A naked female corpse had been carried out from where Zhou You bathed. By the next day, the news had spread everywhere.
It had all the lurid ingredients—sex, murder, and novelty—sending its entertainment value through the roof.
Not just the guards who worked alongside him, but the palace maids as well.
The servants all discussed it with relish, and it even reached the ears of certain nobles for a time.
Everyone knew palace life was stifling, and guards having illicit affairs with maids was nothing rare.
But murder was going too far.
Some guessed that the woman had failed to serve Zhou Daqian well, angering him enough to kill her.
Considering Zhou Daqian's son had just been born and could not stay by his side, it was understandable that he had been irritable and accidentally killed someone in a fit of agitation.
The murdered woman's identity was also unclear. After an investigation, no one came forward to claim her. She was probably just some loose woman.
In the end, the matter was left unresolved, just like the previous incidents involving loss of life.
Qingming Pond was a place blessed by feng shui. "Accidentally falling into the water" was hardly an isolated occurrence, and the guards had personally hauled up quite a few floating corpses.
People who made their living in this place generally had big hearts.
However, Zhou You saw something unusual.
"There are actually phantoms in the palace?"
This was the question Zhou You raised while speaking with Xu Liutao.
Why had he struck to kill after only a few words? Because he had seen that the other party had come with ill intentions!
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