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Chapter 345 Poison
Seeing this, Shen Chuhan lowered his eyes calmly, and a sneer flashed across his eyes.

It seems that he knew about the disappearance of his mother and concubine, and it came sooner than he imagined.But so what?The concubine mother has settled down properly, and since she is far away from that dirty place, I will never let him find the concubine mother again.

He guessed right, what Wang Xi said to Emperor Zhao was about Concubine Xiao's disappearance.

This morning, the maid who was supposed to go to the imperial dining room to serve Concubine Xiao Gui's breakfast did not show up for a long time. The servant who knew the inside story was a little uneasy, so she quietly went to the underground palace.Unexpectedly, the four maids serving in the underground palace all died on the bed, but Concubine Xiao and her personal maid Lan Xi disappeared.

The waiter suddenly panicked.

Because of his tight mouth, he was valued by Emperor Zhao, so he was pointed out that he was in charge of Concubine Xiao.He has been with Emperor Zhao for several years, so he naturally knew how important Concubine Xiao was to Emperor Zhao, so he immediately ignored Emperor Zhao and came to Chongzheng Hall in a hurry to inform Wang Xi of this moment.

After Wang Xi reported the matter to Emperor Zhao, his whole body was cold. He was afraid that Emperor Zhao would do something inappropriate in front of all his officials, and was thinking about whether to persuade him, but Emperor Zhao suddenly frowned and looked at All the ministers below said, "I have important matters to deal with, and I will end this morning first." While speaking, his eyes full of evil spirits paused on Shen Chuhan's face, and he quickly moved away, leaving the Chongzheng Hall angrily.

Wang Xi and the messenger servant hurriedly followed.

As soon as Emperor Zhao left, all the people below immediately exploded, guessing what happened.

You must know that although Emperor Zhao had a vicious temperament, he was not sloppy in the court affairs. It was rare that such a direct interruption of the early court happened, which was enough to show that the things he had to deal with must not be small.

For a while, everyone talked a lot and refused to disperse.

Shen Chuhan's eyes narrowed, and a faint cold light flashed in his eyes.He didn't look at the crowd, and walked towards the gate of the palace with his hands behind his back.The figure is dignified, with the coldness that strangers should not get close to.

A lot of eyes fell on him, and there was a feeling of hesitation in the bottom of the eyes.

King Han Junshu really lived up to the title of King Han, whenever he was so indifferent to almost ice-cold, it seemed that the sudden departure of Emperor Zhao just now had no effect on him.

Unexpectedly, just as Shen Chuhan took a few steps, someone blocked in front of him.

Duan Wang Junche.

Everyone turned their eyes immediately, and looked at Jun Che with a look of watching a play.

King Duan and King Han have always been at odds, and this time Emperor Zhao's sudden departure, I don't know if it has something to do with the two of them?Thinking about it this way, no one left in the hall.

Shen Chuhan raised his eyes lightly, and looked at Junche with a cold expression, "Is there something wrong, Second Brother?"

Jun Che frowned, his cold eyes fell on his face, and there was a bit of sternness in his voice, "Why did the father leave suddenly?" Emperor Zhao's behavior just now was too abnormal. For some reason, he just felt that this matter was Shen Chuhan. Must know.

Although it seemed a little too eager to stop him like this, it was well known that the two of them had been at odds for a long time, and in addition to the fact that Shen Chuhan had divided a lot of power in his hands recently, it was inevitable that he would lose his composure.

Shen Chuhan's cold eyes fell on his face, and he curled his lips with a smile that was not a smile, "How could I know something that the second emperor brother didn't know?" He finally rescued his mother and concubine, and saw that Emperor Zhao's expression suddenly changed. Changed appearance, now he is in a very good mood, and he has the leisure to deal with Jun Che for a while.

Seeing him like this, Jun Che really became more suspicious, snorted coldly, "You don't know?"

Shen Chuhan smiled even more calmly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What does the second emperor think? If the matter is related to me, why didn't the emperor just keep me?"

Hearing this, Jun Che's eyes turned cold, and he could only fixate on Shen Chuhan's face, as if he wanted to see something from his deep eyes.

What Shen Chuhan said was indeed reasonable, if the matter was really related to him, with his father's personality, he would definitely be the first to keep him.

"Second Brother, if you have nothing else to do, please step aside." While deep in thought, Shen Chu's cold voice came again.

Jun Che came back to his senses, saw Shen Chuhan cast a cool glance at him, took a step forward, and walked past him with steady steps, leaving only the haughty back of everyone.

He frowned, and an inexplicable anger welled up in his heart.

His eyes swept around, and the hostility in his eyes made everyone turn away in a hurry, not daring to look at him again.After discussing for a while, there was no reason to discuss. After a while, the crowd gradually dispersed, and the Chongzheng Hall returned to tranquility.

Shen Chuhan left the palace, got into the carriage, and went straight back to Prince Han's mansion without going anywhere.

As soon as she entered the Yaohua Courtyard, she saw Song Qinghuan walking in the yard restlessly. When she heard footsteps, she looked back, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly greeted her, "Ashu, you're back."

At dawn, Shen Chuhan watched Concubine Xiao Gui go out of the city gate, then hurried back, changed into court clothes and went to the palace, but didn't have time to say anything to Song Qinghuan, so Song Qinghuan was a little uneasy at this time.

Shen Chuhan nodded, put his arms around her shoulders and walked into the room, "It's windy outside, go in and talk."

After entering the room, Liu Yue served tea, and Fu retreated out again, leaving space for the two of them.

"Mother and concubine settled down?" Song Qinghuan took off the cloak on her body, looked up at Shen Chuhan.

"I've already settled down in the Song Mansion." Shen Chuhan nodded.

"Everything went well last night?" Song Qinghuan raised his hand to pour two cups of tea, and handed the cup to Shen Chuhan.

Shen Chuhan's brows and eyes relaxed slightly, "With Xiao Zhuo inside to respond, nothing went wrong."

Song Qinghuan's heart dropped to the ground.

Emperor Zhao probably didn't expect that Xiao Zhuo was mentioned only to frustrate Jun Che's spirit, but he helped them a great favor invisibly.

"During the early court, Emperor Zhao already knew about the disappearance of the concubine mother." Shen Chuhan opened his mouth heavily.

Song Qinghuan raised his brows with surprise.

She didn't expect Emperor Zhao to find out so quickly. It seems that things inside and outside the mansion will not be peaceful.

"To be on the safe side, we don't go to the Song Mansion for the time being. My concubine and Jun Xi are there, Xuan Ying is watching." Shen Chuhan raised his hand and brought the teacup to his lips, and ordered lightly, with a flash of evil spirit in his eyes.

Song Qinghuan stretched out her hand and covered the back of his hand, "Ashu, bear with me, sooner or later we will avenge our mother and concubine."

"Ah Wan, I think...he has been sitting in that seat for too long." Shen Chuhan was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke in a cold voice.

Song Qinghuan was slightly startled, and heard what he meant.

Originally, they planned to get rid of Jun Che, but after Shen Chuhan took the crown prince, the two went to Yuheng Island.But at this moment, it sounded that he was planning to attack Emperor Zhao directly.

Song Qinghuan pursed her lips, and her breath was somewhat gloomy.

She can naturally understand Shen Chuhan's psychology.Concubine Xiao Gui was imprisoned in the underground palace by Emperor Zhao for decades, how could such shame be easily erased from her heart?What's more, Emperor Zhao still has the vengeance of killing his father against him.Although Shen Chuhan had never met his father who died young, judging from Concubine Xiao Gui's deep love and no regrets, the two must have a deep relationship.

"Okay." She originally wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, she just answered solemnly.

They live a new life to make up for the regrets of the previous life.Although I don't know if this happened in the previous life, but Emperor Zhao was an enemy to them. As long as it was something Shen Chuhan wanted to do, she would unconditionally support it.

Shen Chuhan held her with his backhand, and looked out the window heavily.

The depths of winter have arrived, and the north wind is blowing outside the window, making it extremely cold.

At this time, the atmosphere in the underground palace was condensed into ice.

Emperor Zhao hurried back to his bedroom after hearing Wang Xilai's report.Along the way, his face was so gloomy that it seemed to be dripping ink, and his whole body exuded a strong evil spirit.

Wang Xi quickly followed behind him, with his heart hanging in his throat.

He couldn't imagine what kind of storm would be waiting for them if Concubine Xiao Gui really disappeared.Looking up at Emperor Zhao's fierce back, he felt his body getting colder, as if his whole body was frozen.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and only hoped that things would turn around.

Emperor Zhao hurried back to his sleeping hall, ordered people to watch outside, and took only Wang Xi with him, and hurried into the tunnel.

After walking through the long tunnel, the secret door opened, and the two of them came out of the phoenix tree.

In the underground palace, there were already several servants who knew about it waiting. Seeing Emperor Zhao walking out of the tunnel in a hurry, they all panicked and lowered their heads, not daring to vent their anger.

"What's going on?! Well done, how could the imperial concubine disappear?" Emperor Zhao said coldly.

Several servants froze, not knowing how to speak.

"Are you all dumb?" Emperor Zhao raised his voice, his cold eyes fell on the leading servant.

The servant's eyes trembled, knowing that he couldn't avoid it, so he raised his head to look at Emperor Zhao tremblingly, "Slave... I don't know, but I didn't see Huaying coming to the imperial dining room for breakfast today, so I was worried about what happened, so I came here quietly The underground palace checked the situation. I didn't expect... I didn't expect that Huaying and others had died in the room, and the empress...the empress and Aunt Lan Xi disappeared."

The muscles in Emperor Zhao's eyes trembled, and he hurriedly withdrew his gaze, without saying a word, he walked towards the main hall.

The temple door in his throat was pushed open by him.

It was daytime now, and the number of night pearls hanging outside the underground palace increased to five, trying to simulate the sunlight during the day.Even so, the light is still clear and cold, coming in from the window sills, making the hall seem more and more empty.

Emperor Zhao looked around and found nothing unusual in the hall.

Without stopping, he hurried towards the inner hall.

He lifted the bead curtain abruptly, and upon entering the inner hall, a faint fragrance came over him.Emperor Zhao's expression froze, looking at the somewhat messy bedding on the bed, his brows furrowed into a ball.

He stepped forward suddenly, lifted the brocade, and stretched out his hand to reach out.The bed was cold, and it was unknown how long the person had been away.

Emperor Zhao's breathing became heavier, and the hostility in his eyes seemed to be gushing out.

He threw the quilt violently, glanced around, and his eyes fell on the closed wardrobe door.He strode forward and slammed the closet door open.

The exquisite palace clothes hung neatly in the cupboard, as if they were no different from the past.There is a copper teapot on the high table beside it, and there is still half of the tea in the pot, but it is already a little cool.

The anger in Emperor Zhao's eyes gradually rose, and a cold air exuded from his whole body.

"Ah!" He suddenly growled, flicked his sleeves, and the teapot and teacup on the high table fell to the ground, rolling to the ground, and the tea splashed out, some of which splashed onto Wang Xi who had rushed over after hearing the movement. soap boots.

He looked up, and saw the deep darkness in Emperor Zhao's eyes, the madness in his eyes made people feel palpitating, as if there was a possibility of an explosion at any time.

Wang Xi was already horrified and trembling all over, but he still had to speak cautiously, "Your Majesty... Please calm down, Your Majesty, the most urgent thing is to find out where the empress has gone."

If the empress can be found, there may be room for redemption, if not...

Emperor Zhao turned his head abruptly, his red eyes fell on Wang Xi's face.

Just when Wang Xi's calf became weak from his gaze, Emperor Zhao suddenly spoke hoarsely, with frightening madness in his tone, "Chuan Jinyiwei!"

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The people in the palace are all good people, and they quickly noticed that something was wrong with the recent atmosphere.

Jin Yiwei, who had always been active only in the dark, suddenly appeared in every corner of the palace recently.Everyone has heard of Jin Yiwei's ruthless methods, so wherever he goes, people are panicked.

In addition to the palace, there is no peace outside the palace.

There were suddenly a lot of armored guards on the street, and even the government office of Jingzhaoyin Mansion started door-to-door searches, saying that population management needs to be strengthened recently, and every household needs to be registered.

The approaching New Year's Eve suddenly became deserted because of this sudden change.

Because of the rampant Iron Armored Guards and Jinyi Guards on the street, the common people dare not go out, and even the number of vendors yelling on both sides of the street has decreased a lot.It's more like a layer of frost in the palace, with dark clouds, and everyone is in danger.

No one knew what happened, but everyone noticed something unusual.

Only the people in Prince Han's Mansion seemed not to be affected by the sudden change, and their days were still very peaceful.Although the secret whistle around the palace suddenly increased a lot.

On this day, Shen Chuhan went home early in the morning.

The carriage stopped outside the mansion gate, he opened the curtain, and got out of the carriage unhurriedly.

He naturally knew how many pairs of eyes were staring behind him, his brow furrowed, his eyes swept back coldly, there was suspicion in his eyes, but there was ridicule in his heart.

He knew that Emperor Zhao was the first to suspect that his mother and concubine were missing, so he was naturally him.But Emperor Zhao had no evidence, and he couldn't question him hastily, otherwise, if he didn't know, it would only expose the fact that Emperor Zhao had imprisoned his mother and concubine.

Therefore, for Shen Chuhan, he naturally had to have the necessary posture.

The number of secret whistles around King Han's Mansion suddenly increased. As an uninformed person, his first reaction was of course doubt.

He looked around coldly, finally frowned and looked away, and strode into the mansion.

Song Qinghuan was waiting for him in the room.

Changing the court clothes for Shen Chuhan, she asked in a low voice, "Is there anything wrong with Xiao Zhuo?" Emperor Zhao would suspect Shen Chuhan, and naturally he would also doubt Xiao Zhuo.

Shen Chuhan shook his head, "That day was not Xiao Zhuo's night duty, he was not in the palace, even if Emperor Zhao wanted to doubt him, he did not dare to interrogate him blatantly, but sent someone to secretly check his whereabouts that night. He treated him well that night In the room, there are quite a few armored guards who can testify, so Emperor Zhao naturally has nothing to do with him."

"That's good." Song Qinghuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"The recent search in the city has come to an end. Jin Yiwei interrogated the armored guard who guarded the gate that morning two days ago, and it is about to start searching the residents in the suburbs." Shen Chuhan told her the latest progress in a deep voice.

Song Qinghuan said thoughtfully "Well".

In order not to arouse suspicion, Shen Chuhan did not personally send Concubine Xiao out of the city that day, but used Ji Liuyun's two human skin masks to disguise Concubine Xiao as an ordinary-looking middle-aged man and Lan Xi as another His wife, sitting in the carriage, was escorted out of the city by Xuanying.

How many people came and went back and forth at the gate of the city in a day, Concubine Xiao Gui and Lan Xi who had changed their appearances did not have any memories, even if they interrogated the armored guards who guarded the city that day, they probably would not be able to find out why.

She wasn't worried about this.

However, if Jin Yiwei finds the outskirts of the city...

She looked up at Shen Chuhan, "Jin Yiwei searched, are mother concubine and Jun Xi all right?"

"Don't worry, Wan, I've already arranged everything." Shen Chuhan looked calm, and his voice was usual gentle.Hearing that he was so confident, Song Qinghuan's uneasy heart gradually settled down.

After thinking for a moment, he murmured and said, "What is Ash going to do after this?"

Concubine Xiao Gui and Jun Xi cannot hide in the outskirts of the city for a lifetime, as long as Emperor Zhao is still in power, they will still be in danger.

The light in Shen Chuhan's eyes was faint, and there was a cold smile on the corner of his mouth. He spoke slowly, but he said something else, "Zi Shu and Master are almost in good health. Master recently set off with a bright moon and a clear breeze back. In Wuyou Valley, Zishu and Luoluo are planning to leave for the capital soon."

Song Qinghuan was taken aback, raised her eyebrows, "Zishu and Luoluo are coming to the capital?"

Come here at this time, is there any special "task"?
"The concubine mother has lived in the underground palace for more than ten years, and her body is very weak. Let Luoluo come over and take care of her body. As for Zishu..." He paused slightly, and a cold gleam flashed in his eyes, "I need Let him make a medicine for me."

Song Qinghuan was puzzled, bit her lip, "What medicine?"

"Poison." Shen Chu said coldly.

(End of this chapter)