Strategy of Prince's Concubine's Rebellion

Chapter 1651

Murong Chen walked into the courtyard of Yingxue Palace happily, but found that Yingxue Palace was empty and even the palace lanterns were not lit.

He had a bad feeling in his heart and was walking quickly towards the bedroom when he heard the voices of Xiaoju and Xiangtao outside the yard.

"There seems to be someone inside. Is the princess back?"

"It must be the princess! Go in and ask her where she went. She's so scared."

However, when the two entered the yard, they realized what was truly terrifying.

The tall and strong King Chen stood in the yard with a vicious look on his face, his two dark eyes showing a hint of anger.

"Where's Xiang Yingxue?"

The two little maids looked at each other, then knelt down together with a plop.

"Your Highness, I said that the princess was beaten by the queen. You don't believe it, but she was really beaten by the queen! She must have felt so wronged that she ran out to relax."

"Where did you go to relax?"

“Go…go…

This slave deserves death, and I don't even know it!"

You stupid girl, you’re trying the same thing on me again!

Murong Chen clenched his fists.

"Someone, come here! Find the Princess of Chu for me within half an hour!"

The palace walls were crowded with people and lit by torches.

Half an hour passed, and there was no sign of the Princess of Chu.
However, the spy who had been following the Princess of Chu returned.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. We have lost him!"

"Lost! Where did you lose me?"

“Your Highness, the Princess of Chu seemed to be in a bad mood and left the palace alone.

We have received your order, saying that as long as she doesn't wander around, we will let her do what she wants.

She first went to the palace of the former queen, then strolled around the market, and when the sun was about to set, she went to a teahouse to drink tea.

We thought it was getting late and she would return to the palace after drinking tea, but she disappeared in an instant."

"Does the tea shop have a back door?"

"Your Highness, we have checked everything, and there is nothing.

But the Princess of Chu disappeared inside for some reason."

Murong Chen pondered for a moment, and his anxious heart gradually calmed down.

It was already sunset, and the little girl was still drinking tea in the teahouse, which meant she had not left the city.

She disappeared after entering the teahouse, which means there was a secret door inside and she was someone in the teahouse.

This makes things easy. Just follow the clues and you won’t have to worry about not finding her!
Murong Chen rubbed his fingertips: "You have been following her, has she been bullied in the palace?"

The spies looked at each other.

One of them said firmly: "Your Highness, no."

Murong Chen thought for a moment and asked, "Did Miss Lu say anything to her?"

Another spy responded, "Your Highness, we were afraid of being discovered, so we were too far away and didn't hear anything.

I only saw that when Miss Lu passed by the Princess of Chu, they both suddenly fell to the ground together, and then Miss Lu's hair was messed up. "

Murong Chen understood.

It must be that the little girl was jealous and was competing with Miss Lu.

But why did he suddenly disappear?

Could it be that I have been too busy recently and neglected her, and she wants me to pay more attention to her in this way?
"Where is the tea shop? Lead the way!"

The tea shop had just closed, and the owner and the waiter were cleaning up when they suddenly saw a group of people coming over with swords in their hands. Leading them was a tall, handsome man in black with an extraordinary demeanor.

They had never seen such a scene before. They were frightened and hurriedly tried to close the door, but Murong Chen kicked the wooden door open. "Where is the Princess of Chu?"

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded: "What Princess of Chu? We are a small business, how can we welcome such a distinguished guest?"

Murong Chen had no patience and walked straight forward, grabbing his collar.

"Let your master come out, or you know the consequences!"

"Hero, hero, please let go! We are all good people, not slaves. How can we be masters?"

"I'll give you one more chance. Today, a beautiful girl came to drink tea at sunset. You must remember her. Tell me, where did you hide her?"

Murong Chen exerted a little force and the shopkeeper screamed in pain.

"No, don't be a hero. Let's talk it out. I've seen that girl before! She was very beautiful. She went upstairs to drink tea alone. I thought it was strange, but when the tea was served, it seemed even stranger."

“What’s so strange about that!”

Murong Chen roared.

"Say it!"

“The girl is gone!
But none of us saw her go downstairs!

Hero, hero, no no, we really don’t know her!
what! ”

The shopkeeper screamed.

"Your Highness, they may not really know each other!"

Fei Shi hurried down from upstairs.

"I just went up to take a look. Although it is the second floor, the outer room is full of debris and is very easy to climb. The Princess of Chu might have escaped from there."

Murong Chen pushed the shopkeeper aside and ran to the railing on the second floor to look down.

Although the teahouse is on the open road, it is actually located in an alley on the side.

The alley is very narrow and shared by several shops, with all kinds of goods piled on this side.

Not to mention a young girl, even a child could climb down safely if he was careful.

The silly girl must have observed this, that's why she insisted on coming to this shop to drink tea.

What is she thinking? Does she really want to leave me?
Murong Chen didn't have the patience to waste any more time, so he gestured to Fei Shi to search the place thoroughly inside and out.

There are no secret passages, no secret doors, and no traces of Tibetans.

"Your Highness, we have searched everything, but found nothing!"

Murong Chen's fists creaked. "Keep searching! Go door to door and dig that damn girl out for me!"

"Your Highness, this is inappropriate. The people of Chu have just settled down. If we conduct a large-scale search, I'm afraid it will cause instability in the people's hearts."

"That was their master's fault, so they should bear the responsibility!"

“…Yes, Your Highness!”

Fei Shi had no choice but to take people to search house by house.

There were sounds of roosters crowing, dogs barking, and crying, but there was still no sign of Princess Yingxue.

The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the streets were empty except for the Yan soldiers coming and going.

"Your Highness, you haven't slept all night, why don't you go back and rest."

"Keep looking! I don't believe that a living person could just disappear like that!"

"Your Highness, the officials will go to court later, please go back and get some shut-eye."

"Yes, Your Highness, the Princess of Chu is just being naughty with you.

Her parents and brother are all in the hands of His Highness, where can she go?
You might as well go back and wait. Who knows, when she sees that you no longer send people to look for her, she might lose face and go back on her own."

Murong Chen thought about it and felt that this was the case.

The little girl's lifelong concerns are all here, can she really abandon them and run away?
"Then wait for her for a day. If she still doesn't come back."

Murong Chen gritted his teeth and spoke word by word: "Tomorrow at twilight hour, burn down the Nanhou Mansion!"