So the head maid of the palace just reminded Luo Xue to cheer up so as not to be blamed later.
Luo Xue nodded to show that she understood.
Soon, the team of maids set off to deliver meals to the Snow Palace.
This team of maids was originally responsible for serving the little princess. During the time when Concubine Min returned to the Snow Palace, the imperial palace was in chaos, and it was impossible to allocate a special team of maids for the time being.
Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary complications, they also took charge of Emperor Min's concubine's diet.
But the imperial guards didn't expect...
The most unexpected thing was that it was the little princess herself who was assassinated.
Luo Xue asked Xueling and Dugu Xue to follow the team of maids and get as close to them as possible, so that Dugu Xue's abnormal aura would not be easily detected.
Along the way, patrolling palace guards could be seen searching from time to time, but after seeing the maids' clothes and direction, they did not stop them for inspection.
The main reason was that the security in the Snow Palace was the strictest, and the guards did not dare to delay the maids' work. Everything related to Emperor Min's concubine was extremely sensitive at this time.
Therefore, Luo Xue and Dugu Xue easily avoided the searches along the way and arrived in front of the Snow Palace.
At this moment, Dugu Xue sent a message to Luo Xue,
"Sister Luo, be careful... Xueling said there are cultivators from the Crossing the Sea realm nearby."
Crossing the Sea...
Luo Xue's expression became a little serious.
This was much stronger than she had expected.
The realm that the lords of the forbidden areas in the four regions of Jiuzhou are striving for is just the Yuhua Realm. After the Yuhua Realm is the Jiexian Realm, and above the Jiexian Realm is the Duhai Realm.
It seems that the top combat power in this world should be between the Crossing the Sea Realm and the Great Sage... a little lower than Feng Zun's Quasi-Emperor.
It is just not clear whether the Immortal Emperor has the strength of a Great Sage.
"Xue Ling also said that if we get any closer, we might be discovered..."
Dugu Xue was very nervous. She was not worried about herself, but she was worried that if Luo Xue was exposed with her, this matter would be difficult to resolve.
If this happens, no matter what... Luo Xue will have a hard time escaping.
Chapter 170: The Princess's Disappearance, the Tiger's Away
Near the Snow Palace.
A man dressed as an ordinary guard sat cross-legged in the small pavilion with his eyes closed, as if he was resting.
Although this man looked no different from other guards in appearance and dress, the people around him looked at him with awe.
If Luo Xue were here, she would be able to recognize this person's identity.
It was he who brought her to the imperial study that day, the Immortal Emperor's personal bodyguard, and the legendary powerful man who had entered the Sea Crossing Realm.
No one knows what his real name is, but he calls himself "Wei".
Generally speaking, the strength of the Crossing the Sea Realm is enough to establish a presence in the world. For example, the great elders of the southern barbaric tribes are all above the Crossing the Sea Realm.
When it comes to a strong person of this level, even an Immortal Emperor can only adopt a cooperative attitude when forming an alliance.
But Wei submitted to the Immortal Emperor and was loyal to him.
What is even more incredible is that when Wei was interacting with the people of the imperial family in the palace, he did not act like a powerful person in the Sea Crossing Realm, but regarded himself as a member of the palace guards.
Some people said that this was because the Immortal Emperor had once saved Wei's life, others said that the Immortal Emperor had a hold on Wei's vital point, and still others said that there was an indescribable subtle relationship between Wei and the Immortal Emperor.
But Wei never explained. He just stayed faithfully by the Immortal Emperor's side, and nothing changed for tens of thousands of years.
Because of this, no one knows what the truth is.
"Master Wei, the maids who are delivering meals to the Snow Palace have arrived." The guard next to him said respectfully, "The guards at the door have stopped them. Please go and check."
Wei opened his eyes and nodded slightly.
He stood up and walked towards the line of maids.
Even though Wei didn't sense any murderous intent among the maids, he still planned to check them carefully to avoid any accidents.
"That strong man from the Crossing Sea Realm... he's coming!"
Dugu Xue quickly sent a message to Luo Xue.
As long as Wei uses his spiritual sense, he will be able to see through Luo Xue's current true cultivation level and discover Luo Xue's existence.
After sensing carefully for a while, even the existence of Dugu Xue and Xue Ling were forced to be exposed.
"... Got it," Luo Xue's eyes were slightly stern, and she secretly made a gesture, "Now is the time!"
At this extremely delicate moment, Luo Xue used her backup plan.
"boom!"
A loud roar appeared out of nowhere and echoed all around.
The huge explosion instantly alarmed the already tense nerves of all the guards, and they looked in the direction where the explosion came from in shock.
"The Emperor's bedroom!"
That’s right, at this critical moment, an explosion occurred in the princess’ bedroom.
The explosion was not large in scale and only broke some of the glazed bricks and tiles on the roof of the palace.
However, the explosion in the princess's bedroom at this time was too strange in itself.
Wei looked towards the direction of the princess's bedroom and frowned slightly, but soon relaxed because he had sensed the scale of the explosion.
"It's just some noise, it doesn't have much impact."
Wei called over several of his personal guards and planned to ask them to investigate the matter.
But at this moment, a guard came over in a hurry and told him a piece of news that was even more shocking than the explosion just now.
"Little Princess... is missing!"
"What!"
Upon hearing the news, Wei could no longer sit still.
"As soon as the explosion happened, the guards immediately entered the bedroom to check the situation, but found that the little princess was gone." The guard explained hurriedly.
The explosion is not a problem. Anyway, the protection level of these important imperial palaces is enough to withstand an attack from the Sea Crossing Realm. What level of explosion is needed to shake the palace wall
Little Princess is His Majesty's most beloved daughter. If anything happens to her, when His Majesty returns from his southern tour...
What kind of rage that would be!
What's more, the little princess had just been assassinated not long ago...
"Zhao Qing, Shi Handong, follow me to check the situation." Wei made arrangements quickly. There was no time to lose at this moment. "Everyone else, stay here and make sure there are no mistakes."
"Yes, but these maids..."
The guard hesitated.
Wei roughly sensed them, but still could not detect any murderous intent or hostility from these maids, so he waved his hand.
"Let them in, don't waste time."
After he finished speaking, he paused and said,
"Remember to stop them from gossiping. Concubine Min shouldn't worry about the little princess' affairs."
"yes."
The guards immediately bowed in response.
Then Wei took two other strong guards and hurried to the princess's bedroom, fearing that if they delayed time, the little princess would suffer an irreversible accident.
After checking the meals, the other guards signaled Luo Xue and others to enter the Snow Palace.
With the help of Xueling, it is not a problem to deal with these guards whose strength is around the Yuhua realm.
"Wow, Sister Luo, how did you do that?"
Dugu Xue asked in surprise. She patted her chest and felt scared for a while.
From her perspective, she couldn't see any movement from Luo Xue, and so easily forced Wei to leave.
"A little... backhand, that's all."
Luo Xue was brief and to the point, not daring to say more.
After all, they were still within the confines of the Snow Palace, and there were many guards surrounding them, keeping a close eye on this group of maids.
Compared to the princess's bedroom, the security here is tighter and more unscrupulous.
When Luo Xue stayed in the princess's bedroom, the guards were not allowed to enter the bedroom in order not to disturb her rest and recuperation.
And inside the Snow Palace...
There are guards at the Yuhua realm everywhere.
Even within the Imperial Palace, most of the guards in the Yuhua Realm are captain guards of high status, but here they are used as ordinary guards. This shows that the importance of Concubine Min is beyond ordinary.
"The explosion just now? But..."
Dugu Xue frowned slightly, still struggling with this matter.
The reason why Luo Xue didn't explain... Because this was originally intended to be used on Dugu Xue.
When she left the princess's bedroom, she had already set up the explosion formation and the teleportation formation.
When the teleportation formation is activated, the maid dressed as Princess Snow will be randomly teleported to the outside world, and the effect of the Thousand Transformations Technique will be canceled at the same time.
The purpose of the explosion formation is to destroy the traces of the teleportation formation and the dormant formation. More importantly, a sudden explosion can directly attract everyone's attention.
In order to prevent the guards from investigating the explosion site too quickly, Luo Xue took the risk of launching a backup plan just when the maids were about to enter the Snow Palace.
And how should this backhand be used against Dugu Xue...
If the negotiations with Dugu Xue fail, Luo Xue will also choose to trigger the formation, making Princess Snow disappear from everyone's sight and forcing Dugu Xue to continue to take over the position of Princess Snow.
Finally, she hid as a maid for a while, and finally found an opportunity to escape from the imperial palace using the palace-leaving formation.
As for where the poor chosen maid would be teleported to, Luo Xue didn't dare to guarantee it.
Anyway, she has chosen a place as far away as possible, one that she won't be able to return from for a while.
This plan cannot be said to be particularly perfect, but it is the best Luo Xue can do under the circumstances.
She was even considerate enough to go talk to the real Snow Princess instead of using her backup plan directly.
Fortunately, Luo Xue had this plan, otherwise she would have trapped this naive and pitiful girl.
Dugu Xue looked at Luo Xue with curiosity, whose face was serious. Unable to figure it out, she had to give up and began to look forward to meeting her mother.
As we went deeper into the Snow Palace, the number of guards around us decreased.
By the time they stepped into the vicinity of the room where Emperor Min's concubine was, there were no other guards.
We are on guard no matter how strict the inspection is. If the enemy can get to this position under such circumstances, no matter how many guards we have, it will be meaningless.
Next, Luo Xue doesn’t need to take any action.
Xue Ling slowly appeared and directly and simply used the Great Hypnosis (Physical) on all the maids.
The maids were unable to react and all of them collapsed, their eyes went dark.
However, before their bodies fell to the ground, Xue Ling moved them to an inconspicuous place and piled them together.
Luo Xue looked at this scene and couldn't help but sigh that the palace maids were really pitiful.
It’s not so bad for those who were exiled by her, since there isn’t much danger within the territory of the imperial capital anyway.
If these are discovered...
Luo Xue put her thoughts aside and looked at Emperor Min's concubine, who was only separated by a door.
At this time, Dugu Xue was still apologizing to the maids, until Xueling pushed open the door of the room, she came over nervously.
"Squeak..."
Perhaps because no one has lived in the Snow Palace for many years, the door hinges have become somewhat obscure.
What caught my eye was a set of snow-white hair, but it looked dry and yellow due to lack of maintenance.