The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

"Keren, raise your head and answer me." Xiao Mubei also frowned.

Keren suddenly knelt down, her voice trembling, "Eighth Prince, ever since Keren's body was found, I knew you were coming."

When Xiao Mubei heard this voice, his face changed drastically. He was speechless for a moment and just said: "You...you are..."

The lovely girl who was kneeling on the ground slowly raised her head, tears streaming down her pale face. She slowly stretched out her scarred hands, and in front of Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi, she slowly peeled off a human skin mask from her face!

An equally pale and thin face was revealed, and Xiao Mubei let out a long breath. After the initial shock, he was mentally prepared. Chu Yunxi looked at the person kneeling on the ground, then at Xiao Mubei, and already had a guess in her mind.

"You are Lu'e."

Chu Yunxi: This is not a question, but an affirmative sentence.

Lu'e turned and kowtowed to her, "Greetings to the Eighth Princess."

It seems that this is another bizarre story. A palace maid in the deep palace can actually change her appearance. This in itself is surprising enough.

"Lü'e, get up and talk." Xiao Mubei had regained his composure. Now that Lü'e was alive, it was good news for him. As Empress Xian's personal maid, Lü'e should know a lot about many things that happened back then.

Lu'e stood up. She was now in her thirties. She had been following Concubine Xian since she entered the palace. Sixteen years, a woman's best youth, were spent in Fanghua Palace.

"Lu'e, what happened back then? Why did you pretend to be a good girl and stay in this laundry department?"

Xiao Mubei stared at Lu'e's eyes closely, as if he wanted to see into her heart.

Lu'e said word by word: "Keren, I killed her and I buried her."

Chu Yunxi was startled and glanced at Xiao Mubei quickly, only to see that he had a sullen face, staring at Lu'e without blinking, waiting for her to continue.

Originally, there was harmony between the people in Fanghua Palace. The master was kind, so the servants had an easy life. Empress Xian never treated her servants unfairly, so the Fanghua Palace was completely different from the daily intrigues in other palaces, and everyone lived happily.

Emperor Sui Ming would come to Fanghua Palace almost every day at that time. Sometimes he would stay overnight, and sometimes he couldn't. But he would always come to sit for a while because he said that there were never any dirty things happening in Concubine Xian's place. As soon as he arrived here, he would feel very relaxed.

So he issued an edict allowing Empress Xian to live alone in a corner and not have to pay her respects to the Empress every morning and evening.

He didn't want the mess in the palace to disturb the purity of Empress Xian. In his heart, the Empress was like a breeze that could wash away all the filth.

When talking about this, Lu'e was very proud, but Chu Yunxi couldn't help but sigh. How could she want a piece of pure land when she was in a dirty environment? There were many times when people were helpless.

Therefore, Fanghua Palace was like a paradise within the imperial palace. Concubine Xian seldom went out and did not interact with people outside.

However, Lu'e had to go out and collect various monthly allowances, food, clothing and other expenses. Naturally, she also heard people in the palace talking about the Empress, saying that she was a vixen, seduced His Majesty, was arrogant, never paid her respects to the Empress, was aloof, conceited, etc., all kinds of nasty words.

Lu'e argued with others at first and even cried. She went back and told Empress Xian about it. Empress Xian just smiled and said, "Silly girl, don't care what others do. The most important thing is that we are happy."

Later, Lu'e no longer paid attention to the gossip.

Later, when Empress Xian became pregnant, everyone in Fanghua Palace was overjoyed. They were busy preparing pregnancy-preserving medicine and various nutritious meals every day. Empress Xian was also very happy and she would touch her belly and talk to the baby every day.

When Xiao Mubei heard this, his heart ached again.

When the Empress was about to give birth, she suddenly felt unwell one day. It happened that the Empress wanted to eat taro cakes that day, but there was no taro in the small kitchen, so Lu'e went to the imperial kitchen to get the ingredients. When she came back, she saw the Empress rolling on the bed with stomachache, her face pale.

Lu'e was frightened and immediately ordered someone to call the imperial physician. She also asked who had just entered the empress's bedroom. Keren immediately knelt down and said that she had just gone to the empress's bedroom to clean.

Keren was a maid in the palace who cleaned the bedroom for Concubine Xian every day. She had also been in Fanghua Palace for many years. Lu'e did not doubt her. After asking a few questions, she was busy taking care of the Concubine Xian.

Later, the imperial physician came and said that Empress Xian had an upset stomach because she ate too much cold food. He performed acupuncture and prescribed some medicine. Empress Xian recovered after taking the medicine, and Lu'e no longer took the matter to heart.

Not long after, the eighth prince was born, and Fanghua Palace was filled with joy. Everyone's attention was focused on little Xiao Mubei, and no one noticed anything wrong.

But slowly, Empress Xian's health got worse day by day. At first, people thought it was due to the hard work of taking care of the children, but until Xiao Mubei was twelve years old, her health had never improved for a single day. During this period, she saw many imperial doctors and took many precious medicinal herbs, but to no avail.

At this time, Empress Xian began to doubt whether she was sick or not.

Emperor Sui Ming was worried when he saw that Concubine Xian's health was getting worse and worse. He even found a famous doctor outside the palace to take Concubine Xian's pulse, but he couldn't diagnose what the problem was. He could only say that she was lacking in qi and blood and her body was weak, and asked her to take more supplements.

At this time, Empress Xian had already asked Lu'e to start paying attention to the palace, as she suspected that there was a traitor around her.

Lu'e began to investigate secretly, and gradually, she discovered that the beauties in the palace would sneak out every few nights, acting furtively and very suspiciously.

So she secretly followed Keren all the way to the Imperial Garden that day.

But when she got there, she hid behind the rockery. There was a patch of camellia over there, and it was difficult to be found hiding there. Lu'e hid on the other side of the rockery, holding her breath.

After a while, a man came. As soon as they met, they hugged each other. Then their breathing became heavier and heavier. Lu'e blushed and thought that this man was so shameless. But she didn't dare to leave at that time. If she moved, she was afraid that she would be discovered.

After an unknown amount of time, the noise finally subsided. Lu'e exhaled quietly and heard the man finally speak. He said, "When will you be able to do what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked you to do?"

Keren said, "Don't worry. The Queen has been keeping a close eye on the Eighth Prince recently. I haven't had a chance to enter his room. When I find a chance, I will definitely plant it. The Queen has not noticed it for so many years, so the Eighth Prince will not notice it either."

"Don't keep His Royal Highness the Crown Prince waiting too long." The man said this and left. Keren also put on her clothes and returned to Fanghua Palace.

Lu'e only felt that her clothes were soaked with cold sweat. As expected, the Queen was harmed by Keren. Now they want to harm the Eighth Prince, and the person behind all this is actually the Crown Prince!