[Whoever plots against us, we will plot against them back! You bastard!]
A babyish voice sounded in the ears of Prince Kang and Ye Peizhu.
Ye Peizhu smiled and rubbed her cheek against the little girl's smooth face.
"It's almost dawn, Jiu'er should go to bed, Your Majesty, take a nap, you still have to go to court later."
"Okay, Madam, you and Jiu'er take a rest first. I will hide this thing first and then tell the secret guards."
After comforting his wife and daughter, Prince Kang was about to leave, but Ye Peizhu thought for a moment and stopped him.
"Your Majesty, let me hide this thing."
"That's fine, Madam, just remember where you hide it."
King Kang handed the things to his wife and went out to instruct the secret guards.
This night, for Prince Kang and his wife, as well as Song Jiujiu, they were terrified but also relieved.
Because after dawn, the royal guards appeared at the gate of Prince Kang's mansion.
Prince Kang was about to go to court. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the royal guards standing in an orderly line at the door.
His eyebrows twitched, and he felt a mixture of fear and relief.
If it had been any later, Prince Kang’s Mansion would have been really finished!
"Your Majesty, please stay."
Lin Feng, the old emperor's sword-wielding guard, saluted King Kang.
"Oh? You brought so many guards to the gate of Prince Kang's mansion so early in the morning. What's the matter?"
King Kang pretended to be confused.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has received a letter stating that your residence has something that could be harmful to the Emperor.
The Emperor has specially sent this humble servant to search for that thing, and I beg Your Highness to cooperate."
Lin Feng explained.
Prince Kang stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes narrowed slightly. "Is this really the case? But if I let you in to search today, what if you find something that doesn't belong to my Prince Kang's Palace?"
Lin Feng paused, "If Your Highness is worried, you can send someone to follow the guards. Your Highness, don't worry, the guards will definitely not mess up your mansion."
"What if we find nothing?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Regardless of whether or not we find anything, this is the Emperor's order. I and others must go in and search."
Lin Feng is not moved by any persuasion.
The two of them were in a stalemate for a moment.
After a while, Prince Kang asked his servants to open the gate of Prince Kang's Mansion.
"Okay, then go in and search. Keep your voice down. My wife and children are still asleep. Don't wake them up."
"yes."
The guards filed in. King Kang gave the butler a look, and the butler immediately sent someone to follow the guards.
King Kang did not go to court, but stayed in the palace waiting for the result.
He was relieved, but also scared. The important thing was that he didn't know where his wife had hidden the things in the wooden box.
The royal guards turned Prince Kang's mansion upside down, not only the houses, but even the places where there was soil were dug up.
That gesture made Prince Kang even more certain that the person who wrote the letter to his father was the one who asked the son of the Minister of Rites to bury the wooden box in his Prince Kang's mansion!
The royal guards arrived at Qingzhu Courtyard.
They were about to go into the inner room, but were stopped by Qiuyun.
"My Lords, my princess and young lady are still fast asleep. They are female relatives. Do you really want to go in and search them like this?"
Qiu Yun's words made the guards stop in their tracks.
There are differences between men and women, let alone a princess.
"Please ask the princess and the young lady to stand up. This is the only place in the entire Kangwang Mansion that has not been searched."
Lin Feng stood up and said expressionlessly.
Qiu Yun bit her lip tightly and looked at King Kang who had walked into the yard at some point.
Kang Wangchao nodded to her, Qiuyun opened the door and went into the inner room, then immediately closed the door.
About half an incense stick of time later, Qiuyun opened the door to the inner room.
"The princess and the young lady have risen. If you wish to search, please come in."
This time, not all the guards rushed in. Lin Feng only brought three guards in.
Ye Peizhu, neatly dressed, sat on the soft couch holding the little baby wrapped in a small quilt, whose face was rosy from sleeping.
She raised her eyes and glanced at Lin Feng. "My daughter is still soundly asleep. Please keep the noise down."
Lin Feng naturally also saw the sleeping little kid. His rosy face looked so cute.
Without Princess Kang's instructions, he and the three guards would subconsciously slow down their movements.
"yes."
Lin Feng and several guards searched the inner room but still found nothing suspicious.
Finally, Lin Feng's gaze fell on Ye Peizhu and Xiao Naibao.
Ye Peizhu sneered, "Why? The imperial guards still want to search my body?"
Lin Feng looked away, "No, Princess, please forgive me, that's not what I meant. Please stand up, Princess. I want to search under the couch to see if there is anything hidden."
Ye Peizhu sneered and stood up.
Lin Feng searched the couch, but of course there was nothing there.
"how?"
Ye Peizhu glared at him.
"Princess, please forgive me. I am acting on the emperor's orders."
Lin Feng bowed and left with three guards.
In the yard, King Kang and his four sons stood together.
"Your Highness, my lords, I apologize for what happened today. I am acting on the emperor's orders. I will take my leave."
After Lin Feng finished speaking, he left with his guards.
After the guards left, King Kang immediately went into the inner room.
"Madam! Jiuer!"
Before Ye Peizhu had time to put the little baby back into the crib, she saw the prince and his four sons rushing in anxiously.
"Don't worry, your Highness, the things have not been discovered."
After Ye Peizhu said this, King Kang's heart, which had been hanging in his throat, finally settled down.
"That was a close call, ma'am. Where did you hide it?"
"here."
Ye Peizhu untied the quilt that was wrapped around the little baby, revealing a small bundle.
The four Song Wenyu brothers were even more confused as they didn't understand what was going on.
"Father, mother, what happened?"
King Kang had someone guard outside, close the doors and windows, untie the small bundle, revealing the contents, and tell everyone what happened last night.
Of course, he concealed the fact that he and his wife heard their daughter's thoughts.
King Kang's words shocked the four sons, especially when they saw the things in front of them, any one of which was enough to get their entire family killed.
They all felt a surge of fear in their hearts.
Almost...
It was so close, their whole family was finished!
"This time, thanks to your sister, Jiuer started crying in the middle of the night and insisted on going out. Fortunately, your mother and I took Jiuer out.
By some strange coincidence, I dug up this wooden box from Xiaowu's backyard."
Prince Kang rubbed his brows and said, "Xiao Wu, Dong Zhuo and Dong Lin have been to your yard. They are the two most likely to have buried this thing in your backyard. Do you have any clues?"
"It can't be Dong Zhuo!"
Song Le'an blurted out when he heard it.
"That could only be Dong Lin."
Song Zixuan glanced at his fifth brother and said, "Xiaowu, I remember you said that the reason you had a fever that day was because someone accidentally splashed cold water on you at the Imperial Academy."
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