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Back at the palace, Hua Yu had already looked anxiously at the door, and when he saw them coming back, he hastily greeted them: "My fourth prince, you can be regarded as coming back."

"What's wrong?" Yu Songling frowned, faintly having a bad premonition.

"The Empress was stabbed by Concubine Xian!"

"What?!" Yu Songling was shocked, and hurriedly prepared a car and rushed to the palace.

Queen Anya's complexion was pale on the bed, her right hamstring was broken and could never heal again.

"Where's Concubine Xian?" Yu Songling asked fiercely.

"It has been beheaded by the emperor's order." The servant girl replied.

"All the guards who are on duty today will be put to death!" Yu Songling's face was frosty, and his voice was creepy as if floating from the endless hell.

"Fourth prince, spare your life! Fourth prince, spare your life!!" A group of guards knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Grandpa~" Chengying, who had been silent beside him, also felt that this punishment was too severe.

"No one is allowed to intercede!" Yu Songling lowered his voice and said viciously, "The guards who cannot protect them have no need to live! Anyone who dares to intercede for them will die with them!"

Seeing that he was getting angry, Cheng Ying didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so she had to shut up.

"Ling'er..." Empress Anya called out weakly, trying hard to stand up, her right leg felt a sharp pain, followed by a feeling of powerlessness that she couldn't lift half of her strength. Empress Anya seemed to understand something, He just smiled wryly and lay down on the bed again.

"Queen!" Yu Songling waved his hand, and everyone backed away. He held the queen's hand tightly and said guiltily, "Queen, the child is incompetent, and you have suffered."

"Stupid boy, it's not your fault." Queen Anya stroked his hair, "It was I who killed his child and made her go crazy all these years, and now she wants revenge, which is understandable."

"But……"

"It's just that I find it strange." Queen Anya said faintly as if recalling something.

"It's strange there?" Yu Songling immediately became alert.

"I seem to have seen that soft sword that Concubine Xian used to assassinate me." Empress Anya recalled with a frown.

"As far as I know, Concubine Xian doesn't know martial arts." Yu Songling said thoughtfully.

"But that Concubine Xian's swordsmanship is very powerful, she even killed several guards." Empress Anya frowned and thought, and suddenly said hastily, "I remembered, it's a sundial!"

"Sundial?" Yu Songling had never heard of it.

"It is the proud work of a generation of swordsmiths, and it was later presented to the emperor."

"Empress Mother means... Emperor Father?" Yu Songling was shocked.

"No." Empress Anya's expression gradually turned cold, "A few years ago, Concubine Hui begged the sword from the emperor for the reason of having nightmares."

"Hui—concubine!" Yu Songling gritted his teeth, "It's a good trick that kills two birds with one stone! She pretended to be her mother's assassination because of Xianfei's insanity and couldn't justify it, and then put the blame on her head."

"That bitch is really vicious!" Empress Anya said fiercely, if it was Concubine Xian who wanted to kill her, she would still understand, but knowing that Concubine Hui had killed her, she couldn't swallow it no matter what.

Yu Songling couldn't restrain the anger in his heart, he raised his sword and rushed out of Fengluan Palace to go to Concubine Hui Xingshi to question her, but was caught by Chengying.

"Grandpa, you can't be impulsive!"

"We fell into the trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain. The people we met just now were simply trying to hold me back, so as to buy time for the emperor to execute the concubine Xian." Yu Songling's eyes were red, and his whole body was full of murderous intent, like an angry lion. .

"Because Concubine Xian is dead, and there is no proof of death, why should Concubine Hui be the murderer? What's more, Concubine Hui's favorite trick is to pretend to be innocent to win the emperor's sympathy. Instead of being bitten by her, it is better to wait and see what happens."

"Wait and see? Ha~" Yu Songling smiled ironically, and said coldly, "I can't do it! Get out of the way!"

"No way!" Cheng Ying confronted him, not giving way.

Yu Songling continued to walk forward, but Chengying suddenly grabbed him with a grappling technique. Yu Songling didn't seem to expect that he would attack him. He was slightly taken aback, and then angrily entangled with his moves. After a few strokes, Yu Songling tied his hands and growled, "If your elder brother and mother are persecuted, you know that the murderer is in front of you but you can't point it out. You can take it easy and watch it happen." Change?!"

"I can't." Chengying replied with certainty, "Not only I can't, many people can't do it, but you are different, you are the fourth prince, you are the one who will sit on the world, you have to bear what others can't bear, be patient with others You can't bear it, so you have to force yourself to do it!"

With those words, Yu Songling regained a bit of the clarity of the past, let go of his hand, and staggered towards the carriage like a wandering soul. Cheng Ying followed behind him, calmed down, and said to the driver: "Go back to the mansion. .”

After Yu Songling got into the car, the curtain was not lowered, so Cheng Ying also got into the car.The coachman put down the curtain and drove forward slowly. Yu Songling buried his head between the crooks of his arms and sat silently. Chengying couldn't see his expression clearly, so he could only sit quietly beside him. The child in the womb was churning non-stop because he had just used his true energy, cold sweat gathered on Chengying's forehead and trickled down slowly.Chengying endured the pain in his abdomen calmly, and tried his best to adjust his breathing, hoping to relieve it.

Yu Songling raised her hand, and her warm palm covered Chengying's abdomen, stroking gently.

"I know, you feel uncomfortable." Cheng Ying rubbed the joints of his fingers and said softly.

"You're right, I should wait and see." Yu Songling's voice was muffled, and he suddenly wrapped his arms around Chengying's waist, buried his head on his huge belly, and said fiercely, "One day , I want them all to surrender at my feet!"

"Well, I believe in you, there will be such a day." Cheng Ying patted his head and said softly.

After returning home, Yu Songling settled Chengying, and immediately sent someone to investigate Huifei's bedroom, hoping to find some clues, and the clue he found really surprised him.

"You said the sundial sword hanging on the wall has never been used?"

"Yes, Fourth Prince, there is dust in the gap between the hilt and the scabbard, obviously it has not been used for a long time."

"Strange~~ I got it wrong? Concubine Hui is not behind the scenes?" Yu Songling said to himself.

When Yu Songling told Cheng Ying about this matter, he also felt strange: "Could it be that the queen misunderstood it?"

"Probably not. The queen mother is very sure that the sword was made by a famous master after all, and such a rare weapon should be unforgettable." Yu Songling walked back and forth a few steps, "Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless there is another sundial." Yu Songling seemed to have thought of something, called Lai Huayu and said, "Go and send an invitation to the General's Mansion, inviting General Situ to come to the mansion as a guest."