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Her Majesty looked him up and down for a while, and when she saw that he was really all right, she could not help but weep with relief.

"Little girl Feng said that you are fine, but I am still worried." The people of this palace were often afraid that this one would hurt his soul and would not report his worries. This one was truly afraid that she and the imperial concubine would conceal the truth. Now that I see you safe and sound, I am relieved. If you come back, your royal father will be fine … "

After a long while, the empress dowager let go of Shen Lingjue and looked at him affectionately, "Jue'er, your royal father had four princes, but who would have thought that the crown prince who was established long ago would rebel. The King Cheng who has always been gentle and filial was actually so ambitious … You must save your royal father as soon as possible … "

But at this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door. A palace maid's voice rang out. "Big Sister Ning Xiang, has the empress dowager fallen asleep yet?"

"What's wrong? Esteemed Empress Dowager had long gone to sleep. " The gatekeeper, Ning Xiang, said.

"His Highness Prince Cheng came all of a sudden, and even brought a few Forbidden Army with him. He said that an assassin was infiltrating the palace, and was about to search around …"

Inside the house, Shen Lingjue and the empress dowager couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this.

Strange, in the time it took for Shen Lingjue to drink a cup of tea away in the empress dowager's quarters, Shen Youhuang had already surrounded the bedchamber with his men, saying that he wanted to search the assassin?

If Shen Youhuang had come for Shen Lingjue, it could be said that the Hail Palace had Shen Youhuang's spies, but even if they had spies, from discovering Shen Lingjue, passing down messages, to Shen Youhuang bringing his people over from the Qianyuan Palace, they would definitely not come so quickly.

Although the empress dowager and Shen Lingjue were not afraid of Shen Youhuang, he was still a "dead man" who had committed the crime of "colluding with the enemy". If he was trapped within the Hail Palace late at night, how could Shen Youhuang let him off so easily?

The empress dowager hastened to say, "He shouldn't have known you were here. He might not be so heavily guarded. You should go through the back door first. You're familiar with that road. The pine trees and cypresses are very tightly packed together. Passing through is the palace wall …"

Shen Lingjue nodded his head: "Grandson will take his leave." With that, he leaped out the back window.

And it was at this moment, that many heavy and chaotic footsteps sounded out from outside the bedchamber.

"Is Esteemed Empress Dowager still awake?" This king just discovered that an assassin had infiltrated the palace and disappeared near the Hail Palace. I was afraid that the assassin would harm the empress dowager, so I brought along a Forbidden Army to search. "

Her Majesty lifted the quilt and got out of bed. The palace maid, Ying Xiu, came with a gown to cover Her Majesty.

The empress dowager's expression was solemn, she had some suspicions in her heart, she did not expect Shen Youhuang to come here to cause trouble.

She got Ying Xiu to call in the two young eunuch s from the entrance. After instructing them in a low voice, she said coldly to the people outside the hall:

"Prince Cheng is really spirited in the middle of the night. I do not have any assassins here, just a bunch of rats that would steal food in the dead of the night. Since the Prince Cheng is here, then bring some people here to help drive away the rats. "

When Shen Youhuang heard it, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. He walked in and looked around as if he was looking for something.

As for the Forbidden Army behind him, without saying a word, he went up to grab hold of a eunuch and carefully looked at his face. As if he did not discover the person they were looking for, he let go of the eunuch and shook his head towards Shen Youhuang.

At this time, the empress dowager was even more certain that Shen Youhuang was looking for someone.

However, it was unknown whether he received a informant and knew that Shen Lingjue was here or if he was looking for someone else.

The empress dowager ignored Shen Youhuang and the crowd of Forbidden Army, and continued to speak to the two young eunuch s in a leisurely manner, "Hurry and find them, these rats are making so much noise that I can't sleep. Putting away the jade pieces, who knows if the mouse will take it … "

The two young eunuch responded and quickly tidied up.

Seeing the situation, there was no one in the hall who was willing to leave, so Shen Youhuang started pacing, as if he had accidentally looked behind the cabinets, the curtains, and other places, but to no avail.

The empress dowager frowned again. "Prince Cheng, what's wrong? You didn't come to This Dowager's quarters to help This Dowager catch rats, but to take a walk?"

Hearing this, the palace maids covered their mouths and laughed.

Shen Youhuang was a little embarrassed, he turned around and ordered his Forbidden Army coldly, "Search the entire palace from the front and back, don't let that assassin escape!" With that, he bowed and said his farewells to the empress dowager.

At this time, Shen Lingjue had long since quietly left from the back door of Hail Palace.

While Shen Youhuang was still leading the Forbidden Army to search the area, Shen Lingjue had already lightly swept across the roofs of the several alleys, returning to the Prince Yu's Mansion.

It was already late in the night but Feng Ningyan was still standing at the window of the Wanfo Pavilion, staring at the night sky which was as dark as ink.

"Your Highness, why aren't you back yet …"

From the moment Shen Lingjue stood up to save Shen Yusu, four hours had passed. Feng Ningyan was outside the palace and could not receive any news of Shen Yusu, nor did he return home.

Could it be that Shen Lingjue had been discovered in the palace? Or had Yu Su already gotten into trouble and was hard to deal with?

Just as she was thinking this, a pair of firm arms wrapped around her waist, and a voice that made her heart flutter echoed in her ears, "My wife is standing here in a daze. Is your husband by the pillow? Can't sleep?"

Feng Ningyan was surprised and happy at the same time. She turned around and hugged him tightly, "Ling Jue, you're finally back! If I don't come back now, I will enter the palace to save you. "

"My wife doesn't have that much confidence in your husband?" Shen Lingjue laughed loudly, and extended his hand to pinch her chin, "Even if something happened, your escaping ability is the best in the world, how could you surrender so easily and leave your wife alone in an empty room?"

"Bitch …" Feng Ningyan whined, but stuck close to his chest with her face close to his chest, unable to leave, "Is Yu Su okay?"

Shen Lingjue lightly patted her back to reassure her: "It's fine, in order to lure Du Kai away, he intentionally sent me out of the palace and fell into the lake. He caught a cold and couldn't go to the Qianyuan Palace, so he's currently resting in Xuanyu's sleeping quarters."

"Falling into the lake?" When Feng Ningyan heard it, he could not help but smile, "To think that you guys could think of it, it was in the middle of winter."

Shen Lingjue laughed, and then thought of something, and his brows knitted slightly.

"I also went to visit the empress dowager, but not long after we met, Shen Youhuang brought her Forbidden Army to the Hail Palace to capture an assassin. This is a little strange."

"This …" When Feng Ningyan heard it, he could not help but be shocked, "Could it be that even the empress dowager is keeping an eye on him?"

Shen Lingjue shook his head: "Looking at the time, it is impossible for him to receive this news so quickly. Furthermore, if he knew that I had gone to the Hail Palace, how could he bring so many teams of Forbidden Army?

Feng Ningyan thought for a bit, then guessed: "Could it be that he was coincidentally looking for someone, and suspected that person of having entered the Hail Palace to see the empress dowager?"

This guess caused Shen Youhuang's heart to tremble.

Who was it that would be pursued by Shen Youhuang in the middle of the night? Who was it that dared to take the risk of being treated as an assassin and intrude the empress dowager's Hail Palace?

If it wasn't Yu Su, if it wasn't a concubine, then who could it be?