Seeing the empress and crown prince leave angrily, Chu Qingyao and He Lanxi quickly rushed out. He Lanxi turned his head and left, but Chu Qingyao stopped her, "Where are you going?"

"Today is the day father returns to the capital, I'm very worried …"

"There's no rush. Let's go back and see the empress dowager first."

When the two returned to their seats, the Queen immediately glared at them. "Princess He Lan, where did you go? Why are you in such a sorry state? "

"Xi Er drank too much, got up to go to the latrine, and accidentally got lost and fell into the water." He Lanxi calmly replied.

The empress dowager looked at the empress unhappily. "Princess He Lan, it's good that you're back. The Wailing Home has sent someone to look for you! Your father is injured.

He Lanxi quickly left the palace, the Queen looked at Chu Qingyao, "If I remember correctly, Prince Zhi's Concubine has also been gone for a long time. Did you also get lost?"

Chu Qingyao smiled. "That's right, this wangfei has indeed gotten lost."

The empress dowager looked over with a genial smile. "Prince Zhi's Concubine doesn't enter the palace that often. If you have time in the future, come and accompany me. Otherwise, you'll get lost forever."

Chu Qingyao wasn't willing to come! But she couldn't give the empress dowager any face, so she could only get up. "Chenqie obeys the decree."

The empress dowager rose to her feet in satisfaction. "That's it for today. Everyone disperse!"

"Hong Tan, let's return to the manor." If not for He Lanxi, Chu Qingyao would have already found an excuse to leave. Just as the two of them left Changle Palace, they saw Shi Yunshu walking over.

She sized up Chu Qingyao and praised her from the bottom of her heart, "Prince Zhi's Concubine, you're very beautiful!"

"Is the Crown Princess here to praise me?"

Shi Yunshu looked at her quietly, "I admire roasting king very much. I had no intention of becoming your enemy, but I will be the princess consort in the future, so please forgive me."

Was he sending a written challenge to her?

Chu Qingyao raised the corner of her mouth, her beautiful smile making people feel nostalgic. Shi Yunshu was dumbstruck. Only such a woman would be able to make the roasting king stay behind for her!

"I've always been a person who doesn't offend me. If I don't offend anyone, I won't be lenient." Chu Qingyao nodded to her as she brought Hong Tan and gently walked past Shi Yunshu.

When she returned to the Duke Palace, Xuanyuan Zhi was drinking tea in her room. She walked over and greeted, "Your Highness." Xuanyuan Zhi poured her a cup. She was really thirsty, so she sat down to drink with her.

"Is General He Lan's injury serious?" The fastest way to find out how General He Lan was was was to ask him.

"A light injury."

Chu Qingyao sipped some tea, "What a coincidence, He Lanxi was drugged in the palace and almost lost his innocence. General He Lan was injured outside the palace."

"Tell me about it." Xuanyuan Zhi wasn't very clear about what was happening in the palace, he merely ordered people to protect her from afar. He only received the news that the crown prince had favored a palace maid. Chu Qingyao put down the cup and recounted everything that had happened in the palace.

Xuanyuan Zhi's face turned cold. "What do you think about the Empress?"

"Empress?" Chu Qingyao dragged her long voice. Shouldn't Xuanyuan Zhi be more clear about this than her? I felt that she was not the same as before, that I had robbed her of her man, that I wished I could eat her. After becoming a queen, there's no jealousy in her eyes, there's only cold killing intent. "

Xuanyuan Zhi did not speak anymore, and accompanied her to drink his tea. After finishing the pot of tea, he stood up and left. Chu Qingyao suddenly thought of the palace maid who had called herself Blue Hall before the palace banquet. If what she said was true, then what had happened to Princess Xi Wei?

She stood up and went outside, just in time to bump into Qi Sha.

"Princess." Qi Sha bowed.

"Is the prince still at home?"

"Your highness has left. If you have any matters, your highness can instruct your subordinate."

"Help me check if Princess Xi Wei is in trouble."

"Your subordinate will go right away."

Chu Qingyao told Qi Sha to find out about Princess Xi Wei, so naturally, Qi Sha would first report this to the Duke.

"Ever since Xi Wei snatched Xi Wei away, Xi Wei had never seen anyone again ever since he returned home. It's good for you to go and investigate." Xuanyuan Zhi had too many things to take care of, even if he heard about Xi Wei's matter, he wouldn't take it to heart.

Qi Sha returned very quickly, "How was it?"

"My prince, Princess Xi Wei is already bedridden from sickness. I heard that she's too thin to show any signs of life." Qi Sha revealed the information he had gathered, "It seems as if the Blue Hall's palace maids had gone to look for the wangfei during today's palace banquet."

"Speak truthfully to the wangfei."

When Chu Qingyao heard about Xi Wei's situation, she regretted not visiting the Blue Hall today. The only thing he could do now was to wait and see. That night, she read a medical book for half the night before she went to bed. Before he could fall asleep, Xuanyuan Zhi had arrived.

"Your Royal Highness, why did you come over so late at night?"

"Wear your clothes, and I will bring you to see Xi Wei." Xuanyuan Zhi turned his face away.

Chu Qingyao immediately lost all sleepiness and neatly put on her clothes. As she was carried by Xuanyuan Zhi, she jumped across the roof and rushed towards the Imperial Palace. When they arrived at Blue Hall, they found that Xi Wei's room was still lit.

Xuanyuan Zhi lifted his hand and with a tap, the palace maid fell into a deep sleep.

"Who?" After the two entered the room, they were shocked by Princess Xi Wei.

Xuanyuan Zhi had been hugging onto Chu Qingyao the entire time and she had no choice but to struggle out herself. Princess Xi Wei, I am a Fourteenth imperial aunt. "

Xi Wei struggled to get up, the wide nightgown cutting off his shoulders, revealing his skinny shoulders. Chu Qingyao was shocked, "How are you this skinny?"

When Xi Wei saw Xuanyuan Zhi, he quickly pulled up his robe. "Greetings, Fourteenth Imperial Uncle."

"I'll wait for you outside." Xuanyuan Zhi turned and left.

"imperial aunt, take a seat." As soon as he saw Chu Qingyao, Xi Wei's eyes filled with tears, as though there was an endless amount of pain.

Chu Qingyao sat on the side of the bed, extending her hand to feel her pulse. Xi Wei's pulse was very weak, as though it was born in a small child's womb.

"imperial aunt, I don't want to live anymore." Xi Wei hugged Chu Qingyao and cried in her arms.

Although Chu Qingyao had a high status, she was still a few years younger than Xi Wei. For a moment, she felt somewhat awkward. She had already guessed that the incident with Xi Xi Wei must have something to do with the kidnapping incident. "There are no obstacles that you can't cross, so try to open up a bit.

"I was pregnant with Yuwen Jingrui's child, so I got someone to buy some concocting medicine and beat the child down. But I can't get through myself. I love Haoran so much, but I can't be like jade for her. I don't have the face to live anymore. " Xi Wei cried her heart out. She kept these words in her heart and had nowhere to tell him.

Chu Qingyao sighed, "Silly Xi Wei, Liu Haoran has already left home. As for Yuwen Jingrui, your uncle Huang will definitely avenge you."

"I don't care if he comes and goes, I only know that my love for him has never changed. I just want to stay with him for a lifetime, but now I have nothing. Even my body has been ruined. How could I be worthy of him!?"

"Xi Wei, don't be like this. Even if Liu Haoran knows, he will only feel heartache. He definitely won't blame you."

"But I blame myself, I wanted to kill Yuwen Jingrui, if not for this thought, I would have …" Xi Wei continued to cry, and screamed at the top of her lungs, "I'm so scared, I'm afraid that Yuwen Jingrui will spread the news, how am I going to face Haoran?"

Chu Qingyao knew that there was no use in persuading her, until she was tired from crying, and said, "If Liu Haoran really treats you well, he wouldn't mind about all this. If he doesn't mind, I don't care if he does. "

Xi Wei stared blankly at her, somewhat confused.

Chu Qingyao opened up the medical system and checked her entire body. She discovered that she had not been treated at all after the birth, and she was worried about losing sleep so she lost weight. Crouching on the table, he started to think about the prescription, "Your body is yours, you have to take good care of it. Only after you have recuperated will you have the right to talk about other things. "

Xi Wei stared at the prescription in a daze, her hazy teary eyes carrying a trace of confusion. Chu Qingyao knew that she needed time to think.

"Your Highness, let's go back!" She went to the outer room.

Xuanyuan Zhi's expression was very ugly, probably because he heard about Xi Wei's pregnancy. With a cold expression, he picked her up and ran into the night. After returning to the Duke Palaces, he sent her back to the Blue Luan Courtyard and left while covered in cold air.

He went back to his study and called for Seven.

"How's the investigation going?"

"My prince, the Xiang Er by the empress's side has been missing for many days. It is unknown whether he is dead or alive."

Xuanyuan Zhi sensed something was amiss. Xiang Er had brought him to the palace from his mother's home, so the relationship between the two of them was extremely deep. Last time he brought Chu Qingyao to the palace, he had already suspected Xiang Er when he saw him crying, but he did not put a single servant in his heart.

"Find out where she appeared at the end, and who she met." He also knew that this would be difficult. It was normal for one or two palace maids to die in the palace.

After the Seven Ultimate, Xuanyuan Zhi called Qi Sha in. "Get someone to contact the Second Prince of Falcon Kingdom and tell him about the spy Yuwen Jingrui set up in his residence. Also, this king admires him greatly."

Looking at the color of the sky, he rested on his bed for a while before entering the palace to attend the morning assembly.

"Your Highness, this Subordinate found out that Xiang Er was blessed by the Emperor before he went missing, which was quickly followed by his disappearance. On the same day, the palace maids and eunuchs in the empress dowager's palace were replaced with a new batch of people."

"Where did it go?" Xuanyuan Zhi's heart sank.

"I heard that the empress dislikes them and they've all left the palace, there's a record within."

"Continue investigating and see if we can find him." Xuanyuan Zhi's eyes turned cold, "Send someone to keep an eye on the empress palace, if anything happens, report it immediately."

Just as he finished his breakfast, Ling Mo rushed in angrily and drank the tea on the table. He shouted as he shouted, "How unlucky, this grandpa passed by the Spring Wind Pavilion's entrance early in the morning and was actually hit by a mute girl.

"Do you feel any heartache?" Xuanyuan Zhi was unhappy that he was drinking from his own teacup.

Ling Mo felt that the pressure was a little low, he immediately put down the cup with a smile, "If you walk too fast, even your throat would start to smoke, offending Your Highness, I will get someone to buy ten cups for you later."

"There's no need. You can touch This King's things in the future and I'll chop off your claws."

Ling Mo immediately retracted his hand, "My prince, speaking like that, you have no friends."

Seeing that Xuanyuan Zhi did not say anything, Ling Mo's words returned to the young lady of Spring Wind Pavilion, "If it wasn't that it's inconvenient for me to run around, I would really like to pay that mute girl back."

"You're quite a tender person." Xuanyuan Zhileng laughed, "You're not young anymore, it's time to get married."

Ling Mo immediately waved his hands, "Let me go! "Uncle, if my dad finds out that I got a brothel girl, he would definitely break my legs."

"Get down to business." Xuanyuan Zhi's face was filled with impatience.

Ling Mo straightened his expression, "These few days, the Military Department's President has sent people to take back the shop. I heard that it was to equip and dowry our daughter, and it seems that he sent people to the Atractylodes chinensis Schneid yesterday and offered a very high price. That wangfei of yours wouldn't be so excited to sell the shop, right?"

"Atractylodes chinensis Schneid is her personal, I have no right to interfere."