Reborn Totalitarian Queen

Chapter 705 Yin Shao's Revenge, Concubine Xin's Death! (1)
In the palace these days, things are not peaceful.

Although the news of the suspected witchcraft case was blocked by the emperor's order, and it did not spread in a large area in the end, for those who knew it, what they were facing was a huge torture.

This has been going on for several days. Whenever the emperor falls asleep, he will inevitably have nightmares all night long.

Gao Jinli didn't dare to leave his place all night, so he stayed outside his bedroom.

In the middle of the night, the emperor had just fallen asleep for less than half an hour, when there was a sudden vibration inside the bed curtain.

Gao Jinli was leaning on the pillars of the outer hall to take a nap, but when he heard the movement, he quickly walked in with Fuchen in his arms, lifted the bed curtain, and sure enough, he saw the emperor sitting there sweating profusely, with a look on his face that was half confused and half terrified .

"Your Majesty—" Gao Jinli tried to call out.

The emperor turned his head slowly and saw the light coming in from the outer hall, so he regained some energy and looked up at Gao Jinli again.

"Did the emperor have a nightmare again?" Gao Jinli asked, taking the Dingjing tea brought by Jin Zi and giving it to him.

The emperor took it, and almost drank it from the cow. The warm tea soup calmed down his frantic beating heart a little.

"What time is it now?" Rubbing the center of his brows, the emperor asked.

"It's still early, it's only midnight, Your Majesty, please continue to sleep." Gao Jin stood up and helped him to lie down.

The emperor frowned deeply, looking up and staring at the bright yellow curtain above his head.

It has been like this for the past few days, as long as he closes his eyes, he will think of the bloody doll he saw in Fengming Palace, and then the lifeless thing will slowly grin and smile at him, looking Very strange.

Xu Shiren would be especially afraid of death when he got older, and then for several nights in a row, he was never able to sleep peacefully.

Gao Jinli covered him with a quilt, and just about to turn around and retreat, the emperor called him, "Gao Jinli——you said that so-called witchcraft can really kill people?"

Regarding this matter, Gao Jinli's heart was still pounding, especially when it was brought up at night, it was even more frightening.

But in front of the emperor, he had no choice but to pretend to be calm, and said with a hey smile, "Your Majesty, think too much. Those are all sorcery, and they can't be put on the stage. With the emperor's real dragon spirit, what can happen?"

"But the prince—" the emperor was still uneasy.

In fact, Qin Tianjian did not admit it vaguely in the end. It neither said that Yin Shao's illness was caused by the doll's curse, nor dared to promise that it had nothing to do with taking things.

If this kind of thing becomes a big problem, it will only disturb people's hearts. Since Yin Shao is fine, the emperor is just deceiving himself and not going too deep into it. It's just that every time he thinks about it behind his back, he still feels uneasy about it. Practical.

"Isn't Your Highness the Crown Prince all right?" Gao Jinli said, trying to comfort him, "Your Majesty is too worried about His Highness the Crown Prince, and that's why he has been brooding over this matter. There is nothing you can do about it, isn’t Your Highness the Crown Prince? Rest assured, Your Majesty, since the matter is over, don’t think about it anymore.”

Gao Jinli had dug deep into the ground to verify Chunmei's background, only to find that this girl's family background was clean, and she had always been well-behaved since entering the palace, always doing things according to her duties.People around her didn't think there was anything unusual about her, but they said that she had some contacts with an old eunuch who guarded and cleaned the cold palace two years ago.The old eunuch was old, had a strange personality, and was even a little talkative, but it had been more than a year since he passed away, and the rags left behind had been cleaned up long ago, so there were no valuable clues left.There was no real evidence left and right, and in the end, it could only be inferred that the dirty thing in Chunmei's hand was heard from the old eunuch, and then the whole thing was broken on this level.

The emperor didn't want himself to think too much, but this kind of thing was too evil. Although Yin Shao was safe and sound this time, he was even more afraid that someone would get worse and use this witchcraft on him, so these days he kept Worrying all day long.

Although he heard Gao Jinli say this, the emperor still felt uneasy, but there was no trace to be found, and he couldn't say anything more, so he closed his eyes again.

Gao Jinli breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he put down the bed curtain, a loud noise suddenly came from the direction of the imperial garden outside the hall.

The emperor was sensitive and suspicious when he came in, so he immediately sat up again and said loudly, "What's the sound?"

Gao Jinli was also startled by the movement, turned his head to look at the emperor who was slowly grimacing, and then took two quick steps towards the gate and shouted, "What happened outside? Who is making the noise?"

The guards outside pushed open the door and reported: "Your Majesty, forgive me, the servant has already asked people to look over it. It seems that someone set fire to the imperial garden."

"Arson?" Before Gao Jinli could say anything, the emperor became furious, "It's really the opposite. Is it still called Zhen Ansheng?"

"Your Majesty, calm down, calm down first." Gao Jinli quickly turned back, stroked his chest to let him breathe, and then pulled his neck to look out, "I didn't see the fire outside, maybe the slave below made a fuss Lied about it."

At this time, the emperor had no sleepiness, his face was dark and he did not speak.

After a while, a guard came in hurriedly from outside his bedroom, and said a few words to the captain on duty, the captain's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly opened the door and came in to report: "Your Majesty , The matter has been clarified. It was the imperial forest army on duty tonight who found a suspicious young eunuch in the imperial garden. He wanted to stop and ask a few questions, but the man refused to cooperate and forcibly broke through the blockade and slipped away. It is said that he is another master of skill, and the people below dare not take it lightly, and are chasing and searching."

It's fine if it's just a suspicious little eunuch, but if it's a suspicious master, then you really can't take it lightly.

The emperor's face became extremely gloomy at that moment.

Gao Jinli observed his words, and when he was about to persuade him again, Chang Guang, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army, came looking for him outside.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Chang is asking to see you."

"What's the matter?" The emperor looked over coldly, "The troublemaker was caught?"

"No!" Chang Guang knelt down on one knee, peeking at the emperor from the corner of his eye with embarrassment on his face, but his words were orderly, "The slave led people to chase all the way, but that person is very good at lightness. The place suddenly disappeared. Because it was already late at night, the servants were afraid that the noise of the search would affect the rest of the ladies in the palaces, so they dared not act rashly. I don't know if I should-"

(End of this chapter)