Descending Phoenix- To be Emperor - C306

Shen Youhuang walked in and saw two corpses lying on the ground. One of them was burned to death while the other one had wounds all over his legs.

He felt nauseous and quickly retreated.

Seeing the two female corpses, a hint of a cold smile flashed across his eyes.

This meant that Li Wan’s concubine had already killed Su Caijun. As a result, the matter of feeding the Emperor with the poisonous water from the plague that day was indisputable, and the truth could no longer be found out.

He walked out and arrogantly looked at Shangguan Jin: “This king has seen, the fire has indeed been extinguished. This king will preach to royal father and will not let you off! ”

Shangguan Jin clearly knew that Shen Youhuang hated him secretly for replacing the obedient Du Kai, and now that he had gotten hold of some information, he was naturally going to cause trouble.

Two of the imperial concubines who had died under’s protection were nothing compared to when Du Kai was unable to protect the Emperor and caused him to catch a plague.

Besides, the imperial concubine Shangguan Yu was in charge of the harem, so it was uncertain who the emperor would listen to.

Therefore, in the face of Shen Youhuang’s false bravado, Shangguan Jin did not try to defend himself nor did he reply, but only smiled faintly.

Shen Youhuang was secretly shocked in his heart when he saw Zhuang Duxing and Feng Ningyan, who was disguised as Lian Yi, walking in from afar.

Immediately he understood that this Zhuang Duxing must have known that someone was burned to death here to investigate.

He looked at Zhuang Duxing with displeasure and said, “Zhuang Shaoqing, you’ve come too. Without the orders of the emperor, can you, a young king in Inspection Department, walk unhindered in the imperial harem? ”

When Feng Ningyan heard it, he raised the imperial concubine’s jade pendant and said, “Prince Cheng has misunderstood. Imperial Noble Concubine ordered Zhuang Shaoqing to come and investigate the cause of death of Li Wan and Su Cai.”

Shen Youhuang’s gaze fell upon Feng Ningyan’s face. He saw that she was the personal palace maid in front of the imperial concubine, and did not put her in his eyes at all.

He coldly swept Feng Ningyan a glance. “Imperial Noble Concubine’s efficiency is rather high this time around. Zhuang Shaoqing, how long have you been here and what have you found? ”

Zhuang Duxing and Feng Ningyan looked at each other, then stepped forward and said: “This subject carried out an autopsy immediately, and has currently determined that Li Wan Consort was drugged, resulting in the hallucination of someone killing someone.”

“Is that so?” Shen Youhuang was secretly shocked, he did not think that Zhuang Duxing would discover the key to the case so quickly.

However, he thought that since his own people had cleanly set fire to the medicine, and did not leave any clues behind, Zhuang Duxing’s investigation could only stop here. There was no way he could find out more.

He laughed coldly, “Zhuang Shaoqing is an expert at solving cases with Inspection Department. This duke naturally believes in your judgement. However, there was no need to guess. He had to find the real culprit and prove the culprit. This King orders you to find the real culprit within three days, otherwise, get fired from your position and investigate! ”

Feng Ningyan could not help but sneer, and thought: Three days? It had been too long. Even if I don’t sleep, I want to find out the truth!

Hearing the light sneer, Shen Youhuang looked at Feng Ningyan once again.

This little palace maid actually dared to laugh at this moment! He was tired of living!

He walked in front of Feng Ningyan with large strides, and gently pinched her chin and raised it up to size up.

Feng Ningyan wanted to open his dirty hands, but he thought that Lian Yi would be extremely respectful to him, to the point where he didn’t even dare to raise his face, and could only endure his disgust, lowering his eyes and not meet Shen Youhuang’s gaze.

When Shen Youhuang saw this, his heart skipped a beat.

Amongst the concubines and maids in the harem, she was not the least bit picky. However, for some reason, the arrogance and loathing that flashed across her eyes earlier made him suddenly think of someone.

Feng Ningyan!

All the women in the world, upon seeing the mighty Prince Cheng, who wouldn’t flatter and curry favor with him?

He had always treated women with infinite gentleness and care, so even the imperial harem had many palace maids. Even if they could speak to him, they would secretly laugh for a long time.

Although he did not have a deep impression of Lian Yi, that girl had never had such a sharp look in her eyes before.

By the side, Zhuang Duxing and Shangguan Jin saw that Shen Youhuang who was holding onto Lian Yi’s chin, had become silly, and anxiously went forward to smooth things over.

Zhuang Duxing took a step forward, cupped his hands, and said: “This subject will definitely find the true culprit within three days, I will not disappoint Prince Cheng’s expectations.”

Feng Ningyan anxiously retreated a step, bowed his head, and appeared to be trembling with fear.

Shen Youhuang focused and turned around. He thought to himself, I forgot that this Lian Yi belongs to the imperial concubine, so I naturally hate him to the bone. It isn’t strange for him to have that kind of expression.

However, he did not know why he thought of Feng Ningyan again.

Could it be that because he had that charming and gentle thought toward her, he still hadn’t given up?

Looking at Lian Yi again, her head was lowered, and a few freckles could be vaguely seen on her cheeks, how could it compare to Feng Ningyan’s jade white skin, let alone her appearance.

With a cold snort, he no longer looked at “Lian Yi” and left with a brush of his sleeves.

Feng Ningyan heaved a sigh of relief, gave the place to Zhuang Duxing and Shangguan Jin, then took the man’s shoes and returned to the Chen Ming Palace.

When the Imperial Consort heard that they had not found any clear clues, she couldn’t help but feel somewhat disappointed.

“It seems like Shen Youhuang is the only one left of the people related to the Emperor’s infection that day.”

Feng Ningyan said in a low voice: “No, there is also Su Cai Nu, I saved her and gave her to Commander Shangguan to treat her wounds, but she is unconscious right now, so when she wakes up, the truth will definitely be revealed. As for the two burnt female corpses that were part of the palace, they are female prisoners who died of illness in Inspection Department Prison. ”

When the imperial concubine heard it, she finally said joyfully, “That’s good! This way, he could hide it from Shen Youhuang. “This Su Caiyu can be considered to have a great fortune. Meeting you …”

Feng Ningyan took out that shoe, placed it on the table and said: “I found this shoe near the Flowerflower Palace. Zhuang Shaoqing said that it might have come from the Shang Gong Department’s house. I wonder if Empress has any impression of this?”

Imperial Concubine looked at it for a moment, but shook her head, “These shoes are indeed similar to those used in the kitchen, but I have never seen anyone wear these shoes before. “In the imperial harem, guards wore boots while eunuchs could only wear cloth shoes. I’m afraid I’ll have to ask the minister’s office to find out …”

Feng Ningyan had no choice but to keep the shoes.

“It’s just that there are too many people in the Departmant Six. A man’s shoes might not bring about any sort of disturbance or rumors in the imperial harem. This servant will investigate it in secret.”

The Imperial Concubine’s mood had been heavy all day, and until now, she felt extremely sleepy. Feng Ningyan and the other palace maids served the Imperial Concubine rest.

At night, although Feng Ningyan lied on Lian Yi’s bed after changing his bedding, it still felt a little strange and he couldn’t fall asleep.

Thinking about how Shen Lingjue might also be thinking about her right now, she felt a sweet in her heart.

She pushed open the window and looked out at the moon. She murmured, “Husband, it’s late at night. Let’s go to sleep early …” It must be a sunny day tomorrow. ”

The next morning, as expected, was a sunny day. As soon as the sun rose, Feng Ningyan went to serve the imperial concubine in her palace.

At this time, Jiang Tao came in to report that Southern Frontier Princess was seeking an audience.