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Chapter 164
Song Qinghuan's pupils narrowed sharply, and his brows furrowed fiercely, "What did you say? Aunt Chongjin is missing?"

Shen Xing nodded with a calm expression.

"what is the problem?"

"I don't know, I only know that Miss Azhen rushed over just now, so she just said this, saying that she wanted to see His Highness." Shen Xing spoke hurriedly.

"Let her in." Song Qinghuan ordered coldly.

Shen Xing should be, and retreated.Soon, Ah Zhen came in after her.

"My servant has seen Your Highness." Ah Zhen saluted Song Qinghuan with an eager expression, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, which showed that he was in a hurry.

"Get up quickly, there's no need to be polite." Song Qinghuan stood up and helped her, his eyes fixed on her face slightly, "What's going on? It's all right, why did Aunt Chongjin disappear?"

Ah Zhen panted, nodded and said, "After my aunt came back from the imperial mausoleum this morning, she said that she had a headache because she didn't sleep well last night, and she wanted to go back to her room to rest for a while. Let the servant call her in an hour, and said that after that I want to come to Chonghua Palace to discuss matters with His Highness."

Hearing this, Song Qinghuan's face darkened.

Ah Zhen went on to say, "After the maid answered, she watched my aunt enter the room, and then went to do other things. After an hour or so, the servant knocked on the door of the aunt's room. But after knocking for a long time, there was no response The servant felt that something was wrong, so she pushed the door with her hand, but found that the door was not locked. When I went in, there was no one in the room, and there was no sign of my aunt."

"Could it be that Aunt Chongjin has something to do and left the room to go somewhere else? I just forgot to tell you." Song Qinghuan frowned and analyzed.

Ah Zhen shook his head, and his tone became more hasty, "This servant called several trusted people and searched everywhere, but there was no trace of Aunt Chongjin. The servant hurried away thinking that my aunt said that she would come to Yaohua Palace in the future Come here. But when I asked Shen Xing just now, she said that my aunt hadn't been here, and this servant panicked."

Song Qinghuan's complexion suddenly condensed, remembering the strange feeling when he saw Chongjin today, the anxiety in his heart became more and more intense, after concentrating on it, he asked in a deep voice, "Aunt Chongjin, is there anything strange these days?"

Ah Zhen thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "Auntie has indeed been somewhat absent-minded these past few days, as if she had something on her mind."

"Then...has she said anything strange recently, or...did anything strange?" Song Qinghuan asked with more doubts in his eyes.

After Ah Zhen said this, she vaguely sensed something was wrong.

Since Chongjin told Ah Zhen that she would come to Chonghua Palace in the future, it meant that she had decided to tell herself about the disappearance of her concubine mother. How could she just disappear at this juncture?
A coolness rose faintly from the bottom of my heart, and I clenched the hands in my sleeves.

"Who else knows about Aunt Chongjin's disappearance?" Her eyes were cold and dark.

Ah Zhen shook his head, "Except for the two witches who went looking for Aunt Chongjin together with the slaves, no one else knows about it yet."

Song Qinghuan pondered for a moment, the bottom of her bright eyes was stained with gloom, and her breath became colder and colder.

"I'll go and have a look." Finally, she said in a cold voice, and glanced at Liuyue again, "Go find a witch costume."

Her relationship with Chongjin cannot be revealed, so even if she wants to check it out in person, she can't do it too blatantly.

Liuyue retreated in response.

Song Qinghuan asked Shen Xing to bring Ah Zhen a cup of tea.

Ah Zhen took the tea from Shen Xing, thanked her with a smile, pursed his lips, and took a big sip from the teacup.After taking a sip of hot tea, Fang Jue felt the chills all over his body subside a little, and his pale face returned to rosy.

Seeing that she had calmed down a bit, Song Qinghuan asked her some details.

It's a pity that Chongjin has a dull temper, doesn't interact with people too much, and has no one to serve her personally, even Ah Zhen, who can't explain much about her abnormalities these days, Song Qinghuan had to give up.

While speaking, Liuyue had already found a set of witch costumes in black and red and came in.

Song Qinghuan signaled Ah Zhen to wait for a while, took the witch costume, and entered the inner hall together with Liuyue.After a while, she changed into her clothes and came out. Her big sleeves were flowing, her black hair was tied behind her head, and her bangs were lowered to cover part of her face. She looked like a pretty little witch.

Shen Xing came up to meet him, and said with some concern, "Your Highness, servant girl, let's go with you."

Song Qinghuan waved his hand, "No need, you stay in the Xingyue Hall, and if something happens, you can help to block it."

Shen Xing and Liu Yue agreed, helped Song Qinghuan straighten her clothes, confirmed that everything was in order, and watched her leave Yaohua Palace with Ah Zhen.

Yuguo respects witch rituals, and witches have a high status, let alone a witch like Chongjin.Therefore, they have their own independent residence in the palace, called Ruogu Palace.

Ruogu Palace is located in a corner of the palace, and there are exquisite houses and courtyards scattered around it for Chongjin and various witches to live in.

Chongjin lived in a separate courtyard called Kaiyang courtyard.

With Ah Zhen leading the way, the two arrived at Kaiyang Courtyard unimpeded.

The courtyard door was closed tightly, and there was no sound from inside.

Ah Zhen stepped forward and pushed open the courtyard door, and invited Song Qinghuan in.

Sure enough, the courtyard is quiet, covered by flowers and plants, dancing with the wind, blowing a burst of fragrance.Looking up, in the middle is Chongjin's room.

"Your Highness, please." Ah Zhen bowed and stepped forward two steps to open the door for Song Qinghuan.

Song Qinghuan stood at the door, not in a hurry to go in, but looked deeply at the furnishings in the room.

Chongjin's room is very simple.

In the middle is the main hall for receiving guests, with rosewood tables and chairs, and a Ru kiln white porcelain beauty vase is placed on the table. A lush purple rosemary is inserted in the vase, exuding a faint fragrance.

There is a side room on the left and right sides, separated by bead curtains, the bedroom on the left and the study on the right.

Song Qinghuan stepped across the threshold, his eyes sank, and he went to the study on the left first.

The bead curtain ding-dong was very clear in the silent room.

Song Qinghuan stopped, and glanced at the bed. The brocade quilt on the bed was lifted by a corner, and there were some wrinkles on the quilt. Everything looked as if she had just woken up, and there was nothing unusual about it.

She closed her long eyelashes, stepped forward and reached out to touch the inside of the quilt.

Still warm--

It seems that no matter where Chongjin went, she didn't leave for too long.

Song Qinghuan frowned, and turned to look at the wardrobe behind him.With a movement of his feet, he stepped forward and opened the door of the cupboard.

There are only a few maiden uniforms and sacrificial attire in the closet, as well as some ordinary palace attire with narrow sleeves, but nothing else.

Song Qinghuan looked at Ah Zhen, "Come and see, is there anything missing?"

Ah Zhen took two steps forward, inspected it carefully, shook his head and said, "My aunt's clothes should be here."

Song Qinghuan frowned more and more.

Although Ah Zhen doesn't take care of Chongjin's daily life, she can be regarded as her confidant. Since she said that Chongjin's clothes are not short, it means that at least the wardrobe has no obvious signs of being tampered with.

Before coming here, she also had doubts, did Chongjin not want to tell her the truth about the disappearance of her mother and concubine, and couldn't face herself again, so she secretly left without saying goodbye and left the palace?
But after going to Kaiyang Courtyard to examine it carefully, she completely dismissed this idea.

No matter what the reason was for Aunt Chongjin to leave, she left in a hurry. Could it be... was she forced?
Song Qinghuan's eyes were cold, and he looked around again. Seeing that there were no other clues, he pulled the curtain out of the bedroom and walked to the study on the other side.

The furnishing of the Chongjin study is also very simple, a desk, a bookshelf, and a soft couch by the window are everything.

The Four Treasures of the Study were placed neatly on the desk, as were the books on the bookshelf. There was no trace of being turned over at all. It seemed that no one had been here before them.

This made Song Qinghuan doubt her guess just now.

Could it be...Aunt Chongjin simply went somewhere and didn't tell others, is Ah Zhen making a fuss out of a molehill?

Taking a deep breath, I tried my best to restrain my somewhat chaotic heartbeat, and said to Ah Zhen, "From the perspective of the room, there are no obvious clues. Maybe... Aunt Chongjin went somewhere, but she didn't follow you guys." That's all."

The cold eyes were stained with ink, "I can't stay in Kaiyang courtyard for a long time now, I will ask people to look for it in the palace when I go back, you should pay close attention to Kaiyang courtyard, and tell me immediately if there is any movement . If Aunt Chongjin hasn't come back after tomorrow, we'll make another plan."

Ah Zhen also sensed the seriousness of the matter, nodded with a heavy face, and complied.

Still sneaking out of Ruogu Palace, took a small path back to Xingyue Palace.

Shen Xing and Liu Yue were waiting anxiously in the hall, when they saw Song Qinghuan coming in, they looked happy, and rushed to greet them.

"How is it, Your Highness?"

Song Qinghuan shook his head, "I didn't find any clues, so I can only wait and see."

The two frowned slightly, seeing that Song Qinghuan's expression was not gloomy, knowing that things might not be that simple, but they couldn't help much, so they had to quietly retreat to the side.

Song Qinghuan breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the study.

Just when she was about to write letters to Shen Chuhan and Junxi, Ah Zhen came.Although Aunt Chongjin's whereabouts are unknown now, Junxi's affairs still need to be arranged as soon as possible, so I had to calm down my anxiety and write a letter.

The shadows of the trees outside the window were swaying, and the autumn wind was refreshing, but Song Qinghuan in front of the desk looked a bit solemn.

After a cup of tea, she put down the wolf brush in her hand, and when the ink was dry, she put the letter paper into two envelopes, wrote the addressee, and handed it to Liu Yue.

"Let Xuan Ying send it out as soon as possible."

Liu Yue promised to step down.

Song Qinghuan got up and walked to the window, seeing the cool autumn wind outside the window, blowing up the fallen leaves on the ground.The sun in the sky was covered by layers of clouds, and it looked gloomy, as if it might rain at any time.

Her expression was slightly trembling, and she felt that in the month before Shen Chuhan's arrival, the days would not be too peaceful.

I was restless for a day.

The next day, what Song Qinghuan was worried about finally happened.

At noon, Ah Zhen came to Yaohua Palace in a hurry, his face was already in a bad mood, and his brows were tightly frowned.Seeing Song Qinghuan, she said hoarsely, "Your Highness, Aunt Chongjin still hasn't come back."

Song Qinghuan's eyes darkened slightly.

After returning yesterday, she also ordered Xuanying to search secretly in the palace, but she did not find any trace of Chongjin.

There was a sudden chill in my heart.

So, Chongjin really disappeared?

The corners of Song Qinghuan's lips were tightly pursed, she was silent for a moment, and finally said in a deep voice, "Ah Zhen, you go back quickly and report this matter to the emperor."

Chongjin didn't return overnight, no matter if he left voluntarily or something happened, it's not a good sign.The relationship between her and Chongjin cannot be exposed. Right now, the only way to find someone is through her father.

Seeing her stern expression, Ah Zhen also realized the seriousness of the matter, bid farewell to Song Qinghuan and left in a hurry.

*
Among the four countries, after the Sword Seizing Conference ended, there was a period of calm.However, this superficial calm was quickly broken by a shocking news——

Yuguo actually issued a letter of credence to Zhaoguo. In the letter of credence, he requested to continue the marriage contract between Yuguo Rui Wang Songxuan and Zhaoguo's fifth emperor Ji Junxi, and to marry Junxi to Yuguo as the princess.

When the news came out, the whole world was in an uproar.

There is no other reason, but because the letter of the country is so unbelievable.

First, everyone knows that Jun Xi is the prince, but in the national records, he is called the five emperors.

Second, it has never been heard that Song Xuan, Prince Rui, had any engagement with Jun Xi.

Third, even if Song Xuan and Jun Xi really had a marriage contract, since he is dead, the marriage contract should be annulled.Isn't Yuguo humiliating Zhaoguo by acting like this?
But unexpectedly, Emperor Zhao agreed for the first time.

It was a cool night, and Emperor Zhao sat in his bedroom writing memorials after taking a bath, his breath was gloomy, and he could see that he was not in a good mood.

At this time, there was a notification from the servant outside the hall——

"Your Majesty, the empress is asking to see you."—

Emperor Zhao frowned, and was about to send the queen away, when he suddenly raised his head and said coldly, "Let her in."

The waiter backed away.

After a while, the empress in light palace attire appeared at the entrance of the hall, with a graceful and luxurious expression, her eyes swept over Emperor Zhao, who was above her, and she walked up gracefully.

"The concubine has seen the emperor."

Emperor Zhao raised his head from the memorial in front of him, looked at the queen with a cold and calm expression, "Why is the queen here?"

The queen pursed her lips, "The concubine is worried about the emperor's body, so she came here to have a look."

Emperor Zhao sneered coldly, "What is there to worry about my body?" Having said that, he still waved to the queen, "Come on."

Empress Fushen agreed, walked gracefully beside Emperor Zhao and sat down.Although she is over 30 years old, her face is still maintained like a [-]-year-old girl, but the fundus of her eyes has been tainted by wind and frost, and she is no longer the original clarity.

"Your majesty, calm down, it's not worth it to ruin your dragon body because of this matter." The queen comforted softly.

Hearing the Queen's words, Emperor Zhao's expression became colder, "I never expected that Lou Muxue would be so bold as to make small tricks right under my nose."

The queen's eyes fluctuated a little, but she was still gentle and soft, "Lou Xiuyuan is really a bit bold! And the fifth prince... the five empress concubines really surprised the concubine. The eldest prince is actually an Emperor Concubine."

Emperor Zhao snorted coldly.

It is really embarrassing for him to spread this matter, so he can only pretend to know Junxi's identity as a woman.If he had followed his usual temperament, Lou Muxue and Jun Xi should have been punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor long ago before venting their hatred.

But Yuguo's letter of credence forced him to give up this idea.

Along with Yu Guo's letter of credence, there is also a letter from Emperor Zhao.The letter stated that he knew that the deaths of Song Yi and Song Xuan had something to do with Zhao Guo, and now that Jun Xi was pregnant with Song Xuan's flesh and blood, if he didn't want the two countries to become enemies, he would marry Jun Xi to Yu Guo as soon as possible, Otherwise, Zhaoguo would definitely not get any benefits.

It happened at this time that the northern border was in an emergency, and the country of Liang even came to meddle in it, stationing troops on the border, ready to move.

If he rejects Yuguo's request, he will immediately be in a state of being attacked from both sides.Because of the Sword Seizing Conference, the three kingdoms all lost their princes, Diji. Although it was hard to say it on the surface, they already held a grudge against Zhaoguo in their hearts.At this juncture, he can't take the initiative to stir up trouble with Yuguo.

Therefore, despite the hatred in his heart, he still had to follow Yuguo's request, agree to the request in his letter of state, and marry Junxi to Zhaoguo as soon as possible in the name of completing the marriage contract.

Even so, it doesn't mean that he will let Lou Muxue go.

Although he can't kill Lou Muxue for the time being, but when the matter subsides, he must find a wrong place to throw Lou Muxue into limbo.

Thinking about things on his own, his breath is already gloomy and gloomy.

The empress glanced at Emperor Zhao, her eyes turned, she leaned her soft body against him, pinched Emperor Zhao's shoulders with her bare hands, and breathed out in his ear, "Your Majesty, it's late at night, so don't think about these troublesome things. Why don't you... ...The concubine will take care of you and go to bed earlier."

Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhao didn't even look at her, he stretched out his hand to brush off her hand on her shoulder, and said in a cold voice, "Queen, go back first, I have to read these memorials first."

The smile on the queen's face froze, her eyes turned cold.

Emperor Zhao paid no attention to her, and looked at the memorial in front of him.

The queen gritted her teeth resentfully. Although she was unwilling, she didn't dare to say any more. She got up resentfully, and gave a blessing to Emperor Zhao, "Then...the concubine will retire first, and the emperor will rest earlier."

Emperor Zhao waved his hand without raising his head, "Go."

The queen walked out of the hall with heavy steps, her face covered with frost and cold.

When her figure disappeared, Emperor Zhao raised his head and closed the memorial in front of him with a "snap", his eyes were full of depression and irritability.After sitting quietly for a while, he got up and walked towards the inner hall with a flick of his sleeves.

After entering the inner hall, Emperor Zhao dismissed the crowd, walked to the large floor-to-ceiling Ru kiln vase next to the bookshelf, stretched out his hand and turned the vase, only to hear a "bang" sound, and the bookshelf that was originally full of books suddenly fell to the ground. The sides parted, revealing a dark hole inside.

A strange color flashed in Emperor Zhao's eyes, and he stepped into the cave entrance.

The bookshelf closed again.

Outside the window, there is a bright moon in the sky, it is the fifteenth day, the moon is full, and the night wind is cool.

*
Because of Jun Xilaiyu's marriage, and Song Qinghuan's reconciliation with Liangguo, the entire Yuguo palace was extremely busy, and Chongjin's disappearance was buried among many "more important" things like this.

Although Emperor Yu sent people to search for the whereabouts of Chongjin, but after all, the focus was not on this. The Habayashi Army who was in charge of the search searched everywhere but found nothing, so they had to give up, and only said to the outside world that Master Taibuling needs to retreat and practice. Unable to meet guests for a short time.

Witches and shamans were independent existences in the palace, so the disappearance of Chongjin did not cause much trouble.Only Song Qinghuan realized that this was wrong, and privately sent people to search everywhere, not only in the palace, but also in the entire Jian'an City, but they did not find any clues about Chongjin.

She seemed to evaporate out of thin air overnight. Thinking about it carefully, it always makes people feel shuddering.

Song Qinghuan hadn't recovered from the news of Chongjin's disappearance, but there was a new development in court.

The patriarch Wei Rong voluntarily resigned from the position of Taiwei, the elder of the dynasty, only saying that he is too old to take on this important task.Emperor Yu pitied him for his hard work, and approved his resignation, and also gave him a thousand taels of gold as a reward.

In addition, he also bestowed a marriage on behalf of the crown prince Song Yan, appointed Wei Qianyu, the daughter of the next branch of the Wei family, as the crown prince's concubine, and married on an auspicious day.

Everyone said that Wei Taiwei voluntarily resigned to dispel the emperor's fear of the Wei family. The prince's marriage, which had been delayed for a long time, was settled immediately after Wei Taiwei's resignation, and the Wei family daughter was chosen.

Can--

But three days later, the emperor issued another imperial decree.The position of Grand Tutor was succeeded by General Ning Tengyue, who was transferred back to Beijing a few days ago.

With the imperial decree, Chaozhong immediately exploded.

The Ning family and the Wei family have been feuding for a long time, the emperor just ate a sweet date for the Wei family, and then slapped him again.Such imperial power is really staggering.

But no matter what, time passed day by day, and the time for Shen Chuhan to come to Jian'an to pick up his relatives was getting closer and closer.

Unexpectedly, the prince's wedding was actually scheduled for the third day after Shen Chuhan came to Jian'an. This posture clearly wanted Shen Chuhan and Song Qinghuan to attend the prince's wedding banquet before leaving.

Song Qinghuan didn't know what kind of calculations Emperor Yu had in mind.

During this period of time, Emperor Yu's series of thunderous tactics had made her see clearly that he was still the king with iron fists after all, and the so-called family relationship between father and daughter was based on the fact that she did not harm his interests.

This day, she was packing things in the hall to take to Liangguo, when she saw Liuyue carrying something out, she walked up to her and asked, "Your Highness, do you want to take this harp with you?"

Song Qinghuan followed the sound and looked towards Konghou in her arms.

This harp, in order to impress her deeply at her father's birthday banquet, specially asked Aunt Chongjin to find someone to make a harp similar to "Lianyin". Seeing it now, it feels like a lifetime ago.

Song Qinghuan got up and took the harp, held it in her arms and adjusted a few sounds, her eyes fell on the lifelike white lotus carved on the phoenix tail, suddenly, she thought of something, and her face froze.

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