"Master of Ceremony, the Queen has something to ask for. Go and see her quickly. Don't keep her waiting!" As soon as Shichu woke up, she heard a clear voice speaking in her ear. She looked over and saw that it was A woman in palace maid's clothing was looking at her anxiously.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Shichu said quickly. She walked out quickly while receiving the memory of the original owner. The original owner's name was Wen Shichu. She was the emcee of ceremonies in the Queen's Palace, specializing in etiquette teaching. This year happened to be At the age of 25, she is just old enough to leave the palace. If there are no accidents, she should be able to get her wish this year, leave the palace, return to her hometown, and get married and have children with the cousin she misses so much.
But something happened unexpectedly. Not only was she unable to leave the palace, but she also lost her life in the palace.
Wen Shichu quickly arrived at Kunning Palace and asked to see the queen.
The queen was a beautiful woman in her thirties. Wen Shichu took a quick look and found that although she was beautiful, she was not in a good mental state. The dim and solemn queen's clothes weighed her down even more. Getting old-fashioned.
"See you, the Queen, you are a thousand years old!" Wen Shichu bowed respectfully.
The queen waved her hand to express her displeasure, and then asked in a low spirit: "Have the dancers and actors for the Longevity Festival been prepared and trained? Don't make any mistakes that disturb the emperor's happiness..." "
"Go back to the empress, everything has been adjusted and taught." Wen Shichu recalled the original owner's work and explained some of the things in detail. The queen listened patiently and felt that there was no problem, so she let Wen Shichu go. .
Wen Shichu returned to her residence. Because she was a high-class female official, she was able to live alone in a small house. The small house was neatly taken care of by the original owner and was very clean.
The original owner submitted her application for retirement two months ago, and teaching the dancers and actors etiquette for the Wanshou Festival was her last task before leaving the palace. After the Wanshou Festival, she can be like the other retired maids in the palace. , left the palace and went home with the money he had saved over the years.
It was a pity that the original owner did not have the good fortune to wait until she left the palace, because on the Wanshou Festival, a dancer she had taught turned out to be an assassin. She ran to kill the emperor while they were dancing. Naturally, it was impossible to succeed. The dancer assassin was killed on the spot. The people who had interacted with this dancing girl were in dire straits, and they were all arrested and interrogated. The original owner once had a love for the assassin dancing girl, and he worked very hard when teaching her, so this exception became her. The reason for being suspected of being an accomplice of the assassin Maihime.
The original owner was tortured and served, and she had to be interrogated to find out who was behind it, but she was an innocent person and had no idea about the true identity of the Maiden Assassin. How could she tell who was behind it? But the chief inquisitor thought she was stubborn and refused to explain, so he tortured her to death.
When Wen Shichu thought about what happened to the original owner, he immediately wanted to kill the dancer and the people behind the scenes. If they wanted to take revenge on the emperor, they could take revenge, but they could not implicate innocent people. The original owner and other people who were also implicated How innocent? They had only had a few interactions with the dancing girl over various matters, and after talking to each other, they were arrested and even lost their lives. There was no room for them to redress their grievances.
Of course, the emperor was also one of the murderers who killed the original owner. Wen Shichu didn't care whether he should find the person behind the scenes or not. She only knew that it was the emperor's order that he would rather kill the wrong person than let anyone go, which would make the original owner embarrassed. Dead.
At night, Wen Shichu quietly changed into night clothes and disguised himself as a thin man. Then he went to the assassin dancer's residence, stretched out his hand and strangled her neck neatly, so this The assassin who caused a big fuss on the Longevity Festival died quietly.
At least if she dies like this, she won't drag down other innocent people, as for the people behind the scenes who instigated her? Wen Shichu will know sooner or later.
And the emperor...
Wen Shichu thought about it and decided not to stop. Like a spiritual snake, she nimbly shuttled through the palace, directly avoiding the guards on the surface and the secret guards in private, and entered the emperor's palace.
The emperor slept like a dead pig and snored loudly. Wen Shichu glanced at him with disgust and thought that this man was lucky to be an emperor. If he were an ordinary man, how much his wives and concubines would dislike him.
Wen Shichu hadn't thought of how to punish him yet. He was one of the people who killed the original owner, but after all, he was still the emperor. If the emperor died suddenly, the palace would definitely be under martial law, which would affect her plan to retire from the palace in the future.
So Wen Shichu didn't intend to kill him, but couldn't let him go easily, so he took out a pill from the space. This pill is called Qingxin Wuyu Pill, and its effect is just like its name, making people have no desires. What you want is commonly known as - you can't be hard.
From now on, the emperor will be clean and self-sufficient. Don't think about favoring the concubine. He can only look at it but not use it. However, the emperor is in his forties and has dozens of children. Even if he can't use it anymore, it doesn't matter.
As for, will it affect the concubine who is sleeping with him? The effect of the Qingxin Wuyu Pill gradually deepens. At first, it just gets faster, and then faster... and finally it becomes very fast. People who take it will only think that they are gradually "getting faster", and it is due to physical reasons. , step by step in this way, with psychological preparation, naturally he will not vent his anger on the palace concubine. After all, it is not too late for him to conceal his situation.
After getting rid of the two enemies, Wen Shichu went back to sleep with satisfaction.
The next day, the death of the dancer really caused a shock. After all, she was strangled to death, and the imperial doctor could detect it. So the emperor and the queen were furious and ordered an investigation into the cause of the dancer's death, and a strict investigation of the people in the palace. , after all, someone can be killed silently in the heavily guarded palace. Can the emperor not worry that he will be killed silently one day?
Wen Shichu felt that the guards around him were much tighter, and the atmosphere in the palace was depressing. The maids and eunuchs were coming and going in a hurry, and the relaxed and leisurely atmosphere before was impossible.
Because of the death of the dancing girl, the palace was under martial law, and the people behind her were naturally unable to do anything. The Wanshou Festival assassination could not be carried out, and the Wanshou Festival passed smoothly.
After Wen Shichu finished this important matter, he could slowly hand over other matters on hand to his successor.
Still nothing has been discovered about Wu Ji's death. The murderer did it so cleanly that no traces were left. Even the most skilled case-handling officials couldn't find any clues, so they had no choice but to let it go.
The queen took the opportunity to eliminate many people with doubtful identities by letting the older palace maids leave the palace. The emperor acquiesced in this matter, so Wen Shichu left the palace smoothly and became a free man.
