King Helian paused and turned to look.
As expected, the eldest prince was not seen among the crowd that was escorted away by the guards.
"Where did Hu Yun go?"
"I didn't see him just now..." The eldest prince's wife was worried and kept looking back at the fire that had not been completely extinguished.
King Helian frowned slightly, glanced at the royal family members of the Helian tribe who were following closely behind them, and asked in a deep voice: "Has anyone seen Hu Yun?"
The people that were locked in the sight of King Helian were all the princes who were usually close to the eldest prince. Everyone looked at each other, and finally one person could not stand the oppressive gaze of King Helian, and answered with a stiff upper lip: "I just saw the eldest prince, and it seemed that he went to the east side hall."
"He went there on his own?"
Seeing the prince nod his head and give a positive answer, King Helian's worry faded a little. He knew his son best. Hu Yun had always been a man who was good at scheming. He left the crowd and acted on his own at this time. He probably wanted to find the murderer who disrupted the palace banquet, so as to win a good impression and a future in front of the Chanyu.
There were many people who had the same idea as Prince Helian, especially Princess Helian, who secretly curled her lips when no one else was noticing.
But he still did enough to show off. "The palace is in chaos right now. Send more people to find Hu Yun's whereabouts. Don't let anything unexpected happen."
"Your Highness, what you said makes sense." Prince Helian gave Princess Helian a look that showed she understood the greater good, and then ordered a team of guards around him to search for the whereabouts of the eldest prince.
Worrying about the safety of the eldest prince is secondary. The more important thing is to find some clues and have more people to continue the investigation, so as to catch the real culprit in front of Chanyu as soon as possible, so that Chanyu will not be dissatisfied with their Helian tribe because of the changes in the palace today!
Just as King Helian sent out his men, a guard came running over and reported to King Helian: "Your Majesty, there is also a fire in Sile Garden. The whole yard is on fire."
Then, another palace servant came running over and reported anxiously, "Princess, it's bad, the second prince is missing!"
"What?" Princess Helian widened her eyes in panic.
The worry in her eyes was much more genuine than when she first learned that the eldest prince was missing.
"Isn't he confined in his own palace to reflect on his mistakes? Why is he gone?"
"I just went over to knock on the door, only to find that no one was in the room. I also searched everywhere in the Second Prince's palace, but could not find the Second Prince..."
"Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you go look somewhere else?" Princess Helian shouted in a hoarse voice.
As he spoke, his body was already staggering a little, and if King Helian hadn't come to support him in time, he would have almost fallen to the ground.
The Northern Barbarian Chanyu, who was walking in the front, stopped and looked back.
King Helian was about to open his mouth to apologize, but the Chanyu waved his hand and said, "Forget it, we can talk about other things later. Let's find someone first."
King Helian's eyes were filled with gratitude. He immediately folded his hands and bowed deeply, "Thank you, Chanyu, for your understanding."
The Chanyu did not stay outside Jingyang Palace for long.
After speaking with King Helian, he and his personal guards walked towards the Shenghua Palace where he and his party were staying.
Rather than calling it a palace, it is more like a separate part of the Helian Tribe palace, consisting of multiple palaces. It is more exquisitely decorated than the rest of the palace, but usually empty, and is only used when the Chanyu inspects the tribes every year.
As they were about to return to Shenghua Palace, Shan Yu asked his attendant, "Where is Changning now?"
"Princess Changning has been resting in her bedroom and has not come out."
"Go and take a look, lead the way." A gleam of suspicion flashed across the Chanyu's eyes, and he ordered in a deep voice.
After the accident at Jingyang Palace, he first suspected that someone was trying to assassinate him, and among them, Dayong was undoubtedly his primary suspect.
Originally, Changning claimed to be sick and stayed in the bedroom without going out, which did not make him feel anything unusual, but he happened to encounter this accident, and the burning of Sile Garden, so he could not help but think about it.
There was a lot of noise and chaos outside, but the bedroom where Princess Changning was staying was exceptionally quiet.
Apart from the pungent smell that wafted from the fire, this place was hardly affected by the outside world.
"Chanyu." Several maids who were guarding outside and sitting lazily under the eaves of the corridor knelt down when they saw the person coming.
The Chanyu ignored him and continued to stride forward.
Just as he was about to reach the door of Princess Changning's bedroom, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something crawling towards the corner of the wall.
With a flash of light, the dagger in the Chanyu's hand was swung out and accurately stabbed the crawling thing.
Their entire bodies were red, and their pincers were golden. They were exactly those troublesome poisonous scorpions that had just appeared in Jingyang Palace!
The Northern Barbarian Chanyu had a stern look on his face, but before he could start to suspect anything, he saw several more scorpions crawling into the courtyard along the drainage ditch hidden at the base of the wall.
Judging from the direction it was crawling from, it was undoubtedly from the direction of Jingyang Palace.
"Get rid of them." The Chanyu ordered, no longer paying attention to the poisonous scorpions.
He strode forward and pushed open the door of the bedroom.
The sunlight shone in through the open door, dispelling the haze in the house, but it also seemed to bring in the pungent burnt smell.
Princess Changning lay on the bed with her eyes closed, as if she was asleep. Her face became increasingly ugly and her breathing became increasingly difficult.
Xianglian, who was guarding the bed, turned around and saw Shanyu coming in. Her shoulders shrank, and she was obviously very scared. However, she still mustered up her courage, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and begged, "Shanyu, please, save the princess!"
Xianglian knocked her head to the ground with a "bang bang" sound. As she kowtowed, she said, "The princess's condition has become worse tonight. Just now, when I called her to eat, I found that I couldn't wake her up at all..."
"I was fine at noon, just a little weak. I don't know why I became like this after dark..."
The Chanyu walked to the bed and, amid Xianglian's exclamation, pulled away the quilt covering Princess Changning.
After scanning her up and down fiercely for a few times, his eyes fixed and he reached out to lift the hem of her skirt. Sure enough, he saw two red dots as tiny as pinholes on Princess Changning's slender white ankles.
Xianglian tried to look surprised and terrified, "What is this?"
The Chanyu would not answer a question from a palace maid.
His eyes lingered on the two red dots for a moment, and the doubts in his heart were temporarily put away, replaced by impatience and irritability.
He can't help being annoyed.
The culprit behind the Jingyang Palace riot has not been caught yet, and this kind of thing has happened again.
With Princess Dayong's weak body, she would die immediately if bitten by a poisonous scorpion!
It's not time for her to die yet!
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