More than half a month had passed since Lady Ye was murdered, but there had been no progress on the matter. Xihe Palace had gradually become deserted, and even the palace maids and eunuchs were often called away by servants from other palaces to help with work.

Such huge changes had taken place in just half a month, which made Zhuang Yuyan sigh with emotion. In the harem, people change their masks so quickly, and they use the same tricks to praise or step on others.

Some things are not suitable for active attack, and certainly not suitable for sitting back and waiting for death, so finding a new way is often the best way. Zhuang Yuyan has never been a person who sits back and waits for death, nor has she attacked rashly, so she has to be ruthless and steady when she strikes.

The night was as cool as water. On the calm surface of the lotus pond, a crescent moon was reflected. When the breeze blew, the crescent moon drifted with the wind, with an indescribable beauty. At this moment, there was a bang, and the crescent moon shook violently, breaking into pieces of silver light on the water.

"Someone come! Queen So Hyeonyong fell into the water!"

"Quick, hurry up and get in the water to save him!"

It was midnight. Feng Jin was lying on Qian Guiren's bed when he heard a noise coming from outside. He frowned and opened his eyes. "What's going on outside?"

"Your Majesty, the eunuch in charge of Xihe Palace is outside and wants to see you." Gao Dezhong said from outside the curtain, "I see that the eunuch in charge looks anxious, it seems that something big has happened."

Hearing this, Feng Jian sat up, and Qian Guiren, who was lying beside him, also sat up and hurriedly put a robe on him. "Your Majesty, it's already midnight. Why don't you summon the eunuch to ask what's going on? It's cold outside."

"I know the servants in Xihe Palace well. They won't come to see me unless necessary." Feng Jian asked the servants to dress him while he asked Gao Dezhong to arrange the sedan chair.

Lady Qian looked at the emperor's behavior with a slightly gloomy expression. She then stepped forward to help Feng Jin dress, but Feng Jin waved her off, "I'll do these things. You don't have to do anything."

Is it that she doesn't need to do anything, or does he feel that her service is not as efficient as that of a servant?

Seeing that the emperor had changed his robes in the blink of an eye, Noble Lady Qian hesitated for a moment, then followed the emperor out of the inner room. When she reached the outer room, she saw a slightly fat eunuch kneeling on the ground, his hair disheveled and his clothes stained with mud. He must have come in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, the Queen is in trouble. Please help her," Fu Bao had just said these few words when he was interrupted by the Emperor.

"Let's talk on the way. I don't think it's a trivial matter." Feng Jin paused and walked out.

Fubao was stunned for a moment, then he quickly got up and ran out.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Feng Jian sat on the sedan chair, his expressionless face looking a little murderous in the night.

"Your Majesty, these past few days the Queen has loved to sit by the lotus pond at night. Tonight, Tingzhu and Yunxi accompanied the master to sit by the pond. The Queen said she was a little hungry, so Miss went to bring her snacks. Not long after Tingzhu left, Yunxi heard someone breaking a teacup, and thought it was Miss Tingzhu, so she went to check. Who knew that just after a while, she heard the sound of someone falling into the water, and when she ran back, she found that it was the master who fell into the water." Fubao's tone was a little anxious, and it was rare for him to make his words clear.

"If I remember correctly, Zhaoxianrong knows how to swim, so she should be fine if she falls into the water." Feng Jin frowned. Could it be that Zhuang Luoyan is also trying to use the torture trick?

"It's true that the queen knows how to swim, but she was hit on the back of the head and fell into the water. The imperial physician said that the wound on the back of the queen's head was slightly offset, so it was not fatal. I guess the queen felt something was wrong at the time and dodged for a while but didn't completely avoid it, so..." Fu Bao's voice choked, "When the servants rescued the queen, she was already unconscious. The water in the pool was dyed red for a large area, and the queen hasn't woken up yet."

"Who is so brave?!" Feng Jin's face darkened, "You servants don't know how to serve your master properly?!"

Fubao's face changed slightly, and he could only keep apologizing. Gao Dezhong, who was standing by, felt that something was wrong. Such a big thing happened in Xihe Palace, and Fubao, a eunuch in charge, was not in the palace to take charge of the situation. How could he be an errand boy?

The group hurried to Xihe Palace, but saw only a eunuch guarding the door. When he saw them, he knelt down and saluted with a look of joy on his face.

After Feng Jin got off the sedan chair and entered Xihe Palace, his brows became more and more furrowed. He had only not been to Xihe Palace for more than half a month, so why did it become so deserted?

This feeling became more and more obvious when entering the main hall. Although Xihe Palace did not have a large number of palace attendants, there were at least enough eunuchs and palace maids. Now that such a big thing had happened to the master, why were there no servants serving him?

The eunuch who was guarding outside the inner chamber was delighted when he saw the emperor, and immediately reported: "The emperor has arrived."

Feng Jin walked into the room and saw that only Ting Zhu and Yun Xi were serving by the side. The only doctor examining Zhuang Yuyan's pulse was the elderly doctor Mao. His face immediately darkened and he said angrily, "Where are the other servants? Are they all dead? Zhao Xianrong had such a big problem, why was there only one doctor to examine her pulse? Where are the other doctors on duty?!"

"I went to the Imperial Hospital to ask, and the judge said that the other doctors on duty had gone to take the pulses of other masters. Later, I met Doctor Mao who had just entered the palace. Although he was not on duty, he saw that I was anxious and followed me to take the pulse of my master." Yun Xi answered while kneeling on the ground with red eyes.

"What about the other servants?" Feng Jin sat down on the chair and touched the teapot on the small table. It was already cold. He was so angry that he threw the teapot to the ground, breaking it into pieces.

"Your Majesty, the eunuchs in charge of other palaces said that the masters did not need to serve the emperor, and there was nothing to do in the palace, so they borrowed some people away," Yun Xi's voice was a little angry because of anger and sadness, "so now there are only a few people serving in the palace."

"I didn't know that there weren't enough people serving in other palaces," Feng Jin turned to Gao Dezhong and said, "Gao Dezhong, go and invite the people from the Imperial Hospital in person. I want to see how busy these doctors are!"

The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau did not expect that Eunuch Gao, who was close to the Emperor, would come to the Imperial Medical Bureau because of the matter of Zhao Xianrong. He knew something was wrong immediately. Originally, Noble Lady Ye was the niece of the Empress Dowager, so how could they dare to get close to Zhao Xianrong? Who would have thought that Zhao Xianrong, who had been stripped of her honor and was involved in the murder of Noble Lady Ye, would be valued by the Emperor.

Thinking of the emperor's anger, the judge's legs trembled a little. He hurriedly called the imperial physician who was good at bone and gynecological medicine, and hurried to Xihe Palace.

Feng Jin looked coldly at the doctors kneeling in front of him, and smashed the cups of boiling tea beside them. "What are you still kneeling here for? Why don't you go and take Zhao Xianrong's pulse?"

Several imperial doctors came forward to take So Hyun-yong's pulse, but they took a breath of cool air when they saw her pale face and the bleeding wound on the back of her head. It was obvious that the wounder wanted to kill So Hyun-yong, but the wound was a little shallow, so So Hyun-yong managed to survive.

After half an incense stick of time, several imperial doctors knelt in front of Feng Jin with pale faces, "Your Majesty, the injury to Zhao Xianrong is really serious. The back of the head of the queen must have been hit hard. If it was a little more off, her life would be in danger."

"I don't want to listen to your nonsense. Just use the medicine as it should be used." Feng Jin took the tea presented by Gao Dezhong, drank it reluctantly, and frowned. "What kind of tea is this?"

Gao Dezhong looked at Tingzhu who was making tea.

"Your Majesty, the Palace Department said recently that there is not enough new tea, so this is the old tea that was just distributed," Tingzhu knelt on the ground, "This is already the best tea in the palace. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

"Good, very good!" Feng Jin put down the teacup heavily, "Someone, bring the Empress here!"

In Jingyang Palace, the Queen felt something was wrong when she heard that Zhao Xianrong was seriously injured and fell into the lotus pond. She had just asked the palace maids to help her put on her clothes when the eunuch who was going to deliver the message to the Emperor arrived.

Sitting on the sedan chair, the Queen thought a lot, but she could never have imagined that someone would want to kill Zhao Xianrong. Now, without having to investigate the cause of Ye Guiren's death, she knew that Zhao Xianrong was framed by someone with ulterior motives.

"How is Zhao Xianrong now?" The queen turned her head and asked the eunuch who was following beside her.

"My lady, the doctor who took your pulse just now said that the situation is very serious. If the wound had not been slightly offset, your life would have been in danger."

The Queen's expression changed. If this was the case, the Emperor must be very angry right now.

The eunuch who was delivering the message wanted to do the empress a favor, so he said, "When the emperor arrived at Xihe Palace, he saw that there were not many servants left in the palace, and the only one who was examining the pulse was Imperial Physician Mao. He immediately became angry and asked Eunuch Gao to go to the Imperial Hospital to invite the imperial physician. I just saw that Zhaoxian was seriously injured, and there was blood on the pillow and quilt. I am afraid that this time the injury is serious."

The queen nodded. It was common for the powerful to bully the weak in the harem, but these women thought that the emperor was present when Zhuang Yuyan was removed from office, which meant that Zhuang Yuyan had fallen out of favor again. How could they know that the emperor was still thinking about her?

By tomorrow, those who use servants to order people around and withhold the allowance of the virtuous lady will have to wait for the emperor’s wrath.

"Heyu, have someone check which palace servants approached Xihe Palace tonight. No matter which palace it was, they must be clearly recorded," the queen said after calming down. "Zhao Xianrong has suffered such a serious crime, the murderer cannot be allowed to go unpunished."

"Yes, Your Majesty." He Yu agreed quickly, but she was a little worried in her heart, wondering if the emperor would be angry with Your Majesty at this time.