Chapter 157 Zhu Jing's Night Rest (Part 2)

This Princely Heir truly had a modest meal because today there was no advance notice given to the Imperial Kitchen, so she took three pastries from her own meal and gave them to Pei Ye, who leaned under the eaves and swallowed them one by one.

Li Xizhou sat at the desk inside the palace, eating. The grand hall was vast, but the surroundings were silent. The palace gate was left open, so voices carried clearly outside.

"The case files describe how my mother was assassinated, but not how she died. Those who compile the histories say she 'passed away in Mingyue Palace,' as if after the disaster of the Qilin Blood, the outcome was just the froth settling after the tide, including the death of the Empress."

Li Xizhou said, "But you know, the person behind this assassination was actually able to complete their scheme under the cover of the turmoil."