The strong smell in the room made Ana Shen frown impatiently, and kicked Concubine De away in disgust. As for the people around her, they felt dirty just by looking at her.

"Take care of it!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Concubine De, who had been kicked away, hugged Ana Shen Yanzui's leg and hugged her legs, "I have been serving the Emperor for all these years, and I only have the Emperor in my heart! Your Majesty, for the sake of our many years of kindness... …”

Ana Shen sneered. If it was normal, he would crush her chin, but now, even touching it would make her feel dirty.

"There has always been only kindness between you and me. Where did the love come from?" The disgust in her eyes became stronger and stronger, making Concubine De shiver. "Even if there was kindness, it is gone long ago. How dare you confront Chen?" Concubine, take action!"

Shen Yanzhui glanced at Concubine De coldly again. Such a look in her eyes made Concubine De loosen her grip unconsciously.

"You're so damned good!"

That night, all the people serving in the Imperial Concubine's courtyard were punished. Only a few chambermaids and maids who discovered what happened stayed in the room to guard. Outside, there were also Jinyi guards sent by Gu Yu'an to strictly guard, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

However, Concubine De seemed to be seriously ill, so the hospital was filled with a strong smell of medicine.

Back in the main courtyard, although Cuizhu had served Suningan and drank the medicine, he was still asleep. The cook also cooked fine porridge and warmed it on the stove.

Shen Yanzhu ordered someone to bring it up, let Suningan lean into his arms, and coaxed her softly to feed her half a bowl of fine porridge. She didn't give up until she pushed the spoon away with her still weak hand.

Even after taking a medicinal bath and being covered with a quilt, and even though it was summer, there were still two fire pots placed beside the bed, Suningan was still cold all over, and Ana Shen's brows were like black clouds.

"Your Majesty, Lord Gu is waiting outside." After hearing An Li's report, Shen Yanzhui put Su Ning'an back on the pillow, tucked the quilt back in, and walked out.

In the east wing room, An Li was waiting outside the door, and Ana Shen sat behind the table, tapping her index finger on the table very slowly, "Is there any result?"

Gu Yu'an bowed his hand and said, "Concubine De stole the arrow from Le Xiuyi's quiver. The evidence of the crime is conclusive and there are witnesses."

Ana Shen frowned as she heard this, why couldn't she see An Anhao! Isn't it good to enjoy the glory and wealth in peace and quiet?

"There is one more thing." Gu Yu'an looked cold and continued: "As for the men in Concubine De's room, Weichen also interrogated them before executing them. They said they were ordered by a woman. The woman had her face covered and her face could not be seen clearly. But it was on the day when Concubine Chen went to the market."

Ana Shen pressed his eyebrows, his eyes turned cold, he leaned back casually, and said with a hint of exhaustion: "Continue."

"That woman is the person next to Ning Meiren. The three empresses were protected along the way that day and never left the sight of the ministers. Only when the empresses were resting, the maid next to Ning Meiren went out."

"But the evidence of the crime is conclusive?" Shen Yanzui closed his eyes lightly and stroked the ring on his thumb.

"Ning Meiren has pleaded guilty."

Shen Yanzui chuckled for no apparent reason. Although the laughter was not loud, it made Gu Yuan's scalp tingle. However, he heard his voice deepen in the next moment, "Lock her up, I don't have time to see her these days!"

After saying that, he passed Anli in and said coldly: "Concubine De, give me some wine!"

Because Suningan was hypothermic, he took medicinal baths for three days, and his body temperature gradually recovered.

She was awake most of the day, and the emperor accompanied her every day, always applying medicine to her personally. Although the medicine did hurt when applied, she did not dare not to apply it with the emperor watching.

"Even if something big happens in the future, your safety is the most important thing. Don't do stupid things again, you know?"

Suningan's long hair falling around her waist was extremely soft, just like her now.

Leaning in Shen Yanzui's arms, "I am just worried. I am the emperor's concubine, but I have been alone with another man for so long. Even if the emperor believes it, such things cannot be hidden. If someone takes advantage of it in the future, If this matter makes a fuss about my children again, then I, my concubine..."

As he said that, he tilted his head slightly and put his cheek against Shen Yanzui's chest, leaving a wet feeling, "I am really afraid, I am afraid that my reputation will not be preserved, I am afraid that the emperor will also be suspicious of me and dislike me. .”

"Silly words! You and I are different from others." Shen Yanzhu sighed in his heart, feeling sorry for her for being so cautious, but he really couldn't tell her the love between the two lives, "An An doesn't need to be like this, no matter what I will never doubt you at any time."

Seeing Suningan crying harder in his arms, Ana Shen couldn't help hugging her tightly, and said silently in his heart: Even if something happens, nothing will happen to you.

Le Xiuyi often came to accompany her these days, but Ning Meiren was nowhere to be seen. Su Ningan asked, but saw that Le Xiuyi looked a little evasive, so she didn't ask further.

After all, the news of Concubine De's sudden death reached her ears, and Su Ning'an became even more confused, "Concubine De seemed to be in good health, why did she die suddenly? If she was sick, it would have been too fast. Could it be an epidemic? ? Are the others okay?"

Le Xiuyi was drinking tea. She glanced at Suningan, then at Cuizhu and Ying'er. After receiving Su Ning'an's signal, they exited the room.

"Is there another mystery?"

Le Xiuyi sat down next to Su Ning'an mysteriously and whispered to her, "I heard that Concubine De De was..."

Su Ningan's expression suddenly changed, "How is that possible?"

"I heard it's true, not to mention that everyone in De Fei's yard disappeared overnight. Someone saw many sacks being loaded onto the carriage that night, and there were drops of blood on the ground. Hey, are you okay?" Le Xiuyi Seeing Suning'an clutching her chest, her face pale, she was extremely frightened, and immediately helped her to calm down, "Even if you have heard of these things, don't take it to heart. You are in good health."

Suningan shook his head, "Nothing."

Once again, I am glad that I did not spend too long with Sheng Heng in the cave that day, otherwise...

The news of Concubine De's sudden death spread quickly. Since she was ill, it was impossible to take Concubine De back to the palace and bury her in the imperial mausoleum, so they found a place in Wucheng for a safe burial.

However, due to the sudden incident, even though it was the imperial concubine's tomb, it was not very luxurious. Instead, it was too simple, no different from the tombs of ordinary people's homes.

According to convention, as long as the concubine does not make a big mistake, she will usually be granted a posthumous title, but the emperor does not seem to have such intention, which is strange.

Ning Meiren was also locked up in her own courtyard. She never thought that what she did could be hidden from the emperor. Now that the emperor knew about it, he felt much more at ease.

A sound of "The Emperor has arrived" interrupted Ning Meiren's daze, and she hurriedly knelt on the ground to greet him.

"My concubine deserves death!"

Shen Yanzhu lowered his eyes and looked at Ning Meiren who was kneeling on the ground. Since she entered the palace, apart from being friends with Le Xiuyi and staying in bed several times, she had no sense of presence. Who knew she could do such a thing?

"Why did you harm Concubine De?"

Ning Meiren looked at the clothes in front of her, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, "Does the Emperor remember Ning Chan?"

Seeing the confusion in Shen Yanzui's eyes, a sad smile appeared in Ning Meiren's eyes, and she said sadly: "The emperor must not remember. At first, the queen mother thought that the emperor's backyard was empty and he had no heirs, so she wanted to designate a concubine for the emperor. My sister’s portrait was sent to the Queen Mother, and of course Concubine De’s was also given.”

"My Ning family is already weak, and the De Concubine family can help Your Majesty a little bit, but my sister is gentle and sensible, and she likes her very much. In fact, I think that the position of concubine must be De Concubine, but it is because of my sister Jiao. Her good looks and temperament earned her a few compliments from the Queen Mother, and she became a thorn in Concubine De's side!"

Shen Yanzhuo looked at Ning Meiren, still confused, but it made Ning Meiren feel even more sad, not worth it for her sister.

Not to mention it was in his heart, the Emperor had never even caught her in his eyes, and my sister had not even received the slightest pity from the Emperor!

And no matter how good your appearance or temperament was at that time, how could you compare to the abilities of your mother’s family?

But my sister died tragically due to Concubine De's poisonous plan!

How could she not hate it!

"Could it be that there was a widespread rumor at that time that a daughter-in-law of an official family was kidnapped by thieves when she went out to offer incense, bullied for several days and nights, and then thrown back into the backyard? She was the Ning family?"

"How many days and nights?" Ning Meiren was angry and couldn't help but smile sadly, and said sharply: "It's a whole month! My sister was actually pregnant with the evil child at that time. Even if her father and mother didn't dislike her, every day she lived, she treated her so much. It’s humiliating!”

He kowtowed heavily to Shen Yanzui again, "Every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner. Now that my blood feud has been avenged, I will not complain about the emperor's punishment, but I just ask the emperor not to involve my mother's family." As he said this, After a pause, he said, "Before I die, I want to see Concubine Chen and apologize to her. I wonder if your Majesty will allow it?"

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