I'm in trouble again! My best friend, the princess in the group, please save me!

The carriage slowly drove towards the palace gate.

Just as he arrived near the palace gate, before he could get any closer, he was blocked by a group of soldiers.

Upon seeing this, Tengxi and Songyan quickly jumped off the carriage and started negotiating with them.

After some heated debate and verbal battle, the soldiers still insisted that the carriage must be inspected.

Song Yan couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart.

She widened her eyes and shouted angrily, "You guys don't know what's good for you. You even dare to stop the princess's carriage! If you don't want to live anymore, just say so!"

Her voice was full of majesty and anger, which made people around her look at her sideways.

Jiang Xingkuo hid behind a huge Kochia scoparia and quietly reached out his hand to give Huanyan a thumbs up.

Huanyan slapped it back hastily, fearing that she would be exposed.

The leading soldier looked embarrassed, but said firmly: "Please understand our difficulties, Princess. We are just following orders!"

Song Yan waved his hand and said, "Look carefully! This is Princess Wuyang's carriage!"

"I'm sorry. His Majesty ordered us to check on the Princess' carriage."

Everyone was startled.

Tengxi tightened the reins worriedly.

Jiang Xingkuo silently stretched out his thumb from the Kochia scoparia, then turned it downwards.

Huanyan rolled her eyes helplessly.

Songyan was just about to shamelessly curse back at the other party and take the opportunity to vent his anger.

"Songyan, don't be unreasonable!"

A pleasant and melodious girl's voice, like the sound of a yellow oriole singing in a valley, came from the carriage.

"Princess!" After hearing the voice, Songyan immediately stomped her feet, turned around and ran back to the carriage.

"Songyan, just let him take a look. We are all just following orders. Don't make things too difficult for others." Huanyan said softly.

Songyan felt somewhat unwilling, but still followed Huanyan's instructions and reluctantly lifted the curtain of the carriage.

However, when the soldiers saw the scene inside the car, they couldn't help but widen their eyes and showed an expression of astonishment.

I saw an elegant and beautiful woman sitting in the corner of the carriage.

What was even more surprising was that there was an extremely huge bush inside the carriage, which almost filled the entire space.

"This is……"

"My princess likes to take care of the garden. What's wrong with that? Is there any problem with that?" Songyan said loudly in dissatisfaction.

There was a hint of anger in her voice, and she seemed very displeased with the soldier's questioning.

After hearing what Song Yan said, the soldier didn't dare to say another word. He just carefully stretched his head and looked again.

Seeing the soldier's actions, Huanyan's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a smile. However, her tone was cold, and people could not feel the slightest warmth.

"If you want to see, come up and see." Huanyan said lightly, as if she didn't care about the soldiers' behavior.

Although her voice was not loud, it was full of majesty and could not be ignored.

When Song Yan heard Huan Yan's words, he couldn't help but mutter, "How dare he ride in the same carriage with the princess?"

Her voice was very soft and she thought no one else would hear her, but she was still heard by the soldiers.

No matter how much Huanyan invited him, he didn't dare to stick his head out to look again.

Although he was full of doubts, he decided to let them go.

After all, he couldn't afford to offend either side.

Just as he was worried, another team of soldiers who were responsible for checking other carriages came over and comforted him, "Don't worry too much, brother. This princess is indeed a little weird. Her other two carriages are full of strange-shaped stones and various furniture such as tables, chairs and benches. I guess she emptied the palace."

Hearing this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart was put down.

The carriage arrived at the princess's mansion without any obstruction.

An Huanyan was busy directing her servants to move all the things out of the car.

Jiang Xingkuo slumped down in the armchair and sighed:

"You're still more comfortable here."

"Nonsense. I'm the boss here!"

"My boss! Not only did you move the mahogany furniture here, but you even dug up these stones. You're a robber!" Jiang Xingkuo couldn't help but complain as he watched them carry the furniture up and down.

"These are rockery stones! Once I arrange them, you'll know how good I am!"

Jiang Xingkuo could not help but sigh.

Huanyan turned around and reminded again:

"It's not a long-term solution for you to live here secretly. He will find out sooner or later."

"I know. But one day of comfort is one day of comfort. Let's just muddle along! Besides, if he forces me to go back, neither of us will be happy."

Jiang Xingkuo said.

Two days later, there was still no news from Piyun Palace.

An Zhaoyan paced back and forth in the imperial study, feeling increasingly uneasy.

He felt extremely guilty, but he kept comforting himself: "This is what an emperor should be like. He controls everything, including the fate of others. There is no one, and you can't be loyal."

However, this self-comfort did not make him feel relieved at all, but made him more entangled.

He knew Jiang Xingkuo's character very well, and he also understood his feelings for him.

He didn't know how to face Jiang Xingkuo, let alone how to talk to her about this matter.

An Zhaoyan's heart seemed to be pulled by two forces, one was the guilt towards Jiang Xingkuo, and the other was his responsibility as an emperor.

It was very strange. Why did he want to overturn all the traditions at this moment?

After much hesitation, An Zhaoyan secretly made up his mind that he must have a talk with Jiang Xingkuo.

He wanted to explain to Jiang Xingkuo what he had done - she would definitely understand him.

But when they arrived at Piyun Palace, the room was empty and Jiang Xingkuo was nowhere to be seen.

"Where are the people?" His voice was intimidating without any anger.

The palace maids knelt down, not daring to speak a word.

Only one brave palace maid said timidly:

"The girl never likes us to come into her room to serve her... and it's not uncommon for her to sleep for two days..."

He closed his eyes, his heart filled with disappointment and anger.

When I opened my eyes again, there was only coldness in them.

"Go and receive your punishment yourself."

He left behind only a tall and slender back and a group of palace maids crying quietly.

He looked up at the gloomy sky and unconsciously walked to the East Palace.

He recalled how he and she had talked, drank, sang, and solved one difficult problem after another in this yard.

But now, it's all gone.

He was somewhat resentful.

"I am the emperor!"

"As the ruler of a country, I went to you in a humble manner to coax you, hoping to gain your approval, but you didn't know what was good for you and sneaked out, leaving Piyun Palace, leaving the imperial palace, and leaving me!"

"Am I not good enough for you? Am I not special enough for you? If I really want to own you, you can't become that free butterfly now!"

"It's just a child! I need it! You need it too! Why are you so ungrateful! So ignorant!"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the rage in his heart burned even more.

Suddenly he felt extremely insulted and he couldn't accept this fact.

He gathered his strength and broke the stone table in two with one slap.

Wu Ye fell silently behind him.

"What's the matter?" He suppressed his anger, but his low and hoarse voice was even more charming. His palms were slightly numb.

"Urgent report. Traces of Hai Yanze have been found in the Jiangyin area."

He regained some of his sanity, pondered for a while, and said seriously: "You go there in person, I don't trust the others."

"Yes." Wu Ye agreed.

"Wait, how sure are you?"

Wu Ye thought for a moment and said, "Only 60%. General Hai has been through many battles and has a lot of experience."

An Zhaoyan walked into the house, sat down at the table, and stared quietly at the bare persimmon tree outside the window. His brows were slightly furrowed, and his fingers tapped lightly on the table, as if looking for some rhythm.

"Forget it. It's not worth it to fight head-on. So, send someone to secretly monitor the Hai family and don't allow the Hai family's relatives to leave the city. Also, Hai Yanqing has been dispatching a lot of goods to and from Youling City recently, so find someone to check it out."

"Yes." Wuye suddenly seemed to remember something and reminded:

"Do you want to ask Miss Jiang for help? She is close by and often buys and sells goods, so it should be easy for her to investigate..."

An Zhaoyan's face darkened instantly. "Why, there's no one left in the palace to serve you? Do you have to rely on her to get things done?"

Wu Ye quickly said: "Wu Ye knows his mistake."

An Zhaoyan glanced at him with dissatisfaction, and then said:

"Also, the Nanfang Palace has been repaired. Let's go and ask King Jingnan to set off."

Wu Ye understood what he meant and turned around and disappeared.