The night was quiet.

I've tried countless deep breaths to calm my heartbeat, but to no avail. It had been nearly two hours since Li Yuan left the Taopin Building, and I waited anxiously for the soldiers and horses from the Prince's Mansion or the Imperial Palace to come to the Taopin Building to arrest me and the palace flags, but I didn't wait.

This proves that Gong Wan's conjecture is correct, Li Yuan was afraid that we would intercept him, so he did not go to the prince's mansion or the palace.

So where will he go? Did you flee to a corner of Karshu City, or did you simply return to your own home?

Sure enough, as soon as I thought of this, the speed of my heartbeat was annoyingly raised. Perhaps because I was so sad, my arm began to sting for no reason since I returned to the room. I scratched my arms vigorously, and my heart became more and more frustrated - if I don't do something tonight, tomorrow Li Yuan will go to court, and I and Miyahata are afraid that it will be completely finished.

Yes, I must find him before dawn, either by affection, or by reason, or by brutal intimidation, and kidnapping...... In any case, I must not let him appear in front of the emperor or the palace tomorrow.

Zhuo Ying slept deeply, and I got out of bed softly and got dressed. When I opened the door and was about to leave, I turned back and put back the sword that was bound behind my back—after all, it was my mistake as the crown princess, and no one should be hurt by me.

When I went out, I saw that the room next to Miyahata was pitch black, and I couldn't hear even a trace of snoring. The thought that he had fallen asleep made me feel much more at ease.

When I went to the fourth floor to wake up the man Li Yuan knew and asked for the address of Li Yuanwaifu, I threatened her to go back to sleep honestly and not to wake up anyone in the building.

When I walked to the first floor, I habitually glanced at Duan Ming's wing—it was really dark. I hesitated, but finally decided not to involve him. After all, this is a disaster caused by me and Miyahata, and we really shouldn't bother Duan Ming to wipe our butts anymore.

Walking on the streets of Karshu in the middle of the night with a sword, for no reason, I felt a chill in the air or in my heart, and I hugged my whole body. Such a bad premonition is really disturbing.

Maybe I'll make a trip for nothing? If Li Yuan expected that someone would come to the door at night, would he not return home?

No matter what the outcome is, tonight I must do my best to try to prevent tomorrow's tragedy, and only then can I continue to stay in the Prince's Mansion.

Yes, the Prince's Mansion...... The palace man hasn't stepped into my courtyard for a long time, and if I don't go back tonight, will he find out?

There is also the palace flag, his convoy was burned down, and now people have not arrived at the post house as scheduled, does the emperor already know?

My thoughts were complicated, and just as I was trying to clear my mind, I suddenly saw the gate of Li Yuanwai's mansion in front of me.

I took a deep breath before I thought about where to jump into the wall, but I vaguely saw that the door of the Yuanwai Mansion seemed to be just hidden and not closed. Confused, I tiptoed forward. Pushing open the door of the house, I saw that there were only two courtyards in and two outs, and there were no guards guarding the door.

Looking at the old and painted wooden pillars in the rain corridor in the front yard, I guessed that maybe this six-rank junior official was a meager man, and he liked to linger in fireworks places on weekdays, which was not enough to support his family and guards, and it made sense that no one would take care of the courtyard. Looking over the front yard to the inner courtyard, I saw the candlelight flickering, and it seemed that there were still people.

My heart suddenly tightened, I haven't slept at this hour, is there something going on in the house?

The moment I ran into the backyard, I almost immediately froze in place, screaming frozen in my throat, and my legs went limp, and I sat straight on the ground.

The inner courtyard of the Yuanwai Mansion was full of blood, reflecting the faint candlelight and the cold moonlight, which looked particularly strange and terrifying, and the corpses of the subordinate girls fell all over the courtyard, and a middle-aged man had a pale face and a hideous face, and he fell in the middle of the courtyard with his head up, and the corpse was already frozen.

And not far from him, there was a man lying unconscious, holding a bloodstained long knife in his hand. I saw that he was dressed in a gorgeous costume, with a fat physique, and there was a small wound on his back, oozing a blood stain that stained his clothes dark red.

Although I can't see the face, the back is also suffocatingly familiar.

"Palace...?"

Gong Wei didn't react, as if he had been knocked unconscious. I whispered a few more words, got up boldly, and kicked him in the leg, but he didn't move, as if he were dead.

I sat down again, and a myriad of unanswered questions flooded into my mind. But where in this courtyard full of dead bodies can answer me......

There seemed to be a rush of footsteps in my ears, and I couldn't tell if it was the buzzing in my head or the hallucinations caused by the overstart, until the mass of footsteps with hundreds of people slowly stopped not far behind me, and I turned back sluggishly.

The flames were dazzling, and I couldn't believe that I could see a large group of soldiers in the uniforms of the palace guards standing neatly behind me. They opened a path in the middle, and I saw the emperor and the palace banner hurrying to the flickering yellow firelight.

Is this a dream......

"The crown princess!"

With a familiar clear female voice, Guan Ju and Pu Jia squeezed out of the guards, and both of them looked frightened, and couldn't help but pull me up and bow to the emperor.

"The emperor forgives his sins!" Pu Jia's voice was crying, "The crown princess... The mother thought she was scared silly......"

"Father!" Gong Wan suddenly took a few steps forward, turned his head and knelt down to the emperor and kowtowed repeatedly, "Father and the emperor have seen it with their own eyes now, and they can trust their sons!" ”

The emperor suppressed his stunned expression and glanced at the old eunuch beside him. The old eunuch comprehended, hurriedly walked towards the body of the middle-aged man in the courtyard, pressed a few acres on his neck, and bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Li Yuanwai is indeed dead." ”

"Father! Father, you have to be the master of your sons! ”

Miyahata suddenly cried, and stepped forward on his knees and grabbed the corner of the emperor's robe. The ravine in the emperor's forehead was a little deeper, but he didn't look at the pleading palace flags. He only tilted his head slightly and shouted behind him: "Geng Yu! I didn't see the prince lying there, and I didn't go to see the prince's injuries! ”

Among the guards, another man in the uniform of the imperial physician squeezed out. Reflecting the dancing firelight, I was shocked to see that it was the imperial doctor who had accidentally injured the palace curtain in the prince's mansion a few days ago and came to treat the wound for the palace curtain.

The body trembled uncontrollably slightly, and I wanted to say something, but the pu jia next to me suddenly pinched my waist hard, and shook my head slightly expressionlessly.

But seeing a few guards carrying the palace curtain on a stretcher, the imperial doctor Geng stepped forward to clean it up, and in less than half a cup of tea, he had already dealt with the old wound on the back of the palace curtain, and bowed down to the emperor and said: "Return to the emperor, Your Highness is fine, but the right person was scratched on the waist, and was hit on the head by a blunt object, so he fell unconscious." ”

"Evil obstacles! He should never wake up! ”

The emperor suddenly shouted angrily, and the more than 100 guards who lined up in the front yard behind him hurriedly knelt down. Gong Wan cried more and more sadly, shaking the corner of the emperor's robe and mourning: "Father, the son just left the city today, and the eldest brother ordered Li Yuan to hire a killer to set up an ambush in a remote place outside the city, wanting to kill the son!" It was Li Yuanwai who still had a conscience and knew that the matter was serious, so he secretly brought his sons back to Kazhou! ”

"Since he rescued you, why don't you go back to the palace directly and ask me to administer justice!"

"Father! Uncle Li is Lihou's beloved apprentice, and he has been obedient to his eldest brother since he was a child! Under the coercion of the eldest brother, Uncle Li dared to spare his son's life, and he was already loyal and reasonable. If he betrays his eldest brother and brings his sons to his father, how can he be an official and live! Gong Wan cried hoarsely, "The eldest brother knew that Uncle Li hid Erchen here, so he came late at night with a knife and wanted to kill Erchen with his own hands!" It was Uncle Li who resisted with death, desperately risked the lives of the whole house to let go of his sons, and dragged the eldest brother! ”

"As you said, since you have escaped, why didn't you go back to the palace, but ran to call her!"

I saw the emperor angrily pointing at me, Guan Ju and Pu Jia hurriedly pressed my head again and bowed down.

"Father, Erchen never thought that the eldest brother would want Erchen's life! Erchen was intercepted and killed outside the city today, and he saw the fierce appearance of his eldest brother here with his own eyes, Erchen was already scared stupid! Gong Wan pulled the corner of the emperor's robe and wailed, tears falling like a string of broken beads, "This is the closest to the eldest brother's prince's mansion." Erchen was afraid that his eldest brother would chase him out, so he was in a hurry... I had to ask my sister-in-law to protect my life! Erchen saw that the eldest brother was obedient to the sister-in-law on weekdays, and thought that the eldest brother would definitely get lost after listening to the sister-in-law's persuasion! ”

"You're a good man." The emperor sneered, "Did she chase Li Yuanwaifu late at night to persuade her as you wished?" ”

"Go back to the emperor. Our mother saw His Royal Highness carrying a knife and going out angrily tonight, and refused to take anyone, so she felt that it was wrong. If it weren't too late, I would almost have to come out with the soldiers to find His Highness! Before I could come to my senses, Pu Jia kowtowed again and again, "How do you know that His Royal Highness the Fifth suddenly cried and came to Shangfu, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was crazy in Li Yuanwaifu, wielding a knife and saying that he wanted to kill!" Our mother was so frightened that she chased after her slave without saying a word! ”

"Yes, the mother is also here with the slave!" Guan Ju also cried in a trembling voice, "When I arrived at Li Yuanwai's Mansion, how could I know that there were bloody corpses in the mansion, and Master Li had already fallen in a pool of blood!" The rest of the servants and the girl knelt on the ground, begging His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to spare his life, but His Royal Highness had already killed the red eyes, and cut people when they saw them. Those people didn't dare to fight back, so they fled in all directions, and those who escaped did not know where to go, and those who did not escape died under the knife of His Highness! ”

"Bastard!"

"Your Majesty, the old slave will send people to hunt down the house slaves of the outer mansion in the whole city."

The old eunuch waved to the emperor, who was trembling with anger, and hurriedly squeezed out of the courtyard gate.