Chapter 584: Zhaode Hall, the Place of Crime
The two came to the place where they found Yan Chen hanging himself.
Zhaode Hall
It was once the bedroom of a distinguished servant of the previous emperor. Later, the servant became mad, knocked over a candlestick and burned himself to death in the hall. The previous emperor felt it was bad luck and sealed off the Zhaode Hall.
After Empress Ji Yao ascended the throne, she unsealed the Zhaode Hall and renovated it.
It was not known whether the Zhaode Palace was haunted or cursed, and two good servants had moved in successively.
The first good maid was favored by the emperor and became pregnant soon after serving him.
Unfortunately, the joy did not last long, as a fire broke out in Zhaode Hall and the fire was so big that the pregnant servant was burned to death.
Your Majesty did not believe in superstition, so he rebuilt the Zhaode Hall and moved in with a new servant. That night, rumors of a ghost appeared, and within three days, the new servant went crazy.
Now, Zhaode Hall became a place that everyone avoided.
This place is too evil. Three servants of the king have died here one after another. It's really creepy.
Even a healthy person would be scared to death if living here, so who would dare to live here?
Therefore, Zhaode Hall has been abandoned since then.
Because someone had died, there were guards outside the Zhaode Hall.
Several palace servants were already waiting in the hall. When they saw Lu Hanyang and Di Ran, they quickly saluted.
"Greetings, sir!——"
"Is this the place where Shijun Yan's body was found?"
Lu Hanyang looked around the house. No one had lived in the house for years. It was very damp and cold, with a faint chilly air.
"My lord, yes."
The palace servants were from the Qingyang Palace. The death of their master frightened these young servants, and their faces turned pale, fearing that they would be implicated.
"This is the side hall of Zhaode Palace. This is where the servant hanged himself."
Lu Hanyang walked to the place pointed by the young palace attendant, looked around at the tables, chairs, benches and beams with white silk hanging on them, and observed carefully. On the other side, Di Ran looked at the palace attendants and said, "I remember that Yan Shijun lived in Qingyang Palace, which is far away from Zhaode Palace. Why did he come here in the middle of the night?"
The palace servants were so frightened that they fell to their knees.
"We servants don't know. The servant said he couldn't sleep last night, so he went out for a walk and didn't let us follow him."
"Later, when Attendant Xiao saw that the Lord had not returned for a long time, he went to look for him. We did not dare to disturb His Majesty, so we did not report it."
However, they searched for the prince all night and could not find him. They were planning to report to the emperor at dawn, but unexpectedly they heard the news that the prince had hanged himself.
This scared them quite a bit.
Their master went out in the middle of the night and hanged himself, but these palace servants didn't even know about it.
If this gets out, they will be charged with dereliction of duty, which is still the lightest crime. The most worrying thing is that they will be implicated and lose their heads because of this matter, which is the most important thing!
Therefore, all the palace servants in Qingyang Palace were very scared.
Lu Hanyang frowned slightly: "As you said, there was nothing unusual about Servant Yan that day?"
"Sir, no."
An older and calmer man in the palace said, "I helped you to sleep last night as usual. Not long after you lay down, you said you couldn't sleep and wanted to go out for a walk. Who knew you would never come back."
"I heard that the servant had committed suicide. I was also very surprised and couldn't understand why."
Di Ran's face darkened slightly: "As personal servants of Lord Yan, you didn't even notice any unusual behavior of your Lord Yan?"
The palace servant was stunned and hurriedly shook his head to explain: "My Lord, the servant usually does not allow us to serve him closely. We don't know what the servant is thinking, but..."
Lu Hanyang narrowed his eyes slightly: "If you have anything to say, just say it. There's no need to be hesitant."
"Yes."
(End of this chapter)
