After returning home, the Crown Princess can no longer hide her vest!

Yu Linlang didn't care what happened in the ruined palace.

She slept soundly and dreamlessly until dawn.

The emperor was in a terrible situation. He urgently summoned the great magician to the palace that night, and asked him to diagnose and prescribe medicine. The whole process lasted until dawn, and all the palace servants were exhausted.

When he slowly woke up, Fude wiped his tears and crawled to the emperor's side, "Your Majesty is finally awake. We were scared to death last night."

"Your Majesty, please take good care of your health."

The emperor was confused for a moment. He looked up at the bed curtains for a while, then he spoke in a hoarse voice, "Go and call Gong Hui to me. I have something important to ask you."

Having said that, he straightened up and stood up.

Fudexiao and the others wanted to persuade him again, but the great master said, "Your Majesty is not seriously ill. He just fainted due to anger. Your Majesty, please don't let your emotions fluctuate so much again."

So the group of people couldn't persuade the emperor, whose face was ashen, and helped him to the study.

Today, the Emperor was ill and did not attend the morning court session. Minister Gong was walking out with the crowd after the meeting when he was suddenly stopped by guards who had hurried over.

Facing the curious gazes of his colleagues, Gong Hui was brought to the South Study to meet the emperor with a nervous mood.

The emperor's face was so gloomy and frightening that Minister Gong took only one look and then hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look again.

"Gong Hui, I heard that your house was robbed not long ago?"

Gong Hui was stunned. He was anxiously waiting for His Majesty to ask questions, thinking that the emperor was going to ask about some major case, but who knew that His Majesty actually asked about the thief in his own house?
Minister Gong nodded in confusion, "Yes, Your Majesty also knows about this."

The emperor didn't respond, and continued to ask with a cold face, "How long ago did it happen?"

"About twenty days ago." Gong Hui's heart began to ache again when he thought of the entire mansion that was stolen.

"It has not yet been determined who committed the crime? Did the Jingzhao Prefecture not intervene?"

"We tried, but to no avail. Lord Yuhu said that after investigation, no trace of thieves was found to have entered or left. She said that emptying our house is a huge task, and it is not something that can be done by just two people."

The emperor had a sullen face and clenched his fists under his sleeves. "What does she mean?"

"At that time, rumors of the arrival of gods were circulated everywhere in the capital. Lord Yuhu probably believed these rumors and thought that my mansion was also..."

"That's ridiculous." The emperor's eyes were filled with anger. "She is being irresponsible."

Gong Hui nodded with a sad face, "Yes, I think so too. But unfortunately... what Lord Yuhu said is not completely unreasonable."

"What's the point?"

"My house was emptied overnight. Even the plants planted in the garden, the koi in the pond, and the paving tiles were taken away. How could human power achieve such a feat?"

"How could we move so many large screens and furniture without a hundred or eighty people?" Gong Hui couldn't help but wipe away tears. "If it wasn't the work of the gods, what else could it be?"

The emperor's head began to feel dizzy, and he seemed to recall the empty basement in front of him.

His long-treasured collection of famous paintings and calligraphy, classic books, gold, silver, jewelry, various jade artifacts, and a huge mountain of gold bricks were all swept away!

This is really... not much worse than having one's heart ripped out and one's bones eaten away. So, his basement was also emptied by the so-called gods?

No, no, no, no! The emperor tried his best to deny this terrible thought in his heart.

Rather than letting him imagine that some divine being had appeared, it would be better to say that... someone had deliberately set his sights on his treasure trove.

Yes, that must be the case! The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that his consideration made sense.

He waved his hand to let the confused Minister Gong retreat, and then sat at the table sulking.

After thinking about it, maybe the basement had been emptied bit by bit by someone using some trickery from the beginning, so he was completely unaware of it from beginning to end?
Otherwise, how do you explain the basement being completely empty overnight?
Could it be that you really believe what Gong Hui said, about the gods descending to the earth?
The emperor ordered Empress Pei to come for questioning.

The atmosphere in the study was extremely depressing.

The palace servants all retreated at Fude's smile and eye signal.

Fude smiled at the emperor, walked out tremblingly, closed the door, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Empress Pei glanced at the emperor calmly, "I heard that your Majesty took the elixir made by the great wizard and is now in good health. Why did you faint again?"

The emperor stared at his queen coldly, without a trace of warmth or tenderness in his eyes.

"You think that if the pagoda collapses, no one will be able to trace it back to you, right?"

The queen raised her eyes slightly and looked at him with a puzzled look, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"

"Don't think I don't know. I went to Huan'er's room and checked. Everything in it was gone, even the tables, chairs and benches."

Queen Pei looked at the man in front of her with a look of scorn, "So what does your majesty mean?"

"You still don't admit that you moved Huan'er's things?" The emperor was furious. "What did these old things do to you? After so many years, you are still so fussy that you have to move them all away and throw them away?"

Empress Pei laughed angrily, "Your Majesty, do you think it was me who threw away Lin Huan'er's belongings?"

"Isn't it?" The emperor glared at her, "You took advantage of me not paying attention and emptied Huan'er's things again and again. In the entire palace, who else but you could do this without anyone noticing?"

Empress Pei clenched her hands under her sleeves and slowly clenched them into fists. She looked coldly at the man in front of her, the husband she had assisted for half her life, and said, "I don't know when I could be so turbulent under your Majesty's nose."

"Your Majesty, you are so assertive right out of your mouth. To convict someone, you need evidence. Did I take out Lin Huan'er's things and throw them away? Who did you call? Where did you throw them? Can your Majesty give me an answer?"

"You should ask yourself!" the emperor roared, "I told you not to ask about Huan'er's affairs, and there is no need for you to ask, so why didn't you listen?"

Queen Pei laughed for a while, then she restrained her expression, her eyes full of coldness.

"Your Majesty, this is ridiculous. For all these years, it is you who have been unable to leave."

"Your Majesty, didn't you call Minister Gong to ask? How could you not know why the Qi Pagoda was stolen? Your Majesty would rather believe that there are no gods in the world than believe that I have not touched these things?"

The emperor's pupils shrank and he roared angrily, "Pei Mingfeng!"

This woman has spies all around him and can get all his information in a moment. It's outrageous!
“Ye Litian.” Empress Pei was not to be outdone and called him by his name, speaking angrily, “I, Pei Mingfeng, have assisted Your Majesty diligently for so many years without any slackness.” (End of this chapter)