"Yesterday, I ordered people to carefully check the road from the cold palace to the peach forest, but they found nothing."
"But then I thought about it carefully. The cold palace already has guards, and even our people are monitoring Ling. It is impossible for Ling to escape easily."
Xilu frowned slightly as he spoke, a thoughtful look on his face.
"Afterwards, I conducted a large-scale search of the peach forest and discovered traces of the soil around a peach tree having been plowed."
"Sure enough, after digging deeper, we found this human skin mask."
Su Jingyao looked at Xilu with appreciation. Although Xilu didn't talk much, he was indeed very thoughtful.
Seeing this human skin mask, the doubts that had been bothering me for a long time finally had an answer.
Concubine Ye, she is not dead!
A complicated light flashed in Su Jingyao's eyes.
She was almost certain that someone had used a human skin mask to replace Concubine Ye and rescued her.
Thinking of this, my heart sank.
Perhaps there are former members of the Ye family among the palace guards. After all, as a military family, there will always be some who slip through the net.
After Li Jing took a look, his expression became solemn.
"Your Majesty, this human skin mask is exquisitely crafted and extremely rare to obtain. The guards at the Divine Martial Gate search those entering and leaving the palace every day. They are very experienced and there is no way such an object could pass through the Divine Martial Gate."
"Unless... it hasn't been inspected by the Shenwu Sect."
Su Jingyao figured out some things and looked more relaxed. As long as everything came to light, there was nothing to be afraid of.
"The dowry for the Five Nations marriage will not go through the Shenwu Gate. Instead, it will be inspected by His Majesty's personal guards, and they will only check whether there are items such as weapons."
"It's easy to avoid detection with a human skin mask."
Su Jingyao narrowed her eyes slightly as she spoke, as if she was thinking about something.
Li Jing also frowned.
"So, my master suspects that someone from the Five Nations has joined forces with Concubine Ye?" Li Jing frowned even tighter, his eyes full of doubt.
Su Jingyao couldn't be sure either.
Concubine Ming, Concubine Lan, Concubine Xuan, Concubine Ya, and Concubine Ning, they serve as pawns in the marriage alliance, and their role is to ensure harmony between the two countries.
Why do we need to help Concubine Ye?
Could it be that... some of the concubines from these countries are here to serve as spies?
The Ye family wants to collaborate with the enemy and commit treason?
A hint of danger appeared in Su Jingyao's eyes.
Oh.
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