The prince's personal bodyguard

The ninth princess disappeared from the palace.

Everyone in the court was shocked!

It was said that in the morning, the emperor was waiting in the imperial study for Bai Xinyin to come and thank him. Whether she thanked him or not was not the point, the main thing was to treat his beloved daughter to lunch and promote the relationship between father and daughter. But she waited and waited but she didn't come.

The emperor was a little anxious, so he asked Eunuch Gao: "Didn't you say you went to the Queen Mother's place for half an hour? Why haven't you come back in an hour?"

Eunuch Gao said, "This morning, Miss Qiubai, who is beside the Queen Mother, said that the Ninth Princess wanted her to take her to see the Queen Mother, and that she would be back soon. I felt a little strange at the time, thinking that it was almost time, why would she go to see the Queen Mother? Could something be wrong? But I thought that she would be back in half an hour, so I reported it. I have sent someone to check it out, and she should be back soon."

At this time, a young eunuch came in and said, "I met Miss Qiu Bai at the gate of Cining Palace. She said that the Ninth Princess and the Queen Mother had a very happy chat. The Queen Mother asked the Ninth Princess to have lunch there before she came back."

"Oh, that's good too. Let mother and Ayin develop some relationship." The emperor was very pleased to hear this.

"Then I will go to the Cining Palace as well! Let the Empress Dowager prepare my lunch." The emperor said as he was about to go out.

Just a few steps outside the door, the eunuch from the Queen's Palace came to report that the Queen invited the Emperor to go to Kunning Palace, saying that the Crown Princess was pregnant and was in the Queen's Palace, and invited the Emperor to go over and have lunch with her.

What a coincidence, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess have been married for almost a year, but they still have no legitimate child. This is really a great joy. Although the Emperor did not like the Queen, he had to give face to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, so he went to Kunning Palace instead.

As it was a happy occasion, the emperor was so happy that he drank two more cups of wine during lunch and took a short nap at the queen's place at noon.

When he woke up in the afternoon and remembered that there was something else, he hurried back to the imperial study on the sedan chair.

"Eunuch Gao, has the Ninth Princess ever been here?"

"Your Majesty, Miss Qiubai from the Queen Mother's office just said that the Ninth Princess knew that the Emperor went to the Queen's place, so she went back home first and will come to express her gratitude tomorrow!"

"Oh, Miss Qiubai, why is it Miss Qiubai again?" The emperor seemed to be still drunk.

In the princess's mansion.

"Hey, Zixuan, why are you alone here? Where is the lady?" Qingdai and Meijiu asked after coming back from helping.

"The young lady went to the Empress Dowager. Qiubai, the chief maid serving the Empress Dowager, told me that the young lady was kept there for lunch and could go to express gratitude after lunch. She asked me to come back and eat before going. I'll go pick up the young lady now." Several people were used to calling her young lady and couldn't change it for a while.

"Can you still go in and out of the palace without a badge?" Qing Dai asked. "I haven't been there for a few months. Is it so easy to go in and out of the palace now?"

"I, I don't understand either. This is the first time I enter the palace with the young lady." Zi Xuan felt that she had done something wrong.

"That is to say, you didn't see the young lady, and it was Qiu Bai who asked you to come back, right?" Mei Jiu became a little suspicious.

"That Qiubai originally just said that he would go to the Empress Dowager and would be back soon to express his gratitude, so he told me not to follow him and to wait outside the Imperial Study and call the Young Lady if there was any news. I thought that the Young Lady was skilled in martial arts, so who could do anything to her? So I stayed there, but after a while Qiubai came back and told me that the Empress Dowager wanted the Young Lady to stay for lunch, so he asked me to go back first." Zixuan was a little worried.

"Let's go to the palace and take a look!" Mei Jiu felt that something was fishy. "By the way, Qingdai, go and invite Prince Rong!"

"Okay!" Qingdai turned around and went to Prince Rong's mansion.

The two hurried over, but when they arrived at the palace gate, they found that the guards would not let them in at all.

"I just accompanied the Ninth Princess in this morning. Qiubai, the head maid beside the Queen Mother, asked me to come back in the afternoon." Zixuan was so anxious that she wanted to cry.

"I'm sorry, the palace has regulations that you must have a badge or order, otherwise you are not allowed to enter the palace. Please forgive me, young lady!" The guard at the door explained patiently.

Mei Jiu wanted to cast a spell to get in, but accidentally offended the gate god at the palace entrance, and finally got rid of him. She found a dog hole and just crawled in, she found that the palace was enchanted, and ordinary demons and ghosts could not get in.

Just as I was getting anxious, a figure flashed before my eyes and a figure in white clothes fell to the ground.

"What's going on?" Mu Yunxiao's tone was cold.

Zixuan hurriedly told the story.

Before he could finish his last sentence, the prince had already entered the palace.

At this time, the emperor was thinking about this matter in the imperial study: Ayin is not a child who does things without rules, so why is there something so strange about this matter today?

"Eunuch Gao, send people to the Empress Dowager and the Princess's Mansion to see what's going on. You, go in person!" The emperor suddenly thought of something and had a bad feeling.

"Also, send someone to ask the maid named Qiubai to come over. Go quickly!" Eunuch Gao had never seen the emperor so nervous in all the past ten years. He put his good leg first and went to do it quickly.

Mu Yunxiao stepped to the door of the study room and did not bother to pay his respects: "Is A Yin here?"

When the emperor saw Mu Yunxiao’s nervous look, he thought something had happened.

So he briefly told Mu Yunxiao what happened in the palace that morning.

When the Crown Princess was mentioned to be pregnant, Mu Yunxiao frowned and snorted coldly: "Does the Emperor think this is such a coincidence?"

"This..." The emperor also had doubts just now, but he didn't think about it that deeply.

Soon, Eunuch Gao came back from the Queen Mother and said that he had not seen the Ninth Princess. In the morning, Qiu Bai replied to the Queen Mother that the Ninth Princess was afraid of delaying the Emperor's summons, so she returned halfway and did not keep a meal. Now the Queen Mother is also very anxious and is sending people to look for her everywhere.

"Where is Qiubai?" the emperor asked anxiously.

"She's missing! People in the Empress Dowager's palace are also looking for her..." Eunuch Gao knew that something was wrong and his heart was in his throat.

"I will get it back for you even if you have to dig three feet deep into the ground!" The emperor was furious, his eyes turning red with anger.

"The guards at the door reported that they did not see the Ninth Princess leave the palace. Only her little maid left the palace, and she said that Qiu Bai asked her to go back and wait first..." Eunuch Gao's voice trembled a little.

"If Ayin loses even a hair, I will cut Qiu Bai into pieces! The person behind this will be executed nine times!" The emperor was so angry that he lost his composure.

After hearing this, Mu Yunxiao said calmly: "Did the person behind the scenes really want to kill the nine?"

The emperor was stunned and looked at Mu Yunxiao.

"Your Majesty, please seal off the palace and investigate every room. Start from the place with the greatest suspicion." Mu Yunxiao made a prompt decision and suggested that the emperor act quickly.

The emperor pondered for a moment, then looked up at Mu Yunxiao: "Are you suspicious...?"

"It's not doubt, it's certainty!" Mu Yunxiao's face was gloomy, and a bloodthirsty murderous intent flashed across his face.

"Let the imperial guards seal off the Kunning Palace! Not even a fly can fly out. Let the Dali Temple conduct a joint investigation. I will go to supervise it personally!" the emperor gave the order.

"If it is confirmed that she did it, will the emperor be soft-hearted and let her go again this time?" Mu Yunxiao asked, looking into the emperor's eyes.

"It's not that I'm soft-hearted, it's that I need the power of the Changsun family behind her. Sixteen years ago, I was in Jiangnan and the court was in turmoil. If she hadn't asked her father to come forward, my kingdom would have been in danger. Am I an ungrateful person..." The emperor said and lowered his head.

"Has the emperor never investigated what happened back then? Doesn't he know that the turmoil in the court back then was caused by her? Even if he is grateful for her temporary favor, would he condone her again and again?" Mu Yunxiao's eyes were cold and aggressive.

"Don't be so presumptuous! How is it possible? Do you have any evidence?" The emperor plopped down on his chair, his face full of disbelief.

"Since I dare to say so, I have evidence, which I will present later."

"She has hurt Ayin several times. I think the emperor knows it very well. Sometimes she is just deceiving herself! This time, if Ayin is fine, can you guarantee that there will be no problem next time? But where is Ayin? Will there be a next time?"

Mu Yunxiao regretted that he should have taken action earlier and cleared away the factors that were dangerous to A Yin. Sometimes, being too cautious can backfire.

For Ayin, what does it matter even if the empire is overthrown?

From now on, I will never show mercy!

After Mu Yunxiao finished speaking, he sneered and walked away, leaving the emperor with a look of shock and despair.