The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

The next morning, Yun Mujiu woke up early. She changed into simple clothes and ran around the Qichi Courtyard.

While running, my mood also rises with the wind.

She couldn't help but recall the conversation with Ye Xiaohan last night.

She clearly didn't know anyone outside Beijing, so why did Ye Xiaohan ask her once if she knew anyone outside Beijing and then asked again?

"Mumu, really?"

"Really? I can't think of anyone outside of Beijing that I know besides my master."

"Um…"

"Why did your Highness suddenly ask me this question?"

"It's okay, just getting to know your circle of contacts."

"Oh, I see."

"Huff, huff, huff..." The slightly cold wind blew Yun Mujiu's messy hair, and her breathing couldn't help but become heavy.

Recalling yesterday's memories, she still felt a little uneasy. Many people had been watching her recently, and it was okay for Ye Xiaohan to understand her network of contacts for her safety, but why did she still have a bad feeling?

She wanted to ask Ye Xiaohan again, but if there was nothing going on, it would be inappropriate for her to go to Ye Xiaohan and ask him everything.

After Yun Mujiu finished her exercise, she returned to her bedroom and a burst of fragrance hit her nose.

The bouquet of flowers sent by Ye Xiaohan is still blooming, adding a bit of vitality to this quaint dormitory.

Yun Mujiu touched the platinum and jade necklace on her neck, feeling the coolness on her fingertips, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She had too many things to do recently, and her thoughts were inevitably a little disturbed, so it was inevitable that she would feel uneasy occasionally.

After the Ye Mansion was unblocked, she would go out to deal with other things. In this way, the slight uneasiness in her heart would be swept away by action. Thinking too much is useless, and action is better than wild thoughts.

In the study of the Ye Mansion, Ye Xiaohan sat upright in a wheelchair, with a man in black and a personal guard standing below him.

Ye Xiaohan asked: "Has Wei Song successfully left the city now?"

The guards clasped their fists and said, "Your Highness, according to the report from our guards secretly guarding the gate of the capital, General Wei has successfully left the city. He should have been out of the city for half an hour now."

Ye Xiaohan said indifferently, "Send people to follow Wei Song and his guards at all times, and intercept people from other factions to stop Wei Song and his men from traveling."

"Yes! I obey my orders!"

There was no light in the sky this morning, and everything was still in the dim night.

At the back door of the Ye Mansion, an ordinary brown wooden carriage quietly left the mansion.

The coachman drove the carriage very fast, as if the people in the carriage had some emergency that needed to be dealt with quickly.

The brown carriage left the palace not long ago and headed out of the capital. After it left the city gate, several ordinary carriages followed behind it.

The carriages did not stop along the way and headed along the small road towards Liumu County near the capital.

Not long after the brown wooden carriage left the Ye Mansion, another seven carriages came out from the back door of the Ye Mansion, and the drivers drove the horses very fast. Most of the people in the carriages were guards of the Ye Mansion. They had solemn faces, ordinary clothes, and long swords hanging around their waists.

The seven carriages quickly left the city, but they were heading towards the deep mountains in the eastern suburbs of the capital.

The two groups of people left Ye Mansion one after another and left the capital.

Ye Xiaohan's eyes were gloomy and his face was cold.

All factions, including the emperor, have stepped up their vigilance and kept an eye on the Ye Mansion. The Ye Mansion has been closed for many days, and there has been no movement. This group of people can no longer hold back and have the idea of ​​breaking into the Ye Mansion to find out the news.

Since they were so anxious, he granted their wish.

However, whether they can find out the news about Ye Mansion and whether the clues they find are true or false depends on the capabilities of their respective factions!

Ye Xiaohan calmed his eyes and looked at the secret guard.

"Has the news been leaked quietly?"

"Your Highness, they have all been released. I'm sure the Emperor and the others have also heard the news by now."

"Go back."

Early in the morning, the emperor was still attending the morning court, carrying out his routine official business.

Suddenly, Eunuch Li walked towards the emperor with a fixed gaze and whispered something in his ear. The emperor frowned and soon ended the morning court in a hurry.

The emperor returned to the imperial study and paced back and forth while listening to the secret guards beside him reporting the news.

After hearing the news, the emperor groaned and his beard trembled.

"Oh! The Ye Mansion has been closed for several days. No one has been seen entering or leaving the Ye Mansion today. Ye Xiaohan and the others can't sit still anymore."

Even if the Ye Mansion’s internal defenses are as strong as an iron wall, so what?

After all, the Ye Mansion is at the foot of the imperial city. Once someone enters or leaves the Ye Mansion, no matter how well they hide their whereabouts, they will be discovered by the various spies who have been hiding outside the Ye Mansion.

The secret guard Geng Wa said, "Your Majesty, the axle marks left by the first batch of carriages from the Ye Mansion are very heavy, and the carriages must be loaded with heavy objects. My men and horses chased after their carriages from a distance. The wind blew up the curtains, and the secret guards found that there were many iron objects in several carriages, which seemed to be used for excavation."

A minister bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this carriage is heading to Liumu County. Liumu County has a beautiful environment and several high mountains."

The emperor hummed, his eyes becoming more serious as he began to think carefully.

Then, he turned around and asked Geng Wa: "Have you found out who the first group of people to leave the palace were?"

Without waiting for Geng Wa to answer, he took the lead in guessing, "Is it Ye Xiaohan's assistant, Wei Song, Wei Bai, Du Ziheng, or someone else?"

Geng Wa lowered his head, looking slightly embarrassed. "Your Majesty, the people in the Ye Mansion were well prepared. They ran very fast and even got rid of the team we were following. We haven't found out who led the two teams yet, but I am still leading people to continue investigating."

The emperor pursed his lips and glared at Geng Wa. He knew that Ye Xiaohan's men were always cunning, so he did not scold the Dragon Staff Guards, but just instructed them: "Keep tracking and send more troops."

The emperor walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, recalling a minister's introduction to Liumu County, and kept thinking in his mind.

Why did Ye Xiaohan send people to Liumu County?

When Yun Mujiu was seriously ill, what kind of important matter could make Ye Xiaohan send people out of the mansion regardless of everything? That matter must be very important and closely related to the Ye Mansion?

The emperor looked at a square-faced minister kneeling on the ground and walked over.

"Lord Lu, I remember you reported that many of Ye Xiaohan's businesses have been suppressed by my men recently?"

The square-faced minister was the Minister of Revenue, in charge of the national treasury. He nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, the Night King's faction's industry has not been very prosperous recently."

The emperor frowned, and after a while, he burst into laughter.

The secret guards and ministers were shocked, wondering why the emperor suddenly laughed.

After the emperor had laughed enough, he looked at everyone with a gloomy look. "I know what Ye Xiaohan is planning!"

Lord Lu couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what did you guess?"

The emperor looked at Lord Lu and said in a deep voice: "The people who went to Liumu County must have discovered something. Considering that there are high mountains in Liumu County, Ye Xiaohan's industry has been suppressed. I estimate that Ye Xiaohan's people have discovered a mineral vein in Liumu County, so he is in a hurry to send people out of the palace."

Lord Lu listened carefully to the emperor's analysis, and the puzzled look on his face gradually faded away, replaced by an expression full of admiration.

"Your Majesty is wise! I also think this is possible!"

The emperor sorted out a train of thought and felt better. Then he thought of Ye Xiaohan's Golden Guards and his mood suddenly became bad.

Before this, he took away Ye Xiaohan's military power while he was seriously injured. However, he would have thought that until now, the Jinxiang Guards were only submissive to him on the surface, but in fact, they were still extremely loyal to Ye Xiaohan.

He tried several methods, but the Jinxiang Guards still did not submit to him. Instead, they united and secretly fought against his imperial army.

The Jinxiang Guards were an elite force created by Ye Xiaohan. No matter who held the so-called military power, they only recognized one principle. That was that their master would always be Ye Xiaohan. Without Ye Xiaohan, they would not be where they are today.

The Jinxiang Guards were not only brave and good at fighting, but also very loyal. The emperor was at a loss for what to do, so he thought of starting with Ye Xiaohan to cut off the connection between the Jinxiang Guards and Ye Xiaohan.

That's right, Ye Xiaohan has been raising Jinxiangwei alone all along, but if Ye Xiaohan has no money, he can't provide any help to Jinxiangwei. Facing Ye Xiaohan, whose power, influence and financial resources are not as good as the emperor, will Jinxiangwei still follow Ye Xiaohan as always?

The emperor calmed down his thoughts and quickly informed those present of his analysis.

At the end of his words, he ordered in a deep voice: "If the first group of people from the Ye Mansion who left the city really wanted to look for gold mines, then we must get the gold mines in Liumu County into our own hands. We must not let Ye Xiaohan's people get away with it! The Ye Mansion has no money, so how can they fight us!"

Everyone nodded in unison and kept praising the emperor.

The emperor raised his head, looking quite proud.

He came back to his senses and thought about the second group of people from Ye Mansion leaving the city.

"Gengwa, which direction is the second group heading to the outskirts of the capital?"

"Your Majesty, it seems their destination is the deep mountains in the east."

"Huh?" The emperor's eyes suddenly became surprised. "Isn't that the place where the Nantai team appeared before?"

Geng Wa nodded. "During this period, the mysterious Nantai team has not appeared again, and there is no trace of them at all."

Another secret guard thought for a moment and guessed, "Could it be that the Night King's men found the traces of the Nantai team and sent people to the suburbs to investigate?"

The more the emperor thought about it, the more frightened he became. No matter what Ye Xiaohan's attitude towards Nan Tai was, he was a little scared.

Firstly, the people of Nantai had participated in the assassination of Ye Xiaohan, so Ye Xiaohan might have gone to find the people of Nantai to see if they were his enemies.

If so, Ye Xiaohan would definitely be ruthless and directly wipe out the team; if not, there is no guarantee that Ye Xiaohan would not directly eliminate the Nantai people, after all, they are an unstable factor from other countries.

If Ye Xiaohan directly killed the Nantai team, how could he investigate the Nantai people and avenge them for the deep hatred of the Dragon Staff Guards and the Imperial Guards who were killed by him?

Secondly, Ye Xiaohan now has no hope of standing up on his legs, and is isolated and helpless. It is possible that Ye Xiaohan will endure the humiliation and cooperate with the Nantai people in order to regain his previous position. If Ye Xiaohan and Nantai team up to deal with him, it will put him in a very unfavorable position.

Therefore, the emperor thought about it and felt that he must not let Ye Xiaohan find the Nantai team first.

The emperor shook his long sleeves and glared at everyone.

"The second group of people from the Ye Mansion went to the eastern suburbs of the capital. They are likely to look for or even connect with the Nantai team. We must do our best to intercept them!"

Everyone realized the seriousness of today's events and nodded solemnly.

Afterwards, the emperor assigned another task, drawing some men from the Dragon Staff Team and the Imperial Guards, and divided them into two groups to track down the two carriage teams of the Ye Mansion.

After the emperor transferred some of his personnel, the Ye Mansion also received the latest report.

Ye Xiaohan sat by the window, his eyes looking out, his back was tall and straight, yet with a hint of calmness.

Du Ziheng stood behind Ye Xiaohan for a long time, "Is the prince worried?"

Ye Xiaohan didn't look back, "What is there to worry about?"

"I'm afraid you might be a little worried about Wei Song and Wei Bai." Du Ziheng paused and continued, "Wei Bai went to Liumu County, and Wei Song went to the mountains in the eastern suburbs of the capital, and the emperor will definitely send more people to track them down."

The emperor was getting more and more anxious to target the Ye family, and he would not consider the high or low means to achieve his goal. In the past, the emperor would use any dirty means to satisfy his own interests. Ye Xiaohan's injured legs were the result of the emperor's joint efforts with people from various countries to use dirty tricks.

Ye Xiaohan looked into the distance and said calmly, "Don't worry. Since I have made preparations, I will not worry."

Feeling Ye Xiaohan's confident and steady mentality, Du Ziheng's heart dropped back to his stomach, and he smiled and said, "I believe in you, Your Majesty. Ye Mansion will definitely get better and better."

Ye Xiaohan pushed the wheelchair and turned to face Du Ziheng.

"I have a question for you."

"Your Majesty, please ask."

Ye Xiaohan was silent for a short time, which meant that he might be thinking about something.

Du Ziheng noticed Ye Xiaohan's pause and couldn't help but become a little nervous.

Ye Xiaohan said, "This prince wants to know something about the princess, but the princess seems to be deliberately hiding it."

Du Ziheng understood that Ye Xiaohan was struggling over whether or not to ask Yun Mujiu, but was afraid that it would affect the relationship between him and Yun Mujiu.

"Is it related to the princess's secret?"

"Not sure." Ye Xiaohan thought for a moment and continued, "I know that the princess has a secret, and I understand. However, sometimes, I still hope that the princess doesn't have to hide everything from me."

If that matter was related to Yun Mujiu's secret, then he would not know too much and would not ask. If it was not related to Yun Mujiu's secret, then Yun Mujiu should not have to hide it from him again...

Du Ziheng thought for a while and suggested, "Your Majesty, why don't you find an opportunity to have a good talk with the princess and talk it out?"

He looked at Ye Xiaohan and analyzed slowly: "The princess is very insightful and will understand your feelings. If the princess explains clearly, then the misunderstanding will be resolved. If it is inconvenient to say, it doesn't matter. At least the two of you have had positive communication and know each other's feelings."

Ye Xiaohan glanced at a small notebook on the desk, his eyes slightly deep.

"The king knows."

He said he "knew" Du Ziheng's analysis, but did not respond to whether Du Ziheng would follow his advice.