He looked into the coffin with trepidation, and found that there was indeed nothing inside except a piece of clothing.

He murmured in shock: "How could this happen? I saw her being carried into the coffin with my own eyes!"

The Queen angrily retorted, "Someone must have replaced Jun'er's body with something else. Where on earth is it hidden?"

Luo Lin raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and stammered in a trembling voice: "Your humble servant, your humble servant does not know!"

The queen was almost amused by the anger. As a husband, he didn't even know that his wife was being buried?

How ridiculous?

In a rage, the queen no longer cared about her dignity. She kicked Luo Lin to the ground.

Luo Lin cried, "Empress, this isn't my fault. Do you know what Huo Jun looked like in her later years? She was terribly thin, especially her eye sockets, bulging like a ghost. I only saw her once and I had nightmares all night long!"

The Queen gritted her teeth and scolded, "That's your fault. Most people would feel distressed and reluctant to see their wives so ill, but you dare not even look at them. Luo Lin, how can you be worthy of being a human being?"

After hearing this, Madam Luo's heart sank.

The queen almost threw the words "favoring the concubine and killing the wife" in Luo Lin's face!

Luo Lin seemed to know that he had done something wrong. He raised his hand and slapped himself hard, saying, "It's my fault. I didn't pay enough attention to Jun'er. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Seeing that his cheeks were swollen, Luo Yan felt very distressed.

She had never seen her father so humble. He had done so much for the court, so why did the queen criticize him so harshly?

She really went too far!

Thinking of this, she quickly stepped forward, stretched out her hand to stop Luo Lin and said, "Father, you are the head of the family. You have fulfilled your duties as a subject to the emperor. You did nothing wrong in the first place. Why do you have to torture yourself like this?"

She paused and looked at the Queen again: "Your Majesty, no matter what, this is ultimately our Luo Mansion's family affair. No matter how noble you are, you can't interfere in the affairs of a minister's harem, right?"

The queen narrowed her eyes and looked at Luo Yan. This was the first time she looked directly at the eldest daughter of the Luo family.

It is said that she has an excellent reputation, is decent and kind, and is deeply favored by prominent families.

She was indeed beautiful, especially her eyes filled with anger, which made her look cold and noble.

The Queen laughed suddenly. "Luo Yan, Lord Huo was my good friend. Now that her body is gone, do you think I should intervene and take charge of the Luo Mansion's household affairs?"

Luo Yan's face suddenly turned pale and ugly. She really couldn't refute this sentence.

After all, the Queen has a legitimate reason to be in charge.

Seeing her daughter lose face, Madam Luo quickly spoke up, "Your Majesty, Feng'er and I handled Madam's funeral. We both saw her being carried into the coffin and buried. I almost fainted from grief!"

Luo Feng also spoke up: "Yes, Queen, Feng'er also remembers it clearly, mother's body should be in the coffin!"

The Queen looked at him mockingly: "Luo Feng, but where did the body that should have been in the coffin go? Can you give me a reasonable explanation?"

Luo Feng froze, he couldn’t!

The coffin was indeed the same coffin, but the body was missing!

Luo Feng took a deep breath and said, "Empress, Feng'er doesn't know what to do!"

The Queen quickly spoke up, "Then report it to the authorities and have them investigate to see who stole the body of the late Madam of the Luo family."

Luo Lin reacted quickly and tried to stop him: "Your Majesty, you absolutely cannot do this!"

The Queen frowned and glared at him: "Why not?"

Luo Lin replied with a stiff face, "The Luo family is a century-old family. We cannot let our reputation be ruined because of this. If we can't even look after the body of the mistress of the house, how will Feng'er and Yan'er live their lives in the future?"

The Queen reached out, picked up a basin full of paper ashes, and poured it on his head: "Luo Lin, do you still have a conscience?"

The ashes of the paper that had just been burned still had some warmth.

Luo Lin was so burned that he started screaming!

Madam Luo quickly threw herself before him, took out a handkerchief and wiped his wound while arguing tearfully, "Empress, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on the master. We can't always guard her grave day and night!"

The queen lowered her eyes and looked at her pretty face with tears in her eyes, feeling extremely disgusted.

She turned around and saw the magnificent tombstone, and immediately smiled coldly: "There's not even a corpse, what's the point of this thing?"

Lin Yiwan's eyelids suddenly twitched wildly. Before she could react, she saw the queen pick up a big stone from the ground and smash it directly at the tombstone.

"Empress, please don't hurt yourself!" Lin Yiwan rushed over and hugged her in her arms.

The Queen burst into tears and shouted, "Lin Yiwan, help me smash this tombstone! Smash it for me!"

Luo Lin also shouted: "This is my Luo family's ancestral tomb, do you dare to try to smash it?"

The Queen was immediately enraged. She gritted her teeth, snatched the stone from Lin Yiwan's hand, and said, "If you don't smash it, I will!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a cold shout: "Let me smash it!"

The queen instantly lost all her strength. She turned to look at the bright yellow figure and called out in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty!"

Emperor Sheng An walked quickly to her, helped her up with a distressed look on his face, and said, "I understand your grievance and anger. I will smash it!"

After saying that, he picked up a stone and smashed it hard at the tombstone.

"Crash!" The fine jade tombstone suddenly shattered in front of everyone.

Luo Lin knelt on the ground and trembled. He didn't know how to explain to the emperor.

Emperor Sheng An's sharp eyes swept across everyone present, and finally fell on Luo Lin.

He asked in a deep voice, "Luo Lin, I want to thoroughly investigate the whereabouts of Huo Jun'er's body. Do you have any objection?"

Luo Lin bowed respectfully on the ground: "I dare not!"

Emperor Sheng An nodded and said, "Okay, then find all the people who carried the coffin back then. I want to question them one by one personally!"

Luo Lin's face suddenly became awkward. He stammered, "Your Majesty, the people who carried the coffin were all my clansmen. They left the capital and returned to their hometown in Licheng five years ago!"

Emperor Sheng An immediately frowned. Licheng was far away from the capital. Even if he rode at full speed, it would take ten days to half a month to go back and forth.

By the time they bring back the news, the opportunity will be gone.

This is a bit difficult!

Just as Emperor Sheng An was lost in thought, Lin Yiwan slowly spoke, "Your Majesty, I have an idea!"

Emperor Sheng An urged: "I knew you were smart. Tell me quickly, what good ideas do you have?"

Lin Yiwan uttered two words: "Summon the spirits!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present got goosebumps all over their body.

Madam Luo, in particular, felt as if she was being soaked in coldness from head to toe.

She tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand, trying to maintain a bit of dignity.

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