Qianxia kowtowed once, looking very anxious.

"Your Majesty, this morning I noticed that Consort Jieyu hadn't gotten up even though it was quite late, so I thought I'd go in and take a look. But when I went in, there was no one there. The palace servants guarding the gate also said they hadn't seen Consort Jieyu leave," Qianxia said.

Upon hearing this, Yu Jingchen disregarded everything else and went straight to He'an Palace. He found no one there, nor any signs of a struggle, but the room still smelled of sleeping pills, so Nan Zhiyun couldn't have simply disappeared on her own… But who could possibly have such power?

"Your Majesty... all the secret guards left in He'an Palace yesterday have been dealt with..." Xinglai could hardly believe it. Who could have silently killed all the royal secret guards that His Majesty had placed there?

Yu Jingchen's face was extremely ugly, and a murderous aura surrounded him.

Just then, the Empress Dowager, who had heard that Nan Zhiyun had gone missing, rushed over. Although Yu Jingchen had ordered that she not leave Cining Palace, she insisted on leaving, and no one could stop her.

"Yu Jingchen! What exactly do you want to do? Where did you take Yun'er? What did you do to Yun'er! Tell me!" The Empress Dowager had completely lost her usual composure and grace. She had rushed over, and even her hair was a little disheveled.

"Take the Empress Dowager back to the palace!" Yu Jingchen had no time to pay attention to the Empress Dowager.

"Don't touch me!" The Empress Dowager pushed away the palace servants who came forward.

The Empress Dowager's hand trembled slightly as she pointed at Yu Jingchen, showing that she was truly furious.

"Who in the entire palace, besides you, has the ability to take away a living person? What exactly do you want to do? Do you think you can get away with this? I'm telling you one last time, give Yun'er back to me! Give her back to me!!!" As the Empress Dowager spoke, she lunged forward and grabbed Yu Jingchen's clothes at the chest. She had truly lost control of her emotions.

"Yu Jingchen... Your Majesty!" The Empress Dowager's tears fell without warning.

The next second, she knelt down in front of Yu Jingchen: "Let her go, let Yun'er go! She's just a little girl, she only liked you, how could you be so heartless, how could you bear to use those methods to hide her away..."

"Your Majesty, please, I'm begging you. Please release Yun'er. If you release Yun'er, I will never interfere with you again. I will have Asu hand over all military power to you, and then I will leave the capital with them and never come back. Your Majesty..." The Empress Dowager had never been so disheveled.

Even Yu Jingchen was surprised by the Empress Dowager's current state. However… upon hearing her words, Yu Jingchen inexplicably thought of how the Empress Dowager and Nan Zhiyun had planned the same thing in his past life, and… to leave, yes, to leave…

He didn't know why, but whenever Yu Jingchen thought about Nan Zhiyun leaving completely, he would recall the days after Nan Zhiyun's death in his previous life... He couldn't describe the feeling. But Yu Jingchen inexplicably felt that it was related to Nan Zhiyun... So subconsciously, he didn't want Nan Zhiyun to leave him.

"It wasn't me. I will find her. Empress Dowager, there's no need to worry. Guards, take the Empress Dowager back to Cixi Palace!" After saying this, Yu Jingchen left immediately.