The eighth day of August.

Today is the wedding of King Qingning, and the whole country of Yangguo celebrates all day.

Before dawn, the red lanterns were lit up and down the Changxin Palace, and the activities began in a low voice, Li Anyue was already standing outside the door waiting for the brides who were dressing up for Li Anyue, but after waiting for a long time, they didn't see any movement in the house. Until the rooster crows three times and the morning sun rises, the closed door still has no tendency to open at all.

Xianglan and Zuiyue knocked on the door for a long time and didn't hear a response from the house, and the two discussed for a while before opening the door and going in.

"The county lord? It's time to get up and get dressed. Xianglan was pushed in by Zuiyue first, but when she entered the house, she only saw the empty room and some slightly messy beds, and she didn't even see Li Anyue's shadow, so she was surprised and hurriedly shouted Zuiyue in, "Zuiyue!" Drunken Moon! Come in and take a look! ”

"What's wrong? Suddenly...... Yes? What about the county lord? Drunken Moon walked in suspiciously, and after seeing the situation clearly, she also shouted out loudly.

"I, I don't know, when I first came in, I didn't see the county lord's people, did the county lord get up early in the morning?"

"Have you found everything in the house? Could the county lord have fallen asleep in any corner when he came back last night and was tired, or accidentally fainted? "Although what Zuiyue said is not very reliable, it is easier to accept than losing the bride on the wedding day, not to mention that this is the future Princess Qingning, if King Qingning knows about it, I don't know if this Changxin Palace will be razed to the ground.

"Not yet, I—let's look for it first." Xianglan glanced at the empty room, hesitated but decided to look for it first.

Both of them almost turned the house upside down, and they didn't even let go of the jewelry box, but they didn't even find a single hair of Li Anyue. The house jumped up and down, and when the house heard the movement in the house, there was a lot of discussion for a long time, but without permission, he did not dare to step into the house, so he could only stretch his neck outside the house and look into the house.

"How's it going, have you found anything?" Drunken Moon walked over from the other side of the room empty-handed.

Xianglan shook her head in frustration, although the room had a general idea at a glance, but the two of them still wanted to rummage through it.

"So what now? In two hours, the prince should come to Changxin Palace to pick up people, and if the county lord doesn't come back at that time, we will all have to punish the crime! Drunken Moon said with a sad face.

"Don't talk about these things now!" Xianglan scolded after hearing this, "Now the important thing is to confirm the safety of the county lord, you were the last to see the county lord last night, did the county lord really say that he would come back?" ”

Zuiyue also knew that she had said the wrong thing for a while, so she nodded aggrievedly, "Well, the county lord did say that he would come back later and let us not wait for her, but now, ......"

"In this case, there are only two possibilities, one is that the county lord left the house early in the morning, and the other is even worse......" Xianglan said and looked at Zuiyue worriedly.

Zuiyue also understood what she was talking about, but she didn't want to say it herself, "There is one more ...... What is it? ”

"That is, the county lord didn't come back at all last night."

"How, how can the county lord go? It may be that the county lord is anxious to get up early in the morning or is uncomfortable alone, so he is not in the room! ”

"I don't know." Xianglan frowned and paced back and forth, "In this way, Zuiyue, you first take the palace people to look around Changxin Palace, and I will go to Changchun Palace to see if the county lord is in the virtuous concubine Niangniang." ”

Zuiyue had no choice, so she had to nod her head and go outside the door to gather the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace to find Li Anyue. Suddenly, Changxin Palace was like an exploding pot, and those with good deeds quickly spread the news to all parts of the palace.

Xianglan ran directly to Changchun Palace out of Changxin Palace, and couldn't wait for the palace maids to report and hurriedly ran in, at this time Concubine Xian was having breakfast with Shenyue Haozhe in the palace, Xianglan knelt down as soon as she entered, "Niangniang!" Please help me! ”

"Phew! How can you say such unlucky words early in the morning! As soon as she finished speaking, Green Bamboo interrupted her tabooly.

Concubine Xian had been to Changxin Palace a few times before, and she also had some impressions of the girl who was serving by Li Anyue's side, "Aren't you the girl who is serving by An Yue's side, why did you come to the palace early in the morning?" ”

"Niangniang doesn't know, the slave maid is here to find the county lord, I don't know if the county lord is in the mother's palace?"

Concubine Xian frowned, "What do you mean by this, how can An Yue be in the palace of this palace." ”

As soon as Xianglan heard this, she showed a disappointed look on her face, "Niangniang, the county lord and the Mingyue county lord are gone......"

"Gone? How do you say that? Concubine Xian had a vague bad premonition, and the people in the house looked at her uneasily.

Xianglan sniffed and told her everything from last night to today in a simple and clear way, "The slave maid originally thought that the county lord might be reluctant to come to Niangniang's side first, but now that the county lord is not here, the slave and maid don't know what to do." ”

Concubine Xian frowned, and she couldn't eat breakfast, "Okay, you get up first, it's useless to kneel, take the palace over first." ”

Xianglan nodded, stood up and was about to take Concubine Xian out, Luzhu hesitated and asked, "Niangniang, do you want to send someone to inform the prince of this matter first?" ”

Concubine Xian thought for a moment, "Let's talk about it later, let's go and find out first, something like this happened on this happy day...... Maybe she didn't know where she went, she went to look for it first, and then she couldn't find it and then alarm the prince. ”

The group also rushed to Changxin Palace, and Shenyue Haozhe also ran over when he heard it. Now it is not an exaggeration to say that Changxin Palace is a chicken flying and a dog jumping, and the people in the palace are rummaging everywhere, and the outside of the palace is also observing the heads layer by layer.

"Don't you have anything to do, all gathered here!" Biyun angrily scolded the people lying on the palace wall and outside the palace gate, and the eunuchs and palace maids hurriedly dispersed. Concubine Xian walked in with a serious face, and Zuiyue hurriedly greeted her.

"How's it going, did you find it?"

Zuiyue shook her head, "No, the slave maid has asked the people from the Changxin Palace to search the palace, but no trace of the county lord has been found until now." ”

"I heard that you were the last person to see An Yue last night?"

"Yes."

"Was there anything wrong with An Yue last night, or did she say anything suggestive?"

Zuiyue thought for a while, but still shook her head, "No, the county lord was originally in a very bad mood during the day, but after sleeping a lot, he calmed down a lot, and there was nothing abnormal when he went out, and he said that he would come back later." ”

"Bad mood during the day?" Concubine Xian asked a little strangely.

"Well, the aunts who came to serve at that time were also driven back by the county lord, and the county lord didn't say what happened."

Concubine Xian became angry when she heard this, "Such a big matter, why didn't anyone come to report it to the palace!" ”

Xianglan and Zuiyue hurriedly knelt down, "Niangniang was angry, because the county lord didn't have any orders at that time, the slaves and maids could only stand at the door and wait for the county lord to get up." ”

"You ...... It's really ......" Concubine Xian really couldn't blame the two of them when she looked at them, "You guys get up first, and then take someone to look for it near Changxin Palace, and go to the place where An Yue usually goes to look for it." ”

"Then Niangniang, do you want to ......" Xianglan asked a little anxiously when she saw Concubine Xian walking out.

"I'm going to take a look at a place first." Concubine Xian said and walked out, and Biyun and the others hurriedly followed.

Concubine Xian led people to Kunning Palace, and as soon as the palace maids guarding the door saw her coming, they hurriedly welcomed her in. At this time, the queen hadn't gotten up yet, and when she heard that Concubine Xian was coming, she just lay lazily on the bed, "Yo, what kind of wind is blowing today, and you actually brought the noble Concubine Xian Niangniang to this Kunning Palace." ”

Seeing the queen's decadent appearance, Concubine Xian frowned, "My sister has seen my sister." ”

But she didn't want to, but the queen sneered, "Don't dare to be, how can you let the virtuous concubine who is in charge of the phoenix seal call her sister, she is about to break the palace." ”

Concubine Xian didn't have the extra mood to argue with her at this time, so she went straight to the point, "My sister came here to ask my sister for someone." ”

"Someone?"

"Yes, Mingyue County Lord Li Anyue."

As soon as she heard the name "Li Anyue", the queen sat up suddenly, "Haha, it's really strange, that little palace maid has become the county lord in a leap!" Why didn't anyone tell Hongu! Do you really think that Hongu is dead? ”

The palace maids who were waiting around didn't dare to speak, and the queen laughed again, "Why did Concubine Xian Niangniang come to this palace to ask for someone?" ”

"Does the queen mean that Li Anyue is not in Kunning Palace?"

"Concubine Xian shouldn't think that the palace will stay for the second time, ha, Concubine Xian really looks down on the palace, when she was a little palace maid, the palace couldn't help her, and thanks to her gift, she got this field, and now she has become the lord of the county, what ability does the palace have to keep people."

Concubine Xian didn't look like she was lying, "The reason why the queen mother has become what she is now has nothing to do with people, if the queen mother had been more restrained in everything at the beginning, there would not be such consequences as today." ”

When the queen heard this, she jumped up, "Phew! Don't think you're the queen if you take the phoenix seal! This palace is still the queen, what qualifications do you have to teach this palace a lesson! ”

Luzhu hurriedly protected Concubine Xian behind her, but Concubine Xian pushed her away, "The queen may have misunderstood her sister, and my sister can only explain later, if the person is not here with the queen, my sister will leave first." ”