Nangong Yin called out several times, but no one answered.
Liu’an Prince had a bad premonition, "His Majesty is likely not in the palace."
Because today, the three from the Ye Xiang Residence didn’t attend the morning meeting, and a few carriages left the city early from their residence. That seemed to be related.
Nangong Yin also realized this, his face darkening, "Get someone to find out where His Majesty has gone immediately!"
Someone responded.
To find the Nanchu King, they had to start at the royal palace. But not until they had searched the whole palace, waking the Queen and bringing her over, did they realize that the King really wasn’t in the palace.
As for when he left, no one knew.
Nangong Yin was furious. How could such a big person like the King disappear right under his eyes? If this got out, wouldn’t he be the laughing stock? He glared at the Queen, scolding, "Don’t you know where the King has gone?"
The Queen was also sullen, "I don’t know."
Nangong Yin was livid, "Nangong Xin, you’re the Queen. Where has your King gone? You dare to tell me you don’t know?"
The Queen mocked him, "My brother, you and I both know, I’m just a decorative piece to Chu Rong."
Nangong Yin was extremely angry, "What use are you?"
Nangong Xin looked at him and coldly replied, "If my guess isn’t wrong, he wasn’t in the palace since early yesterday morning. When I came looking for him yesterday, he was gone. Likewise, didn’t you also visit his sleeping chamber before me? How come you didn’t notice that he was gone?"
Nangong Yin was caught speechless.
Nangong Xin sneered, "Brother, you only know how to criticize me. All these years, I’ve had enough of feeling like a widow. Whether he’s dead or alive, I don’t know. Instead of raging at me here, you might as well hurry up and find him. It’d be even better if you killed him. It would alleviate the hatred in my heart."
Nangong Yin was furious, "Fine, wait and see, I’ll kill Chu Rong for you."
After saying this, he angrily strode away.
Liu’an Prince was also angry, he too hadn’t noticed, no matter how many precautions he took, who could have thought the King would leave the palace at this critical moment? Perhaps he has already left the royal capital?
My god, that’s annoying.
Seeing Nangong Yin stormed off, Liu’an Prince furiously ordered the people around him, "Where are all the guys who serve the King? Bring them all to me, I’ll interrogate them one by one."
Someone responded, "Prince, we only found Li He, he was found dead in the warm pavilion at the water pavilion."
"Seems like he found a good place to hide. Throw that damn bastard in the water to feed the fishes." Liu’an Prince wished to kill Li He himself as he bitterly instructed, "Where are the rest? Go find them!"
"Yes."
Nangong Xin reminded, "Prince, the priority now is to find Chu Rong."
Liu’an Prince stepped forward, reaching out to touch Nangong Xin’s face, a flash of ferocity in his eyes as he said, "I told you all those years ago not to marry Chu Rong, but to marry me. You didn’t listen. You’re no different from a widow all these years. Do you regret it now?"
Nangong Xin swatted his hand away with ferocity in her eyes as well, "Get lost!"
Liu’an Prince squinted his eyes, "After so many years, you’re still the same old tempered girl, still unchangeable since childhood. No wonder you can’t make Chu Rong forget Yan Ruzhen and fall for you. If you were somewhat gentler and caring, there would be no need for Chu Rong to only cherish his daughter, Su Rong."
Nangong Xin was furious, "Chu Qian, I told you to leave! Aren’t you trying to seize the throne? Hurry up and go fight for your son, and stop disgusting me here. Even if Chu Rong dies, I still wouldn’t want you."
"You..." Chu Qian was filled with rage.
Nangong Xin sneered, "What? Would you dare to attack me?"
No matter how useless she was, her family name was Nangong. Let Chu Qian dare to lay a hand on her.
Naturally, Chu Qian didn’t dare to touch her, or else he would have acted against her years ago, why would he wait until today? He suppressed the anger in his heart, also flinging his sleeves and left.
After Nangong Yin and Liu’an Prince, Chu Qian, had left one after the other, Nangong Xin turned her head and entered the sleeping palace of the Nanchu King.
Despite being married to Nanchu King for over a decade, she had only entered this sleeping palace a few times. The Nanchu King didn’t allow it. After she entered, she looked at the palace’s furnishings. It didn’t seem like the sleeping palace of a king. It wasn’t particularly frugal, but it was certainly not as half as good as her brother’s residence.
After walking a round in the palace, Nangong Xin instructed a maid, "From today onwards, I’ll be staying here."
The maid hesitated, "Queen, you... you want to stay here? What if the King comes back and gets angry..."
Nangong Xin sneered, "What has he to be angry about? He’s already gone. If he’s killed by someone outside, he won’t come back. If he’s not found and killed, then someday he could return. If that happens, how long do you think I could stay alive? He and the Nangong family have long been at odds. Either he dies, or I die. He’s already not here, what do I have to be afraid of?"
After hearing this, the maid bowed her head and agreed, "Shall I move your stuff over?"
"Yes." Nangong Xin nodded.
She could not be the Queen for so many years for nothing. She should at least live in his sleeping palace, shouldn’t she?
Nangong Yin and Liu’an Prince left the palace one after the other. Soon, they captured a few people who had served Nanchu King. Time was limited, so they eventually detained only a few of those servants. .
Those who weren’t fast enough to escape were filled with despair, believing their lives were over. When they were captured, they confessed everything. They said the King had left soon after Second Young Master Ye entered the palace that night. Eunuch Li had strictly ordered them all to keep the news of his departure a secret. Anyone who leaked it would be killed.
They didn’t know too many details, only that the King had left the royal capital.
Calculating the time, he’s already been gone for a day and a night.
Nangong Yin almost choked on his anger. Although he had expected this outcome, having it confirmed still caused his blood to boil. He gritted his teeth, "Damn that Ye Guixue."
He immediately ordered, "Go to the Ye Xiang Residence!"
After interrogating the people, Liu’an Prince headed for the Ye Xiang Residence as well, without informing Nangong Yin.
Arriving at the Ye Xiang Residence, they found it was already empty.
Nangong Yin roared in anger, "Someone, follow them!"
Liu’an Prince also motioned to the people behind him. They understood and immediately set off to pursue.
Half an hour later, there was news that the entire Ye Xiang family—father and sons, Madam Ye, and all relatives—had already left as soon as the city gate was opened this morning.
The guards at the city gate got the news and immediately sent people to report to the two at the morning meeting. At that time, they had received the news and only suspected that something might be happening at the Ye Xiang Residence. They didn’t expect that it was the Ye Xiang family moving out of the royal capital.
"Where is that old fox Ye Xiang now? Where has he taken his family?" Nangong Yin’s eyes were almost bursting with fire.
His subordinate answered the question, "The search party sent back a message that the Ye Xiang family has moved to the military camp with a hundred thousand soldiers. Presently, Ye Guixue has taken the Ye Xiang family and the hundred thousand soldiers, and left the royal capital, seemingly heading towards the border of Daliang."
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