The Xiang Prince's Palace was decorated with lights and colorful lanterns, and was extremely lively.

Yu Jin arrived late with Jiang Sishanshan.

King Lu shouted: "Seventh brother, you are late. When you got married, my eighth brother came early."

Yu Jin saw the maid from the Prince of Xiang's mansion lead Jiang Si to the female guests, and then sat down. He said lazily, "As the saying goes, it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. The wedding hasn't started yet, and the groom is not my fifth brother. Why are you so anxious?"

He also spoke quite loudly. Princess Lu, who was sitting next to the female guests, glanced over here and slammed the cup in her hand onto the table.

Prince Lu's body froze, and he grimaced at Yu Jin, but he didn't dare to provoke him again.

Damn it, is there anything that can't be dealt with by him? Why does he always drag his shrewish wife into threatening others? What kind of ability is that!

After sitting for a while, the prince couldn't help but frown: "Why hasn't the wedding party returned yet?"

The third prince, Prince Jin, looked up at the sky.

The Golden Crow climbed to the west, and the sky was filled with brilliant red clouds.

"The auspicious time is almost over, right?" Prince Jin murmured, without much emotion in his voice.

Soon another quarter of an hour passed.

The princes looked at each other and realized something was wrong.

The wedding procession has not yet arrived at the Prince of Xiang's Palace. Something must have gone wrong.

"Is the road blocked?" The Sixth Prince, King Shu, had just gotten married and his scalp still tingled when he thought of the huge crowds at the wedding procession.

He had an average relationship with Lao Ba, so he wasn't worried, but it was too boring to just keep waiting.

Prince Lu, who was always frank with his words, muttered, "Did the eighth brother fall off his horse? I told him a long time ago that he should practice riding skills more."

"Eighth brother's riding skills are passable. Maybe it's just that the road is blocked." King Qi looked worried.

Of course, it is unknown how many people present would take his worries seriously.

After another cup of tea, some news finally came.

"What? The wedding procession stopped halfway?"

The expressions of the princes were particularly wonderful after they knew the reason.

The King of Shu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It rained heavily on his wedding day and he was soaked like a drowned chicken. He was unhappy to begin with, but when he compared it with Lao Ba, he immediately felt that it was nothing worth mentioning.

Being drenched like a chicken in boiling water was nothing, but being seen by all the people in the city with a grassland above their heads was truly horrific.

Of course, the King of Shu had no sympathy for the King of Xiang's plight.

Just kidding, how can he be the only one who is unlucky? He will only be happy if others are more unlucky than him.

Thinking of this, the King of Shu quickly glanced at Yu Jin, hiding his full disdain.

He got married right after the seventh brother, and was almost outdone by the seventh brother and his wife. The eighth brother was still honest and decent.

The bride's bridegroom was brought by General Cui's cousin, who had already sent someone back to the general's mansion to explain the situation.

Princess Rongyang was struck by lightning. It took her a while to react and she turned pale with anger.

"How can this be possible? How can the King of Xiang just abandon Mingyue like this!" She slammed the table hard, but it was not enough. She picked up the teacup on the table and threw it to the ground.

The teacup broke into pieces with a clang.

Cui Xu frowned subconsciously, but was too lazy to say anything more, so he stood up and walked out.

"Cui Xu, where are you going?" Princess Rongyang asked.

Cui Xu stopped and looked outside.

The sky grew darker and darker, and even the sunset glow in the sky lost its luster.

The auspicious time has passed.

"We can't just leave Mingyue on the street like this." Cui Xu explained and continued walking out.

Princess Rongyang chased after them and asked, "Do you mean to bring Mingyue back?"

"What else?"

"Cui Xu!" Princess Rongyang shouted these two words with a sullen face, unable to contain her rage at the moment, "The marriage between Mingyue and Prince Xiang was proposed by the Queen Mother and decided by the Emperor. Prince Xiang's actions are against the will of the Emperor, and he should be punished. If we bring Mingyue back like this, what should we do next?"

Cui Xu looked at Princess Rongyang with deep eyes.

"Why are you looking at me like that at this hour?" A deep feeling of powerlessness mixed with anger rose in Princess Rongyang's heart.

It was always like this, whether it was towards her or their two children, Cui Xu was always so calm.

So calm that she felt nonchalant.

Cui Xu finally spoke: "Mingyue and the King of Xiang have not yet married. If we don't take Mingyue home, are we going to force her to go to the King of Xiang's mansion?"

"So what?"

Cui Xu sighed: "If Mingyue is rejected by the King of Xiang, she will still be embarrassed. Since it is embarrassing both ways, it is better to go home than to go to the King of Xiang's mansion full of guests and be told what to do."

Princess Rongyang lost the desire to argue and said, "Then you go and pick them up. I'll go to the palace!"

It was unheard of that the groom disappeared in the middle of a wedding. She had to go to the palace to seek an explanation.

Seeing Princess Rongyang leave in anger, Cui Xu did not stop her. He walked out of the general's mansion and glanced at the street ahead, which was crowded with people. He abandoned his horse and walked away in a hurry.

In the study, Emperor Jingming finished a day of heavy work and took out the storybook as usual, but he lost interest for no reason.

These days, I seem to be having a hard time.

It was just a family dinner, but the Fifteenth Princess was gone, and Concubine Chen who poisoned her was also gone. When the Fourteenth Princess knew that her mother was gone, her condition worsened, and she was not getting better.

However, the two questions raised by the Queen have been lingering in his mind until now, gradually becoming a knot in his heart.

He had already ordered Pan Hai to investigate. Concubine Chen was of ordinary family background. Her parents were long gone and she only had an elder brother who was an official in another place.

Over the years, the brother and sister have had almost no contact.

How could such an ordinary little beauty come up with those weird things to harm people?

Emperor Jingming would be the first one to not believe that there was no one behind Concubine Chen.

But the empress had been searching for such a long time, not to mention Concubine Chen's residence, she had searched the entire Yuquan Palace several times, and even Concubine Xian had temporarily moved somewhere else, but she couldn't find any clues.

Although Emperor Jingming had Dongchang and Jinlinwei at his disposal, they were used to keep an eye on certain ministers and government offices. Not to mention that Emperor Jingming had a kindly temperament, even if you count the emperors before him, no other emperor had used them to keep an eye on his own backyard.

The ruler of the harem is the queen.

Emperor Jingming's reluctance to intervene does not mean that he does not care about Concubine Chen.

But the Queen just couldn't give a satisfactory answer.

Emperor Jingming was disappointed, irritated, and depressed...all these emotions were intertwined, making even his favorite storybook meaningless.

Emperor Jingming threw the notebook on the desk and asked Pan Hai, "My eyelids keep twitching. It is said that there is a saying among the people. Pan Hai, is it that the left eye twitching means wealth and the right eye twitching means disaster, or vice versa?"

Pan Hai broke out in a cold sweat.

The Emperor has even stopped hiding when reading storybooks recently, which shows that he is in an extremely bad mood.

What should he say?

After a moment's thought, Pan Hai asked with a smile, "Which eyelid of the emperor is twitching?"

Emperor Jingming looked at Pan Hai deeply and said, "Right eye."

Pan Hai was startled and was just thinking about how to start talking when he heard a sound of hurried footsteps.