Dethroned the Crown Princess? Then she became your mother

How could Concubine Liang just disappear out of thin air? This is unbelievable! Is this a joke?

She should have been staying safely in the garden in the capital to take care of her pregnancy, so how could such news come out?

He was still calculating that by the time he returned to the capital, Concubine Liang would be due to give birth. He looked at His Majesty, whose face was gloomy and silent, but whose eyes held an unspoken rage. He suddenly understood why the Emperor was so furious.

It turns out that the emperor already knew about this, and it was all because of Concubine Liang. Concubine Liang was in trouble, and he had countless questions and words in his heart that he wanted to express.

Why didn't the person who reported this earlier? Why didn't he and the Emperor know about it sooner? If they had told him sooner, they would have had a plan to deal with it.

Where on earth is Concubine Liang? He couldn't help but blame this person in his heart. He thought the emperor must be blaming him, and even others.

He thought again of the young eunuch guarding the dragon tent. Didn't he ask the whole story clearly? He was probably kneeling outside the door at this moment.

"Your Majesty, what is going on? How could Concubine Liang disappear? This is impossible, there must be something wrong!" He said anxiously, but no one responded.

The man was still kneeling on the ground, not daring to look up.

"What's going on? Why didn't you report it earlier?" Murong Shuo suppressed the anger in his heart and asked again in a deep voice, staring at the man with sharp eyes.

"I have been here for a long time, but the emperor was not here. Moreover, Concubine Liang..." the man said hesitantly, and then recounted the general course of events.

"Arson? A huge fire?" Eunuch An's face suddenly changed when he heard this. Could it be that a single fire had burned everything down? Including Concubine Liang and the little prince in her belly?

Did they all turn to ashes?

This result is a thousand times more terrifying than the "disappearance" he imagined!

Is this true? No, it can't be!

He finally understood what had happened: someone was plotting against Concubine Liang. But who was that person? The number of people involved was so large that he couldn't pinpoint them. He had never imagined that such a tragedy would occur when the Emperor went hunting in the enclosure, leaving Concubine Liang in the imperial garden.

If the emperor had known this would happen, he would never have left.

He was so frightened by the fierce gaze of His Majesty that he dared not speak any more.

Murong Shuo's face was terribly gloomy. His eyes were like knives, scanning everyone present, but it seemed as if he didn't want to look at anyone.

He stared intently at the person who came to report, and asked in a low, cold voice, "Everyone was asleep at night? Were they drugged? Why were they drugged? Is this how you protect people? Is this how you listen to me? I told you all this long ago! What's the point of finding out afterward, when it's already daybreak? You saw Concubine Liang's room burned to ruins, so you assumed she was burned to death? Was she really burned to death?"

Thinking of this possibility, his face became even uglier, so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out.

How could he not be angry when he thought about the woman who suffered such misfortune while pregnant?

"Is it really burned to ashes?" he asked again in a stern voice.

The secret guard lowered his head and dared not answer.

Eunuch An was so frightened that he was trembling all over and dared not speak.

"I don't know either. At first I thought it was because the fire was too big and burned so cleanly. Everyone was drugged and lying on the ground, knowing nothing. They didn't wake up until it rained in the morning. Later, I checked and searched carefully, but I really didn't believe that Empress Liang would be in trouble. I thought about what happened and sent people to chase her, but... we haven't found her yet." The man kowtowed and stammered.

"Is it possible? No one was found?" Eunuch An was so angry that he wanted to get angry again. Anything is possible, but what about the facts?

Murong Shuo just asked coldly: "You sent people to look for him but couldn't find him?"

He sounded as if he was no longer angry.

"Yes." The man replied tremblingly.

Eunuch An sighed helplessly.

However, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, as long as Concubine Liang is okay, it's fine. And as for the little prince, as long as he's still alive, it doesn't matter if we can't find him for a while.

"Who did it? Who could have drugged the secret guard? Hasn't it been found out yet?" Murong Shuo asked again.

The man still lowered his head and dared not speak.

Eunuch An opened his mouth and wanted to speak.

"You." Murong Shuo looked at the secret guard, and the paper in his hand was clenched so tightly that it could no longer be seen.

"Call someone here right now, call everyone!" Murong Shuo said in a deep and powerful voice, "Right now! Right now!"

"Yes." Eunuch An and the secret guard answered in unison, then hurriedly retreated.

Before leaving, Eunuch An accidentally glanced at the emperor and found that he was still dripping with water. However, the emperor seemed unaware of it.

Murong Shuo indeed didn't notice.

After the others left, he clenched his fists tightly. He still felt like everything was a dream, so unreal. He didn't want to believe that the woman would suffer such misfortune!

Whether he was burned to death or taken away, he couldn't accept it. He kept wondering where that woman was, and...

With a loud bang, his hand slammed down on the table beside him, and the things on the table fell to the ground. He didn't even look at them.

Soon, someone else came in.

He raised his head and looked over.

Eunuch An walked in hurriedly.

As soon as Murong Shuo saw his expression, he knew that something bad was going to happen again, and his anger rose instantly.

"Your Majesty, this is bad! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is injured! The Empress Dowager almost fainted when she heard the news! And..." Eunuch An quickly explained the whole story.

After he separated from the secret guards and walked a short distance, someone hurried over to tell him that the Crown Prince was injured. This news shocked him like a bolt from the blue. He knew that this news must be reported to the Emperor immediately.

Even if something happened to Concubine Liang, he would not dare to delay even a little if the Emperor asked him to call for help.

"I dare not not report it!" Eunuch An said in panic.

"The Crown Prince..." Murong Shuo was shocked when he heard this. He was thinking about Concubine Liang, but he didn't expect something like this to happen again. The Crown Prince was injured? How could the Crown Prince be injured?

"Why was the prince injured? What exactly happened?" he asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty, there was an assassin! An assassin tried to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! The assassin suddenly appeared, and no one knew where he came from. He had been hiding. When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned to the tent, he rushed out. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not expect that there would be an assassin. If the palace servants around him had not helped to block him, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince might have... Even now, he has suffered serious injuries!" Eunuch An recounted the incident in detail, his words full of horror.

I heard the situation was extremely critical! The palace maid had a tragic fate and passed away.

She happened to be one of the maids bestowed by the Empress Dowager. It was really a pity.

Fortunately, she once saved His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from disaster.

"The palace maid died and the prince was injured. Is this the situation?" Murong Shuo asked Eunuch An.

Eunuch An nodded in response: "It is indeed dangerous. The Queen Mother feels sorry for the Prince, and she is also furious. Alas..."

"Then what are you waiting for? Go there immediately."

Murong Shuo walked out with big strides.

"As you wish." Eunuch An hesitated to speak. Is His Majesty going to visit in person?

Murong Shuo walked while giving orders, "Have you summoned the imperial physician? Go and get him here immediately. We also need to send one over from Queen Mother's side. Strengthen security. How could an assassin have sneaked in? Weren't there guards the entire time? Who was the assassin? Have they been captured?"

Eunuch An quickly replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, the assassin has escaped and we have sent people after him."

"Escaped again?" Murong Shuo looked at him sharply.

Not caught yet?

Eunuch An was about to confirm, but saw His Majesty had already spoken: "Your Highness, I am here."

After saying this, he noticed that he was still wearing his wet robe.