Marrying Wife and Concubine Together: After Rebirth, I Remarried the Scumbag's Father on the Sp

Zhan Yan soothed him gently, "Rest for a while first. We'll have a tough battle to fight in the morning!"

Lin Yiwan understood that the emperor would soon learn of the queen's death, and she wondered how he felt.

She turned around and told Zi'er: "Go tell the gatekeeper not to stop Chu Xiuxiu from leaving the house!"

"Yes!" Zi'er quickly took the order and left.

Chu Xiuxiu almost waited until dawn with her eyes open. She quickly urged the old nanny to help her wash and dress, but she could not hide the haggardness on her face.

Seeing the old lady still trembling as she tried to put powder on her, she immediately pushed it away: "Stop it, you're almost turning as pale as a ghost!"

The old nanny panicked and accidentally knocked over the whole box of powder.

Chu Xiuxiu kicked her angrily: "Why are you feeling guilty? Are you afraid that others won't notice that you did something bad last night?"

The old nanny fell to her knees and begged, "Miss, I'm really scared. What if, what if something goes wrong, we'll be the ones to die!"

Chu Xiuxiu said coldly, "Nothing will happen. Lin Yiwan and Zhan Yihou don't have time to care about us. They are only concerned about the life and death of that bitch!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she ordered the old nanny: "Stop wasting time and follow me into the palace!"

The old nanny prepared a carriage for her, and she went straight to the palace to meet Emperor Sheng An.

Emperor Sheng'an did not know about the Queen's disappearance at this time. He only heard that a young eunuch had escaped from the Weiyang Palace and had not been caught yet.

When he heard that Chu Xiuxiu was seeking a meeting outside, he instinctively frowned.

He scolded Li Delu: "I am busy handling government affairs every day, so I don't have time to meet with random people. Take her to see Concubine Yao and tell her everything!"

Li Delu said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the Chu family girl said that she has an urgent matter to report to the emperor, and it concerns the queen!"

Emperor Sheng An was stunned. "The Empress? She's been quiet for just one day, why is she making such a fuss?"

Li Delu didn't say anything, so he could only invite Chu Xiuxiu into the imperial study first.

She knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress mysteriously disappeared last night at the Marquis Zhan Yi's residence. Please send someone to look for her immediately!"

Emperor Sheng An was trembling all over. He shouted angrily, "Nonsense! The Empress is perfectly fine in Weiyang Palace. Why are you accusing her of going to Marquis Zhan Yi's residence? Come, drag her away and beat her with a stick. Let her spread rumors!"

Several guards entered the hall and immediately scared Chu Xiuxiu out of her wits.

She cried out, "Your Majesty, I dare not lie. If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can send someone to the Weiyang Palace to check if the Empress is there!"

Emperor Sheng'an asked Li Delu to investigate personally. He wanted to see whether the queen really had the courage to escape from the palace.

Not long after, not only did Li Delu come back, he even brought the pale and ugly Concubine Yao with him.

She quickly knelt and saluted, "Your Majesty, I have failed in my duty. It was indeed the Empress who escaped from the palace yesterday. The missing eunuch has now been confirmed to be the Empress in disguise!"

Emperor Sheng An raised his hand and slammed the desk with a heavy slap. He angrily scolded, "The Queen is truly so bold that she actually dares to escape from the palace without permission?"

Chu Xiuxiu spoke up, "Your Majesty, the Empress first approached me and said she wanted to see the Marquis' wife and ask her to intercede for a solution to her current predicament. She was very anxious at the time, and I didn't dare to neglect her. I immediately went to report to the Marquis' wife, and then the two of them started arguing when they met!"

Emperor Sheng An asked, "What happened next? Why did the Queen disappear?"

Chu Xiuxiu shook her head. "I don't know. I'm also worried about the Empress. Someone heard a heavy object fall into the lotus pond in the back garden in the middle of the night. I'm too timid to go check, so I can only go to the palace at dawn to report to the Emperor for his decision!"

A cold light flashed in Emperor Sheng'an's eyes. He didn't believe that Zhan Yan and Lin Yiwan would kill the queen. Even if they hated her, they would never do it on their own.

Unless this woman is deliberately putting the blame on others!

It seems that the queen is really in danger at this time.

He closed his eyes tightly and quietly suppressed the complexity in his heart.

He spoke with difficulty: "Li Delu, pass on my order, and call on Yan Zhan and Lin Yiwan to enter the palace!"

The couple entered the palace together without even glancing at Chu Xiuxiu.

Emperor Sheng An spoke first: "Wanwan, did you see the Queen last night?"

Lin Yiwan nodded. "Yes, she asked me to come to the palace and ask you to lift her house arrest and allow her to enter and leave the Prince's Palace freely. I refused her, and she got very angry. She said something harsh and left in a hurry!"

Emperor Sheng An frowned and asked, "Left? Where did she go? Do you know?"

Lin Yiwan replied, "She is naturally with Chu Xiuxiu. I don't know what they are plotting. I was injured by the falling lemon and had no time to care about trivial matters. If the emperor doesn't believe me, you can ask the servants in the palace!"

Emperor Sheng An immediately spoke: "Of course I believe what you say!"

Chu Xiuxiu quickly argued, "Your Majesty, I can testify that the Marquis's wife had a serious argument with the Empress. I haven't seen the Empress since, and I don't know what she did. I beg Your Majesty to search the Marquis Zhan Yi's mansion to prevent the Empress from having any accidents without knowing it!"

Zhan Yan sneered, "You've cleared yourself of all charges. But I want to ask you, why is there a string missing from your zither?"

Chu Xiuxiu swallowed guiltily and argued with difficulty: "Last night, when I was playing the zither, I accidentally broke a string, so I had no choice but to remove it and burn it!"

Zhan Yan said calmly, "Why burn a good zither string? Shouldn't you buy another one similar to it? Unless that string is a murder weapon and you have no choice but to destroy it. Look, is it this one?"

A bloody string suddenly appeared before Chu Xiuxiu's eyes, frightening her so much that she almost yelled, "Impossible! I burned it with my own hands, how could it have fallen into your hands?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she realized that she had said something wrong.

She knelt on the ground with a plop and said, "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I really don't know where Marquis Zhan Yi found this bloody string. Please investigate!"

Emperor Sheng An quickly exchanged a glance with Zhan Yan and said coldly, "Zhan Yan, since she said that you two conspired to kill the queen and might have dumped her body in the lotus pond, do you agree that I should send someone to search the palace?"

Lin Yiwan was the first to answer, "Of course I agree. However, while searching us, we must also not let the Chu residence go. Chu Xiuxiu is also a strong suspect. Perhaps she buried the body in her own Chu residence."

A vicious smile flashed in Chu Xiuxiu's eyes. No matter what Lin Yiwan said, it was a foregone conclusion that the queen's body would appear in the lotus pond at Zhan Yihou's mansion.

Originally, there was a conflict between the Marquis Zhan Yi and the Queen, and it was understandable that the couple conspired to kill her.

Whenever the body is found, it will be the time when the Zhan Yihou Mansion will be destroyed.

Chu Xiuxiu had not had any physical contact with Zhan Yihou, and she had the merit of reporting the crime, so naturally she could save her life.