Eunuch Feng Degui stood on the shore. Not long later, Jiang Keji arrived at the shore and said something to Feng Degui. He saw Feng Degui nod with a solemn expression, and then turn around and hurriedly walk in the direction of the Imperial Palace.

Xiao He turned around as well, quickly making his way to the Imperial Palace from another path. He saw that there were quite a few people kneeling inside, and almost all of their concubines were inside.

He found a place to kneel down and carefully observed the situation within the hall.

"Continue to enlarge the scope of the search!" Not long later, they heard an imposing order. It was the voice of the emperor.

Then, Eunuch Feng hurriedly ran out of the hall with his back arched, heading towards the lake.

After about half an hour, Feng Degui hurriedly ran into the hall from Bird Lake. As he ran, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. The hearts of the people kneeling on both sides of the hall suddenly rose.

Xiao He's head spun rapidly as he analyzed whether the current form within the hall was beneficial or not to the Fourth Prince.

"Increase the scope of the search and continue the search!" Not long after Feng Degui entered, he heard the emperor's voice again. A short while later, he saw Feng Degui hurriedly run out, and once again grabbed everyone's heart and ran back to the lake.

The concubines in the harem all looked pale as they knelt down until they were on the verge of fainting.

"Plop!" With a loud crash, the oldest Feng Defei's vision turned black, and she fell to the ground.

"Empress!" The palace maids and mama behind her rushed over and helped her into the carriage before carrying her back to the Jing De Palace.

The rest of them were so nervous that they didn't even dare to breathe. They raised their hands to wipe the sweat off their forehead.

At the same time, the atmosphere within the hall had almost frozen over. Not only were the people outside the hall sweating, there were also Feng Qianyue, who did not know what was going on. Fine beads of sweat began to seep out of his forehead.

The first time, after searching around the boat, he didn't find any daggers.

Second time, expand the scope of the search, or beauty found the dagger;

This was already the third time he had searched for it. According to Zhou Chengdi's order, the range had been doubled. If he was unable to find it this time ..

What was going on? He had clearly seen it with his own eyes. Lian Ruyue had thrown her dagger along the wall of the boat into the lake. How could she not find it nearby?

The expression on her face was also somewhat nervous, unlike the usual gloomy expression when a trap had been dug, while Feng Yunzheng remained calm and collected, as if this matter had nothing to do with him. He only quietly waited for the results.

As for that Hui Zhi .. He looked at her, and she bit her lower lip and dropped to her knees.

The emperor pursed his lips and sat on the dragon bed, while the empress dowager's face grew increasingly gloomy.

Even the concubine tightly held Feng Guang Yao's hand, she was extremely nervous at the moment.

Time slowly passed, and the air in the inner hall had almost frozen up to the point where people couldn't breathe.

"Your majesty!" Finally, Feng Degui trotted in for the third time. At this moment, his entire body was drenched in sweat, the eunuch's hat on his head was crooked, and he was panting heavily.

"How is it? Did you find anything? " The Emperor asked coldly.

Feng Degui raised a hand to wipe his sweat. "Reporting to your majesty, we still haven't found it. Commander Jiang is still looking for it."

The moment Feng De Gui's words came out, Feng Qianyue's steps slightly staggered back a step. Beads of sweat rolled down his face as he secretly clenched his fists. How could this be? He clearly saw Lian Ruyue throw the dagger into the lake.

Lian Ruyue did not miss such an interesting expression on Feng Qianyue's face ..

She only pretended to sink the dagger into the bottom of the lake, causing him to think that he had lost the dagger. In reality, she had quietly kept the dagger away from him, and it had always been with her. Just now in the lake, during the chaos, she had already secretly handed the dagger to Ninth Prince and said that Feng Qianyue had seen it.

Afterwards, the two of them teamed up and invited Feng Qianyue into the trap.

Hui Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground, had already started crying. He was so nervous that he was about to faint.

"Father, the flow of water in the Peacock Lake is very slow, if there is no time, it is almost forbidden. But the dagger or knife is made of iron, so it is difficult to move them even if they sink to the bottom of the lake." Father, the flow of water in the Peacock Lake is very slow, if there is no time, it is almost prohibited. Feng Yunzheng slightly nodded and said to the emperor.

"Your majesty, this subject did not want to harm your majesty. She doesn't have a dagger, nor any other tools. Your majesty, the Fourth Prince framed me." Lian Ruyue said "excitedly" at the right time.

"Emperor, what do you think?" The empress dowager was also a bit confused as she asked Zhou Chengdi.

He hurriedly knelt down on both knees, lowered his head, and said, "royal father, this son didn't wish to frame anyone. I only relied on the time at that time and the people involved to make a reasonable guess and help royal father find the real culprit. I ask for royal father's opinion."

And at this time, that Hui Zhi was already trembling in fear.

"What's the name of this palace maid?" Her Majesty asked.

"Your servant, Hui Hui, Hui Zhi .." Hui Zhi stammered in reply.

"You just swore to This Dowager and the Emperor that you saw Lian Yueyue throw the dagger into the lake, didn't you?" Her Majesty asked.

"Yes, servant. This servant said so." Hui Zhi forcefully swallowed his saliva, and said with a trembling voice, "It's just, it's just that maybe this servant .." I made a mistake. "

"How dare you!" "How dare you speak nonsense in front of the Emperor and This Dowager. This is a great crime against the Emperor." Suddenly, the empress dowager's face turned grim. With a single shout, the entire palace trembled three times before everyone fell to their knees.

"Th-Esteemed Empress Dowager .." "Yes, yes, this servant said so." Hui Zhi kowtowed again and again, his face was pale.

As for Shufei, she tightened her grip on the handkerchief. In her mind, this Hui Zhi was a member of the Ethereal Palace, so how could she not be related to her? She was afraid that she wouldn't even be able to wash away the matter after jumping into the Yellow River.

The most important thing right now was that she was the one who had ordered her to get rid of Hui Zhi. "Hui Zhi, the empress dowager asked you a question, why don't you answer it honestly and quickly? You said that you saw Yue Er lose her dagger, and now you say that you may have misjudged her. You are a member of my sect, but I have never ordered you to do anything. "

Hui Zhi still kept his mouth tightly shut.

"Hui Zhi, why didn't you say anything when mufei asked you? This matter is of great importance, and silence will not solve anything. Feng Tang Yao was also anxious. This Hui Zhi was the one who was close to her out of all the palace maids.