The Scheming Young Master - C51 None

When Luo Yi said that she wanted to use the Imperial Guards to weed, she led a group of people to the Lin Yi Hall.

The was where the Sin Consort of the old dynasty lived before. The old man in the palace said that the concubine’s death was unclear, and her grievances were deep, so there were always rumors that this place was haunted. In addition, after the new emperor entered the palace, the crown prince’s personality became increasingly eccentric. The Imperial guards looked at each other for a while before turning to look at the person in front of them.

Luo Yi ordered his men to move a chair over and sat down outside. She casually waved her hand to signal for them to not be afraid, then pointed at the legless weeds at the entrance and said: “Clean this grass up.”

“It seems like this soil is quite suitable for growing crops. Later, I’ll try to grow all the crops here.”

When she mentioned that she wanted to turn Lin Yi Hall over and fix him up, Chen Liyi almost cried out from the anxiousness. With red eyes, he pitifully called out to her, “Sister …”

“It’s fine …” Luo Yi pinched the back of his hand. She didn’t use too much strength and only comforted him: “It has nothing to do with you. Just focus on your studies.

Chen Liyi looked to be still very perturbed, but he lowered his voice even more, “No matter what I found inside, it has nothing to do with you, as long as you stay in the house and study, no one will blame you, and neither will I.”

Chen Liyi stared at her eyes for a while longer, and only after confirming that the words she said meant “oh” did he let go of Luo Yi’s hand.

Thus, the first job that the Imperial Guards had been given to Luo Yi was to grind and loosen the soil in this haunted palace, so that she would have the chance to turn this place into a vegetable garden in the future. During this process, she was able to dig out an incredible thing from the bottom of the Lin Yi Hall.

The Imperial Guard who had dug out the first bone was caught off guard, and was startled by the two huge holes on the skull. He immediately jumped three feet into the air, alarming Commander of the Imperial Guard who was at the side.

Immediately after, another Imperial Guard not far from him dug out a leg bone.

White bones of the dead popped up one after another like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. The face of the new Commander of the Imperial Guard became pale as he ordered them in a cold voice to stop and go out to report to the person who was napping at the door.

“Bones?” Luo Yi pretended to be surprised, and her originally lazy sitting posture became a bit more upright.

“Yes.” Xu Taian’s face was heavy, “It seems like it’s been a while. The corpses have all rotted.”

Luo Yi lowered her head slightly, revealing a cold smile. With an anxious voice, she said, “Bring me over there to take a look.”

“Yes …”

The new commander respectfully took two steps back to prepare to lead the way for her, but then he suddenly thought of something and changed his words. “Years of rotting corpses or stinky bones, it might cause discomfort …”

He was at a loss for words. “Empress, it’s better not to look.”

Luo Yi had already straightened half her body. When she heard this, she glanced at him in surprise, but didn’t take it to heart. She waved her hand to indicate that there was no problem, and then, with Qing Luo’s support, she walked in front of him.

However, when they arrived at the place where they were digging out the corpses, Luo Yi did not leave after just a glance from afar. Instead, she directly pushed through the crowd and walked to the innermost area, then asked: “Who dug this out?”

A man with a medium stature walked out from the crowd and knelt on one knee. “Reporting to the Empress, it was dug out by this subordinate.”

Luo Yi sized him up without batting an eyelid, then comforted him: “Nothing, I was just casually asking.”

With that, she changed her tone and continued, “It shouldn’t be a big matter. It could be the palace maids that used to live in this palace …”

Before he finished speaking, he heard another commotion from outside. Luo Yi walked along a path that the Imperial Guard automatically opened up and saw another skeleton being dug out by the Imperial Guard.

At this point, almost everyone could sense that something was amiss. Luo Yi stayed silent for two seconds before instructing everyone in a low voice, “I’ll go report this to Your Majesty.”

She had expected this outcome, so her expression didn’t change much. Just as she took two steps forward, she was stopped by the newly appointed Commander of the Imperial Guard, “After the Empress reports to Your Majesty, she should return to her palace. Otherwise, she might dig out more filth and disturb her.”

he said slowly.

Once was an accident, but these repeated warnings made people pay attention.

Luo Yi pulled Qing Luo back, tilted her head, and asked: “You are just a small forbidden troop, who gave you the guts to dare point fingers at me?”

Although the meaning of his words were sharp, it did not seem like there was any accusation. The man paused, then suppressed his voice and continued, “Before Mr. Wen leaves the palace, let this lowly one pass on a message to the Empress at a suitable time.”

Luo Yi raised her eyebrows to show that she was listening attentively.

“Nothing can last long. If the Empress is so obsessed with everything, it will inevitably harm the body. Please focus on your body. ”

Luo Yi, “…”

She could almost imagine the man speaking with a cold face, a frown on his face, and a cold look on his face as he finished speaking, hoping that he would be able to suppress his opponent in terms of momentum.

Luo Yi could not help but smile.

She was delighted to hear that — concern without any impurities always made her feel good, so the smile on her lips became much louder and her voice softer. “Thank you for me, sir,” she said.

But there was no room for compromise.

When Luo Yi found Chen Jinyan, he was in the great hall reading a book, and when she heard the voice of the servant, she turned the book over without changing her expression, and casually raised her hand, indicating for the people below to bring him in.

Luo Yi’s superficial skills were even better than before, and her voice was calm as she reported about the matter of Lin Yi Hall digging out the corpse.

Chen Jinyan put down the book and upon hearing that, he immediately frowned, the expression on his face becoming more severe: “Who is so bold as to actually dare to commit murder right under our noses!”

Luo Yi lowered her head and laughed silently, she quietly watched Chen Jinyan vent his anger.

Honestly speaking, even Luo Yi and Mu Yizhou, these two elites might not be able to guess the truth, and even the two of them knew the real purpose of Luo Yi borrowing the Imperial Guard. Otherwise, do you think that the great ruler of a country would be so hot-headed that he would hand over the Imperial Guard to a concubine to weed?

It was just that due to their different considerations, Luo Yi could not state her intentions, and Chen Jinyan could not expose this matter to the world without any warning.

It just so happened that although their goals were different, the things that both sides had to do could be considered to be the same.

Luo Yi stood there quietly, seeing that Chen Jinyan had passed down the order after sending out the fire, he said in a serious tone, “We want to see, who exactly has the guts to dare to do such a despicable thing in a palace!”

Lin Yi Hall dug out a total of 23 bones, some of the old skin had already decayed completely, only leaving behind some new bones, some new ones dead, the bones were still connected to the rotten flesh, the moment they dug out the bones, everyone else took a few steps back due to the stench.

Luo Yi was lucky, she had been holding a handkerchief to her mouth and nose from the start, and had reacted quickly, pulling Luo Yi back almost the moment the corpse was dug out, so the stench did not scare her too much, it was just the pitiful Imperial Guard who had dug out the Corrupt Corpse, and vomited for a long time on the ground to the side before they managed to recover.

The corpse’s facial features were still rather distinct, and the events of the past half a month were roughly calculated on time. For some reason, a brave Imperial Guard suddenly clutched his nose and inched forward, before kicking his loathing companion with a look of disdain, “Hey, look at her. Is she the face of the former Empress?”

The person who was kicked first pursed his lips in displeasure, then he glanced at the rotten corpse, after which he quickly withdrew his gaze: “Who can recognise this!?” His face was covered in spots… And didn’t he go to the imperial mausoleum with the empress at night? What nonsense are you spouting! ”

“Take a good look!” The person who spoke earlier kicked him again, “Look at the birthmark on the side of her neck! What about such a large piece of land! I can never admit my wrongs! ”

He made a solemn oath. Only then did the latter take two steps forward and carefully looked at the corpse’s neck. “It really is …”

His voice was filled with surprise. “Didn’t she follow the former empress out of the palace? Why are you back? ”

Luo Yi listened at the side and couldn’t help but frown. Then, she took a step forward and asked: “Do you know this person?”

“To reply esteemed Empress,” the first person who recognized the corpse stepped forward and replied, “Wan Xiang was the one who served the previous Empress. When we brothers entered the palace, we didn’t understand the rules and received quite a few pointers from Lady Xiang, but she clearly followed the previous Empress out of the palace … We brothers saw it with our own eyes! How did he die in the palace again? ”

He frowned, puzzled.

Luo Yi could not understand, and stared at the corpse on the ground for a long while.

The two brothers firmly said that this person had already left the palace, but now, he had been dug out by someone from the palace, so either this person had not left at all back then, or he had returned again, and somehow offended Wen Yan, causing her to silence him.

Currently, Luo Yi was leaning towards the second possibility.

“Bring the body back.” She pointed at the two brothers who had spoken earlier and said, “Investigate her cause of death and …”

She paused, then changed her words under their puzzled gazes, “Nothing.”

In fact, most of the deaths could be seen.

Tang Yuan was a doctor, Luo Yi had heard him mention this before, that if a person was poisoned to death, their throat would turn black, and although these bones were stained with mud, the ones with good eyes would still be able to see their black bones.

However, if you observed them one by one, you would find that not everyone was poisoned to death.

Luo Yi roughly took a few glances, and faintly guessed in her heart that the ones who died from the poison should have been Wen Yan’s handiwork, and not the ones who died from the poison.

Luo Yi stopped abruptly and forced herself to divert her attention.

Not to mention the fact that it would attract unknown items, just the dozens of corpses here would scare the most pampered empress of the palace half to death, so Luo Yi had been waiting at the door for the imperial guards to wrap the corpses in white cloth and carry them out separately. Only after they had cleaned up the courtyard did she respond to Qing Luo’s call.

“I didn’t see anything,” she said in a long voice. “I just felt that it was a pity that I couldn’t grow any fruits and vegetables.”

The remaining poison on the corpses would have been on the ground, not to mention the many poisoned corpses.

No wonder the grass at the entrance of Lin Yi Hall was the best.

Luo Yi slowly walked forward. While walking, she suddenly stopped for a moment, and then suddenly turned her head to look at the empty Lin Yi Hall.

“Empress?” Qing Luo asked carefully.

Luo Yi shook her head, she suspected that she was being too sensitive, but in that moment just now, she clearly felt that someone was looking at her from behind, when she turned around, she did not even see a shadow.

Qing Luo is one of Mu Yizhou’s men, so there’s no need to doubt him even if she isn’t trustworthy. Hence, she furrowed her brows and asked: “Did you feel that someone was following us just now?”

Qing Luo frowned, she did not make any noise and helped Luo Yi to walk forward, but the expression on her face changed: “I cannot be counted as a stalker, but there is definitely someone watching us from behind.”

“Do you see who it is?”

Qing Luo shook her head: “That person’s movements were too fast, I couldn’t see clearly.”

“Yes.” Luo Yi nodded her head, she did not make things difficult for her, but after walking far away, he lowered her voice and asked again: “Is that person still there?”

Qing Luo observed her surroundings carefully and shook her head.

The corner of Luo Yi’s mouth rose, and she turned her feet to turn back. Qing Luo was shocked, and immediately reached out and grabbed her arm, her voice was full of fear and shock, “The Empress wants to go back?”

Luo Yi did not comment, and only replied vaguely: “If I go too late, the thing that the man tried so hard to attract me to look at will be gone.”

Qing Luo didn’t understand the meaning of her words. She only sensed that Lin Yi Hall was in danger, and the reason why Mu Yizhou sent her to Imperial Consort Yi was to protect her safety, so she refused to let go no matter what. She shook his head with all his might: “If the Empress really wants to go, it won’t be too late to bring guards back.

Luo Yi waved her hand casually. “That place has already been desolate for dozens of years, forget about people, there isn’t even a shadow of a soul. What’s there to be afraid of?”

Seeing that he could not stop her, Qing Luo grinded his teeth and said that he would follow as well. Just as the words left his mouth, Luo Yi’s venomous eyes swept over his entire body, his heart was in a panic as he heard her say, “Could it be that you have forgotten your own identity?”

Her face turned unsightly, and the words she spoke became extremely cold: “You heard what I said to Wen Yan that day, so you should naturally understand that I am not the same type of person as you and your master. I usually pretend that I don’t have any grudges with you for the sake of making sure that the makeup goes on peacefully, but you don’t really think that we can return to our original mode of interaction, do you? ”

“Once bitten by a snake, you are afraid of being bitten by a rope for ten years.” Luo Yi shook her head: “I am a very petty person, I won’t be able to accommodate the people around me.”

After saying that, he quickly put on a smiling face. Before Qing Luo could react, he patted her shoulder: “If you don’t see me go back, the crown prince will probably be a little angry. The people at the side of Hall of Announcements are not as smart as you, and if your words are convincing, you can help me pacify the crown prince, and when I return, I will definitely reward you heavily. ”

she said, the smile in her eyes never reaching her eyes.