In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Before Su Zhizhi finished complaining to Chef Su, people from Fengyi Palace came. Su Zhizhi immediately looked bitter, but she dared not disobey the Queen's order. She had to pack up briefly and then walked towards Fengyi Palace again.

Seeing that Su Zhizhi was urging her to go, the Queen had to take a shortcut to Fengyi Palace. This shortcut required passing through the Cold Palace. Although Su Zhizhi was very reluctant, she had no choice but to go there.

The cold palace was remote, and there weren't even any guards around. Su Zhizhi found it strange, as in the past there should have been royal guards guarding outside the cold palace.

Su Zhizhi plucked up the courage to take a look, but she didn't expect that the door of the cold palace, which had been closed all the time, was now open. When Su Zhizhi turned her head, she could see the dilapidated roof tiles inside. From time to time, a few crazy people jumped out from the side. She didn't know whether they were concubines or palace maids. In short, they looked very creepy.

Su Zhizhi calmed herself down and quickened her pace, thinking that everything would be fine if she walked faster.

But just as she walked past the gate of the cold palace, her legs were suddenly hugged from behind.

At that moment, Su Zhizhi felt her whole body was cold and her heart stopped for a moment.

Su Zhizhi subconsciously turned around to look, only to see a crazy woman with disheveled hair holding her legs tightly. Looking at the clothes on the woman, she thought she must be a concubine who was banished to the cold palace.

Su Zhizhi wanted to pull her feet out, but this crazy woman was so strong that Su Zhizhi couldn't move at all.

Seeing that Su Zhizhi was still trying to struggle, the man threw himself on her. Su Zhizhi was so frightened that she had no strength left in her body. She could only struggle and be dragged into the cold palace.

The moment the man pounced on her, Su Zhizhi saw the other person's face clearly, and her pupils suddenly dilated. The man's face looked very similar to Wanpin who had died suddenly. If she didn't know that Wanpin had died long ago, she would probably really think that this man was Wanpin.

Su Zhizhi's mind was spinning frantically, and she suddenly remembered that she had heard before that Concubine Wan looked seven points similar to Concubine Xiang in the harem.

"Empress Xiangpin?" Su Zhizhi tentatively called out to the crazy woman on her body. Sure enough, when the crazy woman heard the name, she paused and seemed to have regained some consciousness.

Su Zhizhi breathed a sigh of relief, and taking advantage of the other party's relaxation, she quickly hit the other party on the back of the neck. With her quick eyes and hands and great force, Concubine Xiang fainted on Su Zhizhi's body instantly.

Su Zhizhi struggled to push the person off her body, sat up panting, and glanced at the unconscious Concubine Xiang beside her. Su Zhizhi kept cursing in her heart. She was delayed in the cold palace for too long. Su Zhizhi did not care about anything else and had to lift Concubine Xiang onto the bed and put her down. Then she simply tidied up her clothes and walked out of the cold palace.

She didn't expect that as soon as she walked out of the cold palace, she would run into the palace maid beside the queen.

The maid was a little surprised to see Su Zhizhi coming out of the cold palace. "Chef Su, why are you here? It's so hard for me to find you. The Empress has been waiting for you for a long time."

Su Zhizhi briefly explained what had just happened and hurried to Fengyi Palace.

The Queen frowned when she saw Su Zhizhi in such a mess. "Why are you in such a mess?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I just encountered some problems on the way, so I was delayed." Su Zhizhi hurriedly explained.

The Queen then relaxed her brows a little and turned to talk about calling Su Zhizhi. Su Zhizhi listened quietly. After all, the Queen was just extending an olive branch to Su Zhizhi, implying that Su Zhizhi would be tied to the same boat with her from now on, and they would prosper and suffer together.

Su Zhizhi was naturally unwilling, but facing the Queen, Su Zhizhi could not refuse too obviously, so she had to carefully and tactfully delay it, and just told the Queen that she needed to think about it again.

Just as Su Zhizhi finished speaking, a young eunuch ran in from outside, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened. News has come from the cold palace that Concubine Xiang has died suddenly."

Su Zhizhi's heart was suddenly filled with shock. She had just come out of the cold palace. She had also checked on Concubine Xiang's condition and found that she was just knocked unconscious. How could she have died suddenly?

But Su Zhizhi showed no reaction and just listened quietly to the Queen's instructions.

"What? What happened? Why did Concubine Xiang die suddenly?" The queen's face suddenly became serious.

"I don't know, but His Majesty has also learned about Concubine Xiang's sudden death. His Majesty seems to be in a bad mood and is heading to the cold palace. Would Your Majesty like to go with him?"

"Forget it. For such a major event, I also need to be present to preside over the situation. Go and prepare." The queen waved her hand tiredly.

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi was about to stand up and say goodbye, but the Queen kept her there, "Chef Su, please come with me. You should have taken the cold palace route to Fengyi Palace."

When Su Zhizhi heard this, she knew she couldn't escape it, so she had to agree.

Su Zhizhi followed the queen to the cold palace and saw from a distance that the emperor was already standing outside the cold palace.

Seeing the Queen coming, the Emperor stepped forward and took her hand, saying worriedly, "The Queen is pregnant now, why is she coming to such an unlucky place as the Cold Palace?"

The Queen shook her head softly. "Although Xiangpin had committed a crime before, she is still an old man in the palace. Now that she has passed away, I still wanted to come and see her. I can't let Xiangpin die in such an unclear way."

Su Zhizhi just stood behind, watching the world with her eyes and nose, as if nothing had to do with her.

"Where are the guards today? How are they guarding this cold palace?" The emperor asked coldly, looking at the guards kneeling on the ground in front of him.

The guards lowered their heads in silence, while the two who were supposed to be on duty trembled as they knelt forward, "Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me, I have to go to the bathroom urgently, so..."

"Come here, drag them away, give them fifty strokes of the cane, and drive them out of the palace!" The emperor had no patience to listen to the end and directly sentenced the two men.

"What about the others? Do they know how Concubine Xiang died?" The emperor looked around again at the guards, palace maids and eunuchs kneeling around him, but no one spoke.

Just when the emperor's patience was about to run out, a maid behind the queen stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

When Su Zhizhi saw that person, her pupils suddenly shrank. That person was the palace maid who saw her coming out of the cold palace. But she stood up at this time. Su Zhizhi knew that she was being framed.

As expected, the palace maid said directly: "I want to report that the murderer of Concubine Xiang must be her!" As she spoke, the palace maid pointed her hand straight at Su Zhizhi.