Li Qingluo and Nan Ping were naturally shocked.
Nan Ping was about to pull Li Qingluo up and secretly go out to take a look, but was stopped by Old Madam Pei.
"If something like this really happens, it's a serious matter. Please sit down first! I'm afraid His Majesty won't be able to hide it..."
As soon as the voice fell, there was a cry of surprise from outside: "Girl—Girl—My eldest daughter!!"
"It's gone, it's gone, Your Highness, Prince Consort—my eldest daughter is gone—she was murdered—"
It was the maid of the Pan family, crying and shouting miserably.
Even stringed instruments could not cover up the sound of such shouting.
Many people in the hall heard it, and the emperor was naturally not deaf.
He looked coldly at Eunuch Zhou who was standing beside him. Eunuch Zhou immediately raised his voice and asked, "How dare you! What day is it today? Who dares to make a noise outside the palace? Hurry and arrest them!"
The crying and shouting died down instantly.
At this moment, a guard with a sword came in. Eunuch Zhou immediately waved his dustpan and all the singing and dancing stopped.
"Your Majesty, there was a quarrel between several girls, one of them a girl named Pan, and she fell into the water. I just fished her out... but unfortunately..."
Xiyue stood up instantly, her face filled with surprise. "Could it be Pan Li? Where is she? She was clearly in the hall just now, how come she's gone now?!"
The prince consort was so frightened that he smashed the cup in his hand.
"Li, Li'er? But Li'er!?"
Pan Li is the niece of the Grand Prince Consort, so after the Grand Prince Consort and his wife returned to Jinling, they always treated Pan Li as their own daughter.
Even though the Pan family was not qualified to attend the night banquet today, the prince consort brought her into the palace.
But at this moment, something happened to her!
The eldest princess and her husband hurried out of Zhaohua Palace. Nanping also pulled Li Qingluo and slipped out quickly while Madam Pei was not paying attention.
When the *** couple rushed to the pond not far from Zhaohua Palace, Pan Li was already lying on the ground with a deathly pale face.
Moreover, he was indeed out of breath.
Although Pan Li was vain, somewhat arrogant, and her temperament was never compatible with Nan Ping's, Princess Nan Ping was still very sad to see that she was really dead.
"Really, it's gone..."
She stared at Pan Li's body in a daze, her eyes red.
After all, she was related to me by blood and could be called my cousin...
The eldest son-in-law rushed forward in grief: "Li'er—Li'er, how should uncle explain this to your parents—Li'er!!"
The eldest son-in-law hugged the dead Pan Li and cried bitterly, while Xiyue's face was full of anger.
She asked the guards to release the Pan family's maid, and then she walked over and slapped the old maid hard.
"How did you take care of your eldest daughter? How could someone fall into the pond?!"
"If you don't explain clearly today, I will have all of you buried with Miss Pan!"
Empress Xiyue's raging rage frightened all the palace maids and guards in the garden so much that they trembled all over.
But how did it happen?
In fact, few people saw it clearly.
Although lights were on everywhere, it was still a dark day.
Outside Zhaohua Palace, there are many trees and green plants.
The girls sneaked out to get some fresh air and went to the lake together. They were originally talking peacefully, but for some reason they suddenly started making noise!
Everything happened so fast. After a 'thump', the guards immediately jumped down to rescue the person.
But when he was fished out, he was already gone...
"Please spare me, I really don't know what happened to the girls!"
"We originally wanted to go with her, but Miss Pan got furious and drove us all away..."
"She also said that if the slaves didn't get out of here, she would have His Highness chop off their heads..."
Nan Ping sniffed and whispered in surprise, "Although Pan Li is always annoying and outspoken, she wouldn't use my mother as a scapegoat, would she? She wouldn't dare..."
The Grand Consort was furious: "This is absolutely impossible! Li'er is not the kind of person who would speak such evil words! It is you damned slaves who have neglected your duties and dared to deceive this Grand Consort and my wife!"
"Someone, come here! Slap them in the face until they tell the truth!"
At this moment, an announcement came from the palace: "Your Majesty and the Queen have arrived—"
Everyone outside the hall knelt down in unison.
When Emperor Liang and the Empress came out and saw this scene in the garden, their faces were naturally gloomy.
The eldest son-in-law turned around and cried, "Father, please help me! My brother only has this one daughter..."
There are two brothers in the Pan family.
After Pan Erlang became the royal consort, he had not enjoyed wealth and glory for a few days before he was demoted to the northwest together with Princess Xiyue.
Pan Dalang has been supporting his parents alone over the years and has also been secretly helping the eldest princess and her husband, so the eldest son-in-law has always felt ashamed and extremely grateful to his brother.
After returning from the northwest, the eldest son-in-law naturally gave more support and encouragement to his brother, and now Pan Dalang has also achieved an official position of the fifth rank.
Apart from Pan Li, the daughter, Pan Dalang and his wife had only sons.
Now that Pan Li died in the palace, how could the prince consort not go crazy?
He put Pan Li down, knelt down beside Emperor Liang, hugged his legs and begged bitterly.
"I beg you, Father, to make the decision for me!!"
*** felt sorry for her husband and knelt down with tears in her eyes: "I beg you, father, to make a decision for the prince consort. Li'er died in our palace tonight in such an unclear way. How are you and I going to explain this to the Pan family?..."
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