Chapter 97 There are two reasons
Just as Ye Lingchen expected, Xia Yunxi was indeed in the emperor's bedroom.
"Greetings, Queen Mother." Ye Lingchen bowed politely, "I heard that the Emperor was not feeling well, so I came to pay my respects."
Su Xing just knelt down behind Ye Lingchen and saluted without saying anything.
Xia Yunxi hurriedly replied politely: "Prince Ning is too polite, please stand up."
While speaking, she glanced at Su Xing intentionally or unintentionally, but quickly looked away.
"Thank you, Queen Mother." Ye Lingchen stood up slowly and asked in a gentle tone, "How is the emperor? Can I see him?"
Xia Yunxi raised her hand and pressed the red and swollen corners of her eyes, and said softly, "Thanks to the blessing of the late emperor, the emperor is fine, just a little weak. The imperial physician said he needs to rest, so try not to disturb him."
She cast a slightly apologetic look at Ye Lingchen: "Prince Ning is thoughtful. When the emperor wakes up, I will tell him."
Ye Lingchen had not come here for Ye Lingrui, so he said, "It's good that the emperor is fine. The queen mother doesn't need to tell the emperor. This is what I should do."
As he spoke, he looked up at Xia Yunxi with concern, then lowered his eyes and said, "The Empress Dowager should also take care of herself. Don't neglect your health for the Emperor."
Xia Yunxi was so touched that her eyes immediately turned red: "Thank you, Prince Ning, for your concern. I feel much more relieved after hearing this..."
After saying that, she raised her hand and pressed the corner of her eyes again.
It took a while before he looked up again, and his gaze shifted from Ye Lingchen to Su Xing.
She seemed to have just discovered it, and asked in surprise: "Is this... Mr. Su?"
Su Xing immediately stepped forward and knelt again: "I pay my respects to the Queen Mother."
"Master Su, please stand up." Xia Yunxi raised her hand and asked in confusion, "Why is Master Su with His Royal Highness Prince Ning? Didn't you say you were working for the Regent?"
"Your Highness the Queen Mother," Su Xing replied calmly, "The Prince Regent went to the Princess's residence to do some work. I had nothing to do, so I followed Prince Ning into the palace."
After a pause, he said sincerely: "I think that if there is one more person to greet the emperor, the emperor will recover faster."
"So that's how it is." Xia Yunxi's beautiful eyes flashed with a subtle hint of meaning, and she smiled slightly: "Mr. Su is thoughtful."
"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, you are too kind. This is what we as citizens of the Ye Kingdom should do." Su Xing replied sincerely.
This seemed to make Xia Yunxi very happy. The smile on her face grew thicker, and she asked casually, "What did the Regent do at the Princess's Mansion?"
Su Xing remained calm, but his heart tightened slightly...
He raised his head seemingly unintentionally, and said with a complicated expression: "Someone from the Princess's Mansion said that Miss Luo Ling'er is missing."
"Missing?" Xia Yunxi was slightly stunned and shouted angrily: "Who did it? How dare you!"
Su Xing lowered his head and replied softly, "I don't know the specific situation yet, I just hope that Miss Luo Ling'er will be blessed by heaven."
Xia Yunxi immediately changed her expression to one of concern: "Ling'er is the eldest princess's favorite, so she must return safely."
Su Xing did not continue the topic, and instead asked, "Empress Dowager, I have something else to report to you."
Xia Yunxi raised her eyebrows in confusion: "What's the matter?"
Su Xing raised his head again: "The body that the Ministry of Justice said was Mr. Xia's body, after I checked it, I found that it was someone else."
"What did you say?" Xia Yunxi opened her eyes wide, and they were suddenly filled with fierceness. She frowned and asked in a harsh voice, "What's going on? Explain it to me!"
Su Xing quietly lowered his eyes and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I only discovered it by chance. Even the servants of the Xia Mansion who came to identify the body almost didn't notice it."
After a pause, he continued, "But this is also a good thing, it means that Mr. Xia is fine..."
Su Xing looked at Xia Yunxi again, with a faint smile on his handsome face.
Xia Yunxi was startled at first, then smiled with relief and said, "Mr. Su is absolutely right."
“It’s just that…” Xia Yunxi sighed slightly: “This matter is really too unbelievable. How could there be someone in the world who is so similar to my brother? How could he be killed in the bamboo forest?”
"And my brother..." Xia Yunxi said with a sad look on her face, "I don't know where he is and whether he is safe..."
Having said this, she could no longer hold back the tears that she had been trying so hard to hold back, and they fell down like pearls.
This was an extremely heart-wrenching scene, but Su Xing and Ye Lingchen just looked at each other secretly.
“Empress Dowager.” Ye Lingchen bowed his head and advised, “We should always think on the bright side of things. Just like Master Su said, the deceased was not Master Xia. This is a good thing.”
After a pause, he volunteered, "Don't worry, Queen Mother. I will do my best to find Master Xia and relieve your worries."
Heartbroken Xia Yunxi looked at Ye Lingchen with tearful eyes and nodded gently: "Then it's up to His Royal Highness Prince Lao Ning..."
Ye Lingchen bowed his waist and said, “Your Majesty, your words are too kind.”
Then he glanced at Su Xing from the corner of his eye. Seeing that Su Xing had an expression that indicated that he had nothing more to say, he bowed and said, "Then please take care, Your Majesty. I will take my leave first."
Su Xing also followed suit and saluted.
Then the two of them left, one after the other, just as they came.
Looking at their backs, Xia Yunxi was stunned for a while. After their backs completely disappeared, she turned around slowly and walked towards the inner hall where Ye Lingrui was.
After leaving the palace, Ye Lingchen couldn't wait to look at Su Xing, asking anxiously, "How is it? Did you find anything?"
Su Xing was still in deep thought, and after a while he looked at Ye Lingchen: "I can only say it's possible, but I can't be sure."
“How is that possible?” Ye Lingchen asked anxiously, “Why are you not sure?”
"There are two reasons." Su Xing stretched out two slender fingers, and then bent another one: "First, after she heard that Luo Ling'er was missing, she said who did it. This is very strange, because Luo Ling'er's disappearance does not necessarily mean that it was man-made. It may be an accident."
"Secondly." Su Xing straightened his bent fingers again: "When it comes to Xia Yunjie, her sadness doesn't seem fake, but it's suspicious because it's too real."
"What do you mean?" Ye Lingchen asked in confusion.
"According to the testimony of the servants of the Xia Mansion," Su Xing explained, "Xia Yunjie has had a bad temper since he was young. He often played excessive jokes on the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother has never liked this younger brother."
Isn't it hypocritical that she is so sad?
"I can understand the first one." Ye Lingchen stroked his chin and said, "The second one is a bit far-fetched. No matter what, they are siblings. The conflicts in their childhood are nothing. Especially after Xia Chengxun's death, they should attach more importance to this brother-sister relationship."
Su Xing did not refute, because what Ye Lingchen said made sense.
The two of them fell into silence until they entered the Regent's Palace and saw Ye Linghan who had returned before them...
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