Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

A few more days passed.

The news of the emperor's nightmare gradually spread, and rumors began to spread throughout the palace.

Emperor Yu was still awakened by nightmares every night. His body could no longer bear the strain after so many days. Drinking the tranquilizing soup every night had no effect.

Finally, there was movement in Gan Ning Palace today.

When Emperor Yu walked into Ganning Palace, Concubine De was drinking ginger soup to warm herself up. Looking at the figure outside the palace, she showed no surprise on her face and stood up to go out to greet him.

"See Your Majesty."

"I heard that you were ill, so I came to see you." Emperor Yu helped Concubine De up from the ground and pulled her into the palace.

The man's handsome face now looked exhausted. His face and jaw were sunken due to lack of sleep for several days. There were dark circles under his eyes, and even his temples were a little white.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Your Majesty does not look well. Did you have a nightmare again last night?" Defei helped Emperor Yu to sit down and asked with concern.

Emperor Yu waved his hand and said, "Don't mention it. I haven't had a full night's sleep since that day."

Concubine De showed a worried look in her eyes. She gently held Emperor Yu's hand and said softly, "How could it be so serious?"

"Every time I have a nightmare, I always dream of Concubine Hui's face. I wake up suddenly and can't fall asleep again."

"Didn't the Imperial Hospital prepare some soothing medicine for Your Majesty?"

"I drink it every day, but it has no effect at all. The imperial doctors also said that there is nothing wrong with my body, I am just worrying too much."

Emperor Yu sighed in disgrace, bloodshot was evident in the whites of his eyes.

"My beloved concubine, how about you do as the queen says and perform a ritual for Concubine Hui to remove the disaster for me?"

Defei's eyes flickered slightly, and then returned to her gentle look. It was also expected that Empress Zou would convey what she said when she paid her respects that day to Emperor Yu's ears.

However, she just shook her head slightly.

"I have explained to the Empress that there must be a reason for performing a ritual. There is no reason for Concubine Hui's case. I am really powerless to do anything."

Emperor Yu was also aware of this. He opened his mouth but did not refute.

"But...it's not completely impossible." Concubine De threw out the bait at the right time.

Hearing this, Emperor Yu looked at her with some light in his eyes: "My beloved concubine, do you have a solution?"

Concubine De nodded and said, "The one who tied the bell should be the one who untied it. Your Majesty, you have a nightmare, perhaps because you went to the cold palace. I'm sure there are some filthy things there that will affect your dragon body."

Concubine De looked at Emperor Yu and saw that he had no resistance to this, so she continued, "Why not order someone to go to the cold palace tomorrow to find those things and burn them? This way, we can save the trouble of performing rituals."

Emperor Yu had been tortured by nightmares and had no time to worry about anything else. He sighed and said, "Well, I'll leave this matter to you."

"The minister and concubine follow the order."

After Concubine De finished speaking, she took out a candle from the carved cabinet beside her and placed it in the incense burner and lit it.

A heavy smell of incense slowly drifted out along with the swirling smoke.

She saw the inquiry in Emperor Yu's eyes and smiled at him: "Your Majesty must be familiar with this smell. I brought this incense from Yunsheng Temple. This is the incense enshrined in the main hall. I mixed it with the tranquilizing incense. I believe it will help Your Majesty sleep peacefully."

Emperor Yu nodded, as if he was somewhat touched, and couldn't help but pat Concubine De's hand: "It is my blessing to have you by my side."

After a while, Concubine De walked out of the bedroom. Emperor Yu had fallen asleep under the effect of the incense. Without the "calming soup" to create nightmares, the incense helped him sleep, and Emperor Yu was already sleepy, so he slept very soundly.

When Rong Xu saw Concubine De coming out, he followed her respectfully.

"My lady, how is His Majesty?"

"He is sleeping soundly. Go tell Gao Ye to bring in the evidence he found from Prince Duan."

"Yes." Hearing this, Rong Xu knew that her master's task had been accomplished. There was some excitement in her voice, "Don't worry, Madam. With this evidence, I believe we will be able to clear Madam Hui's name tomorrow."

Logically speaking, since things were developing as expected, Concubine De should be the happiest person. However, she was not as optimistic as Rong Xu.

"Let's hope everything goes well."

She looked up at the tall palace wall, sighed, and her eyes became sharp.

"However, even if it is not smooth, I will definitely do it, and no one can stop me."

At night, a cluster of dim sparks slowly floated towards the direction of the cold palace. Soon, shouts were heard that a fire broke out in the cold palace.

The next morning, Emperor Yu went to court early in the morning. Concubine De had breakfast as usual, and Rong Xu walked in from outside.

"What's the situation in the cold palace?" She asked indifferently while drinking her porridge without even raising her eyes.

Rong Xu replied, "I went to inquire early in the morning. The fire was not big to begin with, and there was nothing in the cold palace. The fire was brought under control not long after last night. It was just the room where Concubine Hui lived that was burned down."

"Heh..." Concubine De curled her red lips slightly and sneered, "I knew it would be like this. Apparently some people are really guilty. When they heard that Your Majesty allowed me to check the cold palace, they couldn't sit still."

Rong Xu's face showed some worry: "They are obviously warning the queen, so should we still investigate?"

Concubine De put down her bowl and chopsticks and stood up. Seeing this, Rong Xu hurried forward to support her.

"Of course we have to go. No matter what, we still have to make sure we are well prepared. Let's go."

Gan Ning Palace was near the cold palace, and Concubine De and her men soon arrived at the gate of the cold palace. For today's search, Emperor Yu specially sent Han Nei Guan, who was the most respected person around him.

"Tsk tsk, how did it get burned like this? If it burned like this, even if there was something filthy, it would have turned into ashes long ago."

Looking at the house not far away that was darkened by the fire, Han Neiguan was shocked.

Hearing footsteps behind him, he turned around to look, and when he saw Concubine De, he bowed respectfully: "Your servant greets Her Majesty, Your Majesty asked me to come here today, although on the surface it is for supervision, in fact, it is to let me be your assistant."

Han Neiguan spoke very politely, and Concubine De also smiled appropriately: "Han Neiguan is too modest. I just returned to the palace and am not familiar with the inside and outside of the palace. This is a token of my heart, and I will rely on Han Neiguan today."

After saying that, Rong Xu held up a box very tactfully.

Han Neiguan took the heavy box, looked inside secretly, and smiled brightly: "Thank you for the gift, Madam Defei. We will definitely do our best. Shall we get started?"

Defei nodded, and Neiguan Han called on Defei and the eunuchs and palace servants he brought with him to enter the cold palace to search.

Defei sat at the gate of the cold palace, drinking hot tea, watching Han Neiguan at the door staring at the palace servants searching around, and waiting quietly.

Soon, a young eunuch was heard shouting, "Eunuch Han, I think I found something. Take a look, what is this?"