The queen has four sons and six daughters, and she can call the wind and rain

This was the first time Qi Yejing had encountered such a thing since he ascended the throne. He took it very seriously and immediately brought people to the scene, surrounded the lake, and led people to salvage the bodies.

The lake was too deep, and one guard accidentally got his feet entangled in water plants and nearly died in the water.

Qi Yejing got angry and ordered people to drain the lake and clean it up thoroughly.

The lake water soon flowed into other places, leaving behind only a group of fish that kept jumping and trying to survive.

Upon seeing this, Dong Ling immediately sought Qi Yejing's opinion.

"Since Ming Guipin came here specifically to fish, let's send all these fish to Qingning Palace and keep them well."

The corners of Yun Zhining's mouth twitched violently a few times.

"Your Majesty, I don't really like fishing. The reason I came here is because Little Grape and Baozhu wanted to eat fish, but the imperial kitchen happened to have no fish, so we had to catch fish ourselves, that's all."

Qi Yejing is worthy of being the emperor. Even after hearing such an outrageous reason, his expression did not change at all.

"Since the fish are given to you, whether you raise them or cook and eat them, I will not interfere."

"Then I would like to thank the emperor for his reward on behalf of Little Grape and Baozhu."

"Okay, there's nothing for you to do here, go back first."

Yun Zhining shook her head when she heard that.

"Since I caught the broken arm, it means I have a connection with it. I want to stay here. Maybe I can help His Majesty identify the deceased and save her from being buried without a burial place."

Qi Yejing originally disagreed, but when he thought about someone being dismembered and thrown into the lake right under his nose, he worried that Yun Zhining would also be in danger.

Forget it. She has always been sensible and will definitely not cause any trouble. I'll wait until things are clear before sending her back in person.

It was already late at night. If she had an accident on the way back, it would be too late for him to regret.

Thinking of this, Qi Yejing finally nodded.

"Then you stay by my side and don't run around."

"understood."

All the corpses were salvaged, but Doctor Chen's face became even uglier.

"Your Majesty, judging from the remains, there is not just one body in the lake, but three."

As for who they are, it has not been figured out yet.

"and many more."

It was already dark by this time, and the guards were holding lanterns for illumination.

Yun Zhining frowned.

"Put out the lantern first."

"Not appropriate. If someone takes the opportunity to harm the emperor, the emperor will be in danger."

Yun Zhining glanced at the commander of the imperial guards, then slowly set her gaze on Qi Yejing.

Qi Yejing understood what she meant and spoke.

"Listen to Ming Guipin."

"emperor,……"

"Why, now you won't even listen to me?"

The emperor has spoken, and the commander of the imperial guards has no choice but to obey.

In an instant, all the lanterns went out, and everyone was in darkness, looking at the fluorescent light from the place where the body had just been placed.

Dong Ling was overjoyed.

"Quick, go and see what it is?"

The young eunuch took the order and returned soon.

"Eunuch Dongling, I found this from the corpse."

Dong Ling reached out and took it and handed it to Qi Yejing.

Qi Yejing raised it high, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Yun Zhining, who was standing by, was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out.

"Isn't this the bead from Concubine Hui's hairpin?"

After hearing her say this, Qi Yejing remembered it instantly.

When Concubine Hui first entered the palace, she was a lively and cheerful girl. She took people out to play every day and liked gorgeous clothes and glittering jewelry.

One year, his father was in a good mood and rewarded him with a pearl. When he saw that Concubine Hui liked it, he ordered someone to make a pearl hairpin for her. She liked it very much. Even after entering the palace and becoming a concubine and receiving many rewards, she still wore that pearl hairpin.

Now the pearl is in her hand, but the pearl hairpin is missing, and she has been brutally murdered and even dismembered.

It's really embarrassing.

However, it is possible that someone stole her pearl hairpin and died for her.

Until the last moment, he absolutely did not believe that the dead person was Concubine Hui.

"Dong Ling, go to Concubine Hui's palace right away to see if she is there?"

"Mongol army, take your men and transport these corpses to the nearby palace. Don't leave any behind."

"The slave obeys the order."

"I accept your order."

The waiting time is always very long. Yun Zhining felt like almost a year had passed before Dong Ling finally came back.

His complexion is not very good either.

"Your Majesty, I have led people to search the Hui'an Palace inside and out, but I have not found Concubine Hui."

"According to the maid who served her, Concubine Hui went to bed after dinner yesterday and did not come out in the morning. She thought Concubine Hui was tired and did not go in to see her. Who would have thought that Concubine Hui would encounter such a thing."

"Snapped!"

Qi Yejing waved his hand, and everything on the table fell to the ground and shattered.

"There are so many people in Hui'an Palace, but they can't even take care of a sick Concubine Hui. What's the point of having them?"

"Where's the Queen? Concubine Hui didn't get up early to pay respects at Fengyi Palace. Didn't she notice?"

"Your Majesty, you are wronging the Empress."

"Empress Hui and Concubine Qi are in poor health and often absent, so even if something really happened, the Empress would not be able to find out in time."

"Dong Ling, I didn't realize you were actually on the Queen's side!"

"I am wronged!"

"Okay, since you have such a good relationship with the Queen, why don't you go to Fengyi Palace and ask the Queen to gather everyone together to see if anyone else is missing besides Concubine Hui?"

"Slave, go right away."

Late in the evening, everyone had washed up and were lying in bed to rest when they suddenly received an order from the Queen. They immediately packed up and rushed to Fengyi Palace.

The front hall of Fengyi Palace was filled with people. It was dark and looked particularly depressing.

Everyone was on high alert, fearing that something serious might happen.

But the Queen had no time to care about their feelings and asked Xin'er to take people down to count the number of people.

A quarter of an hour later, Xin'er came back.

"Reporting to the queen, there are five people missing in total."

The queen's heart was instantly lifted.

"Which five people?"

"Empress Hui, Qi Xiurong, Concubine Ming, Liu Fangyi, and Zhou Liangyuan."

what?

Yun Zhining and that annoying Zhou Baozhu are also dead?

This is really good news!

But the queen didn't feel happy for long before she heard Xin'er say.

"However, when Eunuch Dongling came just now, he said that Ming Guipin and Zhou Liangyuan are with the emperor, so they don't need to be counted in the list of missing persons."

The queen's face instantly darkened.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"It's true."

"Zhou Liangyuan dreamed last night that she was being chased by fish and was bitten several times. She started clamoring for fish early in the morning, but the fish in the imperial kitchen were all gone and would not arrive until the afternoon, so she dragged Concubine Ming and the eldest princess to go fishing in the lake near Qingning Palace."

"Zhou Liangyuan and the eldest princess caught a lot of fish, but Ming Guipin caught nothing. As it was getting dark, Zhou Liangyuan and the eldest princess planned to go back home, but Ming Guipin refused and wanted to fish again."

"Then she caught a broken arm."

"Then the emperor began to investigate the matter."