Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 655

Fortunately, Huo Tingsheng was ill and weak, so the injury only scratched the concubine's arm, but it still frightened everyone, who scrambled to their feet in a chaotic mess.

No one dared to stay there anymore; they all fled as if their lives depended on it.

Only Huo Tingsheng remained, lying on the edge of the bed, panting heavily with anger.

It took him a while to recover and recall what had happened before he fainted.

Ni Xin led the Imperial Guards to search the East Palace, but how come they found nothing?

Could it be that the Imperial Guards and those court officials have all betrayed him and sided with "Huo Jinghuai"?

Thinking of this, Huo Tingsheng felt a throbbing pain in his head again.

He summoned all the top imperial guards under his command and randomly selected a few from among them.

“You all, go to the East Palace and see if it’s really as Ni Xin said, that you’ve searched the entire East Palace but found nothing.”

He was at least certain that his trusted confidants were still loyal to him; otherwise, he wouldn't be lying here alive now.

Those imperial guards responded and left.

At this time, the Eastern Palace was still heavily guarded by the Imperial Guards, and the interior remained unchanged after the search.

Several top imperial guards went in to check, and even though their eyesight was sharper and more ruthless than that of the Imperial Guards, they couldn't find any hidden rooms in the Eastern Palace where anything could be concealed.

The only option was to return to the palace and report the truth.

"Your Majesty, we have reviewed it. General Ni's search should be without problems. There were no weapons hidden in the Eastern Palace, not even an underground space."

Huo Tingsheng's expression gradually darkened.

At this moment, he also thought of another possibility: if there really was no problem in the Eastern Palace, then Xue Qian had lied to him from the very beginning!

She told him that "Huo Jinghuai" was hiding weapons, and instructed him to mobilize troops to search the East Palace in a grand manner. However, they found nothing and unjustly accused "Huo Jinghuai," causing him to lose even more popular support!

Now, his ministers probably all think he is a foolish and unreasonable ruler, making unfounded suspicions!

Xue Qian didn't know when she had submitted to "Huo Jinghuai," and she didn't know which of the information she had given him before was true and which was false!

Perhaps from the very beginning, she was helping "Huo Jinghuai" set a trap for him!

Thinking of this, Huo Tingsheng gritted his teeth in anger.

"Go! Bring Xue Kui here!"

Has Xue Qian gone mad? Xue Kui is still in his hands, is she not going to care about her sister's life or death?

He will make her regret what she did for him!

A top imperial guard accepted the order and left, returning only after a long while, trembling with fear as he reported:

"Your Majesty, Xue Kui has been missing since yesterday. We've searched everywhere in the palace, but we can't find her..."

Huo Tingsheng had originally ordered people to keep a close watch on Xue Kui, but since he collapsed last night and the palace was in chaos, the guards became lax, and in the blink of an eye, Xue Kui disappeared.

Huo Tingsheng froze for a moment, then slammed his hand on the edge of the table, bursting into a rage and shouting at the top of his lungs.

"She must have been rescued from the palace by Huo Jinghuai! Issue an arrest warrant! Search for Xue Kui under the pretext of her being a runaway palace slave! I must bring her back!..."

Huo Tingsheng's health had not improved to begin with, and in his anger, he couldn't catch his breath and fainted again.