The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

After a while.

Chu Xiu stood deep within the Qi Prince's mansion, his face grim. He hadn't expected to arrive so late.

"Reporting to the Marquis, no trace of the Prince of Qi's family has been found."

"Not only did the Qi family disappear, but also the Qi family's retainers, whose cultivation level reached the Heavenly Immortal realm, as well as the three commanders of the Qi family's guards and three thousand elite soldiers of the guards, all vanished along with them."

Fang Heng flashed behind Chu Xiu and said with a solemn expression.

"Send someone to the homes of the three commanders in the Prince of Qi's residence to see if their families are still there."

Chu Xiu said coldly.

"Reporting to the Marquis, I have already sent someone there, and we will get back to you soon."

Fang Heng considered it for a moment, then spoke solemnly.

"Let's search and see if there's a tunnel in Prince Qi's mansion that leads to outside the capital."

Chu Xiu said in a deep and powerful voice.

If someone like Prince Qi, Murong Yu, wanted to leave the capital, especially with three thousand elite guards from his royal palace, it would certainly be a grand and spectacular affair, attracting widespread attention.

Therefore, Murong Yu could not leave openly and honestly.

They must have left the Prince of Qi's residence through the underground passage.

A treacherous minister like Murong Yu, who was single-mindedly plotting to usurp the throne, probably dug a tunnel many years ago to ensure he could escape immediately in case of danger.

"Reporting to the Marquis, we are already searching."

"Even if we have to turn the entire Prince Qi's mansion upside down, we'll definitely find the tunnel!"

Fang Heng said in a firm and powerful voice.

Chu Xiu nodded slightly, remaining silent.

Not long after.

An elite member of the Imperial Guard flashed over, whispered something to Fang Heng, and then turned and left.

"Reporting to the Marquis, the three commanders of the guards of the Prince Qi's mansion only have some minor concubines in their homes. According to our interrogation by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the rest of their family members all quietly left a month ago."

Fang Heng hesitated for a moment, then looked at Chu Xiu with a respectful expression and said...

"Shadow Taotie!"

Chu Xiu said coldly.

"The humble position is here!"

The shadowy Taotie appeared out of thin air and bowed to Chu Xiu.

"Is this how you shadow guards operate?"

"I ordered you to keep an eye on the Qi Prince's residence, and all you've done is keep an eye on the Qi Prince's residence?"

"You didn't even send anyone to keep an eye on the important figures in the Qi Prince's residence? You didn't even notice that they had quietly left a month ago!"

"More importantly, I ordered you to keep an eye on the Qi Prince's residence, but you failed to keep an eye on it!"

"Qi King Murong Yu left the Qi King's Mansion with so many people, and none of you noticed!"

Chu Xiu turned around, looking at Ying Taotie with a cold gaze, and said in a cold voice.

"This humble servant is guilty and begs for punishment, Your Excellency!"

Ying Taotie gritted her teeth, knelt down in front of Chu Xiu, and said with deep remorse.

If his face hadn't been covered by a black cloth, one could have seen the shame that filled his eyes.

He hadn't expected that King Qi, Murong Yu, had escaped without his shadow guards noticing.

"You should know what to do about the Prince of Yan's residence and the residence of Wang Hao, the Minister of Rites, right?"

Chu Xiu slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and spoke to Ying Taotie.

“I understand. I will send people to keep a close eye on the families of all the important figures in the Prince of Yan’s residence and Wang Hao’s residence. Once their families leave, we will be able to detect it immediately.”

Ying Taotie said with unwavering determination, "Moreover, this humble servant will send people to infiltrate the Prince of Yan's residence and the Wang Hao's residence to replace the people in their residences, rather than simply monitoring them from outside the residences."

"Okay, let's do it this way."

"However, it's not just the Prince of Yan's residence and the residence of Wang Hao, the Minister of Rites."

“Except for the Yang family, all the other families among the five surnames and seven clans must send people to infiltrate.”

“The families of important figures in their household should also be closely monitored.”

"In addition, arrange for another group of people to infiltrate the residences of the other six princes."

"Keep a close eye on the families of these six important figures in the princes' residences, and don't miss a single one!"

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then spoke in a deep voice to Ying Taotie.

He no longer trusts any of the nine princes.

With Prince Zhao, Murong Zhi, dead, Prince Qi, Murong Yu, colluding with the demons of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and Prince Yan, Murong Jian, also having serious problems, are the remaining six princes truly without issues?

Or perhaps these people are more deeply hidden than Murong Zhi and his companions.

"Yes, Your Excellency obeys!"

Chu Xiu waved to Ying Taotie without saying anything more, nor did he intend to punish him.

"This humble servant begs Your Excellency's punishment!"

Ying Taotie said in a firm and powerful voice.

“You are not my subordinate; you are the commander of the Shadow Guard. I have no right to punish you.”

"You will be punished by His Majesty."

Chu Xiu said calmly.

"Yes, I resign from my humble position."

Ying Taotie bowed and disappeared from the spot.

"Reporting to the Marquis, I have found the tunnel in the Qi Prince's mansion. The tunnel is located in the Qi Prince's study. According to the traces, the Qi Prince should have left at the beginning of the You hour (5-7 PM). It is now the Zi hour (11 PM-1 AM), which is almost four hours ago."

"Should we send men to give chase?"

Jiang Li, commander of the Sky Guard, flashed over and bowed to Chu Xiu.

"Why are you still chasing after someone who's been chasing you for almost four hours?"

"It must be that King Murong Yu of Qi guessed that I might have gone to the Didao County post station."

"So he left the capital immediately."

"If he gets his hands on our Embroidered Uniform Guard's Killing Manual and Killing Formation, he might return to the capital quietly."

"It's also possible that he might not come back."

"But one thing is certain: he is now far away from the capital."

"He didn't receive any good news today, so he definitely won't be returning to the capital."

Chu Xiu shook his head and said.

"My lord, what should we do now?"

Fang Heng clasped his hands in a fist and asked Chu Xiu.

"Arrest all the people from the Prince of Qi's mansion. Our Imperial Guard prison can't hold that many people, so we'll imprison the important figures in our Imperial Guard prison."

"The rest of them were all sent to the Ministry of Justice prison."

"Through interrogation of the chief steward of the Prince of Qi's residence, he certainly knew that the Prince of Qi had left the capital, but he was not being honest."

"Let's see if we can find out the whereabouts of Prince Qi, Murong Yu, from him."

"This Marquis is going to the palace to meet the Emperor!"

Chu Xiu replied without hesitation.

The entire Prince Qi's mansion has over 12,000 guards alone. Adding the maids, servants, and other servants, the total number is definitely over 20,000, and it's quite possible that it could reach 30,000.

With such a large number, it was impossible to imprison them all in the Jinyiwei prison.

Not just anyone is qualified to enter the Imperial Prison of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

As for how to deal with these people, that's up to Empress Murong Si to decide.

"Yes!"

Fang Heng said in a resounding voice.

Chu Xiu took a step and disappeared from the Qi Prince's mansion, heading towards the imperial palace.

Fang Heng then ordered the arrests to begin and the Qi Prince's Mansion to be ransacked.