The eunuch lowered his head, revealing a strange smile as he explained, "Princess, this is a shortcut to the Queen's chambers. Please feel free to follow me."

Chen Jingxi smiled and said, "What's your name, sir?"

"I dare not. Princess, just call me Xiao Luzi."

"So it's Eunuch Xiao Luzi. How long has he been serving under the Empress?"

"I have served Her Majesty the Queen for almost three years."

Chen Jingxi nodded. "Last time, this princess broke a Guanyin bottle in the Queen's Palace and said she would compensate Her Majesty. But today, she forgot to bring it into the palace. Is this what Her Majesty is looking for me today?"

The eunuch laughed and said, "Your Highness, you are worrying too much. The Queen is certainly not looking for you for a Guanyin bottle."

The smile on Chen Jingxi's lips gradually faded. She did not break the Guanyin bottle in the Queen's Palace.

If this eunuch was someone from the Queen's palace, he must have known this, but without even thinking about it, he said that the Queen was not looking for her for this matter. It was obviously a trick.

"Ouch!" Chen Jingxi suddenly covered her stomach.

The eunuch turned around and asked, "What happened to the princess?"

"I have a stomachache and need to go to the toilet."

The eunuch frowned and said, "Princess, it's almost time. Can you bear with it for a while?"

"This person has three urgent needs. How can I bear this? Take me to the toilet quickly."

The eunuch thought for a moment and said, "Then please follow me, Princess."

The two walked for a short distance and at a corner, Chen Jingxi saw a team of imperial guards and stopped.

At this moment, a palace maid suddenly flashed out from the darkness and slapped Chen Jingxi on the back.

The eunuch looked back at the palace maid, then at Chen Jingxi who had fallen to the ground, and asked in confusion, "Sister Suqiu, what's this?"

"You idiot, you almost let her run away, why don't you carry her away quickly."

In Prince Su’s Mansion.

Han Yu ran towards the study with disorderly steps.

Ling Ying on the rooftop smiled, looking like he was enjoying a good show, "Ling Feng, what is it that has made Han Yu so panicked?"

Ling Feng ignored him, stepped lightly onto the roof, stopped Han Yu and said, "Han Yu, is there something urgent?"

"I don't have time to talk to you right now."

"Why don't you wait a moment before going in, Your Majesty..."

Before Ling Feng finished speaking, Han Yu had already arrived at the door of the study and said to Chu Jinghuai, panting: "Prince, the princess... the princess is missing."

Ling Ying on the roof was startled and almost fell off the roof.

Ling Feng was also shocked and asked, "What's going on? Why is the princess missing?"

Han Yu bowed and said, "It is my fault for failing in my duty."

Chu Jinghuai suddenly opened his eyes, "What's going on?"

The sudden cold gaze made Han Yu shudder. "Just now, the Queen sent someone to say that she wanted to see the Princess. I accompanied the Princess to the palace, but when I arrived at the palace gate, I was stopped by the eunuch. He said that only the Princess could enter the palace alone. Seeing that the eunuch insisted, the Princess asked me to wait at the palace gate."

"Then what?"

"After a while, I heard from a passing palace maid that the Queen was not in the palace today and had gone to Longhua Temple to pray. Only then did I realize something was amiss. The Princess might be missing..."

Chu Jinghuai said in a deep voice: "Where are the secret guards in the palace?"

"They...they don't know either."

"Very good." Chu Jinghuai's voice was low but not angry, instead it made people feel as cold as ice. "Go and investigate! Make sure you find the whereabouts of the princess. This time, I don't want to hear the word 'I don't know'. Do you understand?"

After he finished speaking, his palm fell on the table, and with a "bang", the table broke into two pieces.

"Your Highness, please calm down." Han Yu and Ling Feng's faces changed, and they both knelt on the ground to apologize.

Chu Jinghuai closed his eyes and waved his hand, saying, "Go and prepare. I am going to the palace. Lingying, secretly block all exits from the capital. I don't want to see a suspicious person leave the capital."

Ling Ying bowed and said, "I obey your command."

At this time, the Fengzao Palace was filled with palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground. The queen had a gloomy face. As soon as she returned to the palace, she heard that Princess Su was missing, and it was she who conveyed the oral order.

Previously, Wen Mingli betrayed her and sent Wen Yunzhi into the palace. Today, Princess Su disappeared, and it was related to her. The queen immediately realized that each of these was a conspiracy against her.

"Prince Su has arrived."

"Your son greets the Queen."

The hall was filled with solemnity. The Queen collected her thoughts and said in a clear voice, "Prince Su, please excuse me."

Chu Jinghuai said, "Thank you, Queen. Please forgive my rudeness. May I ask where my princess is?"

The Queen sighed softly and said, "I don't know either. I'm sure Prince Su knows too. I just came back from Longhua Temple and didn't summon Princess Su."

"Don't know?" Chu Jinghuai sneered, "My son's princess consort was summoned to the palace for an audience, and the Queen didn't know anything at all? As the head of the harem, the Queen didn't even say she knew about such a big thing."

"Why does Prince Su suspect me?"

Chu Jinghuai smiled and said, "I dare not. Since the Queen doesn't know, I have no choice but to go find your precious daughter."

"Yuzhen?" The Queen was startled and asked quickly, "Wait a minute, Prince Su, what does this have to do with Yuzhen?"

"I heard that Yuzhen falsely conveyed the Queen's order?"

The queen glanced at the nanny next to her, and the nanny shook her head.

"Prince Su is worrying too much. As far as I know, the Princess Su is not with Yuzhen. You and I both know who Yuzhen is. She doesn't have the courage, especially with the few people in her palace."

At this point, the Queen paused before continuing, "It's impossible to hide this person from your eyes and hide him in Jinxiu Palace without making any noise."

Chu Jinghuai had long guessed that Chu Yuzhen didn't have the brains to come up with such a sophisticated plan, but Chu Yuzhen was the only one in the palace who had a grudge against Chen Jingxi.

It was inevitable that she would be exploited by others. He entered the palace just to see if he could get any useful information from the queen.

Having received no useful information, Chu Jinghuai turned and left, leaving behind a sentence: "If anything happens to my princess, I will have everyone in Jinxiu Palace buried with her."

Hearing this, the Queen's hands hidden in her sleeves could not help but tremble, and she said coldly: "Go and call the princess."

After leaving Fengzao Palace, an old eunuch came to greet him, "Your Highness, I have inquired a little, and it is indeed not someone from the Queen's Palace who delivered the decree, nor from the Princess's Palace."

Chu Jinghuai nodded and said, "Find out all the other secret passages in the palace that I don't know about. Also, check who Yuzhen has been in contact with recently."

The old eunuch said respectfully, "I obey your command."

After the old eunuch left, Ling Ying asked, "My Lord, who on earth wants to harm the princess?"

"No matter who it is, if anyone dares to hurt my princess, I will never let him go." Chu Jinghuai said this with an extremely ugly expression.

Ling Ying understood that the prince was not joking. Last time, the Netherworld Pavilion only kidnapped the princess, and the prince ordered all of the Netherworld Pavilion's secret agents in the capital to be eliminated.

He even kidnapped the man's wife and played with her. He couldn't imagine how miserable the man would be this time.

His prince always takes revenge, and pays back tenfold.