It was dark at night, and in the study room of Prince Jingnan's Mansion, Murong Xiao sat alone under the lamp, lost in thought over a thick stack of official documents.

In order to arrest Chu Zhao in the past few days, he had neglected a lot of government affairs. His staff were quite dissatisfied and came to him one after another to advise him, asking him to put the overall situation first and not to lose the big for the small.

Yes, in the eyes of the staff, raising troops is the most important thing. The disappearance of an ugly woman is not enough or qualified to affect the overall situation.

It's not that Murong Xiao didn't understand this truth, but he was really unwilling to let that hateful woman Chu Zhao and the pony slave live happily outside.

This kind of humiliation of being betrayed and played on, he couldn't pretend that it never happened.

He really couldn't swallow this breath.

As for the old lady, he gradually couldn't hide it any more. The old lady sent someone to ask Chu Zhao where he had gone three times a day, but he no longer knew how to answer.

At first, he said that Chu Zhao's father was sick, and Chu Zhao went back to his parents' home to visit the doctor. However, Chu Zhao was a princess, and there was a time limit for visits. It was impossible to stay at her parents' home all the time without coming back.

Later, he said that Chu Zhao's father was seriously ill and Chu Zhao wanted to treat his father personally, so it would be delayed for a few more days.

The old lady was very unhappy, saying that Chu Jinshan’s illness was a disease, so wasn’t her illness a disease? As an old princess, was she not more important than a merchant?

Murong Xiao had no choice but to coax her to wait for another two days, and then he would personally pick Chu Zhao back.

However, it was easy to say that. He didn't even know where Chu Zhao was now, and there was no place to pick him up if he wanted to.

Ugh!

Murong Xiao rubbed his brows tiredly, secretly hating Chu Zhao so much that he gritted his teeth.

Damn woman, knowing that he has big things to do, she insists on causing trouble for him at this juncture.

If Chu Jinshan wasn't still useful to him, he really wanted to tie up all the Chu family members and chop off their heads one by one to vent his hatred.

Murong Xiao became angry, grabbed the tea cup at hand and threw it out.

Just at this time, Beiyuan pushed the door open and was hit in the chest by a teacup. Tea was poured all over him and the teacup fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

Beiyuan was startled and hurriedly knelt down to apologize, although he didn't know what he had done wrong again.

Murong Xiao's face was sullen, but he didn't feel that he had been wronged this time. He had lost A'ao, and had not found out about Chu Zhao for several days. Such incompetence would not be an exaggeration to be beheaded.

"You are becoming more and more slack now. Why didn't you knock on the door when you came in?" He asked coldly, placing all the responsibility on Beiyuan.

Beiyuan was beaten upside down, and he had no way to complain. He knelt on the ground and said, "Replying to the prince, I just got the news about the princess. I was so anxious that I forgot to knock on the door. Please forgive me."

Ok?

Murong Xiao's eyes lit up and he sat upright immediately.

"You idiot, why didn't you tell me earlier if you had news?"

"..."

You didn't give me a chance to say it earlier!

Beiyuan thought in his heart, but did not dare to refute. He only said respectfully: "The news from Shuzhou said that the princess passed by a group of bandits' stronghold and was kidnapped by the bandits to be the wife of the stronghold..."

"what?"

Murong Xiao stood up as he slapped the table, the blue veins on his forehead protruding.

"Who is this short-sighted person who dares to let my wife be his wife?" He said angrily, "Is that woman a fool or a mute? Can't she tell the bandit that she is Princess Jingnan? My king Don't you believe that those people dared to kidnap her after knowing her identity?

Also, isn't she capable? Why was she kidnapped? She thought the outside world was a place where birds were singing and flowers were fragrant. Now you know, she can't move without the protection of this king. "

"..." Beiyuan opened his mouth and couldn't say anything. He knelt there and watched him get angry.

It seemed that the prince was really angry and suppressed by the princess. If the bandits were in front of him right now, he would probably not be able to save even a single corpse.

Murong Xiao took a breath and then sarcastically said: "The bandit is blind enough. He is so lacking in women that he can actually fall in love with that ugly woman. Oh, what about the man slave? Isn't that man slave very good? Why can't we count on it at the critical moment..."

When Beiyuan heard this, he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly added: "But according to the local villagers, the princess is as beautiful as a fairy."

Murong Xiao paused and then sneered: "Those villagers are blind enough. Is the immortal they are talking about Zhong Kui?"

Beiyuan: "..."

"I know, that ugly woman must be wearing a human skin mask." Murong Xiao looked like he suddenly realized, and then asked, "Then what?"

Beiyuan: "..."

You old man finally remembered to ask.

"Then..." Beiyuan scratched his head and said with a complicated expression, "Then, the princess personally killed the master of the village, and by the way, she rescued a few civilian girls who were kidnapped in the mountains, sent them home and then left."

"..."

Murong Xiao suddenly felt as if he had swallowed two egg yolks in a row. He was so stunned that he almost couldn't take a breath and choked to death.

This, why is this different from what he expected?

Before Beiyuan said "then", he had already thought of the tragic image of the woman. Thinking of her being tied up and thrown on the bed by the bandits, screaming at the sky and the earth for not responding, with tears streaming down her face, regretting her past, maybe in her heart Still hoping that he would get the news and come to rescue her...

However, she killed the bandit leader with her own hands and saved other women.

This is impossible!

Murong Xiao stared, and it took him a while to regain his composure.

"If I don't believe it, it must be the villagers spreading lies."

However, he then thought about all the things that woman did after she came back to life. All of them were impossible, but she just managed to do them.

She could escape right under his nose, what else was impossible?

Murong Xiao finally calmed down and sat back on the chair slumped.

"Keep chasing her along this line. I don't believe she can escape to the horizon." He paused and made up his mind, "Tomorrow, I will go to Shuzhou in person."

"Ah?" Beiyuan was shocked and hurriedly tried to dissuade him, "The terrain in Shuzhou is dangerous, banditry is rampant, and public security is chaotic. Your Majesty must not enter Shu rashly."

"What are you afraid of?" Murong Xiao said disdainfully, "The Prince of Jingnan has been guarding the southwest for generations. What kind of dangers have we never seen? What kind of banditry have we never overcome? If I don't even dare to leave Yunzhou, why should I rebel?"

"Uh..." Beiyuan choked, and then continued, "The prince is brave and naturally invincible, but the vassal prince is not allowed to leave the fief without permission. The Jingnan Palace is always under the surveillance of the court, so it is better not to act rashly."

"What a joke!" Murong Xiao sneered, "I'm going to rebel. It doesn't matter if he has an edict or not. Don't I have to ask the imperial court for a decree on the day I raise an army?"

Beiyuan: "..."

The prince is crazy!

The prince is mad at the princess!

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