The Abandoned Wife of a Military Family: Your disguise has been exposed again.

Chapter 231 The Vanished Hair

The next morning, a sharp and mournful howl came from Cining Palace.

"Ah, my hair—"

Upon hearing the noise, the palace servants rushed into the bedchamber. When they saw Empress Dowager Feng's appearance, they were all terrified and knelt down in fear.

The Empress Dowager's hair... is gone.

Everyone wished they were blind to see that bald head.

"Who did it? Who did it?" Empress Dowager Feng roared in despair, not even daring to look in the mirror.

The palace servants remained silent, filled with fear.

The palace is heavily guarded. Who dared to break into Cining Palace and shave the Empress Dowager's hair?

Rong Xin had just finished court when he learned that Empress Dowager Feng had encountered an accident, and he rushed to her palace.

Upon seeing her bald head, he was startled. "What happened?"

When Empress Dowager Feng saw him arrive, she quickly grabbed his hand and said hysterically, "My son, someone must have sneaked into my palace last night and shaved my head. You must have someone thoroughly investigate this matter and find that person!"

At this point, her face contorted with rage.

If she ever finds out who shaved her head, she will tear them apart by five horses and grind their bones to ashes!

Rong Xin was startled by the ferocious look that appeared on her face for a moment, but thinking that the person in front of her was her mother and that she had just experienced such a change, she was in a bad mood and comforted her, saying, "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely have someone investigate this matter thoroughly. But before that, have all the people in your palace been questioned?"

"We've questioned them all, and it wasn't them. They've always been loyal to me and would never do such a thing. I think there must have been an assassin infiltrating," Empress Dowager Feng said with certainty.

Rong Xin frowned.

If it wasn't someone from Cining Palace, then it must have been an outsider who infiltrated.

The palace is heavily guarded; who would have the ability to sneak in without alerting anyone?

Soon, a person flashed through his mind.

Several months ago, one night, that person appeared beside his imperial bed carrying a severed head...

Recalling that incident, his hands, hanging by his sides, trembled slightly, and a chill ran down his spine.

That chilling feeling made his heart tighten, and cold sweat involuntarily seeped from his forehead.

It took him a long time to detach himself from that fear.

He composed himself and said, "Weren't you itchy all over yesterday? I think the two things must have been done by the same person."

"You mean, I was drugged yesterday because my whole body was itchy?" Empress Dowager Feng was taken aback.

She had considered this possibility, but everything she ate, used, and wore had been tested, and nothing unusual was found.

The imperial physicians unanimously agreed that she must have come into contact with something unclean while in the Imperial Garden.

And by now, the itching had completely stopped.

Although the itching yesterday caused her a lot of suffering, she still has scratches on her body from scratching.

But she still felt that she shouldn't have been poisoned.

"Yes." Rong Xin nodded affirmatively.

Empress Dowager Feng frowned. "That's impossible. I'm no longer itchy. Besides, if someone were to poison me, why would they use a medicine that causes itching instead of a deadly poison?"

Rong Xin also found this strange.

The itching and shaving of her hair, though they would cause the Empress Dowager great embarrassment, did not endanger her life.

He originally thought it must have been Rong Zhen who did it.

After all, only Rong Zhen has the ability to come and go freely in the palace without being discovered.

But that's not his style of doing things.

It looks more like someone is playing a prank.

As for pranks, they seem more like something only Rong Xue would do.

At that moment, Rong Xue, who was sitting with her legs crossed and eating roast chicken in the Prince of Jin's mansion, suddenly sneezed.

"Strange, who is calling my name?"

Princess Jin looked at her son, whose mouth was covered in oil from eating, and felt quite helpless.

“If you’re free, go to your royal uncle’s residence and see if there’s anything you can do to help.” “Didn’t Father go? Why would he need me?” Rong Xue said.

Princess Jin shook her head, stood up and said, "I'm going to the county princess's residence in a little while. Would you like to come with me?"

“Okay…” Rong Xue had just agreed when she suddenly thought of that annoying Mu Qingxue and shook her head again, “Never mind.”

"Didn't you used to love going to the county princess's mansion? Why don't you like going there anymore lately?" The Prince of Jin's mansion was quite surprised.

“Because there must be that annoying guy at the county princess’s residence right now,” Rong Xue blurted out.

Princess Consort of Jin frowned. "What 'nosy person'? No, Rong Xue, how have you become so rude and uncouth? Where is your manners?"

Rong Xue: "..."

……

Shoukang Palace.

When the Empress Dowager heard that Empress Feng had lost her hair overnight, she immediately wanted to see her bald head, but then she remembered something and held back. Instead, she sent Granny Lan to fetch Yunwei to the palace.

"Empress Dowager, why did you look for me so urgently? Is there something you need?" Yunwei asked, quite surprised.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "It's nothing important, just something funny happened in the palace that I wanted to share with you."

"What is it?" Yunwei asked curiously.

"Let's go to Cining Palace and see the Empress Dowager," the Empress Dowager said, taking her hand.

Yunwei raised an eyebrow slightly.

Is it related to Empress Dowager Feng?

She quickly remembered the mystery Rong Zhen had kept her in suspense yesterday.

What exactly happened to Empress Dowager Feng?
Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Feng stayed in her palace, not daring to go anywhere.

The palace servants were all trembling with fear, afraid that they might accidentally offend her and be punished.

At this moment, a palace servant rushed in to report, "Empress Dowager, the Grand Empress Dowager and Princess Rong'an have arrived."

Empress Dowager Feng's expression changed. Without even putting on her shoes, she jumped off the soft couch and ran towards the inner palace, saying, "Tell them that I am unwell and should not receive guests."

As Yunwei followed the Empress Dowager in, she saw the beaded curtain leading into the inner hall swaying violently, and a figure could be vaguely seen flashing by inside.

She paused, and when she saw the shoes on the floor next to the couch, she understood.

Her eyes flashed, and she suddenly shouted, "Guards! There's an assassin! Protect the Empress Dowager!"

Before she finished speaking, she had already rushed into the inner hall like an arrow released from a bow.

Empress Dowager Feng, inside the inner palace, felt a sense of foreboding upon hearing the sound.

She quickened her pace, trying to hide on the bed, but just then, she heard a noise behind her.

Just as she was about to turn around to look, a hand grabbed her shoulder.

"Where do you think you're going, assassin?" the woman's cold voice snapped.

Empress Dowager Feng was startled and before she could react, her body suddenly felt light, and then she was pulled backward by a great force, like a puppet on strings.

"boom!"

Empress Dowager Feng was thrown heavily to the ground by the newcomer, and she saw stars.

At the same time, the imperial guards rushed in, shouting, "Your Majesty, your humble servant has come to your rescue!"

Empress Dowager Feng, having recovered her composure, nearly fainted upon seeing the scene before her. "You... how dare you!"

The guards then realized that the person who had fallen to the ground was the Empress Dowager, and that there were no assassins in the palace at all.

For a moment, the guards fell silent, the air seemed to freeze, and the bedchamber was deathly still.

Empress Dowager Feng stared intently at Yun Wei, who was standing in front of her.

She suddenly rushed in, threw herself to the ground, and attracted so many Imperial Guards.

She, the Empress Dowager of the country, has now lost both face and substance.

"Empress Dowager? Empress Dowager, how are you?" Yunwei seemed to only just realize what was happening and quickly knelt down to help her up.

One more chapter, I'll update again this afternoon~