No sooner had she finished speaking than the maid who had gone to fetch someone returned.
She said that the Murong sisters were not in their room. After asking around, she found that no one had seen Murong Erniu, but someone had seen Murong leave the mansion early in the morning.
The tenth princess fainted in panic.
Yan Mo instructed someone to take good care of the Tenth Princess, and then asked the maid when she saw Murong Da leave the mansion.
The maidservant reported that they had left shortly before they returned.
Yan Mo thought for a moment and decided to go to the palace immediately.
The princess's residence was not far from the royal palace, so Yan Mo rode there directly. At the city gate, he asked Gu Hui if she had just arrived, and the guards said she had just entered and was not far away.
Yan Mo dismounted and went inside to chase after Gu Hui.
Gu Hui hid to the side and just happened to see Yan Mo come in. She was able to hide because she really relied on her intuition.
Did Yan Mo find out so quickly? Or did Jinghe and San Niang get discovered?
Gu Hui went around to Peng Ze's residence from the other side. She was better off than Yan Mo in terms of status. Yan Mo had to go to the Queen first to enter the palace, while Gu Hui was a palace guard and wore a guard's uniform. No one would suspect her when she walked around the palace.
Gu Hui arrived at Peng Ze's residence and knocked out the man guarding him.
"Let's go, Yan Mo has found out." Gu Hui directly pulled off the clothes of the person she had knocked unconscious and threw them to Peng Ze.
Peng Ze was shocked. He changed his clothes, and Gu Hui tidied him up again. The two of them left quickly.
Before long, Queen Dugu arrived with Yan Mo.
"Your Majesty, you see, I did not lie to you. The three Murong sisters have disappeared, and Peng Ze has also disappeared." Yan Mo knelt on one knee and said with his head bowed.
Queen Dugu frowned as she looked at Yan Mo. She was unsure whether this was a play put on for her by Yan Mo and his men, or whether those men had deceived her and Yan Mo.
"I have ordered all exits of the royal city to be sealed off. They have no way to escape! Yan Mo, you better not be lying to me, otherwise, all of you will die today!" Queen Dugu emphasized the last word "die".
Queen Dugu ordered her trusted confidants to immediately search the palace, leaving no corner unchecked.
Gu Hui and Peng Ze did not escape the palace safely because there was no time. The two hid in a rockery, listening to the constant footsteps and search sounds outside.
Peng Ze grasped Gu Hui's hand: "Gu Hui, I'll go out and distract them. You wash off your makeup and then leave through the palace gate."
Gu Hui shook her head: "Yan Mo has seen me before. He only needs to draw a few pictures of my original appearance, and I still can't escape. Peng Ze, what I'm worried about now is Jing He and He San Niang. Why did Yan Mo suddenly make trouble? Everything was fine last night."
Peng Ze couldn't imagine how Yan Mo had discovered it either. He grabbed Gu Hui's hand and said, "If they start looking for the artificial hill, we'll fight our way out. We won't be in any danger. When the Great Zhou army attacks, they'll only spare us. Of course, it would be best if we could escape on our own without being caught."
Gu Hui nodded: "Mm."
More than half an hour later, the entire palace had been searched, but no one was found.
Queen Dugu looked at Yan Mo with suspicion.
Yan Mo said, "All the artificial hills in the palace have underwater areas where people can hide. Peng Ze is a general in the Peng family army's naval camp, and his breath-holding skills are first-rate. We might as well have someone search these places!"
The search team looked at Queen Dugu, who nodded, acknowledging Yan Mo's statement.
Hearing the commotion outside, Gu Hui and Peng Ze took out their weapons; their only option was to fight their way out.
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