But after pushing open the door and seeing that the room was empty, Baili Jinchuan gritted his teeth violently, and an evil fire rushed up from the bottom of his heart, he kicked the flower stand next to the door over, and roared angrily: "Shen Ninghua, it really deserves to be Shen Ninghua!" ”

As soon as Baili Junyi reached the edge of the West Sixth Palace, he heard the exclamation of the palace maid: "There are assassins!" ”

He hurriedly walked up to the palace maid: "Where is the assassin?" ”

"Towards the cold palace."

Baili Junyi swept towards the cold palace, causing continuous exclamations along the way, and the masters of various palaces rushed out to see the excitement, and the cold palace that was inaccessible was completely lively for a while.

When Baili Junyi arrived, he found the bodies of two black-clothed people lying on the ground, and Baili Jinchuan, who was stained with blood, was standing at the gate of the palace.

"Second Emperor Brother?"

"Well, I happened to meet these two assassins when I arrived, and they were already on the spot."

Baili Junyi narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Baili Jinchuan with a cold look: "Didn't the second emperor brother kill them without interrogation?" ”

"I originally intended to ask Ning Hua's whereabouts after subduing them, but unfortunately as soon as I restrained them, the two committed suicide. This is the case with many assassins and dead soldiers, and the Five Emperor Brothers should know it. ”

The curvature of Baili Junyi's lips was extremely cold: "I'm strange, the second emperor brother suffered an accident before, and his martial arts were abolished, how did he subdue these two assassins, after all, they can break into the heavily guarded palace, and their ability is not small." ”

The corners of Baili Jinchuan's eyes moved slightly: "Fifth Emperor Brother, my martial arts have been abolished, but I am not a wasted person, it is not a problem to subdue the two thieves, what does the Fifth Emperor Brother mean by asking like this, do you suspect that I have something to do with these assassins?" ”

Baili Junyi coldly opened his eyes: "The clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are self-turbid, and it's nothing to answer a few questions with a frank heart, right?" Knowing that he couldn't ask anything from Baili Jinchuan's mouth, Baili Junyi stepped forward to check the corpses of several assassins after he finished speaking, but he didn't find any iconic things.

He got up and looked at the palace concubine who followed behind him to watch the excitement, and the light in his eyes dimmed: Ning Hua, where are you?

In the Chengqian Palace, Baili Qingcang sat on the throne, the ladies had already packed up, and the hall was also cleaned up and restored to its original appearance. After waiting for a long time, the voice of the chamberlain finally sounded at the door: "Your Majesty, Prince De and King Yijun are back." ”

"Xuan in."

"Son-in-law, see father."

"Okay, don't be polite, but have you found Ninghua?"

Baili Junyi's eyes trembled: "Not yet, but I found the bodies of two assassins who were corrected by the second emperor brother on the spot." ”

Baili Qingcang looked at Baili Jinchuan: "What's the matter?" ”

"Returning to my father, my son was ordered to inquire about the various concubines in the harem, and suddenly saw two black shadows heading in the direction of the cold palace, so I chased after them, and just happened to see two assassins, who originally subdued them and wanted to hand them over to my father for interrogation, but I didn't expect them to react very quickly and commit suicide."

Baili Qingcang's brows furrowed, and a majestic aura made people dare not look directly: "Committed suicide?" ”

A dull atmosphere spread in the hall, and everyone held their breath one by one, not daring to make a sound, for fear of provoking the flames on themselves, Prince De, King Yijun, Princess Zhaohua...... Any one of these three people can cause the court to shake, not to mention that it will implicate three of them.

The crown prince and the third and fourth princes sat on the side leisurely, although they were kind on the face, but they wanted to kill each other when they met in private, let the second and fifth children pinch each other, it is better to be eliminated by both defeats, and they will have two less strong opponents.

Especially the third prince, he just suffered a loss from Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua, and at this time, he wished that Shen Ninghua had been taken away and ruined, and he was relieved when he looked at it.

Baili Qingcang took a slight breath and said coldly: "Since you committed suicide, take it down to the Criminal Department to check it carefully, and now the most important thing is to find Ning Hua out quickly!" ”

Yang Yingxue's face was a little bad, she clearly saw that the second prince's people had succeeded, according to the plan, shouldn't it be the news that Shen Ninghua was humiliated at this time, forcing the king of Yijun to divorce his wife, why did it turn out that the person was gone, could something go wrong? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at the second prince, just in front of his almost crazy cold eyes, her heart jumped, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

Don't look at Baili Jinchuan wanting to ruin Shen Ninghua's reputation, but if something really happens to her, I'm afraid her fate will be extremely miserable, what should I do, what should I do?

Suddenly, there was an exclamation from the door: "Zhao...... Princess Zhaohua? ”

What the? Princess Zhaohua?! Everyone looked towards the door, just in time to see Shen Ninghua, who was wearing a moon-white long skirt with birds and flowers, slowly walked in, and when she entered the door, the skirt swayed slightly, like a flower blooming on the ground, she was like a fairy stepping on flowers step by step, so beautiful that people were fascinated.

Baili Junyi called out stupidly: "Ninghua ......"

Shen Ninghua raised his eyes and saw his nervous appearance, showed a slight smile, and then saluted Baili Qingcang: "The son of the emperor saw his father, and he just came back and found that the palace was looking for me crazy, and it was all the son's minister, which made my father worried." ”

"Where did you just go?"

"The son went to the palace gate, it was like this, the second prince's Yang side concubine said that there was a change of dress prepared on the carriage waiting at the palace gate, and the son suddenly remembered that our royal palace also prepared a set on the carriage, although it is not a palace dress, but it is better than wearing a bloodstained dress, after all, it is the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, this blood stain is the most unlucky, so he went out to change his dress."

Baili Jinchuan looked at Shen Ninghua from top to bottom, eager to see her heart through her skin: his people had clearly succeeded, drugged her, and brought her to the cold palace, how did she escape?

"Went out and got a dress?"

Shen Ninghua looked at Baili Jinchuan calmly: "Yes, what, is it possible that His Royal Highness the Second Prince has any questions, I still felt strange when I came back just now, why did the palace people seem to be very surprised when they saw me, and when I asked, I found out that in a short period of time, there were rumors that I was kidnapped by thieves, hehe, this makes people feel extremely funny, why did the news spread so quickly." ”

Baili Qingcang asked, "What did you say, there were rumors in the palace?" ”

"Yes, father, and this rumor is still spreading very quickly, if I hadn't come back in time, I'm afraid even the people of Kyoto would know about it at this time." Shen Ninghua swept over the people who were doing it, "Fortunately, I heard the rumors and hurried back, otherwise I am afraid that the last bit of reputation will be gone." ”

Baili Junyi bowed his hand and said in a slightly deep voice: "Father, Erchen suspects that someone is targeting Erchen and Ning Hua, otherwise why did this rumor spread so quickly, and what assassin dared to break into the palace at this time, and finally died easily, Erchen suspects that someone is manipulating it." ”

Baili Jinchuan turned his head: "What does the Fifth Emperor Brother mean when he said that the assassin died easily?" Did you say that the two assassins died too easily, and that I was suspected of being a showman? ”

"Don't dare, I just think it's strange, this assassin finally entered the palace, but ran to the Xuanhua Palace, and then was found not to find a way to escape from the palace but to run in the direction of the cold palace, this cold palace can be in the depths of the harem, not to hurry up and run deeper and deeper, isn't it strange?"

A burst of surprise flashed in Baili Qingcang's heart, this is a good point, this assassin's behavior is a little too strange.

At this time, the crown prince got up and stood up: "Father, there are indeed many things wrong with this matter, but I can't find out for a while, it's better to put it aside first, it's better to finish the Chinese New Year's Eve New Year's banquet first, and the ministers just now didn't discuss it, tomorrow will be held to pray for the New Year, and there are still many things to prepare, which has also delayed a lot of time......"

Baili Qingcang nodded: "It's still the prince's thoughtfulness, and this matter will be handled by the Criminal Department." Where is the Book of Rites? ”

"The minister is here." Zhang Yun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up.

"Time is urgent, let the Ministry of Rites start preparing immediately, and tomorrow's prayer ceremony must be well prepared."

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu felt bitter in his heart, this is not a few hours before dawn, the emperor personally presided over the blessing, this scale and battle naturally cannot be small, but all must be prepared overnight, almost impossible to complete.

"Wechen obeys the order, Your Majesty, the time is too short, Wechen needs more manpower......"

Baili Qingcang nodded, and he also understood in his heart that he was a little too embarrassed by the Ministry of Rites, and suddenly saw Baili Junyi: "King Yijun is not serving in the Ministry of Rites now?" I will hand over the 200 dragon scale army to you at your disposal, and I must assist the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to prepare everything. ”

Baili Junyi nodded, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "Yes, Erchen obeys the order." ”

The thrilling banquet finally came to an end, and the ministers walked out of the Chengqian Hall with a feeling of the rest of their lives, and hurriedly left with their families, and did not forget to look at the officials of the Ministry of Rites sympathetically when they left.

Zhang Yun, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, grabbed Baili Qingcang's arm and looked at him with life-saving eyes: "King Yijun, how do you think you should prepare?" ”

Baili Junyi's expression was cold: "Lord Zhang, you are the person in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette, and you should know the process after so many years of preparing various ceremonies." ”

Zhang Yun couldn't say bitterly: "Weichen is clear, but it was all prepared one or two months in advance, and there were less than four hours before dawn, how could this be enough." ”

"You and I are here to say, why don't you hurry up and move the things used for the sacrifice from the treasury of the Ministry of Rites."

"Yes, yes, this is the most important thing, Weichen will let people do it."

At this time, Shen Ninghua and Baili Jinchuan stood opposite each other, their expressions were as cold as a pool: "Second Emperor Brother, I remember today's events." ”