My elder sister is so noble, this time it's my turn to strike back

Finally, he suddenly remembered something, and his face suddenly changed. He said to himself, "Oh no!" and hurriedly ordered Lin Ji to take a team of expert guards and head towards the Emperor's Palace of Mental Cultivation.

When he arrived outside the Yangxin Palace, he found that everything was normal and the guards had been replaced by a new wave. He felt a little relieved.

"Has anyone come here since I left?" King Yong asked the guards.

"Your Highness, apart from Chief Steward Su who said he was leaving the palace a quarter of an hour ago, no one else has entered or left the palace during this period."

After hearing the guard's answer, Prince Yong nodded and then stepped into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

However, after seeing the scene inside, he was stunned!

This was because the emperor, who was supposed to be sleeping on the dragon bed, was nowhere to be seen.

Prince Yong suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart and shouted loudly towards the door: "Everyone, get out of here!"

Several guards hurriedly pushed the door open and entered. After seeing the situation inside the hall, they were all shocked.

"Your Majesty... His Majesty..."

The person was clearly there just now, but now he has disappeared. A sense of panic instantly filled everyone's hearts.

"Why are you still kneeling there like an idiot? Hurry up and go find him for me! Even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I will definitely find him."

"Yes!"

The guards did not dare to delay and hurriedly searched the Yangxin Palace in batches, searching chairs, under the beds, wardrobes, and any place that could accommodate a person.

Nothing came of it.

"Your Highness, I have searched everywhere and there is no one here." The guard reported to Prince Yong with a nervous look on his face.

"Waste!" King Yong kicked the guard in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground.

But the guard did not dare to escape. He quickly steadied himself and knelt on the ground.

Then, King Yong's face darkened as he ordered, "It's impossible for a living person to disappear for no reason. Search carefully. There must be a secret passage inside."

After his reminder, the guards suddenly understood what was going on and started searching again.

Soon, someone discovered something unusual in a gap under the dragon table.

It was supposed to be a whole dragon table, but somewhere on the bottom, there were traces of splicing. The guards carefully examined the area and soon found traces of fingers pressing on a small area.

Upon seeing this, Prince Yong reached out and pressed on that spot. With a loud crash, the wide dragon bed instantly shifted its position, revealing the secret passage hidden underneath.

When Prince Yong and the guards who were searching saw this, their faces turned pale.

"Where is Su Qinian? Why hasn't he come back yet?" King Yong asked everyone.

It was not until this time that everyone realized the unusualness of this matter.

Yes, it shouldn't take that long even if you go to the toilet.

The next second, someone quickly looked in the direction Su Qinian left, but after searching everywhere in the vicinity, they could not find Su Qinian at all.

When King Yong learned about this, he was so angry that he killed a guard directly, and everyone was terrified.

Afterwards, Prince Yong summoned Lin Ji and ordered his men to completely block the news of the emperor's disappearance. He asked the surrounding guards to remain outside the Yangxin Palace, while he sent people to pursue him through the secret passage.

The emperor's poison had not yet been cured, and he believed that he must not have escaped far.

In fact, what Prince Yong expected was correct. Half of the antidote that Qiu Ning had given him during the day had flowed out. Although the emperor had woken up at this time, he was still a little weak.

The person who was arranged to meet the emperor was Guo Yian.

At this time, the emperor was rescued through a secret passage and arranged to be recuperated in a mountain villa not far from the outskirts of Beijing.

On the other hand, Prince Yong concealed the emperor's disappearance and ordered that no one was allowed to visit him, but he still handled state affairs on his behalf every day.

But he knew that this matter could not be concealed for too long, so he could only find a person with a similar body shape to the emperor, change his appearance, and lie in the Yangxin Palace in the emperor's place.

In order to gain people's trust, he still sent imperial doctors into the Yangxin Palace every day to check on the 'emperor's' condition. Of course, these doctors had long been bribed and did not dare to tell the truth.

However, five days passed, and the guards who went to look for the emperor found nothing. They felt that the emperor had disappeared out of thin air. In the name of searching for the assassin, they had almost turned the entire capital upside down, but still found no clues.

Such a large-scale search soon aroused dissatisfaction among officials and people. They boycotted King Yong, saying that he had deployed a large number of people to search every household, which could easily cause riots.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Every time those soldiers searched a place, it would be like a hurricane passing through, sweeping across the entire place and leaving only a mess.

Finally, at the morning court session that day, the court was in an uproar again. Everyone asked King Yong to give a reasonable explanation, otherwise he should stop this behavior that was costing the people a lot of money and time.

Prince Yong also knew that he couldn't continue searching. The emperor might have already left the city. Even if he overturned the capital, it would be useless.

"This matter was indeed my own fault for not thinking things through. I will withdraw the people now.

In addition, I have received secret information that the Liang Kingdom in the north is massively stockpiling troops and grain on the border, intending to attack our dynasty. Do you have any good strategies?"

The news shocked the government and the public.

"What? Your Majesty, is the news true? Why didn't any scouts send anyone back to report?"

"If Liang State really attacks, General Gu will go to southern Xinjiang, and General Guo Yi'an, who was previously good at leading troops in battle, will be demoted. What will we do then?"

Especially the civil servants, they were all very worried.

"Your Highness, I think that as a precaution, we might as well send troops to the north first to prevent a sudden attack from the State of Liang." The Minister of War stepped forward and suggested.

"Your Excellency the Minister is right. We cannot just sit there and wait for death. There are 150,000 soldiers stationed in the western suburbs camp. Your Highness, you might as well send some of the troops to the border first. It is important to guard the border." Another minister came out and seconded the proposal.

King Yong asked other ministers for their opinions, and most of them supported the proposal of the Minister of War and believed that troops should be sent to the border first.

Some ministers also thought that this news might be wrong and that they should send people to Liang State to negotiate peace first. However, this was quickly rejected by the people of Prince Yong's party.

"It's better to believe it than not. If Liang really takes advantage of our situation to attack our dynasty and our borders are lost, other countries will surely follow suit. By then, we'll be surrounded by enemies. Great Xia will be in danger!"

In the end, all the ministers unanimously agreed to withdraw 100,000 troops from the western suburbs camp and rush to the border that day.

As a result, the defense of the capital became much weaker, and Prince Yong took the opportunity to transfer all the private soldiers he had secretly raised to the capital and surrounded the capital.

When the officials saw some strange soldiers suddenly appearing, they were all shocked and thought that someone was planning a rebellion.

As a result, the next morning, King Yong announced to everyone:

"This is a group of elite soldiers that His Majesty ordered us to train privately, so that they can one day defend the Imperial City. Don't be nervous, everyone. These are here to protect us."

King Yong's statement did not convince everyone, and the ministers also smelled something unusual.

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, is the truth behind the emperor's poisoning really that simple?