The windows were wide open. Zhou Linghai turned around quickly. The surroundings were empty, without a single person in sight.
"No one."
Shu Guipin also followed behind him, her eyes fixed on the front.
It was empty and there was nothing unusual, but thinking of the noise just now, Concubine Shu clenched her hands in her sleeves: "Was there someone here just now?"
Thinking of this, a hint of murderous intent appeared in Shu Guipin's eyes.
"I just looked around and didn't see anyone clearly." Zhou Linghai explained.
Shu Guipin was still alert after all. She pushed away the people around her and was thinking about investigating it herself.
At this moment, a sound came from the grass behind him.
Shu Guipin quickly turned her head to look back, and when she saw the cat jumping out of the grass, she subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's a civet cat." Zhou Linghai also felt relieved.
When Concubine Shu Guipin saw the beast, the stone that had been hanging in her heart finally fell down.
"Close the window." Zhou Linghai was quick to close the window immediately.
Shu Guipin went back to her room and sat down, but her heart was still beating fast.
Ever since she hid someone in the palace, she ordered the servants to stay away and not get close. But there is no guarantee that some short-sighted servants will come over.
You may be a bitch today, but you can’t guarantee that you will still be a bitch next time.
Shu Guipin clenched her palms, and a hint of murderous intent appeared in her narrow eyes: "Kill that beast!"
She couldn't let anyone know her secret, not even an animal.
Zhou Linghan subconsciously raised his head and his eyes met the murderous intent in Shu Guipin's eyes.
I was trembling with fear, but I still lowered my head and said, "Yes."
*****
Xiao Guizi ran out quickly all the way.
Only after making sure that there was no one behind him did he run towards the Hehuan Palace.
"Mother, mother." Xiao Guizi stumbled and pushed the door in front of her open with force until she entered the house, her body limp and she collapsed to the ground.
Chen Fu was practicing calligraphy in the inner room. The noise was so loud that her hand holding the brush shook subconsciously.
The ink from the tip of the pen dripped onto the paper, and the words I had just practiced turned into a mess of ink.
"Such a good piece of calligraphy has been ruined." Nanny Bai watched from the side and couldn't help but joked.
"Looking at Xiao Guizi's expression, I'm afraid she has discovered something terrible." Chen Fu looked at the destroyed copybook and helplessly dropped the brush in her hand on the table.
"Come in."
Xiao Guizi did not stop and hurried to the inner room.
He ran almost without stopping all the way, holding his chest with both hands, took a few deep breaths, and then strode forward: "My queen, something big has happened!"
Ink dripped onto Chen Fu's wrist, and Nanny Bai took a handkerchief to wipe her hand.
Chen Fu was not in a hurry and asked someone to serve him a cup of cold tea: "Tell me what happened slowly."
Xiao Guizi drank the wine in one gulp.
The heat in my throat still persists.
In response to Shen Fu's words, he didn't say anything at first, but instead turned his head cautiously and looked around.
"My lady."
Aunt Bai noticed Xiao Guizi's gaze and put down the handkerchief in her hand with a smile:
"The prince is fine. I just came here to tell the queen that there is nothing to do here, so I will go back to the palace first."
Nanny Bai knelt down and bowed, then took all the palace maids away before leaving.
After waiting until no one was in the room, Xiao Guizi hurriedly took two steps forward and walked to the side of Shen Fu: "My queen, something big has happened!"
"What's the big deal? Look, you're so scared that your face has changed." Chen Fu was still joking a moment ago, but when she saw Xiao Guizi's face, she realized that this matter might be unusual.
Xiao Guizi is usually a bold person, unlike Zi Su who easily gets alarmed.
It must not be a simple matter to make him look like this.
"What happened?"
Xiao Guizi's heart couldn't help but beat when she thought of what she had just seen. Her throat rolled over and her voice was trembling: "My lady, I...I found out that Concubine Shu, she, she cheated on me."
"What did you say?"
Chen Fu was bending over to wash her face. After hearing this, she took her whole hands out of the copper basin.
Water was still dripping from the pair of fingers as thin as scallions, but Chen Fu just lay there straight, until the water drops hanging from her fingertips fell into the copper basin, and then she seemed to come to her senses.
"You, you said that Concubine Shu was having an affair?"
Chen Fu couldn't help but repeat it, but she still couldn't believe it: "How is this possible?"
Apart from His Majesty, are there any other men in the palace? Besides, Shu Guipin is the Emperor's concubine.
Even if Ruoyu has fallen out of favor, she is still His Majesty's person.
How brave is Concubine Shu to do such a thing?
"Your Majesty, I saw it with all my heart." Seeing Chen Fu's expression, Xiao Guizi was afraid that she would not believe it.
He hurried forward and told him everything he had just seen in Yikun Palace.
“I first followed Concubine Shu Gui all the way to the Yiku Palace, and heard the conversation between Concubine Shu Gui and the second young lady.” Xiao Guizi was far away at the time, so she didn’t actually hear clearly what was said.
But he could still guess from the words who did it.
The one who hurt Zi Su was Fang Jinlan, and Shu Guipin was unaware of this.
"Then I followed Concubine Shu into the main hall." Xiao Guizi said, "At that time, I found a window and wanted to eavesdrop on Concubine Shu's conversation, but I never expected that I would see Concubine Shu with a man inside, and they were behaving intimately."
Thinking of the situation she had just seen in Yiku Palace and the dangerous situation where she was almost discovered, Xiao Guizi couldn't help but feel a little scared.
"My lady, what should we do about this matter?"
The most important thing is that this man was an adulterer and she was a concubine.
If this matter were to get out, I'm afraid the entire royal family would lose all face.
Chen Fu looked at Xiao Guizi's nervous expression, and thinking of what happened behind the scenes, she couldn't help but rub her brows with a headache.
Thinking of something, she first hurriedly asked: "Have you been discovered?"
Xiao Guizi ran all the way back and her clothes were soaked with sweat. Seeing the Empress looking at her worriedly, Xiao Guizi quickly shook her head.
He raised his sleeve and wiped his face: "No, I ran fast at that time."
"Plus, there was no one near the Yikun Palace, so I didn't see anyone along the way."
Xiao Guizi's words instantly put Shen Fu's worries to rest.
However, Xiao Guizi could not help but secretly remind her: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu's sister hurt Zi Su, and Concubine Shu herself cheated on her. If we expose this matter, Concubine Shu will never be able to turn things around."
"Let me think about it."
Shen Fu picked up the tea beside her and couldn't help but lower her head and take two sips.
But there are still some absent-mindedness in my heart.
She never expected that when she sent Xiao Guizi to investigate Zi Su's affairs, she would find out that Shu Guipin was having an affair behind her back.
Who was the man who was having the affair? Was he a guard or someone who was sent into the palace from outside?
If we investigate, it will be clear that Concubine Shu will be beheaded.
Shen Fu was thinking in her mind, and her fingers couldn't help but tap on the table.
"This matter came too suddenly." With such a good opportunity, Chen Fu naturally wanted to wipe out Shu Guipin in one fell swoop.
There are few people in the harem, and after Shu Guipin took over, there will be no more stumbling blocks in Shen Fu's path in the future.
"Isn't it bad to be too thick?" Xiao Guizi stepped forward.
"Fang Jinlan dared to kill Zi Su, causing her to still be lying in bed!" There was a hint of viciousness in Xiao Guizi's eyes.
"My queen, you should avenge Zi Su and make these people pay the price they deserve!"
Chen Fu saw the hatred in Xiao Guizi's eyes.
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