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Perhaps because he couldn't see clearly at night, the assassin panicked. After stabbing him with his blade, he hurriedly escaped and pushed down the wooden frame, alerting the eunuch outside. However, by the time everyone rushed over, the assassin had already escaped.

"Search!" The Emperor was furious. To dare embarrass himself at this critical juncture, that assassin must have not run away. He must find the person.

According to the Young Eunuch's description, the assassin had a medium build and was slightly skinny. The most suspicious factor was the newly appointed loyal duke, because he had once refused the marriage and had martial arts skills. Although there were guards guarding outside the palace, it was not impossible for him to escape, because the direction of the assassin's escape was in the direction of his residence.

Tie Yi was currently entangled with Yue Ying, and did not even know what was happening outside. Only when orderly footsteps came from outside the door, did Tie Yi allow Yue Ying to put on her clothes in panic.

"Quick, hide under the bed first!"

"Look at how anxious you are. Am I that shameless?"

"This is the palace, the palace!" Tie Yi didn't have time to explain to Yue Ying. After she put on his clothes, he would let her down from the bed and hide in his bed to pretend to be asleep.

The two of them acted like thieves, carrying a different kind of interest.

"Open the door!"

The leader of the imperial guards shouted an order, and the guards took out their keys to unlock the door. A few eunuchs rushed in with lanterns in their hands.

After lighting up the room, Tie Yi pretended to be awakened and sat up, "It's already the middle of the night, what are you all doing?"

"The princess was assassinated, the assassin fled to marquis's courtyard, we are here to look for the assassin."

Tie Yi frowned. Assassin? Is it Yue Ying?

"When did it happen?"

"Just now, not even a quarter of an hour passed."

Fortunately, it's not Yue Ying. She was with me just now.

"How is the princess now?" Tie Yi asked nervously.

"They're still rescuing us. I heard that they didn't injure any vital parts of our body, but even so, the assassin was still unable to escape death." "If he dares to commit murder in the palace, even if he doesn't get executed, he will still be sentenced to a punishment." The commander said while looking at Tie Yi's face.

Seeing his calm expression, this matter should have nothing to do with him, but Prime Minister Guo … The commander's heart skipped a beat.

Tie Yi generously lifted up his blanket, stood up and put on some clothes, "Since you found me here, investigate carefully, don't say that you didn't look carefully when you were replying."

The commander's face was serious as he searched for a while. He crawled on the floor and looked under the bed.

Nothing?

It can't be, it was arranged well. That person said he hid the person here himself, how could it not be there? Had he been discovered by the Young Marquis?

Seeing him lying on the ground, Tie Yi's back tensed and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Did he know that Yue Ying was hiding under the bed? If she was to be found out, how would he explain it?

Before Tie Yi could think of a way, the commander stood up.

"Sorry for disturbing Young Marquis's rest, I'll personally come to the manor to beg for forgiveness another day." The commander clasped his fists in apology before leaving with his men.

Tie Yi's tensed up nerves finally relaxed, she suddenly remembered that Yue Ying was still underneath the bed. How could she not be discovered?

Where did this person go?

Before he could even get up, his butt was stepped on. He did not need to guess to know that it was Yue Ying.

Tie Yi patted his butt, crawled up and asked curiously, "Where did you hide, why didn't the commander notice you?"

Yue Ying said in a serious tone, "I suspect that someone wanted to harm you."

"What do you mean?"

Yue Ying frowned: "There's a secret passage under this bed, when I got in, I accidentally triggered a mechanism and fell into a tunnel, but not long after I walked in, I met a strange eunuch holding a dagger walking towards here, I was shocked, and knocked him unconscious. I don't know what to do with him now, you never would have thought, he actually came in from the next room, and it disgusted me to death."

"Where is the man?"

"Room." Yue Ying snorted, and said in a disgusted tone.

Tie Yi asked, "Go take a look?"

"Yes."

Yue Ying brought Tie Yi to the main room. Under the toilet was the tunnel, and in the tunnel was a palace lamp. The eunuch was lying beside the palace lamp, and beside him was a bloodied dagger that Yue Ying had smashed down.

Tie Yi looked at Yue Ying in shock, "Just now, the commander came to search my room, and said that the princess was assassinated, could it be that the eunuch is that assassin? The tunnel leads to my bed. They want to frame me as the murderer! "

"Why should I frame you? Is there anyone else who doesn't want you to marry the princess? " Yue Ying felt that it was very strange.

Tie Yi first thought of the possibility of killing the Princess Yingzhu, could it be that the Princess Yingzhu was a killer who was jealous of the princess? What should he do? The Princess Yingzhu is my Seventh Aunt, if she is implicated, the Hou clan will definitely be held accountable as well.

Seeing that Tie Yi was troubled, Yue Ying asked again, "Did you have some secrets that you didn't tell me?"

Tie Yi took a step back, and was extremely conflicted in his heart whether or not he should tell Yue Ying the truth of the matter. After saying it, Tie Yi was afraid that he might overthink things.

Thinking about that, Tie Yi said in a serious tone, "There aren't many political enemies in the Iron family, and the only one who doesn't like the Iron family are the Prime Minister Guo s. Her daughter is the imperial concubine of the palace, and there's also the Fifth Prince. Other than Prime Minister Guo, I can't think of anyone else who would want to harm me. "

Yue Ying thought for a while, "It's not hard to know if it's him or not, just try it and you'll know."

When it was almost the fourth fragment of the night, the emperor could not hold on much longer. The Eunuch Fu had ordered someone to lift Zhang Gui's bed to let the emperor rest.

Before the emperor could close his eyes, a voice suddenly came from outside. "There's an assassin! Protect the emperor!"

In an inconspicuous corner, there was a shadow moving. The guard rushed over and placed the sword on that person's neck and shouted in surprise, "I've caught him here, he's a eunuch."

Before the assassin could regain his senses, he was tied up in a daze with a dagger in his hand.

The emperor was already in a bad mood, but now he was even more depressed. He ordered, "Ask who ordered him?"

The guard kicked the eunuch fiercely, and the eunuch realized that he was tied up. He thought that his parents and relatives were controlled by someone, and if he confessed, the entire family would have to go to the Underworld to reunite, so he hardened his heart, bit off the tongue, and died.

Yue Ying who was lying on the rooftop took a deep breath. This fellow was really courageous, it seemed like she had a lot of power.

Sure enough, not long after, someone came from the outside, "Noble Consort Guo requests an audience!"