Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 797: Brain-Burning

Chapter 797: Chapter 797: Brain-Burning

Yuwen Luanfei’s eyes closed and he fainted, causing another round of chaos among the guards present.

However, when the Imperial Guard Commander was about to carry him out, Yuwen Luanfei, who still had a shred of consciousness, feebly said, "Switch... switch to two other people to carry me."

No sooner had these words been spoken than Wenren Pingting, as Yuwen Luanfei’s bedside confidante, immediately understood. His Highness was repulsed by the fact that Commander Fang of the Imperial Guard had just touched that table, which was tantamount to having touched the Empress Dowager’s remains. Yuwen Luanfei had a mania for cleanliness, so how could he allow hands that had touched a corpse to directly touch him.

Wenren Pingting immediately called for the outside guards to come in and carry the person, and Yuwen Luanfei then peacefully fainted away.

"..." Imperial Guard Commander.

Just like that, Yuwen Luanfei fell ill.

Today was only the second day of the meeting of the Three Kings. Yuwen Luanfei had originally planned a rich entertainment program to welcome the visiting princes, but now with the Empress Dowager’s sudden death, Yuwen Luanfei was directly frightened into illness.

The princesses and noble ladies who had been eagerly planning to showcase their charm at tonight’s banquet quickly removed their elaborate dresses, donned simple clothes, and went over to the Prince’s Mansion to offer their condolences.

But at this time, Yuwen Luanfei was seeing no one, and only Wenren Pingting and Bai Junjun were in the room.

Yuwen Luanfei, teary-eyed and biting the quilt, sobbed, "The Imperial Grandmother is gone just like that... Who could be so heartless, to not spare even an old woman past her prime.

The poor Imperial Grandmother, who had been a vegetarian and prayed to the Bodhisattva all her life, met such an end with not even her bones left intact."

"The deceased are already gone; what we can do now is to find the killer for the Imperial Grandmother, to console her spirit in heaven."

Wenren Pingting sat on the edge of the bed, comforting him.

Yuwen Luanfei, comforted by his young wife, looked with hope towards Bai Junjun by the window.

"Junjun Girl, what do you think about this?"

Bai Junjun, who was eating pastries by the table, immediately snapped to attention upon hearing Yuwen Luanfei call her name, "I don’t know."

After all, she didn’t know much about the Empress Dowager; she only knew that when the princes were fighting among themselves, the Dowager chose to stay behind closed doors, clearly not supporting any of them.

And it made sense. No matter who ascended the throne in the end, they would all have to call her Imperial Grandmother.

The Empress Dowager did well to stay out of this fight and protect herself. There was no need for her to get involved.

Therefore, the Dowager’s death was unlikely to be due to factional strife. Other than that, what enemies did she have?

Yuwen Luanfei was startled and didn’t know what to say for a moment.

"As a woman of the Royal Family, who doesn’t have a few enemies? But the Imperial Grandmother’s enemies have long since passed away."

The implication was that the Empress Dowager’s enemies were the concubines who competed with her for favor, but these concubines didn’t outlive her and had long since died. It couldn’t be that the spirits of these concubines had come back for revenge?

"..." Bai Junjun said, "Did she have any enmity with anyone over money or inheritance?"

"The Imperial Grandmother had taken the Bodhisattva’s precepts and did not handle money," replied Yuwen Luanfei again.

Bai Junjun sighed in resignation. If she was unconcerned with power and wealth, then what remained? Matters of the heart?

As for affairs of the heart, the Dowager’s romantic and friendly relations could be ruled out, as all these people were dead already. That only left family ties to be investigated.

"How was her relationship with the princes?"

"The Empress Dowager was rather aloof; she didn’t show particular favor or disfavor towards any of her grandsons," Yuwen Luanfei said.

"Not necessarily," Wenren Pingting interjected with a reminder, "The Ninth Prince."

"Oh, right. The Empress Dowager was rather averse to my ninth brother."

"Why?"

"This..." Yuwen Luanfei scratched his head: "This relates to a royal secret, I can tell you, but you must never let it get out."