Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 145 The Emperor's Fury

Ming Shengdi was about to speak when he heard the guards outside the palace speaking loudly.

"Report to the emperor, the eunuch in charge of Lanzhi Garden is asking to see you!"

Ming Shengdi waved his hand: "Bring it in."

The chief eunuch got the consent and quickly stepped into the palace, with a look of concern on his face, and knelt down in front of Ming Shengdi.

"See the emperor!"

"What do you have to report, but there is news about the Seventh Princess?"

The chief eunuch said with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty! The two maids who served beside the Seventh Princess have been found."

Xia Ziyan took the two of them out of Lanzhi Garden, and if he found the two maids, he should be able to find Xia Ziyan soon!

Ming Shengdi and everyone else thought so, and urged the chief eunuch, "Then hurry up and bring people in."

The chief eunuch held back his breath and burst into tears, wiping his tears with his old face down.

"Your Majesty, I can't bring you here. The two of them, Asu and Achun, were found in the pond next to Yuanfang Road. Their bodies!"

Ming Shengdi's face suddenly changed, and even Yue Jing'an and Rong Yu's heart skipped a beat. The two maids who served Xia Ziyan personally died. What about Xia Ziyan?
Rao Yue Jing'an City Mansion was deep, and at this moment, her body swayed, and she fell down beside Ming Shengdi with tears in her eyes.

"Your Majesty! Yan'er is so gentle and kind. Who on earth is so cruel to harm her? The two maids are dead, and Yan'er has disappeared. I beg the emperor to issue an order to investigate thoroughly. I'm afraid Yan'er will be later."

Before she finished speaking, Yue Jing'an burst into tears, but fortunately Ming Shengdi quickly called the palace servants to help her up, so she didn't faint.

"It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable!" Ming Shengdi patted the dragon chair, his eyes were burning with fright and anger.

This kind of thing happened in the palace, killing the maid and kidnapping the princess, are all the guards in the palace blind!
"Come here, pass on my order to seal off the upper capital, strictly guard the gates of the palace, and start searching the palace inch by inch. I don't believe that any lunatic can escape to the sky!"

Ming Shengdi's decree quickly spread to the entire palace. The people in the palace had different opinions on the news of Xia Ziyan's disappearance, but they were all a little scared about the matter. The palace was guarded by many guards, and he could still disappear out of thin air. A princess, will it be her turn to suffer the next day or the next moment?No one can jump to conclusions, could it be that they hope that the matter will come to light soon.

And from midnight on this day,
The imperial city, which should have been quiet and peaceful, fell into panic. The imperial guards surrounded the palace inside and out and began a carpet-like search.

There were also hussars stationed outside the palace to block it overnight, but due to the need to take care of the people, they couldn't search overnight like in the palace, and had to wait until dawn before starting a thorough investigation.

Xia Zijin and Xia Shengqing also stayed up all night during this turmoil. They heard that the bodies of two court ladies had been salvaged from the pond next to Yuanfang Road, so they went to the pond next to Yuanfang Road to find some clues. The night was dark and difficult to distinguish, even if there were any slight clues, they were completely covered by the night, and they searched for a while without any clues.

Xiaokui and Xiaohuanzi lit lanterns for the two of them, and from time to time they could hear the sound of imperial guards searching the palace through the palace wall.

"Princess, we've been walking for half an hour, and there's nothing here." Xiaokui was a little sleepy, shaking her head and muttering.

But Xia Zijin didn't seem to hear Xiaokui's complaint, but discussed the details of the matter with Xia Shengqing.

"The Seventh Princess left Lanzhi Garden about half an hour after dinner, and it was only about an hour after the palace people found her missing. Within this hour, the gangsters had to complete the abduction, act, and kill the palace maid before throwing her away. Corpse, and then transfer the Seventh Princess, all of this is very careful and rigorous." Xia Shengqing said.

Xia Zijin's thinking is the same as his, all of this is like a well-arranged plan in advance, not a temporary idea.Not to mention what would happen if there was an accident in the middle, it would be very difficult just to avoid so many patrolling guards in the palace and hide Xia Ziyan, a living person.

This is why Ming Shengdi ordered people to investigate in the palace overnight, because Ming Shengdi believed that the villains could not get out of the heavily guarded palace.

But Xia Zijin didn't think so.

"Shengqing, I have a premonition that Seventh Sister must not be in the palace anymore."

Xia Shengqing nodded: "Although the most dangerous place is the safest place, the fact that the two court ladies have already died shows that the villain's purpose is probably to hurt lives, so staying in the palace overnight will only be harmful and not beneficial."

"Once the guards of the four palace gates reopen the locked palace gates tomorrow morning, the door handles must be stricter after passing through the emperor's will, and it is obviously several times more difficult to leave the palace tomorrow than tonight, so the gangsters took advantage It is most likely that the moonlight smuggled the seventh princess out of the palace."

"Then how can the gangster go out to the palace gate? Does the gangster also have a badge from the palace?" Xiao Huanzi scratched his head a little puzzled. To be more rigorous, there has always been no token.

When Xiao Huanzi mentioned this point, Xia Zijin and Xia Shengqing looked at each other, seeing the answer from each other's eyes.

"Not bad. Can't get out without a token"

Xia Shengqing frowned and said: "It seems that someone in this palace is giving convenience to the gangsters."

"Inner ghost?" Xiaokui froze for a while while holding the lantern, with the chilly wind blowing in her ears, Xiaokui suddenly thought of Xia Ziyan's two maids who were killed in the pond, and couldn't help trembling, rubbing her hands Rub some goosebumps on the arm.

"Seventh Sister seldom goes out, and her relationship with others is considered intense. After thinking about it, there is only one person in the palace who might kill Seventh Sister." Xia Zijin said slowly, guessing the answer in his heart It is getting stronger and stronger.

"It's the fourth princess."

Even Xiaokui thought of it, covering her mouth and avoiding her slip of the tongue.

But guesses can only be guesses, they don't have any evidence to prove that Xia Ziqi is related to Xia Ziyan's disappearance, even if they say it, there is no way to prove anything.

Xia Shengqing rubbed her palms, remembering that after Ming Shengdi issued an order today, every harem would be searched by the imperial army. If Xia Ziqi really did such a thing, there would be no flaws in the palace, right?

"The search in Qiluoyuan seems to be over. Concubine Lian's beloved daughter also knows that Seventh Sister has a grudge against Xia Ziqi, so she must have ordered the royal father to order the palace people to search Qiluoyuan immediately." Xia Zijin thought of this, but He didn't divert his doubts about Xia Ziqi at all, on the contrary, he became more convinced.

"It seems that we have to start with Xia Ziqi to investigate and suspect." She whispered, and suddenly remembered something, and said to Xiaokui, "If you were Xia Ziqi, what would you do after kidnapping Seventh Sister? "

Xiaokui tilted her head and thought for a while, but she really didn't have a good impression of Xia Ziqi, so she naturally gave some pertinent and formal opinions: "If you are a servant girl, you must first scare the seventh princess, otherwise it will take a lot of effort to catch him. , if you don't want to show off your prestige in front of the Seventh Princess, wouldn't it be easier to kill them like two palace servants?"

"It's really good!"

As a result, the man behind the kidnapping of Xia Ziyan will definitely show up tomorrow and leave the palace. If it is really Xia Ziqi, then they will just keep an eye on it!
As the few people walked, they straightened out the general idea of ​​the matter.

Suddenly, Xia Zijin saw a very brilliant light on a relatively remote palace road ahead.

"what is that?"

Xia Zijin walked towards that place curiously, and when she saw clearly that the brilliant light came from He, her complexion suddenly became serious.

I saw a corner under the palace wall, a luxurious and expensive hairpin lying there quietly, and the shining thing was an opal inlaid on the hairpin.

"This is Seventh Sister's hairpin!"

Xia Zijin picked it up and put it in the palm of her hand, making her even more certain. At that time, she was admiring the lotus in the Fengzao Lake in the Queen's Palace. She clearly remembered that Xia Ziqi was very unhappy because she competed with Xia Ziyan for the hairpin. This thing was given to Xia Ziyan by the Queen Mother , there is absolutely nothing wrong.

"It seems that the seventh princess passed by this road and fell down for some reason."

Seeing that things are getting more and more complicated, it seems that there is a layer of veil covering it, making things a little blurry.

In the early morning of the second day, Xia Zijin simply washed and changed clothes, and then took Xiaokui out of the Mosheng Garden again.After last night's discovery, Xia Zijin and Xia Shengqing acted separately, and after Xia Shengqing parted from her, he secretly stared at Qiluoyuan.

The hairpin picked up from the barren palace road was lying in Xia Zijin's cuff at the moment. She and Xiaokui walked to the riveting willow red gate of the East Hall, but saw Rong Yu walking from the other side with a tired face. Followed by an orderly army, it seems that they also searched for Xia Ziyan without rest all night.

"Prince Rong, please stop!"

Rong Yu didn't see Xia Zijin, and was about to lead the team out of the palace when he was suddenly stopped.He turned his head and saw Xia Zijin, whom he had not seen for a few days, in a daze for a moment, but the current situation did not allow him to think too much, Rong Yu pursed his lips and stopped.

"What's the matter with Princess Mingzhu? This son has to go out of the palace to find Princess Seven."

Xia Zijin approached him, and took out the hairpin from his sleeve pocket.

"Your Majesty, do you remember this?"

Rong Yu squinted his eyes. He never remembered women's jewelry clearly, but this one did look familiar.

The clear and clear opal reflected the colored light like glass, Rong Yu opened his eyes wide, and suddenly remembered, isn't this the one he picked up from the water for Xia Ziyan? !
"This!"

"This thing was found on a deserted palace road. That place is not far from the pond where the two maids were found. It can be seen that the gangster left from that place after killing people and throwing their bodies." Xia Zijin said. Say it in one sentence.

(End of this chapter)