"No trace?"

The emperor seemed to have expected this result and was not surprised, he frowned and pondered, and asked Chen Sanzhen, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, who went with Li Shu to verify, "Sanzhen, what do you think?" ”

Chen San is really a sturdy and burly man, his cultivation is extremely high, and his voice is low and powerful, "Back to the emperor, the ministers and others followed His Royal Highness the Second Prince to search the first major area, and indeed there are no first-order demon beasts. Chen guessed that perhaps it happened to encounter a spatial tear, and the first-order demon beast came out of another space and happened to hurt Zhan Nianzong, and then it was sucked away by the space. It is impossible to find it. ”

The emperor took a breath, "It's not impossible." ”

Chen Sanzhen said again, "The ministers have carefully checked the isolation formation of the first major area, and they have not seen any signs of damage or human touch. ”

The three major areas of winter hunting have set up isolation formations between them, one is to prevent people participating in winter hunting from accidentally entering other areas, and the other is to isolate and prevent fierce beasts and demon beasts.

Judging from the analysis of various situations, Chen Sanzhen's judgment may be the closest to the truth.

"Ah Shu," the emperor instructed, "you take Sanzhen to visit Zhan Nianzong in person and tell Zhan Shilang the results of the investigation." ”

Li Shu and Chen Sanzhen took the order.

The emperor asked Li Xu about the situation in the second largest area of Li Chu, and after hearing them say that everything was normal, he relieved himself a little, and told them to rest before retreating.

Gonggong Gui sent the two highnesses away, and when he came back, he said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the queen mother is outside asking for an audience." ”

The emperor and the queen have always had a good relationship, and after hearing this, they stood up and greeted them.

"Zhining, why are you still here so late?" The emperor took the queen's hand, frowned at the slightly cool touch, held it in his palm and said, "I'm not afraid of the cold." ”

The queen looked back with a smile, "The concubine's hand has been cold since she was young, you can't detain the concubine because of this." ”

"Okay, good," the emperor shook his head and sighed, his eyes full of love, "I am reluctant to detain you without anyone." ”

"The concubine has prepared some food and hangover soup," the queen smiled softly, "I wonder if the emperor wants to use some?" ”

The emperor was poisoned at the dinner, and later dealt with a lot of official affairs, at this time he was indeed empty, and when he saw the light snacks that the queen personally placed on the table, he suddenly had an appetite.

The two of them were in a good mood and ate some meals.

The queen saw that although the emperor was kind and pleasant, in the end, the depths of her eyes were not as relaxed as usual, so she started talking, "Your Majesty, Yang Qian is making trouble again today, and she took Prince Rui to the Queen Mother and said." Do you know what's going on? ”

The emperor has always cared about Li Ruitian's younger brother, so he asked, "Then what is Yang Qian making trouble again?" ”

The queen wiped her lips with a silk handkerchief, and smiled with her eyebrows, "It was originally because Prince Rui didn't want to take her to build a foundation, but the concubine thought about it, Lord Rui was not happy about this, so what's the use of making trouble to the Queen Mother?" Yang Qian didn't think so, and went to the Queen Mother to reason with her two heads in three days, and the concubine heard the Queen Mother say that she had a big head as soon as she saw Yang Qian, and she couldn't wait to take a detour. ”

"On weekdays, don't talk about others, even I rarely bother the Queen Mother," the emperor laughed when he heard this, "Then Yang Qian is really a brainless second stunned!" ”

When the queen saw that the emperor was happy, she told what happened in the palace during the day.

"The Ancient Recipe is gone?"

The emperor frowned, he knew that Li Ruitian was extremely difficult to build the foundation this time, and the ancient recipe sent by the sect master of Cangli Sect himself was absolutely extraordinary, if it was lost and the foundation building failed, it would be a pity.

"I didn't lose the ancient recipe, but I found it later."

The queen hurriedly reassured, "Soon after Yang Qian left Ninghe Palace, she returned on her own and told the queen mother that the Taigu recipe was in her storage ring, and it was not missing." ”

Both sighed at the same time.

"I don't know how Xin'er is now?"

mentioned Zhuji, the queen naturally thought of the son who went to the Cangli Sect to cultivate immortals, and sighed faintly.

"Don't worry, Xin'er is all right."

The royal family has resources and connections in the Cangli Sect, and the key matters that will be transmitted back to the immortal cultivators of the Tianhao Dynasty are clear to the emperor.

He hugged the queen in his arms and comforted him gently, "Zhining, Xin'er is an eagle, only by letting him fly, can he soar in the Nine Heavens." As parents, we need to learn to let go. ”

The husband and wife looked at each other tenderly, and the room was warm.

And when Concubine Liang heard that the queen had entered the Qingxin Palace, she was so angry that she smashed the teacup in her hand to the ground, and said hatefully, "Chang Zhining! ”

The attendant grandmother on the side was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, "Niangniang is angry, don't hurt your body." ”

Concubine Liang glared at her, "Why don't you clean up quickly, don't you want this palace to clean up in person?" ”

As the grandmother was busy, two maids came in to clean up the ground, and served a new warm tea to Concubine Liang, "Niangniang, please use tea." ”

Concubine Liang snorted, took the teacup and took a sip, her eyes squinted and thought for a moment, "Tonight, Li Xu and Li Chu went to the second largest area to search?" How do you come back and say? ”

"Hui Niangniang," said the attendant mama respectfully, "His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, who was ordered to search the second largest area, have returned, and it is said that nothing unusual has been found. ”

Seeing that Concubine Liang was happy, she said with her grandmother, "After the people who searched the mountain left, our people went to explore those places again, and they were all intact. Please rest assured. ”

When Concubine Liang heard this, she covered her mouth and smiled, her eyes were indeed cold, "Li Xu and Li Chu, the so-called cultivated people, are nothing more than Er'er." ”

She put down the teacup and stood up, and slowly walked to the window, "This palace will see if something happens tomorrow, how can the two of them escape responsibility!" ”

"Is there something wrong with the poisoning?" Concubine Liang fiddled with the plum in the vase by the window and asked unhurriedly.

The attendant replied, "I found the maid who prepared the wine glass, and the maid committed suicide by poisoning." Rest assured. ”

Early in the morning of the second day, the morning light was faintly bright, and the martial arts arena was already full of people.

Today is the second stage of winter hunting, and the vast majority of people have not been affected by yesterday's events, they are still excited and crowded.

In addition to all kinds of fierce beasts, there are also many first-order demon beasts in the second largest area, and in order to ensure the safety of personnel, today's hunting needs to be carried out in groups.

Each group consists of one mortal, two people who practice Qi at the first level or at the second level, and two people who practice at the third level or above.

Because of the risk factors, mortals can choose whether to participate or not.

The mortals who come to participate in the winter hunt basically have an excellent kung fu foundation, so most of them sign up.

Li Gu stood outside the crowd and whispered to his father-in-law beside him, "After a while, draw lots and divide the group, so that Miss Jiang can draw the same group as me, understand?" ”

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