"Have you searched every place?" The Emperor's tone became serious.
Nangong Luoying was going to a marriage alliance, so Nangong Jin had been in the palace all night. When he heard about the assassins, he immediately ordered the entire palace to be sealed off, but now he hadn't seen a single assassin.
Nangong Jin nodded: "Yes, we searched everywhere."
This is also one of the things that he finds strange.
He had already sealed off the palace as quickly as possible, but still gained nothing, which shows that this person was extremely familiar with the palace's terrain.
"King Huai has arrived!" Eunuch Li's announcement came through once again.
Sang Jiang raised an eyebrow. "You're quite well-informed."
They've all come here in such a short time.
"Your subject greets Your Majesty, Mother Consort, and Crown Prince." Nangong Huai knelt and bowed deeply to them.
The Emperor noticed that his expression was also very unpleasant. It was obvious that he had planted spies in the palace so quickly, since he was still alive.
"Get up, what are you doing here so late?"
Nangong Huai stood up: "Just now, my mother sent someone to the palace to tell me that assassins have infiltrated the palace and my younger sister has gone missing. I was worried about the safety of Your Majesty, my mother, and my younger sister, so I came to the palace to check on them."
The emperor's expression softened somewhat upon hearing this.
Consort Shu, perhaps remembering something again, burst into tears once more: "Your Majesty, do you think Luo Ying might really have been captured by the people of Bei Ming?"
The Emperor frowned as he looked at her. In fact, he had suspected that Consort Shu had deliberately hidden her away to prevent his daughter from being sent to a foreign marriage, but seeing Consort Shu's current behavior and knowing her as he did, he dismissed the idea.
Consort Xian walked over to Consort Shu and helped her up: "Consort Shu, don't worry. Regardless of whether it was done by Bei Ming or not, the fact that they only kidnapped Luo Ying instead of killing her means they have ulterior motives. Luo Ying will definitely be fine now."
Prince Huai nodded in agreement, saying, "What Mother Consort says is true. Consort Shu, please calm down. My younger sister will be alright right now. Let's wait and see. If the person who kidnapped my younger sister has something to do with it, they will definitely make a move."
Consort Xian nodded: "Yes, they are probably doing this to sabotage our marriage alliance tomorrow."
Nangong Jin frowned, watching the two of them sing in unison.
The Emperor frowned as well: "But this marriage alliance can't be delayed any longer, Your Highness, what do you think?"
Nangong Jin lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment: "Does anyone in Dongchen know Luo Ying?"
As soon as he said that, Nangong Huai immediately followed up: "Long Jingyu must have seen Luo Ying in the past. It's probably too late to find someone to take her place now. If Dong Chen finds out, he might even join forces with Bei Ming to come back and kill them."
Sang Jiang, who had been silent all along, suddenly chuckled and said, "I'll go."
As soon as she said that, everyone turned to look at her.
The Emperor stood up abruptly: "No, I disagree!"
Nangong Jin also stepped forward and stood in front of her: "Jiang Jiang, this is not something you can mess around with."
Sang Jiang pursed her lips: "Dongchen only wants one of our Xifeng Kingdom's princesses. We haven't told them which one specifically. How about I set off under the name Luo Ying? If you find Luo Ying and catch up with me, you can exchange us for her..."
She paused here before continuing, "If we hadn't found Luo Ying before I arrived in Dongchen, we would have been treated like princesses."
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