In the palace, Su Rou fiddled with the tea cup in her hand, counting the time when Su Mian left the palace.

Seeing that the sky was darkening, she stood up and raised her hand to summon her two maidservants.

"Where is my father now?" She asked casually.

The two maidservants hurriedly bowed their heads and replied: "Back to the princess, the informant just came to report that the emperor was walking in the imperial garden as usual. ”

"Take a walk...... Su Rou hooked the corners of her lips and said casually: "Then you guys go, remember what to say?" ”

"Remember, please rest assured, Celestia." The two maidservants hurriedly bowed their heads and replied.

"Well, just remember it, let's go, I'll go back and prepare first, so that my father won't be in a hurry when he summons him for a while." Su Rou smiled as she turned around and went back to the bedroom.

In the Imperial Garden, Emperor Beiyuan, as usual, walked along the stone-paved path accompanied by his personal attendants.

"Your Majesty, these days are the time when the peony is blooming, and the old slave thinks that the emperor should like it, so he deliberately asks someone to take care of ......it," Emperor Beiyuan was followed by an old eunuch who whispered, it was Gonggong Zhang next to Emperor Beiyuan.

"Hmm......" Emperor Beiyuan nodded lightly, and there was a sorrow in his eyes that could not be erased.

He has been busy investigating the sudden attack on Xisheng for the past few days, and he has been living in the study almost all day, and he only has this time to spare every day.

But at this time, I was not in the mood to enjoy the flowers.

Turning a corner, there was a rockery not far away, and Emperor Beiyuan just wanted to speak, when he heard the sound of two people talking from behind the rockery.

"Didn't the third princess come back after leaving the palace yet?" A crisp-sounding female voice asked.

"The emperor's ......" Gonggong Zhang wanted to step forward to stop it, but was stopped by Emperor Beiyuan.

I only heard another palace maid behind the rockery reply: "No, the eldest princess is dying, and I don't know if the third princess has found the sixth prince ......or not."

Emperor Beiyuan heard that it should be two palace maids hiding there early in the morning, and clearly heard them talking about Su Mian and Su Yu there. Come out! ”

The sound behind the rockery stopped abruptly, and the two palace maids walked out in fright, and knelt down in unison the moment they saw Emperor Beiyuan.

"Slaves and maids see the emperor!" Knowing what they had just said, the two of them looked panicked, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"What were you talking about? Did the third princess go out of the palace to find the sixth prince? Emperor Beiyuan asked loudly.

"Your Majesty......" The two palace maids glanced at each other quickly, you look at me, I look at you, and I didn't dare to speak.

Recognizing that these two people were the personal maids beside Su Rou, and thinking of what the two of them had just said, Emperor Beiyuan waved his long sleeves and turned to look at Gonggong Zhang on the side.

"Let Rou'er come to me." Dropping a sentence, Emperor Beiyuan turned around and walked in the direction of the study.

"Yes." Father-in-law Zhang agreed in a low voice, turned around and frowned and waved at the two maidservants kneeling on the ground, signaling them to leave here quickly.

The two maidservants glanced at each other, then hurriedly stood up, and walked away without looking back.

Su Rou was in a good mood and changed her dress, and was arranging her hair in the mirror, when she saw her two maidservants running in in a hurry.

"How's it going?" Su Rou asked lightly while playing with the hairpin in her hand.

"Back to the eldest princess, according to what you just ordered, the matter has been completed, Grandpa Zhang is on the way here at this moment, and the emperor just said that he wanted to see you in the imperial garden." A handmaiden replied in a low voice.

"Well done." Su Rou smiled and nodded, and casually picked up two pairs of red jade earrings from the table and put them into the hands of the two people: "Good job, this is a reward for you." ”

The two maid goddesses were overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded their heads in thanks.

waved his hand to let the two of them go down, and after waiting for a while, Su Rou really heard a report from the door.

Grandpa Zhang arrived.

"The old slave greets the eldest princess." Gonggong Zhang entered the door and saluted first, and then slowly spoke: "Pass on the emperor's message, there are some urgent matters for the eldest princess to go to the imperial study now, and there must be no delay." ”

"In a hurry?" Su Rou pretended to be a little flustered and puzzled and asked, "Does Father-in-law Zhang know what urgency my father has to find me?" ”

"This ......" Father-in-law Zhang didn't dare to say much, but said honestly: "The eldest princess should go over quickly, and you will know when you go." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Su Rou nodded and agreed.

Gonggong Zhang, who was in a hurry all the way, went to the imperial study, and as soon as he entered the door, before Su Rou could speak, Emperor Beiyuan directly asked, "Rou'er!" Where did Mian'er and Yu'er go! ”

"Father...... I ......" Su Rou was startled, pretending to have a weak look, her eyes full of panic.

"Where did they go out of the palace?" Emperor Beiyuan's tone was faintly angry.

Su Rou pursed her lips and said nothing, looking very entangled, not knowing whether to tell the truth.

After a long time, seeing that Emperor Beiyuan was really angry, he said softly: "Father is angry, I Mian'er said that Yu'er ran out of the palace because he was playful, but he hasn't come back yet, Mian'er really can't let go of his heart, so he talked to me and took people out to find ......."

"Nonsense!" Emperor Beiyuan slapped the table suddenly: "Why don't you hide it?" Rou'er, you have always been the most sensible one, and you actually helped them hide it? ”

"Father's anger! Rou'er knows that she is wrong! Su Rou lowered her head in training.

Emperor Beiyuan sighed, knowing that it was useless to get angry with her, he thought for a moment, shook his head helplessly, and called Gonggong Zhang.

"Spread my word, let the major officials in the city search with all their might without disturbing the people, and be sure to bring Mian'er and Yu'er back safely.

"Yes, the old slave will go." Zhang Gong responded openly.

Su Rou lowered her head and listened, a dark light crossed her eyes, and the corners of her lips were slightly hooked.

……

Outside the city, Su Mian had already ridden his horse to look for a long circle, but he didn't even see the slightest figure, so he had to ride back to the city gate again.

The people who were waiting for the people who answered in the simple teahouse at the door saw Su Mian coming and hurriedly greeted him.

"How's it going, have you found someone?" Su Mian's tone was anxious.

"Back to the eldest princess, we visited all the major teahouses and restaurants in the city according to your instructions, and found no trace of the six princes." The person who answered reported.

"Didn't find it?" Su Mian heard this, and her two thin eyebrows twisted fiercely.

Where did Su Yu go?

There is also Gu Zhixing, who is missing together......

Are the two of them together?

Just as he was thinking, Su Mian saw two teams of people walking out of the city gate, led by Lord Zhao, who was in charge of the most prosperous area of the city.

Su Mian subconsciously wanted to dodge, but Lord Zhao saw her at a glance.

"Three princesses! Three princesses! Lord Zhao shouted as he galloped over on a horse.

Su Mian often wandered around the area under his jurisdiction in the guise of this men's dress, and Lord Zhao had already seen it.

"Ahem...... How could Lord Zhao take people out of the city? But what's the urgency? Su Mian asked.

"Naturally, the emperor asked me to bring someone to find the third princess, and the third princess is fine." Finding one of the two people so quickly, Lord Zhao breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Father? Father knows that I ran out of the palace? Su Mian chuckled in her heart.

"Exactly." Lord Zhao nodded with a serious expression: "The emperor has sent a lot of people to look for it, and there are still six princes missing, does the third princess know where the six princes have gone?" ”

Speaking of Su Yu, Su Mian's expression became a little grim: "I don't know where Xiao Yu went, the people I brought have searched around the city and found no trace of Xiao Yu." ”

"This ......" Lord Zhao's expression was also a little hesitant.

In the crowd, someone raised his eyes to look at the sky and glanced towards the exit of the forest not far away.

Then, not long after, an old man with a bundle of firewood on his back walked in the direction of the city gate, and seemed to be carrying something shiny in his hand.

Su Mian was a casual glance, but his eyes suffocated when he saw the thing in his hand.

"Uncle! What's that in your hand? Su Mian quickly turned over and dismounted, and in two steps, he was rotten in front of the old man chopping wood.

The old man seemed to be taken aback, and quickly hid his hand behind him.

"Please show me what you just had in your hand." Su Mian stretched out his hand towards him, and Lord Zhao also brought someone over.

Su Mian stared at the old man in front of him with a serious expression, forcibly keeping himself calm.

If you were not mistaken...... The jade pendant in the old man's hand is the one he gave away when Xiao Yu celebrated his birthday a few days ago!

The pattern on the jade pendant was specially customized by someone at the beginning, and it is absolutely impossible for me to admit it!

When the old man saw Su Mian's big battle, he was still a little nervous even though he had already said in advance that he would collect money and do things.

Tremblingly, he took out the hand hidden behind him, and then he said as the person who had connected with him beforehand, "This ...... This jade pendant was picked up on the mountain over there when I was chopping wood......"

"Over over there, on the hill?" Su Mian was stunned for a moment, his eyes swept around, and finally his eyes fell on a hill that was not too high over there.

It was just an ordinary mountain at the gate of Beiyuan City, and many people would go up the mountain to chop wood on weekdays.

"I'm afraid I can't give you this jade pendant, this is my brother's thing." Su Mian put away the jade pendant, took out a silver ticket from his arms and put it in the old man's hand: "Thank you for telling me where this jade pendant came from." ”

Then she turned on her horse and ran into the forest without looking back.

Lord Zhao also hurriedly followed behind with someone.

The road on the hill had already been dug out, and it was not too steep, and it could be climbed on horseback.

Su Mian had just run halfway up the mountain when he suddenly noticed billowing smoke rising from the top of the mountain, and the sound of a firework used to transmit a message exploding in the sky.

The bottom of his heart was shocked, and the uneasiness in Su Mian's heart expanded to the maximum in an instant.

Xiao Yu must be on it!