The Emperor's uncle loves me! My paranoid wife, don't run away

Chaos suddenly broke out in the hall.

"There's an assassin! Protect the emperor!" The leader of the Imperial Guards shouted loudly, and immediately led his men to rush to the palace gate, drew their swords, and searched everywhere for the assassin's traces.

Eunuch Qian was so frightened that he fell to his knees, screaming in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, be careful! Protect the emperor--"

The women at the scene were already screaming with fear.

Imperial Concubine Jing's face turned pale. She tightly grasped the arm of the maid beside her. Her body was shaking slightly, but she managed to maintain her composure.

On the contrary, Shen Runing, although his face was calm, there was a flash of deep shock and confusion in his eyes.

"Impossible..." She whispered to herself, her eyes looking in the direction where Luo Ranran and Yang Run fell.

The original plan was just to let Liu Qing throw Yang Run out and force Luo Ranran to lose her composure, but now these two people were killed by one arrow, which was completely beyond her expectations.

"Could it be..." A sense of uneasiness suddenly rose in her heart, "Someone wants to silence them?"

She raised her head and looked around, only to see that the emperor had a frown on his face and a livid expression. His gaze lingered on the corpse for a moment, then he turned his gaze coldly to the leader of the Imperial Guards: "Did you see the assassin?"

The leader of the Royal Guards knelt on one knee, sweating profusely: "Your Majesty! I am incompetent! The assassin... I don't know where he came from, and I haven't found any trace!"

"Yeah." The emperor clenched his fists, his knuckles turned slightly white, as if he was suppressing some emotion.

On the other side, Helan Duoduo was so frightened that her face turned pale. She tightly grasped the arm of the maid beside her and murmured incoherently: "How could this happen... How could this happen..."

Not long after arriving in Tianyan Kingdom, Helan Duoduo saw dead people twice. The first was her husband, the seventh prince, Luo Shuicheng.

Du Wenyun was so frightened that he was trembling with fear. He huddled in a corner and hardly dared to look up at the shocking bloodstains on the ground.

In the hall, Shen Runing's eyes darkened slightly. He quickly turned around, looked at Chun Zhi, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?!"

Chun Zhi also looked bewildered. He leaned over and whispered in Shen Runing's ear, "This is definitely not our arrangement!"

Shen Runing became more and more alert and pursed her lips. The situation became more and more bizarre. She originally wanted to use Yang Run to restrain Luo Ranran, but she did not expect that someone would take action in advance and directly shoot the two of them.

——Who is it? Who interfered in this situation?

At this moment, Empress Dowager Shouren slowly stood up. She tapped the ground with her cane, and her eyes swept coldly over everyone in the hall. Her voice was low and majestic: "Ridiculous! It's really ridiculous!"

Her voice was not loud, but it carried an irresistible pressure that instantly suppressed the noise in the hall.

At the same time, the emperor took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and looked down at the two people who died in each other's arms on the ground. His eyes were complicated. He seemed to want to say something, but he didn't open his mouth in the end.

Shen Runing glanced at him secretly and found that there was a hint of hidden guilt and sorrow in his eyes.

There was deathly silence in the hall. No one dared to speak, as if even breathing would bring disaster. The air was filled with the smell of blood and an invisible sense of oppression, making people feel suffocated.

The emperor was silent for a long time before he spoke coldly: "Eunuch Qian - check!"

Eunuch Qian was startled and immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "I obey your order! I will thoroughly investigate this matter and give you an explanation!"

Shen Runing stood aside, with his eyes lowered, observing the emperor's expression calmly. Although his tone was majestic, his eyes could not hide a hint of complex emotions.

Shen Runing's heart moved, and a thought flashed through his mind - is this investigation to cover up the truth, or do they really want to investigate?

She frowned slightly and glanced at everyone in the hall. The assassin suddenly appeared and disrupted the plan. There must be other hidden stories behind this. The emperor seemed furious, but in fact he was forbearing, as if he already knew who the murderer was but just didn't want to make it public.

……

"Come here," the emperor suddenly said, with a hint of fatigue in his voice, "carry the bodies of Luo Ranran and Yang Run away."

When these words were spoken, everyone in the hall was startled and looked up at the emperor, their eyes full of surprise and suspicion.

The emperor paused, and added in a cold tone: "Luo Ranran will still be buried as the eldest princess. As for Yang Run... let's bury him together without making any noise."

Empress Dowager Shouren knocked the ground hard with her cane, her brow furrowed, obviously very dissatisfied with this decision: "Your Majesty, how can this be possible? The eldest princess is a member of the royal family, how can she be buried with a guard? This is against the rules!"

Her voice was not loud, but it carried an irresistible majesty, and the hall suddenly fell silent again.

The emperor turned to look at Empress Dowager Shouren with a deep gaze. The corners of his mouth moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just said: "Empress Dowager..."

Empress Dowager Shouren's face darkened, she moved her lips, and finally swallowed her words.

Eunuch Qian quickly got up from the ground, fearing that he would be dragged into this turbulent situation, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I will arrange it right away..."

"Go." The emperor waved his hand, as if he was a little impatient and seemed exhausted.

As several eunuchs and guards carried the body away, the hall once again returned to a brief silence.

The emperor turned to look at the queen, his eyes were deep, like a bottomless lake.

The queen's brows were furrowed and her face was pale. She felt a chill rising from the soles of her feet and trembled slightly involuntarily. Noticing the emperor's gaze, the queen subconsciously turned her head and looked at him.

"Your Majesty..." she called in a low voice, with a hint of uneasiness and temptation in her tone.

The emperor did not respond immediately. Instead, he kept his gaze on her for a moment. His eyes were very different from before. Instead of the familiar gentleness, they were mixed with indifference, suspicion, scrutiny, and even a hint of suspicion.

The queen's breathing stagnated, as if she was nailed to the spot by that gaze, unable to move.

She tried to remain calm, but she felt more and more uneasy. "Your Majesty...what's wrong?"

The emperor's voice was low and slow, as if every word was powerful: "Queen, do you have any clues about the assassin?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone in the hall looked at the queen.

The cup in the queen's hand suddenly slipped and hit the ground with a loud "bang". The sound was crisp and abrupt, and was particularly harsh in the silent hall.

The tea splashed on the queen's skirt, but she didn't even look at it. She froze in place as if struck by lightning.

She stood up in a hurry, staggered a few steps and knelt down, her dress spread out, her hair slightly messy, looking a little embarrassed: "Your concubine... Your concubine is terrified..."

The emperor looked at her coldly and did not speak immediately. Such silence was more frightening than direct questioning.

The queen gritted her teeth, suppressed the panic in her heart, lowered her head and explained: "Your concubine... Your concubine did not know anything! The assassin suddenly appeared, and my concubine was as defenseless as everyone else, and I didn't know there was such a change behind it..."

"Hmm." The emperor snorted softly and said nothing else.

Why does Your Majesty ask the Queen?