After the tragic death of the daughter of the emperor, she returned to her former marriage and refus

Qinzheng Hall.

Xu Jinghuai put down the memorial in his hand, walked to the window, and keenly caught a glimpse of a pitch-black crow standing on a ginkgo tree branch not far from the window.

There was a familiar light in the crow's eyes, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

His mind was transparent, and he searched through his memory almost instantly.

He immediately pulled out a hidden weapon from his sleeve and whizzed towards it.

The crow looked at the sharp needle that was coming straight at it like light, and there was a look of shock, unwillingness and confusion in its eyes.

The sharp needle enters the heart.

The crow fell to the ground without a sound.

He didn't even move, his body became stiff and there was no movement.

Xu Jinghuai came to the crow and looked at it.

A trace of fierce and cold anger appeared at the corner of his mouth.

What Yan Yunshu said was true. The ghosts from the other world had not left. They were still looking for the skin. The skin would become weaker time by time, but no matter how weak it was, no matter how difficult to distinguish, their eyes could not be hidden.

"Princess Jing... the next skin will really be a maggot."

After Xu Jinghuai finished speaking, he looked at the black-brown powder on the crow and smelled the familiar smell, and his face suddenly changed.

He frowned deeply and turned back to the Qinzheng Hall.

The powder on the crow's body turned out to be a sleeping drug, which completely distracted him from the busy government affairs of recent days. His anxious and worried gaze fell from the height of the hall to the direction of the Marquis' Mansion, and he thought of Yingfeng, who had not delivered any letter for several hours.

At this point, Xu Jinghuai finally realized the critical situation.

Not allowing any delay, he immediately issued an order to impose martial law throughout the city. The city gates were to be closed immediately, and not even a fly could fly out.

Then he changed into night clothes and left the palace with his personal guards and imperial guards.

Heading all the way towards the Marquis' Mansion.

But when they rushed there, the mansion had already fallen and flocks of crows were circling over it.

Xu Jinghuai ordered all the guards to wet their masks to prevent the drugs from easily entering their mouths and noses.

He also ordered the guards to surround the mansion, and then a large number of people entered the mansion.

No one in the marquis's mansion was spared and all fell to the ground.

Xu Jinghuai looked at Yan Yunshu's courtyard, where the crows were circling the most, and his bad premonition became stronger.

Without waiting for the guards to find out the situation in the marquis' mansion.

He already had an almost certain answer.

No longer here. Yan Yunshu should no longer be in the mansion.

This answer made his whole body tremble violently, his heart almost stopped beating, and his breathing almost stopped.

For the first time in my life, I felt so panicked and helpless.

He forced himself to calm down, looked at the streets around the Marquis' Mansion, then glanced in the direction of Yan Yunshu's courtyard, and made a quick judgment in his mind.

He quickly mounted his horse and galloped towards the nearest city gate.

No, nothing should happen, nothing should happen...

Xu Jinghuai was extremely anxious and rushed forward desperately. Behind him were hundreds of elite Yulin soldiers.

The sky was getting light and I could just see the road ahead.

When approaching the city gate, Xu Jinghuai pulled the reins and stopped in front of the city gate. He personally ordered the city gate to be closed and the entire city to be under martial law, and to stand in front of Yan Yunyi who was on guard.

"Has any carriage left the city in the past hour?"

Seeing Xu Jinghuai's anxious expression, Yan Yunyi quickly replied, "Just one stick of incense stick time before I received your Majesty's order, a carriage carrying a pass to the capital left the city through the west gate."

"Which direction are you going?" Xu Jinghuai almost shouted.

This made Yan Yunyi stunned.

He quickly replied, "West, southwest."

Southwest, that's the direction of Maple Forest City. Xu Jingye! It's you!

Frost was about to form on Xu Jinghuai's face, and the murderous intent in his body burst out without any concealment.

He tightened the reins, his eyes gleaming with a fierceness Yan Yunyi had never seen before. "Open! The! City! Gate!!!!"

"Open the city gate!"

Yan Yunyi quickly ordered the guards to open the city gate.

When the city gate opened a crack, Xu Jinghuai could no longer contain his anxiety. He immediately squeezed his horse's belly and started sprinting towards the city gate.

Seeing the new emperor leaving in a cloud of dust and the elite troops behind him, Yan Yunyi was bewildered.

What's going on here?

First, the entire city was under martial law, and then the new emperor personally left the city, as if to pursue something...

Chasing what...

While Yan Yunyi was deep in thought, Wei Ruopu came hurriedly from a distance.

He came to Yan Yunyi breathlessly, "Brother Yunyi, Brother Yunyi..."

"What's wrong Ruopu?"

"Brother Yunyi, something happened in the Marquis' Mansion."

"what?"

Yan Yunyi looked in the direction of the Marquis' Mansion, then looked at the receding figure of the new emperor, his face pale.

"Houfu, what's wrong?"

"Brother Yunyi, the Marquis's Mansion is currently being heavily guarded by His Majesty's Imperial Guards. There are flocks of crows swarming over the mansion. Now that His Majesty has left the city to pursue them, it must be that someone has been abducted..."

"Kidnapped?"

Yan Yunyi's eyes widened, his face turned paler, and beads of cold sweat fell from his forehead.

Who else in the Marquis' Mansion could make the new emperor so panicked? It must be his sister Yan Yunshu!

And he had just let go of the carriage that contained his sister!

"How to do how to do……"

Yan Yunyi looked at Wei Ruopu in a panic and was about to run out of the city.

Wei Ruopu grabbed him.

"Yun Yi, what good will your presence do? It would be better for you to follow His Majesty's instructions and prepare the defenses of the capital."

"Can……"

Yan Yunyi was so anxious that he beat his chest and stamped his feet. Whenever he thought about how he had just let the carriage go, he wanted to slap himself to death.

"Now that His Majesty is personally leading the Yulin Army in pursuit, he will do his best to protect your sister. Yunyi, don't be too anxious. Guard the city first, just in case." Wei Ruopu said, then looked in the direction of the Marquis' Mansion and continued.

"As for the Marquis' Mansion, since His Majesty didn't ask Brother Yunyi to return quickly, it means that everything else in the mansion is fine."

Yan Yunyi knew that what Wei Ruopu said made sense.

But the person who was kidnapped was his own sister. How could he really let go of his worries?

But at the moment, due to his responsibilities, he could only suppress his worries and continue to deploy defenses.

In order to reassure Yan Yunyi, Wei Ruopu led a team of guards and rode towards the southwest.

The sky was already bright, but there was no morning glow, let alone a trace of sunshine. It was a rare rainy autumn day.

The road was muddy and wet.

Yan Yunshu finally woke up in the coolness brought by the raindrops that drifted in through the gaps in the carriage.

She lay on the couch in the carriage, unable to move, only her finger joints could bend slightly.