Phoenix Duchess - C32

The imperial capital was surrounded for three days, and no one could be seen in the alleyway. The two sides continued to confront each other.

According to the news that came from outside, the people surrounding the city were Shao Ji, King Xiao Han, and the Imperial Guard Commander Xu Jue. If one were to speak of Xu Jue, he was Xiao Han’s mufei, the nephew of the late Consort De, Little Xu, and the eldest son of the Duke of Dingguo.

As for why Xiao Han’s mufei was called Little Xu, it was because there was another Xu concubine in the palace. This person was Little Xu’s older sister, and also the empress concubine who rarely showed her face in the palace.

Legend has it that when the two sisters of the Xu family entered the palace together, they had a strong holy family and a family backing them. At that time, they were the only ones who were able to stand up to Empress Yue. Afterwards, the two sisters of the Xu family were pregnant at the same time, but only the children of the Little Xu were safely born. On the other hand, the children of the Xu family were born within three months of being pregnant.

There was a rumor that the events that year were related to Empress Yue, but no one knew what it was. In order to comfort Lady Xu, the Emperor had given her the title of imperial concubine. He had even conferred her the title of imperial concubine in the imperial harem election, the year that Gongyu entered the palace.

On the night of his siege, assassins entered the palace. Then, Xiao Wu and Xu Jue ordered the siege to prevent the assassins from escaping. However, who had ever seen an army of seventy thousand soldiers being used to capture an assassin? Who had ever seen an assassin encircle the city and ban anyone from entering? Ren Xiao Han’s glib tongue, the truth of the matter, has been clearly revealed.

Dong Ling Wan felt slightly uneasy. She clearly knew that Patrol Officer Xiao was no longer in the capital. However, he still couldn’t stop worrying. Now that there was the variable called Xiao Mu, Xiao Xun could use this as an excuse to raise his troops. However, this place was far from the border, so he was afraid that he might not even know about the great change that had occurred in the capital, bringing along Princess Rongyuan and Xiao Nan …

Ling Wan felt uneasy if she didn’t see the two of them in person. If anything happened to them, these two would be the best bargaining chips for A-Xun!

Dong Ling Wan suddenly slammed the table and rose to her feet. She called for Qing Xue and Dong Ling Xue to come out. Although the two of them were unwilling, they were unable to refuse her.

Chen Huan prepared a horse carriage and personally brought twenty guards to protect Dong Ling Wan as they went from the Eastern Prefecture to Rongyuan’s mansion, requiring them to pass through a busy city. However, today, the road was silent and nobody spoke for about seven to eight minutes before the horse carriage suddenly stopped, and a voice that admired the snow came from outside the road, “Miss, it’s Young Marquis Ruan.”

Dong Ling Wan frowned. What was big brother Gui Xuan doing here?

When she opened the curtain, she caught her breath. She was dressed in a red official’s robe, and there was a ferocious eagle embroidered on the black silk. Her sharp eyes were staring straight ahead, as if she would fly down from the official’s robe in the next moment and take away her prey.

“At a time like this, if you don’t stay in the mansion, what are you walking around for? You’re too bold!” After Song Yuxuan placed one hand behind his back, his usual gentleness seemed to have been replaced with sharpness due to his official uniform. Even though his tone was calm, it caused others to still want to keep their distance.

It was unknown if it was because of the Yue Clan or because of that dream, but Dong Ling Wan disliked this outfit, especially at that moment, when Song Yuan’s hand that was holding the fan was still on the treasured blade engraved on his waist. Dong Ling Wan remembered that the blade was called the Life Seizing Blade.

No one would’ve thought that the cold-blooded, ruthless, and brutal head of the Dragon Guard would be the usual polite and courteous young duke An Ning if he hadn’t forced his way into the palace this time!

“Didn’t brother Wu Xuan also come out? Why is he still blaming me?”

“How can you play me? Hurry up and go back. If you touch it while injured, how will I explain this to Yi Chuan?

“I know, big brother Zhai Xuan, you’re busy. Ling Wan will remember this!”

Song Yuxuan nodded and gave a few instructions before leaving with his men. Looking at that figure, Dong Ling Wan’s heart was filled with emotions. She had always thought that Song Jingyu was a civil servant who worked in a casual job. Now, it seemed that she did not know much.

The group arrived at the Wang Mansion and found that it was roughly the same as the Wang Mansion. The door was closed, and Chen Huan knocked on the door, but there was no response.

Just like before, Dong Ling Wan seemed to have made up her mind to enter the courtyard. She glanced at Qing Xue, nodded her head, and flew into the courtyard to open up the gates. Dong Ling Wan left the courtyard with the two of them and Chen Huan.

It wasn’t until they arrived at the kitchen that they saw a servant sneakily waving to them from behind. A few people then came out carrying something, and when they saw EastLing Wan and the rest, they were filled with terror.

“He actually dares to enter the prince’s mansion and steal in broad daylight. Is there no king’s law left?!” Dong Ling Wan yelled out, scaring the few of them to the point where they kneeled down. The head servant quailed, “Don’t be angry Second Miss, your servant is a servant from the Duke’s Mansion! A few days ago, this servant led the second young miss to see the Prince of Qi. This servant only came to find something to eat and begged the second young miss to spare her life! ”

Those people were all prostrating themselves on the ground. Actually, these people weren’t afraid of her at all. They were afraid of Chen Huan, who had a cold expression on her face as she drew her sabre. Of the people in the manor, although she did not know them, there were eighty to ninety percent who were all familiar with them. Furthermore, her memory was always good, so she naturally remembered what had happened in the past few days. However, she did not change her tone: “Don’t speak nonsense. If it wasn’t for the thieves, how did the back door open? You guys killed the gatekeeper and entered the manor to steal!”

“Second Miss was wrongly accused. That day, she was indeed a servant!”

“I noticed something familiar about him. It was snow appreciation. Was it really him that day?” Dong Ling Wan glanced sideways at this person before asking, “Miss, it’s this person.” Dong Ling Wan took a step forward.

Hearing these words, that person heaved a sigh of relief.

Dong Ling Wan nodded slightly. “If that’s the case, then you can get up first and take me to see the wangfei. Today, I’ll make sure that the wangfei punishes all of you. It’s useless even if you don’t dare to open the gates!”

“This …” The few of them looked at each other, and in the end only saw the leader of the group take a step forward, “Go back …” “In reply to Second Miss, the wangfei and the princess went missing the day they surrounded the city.”

Hearing this, Dong Ling Wan calmed down, but maintained her shocked expression: “Missing? “What’s going on, why is there no one reporting to the officials?!”

“Some time ago, the princess and princess were allowed to enter the buddhist temple to recite sutras, and all of them except the attendants were not allowed to come close. On that day, everyone panicked and thought that there would be a war, so they prepared to flee, but the city gates were closed, and there were even soldiers outside. When the servants arrived at the city gates, they woke up, and had nowhere to go, so they returned to the palace. Only then did they discover that the princess and princess had already …”

That person glanced at Dong Lingwan and said, “The servants wanted to find the masters, but the steward went to find the crown prince, but the crown prince was also missing. His highness, the Prince of Qi and his highness, couldn’t get word through, so the stewards blocked him outside. His highness Shao Chi …”

King Shao Chi? At that time, Shao Ji was outside the city commanding the siege!

Dong Ling Wan frowned. You’re not allowed to tell anyone about this? There was definitely something fishy going on!

Dong Ling Wan glared at the man, her cold eyes filled with fear, “Where are the two princes now?”

“Two… On the second day after the siege, the servants realized that the two princes’ courtyards were empty. ”

Gone? He had probably left long ago! After all, Xiao Han was still young, and his intelligence was lacking. He was afraid that the matter of surrounding the city might not escape the eyes of these two people.

She left, she left, and she was the only one left. Somehow, Eastern Ling Wan felt a bit sad in her heart …