhen and wanted her to be bitten to death by the snakes.

Emperor Xuanwu nodded: "I have asked the Mirror Department to investigate. If they can't find out, let the waste of the Mirror Department bring the head to me."

At this time, in the Xihe Palace, Li Guipin was fidgeting, and asked Xia He to go out every few minutes: "Why haven't you heard the news yet? Zhenpin... Xia He, send someone to inquire."

The morning light was slightly revealed, and the sun in the clouds showed half of its face. The sky was still a little foggy.

What happened in the harem had not yet been spread. All the sacrificial ceremonies today were simple and completed quickly. After the concubines were gathered together, they realized that so many things had happened last night.

"Shun'an Palace?"

Li Guipin widened her eyes and looked at Defei, who was sitting next to the queen with a sad face.

As if she knew that she was going to look at herself, Concubine De turned her head and pulled the corner of her lips lightly towards Concubine Li, revealing an indescribable strange smile: "Why? Concubine Li knows something and wants to tell Concubine Liang?" Concubine

Li quickly lowered her eyelids to cover up her panic, and said absentmindedly: "I felt uncomfortable last night and went to bed early. I don't know what happened in the palace."

"Oh!"

Concubine De turned her head away: "When I heard you mention Shun'an Palace, I thought you knew something! If you don't know, forget it."

Concubine Li couldn't help trembling when she heard Concubine De's voice.

How did she... do it?

After the snake-raising woman was strangled to death last night, she had ordered someone to quietly throw the body to Concubine De's Yanqing Palace.

After all, among all the princes in the palace, the third prince of Concubine De is the most favored by the emperor and is also the prince who is most likely to inherit the throne.

She wants to win a noble way out, so naturally she wants to become the adoptive mother of the third prince.

But Concubine De is very famous in the palace, so if she wants to adopt the third prince, she must get rid of Concubine De first.

That's why she came up with this plan to kill two birds with one stone, throwing the body of the snake-raising woman into the Yanqing Palace to arouse the emperor's suspicion and make her lose favor.

Jiang Xinyue is not easy to deal with. If she knew that it was Concubine De, whom she has always trusted, who wanted to harm her, she would definitely launch a fierce revenge.

She can reap the benefits of both sides.

But why did the Queen say just now that the body was found in Concubine Liang's Shun'an Palace?

Her people had already clearly thrown the body into the Yanqing Palace last night!

The palaces were still identifying the unknown female corpse, but Concubine Li was frightened by Concubine De.