Through the thin window paper, Zi Yan vaguely saw Li Hai and Eunuch Liu walking straight to the Empress Dowager's bedside.
Li Hai stood for a while, his body seemed to be shaking, suddenly, his knees softened, and with a plop, he actually knelt down towards the bed!
This time, Zi Yan was really surprised, there was nothing on the bed, why was he kneeling
Next, Zi Yan was even more horrified!
Li Hai actually cried facing the bed, whining, his voice was low and restrained, sad and helpless.
"Queen Mother, Hai'er was forced to do everything! Please forgive me! Now the country is in danger, foreign relatives invade, and the queen is unfaithful. I know that God is punishing me for all these! Every night, I repent, hoping to get your forgiveness. But... but... "
Suddenly, Li Hai's voice was terrified.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Eunuch Liu hurriedly supported Li Hai.
Li Hai pushed Eunuch Liu away, and Eunuch Liu fell to the ground.
"But last night I dreamed about you, Empress Dowager again! Moreover, I also dreamed about those palace servants who died in the dungeon! Their hair was disheveled, their faces were covered with blood, and they were crying and begging for my life."
Li Hai shook his head, as if he was repenting for what he had done, "I shouldn't have done it! I really shouldn't! I beg the Queen Mother to forgive me, and I beg you to take all those palace people away, and stop causing trouble in the palace. Wait After Pan Meichen's army retreats, I will hold a state funeral for you immediately, and those who died in the palace will be buried in a treasured place of geomantic omen."
Now Eunuch Liu finally understood why Li Hai didn't dare to come in through the front door.
Li Hai was afraid that others would see him crying in front of the queen mother, and that others would hear his secrets. The emperor actually had a dream at night that a ghost was looking for his life. If it spread, people would laugh out loud.
Li Hai's next words shocked Zi Yan to the extreme: "In addition to confessing to you, I also confess to the dead prime minister. I sent someone to stab him to death. These days, I always dream of Prime Minister, he is also coming to claim my life. I have to get drunk to sleep for a while. But after waking up, the fear and emptiness enveloped me like a dark cloud... "
Li Hai cried for half an hour in the dormitory, and then Eunuch Liu pulled him out.
At this time, Li Hai, who was standing at the door of the dormitory, was listless, like a deflated ball, limp, as if the whole world had abandoned him.
"Your Majesty, take care of your dragon body! Now Empress Rong has restrained Pan Meichen outside. After a while, the Empress will fight back. I believe that the country will be stable again in a short time."
But Li Hai was very contradictory. He hoped that Rong Changan would win the battle. Only if she could win the battle would he be able to drive Pan Meichen and his relatives away. However, he was also afraid that Rong Changan would win the battle. The higher her contribution, the more Li Hai would be afraid of her.
"The country has returned to stability, but I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing." Li Hai's eyes were deep and sad, with deep worry, "Eunuch, let's go! Lock the door!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Eunuch Liu locked the bedroom door, followed Li Hai again, left the Moon Gate, and left through the back door of Fengzao Palace.
Zi Yan curled up behind the door. What Li Hai said just now made her uneasy. Her eyes couldn't help looking at the bed in the bedroom, who was lying under the quilt
"Go and help me find a stone."
The servant girl was still anxious: "Your concubine, what do you want stones for?"
Zi Yan said: "If you want to take it, you can take it. Asking so many questions will not do you any good!"
"Okay, concubine!"
After a while, the servant girl found a fist-sized stone. Zi Yan came to the door of the sleeping hall and said to the maidservant: "Knock the lock!"
"Knock...knock open?" The servant girl's face was full of fear, "But, the emperor just went in, if the emperor pursues it, what should we do?"
"Are you listening to the emperor, or to me?" Zi Yan's fierce eyes swept over the maidservant's face, and the maidservant's legs trembled unconsciously.
"Slaves listen to the imperial concubine!"
"Then don't knock!"
The servant girl had no choice but to hold up the stone and smash it against the copper lock, but her strength was weak, and after smashing for a while, it had no effect.
"Haven't you eaten yet? Use some strength!" Zi Yan urged.
The servant girl knocked vigorously, knocked twice, and the copper lock was unlocked.
Zi Yan couldn't wait to open the door, took lotus steps, and quickly walked into the bedroom.
A rotten smell made Zi Yan feel a little suffocated.
The servant girl was already leaning against the door, and vomited.
"Useless things!" Zi Yan collected herself and walked to the bed.
There was a pair of silk shoes under the bed, which could be seen as belonging to the Empress Dowager at first glance. The quilt on the bed was raised, and the pillow showed signs of being pressed down, indicating that there was indeed a person lying under the quilt.
And in the middle of the pillow, Zi Yan found a few strands of gray hair. She swallowed, her brow sweating from nervousness. She stretched out her small hand, and as soon as her fingers touched the dusty quilt, she felt as if she had been pricked by a needle, and quickly retracted.
Her heart was beating like a deer, about to jump out of her throat.
"You, come here!" Zi Yan shouted at the maidservant.
The servant girl wiped her mouth and walked to Zi Yan's side: "Concubine, what are your orders?"
Zi Yan pointed at the quilt on the bed: "Pick off the quilt for me!"
The maidservant panicked, her chin almost hit the ground: "Pick... lift the quilt?"
"Why, you don't listen to me anymore?" Zi Yan glared fiercely at the servant girl.
The servant girl shook her head: "No... down there, there's..."
"have what?"
"There's something unclean down there!"
Zi Yan slapped the servant girl, grinning her teeth, her face twisted badly: "I told you to open it, did you hear me?"
The low but stern words scratched the servant girl's face like a knife, the servant girl had no choice but to turn her face away, stretched out her hand, hesitated for a while, and slowly lifted the quilt.
First, a round bun was exposed, the hair was gray and dry, covered with a layer of dust, and then there was an old face in great pain, which was already shriveled, but judging from the distorted condition of the face and the staring eyes, One can imagine how painful the Queen Mother was at that time...
"No!" Zi Yan covered her mouth and exclaimed restrainedly, "How could this happen!"
The servant girl hadn't looked at what was on the bed yet, she turned her face away out of curiosity, but when her gaze caught on to the Empress Dowager's face, she didn't dare to look any further!
"what… "
The servant girl jumped to the corner of the wall, huddled into a ball, trembling all over, her face was already pale.
Zi Yan was frightened for a while, and her mind began to wake up.
She remembered what Li Hai said just now.
"He killed the queen mother! Not only did he kill the queen mother, he also killed the servants of Fengzao Palace, and even the former prime minister!"
In Zi Yan's eyes, Li Hai is an indecisive person, but today, she is totally wrong! Beneath Li Hai's gentle appearance is a dirty and cruel soul.
He can treat the queen mother like this, and he can use cruel methods to deal with her in the future.
Worrying about the future made Ziyan forget her fear, and sat on the edge of the queen mother's bed, falling into deep choices and thoughts.