"There are still some... things and money in Qingyuexuan. Take away the ancient books that you might be interested in... I don't think you will like the rest, so please distribute them to the servants on my behalf..." Lu Wanyi smiled.

"Okay..." Shen Zhiyao swallowed the bitterness and forced a smile.

"Since entering this harem... at first, I had a lot of expectations, but... until the moment I left, I got nothing... You are better than me, you are open-minded and smart, take my example and never give up your sincerity... This place is not worthy..."

Shen Zhiyao choked up and couldn't utter a word. She could only hold her cold hands tighter, as if she wanted to keep her a little longer.

But as the heartbreak grass took effect, Lu Wanyi was in so much pain that she broke out in cold sweats, but Shen Zhiyao couldn't bear to see her continue to suffer.

So they just looked at each other in silence, just trying to look at each other, without saying another word.

Until Lu Wanyi shook her dry lips and reluctantly said, "Can you... hug me?"

"it is good……"

Shen Zhiyao responded in a breathy voice, then gently held her in his arms, letting her head rest comfortably on his shoulder.

The person in his arms was so cold that it made Shen Zhiyao's heart ache.

Lu Wanyi's lips were close to Shen Zhiyao's ears, and she whispered, "You and I are just... a passer-by in this deep palace... In the future, I only hope that Sister Shen can occasionally remember that there was indeed someone like me who was... somewhat good to you, and who really... existed..."

Shen Zhiyao shed tears silently and just listened, still silent, and didn't want to say anything to coax her anymore.

Lu Wanyi leaned on Shen Zhiyao, with one of her hands held by her. She felt that at least she had such a true friend by her side, and her life was not so miserable.

"I've been here for so many days... I've had enough. If there is an afterlife... I only hope that I won't enter the palace again, and I won't meet Bo Muxi again... In this life, we say goodbye..."

Lu Wanyi said this with sadness and despair, but also with a sense of relief.

As the breath hitting her ears became weaker and weaker, Shen Zhiyao finally felt that the life of this extraordinary woman in her arms was slipping away bit by bit...

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Zhiyao felt that the hand she was holding was completely weakened, and Lu Wanyi passed away in such regret and pain...

After a long silence, Shen Zhiyao seemed to have finally found an opportunity to vent her anger completely. She hugged the corpse in her arms and burst into tears.

At this moment, her heart was filled with hatred for the person who cruelly murdered Lu Wanyi, and she was also disappointed with this cruel harem.

Lu Wanyi's life is a complete tragedy, and it is also a portrayal of most concubines who have fallen out of favor.

"Master... Master, I know you are sad, but there are so many people here. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to explain..." Qiuyue stepped forward with tears in her eyes to comfort him.

"Yes, master, let's go quickly... tomorrow, we can worship openly..." Chu An also knelt beside Shen Zhiyao's legs to comfort her.

Shen Zhiyao carefully placed Lu Wanyi's body back on the couch, covered her with the quilt, and even tucked the quilt corners for her considerately.

"Let's go..." Shen Zhiyao turned around and said to Taoxiang, who was crying bitterly, "Dress her up and let her leave in a decent manner..."

After saying that, without waiting for Taoxiang to answer, he took Qiuyue and Chuan away, and did not look back once...

Shen Zhiyao just kept repeating in her heart: Sister Lu, let's say goodbye now...

That night, not only did Shen Zhiyao, who was filled with sadness, not sleep, but Bo Muxi, who had a complicated heart, also did not sleep. Even Concubine Zhao, who was frightened at that time, did not sleep all night.

The next day, when the sky was just turning light, Taoxiang reported the news of Lu Wanyi's death to the eunuchs.

Judging from the weather, today will probably be a sunny day.

Bo Muxi was preparing to go to court when a eunuch brought news: Lu Wanyi had died...

Bo Muxi's slender figure paused, and he actually felt something damp in the corner of his eyes.

However, it was only a feeling of the tide, and he still walked towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony: "Let's go to court first."

"Yes." Lin En responded and hurriedly followed the emperor, only sighing in his heart.

The fate of a concubine is not necessarily much better than that of a eunuch.

Soon, the queen also got the news, and the pen she was copying stopped for a moment, leaving only a few irregular traces of ink on the clean paper.

The Queen sighed and said, "Shijin, tell the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to deal with it first. After the Emperor's morning court session, I will go and ask for Lu Wanyi's order."

"Empress..." Shijin frowned and seemed to want to say something.

"Okay... go ahead..." The queen waved her hand, her tone full of unquestionable determination.

Before paying his respects, the news had already spread in the palace, and everyone in the harem looked at it with awe.

Everyone has to question this matter, there is something fishy about it.

Shen Zhiyao deliberately wore plain clothes today to show her respect and remembrance for Lu Wanyi.

As soon as I entered the front hall, I saw people there pretending to wipe the corners of their eyes with handkerchiefs. If you didn't know the inside story, you would think that these people were really mourning for Lu Wanyi.

"Lu Wanyi is usually a kind person, how could she be so young..." Concubine Zheng sighed.

"When I think back to the day before yesterday, Sister Lu came to Zhongjin Palace to comfort me...but today I received this tragic news, it is really hard to accept for a while." Concubine Wanxian said quite emotionally.

Shen Zhiyao felt that among these people, only the Queen and Concubine Wanxian and the others were truly moved.

"A beautiful and charming woman just died like this..." Hu Cairen actually shed tears while saying this...

"Hmph! I heard that Lu Wanyi suspected suicide... To be honest, if a concubine commits suicide, it is a crime punishable by the extermination of all nine generations of her family... If you really want to show mercy, at least verify it. Be careful..." Concubine Zhao said sarcastically.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked over. If he really committed suicide, how could that be tolerated?

Shen Zhiyao's eyebrows raised when she heard this. Thinking of Lu Wanyi's last words to her before she died, she could no longer stand idly by.

"Your Highness, Concubine Zhao, you sounded as if it happened right there..." Shen Zhiyao's eyes widened: "Suicide? If you didn't see it with your own eyes, you'd better not say it!"

"Jin Wanyi is right." Concubine Zhuang echoed, "Concubine Zhao, no matter what, death is the most important thing, and it's not good to accuse people of anything."

Concubine Zhao was about to retort when she heard the eunuch at the door singing, "The Emperor has arrived!"

Everyone did not expect the emperor to dismiss the court so early today, and they knelt down to greet him: "May the emperor be blessed with good health."

"Everyone, get up..." Bo Muxi said as he walked, "I heard you guys arguing from a distance, what's wrong?"

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