The little heroine investigates a mysterious case

Chapter 270: It turns out the assassin is a flower thief

The man in black suddenly froze, but still asked in confusion.

"Why? Are you seriously ill?"

Tian Xueyan looked up at the man in black with tears in her eyes. The man in black had a somewhat evasive look and a shy expression, which made him look quite naive under the cold moonlight.

Tian Xueyan had been immersed in the palace for many years and was accustomed to the hypocrisy between the emperors and the intrigues between the concubines, but she had never seen such a simple, honest and kind face.

This man looked no longer young, but he made Tian Xueyan trust him even more. As if possessed by something, she told the man in black everything she was thinking.

"I'm not sick, but I witnessed with my own eyes how Emperor Tian Shang of Yue killed my father before ascending the throne."

When Tian Xueyan talked about this, she clutched the collar of her clothes tightly, and a trace of fear appeared on her face.

She took a breath before continuing.

"There are rumors now that he ascended to the throne by regicide. I didn't say that, but sooner or later he'll find out that I was outside my father's bedroom that night. He won't let me go and will definitely kill me to silence me!"

Tian Xueyan was like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw. She held the arm of the man in black tightly, her eyes full of pleading, and tears as big as beans fell down continuously.

"Please save me, save me!"

The man in black scratched his head, looking very embarrassed.

"But I have to save my daughter first!"

Tian Xueyan was suddenly stuck. She wiped her tears and really couldn't understand what the man in black meant. His daughter was in the palace?

Is she a palace maid who was demoted to the palace as punishment or a concubine who was banished to the cold palace?

Tian Xueyan asked tentatively.

"Excuse me, your daughter is..."

"Princess Xia Guoxian, do you know which palace in this imperial palace she lives in?"

Tian Xueyan's pupils widened as she looked at the man in black in disbelief. She knew Princess Xian, so how could the man in black be Princess Xian's father?

Tian Xueyan expressed her doubts.

"Shouldn't the virtuous princess be living in the Honglu Temple? I haven't heard that she's in any danger. Besides, isn't she my half-sister? How come you've become her father?"

The man in black was naturally Huang Shuo. He had been searching the palace for two nights but still hadn't found Zhao Xuan's residence. He was very anxious.

He didn't want to explain Zhao Xuan's situation to the crying woman. He took Tian Xueyan's hand away from his arm, feeling extremely anxious.

"She is no longer your sister. She is not in danger now, but maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow! Tell me where she is!"

Tian Xueyan raised her head and stared at Huang Shuo's face, then suddenly covered her face and burst into tears again.

"Then isn't she the same as me? There's no tomorrow after today? But she still has her father to protect her, but my father, my father has been killed by Tian Shang. If there's no one to protect me, I'm going to die!"

In Huang Shuo's world, he has never seen a woman who can cry as well as Tian Xueyan!

Zhao Xiaoman only shed tears once because of Wang Sheng's death, and Zhao Xuan rarely cried in front of him.

The two women he knew best and loved the most happened to be strong-willed and straightforward. He had no idea how to comfort the woman in front of him, but he felt sorry for her.

What she just said really touched Huang Shuo. This girl's fate was really similar to Xuan'er's.

Xuan'er lost her master back then, and now she has lost her father. Xuan'er may be harmed by King Rongdi, and this girl may very likely fall victim to the murderous hands of Emperor Yue. They really share the same fate.

What should he do? Save him or not?

Huang Shuo thought again, he could no longer search around like a headless fly. The girl in front of him had been living in the palace and was the most likely to know Zhao Xuan's whereabouts.

Thinking of this, Huang Shuo stopped talking nonsense, directly pulled Tian Xueyan's hand and rushed to the window, then put his arm around Tian Xueyan's waist and flew out of the window.

So, the guards who were on high alert outside the imperial study suddenly heard a woman's scream that night and hurried to investigate carefully.

Finally, the leader of the Imperial Guard, Ye Wei, reported to Tian Shang.

"Your Majesty, after a full night of investigation, I've discovered that the Seventeenth Princess, Tian Xueyan, is missing! We've searched everywhere but can't find her whereabouts!"

Tian Shang had no idea that there was a Seventeenth Princess, and he had no impression of her in his mind.

He frowned and asked Ye Wei.

"What do you think about this?"

Ye Wei thought about it and reported to Tian Shang.

"Considering the strange events that happened these past two nights, I believe that the man in black who appeared out of nowhere is most likely not an assassin coming to kill Your Majesty, but a flower-stealing thief from the Jianghu!"

Tian Shang put down the pen he was using to review the memorials and looked at Ye Wei calmly.

"Are you saying that the Seventeenth Princess was abducted by this flower-stealing thief?"

"I'm not sure yet. My guess would only be valid if the man in black never appears in the palace again."

Afterwards, the man in black never appeared in the palace again, and Tian Shang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't care about the life or death of Princess Seventeen. He sent the guards to look for her and then put the matter behind him.

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The next morning after the farewell party for Guan Liushui, Gu Zhanghua was worried that the night would be too long and things would be difficult if Tian Shang changed his mind.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, he and Zhao Xuan went to the palace to ask Tian Shang for permission to return to Xia Kingdom immediately.

Tian Shang did not try to keep her, but sent away the people around him and walked in front of Zhao Xuan. His tone was stern and the warning was obvious.

"I will not expose your identity as a fake princess, but this means that in front of everyone, you are still Princess Tian Shiliu of Yue State, and your behavior in the world also represents our Yue State.

If anything you do in the future is detrimental to the Kingdom of Yue, I will never let you off the hook. You better be careful!"

Tian Shang was right. Zhao Xuan put away her lazy nature and bowed solemnly to Tian Shang.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I know what I'm doing!"

Tian Shang waved at the two of them.

"Go ahead. You two have greatly pleased the Queen Mother these past few days. Go and say goodbye to her."

Gu Zhanghua and Zhao Xuan walked out of the imperial study one after another. Tian Shang returned to the imperial desk and sat down, unable to recover for a long time.

His sister Tian Shiliu eventually disappeared from this world and never came back, but he still had his mother, the queen and two daughters.

He lost a lot these days, but also seemed to have gained a lot.

Tian Shang sighed softly, picked up the pen, and had to do his best to put on a good show. Just because he didn't reveal the fake princess's identity didn't mean he couldn't do Emperor Xia Gu Li a favor with this matter.

He wanted to write a letter to Gu Li personally.

At this time, Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua were bidding farewell to Empress Dowager Nie, who rewarded them with many precious jewelry and utensils.

Zhao Xuan declined, and Empress Dowager Nie pulled Zhao Xuan aside, away from Nanny Feng who was checking the gift list.

"Good child, just think of these gifts as my supplementary dowry for you. When you went to Xia Country to get married, you didn't have much dowry."

"Mother, these gifts are too valuable and too much. How about I accept half of them?"

Empress Dowager Nie looked at Zhao Xuan with tears in her eyes, her voice very low but very clear.

"Take everything with you. This is everything I can give you. Live a good life with your husband. Don't ever come back. It's very dangerous."

Zhao Xuan suddenly opened her eyes wide, and looked at Empress Dowager Nie at a loss, but Empress Dowager Nie nodded gently at her.

Zhao Xuan understood instantly that Empress Dowager Nie had already seen that she was not Tian Shiliu, but she said nothing and treated her sincerely.

This is a wise old man. Zhao Xuan felt a little ashamed, but then she felt that she had a clear conscience. In front of Empress Dowager Nie, she always regarded herself as the real Tian Shiliu and accompanied Empress Dowager Nie carefully. This is called exchanging sincerity for sincerity.

Zhao Xuan gently hugged Empress Dowager Nie.

"Mother, thank you, take care of yourself!"

When Zhao Xuan and Gu Zhanghua returned to the Honglu Temple, they found that Tian Shang had already sent someone to deliver a generous gift, as well as a handwritten letter to Gu Li.

The gist of the letter was that he already knew the cause of Tian Shiliu's death, but he was magnanimous and did not pursue the matter, and that the two countries should become even closer in the future.

That afternoon, Zhao Xuan and her three companions set out to return to Xia Country, but they missed Huang Shuo again.

Perfect miss!