Yinreng: Anyway, it gave me quite a fright. No, I have to find a way to tell Father Emperor about this.

Yinreng stood up. "I suddenly remembered that I had made an appointment with Father Emperor to go to the Qianqing Palace. Let's call it a day."

After saying that, he ignored the astonishment of Suo'etu and the others, took Hongxi's hand and quickly walked out. When they reached the door, he pulled Aljishan out as well.

"Didn't you send someone to follow that guard? You come with me too, so you can report any news as soon as possible."

The father and son took Algishan directly to the Qianqing Palace. At this time, Emperor Kangxi was very unhappy because he had heard that the Crown Prince had taken Hongxi out of the palace for a trip. He didn't even want to eat lunch.

Liang Jiugong looked at the untouched rice in his bowl and sighed silently in his heart.

Your Highness, please come back soon. I will pray for you every night as long as you can return.

"Father Emperor."

Liang Jiugong was startled by the shout and looked up to see Yinreng striding in from outside, heading straight for Kangxi's dining table.

After rubbing his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things, he couldn't help but mutter to himself: Luckily, he wished for the Crown Prince's well-being; if he had asked for money, he would have been bankrupt.

When Emperor Kangxi saw his eldest son enter, his face immediately lit up with joy.

"Baocheng, didn't you go out of the palace to play?" After saying this, Kangxi realized that he had revealed some of his emotions. He should have kept a more composed demeanor, so he couldn't help but put on a stern face again. "You are the Crown Prince, after all. How can you walk so boisterously? What kind of behavior is this?"

Yinreng knew that his temper was flaring up again, and he really didn't want to argue with him.

"Your subject is hungry."

Kangxi's eyes widened as he served food to his eldest son while cursing Suo'etu, "That old bastard Suo'etu, how come he won't even give you a bite to eat? He actually let you come back hungry, what a piece of trash."

Yinreng calmed himself down and looked at Kangxi with a deep look in his eyes. "Father, I am the Crown Prince. I am not so low as to have to rely on ministers for food."

Kangxi smiled awkwardly, then began serving food to Yinreng again.

"Grandpa, your grandson is so hungry."

Kangxi paused with his chopsticks, and then saw Hongxi and Aljishan hurrying in and heading straight for the dining table.

Arjishan dared not complain of hunger. He first knelt down to pay his respects, and only after Kangxi waved for him to get up did he walk behind Yinreng and stand properly.

I glanced at the dishes on the table: Hmm, quite a feast.

Kangxi was a little confused, "No...you left the palace...and didn't eat?"

"I didn't have time, something came up," Yinreng mumbled as he ate.

Kangxi glanced at the father and son, then at Algishan, who stood out conspicuously to the side and impossible to ignore. "You didn't eat either?"

Algishan nodded sheepishly.

Okay, let's eat together.

So, in the time it took Kangxi to take a sip of soup, the three of them devoured the food in a flash.

Um...didn't anyone leave me a meal?

Liang Jiugong read the accusation in Kangxi's bewildered, shocked, and puzzled eyes.

I thought to myself, "You didn't eat when there was food, now look what you've got, there's no food left, let's see what you eat."

The three of them, including Yinreng, finally finished eating and leaned back in their chairs to take deep breaths.

Kangxi looked at the three people silently, unsure of what to say.

Hongxi looked around and felt the atmosphere was a little awkward, so he took the initiative to speak, "Grandfather, I saw some Mongols outside the palace. Judging from their clothes and appearance, they seemed to be Mongol nobles."

Kaixinguo spoke up, and Kangxi patted his little head affectionately, saying, "They are probably here to pay tribute. You will see them again at the New Year's Eve banquet."

"But that guard had particularly sharp eyes; he didn't seem like a servant but rather someone in a superior position."

Kangxi frowned. "A guard? Someone in a high position?"

Yinreng spoke up at the opportune moment, "According to what I just found out, Hongxi and Algishan went to a restaurant for dinner and must have seen Garzang's daughter. However, one of the guards behind her seems a bit off. I'm afraid that person is Xizuo."

The reason Galdan dared to mingle among the Princess Consort's guards was probably because they didn't know each other. But with so many guards, surely none of them knew Galdan? Could it be...?

Hongxi had a bad feeling.

[Could the Princess Consort's guards have betrayed her? If so, she's in danger.]

Hongxi was extremely anxious.

[Given the Emperor's temperament, if it were later discovered that Galdan had entered Beijing, or even the palace, infiltrated with the Princess Consort's entourage, he would inevitably suspect they were in cahoots, and the Princess Consort's life would be in grave danger.]

Yinreng looked at Hongxi with some surprise.

I didn't expect this guy to be so devoted.

She was just a concubine in the previous life. If I'm reborn, I can just get a different concubine. Why bother thinking about other people like this?

"This matter must be investigated discreetly, and we must not let those tribes find out. If we find something, that's fine, but if we don't, it will discourage everyone." Kangxi said this, but in his heart he had already planned how to thoroughly investigate the matter.

Just then, a young eunuch came in to report that there was a letter for Algishan.

Argishan was shocked when he opened the letter and immediately handed it to Emperor Kangxi.

The person he had previously sent out to follow him was unable to enter the palace and was afraid that the back-and-forth communication would waste time, so he wrote down the matter briefly and had someone deliver it to him.

The letter contained only a few simple words: all those who were following him have been killed; there's something wrong with those guards.

Kangxi immediately summoned the man, who was covered in tattered clothes and bloodstains on his face and body, clearly having just been through a bloody battle.

Algishan recognized him as his chief guard. "What exactly happened?"

"Your Majesty and Master, we secretly followed them to their post station. We originally wanted to investigate further, but we were killed by those guards. The reason I escaped was because I ran into the street. They were probably afraid of making a big fuss, so they didn't chase after me."

"I have also discovered something else: the guards know each other, and they all seem to be led by one of the younger guards."

Hongxi immediately asked, "Is that young guard the one who made eye contact with you in the restaurant?"

The head guard nodded immediately, "It's him."

Hongxi and Yinreng exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with anger and shock.

"Father, I would like to personally lead a group to the post station to take a look."

Kangxi shook his head, "You are the Crown Prince, how can you go to the post station?" He paused, then said, "Have the Tenth Prince take some men to the post station."

So, Yin'e, along with Hongxi, Algishan, and other guards, went to the post station in a grand procession.

But Galdan had disappeared without a trace.

Inside the hall, Yin'e looked at the Mongolian girl with a half-smile, "So you are the daughter of Garzang of the Khorchin tribe?"