The empress woke up and was taking care of affairs, and she was a little absent-minded.

In addition to the reason for her engagement to Wang Xiaolai yesterday, more, she also felt a little uneasy in her heart.

That kind of violent heartbeat without warning made the empress always feel that something big was going to happen.

After thinking about it, the empress just attributed this to being too nervous.

Taking a deep breath, the empress calmed down and planned to review the excerpts.

But the crux of the matter is that her heart can't be stilled at all.

Feeling distraught instantly, I closed my folds, closed my eyes, took two deep breaths, and then rubbed my temples to relieve my fatigue.

At this moment, Narcissus followed in, clasped his fists and said softly, "Your Majesty." ”

The empress opened her eyes: "What's wrong?" ”

Narcissus said: "Zhang Wenxiu, the prefect of Daxing City, asks to see him." ”

The empress frowned: "Zhang Wenxiu? Is there something wrong with him? ”

Narcissus shook his head and said: "This is not clear, the minister asked him, he didn't say, he had to say anything to tell His Majesty in person, and the minister saw that his expression was anxious, it didn't seem to be a fake, and it was likely that there was something important to see Your Majesty." ”

The empress thought about it, and she didn't have the intention of working, so she nodded and said, "Let him come in." ”

"Yes."

Narcissus turned around and went out, and after a while, he brought in Zhang Wenxiu, the prefect who was sweating on his forehead.

The latter entered the imperial study, lowered his head, arched his hands, and shouted: "Minister Zhang Wenxiu, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

The empress tried her best to calm down her emotions, and said calmly: "Calm down." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Wenxiu shouted Thank You, Your Majesty, and then stood up and stood aside with his head down.

The empress looked at him: "You said you have something to tell me?" ”

Zhang Wenxiu nodded hurriedly.

"Tell me, what's the matter, I'll listen." Empress Dao.

Zhang Wenxiu didn't know how to say it, so he stood in place and struggled for a long time.

The empress only felt a little funny when she saw him, so she asked with a cold face, "What is the matter?" ”

Zhang Wenxiu swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and said: "Your Majesty, yes, that's the case, this morning, the soldiers patrolling the city found a corpse and sent it to the yamen..."

The empress laughed angrily: "This is just an ordinary murder, and you are also bothering?" ”

Zhang Wenxiu hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, it's not like this, that corpse is Master Taifu..."

The empress stood up with a snort: "What did you say!" ”

Zhang Wenxiu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Where is the body now?" The Empress asked.

Zhang Wenxiu trembled: "Yes, they were taken back to the Taifu Mansion by Shu Jiuchai and them, and the ministers have already sent someone to ask for it." ”

The empress walked off the dragon chair with a wave of her sleeves, and at the same time, her heart felt as uncomfortable as a drop of blood.

Seeing this, Narcissus hurriedly followed.

"Your Majesty, what are you?" Narcissus asked.

The empress was in a hurry: "I'll go and see." ”

Seeing that the empress was in a hurry, Narcissus didn't dare to stop her, so she hurriedly arranged to go.

The empress left the palace and went straight to the Taifu Mansion, Zhang Wenxiu trotted to follow, and when he arrived at the place, he was tired and panting like an old dog.

After glancing at the crowd on the third floor and the outer three floors, the empress frowned, and with a wave of her hand, the Yulin army who followed her sounded the gong to open the way, opening a way for the empress.

Seeing that the person who came was the Son of Heaven, the people did not dare to make noise, and knelt down to see the king.

The empress was so anxious at this time that she didn't have time to say anything to these people, so she waved her hand to make them all get up, and then walked directly to the Taifu Mansion, glanced at the officials in the confrontation and the escort team led by Xian Jingyu, frowned, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Zhou Yi saw that it was the empress, and he also secretly smacked his tongue and stepped forward to salute.

The empress walked directly towards the door of the mansion, and at the same time raised her head and said to Xian Jingyu on the wall: "Open the door!" ”

Seeing that the empress's expression was cold and her tone could not be refused, Xian Jingyu hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly asked people to open the door of the mansion.

As she went inside, the empress stopped, turned her head, and said to the servants and the people, "Disperse." ”

The people may not listen to the words of the officials, but these people dare not listen to the words of the empress.

So, the crowd dispersed, and the empress went directly into the courtyard, followed by the empress, as well as Narcissus and the prefect Zhang Wenxiu.

Led by Xian Jingyu, the empress came all the way to the place where Wang Xiaolai's body was parked.

When they arrived, Shu Jiuchai led the red incense and they all knelt down to salute.

Seeing Shu Jiuchai, the empress couldn't help but feel a little fluctuating in her mood, took a deep breath to stop, and asked, "Where is Xiao Laizi?" ”

When this sentence came out, it can be said that even the empress did not notice the tremor in her tone.

Shu Jiuchai said in a low voice: "Back to Your Majesty, the master is lying inside, and Shen Xiping is beside him..."

When the empress heard this, she hurriedly walked through the crowd and entered the room, Shen Xiping curled up and sat on the edge of the bed, and there was a person lying on the bed.

Although she didn't see who that person was, the empress could be sure that it was Wang Xiaolai.

Listening to Shen Xiping's intermittent cry in her ears, the empress's figure staggered a little, but fortunately, Narcissus was beside her, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, are you okay?" ”

The Empress waved her hand and walked towards the bed.

When she arrived, she saw that Wang Xiaolai's body on the bed was naked, and his body was covered with arrow wounds, the most obvious being a deep knife wound on his neck.

On Wang Xiaolai's head, there is still the gold-inlaid white hosta that he brought to him yesterday.

Looking at it this way, he is not Wang Xiaolai, who else will it be?

At that moment, the empress felt a void in her heart, and the whole person involuntarily collapsed to the ground.

Hearing the movement, Shen Xiping turned around and saw that it was the empress, and he also knelt down to see An.

The empress reached out and grabbed it left and right, so that she could grab something that could stand up for herself.

Narcissus was busy helping the empress up, and at the same time looking at Wang Xiaolai's corpse, she also trembled in her heart, and then her depression overflowed.

"Small, little Laizi~~~"

Just shouted these words, and the empress was in a trance for a while, and fainted directly.

Narcissus was frightened at the time, and hurriedly shouted at Shu Jiuchai and a group of people standing at the door: "Hurry up and find Langzhong!" ”

Feng Wuji, who was standing together, hurriedly walked out and said, "I am." ”

Narcissus stared at him faintly.

Feng Wuer rolled up his sleeves to check the pulse of the empress, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Your Majesty is fine, it's just that the fire attack has caused a coma, as long as you recuperate." ”

Hearing Feng Wuer say this, Narcissus Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his head and saw Wang Xiaolai's corpse, and his heart was inevitably depressed.

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When the empress woke up, it was already night, and the empress who woke up looked left and right, saw that it was not the palace, and knew that she was still in the Taifu Mansion, so she shouted: "Narcissus..."

Narcissus, who was waiting outside the door, immediately walked in: "Your Majesty, what do you command?" ”

"I want to go see Little Laizi..." The empress's voice was a little hoarse, and besides, it sounded weak.

Narcissus looked a little distressed when she saw the empress, but she still nodded, helped the empress to stand up, and walked to the room where Wang Xiaolai's body was parked.

In the room, there were many people like Shu Jiuchai, who got up and saluted when they saw the empress.

In this regard, the empress didn't say anything, walked to the bedside with trembling steps, and when she came to the front, she no longer had the strength, still supported by Narcissus, and sat on the ground in the same way, she grabbed Wang Xiaolai's hand, unable to speak, but the corners of her eyes were rolling tears.

When Narcissus saw it, her heart ached like a knife, she secretly shed two lines of tears, waved her hand and asked Shu Jiuchai and them to leave the room, leaving the empress alone in the room.

There were no outsiders in the room, and the empress couldn't hold back any longer, and began to cry loudly.

The cry was so terrible that everyone outside the room could hear it.

Hearing the sadness and crying, Shu Jiuchai and they were also in tears.

In the end, the empress's crying gradually subsided, and just when everyone outside the room thought that something had happened to the empress and wanted to rush in to check, the empress walked out, and the whole person was as lifeless as the walking dead.

Narcissus came up to ask, but the empress spoke one step ahead of her, but the empress did not talk to Narcissus, but looked at Shu Jiuchai and said sadly: "Jiuchai, I want to bring Xiao Laizi back to the palace..."

Shu Jiuchai's body shook up, and then he bowed his head and said, "Master, what happens to his body is up to His Majesty." ”

The empress nodded hoarsely: "Thank you." ”

That night, Wang Xiaolai's body was brought back to the palace, late at night, the sound of the death knell ringing came from the palace, the next day, the dragon flag hanging above the palace was half lowered, and the arms of the Yulin soldiers were hung with white silk...