The concubine enters the palace? The princess empties the palace and goes into exile with the baby

The next day.

Song Yao got up early and went downstairs to ask the shopkeeper about the Blood Mist Cult.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he became hesitant.

Song Yao felt that he must know something, so she asked, "Shopkeeper, this concerns the fate of the young girl from the Great Dynasty. I hope you can tell me."

The shopkeeper frowned and asked in confusion, "But why are you looking for the Blood Mist Cult?"

Song Yao said, "The Blood Mist Cult members have captured my sister, so I want to find her, regardless of life or death."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he took Song Yao's hand and went to a room at the back.

After closing the door, the shopkeeper said, "Young lady, in this Nether City, the words 'Blood Mist Cult' cannot be mentioned, or you will be killed!"

"Why?" Song Yao was originally nervous, but after hearing the shopkeeper's words, her brows furrowed, with obvious confusion in her eyes.

"You don't know, but Imperial Master Jiang is in Youdu City right now. Rumor has it he's the leader of the Blood Mist Cult. The Youzhou prefect has issued an order forbidding the mention of the Blood Mist Cult. I also heard Imperial Master Jiang lives in the prefecture, so I forbid you from mentioning the Blood Mist Cult. Otherwise, you'll be in grave danger!"

Song Yao was thinking, since Master Jiang was here, then Xiao Chi’s father must be here too.

But, don’t you think it’s risky for them to choose to stay in this Youdu City?

After all, Youdu City is relatively close to the capital.

"Are you sure that Master Jiang really lives in the prefecture?"

"Some people came to eat at noon yesterday, and I heard what they said. But I advise you not to ask about this matter. I only advise you kindly because you are a girl!"

The shopkeeper advised her, and she was very grateful. However, Huaying was captured by the people of the Blood Mist Cult, and Master Jiang had committed many evil deeds and had not yet been severely punished, so they had to find Master Jiang and Huaying.

"Thank you for telling me this, boss."

After thanking him, Song Yao left.

When she returned upstairs, Song Zizhou, Song Qing and the others had already gotten up.

Song Yao came to Song Zizhou's room. "Brother, I just asked the shopkeeper. He heard that Jiang Guoshi is living in the prefectural government, and the prefect has declared that the words "Blood Mist Cult" cannot be mentioned. I guess the prefect is colluding with Jiang Guoshi. Now that Xiao Chi has conquered the Great Dynasty and knows that he is the leader of the Blood Mist Cult, if this gets out, the court will definitely send people. I think they are afraid that the court will find out, so they don't let the people here mention these words."

Song Zizhou frowned, "You said that this Jiang Guoshi is likely in the prefecture? If he is here, then the late emperor must be there too?"

"I don't know about that." Song Yao said, "We can go directly to the prefect to ask for details."

Song Zizhou hesitated for a moment and said, "Ayao, if the prefect is really colluding with Master Jiang, they will definitely arrest us if we go to the prefect to ask about Master Jiang. Song Qing and the others don't mind, but you are the queen. This is too risky and we can't act rashly!"

"What should I do?"

Song Zizhou thought for a moment before saying, "First notify the emperor and ask him to send some people over. Alternatively, you can stay at the inn while Song Qing and I go check out the situation."

"No!" Song Yao refused without a second thought. "If it's really like you said, you two will definitely be arrested. The best way is to send someone to investigate at night, wearing a mask and black clothes. Even if they are discovered, they can leave alone!"

She felt that if there were too many people, it would be difficult to escape if an emergency occurred. So if she went alone, if something really happened, she could easily escape danger.

"Then do you have any good ideas?"

"Let Xie Cheng go. His martial arts skills are higher than both of you. If anything happens, he can leave at that time."

Hearing this, Song Zizhou thought about it, then looked at Song Yao and said, "Okay, let's do as you say."

"Okay, I'll go find Xie Cheng."

Without waiting for Song Zizhou to speak, Song Yao left the house and went straight to find Xie Cheng.

Xie Cheng had already gotten up and was sitting at the table drinking tea. When he saw Song Yao coming, he stood up with his luggage and said, "Empress."

Song Yao walked up to him and said, "Guard Xie, please don't call me like that outside."

Xie Cheng looked around and his gaze returned to Song Yao. "No one is here now."

"Anyway, from now on, when you're outside, whether there's anyone around or not, you can't call me Queen anymore." Song Yao sat at the table and said to Xie Cheng, "Guard Xie, Imperial Prefect Jiang might be in the prefecture, so I want you to sneak into the prefecture and check if he's there. If there's an emergency, leave immediately, but don't go back to the inn first. Get rid of them outside first and then come back."

Hearing this, Xie Cheng frowned, "Master Jiang is in the prefecture? Miss Huang...how did you know?"

Song Yao explained, "I heard it from someone, but I don't know if it's true or not, so I asked you to go and take a look."

"I understand," Xie Cheng said, "I'll go check it out after dark."

"it is good!"

Song Yao stood up and took a few steps before looking back at Xie Cheng. "Remember to wear a mask and all black when the time comes."

"I understand!" Xie Cheng said with a fist salute.

Then Song Yao left.

……

After dark, Xie Cheng put on a nightgown, covered his face, and went straight to the prefect.

Soon, Xie Cheng arrived on the roof of the prefect's backyard.

Although he is the prefect, there are still yamen runners active inside.

Xie Cheng did not act rashly. He stayed on the roof for an hour. After all the yamen runners had gone to rest, Xie Cheng flew into the yard.

But suddenly a woman in a white dress came over.

When the woman saw Xie Cheng, she screamed immediately.

Xie Cheng flew over and covered the woman's mouth. He lowered his voice and said, "Don't scream. I'm not a bad person!"

The woman: "..."

Not a bad guy?

If he wasn't a bad guy, how could he sneak into the prefectural government office? How could he hold her hostage?

He is clearly a bad guy!

The woman continued to struggle.

However, she was powerless and the man holding her hostage was a martial artist. How could she possibly struggle?

Xie Cheng covered her mouth, knocked her unconscious, and then dragged her into the bushes nearby.

After dealing with the woman, Xie Cheng went around looking for Master Jiang's whereabouts.

However, after searching for a long time and almost overturning the prefect, they still did not find any clues related to Master Jiang.

Song Yao also heard it from others. Maybe it was just a rumor and Master Jiang was not here at all.

Thinking of this, Xie Cheng no longer planned to look for Master Jiang.

He simply returned to the backyard. When he was about to leave, Xie Cheng saw a person suddenly stand up in the bushes in front of him.

That was the woman he had knocked unconscious before.