Fengming Tianxia's Concubine Empress

Chapter 94 Disappeared in the night

The man in black pondered for a while and said, "Well, I know, you go down first."

"Yes." Then the slave disappeared into the night.

He stood with his hands behind his back, quietly standing in the courtyard, silently looking towards the backyard.

That day, at the birthday banquet in the palace, he saw Princess Zhaohua for the first time. She was beautiful, magnificent, calm and calm. This was the first impression she left on him.If he remembers correctly, this Princess Chaohua is the woman in the portrait he saw in his imperial brother's room, but that woman is more indifferent and less elegant, but he believes in his vision , he will not admit his mistake.

Maybe with you in my hands, that seat will be in my hands soon, he thought to himself, and walked out of the yard unconsciously.

Imperial Palace, Qianhe Hall.

As soon as Shangguanhe received the news, he hurried to the palace, feeling very puzzled about Yu Mingqi's midnight summons.

"My minister, Shangguanhe, see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" Shangguanhe knelt down and saluted.

"Aiqing is free."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shangguanhe got up, and then asked: "Your Majesty, you called the old minister late at night, is there something important?"

"Aiqing, how is Princess Zhaohua?" Yu Mingqi asked calmly.

Shangguanhe looked at the emperor in surprise, and asked: "Princess? Isn't Princess Chaohua in the palace? The old minister has been more than a month and has never seen the princess. I don't know why the emperor would ask such a question today?"

Looking at his sincere expression and the doubts in his eyes, relying on his understanding of Nian, he believed that what he said was true.

"Your Majesty, did something happen to the princess?" Seeing the worry and coldness on Yu Mingqi's face, he couldn't help asking again.

Yu Mingqi sighed and said, "Ya'er is gone."

"What?" Shangguan He asked in astonishment, "When did it happen?"

"More than half an hour ago, it disappeared out of thin air in her yard, leaving only a pair of embroidered shoes." Yu Mingqi said lightly.

"Have you sent someone to look for it?"

"I have already sent someone to look for it, but this time it seems that someone who is familiar with the palace did it." Yu Mingqi said and looked at Shangguanhe's expression.

Shangguanhe frowned, no wonder the emperor asked him about Princess Chaohua as soon as he came up, he suspected that he had taken Princess Chaohua away, and thought to himself, "Could it be related to the assassin last time?"

"Assassin?" If Shangguanhe didn't say it, he would have forgotten about it.

Just as Yu Mingqi was meditating, the eunuch's announcement came from outside the door: "The fourth prince of Shanghuang Kingdom has arrived! The king of Tiangong has arrived! The prince of Dijiao Kingdom has arrived!"

A group of three people walked into the Qianhe Palace together as if discussing it, but Shang Junyuan, the fourth prince of Shanghuang Kingdom, came early in the morning.

"Your Majesty!" the three of them saluted together.

"The three envoys are exempt." Yu Mingqi said flatly.

"Your majesty, I don't know what it means to call me here tonight?" The prince of Dijiao stood up and asked, you must know that what he hates the most in his life is being woken up when he is sleeping, and tonight, it is just when he is sleepy. When he was thick, he was woken up by the servants around him, which made him so angry.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I don't know what kind of urgent matter is there, and we must be called here late at night." Gong Zihan, the king of Tiangong, echoed, and then saw him yawn unconsciously.

Only Shang Junyuan stood quietly aside without saying a word.

Yu Mingqi carefully checked the expressions of several people, and found nothing abnormal, so he said in a deep voice: "I am also very sorry for calling everyone here so late, but there is indeed an important matter today."

"Oh? What is so important? Could it be that there is a dispute on the border? It shouldn't be. If there is a dispute, I will definitely know about it." The Crown Prince of Dijiao Kingdom interrupted Yu Mingqi and asked.If others make it difficult for him, then he will definitely not make it difficult for others, no matter what status that person is.

Yu Mingqi just frowned slightly, and didn't blame Jiao Jingtian, after all, he is the prince of Dijiao Kingdom and the future monarch of Dijiao Kingdom, so he must not offend him, he must speak kindly to each other.

"Prince, don't worry. What I want to talk about is not about the border, but about my private affairs. My Princess Chaohua has disappeared. There are all signs that it was done by someone familiar with the palace, but there is no clue right now, so I sent everyone Come here, help me find a way."

"It turns out that Princess Zhaohua has disappeared. It's just a trivial matter. It's just a matter of sending someone to look for it carefully. Why did the emperor make such a big fuss?" Jiao Jingtian said again unwillingly.

"What the prince said is true, but the search for Princess Zhaohua still requires the cooperation of all of you." Shangguanhe stood up at the right time and said respectfully.

"Who are you? Do you have a place to speak here?" Jiao Jingtian looked at Shangguanhe impatiently. He was already very annoyed in his heart, but he was invited here abruptly without disturbing his sleep. Here, and there is someone who is like a courtier pointing fingers at him, how can he not be angry?

"The old minister is."

Without waiting for Shangguanhe to answer, Yu Mingqi interrupted him and said: "Prince Jiao, this is Shangguanhe, the prime minister of Longyu Kingdom, and he can be regarded as the little butler of the palace."

"Oh, so it's the Prime Minister Shangguan. The Crown Prince made a slip of the tongue just now, how offended, really disrespectful and disrespectful." Although Jiao Jingtian clasped his fists politely, there was no respect in his eyes at all.

"The old minister dare not, the prince is serious." Shangguan He said with a salute in return.

"May I ask how the emperor needs us to cooperate?" Gong Zihan, the king of Tiangong, asked.

Shangguanhe looked at Yu Mingqi, this Gong Zihan asked the point, it is indeed difficult to answer, these are all important figures in various countries, either the prince or the prince, no one can offend If they are directly said to be objects of suspicion, wouldn't it cause disputes between the two countries if things go wrong?

Just as Shangguanhe was thinking, he heard Jiao Sedum's questioning voice, with strong dissatisfaction and indignation in his tone.

"Just now the emperor said that it was done by people who are familiar with the palace, and we all have a certain understanding of the palace, and we happened to be invited here by the emperor, so the prince can understand that the emperor is suspicious of us, Do you think I was waiting for one of them to kidnap Princess Chaohua?"

Yu Mingqi remained silent, the few people present were all dragons and phoenixes, very smart, as long as they thought about it for a while, they could figure out why, and there was no need to speak out at all, but this prince of the land corner country was smart. Smart, but the brain is always weak, and you don't have to think about it when you speak.

Gong Zihan, the king of Tiangong, looked at everyone with a smile on his face, even the corners of his eyes were smiling.

Jiao Jingtian didn't hear the answer he wanted, and felt a little annoyed, but this evil fire had nowhere to vent. When he turned his head, he saw Shang Junyuan standing aside, and he immediately turned to Shang Junyuan. Said: "I said the fourth prince, this is your fiancée who was lost, why don't you feel worried or anxious? Could it be that you snatched Princess Chaohua? Isn't this a thief calling for a thief?" After finishing speaking, he was cold Hum twice.

Shang Junyuan has been watching coldly, he wanted to see some clues from the faces of these people, but found nothing, but unexpectedly, the Crown Prince of the Jiao Kingdom pointed the finger at him.

He sneered and said, "Prince Jiao really thinks highly of my prince, but does the prince never use his brain when talking? You also know that Princess Chaohua is my prince's fiancée, the future concubine, and this prince must speak before the big wedding." Take your fiancée away? May I ask, what is the reason for this prince to do this?"

"You!" Jiao Jing was trembling all over, and couldn't help pointing at Shang Junyuan. This was the first time he was humiliated in front of everyone, and he couldn't retaliate, he could only suffer from being dumb, but who could blame this?
Yu Mingqi saw that the development of the situation was a bit off track, and there was a tendency to get worse, he stood up unknowingly, and said humbly: "Okay, everyone, don't get excited, it's getting late now, in my opinion, all envoys You don’t need to go back to the post house, just sleep in the palace overnight.”

Yu Mingqi didn't give them any chance to speak, and then said to Director Li who was standing beside him: "Director Li, order someone to take care of the bedroom, you can take some envoys there to rest."

"Yes." Eunuch Li said respectfully.

"What is this? Are we under house arrest in a disguised form?" After walking out of the hall, Jiao Sedum said with some rage.

"The prince misunderstood the emperor. The emperor saw that it was getting late. If the prince went back to the post house, it would probably be dawn after this trip, and he would not have much time to rest." Eunuch Li flatteringly explained.

Seeing that Jiao Jingtian was about to get rough on Mr. Li, Gong Zihan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother Jingtian, why bother to be angry with a slave? In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with this. You should go back to sleep quickly, and if you don't rest, my God! It's really bright, don't you think it's brother Ziyuan?" He turned his head to look at Shang Junyuan while speaking.

"Brother Zihan is right." Shang Junyuan said with a light smile, but just as his eyes swept across the ground inadvertently, he saw the dirt on Gong Zihan's shoes.

Night, slightly cool.The wind is rising.

A round of bright moon secretly hides behind the clouds like a shy girl, adding a bit of silence to the dark yard.

Suddenly, a black figure quickly walked out of the room, and soon disappeared into the darkness.Immediately afterwards, another figure quickly followed and disappeared into the night.

Emperor Yu Mingqi prepared rooms for the envoys of various countries to rest. After tossing around most of the night, as soon as Jiao Jingtian, the crown prince of Dijiao Kingdom, entered the room, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep soundly.

However, Shang Junyuan, the fourth prince of Shanghuang Kingdom, did not feel sleepy. He sat quietly on the chair in the room, his eyes bright and deep looking ahead, as if he was waiting for something.

Suddenly, he seemed to hear the sound of the door closing. He walked quickly to the door, and looked out through the thin crack of the door. The night was thick. Although it was pitch black, he still saw a figure clearly. And that figure looked around, and after confirming that no one had found it, he flew towards the east wall, which happened to be where the guards were weak.

When the man was submerged in the night, he quickly opened the door and followed.

Although the man was covered with a veil, it could be judged from his figure that he was the king of Tiangong, Gong Zihan, and there were no other people living in this courtyard except them.

Not long ago, he accidentally saw the soil on the shoes of the king of Tiangong Gong Zihan. The soil was very fresh. It didn't look like it was left before. The prince became wary.It is speculated that the disappearance of Princess Zhaohua may have something to do with him.However, the development of the matter was not as he expected, Gong Zihan still started to act when everyone had already fallen asleep.

The cold wind whistled in the ear, but the person who came did not notice it, and continued to gallop all the way without slowing down.Seeing that the man in black in front was about to reach the east of the city, he turned a corner abruptly and ran away.

That's right, the man in black in front of him paused for a moment as if he had sensed that someone was following him behind him, and then turned to leave.

(End of this chapter)