"Cough!" Xie Jingrui pretended to cough lightly.

Everyone's eyes followed Xie Jingrui's slightly gloomy face.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Yan Ge'er looking indifferent.

The disappointment in his eyes was not concealed at all.

Liu Yueru walked up to Yan Ge'er and gave him a look.

Yan Ge'er thought about it, then suddenly knelt down in the direction of Xie Jingrui.

He knelt down and bowed.

"Brother Yan, get up and talk." Xie Jingrui stepped forward to support him.

Xie Yiyan shook his head gently; "Please listen to what I have to say."

Xie Jingrui looked at him seriously.

Yan Ge'er then slowly spoke, "Thank you for your care and help to me and my mother during this period of time. Thank you for giving my mother enough tolerance and understanding."

"You have always been a great man in my heart. Brother Yan also hopes that one day he can be like you, a man who stands tall and protects his family."

"But, Brother Yan is still young, and mother needs someone to rely on. I hope you can think more about mother when you go out to do things in the future. You are the head of the family, and safety is the most important thing."

Xie Jingrui showed a faint smile on his face and looked at him with sharp eyes.

"What else?" he asked expectantly.

Xie Yiyan kowtowed heavily to Xie Jingrui, and then spoke awkwardly, "Father."

Xie Jingrui raised the corner of his mouth, pretending not to hear. "What did you say? Your voice is too soft, and father can't hear you."

Xie Yiyan's cheeks flushed, he lowered his head a little embarrassedly, and said loudly, "Father, Father!"

"Hey, hey! Father is here." The smile on Xie Jingrui's face couldn't be pulled back even by nine oxen.

He quickly raised his hand to help Yan Ge'er up from the ground, then took out a gift and handed it to Yan Ge'er; "This is for you, a little token of my appreciation."

Yan Ge'er took it and bowed to Xie Jingrui; "Thank you, father."

A smile instantly appeared on the faces of Concubine Xian and Emperor Hexu.

"Good, good, good, my good grandson has finally been included in our royal family tree." Emperor Hexu said meaningfully.

Liu Zhengtang and others were also filled with relief.

Now, Yan Ge'er will never have to change his surname in the future.

Emperor Hexu had a banquet held in Concubine Xian's palace. In order to prevent outsiders from knowing that Xie Jingrui had returned to the palace, Concubine Xian sent all the servants in the palace out to take care of other things.

When everyone arrived, the dishes had already been set out.

Everyone took their seats.

The virtuous concubine said to the servants, "All of you go out. No one is allowed to come in without permission."

"Yes."

After the servants had left, Xie Jingrui sneaked in through the window.

Sat down next to Liu Yueru.

"Let the banquet begin." Emperor Hexu spoke kindly.

Everyone raised their glasses and toasted in the direction of Emperor Hexu and Concubine Xian.

"This is delicious." Xie Jingrui kept putting food into Liu Yueru's bowl.

After drinking a lot of fruit wine, Liu Yueru's face turned red and she got up and went out.

"Where are we going?" Xie Jingrui asked worriedly.

"We can go by ourselves." Liu Yueru said a little embarrassedly.

Xie Jingrui suddenly realized.

Lixia went out with Liu Yueru.

Liu Yuer went to the toilet and Lixia waited outside.

Suddenly, a figure moved in front of me.

Lixia looked back in the direction of Liu Yueru, and saw the door was closed, so she quickly chased after her.

Liu Yueru came out and the nanny came forward with a basin of water.

"Bang!" The basin suddenly slipped and made a loud noise.

Liu Yueru watched the nanny in front of her suddenly fall to the ground.

Looking at the man in black in front of him, he turned around and was about to run.

The opponent chopped Liu Yueru's neck heavily with a knife.

Liu Yueru fell backwards.

The man in black carried Liu Yueru on his back and disappeared into the night.

When Lixia returned and saw the fainted maid in the courtyard, her heart sank and she called out to the servants, "Hurry up, someone, the lady is missing."

The servant returned to the palace of Concubine Xian and reported, "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian, something terrible has happened. Madam Liu has disappeared."

"What?" Concubine Xian suddenly stood up from her seat.

"The person is missing, why don't you go and look for him quickly?" Emperor Hexu ordered hurriedly.

When I looked at Xie Jingrui, I found that he had already flipped over and walked out from the window.

Liu Zhengtang and the others also stood up.

Emperor Hexu raised his hand to signal them to sit down; "Don't worry, wait here, I will ask the servants to look for it."

Liu Zimo looked at the darkness outside with a frown on his face.

He stood up and said to Emperor Hexu, "Your Majesty, why don't I go out and look around here to see if I can find anything?"

Emperor Hexu saw that no one wanted to stay here, so he nodded in agreement.

Xian Fei also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, let's go out and take a look too."

"Okay." With the help of Concubine Xian, Emperor Hexu came to the place where Liu Yueru had just been taken away.

Lixia knelt down with a sense of self-blame, and reported to Erliu Fufeng, "General, it was Lixia's fault for not keeping an eye on Madam Liu, which allowed the villain to succeed."

Liu Fufeng asked with a bad look on his face, "What's going on?"

"Just now, I was guarding outside and saw a dark shadow swaying in front of me. I was worried that it was an assassin, so I chased after it to check."

"When I came back again, the maid guarding the courtyard had fainted on the ground, and Madam Liu had disappeared long ago."

Lixia blamed herself and then spoke, "Please punish me, General."

"Let's not talk about these things now. Look around quickly. The person should not have gone far. Check if there is anything wrong nearby."

"Yes." Lixia turned and left.

Xie Jingrui searched one by one in the most likely places nearby in the dark.

He thought about those people who might murder Liu Yueru in his mind.

Most of the queen's men were caught in one fell swoop.

The rest are people outside the palace and it is impossible for them to enter the palace and do things that would harm Liu Yueru.

Xie Jingrui's brows were furrowed.

Some of the surrounding areas were searched.

Nothing was found.

Xie Jingrui raised his hand and summoned all the secret guards in the dark.

Asked; "Did you see where Madam Liu went when she went to the toilet?"

The secret guard felt a little aggrieved and responded in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you said that these relatively private places should not be stared at, so I dare not look at them too much."

Xie Jingrui's face darkened instantly, and he kicked him hard. "Go find her, turn this palace upside down, and find her within half an incense stick of time, or you'll be beheaded!"

Xie Jingrui's voice became extremely cold at the end.

The secret guards felt a chill on their backs and quickly disappeared into the black clothes.

Liu Yueru woke up from the darkness and looked at the darkness in front of her, unable to see anything.

She moved her body and found nothing binding her.

Liu Yueru stood up in confusion, and heard the sound of iron chains colliding.

Only then did he notice that his feet were tied with iron chains.

"Squeak!"

The door was pushed open from the outside.

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