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"How are the casualties?" Man Tianyao asked.

"There aren't many casualties, it's just that Ling Weixue is missing." fire elder stood up, "Sect Leader, I will immediately lead some people to support us."

"We'll talk about other things on the way. I'll go over myself." Man Tianyao said, "I was careless, I should have sent people to protect them long ago."

Who would've thought that after so many years, the Grass and Wood Pavilion would lose its ability to protect itself!

"I'll go too." Chu Qingyao also stood up.

"Sovereign, let's go as well." The four Elders of Wind, Fire, Ice, and Snow all called out that they would go as well.

Man Tianyao was leading the way, "fire elder and Elder Xue will stay, the others follow me."

When the fire elder heard that she wanted him to stay, he said unhappily, "Clan Master, why should I stay? I'm also worried about that girl, Weeping Snow, if she were to die, I wouldn't even have the face to see Ling Yuan."

"Don't talk nonsense, nothing will happen to Gentle Snow." Elder Xue glared at Elder Feng, "Your mouth is truly annoying."

fire elder choked, "I'm still too worried about that girl."

Man Tianyao did not care about fire elder, and led everyone down the mountain to help them.

Prince Zhi's Mansion.

When he saw Xuanyuan Zhi, he immediately asked, "Has Your Highness managed to procure enough medicinal ingredients?"

"Regardless of whether it is enough, This King will keep to my words. The usage of YunQue has already been prepared for you, so you can pull him away anytime." Xuanyuan Zhi pointed to his seat, and indicated for him to sit.

"Since that's the case, why don't you send someone to help me?" Wushuang said.

"That won't do, our Tian Qiong wasn't part of the general assembly to begin with. To recklessly transport so many medicinal ingredients, it is very easy for our intentions to be exposed. I'm afraid we will have to trouble the Crown Prince." Xuanyuan Zhi looked at Wushuang.

He really did not expect that the position of the Nine Moons Country's Crown Prince would fall to him.

"Since that's the case, after inspecting the medicinal ingredients, I'll send someone to transport them away." After all, in this age, only with medicinal herbs would one be able to keep their life. Forget about YunQue, even Nine Moons Country would never despise having too many medicinal ingredients.

"Qi Sha, lead Crown Prince Wushuang to examine the medicine." Xuanyuan Zhi instructed.

Before the two of them could leave, a guard came in from outside. He glanced at Wushuang and went up to whisper in Xuanyuan Zhi's ear, "Your Highness, something big happened at Jade Lake last night."

"What happened?" Xuanyuan Zhi frowned, wasn't the Jade Lake Wing the residence of the empress dowager, Lin Wanru?

"I heard that today, after the morning assembly, the Right Prime Minister requested for the Emperor to send a decree to the palace to see his daughter. When they arrived at the jade lake, they found that Lin Wanru had actually disappeared. And her personal palace maid, Lv Zhou, had actually died on the empress dowager's bed, wearing exactly the clothes that the empress dowager normally liked to wear. "

Xuanyuan Zhi's face sank, the palace had not been peaceful recently.

Mingyue had only been back for a few days, something had happened to Lin Wanru again. Especially the Right Prime Minister. How could they be so lucky to be able to enter the palace today to visit their daughter?

Did he know something?

"What did the Emperor say?" he asked.

"The Emperor has ordered people to investigate. Logically speaking, Lin Wanru does not know any martial arts, and not a single person can enter the palace."

"How did the palace maid die?"

"I'm impressed by the Crane Head Red, and there's no sign of struggle at all." The hidden guard said.

"Look again." Xuanyuan Zhi waved his hand.

When Qi Sha sent Wu Shuang away, he saw the Prince's face the moment he entered the room, "Your Royal Highness, what's wrong?"

"Lin Wanru went missing. He was killed on the one hand, and taken away on the other." Xuanyuan Zhi stood up, he had to go to the palace.

When Xuanyuan Che saw his royal uncle come in with a face full of cold air, his heart shivered. "Royal Uncle, you've also heard about Lin Wanru's matter?"

"Your Majesty, this king does not know when the defenses of the imperial palace were so relaxed. Anyone who didn't know any martial arts would be able to slip out. In this king's opinion, the emperor should investigate carefully. " Xuanyuan Zhi said.

"Royal Uncle, I know." Xuanyuan Che's face did not look good either.

It had only been a short while since he ascended the throne, and such a thing had happened in the palace. It seemed that there really were people who did not place him in their eyes. This matter must be strictly investigated!

He said, "We found out that Zhou Moer, who went to the palace to accompany Lin Wanru a few days ago, has also disappeared."

"Zhou Moer? What is she doing in the palace? " Xuanyuan Zhi remembered that the late Empress Dowager had bestowed Zhou Moer to the Third Prince.

"It was the Right Prime Minister that gave her advice. She said that her daughter was lonely in the palace and wanted to find someone to enter the palace to unlock it. Then, he said that Zhou Moer coincidentally was also home alone, so we agreed to it. " Xuanyuan Che was startled, "Royal Uncle, could it be that all of this was planned by the Right Prime Minister?"

"What about the Right Premier?" Xuanyuan Zhi asked.

"He just returned home and wants me to help him find his daughter no matter what." Xuanyuan Che frowned, "We have asked the empress about this. She said that Zhou Moer will be staying at Jade Lake Garden all day long.

"If Your Majesty trusts This King, then This King will take over."

"If even Royal Uncle doesn't trust me, do I still have anyone by my side that I can trust?" Xuanyuan Che heaved a sigh of relief. If he were to investigate, he would really be at a loss.

The first thing that Xuanyuan Zhi did when he was taking over was to give the palace guards a huge change of blood. In addition, all of the palaces would strengthen their defenses, not giving outsiders any chance to barge in.

In particular, all the guards on the way from the Jade Lake Garden to the palace gates had been arrested and interrogated. This interrogation had revealed that a month and a half ago, a man had entered the harem. All the clues indicated that the man had finally entered the jade lake.

Xuanyuan Zhi's face turned green, he had just ordered his men to search the imperial harem. Qi Sha then said, "Your Highness, the Princess Mingyue has sent a letter."

After Xuanyuan Zhi saw it, his expression turned even uglier.

Brightmoon wrote that she had accidentally seen a man at Jade Lake City. His manner was rather intimate with Lin Wanru. What a 'Lin Wanru', to think that she would dare to harbor a man in the harem! However, it was impossible for her to drag someone into the palace by herself. The Right Premier must have done some good.

He closed his eyes and analyzed.

Lin Wanru had a secret meeting with a man, if he was pregnant, wouldn't he be afraid of something getting out? If what Brightmoon said was true, then when Lin Wanru went missing, had he discovered that he was pregnant and escaped the palace?

Did they want to talk about their children? He sneered, Xuanyuan Xiao was already dead. If Lin Wanru wasn't stupid, he wouldn't have done this.

"Qi Sha, invite Princess Mingyue over." he said.

As soon as Brightmoon came over, she said, "Royal Uncle, I have personally seen everything in my letters. After they had entered the room, Zhou Moer was still standing guard outside for a long time. Until Zhou Moer is gone, I should leave. "

"From what you see, is Zhou Moer coming to the palace to accompany Lin Wanru?"

"It doesn't look like it, but Mingyue feels that she is actually watching over Lin Wanru." Mingyue shook her head and thought about what happened that day once again.

"The Minister of the Right has nothing to do with this." Xuanyuan Zhi's voice turned cold.

After Lin Wanru woke up, she touched her lower abdomen. Although she couldn't feel the child, she felt that he should still be here.

Pushing the door open, he saw a man standing outside. His back was tall and sturdy, and he looked somewhat familiar.

"You are?" she asked.

When the person turned around, she was shocked, "Xuanyuan Huo, why is it you?"

"Who does Esteemed Empress Dowager think it should be?" Xuanyuan Huo taunted, "The Empress is quite bold, to actually dare to leave the palace on her own, aren't you afraid of losing your head?"

Lin Wanru's heart beat like a drum, she took a long time to calm down, and then she said, "Thank you, Southern King, for saving my life."

"I didn't save you to make you thank me." Xuanyuan Huo laughed coldly, "Empress, you should stay here. However, you must not think of escaping.

Lin Wanru looked at him, "What exactly do you want? I have no power or influence, and to the Southern King, it is of no use at all. You keep me and even feed me. "

"You're useless, but Right Prime Minister has you!" Xuanyuan Huo seemed to be in a good mood, he called for the servant girl to come over and start a meal for Lin Wanru.

When Xuanyuan Huo returned to the study room, he immediately ordered some people to deliver a letter to the Right Prime Minister, telling him to quickly head over.

Lin Yanan's disappearance was already far beyond his expectations. He pointed at Zhou Moer and said, "Look at what you have done!"

"Right Minister, our original plan was to bring her out of the palace after having children. It's just that when I met the Southern King, I didn't dare to approach him. Lin Wanru must still be in the hands of the Southern King! " Zhou Moer raised his head, acting as if he did not care.

"Zhou Moer, don't think that I can't do anything to you. If you were to continue like this, I'll grind your grandfather's bones to dust." Lin Yanan was enraged by her attitude.

"How dare you!" Zhou Moer glared at him.

"Why would I not dare? "You were born of me, I don't believe that I can't control you!" Lin Yanan scoffed.

Zhou Moer turned his face away, he did not want to see this man who made him feel disgusted again. He still had the face to say that he was born, had he ever raised him for a day? He had done all the shameless things in the world.

Shameless and despicable!

"Lord, the Southern King sent a letter over." A servant came in with a letter.

After Lin Yanan received it, he continued after looking it over, "This is all your doing!"

Zhou Moer angrily stood there, "I already said that the Southern King took him away, but you don't believe me."

Lin Yanan pointed at her, "You go find a place to hide first. The palace and the Prince Zhi's Mansion are all looking for you, be careful, don't get caught, or else I'll have to think of a way to save you."

"I don't need your help." Zhou Moer snorted, and turned to leave.

Lin Yanan said to the servant, "Tell the messenger that every single movement of this prime minister has been monitored by the roasting king. Tell him to avoid wading in this muddy water."

After the servant left, Lin Yanan scolded Zhou Moer again in his heart. If she couldn't even do such a small thing, what was the use of keeping her here!

With her murderous intent, she felt that it was inappropriate. Zhou Moer was skilled, she would need to be used in a lot of ways in the future.

When Xuanyuan Huo heard the Right Premier's reply, he sneered and took a risk by making a trip to the Residence of the Right Prime Minister that night. When Lin Yanan saw him, he was shocked. "Southern King, I spoke so clearly, yet you still dared to come over. Are you trying to force me into a dead end?"

"The Right Premier has misunderstood This King. This King is rather sincere." "This king's conditions are very simple, I'll help you hide the Esteemed Empress Dowager and you can be used by this king."

"Impossible!" Lin Yanan roared.