Chaoyang Hall, the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhao Dynasty.
Shang Xiche's headaches had been intermittent, but tonight, with Consort Yin's help, he finally felt sleepy. Just as he fell asleep, he heard a series of heavy, crashing sounds, like hailstones falling from the palace ceiling.
If it were hail, that would be one thing; if the sky wants to rain, and a mother wants to remarry, even the emperor couldn't stop it.
But the noise only lasted for a short while, just enough to wake him up, and then it was gone; it was clearly not a natural disaster.
"Who goes there!" came the guard's startled question from outside the door, his voice clearly filled with immense fear.
Shang Xiche suffered from chronic insomnia and neurasthenia, making him already extremely irritable. Being suddenly woken up only fueled his anger, and he roared at the door, "What's all this noise?!"
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened..." A young guard pushed open the door and knelt at the entrance in a panic.
Seeing him like this, Shang Xiche was even more furious. He got up and rushed over, kicking him to the ground: "You heartless wretch, how dare you curse me! Guards, drag him away and beat him to death!"
The young guard was terrified and pointed outside the door, shouting, "Your Majesty, spare me! I didn't mean to offend you, it's just that outside... look outside, it's suddenly raining down heads!"
Upon hearing this, Shang Xiche felt even more inclined to curse.
A rain of heads?
Why don't you say your father fell from the sky?
Do you think I'm a pig?
But Shang Xiche still subconsciously glanced at the palace gate: the moonlight in the middle of summer was exceptionally bright, and the ground was covered with a layer of white frost.
Outside the hall, on the wide, flat ground, lay fuzzy, black things, and in the air was a putrid stench.
Some of the lamps were not far from the lamps on the outer corridor of the hall, and one could clearly see human facial features beneath the fuzzy hair.
at this time.
Gao Chengwei also arrived with his men. Several guards held large torches, which clearly illuminated the densely packed heads on the ground.
"ah!"
Consort Yin, who was getting dressed and standing up, saw the horrific scene outside and screamed in fright, quickly covering her mouth with her hand.
Shang Xiche was also ice-cold, his heart filled with surprise and doubt: This is strange, why would human heads fall from the sky out of nowhere?
Gao Chengwei personally went to confirm the identities of these people. Among them were Leng Jun and several of Leng Jun's capable assistants. Although Gao Chengwei had no interaction with them, they knew of each other's existence and had met a few times on special occasions, so he remembered them.
"Your Majesty, these people..." The Shadow Moon Guard had always been a secret force of the royal family, and Gao Chengwei couldn't mention it in front of so many guards and Consort Yin, so he only said half of what he wanted to say.
Upon seeing this, Shang Xiche realized that Gao Chengwei must have recognized these people, and quickly dismissed Consort Yin and the other palace maids and eunuchs.
Gao Chengwei then leaned closer and whispered in Shang Xiche's ear, "Your Majesty, those heads on the ground seem to belong to Commander Leng and his men."
"What?!"
To Shang Xiche, this news was even more terrifying than a head falling from the sky!
Seeing Shang Xiche's rudeness, Gao Chengwei seemed to understand the whole story and asked with some doubt, "Your Majesty, Commander Leng and the others...?"
Shang Xiche staggered a few steps out the door and stood in the courtyard. He looked up at the night sky in panic and asked, "Are you sure these heads fell from the sky, and not that someone sneaked into the palace and threw them in from the roof or somewhere else?"
"Your Majesty, we dare not deceive you. These heads did indeed fall from the sky," the guards on night duty replied, kneeling on the ground.
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