Chapter 270

Xu Qingshi frowned, thinking of the old princess being poisoned before. He felt anxious, and then he thought of his mother being poisoned last time, fearing that the same thing would happen again.

Xu Heming didn't even have time to go to the palace to report to the Emperor what he had discovered during his trip to Pinghe.

He then hurriedly returned to the Prince An's residence.

Liu Ming hurriedly went to the Grand Princess's residence with gifts, only to find that the gates were tightly closed, not at all like a banquet hall would be.

I was a little puzzled.

"Go knock on the door!" Liu Ming said to the servant who had come with him.

The servant knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response from the Grand Princess's residence.

"Steward Liu, it's like no one's here. They won't open the door." The servant scratched his head, unsure of the situation in the mansion.

"Let's go back to the manor first." Liu Ming glanced at the unusually quiet Grand Princess's manor with a somewhat gloomy look in his eyes.

For some reason, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

Liu Ming knew that Xu Heming had not been in Beijing for the past few days.

At this moment, all he could do was pray that the prince would return as soon as possible.

After all, the Grand Princess's residence invited quite a few people.

In the Princess's residence

After lunch, everyone wanted to say goodbye and leave, but unexpectedly, they were stopped in their tracks.

"The Grand Princess has instructed that all of you stay in the residence for a while longer. The Grand Princess has lost something extremely valuable, and none of you may leave until it is found!"

The servant's words were like a thunderclap, startling everyone present.

They were initially relieved to be able to attend the banquet at the Grand Princess's residence, but now they are being confined to the residence.

This made everyone very scared.

"The Grand Princess losing her things has nothing to do with us. My child is waiting for me to come back!"

"That's right, we can't just leave us all here because the Grand Princess lost something, can we? When will we find that thing?"

"That's right! Anyone who took the Grand Princess's things, return them to her immediately! Don't make it so we can't leave!"

"Who's so short-sighted as to dare take even the Grand Princess's things!"

Immediately, discussions arose throughout the front city.

Everyone was very dissatisfied with the Grand Princess's actions.

However, without the Grand Princess's permission, none of them could leave.

This has caused everyone a great deal of distress.

"What's going on?" Madam Qu looked at Lin Ziyi, who was standing calmly to the side, and asked in a low voice.

After all, this wasn't Lin Ziyi's usual style, but this time, she didn't make a fuss at all, which was abnormal.

Qu guessed that Lin Ziyi must know something.

"It's alright, we just need to stay quiet." Lin Ziyi shook her head gently, ultimately deciding not to tell Madam Qu about it.

After all, the fewer people who know about this, the better.