Inside the East Palace.
Ye Wanhe, who was already fast asleep on the small couch in the outer hall, opened her eyes when she heard Li Quan's voice outside. She heard a soft breathing sound beside her and felt the strength in her waist and abdomen, and she frowned slightly.
Zhao Yun had let her sleep on a small couch in the outer room of the bedroom for the past two days, and had not allowed her to sleep on the nanmu bed in the inner room.
But I didn't expect Zhao Yun to also come to this small couch...
"Your Highness." Ye Wanhe called softly to Zhao Yun beside her.
After Zhao Yun woke up, he frowned and heard Li Quan's voice outside, so he said, "Come in!"
Li Quan hurriedly bowed and came in, saying, "Your Highness, Prince Ning wants to see you regarding something important."
Zhao Yun asked, "When will it end?"
"To reply to Your Highness, it is already the end of the Hai hour and almost the Zi hour."
Zhao Yun frowned slightly and said, "Let Gu Yan come in."
Ye Wanhe also stood up and took the clothes beside her to dress Zhao Yun, and helped him comb his long hair and put on the jade crown.
Zhao Yun walked outside the hall and saw Gu Yan approaching with an anxious look on his face. He said unhappily, "You'd better have something important to say."
Gu Yan knelt down and said, "Your Highness, Xiangye and Nuonuo are missing. I would like to ask you to seal the city gates and send the imperial guards to search for Xiangye and Nuonuo throughout Chang'an."
Ye Wanhe, who was inside the hall, heard Gu Yan's voice outside. For the first time, she disregarded the rules and walked outside. She looked at Gu Yan and said, "Xiang Ye is missing? How could she be missing?"
Zhao Yun glanced at the thinly dressed Ye Wanhe, then looked at Gu Yan who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Gone?"
Gu Yan said, "This afternoon, I scolded Nuonuo for biting someone. Xiangye defended Nuonuo, and I thought she just didn't want me to scold her. I took her to the yard to play, but she left the Princess's Mansion at 3 p.m. and disappeared."
Ye Wanhe was extremely nervous when she heard Gu Yan's words. Thinking about where Yun Xiangye might have gone, she hurriedly asked, "Brother Zhan, Gu Yan, have you ever been to Brother Zhan's house to look for Xiangye?"
When Zhao Yun heard Ye Wanhe say the three words "Brother Zhan", he frowned slightly.
Gu Yan said, "I've looked for her. Xiangye did go to Su's dental clinic, but Su Zhan left Chang'an City after noon, and Xiangye left West Street shortly after. Since then, I haven't been able to find any trace of her."
Ye Wanhe was extremely anxious. "It's so late, and it's winter now. Xiangye is unfamiliar with Chang'an City. Are you really..."
Ye Wanhe wanted to rebuke Gu Yan, but held back due to her status. After meeting Zhao Yun's gaze, she knelt down and said, "Your Highness, please order the Chang'an city gates to be sealed and send someone to search for the Crown Prince's Consort."
Zhao Yun looked at the two people kneeling on the ground and said, "Blocking the gates of Chang'an during the first month of the year will only cause panic among the people in the city."
"Your Highness," Gu Yan said hurriedly, "The safety of Xiangye and Nuonuo is of paramount importance."
Ye Wanhe raised her eyes and looked at Zhao Yun, "Your Highness, please."
Zhao Yun asked Li Quan to call the leader of the Dark Dragon Guard.
When the leader of the Dark Dragon Guards arrived, Zhao Yun asked, "Where did Prince Ning's wife go?"
The leader of the Dark Dragon Guards glanced at Gu Yan, knelt down, and said, "Your Highness, the Ning Prince's Consort has been reported by a carrier pigeon accompanied by the Dark Dragon Guards. She and the Su family pawnshop owner, Su, have left Chang'an City together and are traveling all night to Luoyang."
Gu Yan clenched his fists, stood up and said, "How dare the doorman of Su's Dental Clinic lie to me!"
Gu Yan hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Highness, I will take a day off tomorrow. Please tell the Imperial Censorate that I have to ride on horseback to catch up with Xiangye."
Zhao Yun frowned and said, "Why are you chasing after her? As the Ning Wang's Crown Prince's Consort, she left Chang'an City with another man without saying a word. She didn't even consider you as her husband."
Zhao Yun said coldly, "Yun Xiangye's background is not worthy of you. You only divorced her because she was happy for you. You can't repay kindness with hatred. Now that she has voluntarily left Chang'an City with another man, you can take this opportunity to divorce her with good reason!"
Ye Wanhe only felt a sharp chill under her knees. She clenched her hands tightly, her nails digging deep into her flesh.
Gu Yan frowned and said, "There's no way I'd divorce Yun Xiangye! I was wronged by what happened today. She just left Chang'an because she was so angry and disappointed with me."
Gu Yan sighed softly and then bowed, saying, "Your Highness, I'll take my leave now. I have to go catch up with Xiangye quickly."
After Gu Yan finished speaking, he left the Eastern Palace. After leaving the Eastern Palace, he took several guards from the princess's mansion and rode out of the city in the direction of Luoyang.
Inside the East Palace.
Ye Wanhe, who was kneeling on the ground, saw a pair of slender hands in front of her. She raised her eyes to look into Zhao Yun's eyes, then put her hand on Zhao Yun's hand and stood up.
"Your Highness, why did you arrange secret guards around Prince Ning's wife?"
Ye Wanhe asked in a low voice, "Isn't it inappropriate for Prince Ning to know that you have arranged secret guards around his princess?"
Zhao Yun said, "Yun Xiangye has no rules. She once said that she would help you leave the palace..."
Halfway through his words, Zhao Yun's face darkened again. He let go of Ye Wanhe's hand and went into the bedroom.
Ye Wanhe stood there, recalling what Zhao Yun had said. Did Zhao Yun place secret guards around Yun Xiangye just to prevent Yun Xiangye from helping her leave the palace?
Ye Wanhe is now extremely grateful that she did not let Zhao Yun know that Yun Xiangye planned to let her take the fake death drug, and she did not agree to Yun Xiangye taking the fake death drug, otherwise her hope would turn into disappointment.
"Come in."
Ye Wanhe entered the inner room of the bedroom and helped Zhao Yun take off his hat and clothes.
Zhao Yun said to Ye Wanhe, "Yun Xiangye is quite capable. She's so bold as to leave just like that."
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