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

Hai Yanqing leaped off a white horse, picked up An Huanyan with one hand, spun her around to avoid a flying rotten egg, and then held her waist and both of them landed steadily.

"Why are you here!" An Huanyan was surprised.

Hai Yanqing secretly raised his eyelids, then lowered them again to restore his cold expression: "I was just passing by here on my way home from work..."

"Great! Did you bring anyone with you?" She looked at the row of guards behind her.

"I did bring it..."

"Help me catch a few people!" Without waiting for his consent, An Huanyan quickly pointed at a few people who were running away behind him.

The leading guard looked at Hai Yanqing awkwardly, and Hai Yanqing nodded slightly without making any expression.

A dozen agile guards immediately rushed forward, and those people who were fleeing were captured by the divine soldiers before they could take a few steps.

Several people who were leading the shouting in the store were also pressed down on the table.

The onlookers started pointing and pointing.

"How to catch people!"

"It's said that the emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people!"

"Just arrest us too! See if your cell is big enough!"

"Yes, yes, yes! We don't believe that you can catch all of us!"

Hai Yanqing's face turned black. He walked to a person who was being escorted, and without looking back, he pulled out the sword of the guard next to him. A cold light flashed across the man's eyes and stopped at his collar. A few strands of hair fell to the ground.

At this time, the man had already wet his pants. Before Hai Yanqing could open his mouth, he kowtowed to the ground:

"Please spare my life, sir! Please spare my life! It's just that someone gave us a hundred pieces of silver to lead the riot and incite the people... and... and..."

"What else! Tell me now!" An Huanyan was so angry that her whole body was shaking.

"They also asked us to buy some rotten eggs to throw at people, and get some sticks to smash the store... Sir, please spare us! We were blind to earn this money..."

The people around looked at each other and were silent. An atmosphere of guilt spread among them, and everyone tacitly threw away the rotten leaves in their hands and gradually dispersed without saying a word.

"It turns out there really is someone behind this... Are you crazy? How dare you do this to someone I'm protecting!"

An Huanyan pointed at the man angrily and cursed him.

"cough."

Hearing the voice, she turned back awkwardly, walked over in three or two steps, pulled his sleeve, and looked a little uncomfortable.

"Thank you……"

"You're welcome. I just happened to pass by." Hai Yanqing seemed a little disgusted as he pulled back his sleeves and took a step back.

"What do you mean!" Huanyan's eyes widened with anger.

"Oh..." Hai Yanqing sighed helplessly and reached out to take off a vegetable leaf and half an eggshell from her head.

"I'll keep an eye on the people for you, you should go back and wash up... you and your servant... seem to have been marinated."

"..."

An Huanyan was so ashamed that her face suddenly turned red enough to bleed. "Let's go!"

The next day, the hot air seemed to be able to steam everything alive.

Wan Qianni was eating the chilled honeydew melon with a jade hairpin, but before she put it in her mouth, Ruyi came running in hurriedly.

"Empress! Something happened!"

The melon slipped to the ground without her noticing. Wan Qianni glanced at Ruyi.

Ruyi quickly explained: "My queen! Xiaoyun is dead!"

"Who is Xiaoyun?"

"It's the maid from Piyun Palace! The one we tried to get information from before!"

Wan Qianni took a breath, and thousands of possibilities flowed through her mind.

"How did you die?"

"I only heard that she died suddenly. No one said how she died. And...all the maids in Piyun Palace were replaced."

Wan Qianni swallowed her saliva, "Could this be..."

"I don't know. The Ministry of Internal Affairs won't say anything."

Wan Qianni put down her fork and bit her lip. "Could it really be that person? How could he care so much?"

Seeing how conflicted she was, Ruyi suddenly thought of one more thing.

"Don't worry, Madam! There is another piece of good news. The master just sent someone to deliver a message saying that His Majesty has promoted the eldest son to the position of Imperial Censor of the Temple, a sixth-rank official!"

"It's true!" Wan Qianni sat up straight at once.

"Your Majesty! How can this be false? Now the young master can finally be on equal footing with the one from Aunt Zhao's side!" Ruyi was also happy for her.

But she changed her expression.

"Equal?! He will never be able to dream of that! My brother got promoted so quickly, which means the emperor favors him very much! He has a bright future! How can a bastard like him compare to that!"

"Yes, yes... Young Master has a bright future." Ruyi lowered her head.

"But what does he mean..." Wan Qianni thought of the palace maid in Piyun Palace and became uneasy again.

"No! I have to go and test the waters!"

The guard of honor staggered to the door of the imperial study but was stopped.

"Empress, His Majesty is dealing with important matters at the moment. Please come back later." said the eunuch at the door.

Wan Qianni took a reluctant look and could only look back disappointedly.

Inside the imperial study, a palace maid was reporting the situation to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have already inquired with Cao Bang. Hai Yanze did not follow your Majesty's order to go south. In addition, the Ferghana horses in the city were previously reserved by a large number of people. There is news that they were reserved by the Hai family."

The young emperor lowered his head to review the memorials, and said without raising his head:

"Yes. Xiao'e, find a way to confirm whether he is heading west or north. Send secret letters to each post station and keep an eye on his whereabouts."

"As you command. In addition, Xiaoyun has been dealt with by me, but the news of the replacement of the Piyun Palace cannot be concealed."

He finally stopped writing and paused before saying, "There's no need to hide it. If she knows, then she knows."

"Then I will take my leave first. I guess Miss Jiang will wake up soon."

"Go ahead. Keep an eye on her. You are Wuye's junior sister, I trust you."

He lowered his long eyelashes, hiding the tenderness in his eyes.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty! I will definitely protect Miss Jiang!"

The weather was hot and when we passed by the Imperial Garden, the lotus flowers were in full bloom.

Wan Qianni couldn't help but walk in. When she came to the pavilion, she found a man there.

A man of unbelievable beauty.

"Prince Jingnan."

"Royal sister-in-law."

They both spoke at the same time.

An Yuyan swept her beautiful eyes across Wan Qianni's face. At that moment, she actually felt a little dwarfed in comparison and looked away unconsciously.

The two exchanged greetings, but Wan Qianni couldn't help but ask.

"Hasn't the Prince of Jingnan's palace been repaired yet?"

"Does the Emperor's sister-in-law find Yuyan an eyesore?" He looked at Wan Qianni resentfully, but she got goosebumps.

"No, no, no... I'm just curious. Curious..." Wan Qianni hurriedly explained.

"Puchi. Don't be nervous, sister-in-law. It's just a flood in Lingnan and the bandits. The craftsmen can't progress fast enough." He couldn't help but laugh out loud. Seeing Wan Qianni's embarrassed expression, he explained.

Wan Qianni wiped the sweat off her face in her heart.

Everyone says that Prince Jingnan is as handsome as Pan An, but his birth is unknown and his personality is strange. It is indeed true when I see him today.

It’s better not to interact too much.

She could only reply casually: "It's better to take it slow. The prince is not in Youling City to find someone who understands you and goes to the fiefdom together. It's a long way to go."

An Yuyan smiled bitterly and said, "I love someone but cannot grow old together. I would rather die alone."

Wan Qianni became interested when she heard it.

"Oh? The prince has someone he loves? Whose daughter is she? Why can't they grow old together?"

"Because she's already married." An Yuyan drank the wine in her hand sadly.

"..."

Wan Qianni stood there as if struck by lightning, neither sitting nor standing.

"There is always a better flower in the world..." After repeating these few words over and over again, I didn't know what else to say.

She suddenly saw the shadow of her brother Wan Muqing in An Yuyan.

Already married.

It’s indeed a good method.

Even though Wei Chuchu has the eldest princess as her backer, she should be spared this time and start with her brother.

She looked as if she had suddenly thought of a trick, and her eyes were filled with shrewdness.

After hurriedly bidding farewell to An Yuyan, the first thing she did when she returned to the palace was to write a letter to her father.

An Yuyan was standing in the pavilion, with his long black hair flying in the wind, and the corners of his mouth were strangely raised.

Jiang Xingkuo slept soundly in Piyun Palace until noon before waking up slowly.