Zhai Yuan accompanied Lin Yiren for dinner from Yuexian Palace. He did not stop at Yuexian Palace and drove back to the imperial study.

He corrected the memorials in the imperial study room and waited until the next morning to finish all the memorials.

Zhai Yuan stood up from the dragon chair tiredly, twisted his shoulders, and shouted: "Eunuch Liu, come in."

Eunuch Liu immediately opened a door of the royal study, walked in hurriedly, and asked respectfully: "Your Majesty, why are you summoning this servant?"

"It's late, let's go back to the palace." Zhai Yuan started and stepped down from the threshold.

Eunuch Liu supported Zhai Yuan's tired dragon body and asked: "Your Majesty, which empress's palace are you going to rest in tonight?"

Zhai Yuan stopped and glared at Eunuch Liu angrily, "It's getting so late now. No matter which palace I go to, I will disturb all the concubines in the harem. That's all. Let's go back to the palace!"

How could the emperor not know about the turmoil in the harem? It's better not to disturb people's hearts in this peaceful night.

The dragon stopped in front of the imperial study room. The emperor sat on the dragon. Four young eunuchs lifted the dragon and escorted the emperor back to the palace.

The emperor's palace was usually cleaned in the morning so that no maids or eunuchs could break into it. They were worried that they might do something wrong, so the door was also guarded by generals and soldiers.

Seeing the emperor returning to his palace, the general guarding the emperor's palace immediately opened the door and invited Zhai Yuan and Eunuch Liu in together.

Eunuch Liu winked and signaled the two palace ladies to follow him and help the emperor change his clothes.

After the emperor entered, the general closed the door of the palace again and stood dutifully at the door.

Zhai Yuan entered the palace and first stayed in the front hall for a while. The palace maid made ginseng tea and handed it to Zhai Yuan.

I reached out to take it, smelled the strong fragrance of century-old ginseng, and drank it in one gulp. The sweetness and bitterness slid into my throat, refreshing and calming the nerves!

"Let's change clothes." Zhai Yuan stood up and walked to the inner hall. Eunuch Liu and the two palace maids followed Zhai Yuan silently.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, a strange smell floated into his nose. Zhai Yuan frowned and sniffed the air and asked, "What can you smell?"

Eunuch Liu immediately shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, you may be hallucinating, the servants didn't smell anything." He glanced at the two palace maids.

Even if the two palace maids smelled something strange, they did not dare to speak. They were not qualified to speak here.

"Maybe I'm too tired." Zhai Yuan raised his hands and asked the two palace maids to help him take off his dragon robe.

Eunuch Liu put on golden silk clothes for Zhai Yuan, and the two palace ladies went to the dragon bed to make quilts.

The closer they got to the bed, the stronger the smell the two palace maids smelled. They could only frown and check to see if there was anything on the dragon bed.

The bed is flat with no wrinkles at all. Where does the smell come from?

One of the palace maids gave the other a wink and told her to stay out of the matter. Eunuch Liu had already spoken, and the rest was none of their business as low-level servants.

How could a maid beside the emperor not understand the rules of survival in the palace? She quickly made the bed and stepped aside.

Zhai Yuan was also tired and slowly approached the bed. The smell he smelled was clearly that of corpse. He turned around again and asked Eunuch Liu: "You really didn't smell it?"

Eunuch Liu nodded awkwardly, made an inch-size gesture with his two fingers, and replied: "A little bit!"

"Come here!" Zhai Yuan shouted directly, telling the soldiers outside to get in.

Immediately, more than a dozen guards rushed in, held the general guarding the palace in his fists, and asked: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

"Search under the bed!" The smell of the corpse was so obvious that Zhai Yuan knew it was hidden under the bed without having to guess!

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Chapter completed!