Chapter 257: Arrested by Order, Prisoner Xie Zhuoning

While everyone's attention was drawn to her little uncle, Princess Yunheng made a prompt decision and went to talk to Yang Yijun under the pretext of going to the restroom, "Where's Sister Ning?"

"Sister Xie said something might have happened to His Royal Highness Prince Xuan, so she went to look for him."

"Something happened to the little uncle? Isn't the little uncle fine?"

If something happened, who was that person who just appeared?

When Yang Yijun saw Zhuang Qingyi appear, she wondered if Sister Xie was overthinking and had a misunderstanding.

Now even His Royal Highness Prince Xuan appeared safe and sound, which further proved that there was no problem.

"Thank you, sister, you are so smart. You must have discovered that His Royal Highness Prince Xuan is fine. You may have already returned to the stands by now."

She was always looking for an opportunity to meet Princess Yunheng, and didn't pay much attention to the stands.

Princess Yunheng was a little anxious, "Sister Ning, did you tell me how to solve the problem of the written test?"

She just discovered that after Zou Lin got the topic, he started writing poetry on paper without thinking.

What kind of poetry can that idiot write?

It was obvious that he knew the topic in advance and had someone write it for him. He just memorized it.

And this time it was not only Zou Lin, but also several other members of the Prince's Party.

Her royal brother was well prepared this time, forcing her to choose either one or the other!

"This is what Sister Xie asked me to give you." Yang Yijun took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket and handed it over.

Princess Yunheng raised her eyes and asked, "What is this?"

Yang Yijun whispered, "White phosphorus powder."

"Your Highness, are you okay?" It was the old nanny sent by Xiao Bicheng to look after Yun Heng.

Obviously, he was afraid that Princess Yunheng would run away secretly.

Princess Yunheng put away the phosphorus powder and shouted impatiently, "It's done. Why are you rushing me? You can't even let me go to the toilet properly!"

The old nanny didn't dare to urge her any further and waited at the door for a while before she saw Princess Yunheng come out.

After returning to Bowen Garden, Princess Yunheng held her head high and put her hands behind her back, looking around the competition arena.

If someone says that what she did is inappropriate, it will affect everyone's creation.

She immediately raised her eyebrows and said confidently, "This is not an imperial examination, this is choosing a husband for me! If I don't take a closer look, what if I choose an ugly one?"

"Besides, everyone has almost finished writing, and I just came down to take a look. Anyone with some talent would have already finished writing poems and painting. Would they still be afraid of my influence?"

Everyone was choked for a moment, and actually felt that what she said made sense.

So when she was wandering around, the people Xiao Bicheng left behind to watch over her did not try to stop her.

Princess Yunheng strolled to the place where the test papers were stored. The white phosphorus powder in her hand fell silently from between her fingers and immediately scattered when the wind blew.

She walked back to her seat as if nothing had happened, and even said hello to her little uncle, "Little uncle, what a coincidence, you are here too!"

Xiao Jinxuan glanced at her and frowned, "What's wrong with you?"

Princess Yunheng quickly denied it guiltily, "No, I do good things every day, how could I do bad things?"

But in my heart, I wanted to look up to the sky and run eight hundred miles away: No, how did her little uncle know that?

Xiao Jinxuan didn't say anything more and retracted his gaze.

Princess Yunheng breathed a sigh of relief and quickly winked at Yang Yijun.

Although it is autumn, the sun is still shining brightly in the sky.

Yang Yijun quickly took out a small copper mirror and reflected the sunlight onto the test paper.

At this time, the hourglass had run out and all the participants had handed in their test papers.

Zou Lin was very proud and confident of victory.

The literary examination was not a martial arts test. Not to mention that his poems were all specially written in advance by a master, even the examiners were selected by the prince.

With such thorough and rigorous arrangements, how could we justify not taking first place?

The position of the prince consort is his!

But the next moment, the smile on his face froze at the corners of his mouth.

Suddenly, a spark appeared where the test papers were stored, and in the blink of an eye, the flame rose to three feet high!

Princess Jing'an and her friends also noticed something was wrong and quickly ordered, "Come on, put out the fire!"

The guards did not dare to splash water for fear that the ink on the test paper would spread, so they could only use tools to wipe it off.

But paper is flammable, not to mention it was sprinkled with white phosphorus powder. After they put out the fire, only some edges and corners of the test papers were left, and there was not a single complete paper left.

Princess Jing'an: "..."

Xiao Jinxuan: “…”

A group of noble family sons: "..."

There was silence for a while, and only Princess Yunheng almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

She quickly calmed down, shook her head, and said with a sigh, "I didn't expect that God would be so unlucky that something like this would happen. It seems that the matter of selecting a prince consort can only be put on hold for the time being."

Princess Jing'an frowned and hurriedly sent people to look for Xiao Bicheng.

What's wrong with him? Didn't he promise to come back before the competition was over? Is he addicted to the land of tenderness?

When they heard that the matter of selecting a prince consort had to be put on hold, everyone immediately became agitated.

"Princess, His Royal Highness Prince Xuan, we have traveled thousands of miles to the capital, but you want us to go back before we even finish the competition. How can we accept this?"

"Yeah, at least we can see who's better, and we'll be convinced!"

"Please let us play again!"

Then the whole Bowen Garden was filled with calls for them to have another match.

When Princess Yunheng saw this scene, she became anxious.

What should I do? What should I do?

Do I have to destroy the test paper again?

If you use the same old tricks again, wouldn't that easily arouse everyone's suspicion?

Princess Jing'an saw that Xiao Bicheng had not returned yet, and she also wanted to delay, "In that case, why not have another competition..."

Before he could finish his words, a large group of East Palace guards rushed in.

As soon as they entered the room, the leader shouted, "We have been ordered to arrest the criminal Xie Zhuoning. All those who have nothing to do with this should get out of the way!"

The sudden change stunned everyone present.

Princess Jing'an and Zhuang Qingyi looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

What on earth is the prince doing?

Princess Yunheng and Yang Yijun nervously searched the stands for Xie Zhuoning.

I don't understand how she became a criminal in such a short time?

Xiao Jinxuan caught sight of Xie Zhuoning at first sight. It can be said that his eyes were always on her and never left her.

As far as the eye could see, the little girl was very leisurely, eating melon seeds and watching the show. She didn't seem nervous about being caught at all.

The guards of the East Palace also discovered Xie Zhuoning and immediately rushed over and surrounded her.

"Miss Xie, please come in!"

Xie Zhuoning slowly patted the melon seed crumbs on his hands and stood up, but he did not follow them. Instead, he tilted his head and asked a question in a somewhat inexplicable way -

"May I ask you, what crime have I committed? If it is murder, arson, rape, or looting, then the Jingzhao Prefecture should arrest me. If it is forming a clique for personal gain, or treason, then the Ministry of Protection should come forward!"

"You can't possibly arrest me for no reason, right? Your Highness, you are the heir apparent of a country. You act so willfully. Aren't you afraid that it will upset the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and soldiers on the border?"