Chapter 33: Standing Punishment

Ye Linghan felt that he must have been so angry that he lost his mind. That was his study room, why did he leave?

On the way back to the study, the same restless feeling I had before reappeared.

He felt that Su Xing was simply poisonous, and could influence him to make irrational decisions again and again.

As he was thinking this, he looked up and saw Su Xing who was about to come out of the study. His face suddenly darkened and he asked, "Where are you going?"

Su Xing had a heroic and high-spirited look just now, but the moment he saw Ye Linghan, all of that disappeared.

He immediately lowered his head, bent his body, and replied carefully: "Replying to the Regent, the study is an important place for you to handle official business. I dare not stay for long."

He actually wanted to have a good talk with Ye Linghan about the misunderstanding, but he didn't dare.

He wanted to tell Ye Linghan about his upcoming blind date, but was afraid of appearing too deliberate.

Ye Linghan felt that Su Xing's cautious look was much more pleasing to the eye, and he gave up the idea of ​​staying away from Su Xing.

But he was still a little unhappy, so he replied coldly: "The study is definitely not the place for you to come, just stand guard at the door."

Su Xing was stunned, thinking he had heard wrongly. Why should he be guarding the door?

He is not a guard, should he be punished by standing?

But as soon as he raised his head, he saw Ye Linghan giving him a warning glance.

His heart suddenly tightened, and he immediately lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Yes."

But then he cursed in his heart, saying that Ye Linghan was really unreasonable and just liked to bully people!

Su Xing's well-behaved appearance made Ye Linghan feel better. He curled the corners of his mouth without even realizing it, then walked into the study room in a casual manner.

Qin Xue was indeed Ye Linghan's right-hand man. He searched the imperial city thoroughly in just one day.

He didn't care what kind of panic it would cause. Ye Linghan's orders were like imperial decrees to him, and he only obeyed orders.

In the evening, he hurried to the Regent's Palace to report.

When Ye Linghan heard that Qin Xue wanted to see him, he immediately let him in.

Qin Xue saw Su Xing before entering the study, paused slightly, then took a special look at him before entering the study.

"Your Highness, Lord Regent." Qin Xue knelt on the ground, clasped his hands together, and said in a loud voice, "I have led the troops to search the entire city, but have not found Marquis Mu Yuan."

Su Xing was listening secretly at the door. He thought that the soldier had found Marquis Mu Yuan because his voice was so powerful.

Didn’t find anything?

He couldn't help but think that this soldier was a little silly. How could he be so courageous even though he didn't find you? Aren’t you afraid of being scolded by your master?

Sure enough, the atmosphere in the study suddenly became heavy, and even Su Xing, who was standing at the door, felt a strong sense of oppression.

"Are you sure you searched carefully?" Ye Linghan's tone was full of obvious questioning.

Qin Xue's back stiffened. He didn't expect Ye Linghan to be so angry.

Tian Er didn't say why he wanted to search Mu Yuanhou, and he didn't ask, because he didn't know that Mu Yuanhou had committed such a horrific crime.

But he was absolutely sincere in carrying out the order, so he immediately replied: "Reporting to the Regent, I have searched the entire imperial city thoroughly, leaving no place untouched!"

His words were clear, but not as loud as before...

"You didn't find any place?" Ye Linghan's voice was as cold as ice: "You still dare to say you are serious?"

Unless Marquis Mu Yuan leaves the imperial city, he will definitely be found.

Qin Xue leaned down quickly and replied anxiously, "Please calm down, Regent. I have indeed searched every place, even the Xia Mansion."

When Su Xing heard the word Xia Mansion, he was stunned. Why did he specifically mention that even Xia Mansion was searched?

Is there anything special about this Xia Mansion?

He thought about it carefully, and his delicate eyebrows frowned unconsciously.

After a moment, he suddenly remembered that the Xia Mansion was the Empress Dowager's maiden home!

No wonder it was emphasized so specifically, it seems that this soldier really searched seriously.

Because it is impossible for the Xia family to take in Marquis Mu Yuan, otherwise they would be poaching their own people!

The current emperor is the grandson of the Xia family. As long as the emperor sits firmly on the throne, the Xia family will be the most prominent family in the imperial city.

They have no reason to do anything that is detrimental to the court and the emperor...

Ye Linghan probably had the same idea as him, because the study room fell into silence.

After a long time, Ye Linghan's voice came again: "If you haven't found it yet, keep searching until you find it!"

Even though Qin Xue didn't know what was going on, he felt the seriousness of the matter at this moment.

He did not dare to neglect it and immediately replied in a deep voice: "Yes, I obey your command!"

After Qin Xue left, Tianyi happened to come back.

Before entering the door, he stopped and looked at Su Xing, his eyes full of confusion.

Su Xing was a little embarrassed and smiled helplessly at Chong Tianyi.

Tianyi was afraid of being scolded, so he didn't dare to stay too long and went into the study.

"Prince Regent." Tianyi seemed to have made some progress, and his voice was a little excited: "I have found out that one of the masked men who kidnapped Master Su is a relative of the housekeeper of the Xia Mansion."

This news stunned everyone, and Su Xing was the most surprised, because just now he had denied the suspicion of the Xia family in his heart, but now he heard that it was related to the Xia family?

After all, the masked man was coming for him, so he was more concerned, so he quietly moved towards the study, wanting to listen more carefully.

"Where is the housekeeper?" Ye Linghan quickly returned to normal and asked in a deep voice.

"He has been brought back." Tianyi replied immediately: "Yingyi is interrogating him."

Ye Linghan didn't say anything else, and it seemed that he had no objection to this arrangement.

Su Xing subconsciously wondered, who is this Ying Yi? It seems that Ye Linghan is very confident in him.

As he was thinking, he felt someone was looking at him. His whole body tensed up and he quickly raised his head, only to see Ye Linghan and Tian Yi staring at him.

Ye Linghan's face was even gloomier than before, and Tian Yi blinked at him hard, as if hinting at something.

Su Xing reacted immediately and bent down to go in: "Regent, what can I do for you?"

"Did you discover anything when you were kidnapped?" Ye Linghan asked impatiently.

Su Xing was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Ye Linghan in confusion. Hadn't he already told Ye Linghan everything he had speculated?

But how dare he say that?

He had no choice but to lower his head, frown, and recall it carefully.

But there was really nothing much to say, so he could only repeat the conversation he had with the masked man.

Who would have thought that after hearing this, Ye Linghan's eyes widened and he asked sternly, "Why are you telling me such an important thing now?"

Su Xing was startled. Important thing?

Does this matter?

They didn't say who their master was, they just said he was of noble status and wasn't afraid of even Ye Linghan...

etc!

Aren’t you afraid of the cold night?

He knew why Ye Linghan was angry, and he looked up suddenly, staring at Ye Linghan in shock.

Looking at the entire Ye Kingdom, how many people are there who are not afraid of Ye Linghan?

But he changed his mind and thought, that’s not right, who in the Ye Country is not afraid of Ye Linghan?

He really couldn't figure it out, so he asked: "Prince Regent, is there really anyone in the Night Kingdom who is not afraid of you?"