Chapter 323 Good news?!
"snort."
Concubine Shu snorted coldly, "Enough! I'm tired of hearing this kind of talk!"
"If there is still no news tomorrow..." A cold light flashed in Concubine Shu's narrowed eyes, "You should know what the consequences will be if you deceive and play tricks on me, right?"
Jieyou felt a sense of panic.
According to the planned event, the incident should have happened by now. How could this happen...
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty." Jieyou was worried, but this was all she could say at the moment.
"Get out!" Concubine Shu said coldly, "I don't want to see you!"
Jieyou immediately withdrew, and heard Concubine Shu's disgusted voice behind her again, "Useless thing!"
Jieyou paused slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
After leaving the main hall, Jieyou returned to her room and stayed there until midnight, when she quietly left the room.
She walked towards the backyard of the Yanxi Palace with skillful steps.
There was already a figure waiting under the dark tree in the backyard. When he saw Jieyou, he asked unhappily, "Didn't I tell you not to look for me if you have nothing to do?"
Jieyou's tone was anxious, but her voice was very low. "It's been two days, why hasn't anything happened yet? Didn't they say that as long as they send that thing... something will definitely happen?"
"Are you...suspecting something?"
Regarding her situation, Jieyou, who seemed confident of victory two days ago, is now extremely anxious.
Another person said: "This matter... does have some clues."
"I'll ask myself."
"You can go back."
After saying this, the man turned and left.
Even though Jie You was anxious and worried, she didn't dare to say anything at this moment. She could only watch this person leave.
Then she stamped her feet, turned and walked towards her house.
Si Nan followed the woman who met Jie You. He saw the woman turning left and right and leaving the Yanxi Palace smoothly.
Then he quickly walked through the palace.
But the further he walked, the more Si Nan felt that this person's route was wrong. Why was this direction...
It was not until Si Nan saw the woman enter a brightly lit palace with his own eyes that he looked up, a complex look flashed in his eyes, and then he followed her again.
He wanted to see who the person who wanted to attack His Highness was going to meet in the palace...
But just as Si Nan was about to follow, he keenly sensed something was wrong.
Someone... is targeting him!
"Who is it?!" An angry shout was heard, followed by a sound of breaking air, and a black figure rushed towards Sinan!
"Someone come! There's a moment!"
Si Nan was extremely grateful that he was wearing black clothes today to facilitate surveillance and not expose his identity.
Otherwise, it would alert the enemy.
As the visitor shouted angrily, the entire palace was alarmed and the guards immediately moved, heading towards the direction where Si Nan was.
Seeing this, Si Nan turned around and ran!
He had completely missed his expectations for such a big commotion.
There were too many people, so he couldn't act rashly. In addition to the possibility of exposing his identity, he was often by the side of His Highness, and once he took action, it was very likely that his identity would be discovered.
Sinan is also familiar with the palace.
Even though there were many people searching, Si Nan was able to quickly evade the search thanks to his knowledge of the palace's terrain and his agility.
…
Xiao Ji was still handling government affairs.
Si Nan was sent out by him. He was reading the memorial carefully when he heard a cry of surprise from outside, "There's an assassin!"
Xiao Ji paused holding the pen, frowned and looked outside.
assassin?
He stood up and left the hall. Li Dajian was rushing over. "Your Highness, Crown Prince! Are you okay?"
Xiao Ji walked directly out and headed towards the main hall of the Yangxin Palace. "Are there assassins? Have they disturbed my father?"
Li Dajian hurriedly said: "In reply to your Highness, there are many people serving His Majesty, and His Majesty has not been disturbed."
Xiao Ji nodded and walked quickly. The entire Yangxin Palace was now heavily guarded. Xiao Ji's eyes swept over these guards.
Then he went straight into the main hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
After entering the palace, Xiao Ji discovered that the eldest princess did not return to Fengming Palace tonight, but stayed in Yangxin Palace to accompany the emperor.
"Aunt." Xiao Ji immediately bowed and called out.
The princess seemed to have not rested yet, but because of her age, she looked haggard and tired. She raised her eyes and glanced at Xiao Ji, "What happened? I heard there was an assassin?"
"To answer the princess, it was the commander of the Jinwu Guard who discovered the thief. He was on duty tonight and happened to discover the thief. He has already led his men to hunt down the assassin. I heard that the assassin was alone, so he will not be able to escape." Li Dajian replied immediately.
It was only at this moment that Xiao Ji learned the details.
The princess hummed in a dignified voice, "There is an assassin in the palace! This person is so bold, we must find him!"
Xiao Ji also said: "Aunt is frightened."
The princess shook her head. "I'm fine, but since this person has appeared outside the Yangxin Palace... I'm afraid he's either coming for you or your father."
"The guards of the Yangxin Palace need to be strengthened. Your father is in the critical stage of recovery, and nothing can happen to him!"
Xiao Ji agreed to all of them.
After the princess explained the emperor's affairs, she looked at Xiao Ji again, "In addition to your father, the crown prince also wants..."
The princess paused and asked, "Where is Sinan?"
Si Nan was always by Xiao Ji's side, and was no different from Xiao Ji's shadow, so his sudden absence was particularly obvious.
"Sinan..." Xiao Ji just spoke, and Sinan's voice came from outside, "I'm here!"
Si Nan walked in and stood beside Xiao Ji.
The princess heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Sinan, you need to protect the prince."
"Yes." Si Nan agreed immediately, "Please rest assured, Princess!"
At this time, footsteps were heard outside, followed by the Jinwu Guard Commander's slightly deep voice, "General Li Zhong requests to see the Princess and the Crown Prince."
The eldest princess glanced at the unconscious emperor and did not let anyone in. Instead, she went to the outer hall to see the commander of the Jinwu Guard.
Li Zhong is a middle-aged man, dressed in armor.
As soon as he entered the room, he knelt on one knee and said, "I failed to do my job well and failed to catch the assassin. Please forgive me, Princess and Prince!"
The eldest princess frowned, "Didn't catch him?"
Li Zhong lowered his head. "That man was very agile and quick. He ran away immediately after being discovered. I was not able to fight him. Judging from his whereabouts, he is probably very familiar with the palace."
He said this not to make excuses, but simply to state the facts.
"What?!" The princess was furious. "Such a thing actually happened in the imperial palace!"
"Investigate the palace thoroughly immediately and make sure to find this person!"
At the princess's command, Li Zhong immediately responded and then withdrew.
Only then did Xiao Ji step forward and say, "Aunt, calm down."
The princess' expression softened a little, she sighed and said, "Prince, it's getting late. You have to attend court tomorrow. Go and rest first."
"Leave the matters here to me."
Xiao Ji frowned slightly, looking worried, "Aunt, it's getting late, you should go and have some rest..."
The princess waved her hand and said, "It's okay. I know what to do. Go ahead."
"Today the palace was attacked, and you will be busy tomorrow. Now your father is still in a coma, and you have to support everything."
The princess had said so much, so Xiao Ji naturally couldn't say anything else. He immediately nodded and agreed, "Yes."
Xiao Ji took Si Nan out of the main hall.
Then we saw Li Zhongzheng leading his men, with the Yangxin Palace as the center, spreading out to all directions of the imperial palace.
This requires digging three feet into the ground to find the person.
Xiao Ji took a look, then looked away, and took Si Nan back to the side hall as if nothing had happened.
As soon as he entered the room, Si Nan knelt on one knee and said, "I have failed to do my job well, Your Highness, please punish me!"
Xiao Ji already had some guesses about this in his mind, and Si Nan's words at this moment undoubtedly confirmed it.
"Stand up and talk." Xiao Ji knew Si Nan was not a reckless person, and was afraid that something had gone wrong. "What happened?"
Sinan stood up and explained the matter in a few words.
After learning that the person who contacted Jieyou had come all the way to the Yangxin Palace, a cold light flashed in Xiao Ji's eyes.
"I was about to follow him in when Commander Li discovered me." Si Nan's voice was filled with annoyance. "It was my carelessness..."
Xiao Ji raised his hand to signal Si Nan not to say any more, "Have you dealt with the clothes?"
Si Nan changed into night clothes when he went out, but now he was wearing his guard uniform.
Si Nan shook his head, "No, it's too late. I'll go right away..."
"There are people everywhere outside." The Jinwu Guards have already put the Yangxin Palace under strict guard, and it is not easy to leave now.
Xiao Ji said, "No one is searching the Yangxin Palace right now, but if they can't find anyone... this place will also be searched."
Si Nan's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly felt very guilty.
It doesn't matter what happens to him, but if he is labeled as an assassin, it will definitely implicate His Highness...
This was something he absolutely did not want to see.
Xiao Ji glanced at Si Nan and said, "Pack your clothes and put them in the side hall. I will take care of them."
Relying on his most instinctive trust in His Highness, Si Nan immediately went to get the packed night clothes.
Xiao Ji asked again: "Did you see the person you were following just now?"
Sinan shook his head.
The next day.
"Your Highness." Si Nan greeted Xiao Ji who had just come out of the morning court. "I have already found out everything. Commander Li and the Jinwu Guards searched the entire palace and found nothing."
"The only palace in the entire palace that has not been searched is the Yangxin Palace. Commander Li is currently leading the Jinwu Guards waiting outside."
"The princess didn't go to bed until the early morning. She is still resting now. Commander Li doesn't dare to disturb her."
Xiao Ji nodded.
This was a good thing for him, as it gave him more time to deal with Si Nan's nightgown from yesterday.
When Xiao Ji returned to the outside of the Yangxin Palace, Commander Li Zhong immediately came forward and said, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Zhong told Xiao Ji again what Si Nan had just found out, and then said, "Your Highness, the Yangxin Palace is the only one that has not been searched. Please give us your instructions."
Xiao Ji asked knowingly, "What did my aunt say?"
Li Zhong hurriedly said, "The princess is resting, I dare not disturb her."
Xiao Ji pondered for a moment and said, "I still need to ask my aunt's opinion on this matter."
Li Zhong was anxious, "But the thief is still missing. If he sneaks into the Yangxin Palace..."
"Since the incident last night, the Jinwu Guards have been guarding the Yangxin Palace tightly. I think the thief should not be able to get in." Xiao Ji said: "This concerns the safety of my father and aunt. I can't make a decision on my own."
"If Commander Li is in a hurry, I will ask my aunt for instructions..."
As soon as Xiao Ji said this, Li Zhong hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I can wait."
Li Zhong obviously didn't want to disturb the eldest princess's rest.
Xiao Ji nodded slightly and walked past Li Zhong into the Yangxin Palace.
At this moment, Xiao Ji heard a voice from behind him, "Your Highness."
Xiao Ji immediately turned around and looked. His eyebrows and eyes softened as if by reflex. He took a few steps in the direction of the voice and said in a gentle and slightly restrained voice, "Crown Princess."
Yesterday, because Sinan had some work to do, he returned to the palace early after having dinner at the Prince's Mansion.
Xie Yao heard about the assassin in the palace early in the morning, so she calculated the time and entered the palace early.
I happened to meet Xiao Ji at this moment.
In front of the Jinwu Guards, Xie Yao bowed and was about to follow Xiao Ji into the Yangxin Palace.
But when she was about to enter the palace, she was stopped, "Crown Princess, please stay."
Xie Yao and Xiao Ji stopped at the same time and looked at Li Zhong who spoke. Li Zhong's eyes fell on the food box held by the maid behind Xie Yao, "Something happened last night. The princess ordered that all items entering and leaving the Yangxin Palace must be checked."
"Please be lenient, Princess Consort, so that I can give an explanation to the Princess."
Li Zhong's words were polite, but Xie Yao and Xiao Ji both frowned slightly. Xiao Ji said in an unhappy tone, "Lord Li."
Xiao Ji's voice could hardly conceal the warning.
Li Zhong lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I am just following your orders."
Zhu Qing said, "Sir, this food box contains breakfast that the Crown Princess prepared for the Princess and His Highness."
Li Zhong's expression remained unchanged, but his tone was polite, "It is my duty, please forgive me, young lady."
Zhu Qing raised his eyebrows, and Xie Yao said, "Zhu Qing, open it and show it to Lord Li."
Zhu Qing then opened the food box.
Li Zhong checked them one by one and saw that they were indeed all carefully cooked food, so he stopped.
"Master Li, have you checked everything? Is everything ok?" Zhu Qing was polite, but he held Master Li and demanded an answer. "This matter is serious, please make sure to check it thoroughly."
"Otherwise, if it gets out...it will inevitably cause people to talk about my Crown Princess."
Xie Yao didn't stop it.
Li Zhong was indeed following the rules, but what he did now might not be without the intention of making things difficult for her.
Li Zhong immediately said, "Your Highness, Crown Prince, and Crown Princess, please rest assured. We have checked everything and there is no problem."
He stepped aside.
Xiao Ji and Xie Yao then entered the Yangxin Palace, but before leaving, Xiao Ji looked at Li Zhong deeply.
Xie Yao did prepare some for the eldest princess, and asked Li Dajian to take Zhuqing to deliver it to the eldest princess.
Even if the eldest princess is still asleep at this moment, the people around her will accept it.
Xie Yao then asked, "Your Highness, what's the matter with the assassin? Why is there an assassin in the palace?"
Si Nan was guarding outside the hall, and Xiao Ji briefly told him what happened yesterday.
At the same time, Xie Yao personally prepared the breakfast. She sighed softly at last, "So, Your Highness has a way to send the nightgown away?"
Xiao Ji did not answer, but turned his head slightly to look towards the back of the Yangxin Palace.
Send it out?
Looking at Li Zhong's attitude today, it is certainly not that easy to send it away, but he can bet that there is a place in the Yangxin Palace that Li Zhong and others will not check!
Seeing this, Xie Yao had an idea in mind.
She said, "Your Highness, please get ready and leave it to me later."
Xiao Ji frowned slightly and looked at Xie Yao with worry in his eyes, "Yaoyao, are you sure?"
Judging from Li Zhong's attitude just now, he was obviously not afraid of offending the couple at all. It was possible that he would stop the Crown Princess from leaving later.
Xiao Ji naturally didn't want to put Xie Yao in danger.
Xie Yao gave Xiao Ji an affirmative look and nodded, "Don't worry, husband."
Xie Yao was not a reckless person. Since she dared to say so, she must have had a perfect plan in mind. Xiao Ji did not stop her, but said: "In this case, Yaoyao will have to work hard."
Xie Yao's eyes turned slightly, and her voice was soft and tender, with obvious coquettish meaning, "Then how are you going to thank me, my husband?"
Xiao Ji's eyes became deep for a moment, and he subconsciously wanted to hug the person in his arms, but he clearly remembered that this was the Yangxin Palace, so his movements were a little stiff.
He coughed lightly, his ears turned red. He was a little afraid to look into Xie Yao's eyes, and said in a tender voice, "Yaoyao, how do you want to thank your husband?"
Xie Yao whispered in Xiao Ji's ear: "My husband will come home tonight, and I will tell him in detail."
Xiao Ji coughed lightly, his Adam's apple rolled, and the tips of his ears, which were already hot, became even hotter.
She is so beautiful...
Before Xiao Jiren could react, Xie Yao had already come out of his arms, "Your Highness, please bring the things here."
Xiao Ji felt a sense of loss as his arms were empty, but he quickly came to his senses, "Now?"
The Crown Princess has just come in.
Xie Yao nodded and said, "Your Highness has many political affairs to deal with, so I naturally cannot bother you." She spoke in a high-sounding manner, and it was obvious that this was the speech she was going to tell the Jinwu Guards later.
At this moment, the Jinwu Guards outside, who had been relatively quiet, became noisy.
Si Nan's voice came from outside the palace, "Your Highness, the Princess has just given Lord Li permission to search the Yangxin Palace."
There was a subtle hint of nervousness in his voice.
So fast?
Xiao Ji's voice remained unchanged, "Let Lord Li investigate, and cooperate with everything."
Taking advantage of this time, Xiao Ji took out the night clothes that Si Nan had packed. Following Xiao Ji's instructions, Si Nan had already rolled the clothes into the smallest shape possible.
Not long.
The sound of armor colliding could be heard outside the palace, followed by Li Zhong's voice, "Your Highness, I am following the order of the Princess to search the Yangxin Palace. Please allow me to do so."
The eldest princess had just nodded her head, and at this moment Li Zhong arrived outside the side hall. It can be seen that Li Zhong almost went straight to the side hall.
A cold light flashed in Xiao Ji's eyes: They are targeting him.
He glanced at Xie Yao and said in a low voice, "Come in."
Li Zhong was the first to step into the door, followed by Si Nan. He looked at him with a wary look in his eyes. He watched as the Jinwu Guards saluted Xiao Ji and began to search...
Si Nan said: "Be gentle!"
Xie Yao and Xiao Ji didn't say anything, but both had obvious displeasure on their faces, and they obviously felt offended by Li Zhong's behavior.
After a search.
The Jinwu Guards found nothing, so they reported their findings and waited for Li Zhong's reply.
Li Zhong's sharp eyes like an eagle swept across the hall and finally fell on Si Nan.
Although Si Nan didn't know where His Highness had hidden the nightgown, he was relieved at this moment. He looked back at Li Zhong without any courtesy.
Li Zhong suddenly asked, "Guard Si, I heard that when His Highness went to the Yangxin Palace to visit His Majesty yesterday, you were not with him?"
Many people know about this, and the eldest princess pointed it out herself yesterday.
But Si Nan said confidently: "Why aren't you with me? My duty is to protect His Highness!"
A cold light flashed in Li Zhong's narrowed eyes, "As far as I know, before the princess asked about Guard Si, Guard Si was not with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"May I ask where Guard Si went?"
Although it was late at night yesterday and Li Zhong was unable to fight with the assassin, he always felt that the assassin's figure was somewhat familiar.
Si Nan said: "Master Li, are you interrogating me?"
The two looked at each other, and Li Zhong's eyes did not give in at all. "We are all investigating the assassin in the palace. Please... tell me the truth."
"Otherwise, I can only report this matter to Her Royal Highness the Princess..."
"Lord Li." Xiao Ji's cold voice sounded. If he had felt before that Li Zhong seemed to be targeting him, now he had confirmed it without a doubt!
Li Zhong interrogated his people in front of him like this, which was completely disrespectful to him!
If Si Nan is not innocent, then how innocent can his master be?
"Please forgive me, Your Highness." Li Zhong said this, but there was no apology in his tone. Instead, he said aggressively: "I am asking this because I want to find out the truth of the matter."
Xiao Ji stared at Li Zhong.
Li Zhongshi's eyes did not evade, as if he was determined to get a result.
Xiao Ji said, "What was Sinan doing last night... I'm afraid it's inconvenient to tell Lord Li at this time."
"Your Highness..."
"Sinan is my man. Sir Li is questioning me like this. Are you doubting me?" Xiao Ji snorted coldly, "If you really doubt me, then find evidence first, otherwise..."
"There's no need to explain everything about me to Lord Li!"
"Now, get out."
Xiao Ji was not polite to Li Zhong at all.
Li Zhong took a deep breath and clasped his fists, saying, "Yes, Your Highness."
Xiao Ji was right. There was no need to let him know every detail of His Royal Highness's affairs. But the more he did so... the more he felt there was something wrong.
Li Zhong looked at Si Nan deeply, waved his hand, and retreated with the Jinwu Guards behind him.
The side hall fell silent again.
Xie Yao and Xiao Ji looked at each other. They had naturally already thought of a reason for Si Nan's absence yesterday.
Obviously, for some unknown reason, Li Zhong set his sights on Xiao Ji and Si Nan.
The two of them deliberately didn't say anything at this moment in order to divert Li Zhong's attention.
Let Li Zhong keep an eye on Si Nan, and Xie Yao can take the opportunity to deal with the night clothes. As long as there is no such evidence, Li Zhong can't do anything even if he is suspicious.
As soon as Li Zhong left, court officials came to ask to see the prince, so Xie Yao naturally left the side hall.
When he went to pay his respects to the eldest princess, he was told that the princess had given an order and then went to bed.
Xie Yao did not stay and immediately turned around and left the palace.
She had only taken a few steps when she was stopped, "Crown Princess."
Still Xuan Yue.
Xuan Yue's expression was colder than before, and her face looked a little haggard. It seemed that she was really hurt by what Xuan Shu did last time.
Xuan Yue bowed, bit her lower lip and said, "Crown Princess, I have a few words to say to you."
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