The real daughter died tragically and was reborn, and the whole family cried and begged for forgiven

"Ye'er——"

"Ye'er!!"

"Your Majesty, please spare Ye'er for the sake of our past friendship!"

"Ye'er was murdered by someone. He must have been murdered by someone!"

"His Majesty--"

Concubine De was dragged away, and the sound quickly disappeared at the end of the long street.

No one dared to speak, but knelt and waited for Emperor Yan to speak softly, "Anyone who dares to say anything about what happened today will be punished by me!"

"Did you hear that?"

Even Concubine Rong and the eldest princess were trembling.

"Yes—your Majesty!"

Emperor Yan's eyes suddenly turned and fell on Li Qingluo and Sha Qi without any emotion.

"Are you here to deliver a gift on behalf of Prince Su?"

Li Qingluo: "Your Majesty, it was His Royal Highness Prince Su who gave us two silver and asked us to deliver the brocade box to the Jinying Palace today."

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Emperor Yan's eyes.

But when he saw the hairpin on the ground, his eyes flickered.

"You are the disciple of Immortal Yunhe? How come I have never heard of a Taoist priest named Luo Yi in Qingsong Temple?"

Li Qingluo: "Your Majesty, I was accepted as your disciple less than two years ago by my master while he was traveling. Perhaps in my master's eyes, I was too naughty and not as outstanding as Senior Brother Qingyangzi, so I never mentioned him to Your Majesty."

"However, I have been in charge of the Jinying Palace in recent days."

Emperor Yan now trusts Immortal Yunhe very much.

After hearing Li Qingluo's identity, he suppressed the murderous intent in his heart.

Emperor Yan raised his hand, and the palace servants carried the sedan chair away quickly without putting it down.

Li Qingluo looked at the eldest princess.

The eldest princess finally woke up as if from a dream and quickly followed.

"Father——"

"Father, please wait for me, your son——"

The eldest princess had requested to see Emperor Yan several times recently but was refused. Today, she finally saw her father in person, so naturally she immediately went to meet him.

The rest of the concubines also dispersed.

Only Concubine Rong stopped beside Li Qingluo when she passed by her.

"interesting."

She snorted, fanned herself, and slowly left, surrounded by a group of palace maids.

Li Qingluo looked at the entire Jinying Palace and shook his head.

I'm afraid that no one in this palace has a chance to survive.

However, although they were pitiful, the Guifu Palace at that time was even more pitiful than them.

She and Sha Qi quickly returned to Guifu Palace.

On the other side, Emperor Yan finally dealt with his eldest daughter Xiyue and finally met the Immortal Yunhe.

Emperor Yan: "My dear Imperial Master, please come here quickly. I have something to ask you."

Immortal Yunhe was still a little dizzy when he came to Emperor Yan.

"Your Majesty, I wonder...what is it?"

Emperor Yan: "How many disciples do you have?"

Emperor Yan's tone was somewhat inquiring.

Immortal Yunhe: "Six or seven... seven or eight?"

Emperor Yan laughed, but his eyes were cold. "Although the Imperial Master is already eighty years old, he looks more energetic than a man in his thirties. How come he can't even remember how many disciples he has?"

"It's just a few, you don't have to hide it from me. Tell me."

"For example, I have eight sons and ten daughters."

"I heard that the Imperial Master has no children, so my disciple is also your child. Why can't you explain it clearly?"

Immortal Yunhe: "Your Majesty, how dare I compare myself to Your Majesty? And those disciples dare not compare themselves to the princes."

"But I do have eight disciples."

"One of the disciples came back in a hurry, so he hasn't returned to the Taoist temple to register yet."

"This old minister is at a loss as to how to answer your majesty's question."

"But he is indeed my disciple, a naughty monkey I took in while I was traveling abroad these years."

"If he ever gets into trouble, Your Majesty, please be lenient with him."

Emperor Yan narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh? Can you predict what kind of fatal disaster he will encounter in the near future?"

Immortal Yunhe waved his dustpan and saluted with one hand, "This is why I, an old minister, do not want to bring him before Your Majesty and make him conspicuous. I am afraid that this child will not be able to escape this disaster."

Emperor Yan smiled faintly: "Don't worry, with me here, how could I let your disciple suffer any injustice?"

"Just focus on teaching me the way to immortality, and don't worry about the rest."

As soon as they came out of the hall, Immortal Yunhe immediately called Qingyangzi over.

"Tell me quickly, who exactly is this little disciple of yours?"

"In a hurry, you gave me your little junior brother, but I haven't even met him yet."

"What if I admit I was wrong next time we run into each other face to face?"

"You want to kill me?"

Qing Yangzi smiled and said, "Yes, Master."

Only after Guifu Palace received the note did Duan Rongshi slowly stand up.

"Let's go, accompany me to the cold palace."

"Go and see if my mother's old friends still remember what she looked like."

Li Qingluo immediately threw down his pen and stood up: "Let's go!"

This was the first time Duan Rongshi had walked out of Guifu Palace in the past few days.

It was almost night.

He was wearing a nightgown and had a mask on his face.

He took Li Qingluo for a stroll, easily avoiding the eyes of all the palace guards, and easily arrived at the cold palace.

In the cold palace, Concubine De was kneeling on the ground, begging the eunuch: "Please, I don't want to die. Let me take one more look at Ye'er——"

The once high and mighty Concubine De no longer had the aloof and noble look she once had. She rubbed her hands in embarrassment and begged a eunuch in a dirty state.

The young eunuch said: "My Lady Defei, it's not my fault that I refused to help you."

"You have made a grave mistake today, and the Sixth Prince has killed someone. You will never see each other again in this lifetime."

"I advise you to be on your way."

"As for the Sixth Prince, he is still a prince, His Majesty's biological son. Even if he killed someone, he is a fool, and His Majesty would not be so cruel as to execute him."

"At least you can save your life, right?"

"As for you, whether it's the white silk or the poisoned wine, you should quickly choose one and go on your journey."

"Please don't make things difficult for us servants. If you let us do it ourselves, you won't be able to leave in a dignified manner."

The eunuch's cold voice sounded like a death curse to Concubine De.

She was trembling with fear uncontrollably.

"No... I am the daughter of the Zhuang family, and my father is a fourth-rank minister—"

"I can't die, I won't die—"

There was annoyance in the eunuch's eyes.

Just as she was about to wave her hand to signal the eunuchs behind her to come forward and kill her cruelly, several stones suddenly attacked them from behind.

The fathers-in-law fell to the ground.

Li Qingluo stepped forward and kicked them. After she found that they were all unconscious, Duan Rongshi came out from behind her.

He pulled the mask off his face.

When Concubine De saw him, she shrank back in fear.

"Xiao-Xiao-Wu...what are you doing here?"

"Did you...did you do this!?"

"Duan Rongshi, is it you——"

Duan Rongshi stared at her coldly: "It's me."

"De Fei, weren't you the one who harmed me first?"

As he spoke, he threw the osmanthus cake wrapped in a handkerchief in front of her.

De Fei's face turned pale: "You really know... No wonder he hasn't become a fool in these years."

"But you clearly know what's going on. Why don't you report it to His Majesty?"

"Why--?"

Duan Rongshi: "If I had reported you earlier, would I have waited until today? Would you have watched your son slowly turn into a fool?"

Concubine De was going crazy: "Why!?"

"Why on earth would you do that?"

"He is your brother—"

Before Duan Rongshi could reply, Li Qingluo stepped forward and grabbed her by the collar: "You want to harm others, but can't you allow them to retaliate against you?"

"If you hadn't harmed him, this retribution wouldn't have fallen on your own son!"

"It's just karma. What is Empress Defei hating?"

There were tears of despair in Concubine De's eyes.

But then he laughed: "Yes, this is all retribution for me!"

"But I don't understand. Xiaoliu is usually well-behaved. Why did he suddenly go crazy and kill people today?"

"Duan Rongshi, is this also your fault?"

Duan Rongshi: "It's me."

"Over the years, this king has also been slowly poisoning Duan Rongye's diet."

"Every time you send me osmanthus cake, he will eat a poisonous meal."

"It's a poison that can't be detected by a silver needle, and even the victim won't show symptoms for three to five years. Empress Defei, is it very similar to the one you gave me?"

"But the poison in Xiaoliu has another fatal flaw."

"When he smells the scent of osmanthus, it will stimulate the bloodiness in his heart."

"If you hadn't been making osmanthus cakes for me and sending them to Guifu Palace every day recently, I don't think he would have gone crazy so quickly."

The smell of osmanthus...

The smell of osmanthus! ?

Concubine De took out the hairpin from her bosom.

This hairpin was something she grabbed and took away with her when she was dragged away today.

At this moment, the strong sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance from the hairpin filled the air.

It’s this hairpin!

It was also the osmanthus cakes made every day in Jinying Palace recently that harmed Ye'er!

Concubine De started crying.

"So it really was me..."

Duan Rongshi: "It's you. If you weren't so anxious to kill me, Duan Rongye wouldn't have gone crazy so quickly."

"And this king, perhaps I won't give you this hairpin so soon."

"De Fei, does it taste good?"

Concubine De: "It's not good."

"When I felt Ye'er becoming duller and more foolish day by day... becoming like a child, my heart ached more than a thousand insects gnawing at me."

"But I dare not tell your Majesty."

"I also don't allow anyone to privately talk about my Ye'er becoming a fool."

"I'm afraid that Zong Zheng Qingyue has turned into a fierce ghost, and this is her revenge!"

"I should have thought of you earlier..."

"I should have thought it was you, a little bastard, who did all this!"

Defei screamed miserably and suddenly stood up and wanted to stab Duan Rongshi.

Li Qingluo kicked her over.

She bent down and slapped Concubine De.

"Tell me, were you the one who killed the Imperial Concubine back then?"

Concubine De laughed loudly: "Duan Rongshi, you want to avenge your mother, right?"

"You've been patiently lying dormant these past few years, accumulating power and exercising restraint, but deep down you're almost like me, going crazy every day, right?"

"Do you want to know how your mother died?"

"I won't tell you!"

"I want you to suffer day and night without answers or the arrest of the murderer—"

She stared at Duan Rong with resentment, and every word she said pierced his heart.

Duan Rongshi just said coldly: "Okay."

"Duan Rongye will be on the road with you soon."

"Your banker will also disappear from this world along with you."

"They will all be buried with you!"