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"She was able to steal the food. I don't know if she discovered you. She is in the capital now. You can't stay here any longer. I will prepare some food right away. You should pack up and get ready to leave." The head of the Qian family turned around and left before everyone could react. A few people were left at a loss, and it took them a while to recover.

The head of the Qian family instructed the steward, "If the young master and the concubine come back, tell them to hide as soon as possible. Go out quickly and don't come back until you receive my letter."

The steward had never seen the master so flustered, and guessed that something serious must have happened. Since the master didn't say anything, the steward didn't ask and just did his job as he was told.

The head of the Qian family immediately got up and went back to the mansion. The spies reported that they had not found any clues about the third prince leaving the city and heading south, nor any news from the palace. The head of the Qian family was overwhelmed and could not hesitate any longer. He had to send the 1000 people away immediately. He found the housekeeper of the mansion and asked him to prepare a few carts of food and send them to the farm outside the city. He also wrote a letter and gave it to the manager of the farm along with the food. The head of the Qian family repeatedly emphasized: "Don't let outsiders know, remember this. Also prepare another shi of food and send someone to deliver it to the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow afternoon." The housekeeper immediately went down to prepare.

After giving instructions for the mansion, the head of the Qian family went to Room No. 1 to look for Chen Yan. When he opened the door and saw that someone had arrived, he looked back to see if there was anyone around, and then closed the door. He asked Chen Yan before he could even sit down, "It's been almost a day, is there any news from Minister Chen?"

Chen Yan said, "No one has seen the Third Prince leave the city, and there is no news from the palace." After saying this, he saw that the head of the Qian family was in a state of dismay, and he couldn't help but feel nervous. He asked the head of the Qian family, "Are you in trouble?"

"The information I sent someone to get is the same as yours."

"Have you asked the people outside the city?"

"I've asked, and I just came back from there, and there's no news. There are more troublesome things than this."

"What's the matter?"

"There's not a single grain of food left in the farm outside the city. Has it disappeared?"

Chen Yan stood up suddenly: "Disappear? What do you mean? How can it disappear?"

"It means exactly what it says. There is not a single grain of food left on the farm, but the people there have never seen any outsiders enter the farm."

"Are those 20,000 people still there?"

"They are there, but they don't know either. When they first arrived at the yard, I went down to check, and it was full. After a few days, not a single grain of food was left, and there was no trace of it."

Chen Yan said casually, "To transport so much food silently, only a god can do it."

The head of the Qian family nodded and said, "I think so too. It just so happens that she is in the capital these two days."

"You doubt that goddess?"

"Who else has this ability besides her?"

"How could she know such a secret place? And she just came back yesterday, so she probably doesn't have time to go there."

"What you said makes sense. No one knows about that place. She has hardly ever been to the capital, so she might not know about it. But I always feel that she has something to do with it!"

"Even if she took it away, what can we do without evidence?"

"Minister Chen is right. There is really nothing we can do. The worst case scenario is that the Emperor will find out right away. You and I must come up with a plan as soon as possible."

"The last information we got about the Third Prince was that he entered the palace to look for Concubine Rong. We didn't find any information from the palace today, which is very unusual. Besides, there is no information about the Third Prince leaving the palace or the city, and his personal guards are all in the mansion. So it seems that the Third Prince should still be in the palace."

"What happened in the palace?"

Chen Yan recalled as he said, "Nothing unusual happened during the banquet. We left after the meal. No, it seems that a palace maid spilled tea on the goddess's clothes."

"Oh? Do you suspect that it was arranged by the Third Prince?"

"It is indeed possible. Think about what the Third Prince has been saying."

"Could it be that he wants to take advantage of the time when he's changing clothes---?"

Chen Yan nodded in agreement. He said, "This kind of thing happens all the time in the palace. The emperor has been on the throne for 30 years, so it's impossible to hide it from him."

"If that's true, then it makes sense. The emperor suffered a lot of persecution before he ascended the throne, and he hates people who use insidious means the most. If that's true, then we're in big trouble."

Chen Yan regretted it now. The Third Prince was too impatient to plot against the goddess. The two looked at each other in silence. After a while, the head of the Qian family said, "I have arranged for the 20,000 soldiers outside the city to be sent away. I didn't have time to go to each family to get the food promised to the merchants at the banquet last night. All of them will be sent from my house and delivered to the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow afternoon. The Third Prince is probably imprisoned in the palace. You can ask around and inform me in time if you have any news."

"Okay. I guess the emperor will give this task to Prince Chen to investigate. We should clean up the previous tail and wait and see what happens in the next few days. When will the Ghost Killing Sect take action?"

“There is no specific time.”

"It is unlikely that the King of Chen will bring the Goddess with him during his investigations these days. This is a good opportunity."

"Indeed, I will go ask again. If we can really get rid of him, the Second Prince will be easy to deal with. Then only the Third Prince will be left. No matter how capable the Goddess is, she will have to cooperate with us obediently, and the Emperor will naturally release the Third Prince."

Sure enough, men under feudal patriarchy only think about royal bloodline. If it is true as they think, the entire Anguo will not exist, and Xu Zhen can destroy it in a minute.

The Third Prince woke up soon after being sent to the Imperial Clan House. He felt dizzy and not fully awake, and it took him a while to realize that he was in the wrong place. He rubbed his eyes and looked around carefully, and found that he was actually locked up in a prison, which was not like the prison in the Ministry of Justice. His head suddenly felt like millions of ants were biting at him. Everything went well last night, and he thought he had not revealed any flaws. He didn't know why he was locked up here.

The second prince thought, "Could it be that my mother's poisoning was discovered? If so, then my father must have been poisoned. The prince of Western Shu said that this medicine will kill me without a doubt, but I don't know if the goddess can cure it. Haha, that's great, the second prince is gone, and when Guishamen becomes Anchen, Anguo will be mine, hahahaha, and the goddess will be mine too. Hahahahahahahahahahaha"

The Third Prince laughed out loud, which attracted the guards on duty. Two people came over and saw the Third Prince laughing foolishly, thinking that he was frightened and crazy.

Jailer A: "You are indeed crazy. You deserve it. You dare to harm the goddess."

Jailer B: "I have been busy these past few years and thought he had changed. But he is a dog that can never change its eating habits."

Jailer A: "After all, he is still a prince, so be careful with your words."

Jailer B: "He dared to harm the goddess. I heard that the second prince was also harmed by him. Such a cruel and ruthless person still wants to get out? Dream on!"

An Hao finally heard the conversation between the two people clearly. He shouted in disbelief: "Impossible, you are talking nonsense. The second prince was killed by the people of Western Shu. It has nothing to do with me." As soon as he said this, An Hao felt that he had spoken out of turn, and he quickly denied it.

Jailer A: "Even if the Second Prince's affair has nothing to do with you, you did what happened to the Goddess. She has done so many things for An Guo, why did you want to harm her?"