"Master!" Ting Zhu was standing outside the tent. Zhuang Luyan couldn't see her expression clearly, but from her voice it seemed that something bad had happened.

"What happened?" Zhuang Yuyan took a deep breath and let Tingzhu close the tent. She listened to the sound of rain outside the window. The lightning and thunder made this night particularly terrifying.

"I seem to have heard screams coming from outside," Tingzhu frowned, "but I don't know what happened."

"Tonight there was thunder and heavy rain, and we didn't hear anything," Zhuang Yuyan pondered for a while, "No one needs to go out tonight." Regardless of whether this matter has anything to do with her or not, she has made up her mind not to go out. Wiping the sweat from her forehead, "You should go to bed too."

"But, if someone did it on purpose..." Ting Zhu was still worried.

"There are no fools in this palace. Right or wrong is in the eyes of the emperor." Zhuang Yuyan was very satisfied with Tingzhu's carefulness. She didn't even turn on the light at this moment, obviously she didn't want to cause trouble. "It's raining so hard, who would go out if there is nothing wrong?"

Tingzhu nodded, glanced out the window where lightning and thunder were heard, and quietly retreated.

There were lightning and thunder all night, and the sky finally cleared up early the next morning. Gao Dezhong got up early and waited outside the emperor's bedroom, just waiting for the emperor to call him. At this moment, he saw a little eunuch running over with a panicked look on his face.

"Chief Executive Gao, three bodies were found in the peach forest near Master Zhao. Master Zhao and the accompanying palace maids were so frightened that they lost their minds. The imperial physician is being summoned now."

When Gao Dezhong heard this, his brows immediately furrowed. What happened in Taolin these two days? Did someone die?

Just at this moment, they heard some noise coming from inside the room. Gao Dezhong whispered, "Don't make this public yet. Tell the Empress quickly." This matter can be big or small, it's really hard to handle. After that, he led a group of palace maids and eunuchs into the room.

After changing his clothes, Gao Dezhong bent over to straighten the corner of the emperor's robe, but the emperor suddenly spoke at this moment.

"What happened outside?" Feng Jin spread out his arms and let the female official beside him adjust his sleeves.

"I heard that Master Zhao was frightened, and the imperial physician has already gone to Taoyu Pavilion." Gao Dezhong spoke carefully.

"Shocked?" Feng Jin frowned. "What's going on?"

"I heard that Master Zhao got up early this morning and went to Taoyuan for a stroll. He unexpectedly saw three corpses, so he was frightened and fainted." Gao Dezhong straightened his robe and stepped aside.

"How come three corpses appeared outside the garden out of nowhere?" Feng Jin sneered, "I will deal with this matter after I leave the court."

"Yes," it seemed that the emperor wanted to intervene in this matter. This matter might not be that simple.

"Your Majesty, these are the three bodies." The Queen sat in the main hall, her eyes swept over the three bodies covered with white cloth. She had no intention of asking anyone to lift the cloth. She covered her nose with her hand and asked, "Have you found out who they are?"

"Your Majesty, because these three people were struck by lightning, their faces are a little difficult to identify. However, after careful investigation, I found that one of the three is Xiao Fangzi, the eunuch of the Palace Department, and the other two are Hong Zhu and Jinguo, the maids of Chengtian Palace. Jinguo is the sister of the maid who was beaten to death a few days ago." The guard of the Yulin Army glanced at the three bodies and roughly understood what happened. "I also found that there was a piece of diamond gauze on Jinguo's neck that was not completely burned."

The queen took a look at the tray presented by the eunuch. On the tray, which was lined with white cloth, were some burnt yellow pieces of cloth. Some of the edges had turned black, but one could still tell what they were used for.

"This is interesting. Could it be that Jin Guo wanted to hang himself outside the peach forest because his sister passed away? And he even brought two companions with him?" The queen waved her hand and asked the eunuch to leave with the things. With a mocking look on her face, she suddenly turned to the other concubines in the hall and said, "Listen, is there such an interesting thing?"

Concubine Xian covered her mouth and said, "How could there be such a strange thing? I'm afraid someone is looking for trouble."

If this golden fruit had been hanging alone in the peach forest last night, everyone would have thought that the golden fruit wanted to turn into a ghost and not let Zhao Chongyi go. Unfortunately, the person who came up with this plan probably didn't expect that doing such a bad thing would result in being struck by lightning.

The commander of the Yulin Army had the corpse lifted down and clasped his fists, saying, "Your Majesty, Jinguo's neck is broken. If I am not mistaken, Jinguo was already dead before the lightning struck."

After the corpse was carried out, the Empress and the others were more relieved. Consort Shugui sneered, "What else is there to investigate? It's just a frame-up."

"Of course we still have to investigate, who is the person who framed him, and why did he do it," the Queen sighed, "I can only pity Zhao Chongyi, he got such a fright early in the morning, I wonder how he is doing now?"

"Your Majesty, Zhao Chongyi has taken the medicine and it will take a while for her to wake up," the imperial physician standing in the corner replied, "but Zhao Chongyi must not be frightened recently, otherwise she will hurt her brain and it will be bad."

The queen nodded and instructed the imperial physician to treat the patient well.

The faces of all the concubines present were full of concern, but who really cared? It was a pity that Zhao Chongyi was so lucky that even when she was framed, God helped her. Otherwise, the thunder would have struck sooner or later, but when the two servants carried the body to the tree, it struck.

"The Emperor has arrived."

The Queen and other concubines stood up and greeted him. Seeing that the Emperor was in a bad mood, the Queen knew that the Emperor did not like the mess in the harem, and she did not know how to start the conversation for a moment.

"How is Zhao Chongyi?" Feng Jin had already understood most of the situation along the way, and said with a gloomy face, "This palace is getting more and more lively. Today something happened here, and tomorrow someone died there. There is no peace and quiet at all!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. The imperial physician came to see her and said that Zhao Chongyi just had a shock. If she rests well for a while, she will be fine." The queen answered carefully.

Gao Dezhong's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Any concubine in the harem who needed rest would probably have to stay there forever. Was the queen doing this intentionally or unintentionally?

"Can this place be used for recuperation?" Feng Jin sat down at the top, picked up the teacup, and glanced at the commander of the Yu Lin Army who was standing in the middle of the room with his back bent. "Please investigate this matter carefully for me. I want to see how many people in the harem have ulterior motives." After saying that, he swept his eyes over everyone in the room.

Even if the concubines were not all experienced, they were at least people who kept their anger under control. However, when the emperor glanced at them, no one dared to look up; even the empress slightly turned away her gaze.

"Empress, you should also clean up the harem," Feng Jin retracted his gaze, put down the teacup heavily, stood up and said, "I will go and see Zhao Chongyi."

"Yes," the queen stood up quickly, and after seeing the emperor leave with a cold face, she turned around and looked at the concubines, "You have also heard what the emperor said today. If there are any dishonest people in the palace, just send them away." This was not asking them to send the servants away, but warning them to stop thinking about it. However, she did not mention Zhuang Yuyan's recuperation again, as if she had not said these words just now.

When Feng Jin entered the inner room, he saw the two maids who usually served Zhao Chongyi standing by the bed with worried expressions. The corners of their eyes were a little red and swollen, as if they had been crying.

When Tingzhu saw the emperor, he knelt down, wiping away the tears from his eyes.

"Everyone, get up," Feng Jin walked to the bed and sat down, looking at the pale-faced woman on the bed, "The imperial physician said, when will your master wake up?"

"Your Majesty, the doctor said it would only take half an hour, but it's already been almost an hour," Ting Zhu choked up, "Originally, the master had a headache when he got up this morning, so I advised him to go out for a walk, but I didn't expect this to happen. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

Feng Jin stared at the person on the bed without even glancing at Ting Zhu, "Get up, and call the imperial physician in."

Tingzhu kowtowed, then wiped away her tears and left. When she walked to the entrance, she looked back and saw that the emperor was twisting the corner of the quilt for his mistress. She buried her head and walked out.

The skin touched by his fingertips felt a little cold. Feng Jin looked at this face. It was beautiful but not as beautiful as Consort Shu Guifei and Consort Yan Guipin. After closing the beautiful and lively eyes, he actually felt a little pity. Such a pair of eyes should be open and lively, instead of closing the pale eyelids.

As he stared, the person on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, with a bit of fear in his confused eyes. When he saw him, he grabbed his sleeve with one hand, completely forgetting all the rules: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"My beloved, it's okay now," Feng Jin sighed softly, holding the person in his arms with pity, patting her back gently, and could still feel the person in his arms shivering.

Tingzhu, who had originally walked to the door, saw the situation inside the house, and retreated outside with the imperial physician behind him. Even Yunxi retreated quietly.

After a while, they heard low sobbing sounds coming from the room, and it seemed that there was also the emperor's low voice.

The imperial physician listened to the noise inside the room and took a few steps back, burying his head lower and lower, wishing he could not hear anything inside. Anyone could know who the emperor was comforting so considerately and tenderly.

Ting Zhu was secretly shocked. Fortunately, he did not go out to check last night, otherwise who knows what would happen. Fortunately, God blessed and killed those evil servants, otherwise the harem would not be able to stop talking today.

In the outer hall, the empress and a group of concubines each held a teacup and drank tea, as if nothing had happened that day.

The queen glanced at the bright sunlight outside the hall, lazily put down the teacup, and tested the corners of her mouth, "It's getting brighter now, so let's go back early. With the emperor here, I don't think anything serious will happen to Zhao Chongyi."

"Your Majesty is right," Consort Shugui stood up, "I remembered that there is some good medicine for calming the mind in the palace. I will ask my servant to send it to Sister Zhao Chongyi after I return to the palace."

Concubine Xian also stood up and said, "That's right, I'll go and take a look too. I don't know how long it will take for Sister Zhao Chongyi to recover from this shock today."

Gao Dezhong walked into the inner room and whispered to the emperor, "Your Majesty, the Empress and the other masters are preparing to return to the palace. Do you have any other wishes?"

"Let them go back," Feng Jin held Zhuang Luoyan in his arms without looking back, "The traitors in the harem framed Zhao Chongyi, but fortunately God blessed her, it can be considered as fate. You can ask someone to go to Chonghua Temple to donate 100 taels of gold incense oil to Zhao Chongyi, which can be regarded as my thanks to the gods for Zhao Chongyi's blessing."

"Yes." Gao Dezhong was also amazed in his heart. Could it be that God really blessed Zhao Chongyi, and such a shameful thing would have a turning point? Although he got a fright, it was better than being covered in ink and unable to wash it off.

Zhuang Yuyan, lying in Feng Jin's arms, sighed, "Don't hide under a tree during a thunderstorm, or you might be struck by lightning."