The music player lowered his head even further: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent. I failed to kill Prince Gong and his wife. They... escaped."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuanhe slammed the teacup down in front of him. With a loud crash, the teacup shattered into pieces, and the anger in his eyes could no longer be contained: "Useless!"
He angrily pointed at the musical passage: "You let a cripple who can't even get out of bed escape? Have I been raising a bunch of good-for-nothings?!"
"It is my incompetence that I humbly request Your Majesty to punish me." Yue Duan's voice was not very dramatic, as if he had already anticipated that Emperor Yuanhe would be angry, and he did not intend to explain himself.
"Punish them! Punish them!" Emperor Yuanhe roared, "If killing you could solve their problem, you would have died a hundred times over!"
The music player lowered his head, looked down, and said nothing more.
"What exactly happened?" The eldest princess stepped forward with a frown. "You are the commander of the Shadow Guard. There is nothing your brother asks you to do that you cannot accomplish. How could you let them escape this time? Where did they go? And what was that explosion in the city just now?"
Apart from the occasional explosions that occurred in the capital during the year-end holidays due to inadequate supervision of fireworks factories, there were really no such loud noises at other times.
When asked about this, Le Duan couldn't really explain what happened with the explosion. He only knew that those people had scattered a few bags of flour, and like the others, he thought it was a drug or poison, so he immediately covered his mouth and nose.
However, in that very instant, the explosion occurred, and he didn't even see how it happened.
If he hadn't reacted quickly and used his internal energy to protect himself immediately, he would probably have been burned to a pulp by now.
By the time he came to his senses, Yu Nanqing had already been rescued.
Afterwards, he inspected the scene but found nothing that could be detonated, nor anything suspicious. At this point, he had no choice but to return and report.
"Your Majesty," he said, avoiding the question from the eldest princess, "Prince Gong fought desperately and was seriously injured when he fled. He couldn't have gone far. I have ordered my men to continue the pursuit, and I believe we will have results soon."
Judging from Yu Nanqing's appearance, Le Duan felt that even if they couldn't catch him, he would definitely die if left unattended.
He had never seen anyone survive such a severe backlash.
"Then have you found them?" Emperor Yuanhe questioned.
Not yet.
"Useless trash!" Emperor Yuanhe wished he could just chop off his head.
They're all gluttons!
His face flushed red, he walked around the table, plopped down on the dragon throne, gritted his teeth to calm himself down, and called out angrily, "Liu Rencai!"
Eunuch Liu hurriedly entered from outside the hall, bowing respectfully: "Your Majesty?"
"Prince Gong and his wife have been assassinated and their fate is unknown. Immediately dispatch the Imperial Guards to search every house and find the assassins. Kill them without mercy. We must find Prince Gong and his wife and protect their safety!" He glared coldly at Liu Rencai's head as he finished the sentence, his tone sinister.
Perhaps influenced by Su Wanyan, Emperor Yuanhe always felt that these servants did not understand his meaning.
Liu Rencai hunched his shoulders; how could he not understand Emperor Yuanhe's meaning?
Find Yu Nanqing and Su Wanyan, and kill them all, along with those 'assassins,' who are Yu Nanqing's remaining followers.
"Yes, this servant will go and deliver the decree immediately." Liu Rencai bowed respectfully and hurriedly withdrew.
"Continue to secretly search for their whereabouts. Once you find them, report to the commander of the Imperial Guards immediately."
The musician bowed and said, "Yes!"
After the music ended, the eldest princess still couldn't quite believe it. She looked at Emperor Yuanhe in silence, unsure of what to say.
How come they can't even kill a single person?
They sent so many people, how could they still escape?
She narrowed her eyes. Could it be that someone had leaked the news?
But only she and her brother knew about this.
Suddenly, she remembered that after Yu Nanqing and Su Wanyan left their seats, Si Yang followed them away, and a sinister look appeared on her face.
"Your Majesty, I have some matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now." The eldest princess curtsied to Emperor Yuanhe.
Emperor Yuanhe's expression softened somewhat, and he waved his hand, saying, "It's late, I'll send someone to escort you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Inside the dark room of the house, Yu Nanqing's body was covered with silver needles. Su Wanyan stood by the bedside, feeling his pulse and making adjustments from time to time according to his condition.
After an unknown amount of time, Yu Nanqing's previously chaotic and weak breathing gradually stabilized, and she was no longer in a state of imminent death.
At this moment, two or three men in black were guarding outside. They wanted to come in and find out what was going on, but they didn't dare to disturb Su Wanyan.
The main reason is that they haven't heard of Su Wanyan's medical skills. These days, the gates of Prince Gong's mansion have been open, so they can know more or less about what's happening inside. If Su Wanyan is a doctor, they should be able to find some clues.
However, no, Su Wanyan's medical skills seemed to have suddenly appeared tonight.
However, this did not prevent them from trusting Su Wanyan. After all, without Su Wanyan's method, it would be questionable whether they could have returned safely.
"Something's wrong!" Suddenly, Wang Zhang, who had been passing on messages from time to time, looked flustered this time.
The men in black all put their fingers to their mouths, as if afraid that Wang Zhang would disturb Su Wanyan.
Wang Zhang quickly fell silent and waved for them to go outside to listen, but at that moment Su Wanyan's voice rang out: "Say it here."
Wang Zhang choked slightly, looked up, and saw that Su Wanyan was still focused on Yu Nanqing, without even turning her head, but the voice did indeed come from Su Wanyan's mouth.
Remembering Su Wanyan's decisive action, Wang Zhang didn't hesitate and said worriedly, "The palace has sent the Imperial Guards to search the Prince and Princess's hiding place from house to house. Your Highness the Princess..."
He hardened his heart, stepped in, and knelt before Su Wanyan, whose back was to him: "Your Highness, what do you need me to do? Please give your instructions, and I will obey!"
"We are too!" A group of people immediately followed and came in from outside, kneeling on the ground: "We will all obey you, Your Majesty, please give us your instructions!"
Su Wanyan continued working, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Leave two people here, and the rest of you go and lure the soldiers away. Don't get entangled with them, just try to deal with them. The assassins sent by the Emperor have certainly not stopped, so try not to attract their attention."
Seeing that Yu Nanqing's condition had stabilized, she turned to look at the people kneeling on the ground: "You only need to cause some disturbances to delay the Imperial Guards' search. The trouble is with those assassins. If possible, you can give them some illusions and some false information."
Not only did they issue the order, they also provided a solution.
Wang Zhang's eyes lit up, turning bright red: "Yes! I'll do it immediately!"
In the years since they lost contact with the prince, they have been like people without a backbone, and there are many things they simply don't know how to do.
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