"There is no movement from the Crown Princess..."

The prince ran away.

The eunuch picked up the shoes and chased after him: "Your Highness, the shoes——"

The prince suddenly turned around and slapped the eunuch, angrily saying: "What shoes? They are bad luck!"

The eunuch was beaten so hard that he lost consciousness and his shoe fell to the ground.

The prince hurriedly put on his shoes and walked into the darkness.

The lights in the Crown Princess' bedroom were off. The maid guarding the door saw the Crown Prince coming and hurriedly bowed: "Greetings, Your Highness."

The prince ignored him and walked inside.

The maidservant hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the Crown Princess has fallen asleep..."

"Get out of here!" The prince pushed the palace maid aside and strode in.

The palace maids came out to greet him, but they were unable to stop the prince.

The prince went straight to the inner room, but saw no trace of the Crown Princess in the room. He grabbed a maid and asked, "Where is the Crown Princess?"

"Slave, I don't know..."

The prince shook off the palace maid's hand and ran straight to Chun Ge'er's room.

Chun Ge'er was sleeping, and there was still no sign of the Crown Princess.

The prince turned around and left, calling another maid of the Crown Princess, and shouted, "Tell me clearly, where did the Crown Princess go?"

"I really don't know."

"You won't tell me, right?" The prince was so angry that he picked up a small stool and smashed it on the palace maid's head.

The palace maid screamed and fell to the ground, blood gushing from her forehead.

The prince held up a small stool dripping with blood, and looked at the maid in the room with a ferocious look: "Tell me, where did the princess go?"

Seeing the Crown Prince beat the Crown Princess's personal maid into such a state, the palace maids were terrified. Finally, one of them whispered, "It seems that the Crown Princess went to Kunning Palace..."

Kunning Palace?

The prince shuddered.

Pan Hai brought people to search the East Palace, but the Crown Princess went to Kunning Palace. What does this mean?

At this point, even the most slow-witted prince could have guessed it: the Crown Princess must have noticed his actions and informed the Empress!

In other words, his father had already known about his plot to murder the emperor with a puppet...

A eunuch came running over, panting and calling out, "Your Highness, Pan, Eunuch Pan has brought people to search your bedroom..."

The prince swayed.

"Your Highness——" The eunuch hurriedly supported the prince.

The prince calmed himself down, pushed the eunuch aside and ran to his bedroom.

As long as Pan Hai can't find the puppet, he still has a chance to escape!

Pan Hai was also in a difficult situation.

Searching the prince's bedroom is not an easy decision to make.

If nothing wrong is found with the Crown Prince this time, once something happens to the Emperor, he will be held responsible after the Crown Prince succeeds to the throne.

The prince rushed over and shouted, "Eunuch Pan, what are you doing?"

Seeing the prince coming, Pan Hai put away his thoughts and bowed, saying, "Hello, Your Highness. I have been ordered to find something."

"On orders? By whose orders?"

"Of course it's the Emperor's order."

The prince's face turned pale and he angrily said, "I think you are talking nonsense. My father has already gone to bed, why would he order you to come to the East Palace to look for something? Besides, what kind of things could there be in the East Palace that people would search through like this?"

"Your Highness, you are joking. I dare not falsely convey the emperor's order."

The prince sneered and shouted, "Stop!"

The eunuch who was searching paused.

"Pan Hai, if you want to search, show me my father's imperial edict, or stop it! This is the Eastern Palace, I am the crown prince, and I will not tolerate your insolence!"

The prince's sharp voice actually made Pan Hai feel more at ease.

The prince usually behaves submissively when he sees the emperor, but now he is so strong. It is obvious that he has something to hide and is making a desperate move.

Strong on the outside but weak on the inside, this is exactly what the prince feels at this moment.

"The emperor has given his order, and Your Highness insists that I take out the imperial edict, which is putting me in a difficult position. Otherwise, if Your Highness does not believe it, you can follow me to the Qianqing Palace. The emperor has not slept yet." Pan Hai said righteously.

"You—" The prince pointed at Pan Hai, his face darker than a dark cloud, and he uttered word by word through his teeth, "Pan Hai, you better think it over!"

Pan Haichong bowed to the Crown Prince and said, "I am just following the Emperor's orders. I don't have any other ideas."

After he finished speaking, he glared at the eunuchs who had stopped and shouted, "What are you all standing there for? The Emperor is waiting for us to report back!"

The eunuchs immediately moved faster.

Seeing the bedroom turned into a mess, the prince's face turned pale and blue, blue and pale, more colorful than a palette. He could only comfort himself silently in his heart: It won't be turned upside down, it definitely won't be turned upside down...

As time went by, the prince's bedroom had been searched inside and out, even the soil beside the stone steps outside the door had been turned up.

The eunuchs came to Pan Hai one by one to report.

"Master, nothing suspicious was found."

"Master, nothing was found!"

"Master..."

Pan Hai's expression became more and more ugly. He glanced at the prince out of the corner of his eye, only to see that the prince raised the corner of his lips.

He clenched his fists secretly.

There must be something wrong with the prince, but where is the object hidden?

"Eunuch Pan, have you found it?" the prince asked coldly.

Pan Hai lowered his eyes and said, "Your Highness, please be patient."

"Calm down? Humph, I think my father was deceived by some treacherous people, so he allowed them to search the East Palace randomly and humiliate me, the crown prince! Pan Hai, if you ask them to stop now, I will not bother with you and pretend that nothing happened. Otherwise, I will report to my father at dawn!"

The prince's threat made Pan Hai feel even more depressed.

At this point, he has already offended the prince to death, and there is no room for compromise. If he cannot find the object, his life will be over.

Tonight, either the prince falls or he is finished!

Pan Haixin made up his mind and bowed to the prince: "Then your highness, please wait until dawn and continue searching!"

"How outrageous!"

Pan Hai simply joined the search team and turned a deaf ear to the prince's curses.

Where is it?

Walking in the mess, Pan Hai remained calm and composed, but in fact he was going crazy.

No, we can't just sit there and wait for death!

Under tremendous pressure, Pan Hai suddenly thought of a person... no, a dog: the fourth-rank General Xiaotian!

The General Xiaotian raised by the King of Yan has great magical powers. If he uses them to find things, perhaps miracles will happen...

Pan Hai thought about it for a moment, and without hesitation, he immediately ordered his confidant Xiao Lezi to return to the Qianqing Palace to ask Emperor Jingming for instructions.

Emperor Jingming had already learned from the Crown Princess that these two palace maids were favored by the Crown Prince. Suspicion towards the Crown Prince was growing wildly in his heart like weeds. After hearing Xiao Lezi's request, he nodded without hesitation.

The deep love between father and son can be put aside in normal times, but when it comes to a life-and-death struggle and a matter concerning the country and the people, it can only be put aside.

At this moment, Emperor Jingming is not only a father, but also the ruler of a country and the master of the Great Zhou.

The door of Prince Yan's Mansion was knocked again at night.

"Your Majesty, the palace would like to borrow General Xiaotian for use."