Chapter 226: Wrong Intuition
"Just now, a palace maid asked me to bring you a message." Wei Ming Yu Jin loosened his clenched palms, "and asked me to show you this."
A small pearl flower lies in the pink and white palm. The shape of the flower is like hibiscus, but the color is light blue.
Such pearl flowers can be found everywhere and are not worthy of being a token of trust.
Wei Mingliang felt strange and asked, "What's the maid's name?"
"She didn't say anything," Wei Ming Yu Jin said, "but I recognize her. She's the maid who apologized to you in the Yangxin Palace."
Chu Liuzheng?
Wei Mingliang stared at the pearl flower in Wei Ming Yujin's hand, and suddenly remembered that he had reminded the woman that the pearl flower on her head was crooked on the day he apologized.
The pearl flower that the woman wore that day seemed to be the same as the one in Yu Jin's hand.
Thinking of this, he became interested. He reached out and picked up the pearl flower and asked, "What message did she ask you to convey?"
Wei Ming Yu Jin looked at him, feeling a little surprised.
Meizhen took this pearl flower from the head of a passing palace maid. Is the second prince so easily fooled?
"The palace maid said she had something important to tell you." Wei Ming Yu Jin wasn't good at lying, her palms already sweating. She placed her hands on her knees and whispered, "She said she was waiting for you in Ganquan Palace."
Ganquan Palace is one of the palaces for guests to change clothes. It is farther away than the other three places, and usually no one goes there.
"Ganquan Palace." Wei Mingliang put the pearl flower into his arms, a dark light flashing in his eyes.
That woman had made him suffer so much, yet she still dared to come to him. He wanted to go and see what she had to say.
He had already thought of how to teach Chu Liuzheng a lesson. Just as he was about to stand up, he suddenly noticed that Wei Ming Yujin had a strange expression on his face.
"Why are you sweating so much?" Wei Mingliang took out a handkerchief and handed it to Wei Mingyujin, motioning him to wipe the sweat off his forehead. "Are you feeling unwell?"
Wei Ming Yu Jin shook her head, lowered her eyes, not daring to look at him, and said, "I'm tired of dancing."
Wei Mingliang also knew that she still had feelings for Helan Shan and was unwilling to enter the harem, so he just thought she was in a bad mood. Without saying much, he told the maid to take good care of her and then left.
Seeing him leave, Xiao Jingfan slowly raised the corners of his lips and winked at Zhou Yuande.
Zhou Yuande nodded slightly, made an excuse to get some wine, and left quietly.
Queen Zhong glanced in the direction Zhou Yuande left, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and she took a sip of the juice in the cup, pretending not to know.
Wei Mingliang had never been to Ganquan Palace, so he randomly found a passing palace maid to lead the way for him.
"Your Highness, Ganquan Palace is just ahead," the maid said. "If Your Highness has no other instructions, I will take my leave."
"Yes." Wei Mingliang rewarded her with a golden peanut and walked towards Ganquan Palace.
There were no palace guards around Ganquan Hall, but the lights were on inside. From the shadows cast on the window paper, it was clear that there was someone inside, a woman.
Wei Mingliang stared at the swaying shadow for a while, and his mind, which was filled with anger, suddenly felt that something was wrong.
An inexplicable intuition told him to turn around without thinking. Just as he was about to leave, he heard a "creak" sound behind him and the palace door opened.
A familiar voice came from the palace, "Since Your Highness is here, why don't you come in?"
Wei Mingliang paused and looked back.
The door of the palace was opened a gap three fingers wide, revealing a corner of the green skirt.
"Your Highness?" The voice of the person in the hall was full of doubt, as if wondering why Wei Mingliang didn't go in.
Wei Mingliang stared at the hem of the skirt. The voice was definitely that woman's, but he just felt something was wrong.
He secretly became alert, took out the pearl flower from his arms, and walked up the steps in front of Ganquan Palace. Just as he was about to test it out, suddenly a cold light flashed across his eyes, and several long swords with piercing murderous intent silently slashed towards him.
He was startled and instinctively rushed forward, crashing into the hall and a cloud of white smoke at the same time. It was too late to cover his mouth and nose, and he fell down with his eyes open.
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Tuoba Yong came out of the toilet and not long after he walked, he ran into Yin Taiyu who looked hurried.
He asked curiously, "Where is the Third Prince going?"
"It's you." Yin Taiyu seemed to have just noticed him and stepped forward. "I have something urgent to discuss with the Second Prince. Have you seen him?"
Tuoba Yong shook his head, "His Highness is not in the toilet."
Yin Taiyu looked anxious. "I looked everywhere for him, but he couldn't be found. Maybe he got drunk and ran off to some place he shouldn't be."
"Your Highness can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk easily." Although Tuoba Yong said this, he was also worried about the possibility of an accident. "I will go with you to look for it."
"Then I'll look this way, and you look that way." Yin Taiyu pointed to the left and right. "It will be faster if we look separately."
"Okay." Tuoba Yong agreed and hurried to the right to look for someone.
Yin Taiyu also walked quickly to the left, but stopped not long after. Seeing that no one was following him, he turned into a fork in the road and returned to the hall where the banquet was still going on.
Tuoba Yong was asking around when a young eunuch said, "I saw the Second Prince heading towards Ganquan Palace. He seemed drunk and staggered as he walked, and he wouldn't let me help him."
He's really drunk!
Tuoba Yong grabbed the young eunuch and led the way to Ganquan Palace.
The young eunuch's arm was pulled so hard by him that it hurt, but he didn't dare to say a word and just stumbled after him.
"Ganquan Palace is just ahead." The young eunuch raised his hand and pointed to the palace not far away. They could see the plaque of Ganquan Palace from where they were standing.
Although it is not a full moon tonight, the moonlight is bright enough to see clearly.
But Tuoba Yong did not recognize the Dasheng language. Just as he was about to grab the little eunuch and go over, he suddenly heard a cry.
"Help!!!"
A disheveled woman ran out of the hall and ran into Tuoba Yong's arms in a panic.
Tuoba Yong was startled and subconsciously pushed the woman out.
The woman was pushed to the ground by him, her hair disheveled, her clothes torn from her shoulders, her thin shoulders exposed to the cold wind, and kiss marks clearly visible on her neck and collarbone.
The cold wind blew the hair covering the face back, revealing a familiar face full of panic.
"Princess Meizhen!"
Tuoba Yong recognized the woman's identity and saw that her clothes were torn. He quickly took off his cloak and covered her with it, asking, "What happened?"
Yin Meizhen kept shaking her head, huddled in her cloak in fear, sobbing, tears streaming down her face.
Tuoba Yong made her cry so much that her head hurt, and he wanted to take her to see the imperial physician. However, the moment he stretched out his hand, Yin Meizhen shrank back in fear.
He slapped his head helplessly and told the young eunuch to stay here while he went to Ganquan Palace to take a look.
In Ganquan Palace, Wei Mingliang, who was also in dishevel, finally regained his ability to move.
He jumped up from the bed, hurriedly picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on, pushed open the window, and was about to jump out when a palm wind suddenly hit him from behind. He quickly dodged to the side and turned back to be hit by a palm.
"Your Highness?" Tuoba Yong barely avoided the man's gaze. After seeing the man's face clearly, his eyes widened in shock. "You are the one who insulted Princess Meizhen?"
Wei Mingliang only then saw clearly that the person coming was Tuoba Yong. He did not bother to explain to Tuoba Yong and just said, "We've fallen into a trap. Let's go!"
Tuoba Yong always listened to him and followed him out through the window.
"Who's there!" A team of Yulin Guards came out from nowhere and chased after them.
At the same time, the people who accompanied the emperor to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the lanterns passed by Ganquan Palace and saw Princess Meizhen who was crying.
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