All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Shen Lingxi clicked her tongue and said, "Marquis Shen is too outspoken. They only ask you to kowtow once. You don't have to kowtow to them all the time. If the emperor knows about it, I might think you are ignorant."

It was a good thing that she didn't mention the emperor. When Shen Ji mentioned the emperor, Shen Ji thought that he had no idea how to explain "kneeling" to the emperor, and a mouthful of old blood instantly rushed to his throat.

"You...you...you unfilial daughter...you..."

He pointed at Shen Lingxi's hand, which couldn't help but tremble.

Shen Lingxi urged the inner guard who stepped forward: "Marquis Shen is frightened and his mind is no longer clear. Why don't you take him away quickly!"

Shen Ji looked at her with cracked eyes.

What else did he want to say, but he knew clearly that there was a huge disparity in status between him and Shen Lingxi, and it was still useful for the emperor to keep her. He could only swallow the sweet smell in his throat and fainted.

After Shen Ji was carried away, Shen Lingxi became the only master in the ruins.

She glanced at the frightened inner guards and said, "Since I have been ordered to perform rituals here, I must bury these corpses alive. Which of you will collect the corpses for these people?"

The inner guards looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to come forward.

After all, they had a share in the deaths of these people.

Seeing this, Shen Lingxi turned to look at Eunuch Cao, who was shivering in the corner, and asked in embarrassment: "Eunuch Cao, this body..."

"I don't dare...I don't dare..." Eunuch Cao screamed and refused.

Shen Lingxi smiled lightly, "My intention is to call the widows from Beiya, Dali Temple and Fu Ya to bury these corpses. You see..."

"Go! Go! Old slave, go now!" Eunuch Cao stood up in a hurry, crawled out and rushed out, "I don't need to bother the princess, I will go and call someone myself..."

*
By the time Eunuch Cao found all the corpses, and they had arranged the corpses neatly one by one, completed the sutures, filled out the autopsy documents, and sent the corpses to the government office's morgue, it was almost dusk.

The news of the corpse fraud in the cold palace spread quickly throughout the palace and even outside the palace.

Shen Ji, the commander of the Huben Guards, knelt down and repented to the wronged soul of the deceased, which also spread like wildfire.

As a result, there are vaguely different versions of the case of the palace residents of Kunning Palace who were burned to death in the cold palace fire.

Among them, the most convincing version that has been rumored privately is that the deceased palace residents should be related to the dragon fetus carried by the Queen.

Contrary to Shen Lingxi's expectation, the commotion in the ruins of Leng Palace was so loud, but neither the emperor, nor the queen of Kunning Palace, nor even Concubine Yue showed up.

The only one who came to "challenge" her was Shen Yuyao.

Shen Yuyao came aggressively from Kunning Palace with her maid.

Mu Huaijie's soul floated beside her.

At this time, Shen Huacheng, Shen Hualang and Shen Huaxin, who had just taken over the inner guards outside the ruins of Leng Palace, were paying their respects to Shen Lingxi.

Perhaps Shen Yuyao felt that the presence of her three brothers would provide support.

Or maybe, after learning about Shen Ji's "experience", she complained on behalf of her father and was extremely angry.

Shen Yuyao rushed directly to Shen Lingxi and asked angrily, "Shen Lingxi, if you are dissatisfied with me, just come to me, why do you do this to dad?"

Shen Lingxi raised her eyebrows.

This was the first time Shen Yuyao had been so tough in front of her, which surprised her.

"Marquis Shen is a self-inflicted sin, and his life was demanded by an unjust ghost. What does it have to do with me? Who gave you the courage to act wild in front of me?"

Her voice was calm and authoritative.

Shen Yuyao's eyes showed timidity.

Even Eunuch Cao next to him couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Of the people present, he and Shen Lingxi were probably the only ones who knew that Shen Yuyao was carrying a dragon seed in her belly.

If these two sisters got into a fight over a disagreement, it would be a fight between gods.

He couldn't bear it if anything happened to anyone.

Eunuch Cao just had this idea in his mind.The next moment, Shen Yuyao's suddenly raised voice was heard, "You made Daddy unable to get out of bed. As a sister, I should teach you a lesson!"

Eunuch Cao raised his eyes and saw Shen Yuyao raising her hand and throwing it towards Shen Lingxi's face!
"Fourth sister, no!" Shen Huacheng shouted quickly to stop.

He stretched out his hand to stop, but saw Shen Lingxi's hand firmly grasping Shen Yuyao's wrist.

"Hiss..." Shen Yuyao let out a cry of pain.

She frowned tightly, bent over in pain, and subconsciously covered Shen Lingxi's hand with her other hand, as if she wanted to use it to open Shen Lingxi's fingers.

Eunuch Cao on the side was frightened when he saw this scene.

"Oh, Crown Princess, I can't do it, I can't do it, please be merciful, Crown Princess."

Eunuch Cao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and hurriedly tried to persuade her to make peace, "Ms. Shen is acting like this out of sheer impatience. Please forgive her for this time, for the sake of the Emperor and the Queen."

Shen Lingxi sneered.

She looked at Shen Yuyao coldly, "You should be lucky that you are pregnant with a child, otherwise this wrist would have been useless."

Shen Yuyao burst into tears in pain, bent over, and said in a crying voice, "Yes, I am relying on the child in my belly. If you have the ability, kill me."

Before Shen Lingxi could say anything, Mu Huaijie beside him was already excited and excited, "Kill! Kill this evil-doing, shameless bitch!"

Shen Lingxi raised her eyes to look at him, but let go of Shen Yuyao's wrist.

Shen Yuyao staggered back a few steps, and was supported by the three Shen brothers before she could stand still.

But even so, her hairpin was messed up, her clothes were dirty, and she looked extremely embarrassed.

"Eunuch Cao, I'm afraid Madam Shen is going crazy. Could you please take her back to Kunning Palace and send the imperial doctor to her for diagnosis and treatment?" Shen Lingxi said softly.

Eunuch Cao broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly said yes. He winked at the Shen brothers and hurriedly stepped forward to support Shen Yuyao and lead her away.

Shen Lingxi glanced sideways at Mu Huaijie and said, "If you don't go and take a look, if the fetus in her belly is sick, our previous plan will not work."

Mu Huaijie's eyes flashed slightly, and he nodded with a smile: "That's right, I'll go and take a look."

After saying that, he followed them and drifted towards Kunning Palace.

Seeing him walking away, Shen Lingxi stretched out her hand from her sleeve, spread it out, and lowered her eyes to see a pill the size of a fingertip, lying quietly in the palm of her hand.

This was what Shen Yuyao had secretly stuffed into her palm just now, taking advantage of the chaos.

She twisted the pill, put it to the tip of her nose and sniffed, her eyes thoughtful...

It was not until dusk that Su Xian arrived belatedly with several Taoist priests from Taiyi Mountain.

Even though it was already night, due to the corpse fraud during the day, the salvation ceremony seemed to be imminent, and it was necessary to set up the formation all night long.

Su Xian and Shen Lingxi looked at each other tacitly, and then took a few apprentice nephews and began to set up formations in the courtyard in the dark.

For a moment, the chanting of sutras and the ringing of soul-calming bells spread far in the night wind...

*
late at night.

Perhaps it was daytime, and because of the charred corpses, except for the ruins of Leng Palace, the huge palace seemed to be quieter than usual.

A man in black, wearing a black robe and a curtain, walked through the long, quiet and deserted palace corridors of the harem, walking past the entrances of each palace like a ghost.

Under the moonlight, black lines, like snakes, snaked out from the feet of the man in black, passed through the closed palace doors, and swam in...

In the morning dew hall, the candlelight was dim.

The emperor frowned and tossed and turned on the dragon couch.

Suddenly, a young eunuch called out urgently from outside, "Your Majesty, Madam Shen from Kunning Palace is suffering from unbearable pain in her abdomen. The Queen has sent someone to ask you to come..."

The next chapter begins to wrap up. The last game is a bit janky. I will update it together tomorrow night.