Because the Xizhou envoys were arriving in Dongling State soon, Xuanyuan Ming and Ye Qingyu had been discussing the banquet arrangements with the Emperor and stayed constantly by his side.
When a eunuch reported that a dead body had been found in the Imperial Garden, they accompanied the Emperor to the crime scene. To their surprise, Shen Qingyan was squatting beside the maid's corpse, her actions looking very much as if she were examining something...
Xuanyuan Ming glanced at the surrounding crowd, quickly pulled the squatting Shen Qingyan to her feet, and asked her in a low voice what on earth she thought she was doing.
Chapter 32