"Huh?" Eunuch Wen was taken aback, thinking he had misheard.
"Don't let anyone know about this," Zhao Hao said with a gloomy face. "I always feel that their relationship is not in accordance with the proper way between a ruler and his subject. I hope it's just overthinking. If anything happens, come back and inform me immediately."
"Yes~" But in Wen Gonggong's heart, there were waves of shock. Although the Emperor spoke lightly, if he didn't have some suspicions, why would he ask him to investigate?
The Crown Princess is noble and elegant, a quintessential aristocratic lady. Over the years since marrying the Crown Prince, even the most discerning palace maids could not find a single fault in her manners.
Many people even secretly lamented that her marriage to the crown prince was like a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung.
But people only dared to think about this in secret. After all, the crown prince was the heir to the future emperor, so who would dare to criticize him?
Women from prominent families like the Crown Princess are always good at distinguishing right from wrong and would never overstep any boundaries. So the problem most likely lies with Zu An.
Although many people say that Zuan is a bit arrogant, I think he's a decent young man. He's even secretly slipped me some money a few times.
Although he is bold, he wouldn't be bold enough to lay a hand on the Crown Princess, would he?
This is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family!
Although he found it impossible, Eunuch Wen showed no sign of it and respectfully bowed to Zhao Hao, saying, "Yes."
Zhao Hao nodded and casually waved for him to leave.
In fact, with his cultivation level, he could easily monitor Bi Linglong and Zu An himself, but as the emperor, he was busy with countless affairs of state and didn't have that kind of free time.
Moreover, having just learned some details about the Demon Emperor's death, especially the existence of immortals in the unknown land, he had many insights.
He needs to quiet his mind and reflect carefully; perhaps he will have a chance to break through.
With his deadline fast approaching, he needs to make the most of every minute.
...
Meanwhile, Zu An was unaware of the impending crisis. He had gathered a lot of information from the embroidery tower. As a top-ranking official, he had higher access than Xiao Jianren and could access information that Xiao could not.
Zuan found it strange that Zhu Xie Chixin was not in the embroidery tower, and no one knew where he had gone.
According to Xiao Jianren, he has been missing for a long time, most likely carrying out some secret mission.
Zuan didn't take it seriously. The Embroidered Robe Envoys had plenty of secret missions to carry out, so this wasn't anything to be surprised about.
His attention quickly returned to Sang Hong's case. The two studied it for half a day and found a record in a file that some bodies suspected to be assassins from the Shadow Tower were found in a small alley in the city.
Afterwards, the Embroidered-Robe Envoy inquired with the nearby residents, but none of them knew what had happened outside that night. Because they were far from the post station and the surroundings were relatively quiet, they didn't hear any noise all night. They just felt a bit cold that night, so they all huddled under their blankets and slept soundly.
Xiao Jianren finished examining the case file with a magnifying glass and couldn't help but exclaim, "That doesn't make sense. That night, because local officials were bribed and the city's defense forces were redeployed in advance, the assassins from Youying Tower had an absolute advantage. How could so many assassins have died?"
Zuan pointed to the analysis at the back of the case file and said, "Therefore, the Embroidered-Robed Envoy who investigated believes that this group of people are probably not assassins from the Shadow Tower. After all, they are too far from the post station, and the local residents did not hear any fighting sounds."
Xiao Jianren suddenly had a thought: "Eleventh Master, if those men in black are facing enemies whose cultivation levels are far higher than theirs, is it possible for them to be killed silently?"
“That’s not impossible,” Zuan pondered. “Besides, if the technique is special or there are some special skills, it’s still possible to kill those men in black silently. After all, the residents of that alley are ordinary people, and they probably won’t hear any noise.”
"Is it possible that these men in black are assassins from the Shadow Pavilion, who were chasing Lord Sang all the way, when suddenly a powerful figure appeared and rescued Lord Sang?" Xiao Jianren asked tentatively.
Zuan's eyes lit up: "That's certainly possible."
Seeing his excited expression, Xiao Jianren hurriedly reminded him, "My lord, don't be too happy. At present, it is more likely that Lord Sang has fallen into the hands of Youying Tower. There is very little hope that he was rescued by a passing expert."
He found it strange that the Eleventh Lord was being so concerned about Lord Sang's safety. Could it be that they had formed a friendship during this mission together? But he hadn't seen them interact at all along the way to Yunzhong County.
“What you said makes sense…” Zuan calmed down and then began to arrange for him to investigate in several directions in order to find Sang Hong’s whereabouts as soon as possible.
He then hurriedly changed his clothes and left the palace. The two women of the Sang family were probably still in fear, after all, Sang Hong was in a crisis of treason, and he had just publicly killed Yi Zhibing. In their eyes, either way, it was a huge disaster.
As expected, upon returning to the Sang family home, they found the entire place shrouded in gloom, with even most of the servants gone, leaving the courtyard deserted and desolate.
It's clear that those people ran away because they were worried about being implicated.
Zuan quickly went inside and found the elderly Aunt Mu scolding those heartless runaways. You should know that the Sang family usually treats its servants very kindly.
Instead, Sang Qian comforted her, saying, "The Sang family is in great trouble now. They also have families and households. It's only natural that they don't want to be implicated."
Although she said that, she couldn't help but sigh softly.
She used to speak crisply and decisively, but now she has become somewhat sentimental.
Aunt Mu said regretfully, "It's all my fault for going out just now. You were almost bullied by that Yi guy. If something had really happened, how would I explain it to the master?"
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