"Ah~Ah~" Seeing the 'residual limbs' in the grass, the two ladies could not calmly treat them no matter how brave they were. They didn't care about their demeanor at all. They exclaimed and ran back, "It's dead! There are dead!"

Aqiu happened to arrive with the palace maids and glared at the few people: "Didn't you say, don't you go to the palace garden? You even shouted loudly, which disturbed the little master's rest, you will suffer!"

The two of them were frightened and stammered: "Aunt Qiu, there are...the flowers over there...there are...there are...there are dead people!"

"Cough." A Qiu lowered his face and walked a few steps to where they were pointing. He kicked some soil with his feet, covered the "stolen limb", turned around and spoke calmly, "There is no dead person, it was the two ladies who were confused for a moment."

When several people saw Aunt Qiu's movements so well, it was obviously not the first time they did such a thing, and they felt a little cold-hearted - wouldn't they be silenced, right?

"Several ladies, please follow me to the banquet hall, the palace banquet is about to begin." Aqiu said with a smile.

When the few people saw Aqiu's smile, they felt a chill behind their backs. The few people were so scared that their legs were weak and they walked very slowly.

Several people exchanged glances with each other, Sun Zhilan, the daughter of the Sun family, accelerated her pace and walked side by side with Aqiu: "Aunt Qiu."

A Qiu felt someone pulling his sleeve, and he wanted to fall over the shoulder when he was conditioned, and a heavy purse rolled into A Qiu's sleeve bag instantly.

For the sake of "purse", Aqiu only clenched his fists secretly and did not attack her: "What's the matter?"

"Aunt Qiu, who is the beautiful woman living in that palace?" Sun Zhilan asked in a low voice.

Several ladies who were walking with them all pricked up their ears and listened carefully, for fear of missing a few words.

"Huh?" Aqiu was silent for a moment before saying, "In the harem, there is no other master except the Queen. Don't you know? Maybe it's like you, which lady is it..."

"Oh." Sun Zhilan was very sure that the woman was not the official family member who entered the palace to attend the banquet.

She looks so outstanding and wears a dazzling silver palace outfit. If she had been with them before, she would never have noticed it. Besides, Aunt Qiu was afraid that they would disturb the "little master" just now, so she turned her face and said that there was no such person in the palace...

Sun Zhilan only felt that the water in the harem was very deep and dared not ask more questions.

"Follow the corridor and walk forward, it's the banquet hall. Please invite me first. I'm going to go back to Changle Palace to serve as a job." A Qiu pointed out the way for the few people, and then led the palace maids who accompanied him to the direction of "incident" before...

Until Aqiu's back could not be seen, several people started to whisper—

"Isn't Changle Palace there? Aunt Qiu is heading in the wrong direction, right?"

"I'm sure I'm reading it right. There's definitely a piece of arms in the flowers."

"Well, I can see clearly, too."

"Aunt Qiu is afraid it's not... I'll take someone to collect the body!"

At this time, when I saw the noble girl with a furry tail, my voice trembled: "That woman... is a flesh-eating fox demon... I saw her tail!"

Everyone was just speculating that after she said this, they all took a breath of cold air.

"Stop talking." Sun Zhilan looked around vigilantly, afraid that the fox demon woman would suddenly appear.

The lady also quickly covered her mouth, looking lingering in fear.

Several people returned to the Imperial Garden and followed the officials who visited the garden to Jiuhua Palace for a banquet. On the way, some people were not polite and talked about the encounter with fox demons in the deep palace with their elders or sisters.

The listeners were shocked and thought it through themselves - the emperor was a prince in the past, and even if he did not marry a concubine, he should have a concubine. Now the harem is so empty... those concubines are all eaten by the fox demon!

After a circle of Aqiu hidden in the dark, he suddenly felt funny when he saw the officials and family members' faces calm. Although the Queen's method was a bit bizarre, the effect was immediate.

"Aqiu, aren't you serving next to the Empress, what are you doing here?" Zicao patted Aqiu with the cat behind the bushes.

Aqiu quickly got up, and the "remnant limb" wrapped in his arms fell to the ground with a clang.

"Ah~" Zicao exclaimed.

When I looked closely, I immediately fell silent. I saw this "remnant limb" purple grass yesterday. It was carved from wood on the 7th day of the lunar month. I had some skin covered with it and painted blood stains...

Even though I knew it was fake, the half of the 'arm' looked the same as it was real, and it was still very scary: "What are you doing with this thing?"

"This arm is so exquisite, maybe it will be useful in the future. Take it back and hold it in good condition." Aqiu picked up the 'residual limb' and carefully stroked the dust stuck on it.

Zicao admired her heart. Aqiu's courage is really extraordinary: "Today there are many people and eyes, so you have to carry this half of your arm as the right way?"

"That's right." A Qiu wrapped the 'residual limbs' in a sweat towel, put them back into the flowers, and covered them with branches. "Hide them here first, I'll pick them up in the evening."

"Okay." Zicao nodded.

Aqiu hid the half of his 'arm' and pulled Zicao to Jiuhua Palace, "Let's look for the Queen."

Shortly after Aqiu and Zicao left, a lady who had lost her jade pendant turned back to the imperial garden. Since the jade pendant was a family-born item, she carefully searched for the place she had just walked.

When I found the "remnant limbs" in the flowers, I tightly covered my mouth that was about to scream. I just heard the "fox demon eats people" and she was still sneering. I thought that those ladies deliberately made up this strange story to scare away other noble ladies who were planning to enter the palace. I never thought that there were really people-eating monsters in this harem, and leftover limbs could be seen everywhere...

The lady couldn't help but tremble. She stopped looking for the jade pendant and hurried to a crowded place. She thought to look at her daughter tightly, so she couldn't be taken away by the fox demon!

The emperor and empress walked into Jiuhua Hall hand in hand, and the officials and nobles in the hall bowed together. Si Haochen raised his hand slightly, and Eunuch Ke sang loudly: "Flat~"

Everyone thanked them, and after the emperor and empress walked up to the high platform to sit down, they returned to their respective positions. At the palace banquet, the royal families of the four countries came to congratulate them to show their desire to surrender.

Zhenbei Hou Jiang Yan, who is temporarily in charge of Beichi's affairs, took the lead in making a list: "The last time we will bow to Your Majesty, Empress, and this time we brought the cavalry commander Li Yi to Beijing, presenting 66 boxes of various agate jade, 108 boxes of snow-mounted medicinal materials, and 5,000 war horses. Congratulations to the emperor for becoming the great treasure!"

"The Marquis of Zhenbei and Li Duwei have something to do, so I will give you a seat." His Majesty Yun said that he would give you a seat, and the two were arranged very close to the emperor and empress.

Ming Ruo asked softly: "Can Military Advisor Jiang still withstand the severe cold of Beichi?"

"The Empress is a kind-hearted person. My brother is very strong now, and it is fine to stay in Beichi." Jiang Yan's voice was like a bell, and everyone in the hall heard her reply.
Chapter completed!