But at the same time, Wei was also very clear that the complexity of this matter had far exceeded the scope of his responsibility.
“Not really.”
Consort Min said expressionlessly.
"My lady, are you sure?"
Wei raised his head, frowning slightly.
"If you don't believe me, you can search my soul." Concubine Min pointed to her head, "Or you can torture me severely."
Chapter 173 Night Sky
Wei did not continue speaking. He looked deeply at Concubine Min and then looked around.
Unfortunately, the space collapse caused by forcibly breaking through the restriction almost destroyed the entire Snow Palace and wiped out all traces of the surrounding area.
Although Wei was able to perform the image replay technique in this situation, due to the collapse of space, the replay would only result in a blank.
The Imperial Palace has many restrictions, especially when one is at the Sea Crossing Realm, where one is almost suppressed to the limit and even one's spiritual consciousness cannot be extended beyond a few miles.
But there is no way around it. Otherwise, any person in the Yuhua realm who sneaks in will be able to spy on the lives of the people in the imperial family. How dangerous that would be.
The imperial family is not only made up of strong people, there are also mortal girls like Princess Snow. Many descendants of the imperial family are only at the foundation-building stage to the Nascent Soul stage, and are not considered strong.
"Your Highness, I will take you to the Princess's bedroom," Wei took a deep breath and said, "I think Your Highness will be more accustomed to living in Her Highness's room."
A complicated look flashed across Concubine Min's eyes, and she nodded slightly.
"Then it's up to you."
really...
Wei's expression lost some of its expression.
The Empress must have known that His Highness is missing, otherwise she wouldn't have such an expression.
In this case, Wei knew very well that there was no need to delve further into the cause and process of this matter.
What if something is found out
The most urgent task should be to find His Highness's whereabouts.
After several maids helped Consort Min out of the Snow Palace, Wei pondered for a moment, called the guards, and gave orders.
"Starting today, blockade the imperial capital and spread the news of Princess Snow's disappearance."
"Yes." The guard took the order, but after a moment's hesitation, he asked, "By the way, sir, are you going to issue a bounty?"
"No, it's just spreading the news." Wei said in a deep voice, "The Imperial Palace will deny this and claim that Princess Xue's old illness has relapsed and she needs to rest."
"But sir, please forgive me for being frank, but if this is the case..."
The guard wanted to ask a few more questions, but was stopped by Wei.
"Just do it, don't ask too many questions."
Wei's expression was quite solemn. He was well aware that the matter was very involved and beyond the scope of his responsibility.
From now on, we can only act in secret.
Wei thought for a moment and said,
"Notify Ling Nuoxin and ask her to mobilize the underground intelligence network to search for Princess Snow's whereabouts."
Even so, Wei was still a little worried and added,
"Contact the Winter Empire and the Nine Heavens Holy Land and ask them to help look for him. If your Highness goes to their territories, they will be able to take care of him."
Princess Snow is very important to His Majesty the Immortal Emperor, but to other forces, she is just a mortal.
If they could exchange a mortal for a favor from the Qin Immortal Emperor, I believe they would be happy to do so.
After giving all these instructions, Wei waved his hand and asked the guards to go down and carry out the orders.
He stood guard outside the princess's bedroom, silent and silent, like a statue in deep thought.
At this critical juncture, if something unexpected happened to Emperor Min's concubine again, there would be no way to explain it.
... ...
"Are you going to tell me about her?"
"... ..."
The old lady in charge of etiquette said nothing. She lowered her head, and the Emperor and Empress sat beside her.
Today, the empress did not admire her wild flowers in the courtyard, but returned to the house.
Perhaps they lost interest, or perhaps they wanted to change their mood. In any case, the Emperor and Empress had always done as they pleased, and the old etiquette officer had gotten used to it.
Compared with the simple courtyard, the house is even more simple to the extreme, with only a plain bed and an ordinary dressing table. It is hard to imagine that this would be the bedroom of the emperor and empress.
"I already know everything." The Empress said slowly, "This is her choice. There is no need for me to stop her."
"It's just..." The old lady of etiquette sighed, "It's hard to let go after all."
"Wei handled it very well. There is no need for me to show up." The Empress said softly, "If you can't let it go, then go back to Nangong Holy Land first. Maybe they will go there."
"Why?"
The old lady who was the etiquette officer raised her head with a surprised expression.
"Why... Haha, anyway, it's possible."
The Empress did not comment. She looked out the window inadvertently, which seemed to be in the direction of the wild south.
On the southern tour.
... ...
The Immortal Emperor read the news sent back from the Imperial Palace word by word and slowly closed his eyes.
"Xue'er, is this your choice..."
The Immortal Emperor knew very well that no matter the arrangements made by the Emperor and Empress, or the mischief done by Xue'er's substitute, they were all dependent on Dugu Xue's own wishes.
Xue'er was just a chess piece, and only gained some weight because of his kindness.
On the way to the south, the Immortal Emperor told Xue'er that he wanted to find a way to save her life, but the Immortal Emperor knew very well that it was very difficult, extremely difficult.
The Snow Girl lineage is actually a very powerful ancient bloodline, not much inferior to the Nangong clan.
It was only because of the unique disease that they fell to this point, leaving only a few descendants.
"Your Majesty, are you...going back to the palace?"
The guard next to him asked cautiously.
"No." The Immortal Emperor opened his eyes and looked straight ahead, "Maintain the original plan and continue the southern tour."
"...Yes, Your Majesty."
The guard bowed and left, leaving the Immortal Emperor sitting alone in the room.
As if remembering something, the Immortal Emperor took out an envelope, which he had received during his southern tour.
The sender is unknown and cannot be traced, but the envelope itself is extremely ordinary, with only a square piece of paper inside.
However, the Immortal Emperor estimated that this should have been sent by the Emperor and Empress.
What is her purpose...
The Immortal Emperor opened the envelope. He had read this letter before, but he couldn't help but read it again.
Because the content of the letter is very simple.
Just a portrait.
The Immortal Emperor took out a square of paper and placed it on the table.
It is a portrait of a young girl.
The girl stood with her back to the savage beast and looked back slightly sideways. Her delicate profile was hard to ignore.
But what is more eye-catching is the girl's long white hair that is like a waterfall.
"Luo Xue..."
The Immortal Emperor watched silently.
Looks like, so much like...
The similarity to Cher is unbelievable...
Nangong Ziluan... is she hinting at me
... ...
Not long after, some so-called top-secret news was circulating throughout the Great Qin Dynasty.
—The imperial palace was attacked and the beloved Princess Snow disappeared.
Although the imperial palace has always claimed that this is a rumor, Princess Snow is simply unable to continue appearing in public due to health reasons.
but...
However, various talented people in the Immortal Dynasty gradually restored the whole truth through various clues and deductions.
Everyone believed that the little princess was really missing.
Almost all eyes stayed here, ignoring another important piece of information in this matter, the matter between Xue Palace and Emperor Min's concubine.
Wei knew very well that such a serious accident had occurred in the imperial palace and it was impossible to conceal it unless all the maids and guards were killed.
Therefore, he deliberately spread the news of the little princess' disappearance, and then frantically denied it at the official level, creating the illusion that he wanted to cover up the news.
Coupled with the vague guidance of the underground intelligence network, all eyes were focused on digging deeper into the little princess, which prevented the situation from continuing to deteriorate.
Now, the entire Great Qin Dynasty is in the midst of a turmoil of searching for the little princess, and it has even alarmed several ancient clans.
The imperial capital, which is closest to the imperial palace, attracted many foreign monks because of this turmoil. Like a butterfly effect, it caused many problems and there was some chaos for a while.
At this time, the Immortal Emperor's southern tour was also continuing and was not affected by the turmoil in the Imperial Palace.
No one knows the Immortal Emperor's attitude towards this matter, not even the accompanying personnel.
The matter of the southern tour to the wild tribes... is indeed very important to the Immortal Emperor, and even his most beloved daughter can only put it aside for the time being.
... ...
at the same time.
"Fortunately, it landed smoothly..."
Luo Xue, who was hanging on the tree branch, breathed a sigh of relief, but beneath her feet was a bottomless abyss that she could not see the bottom of.
Unfortunately, there are some problems with the random teleportation this time.
To be precise, it's a bit too much...
Different from the carefully prepared teleportation formation in the princess' bedroom, the formation that Luo Xue hastily arranged, with the help of Xue Ling, resulted in a small accident in this teleportation.
"Sister Luo, are you...are you okay?"
Dugu Xue, who was carried by Xue Ling, finally found Luo Xue. After seeing Luo Xue's appearance, his face was full of worry.
In fact, Dugu Xue's situation after the teleportation was not much better than Luo Xue's, but because she was carried by Xue Ling, she was not in any danger.
A puppet at the Yuhua realm can naturally float in the air.
But Luo Xue hasn’t even mastered the art of wielding a sword yet, let alone flying in the air.
"It's okay now, but if you don't pick me up, something might happen."
Luo Xue looked up at the branch on which she was hanging, and it seemed that it was about to break.
It can't even bear its own light weight. The quality of this branch is really poor...
"Xue Ling, go save Sister Luo!"
Dugu Xue's face turned pale for a while, and he quickly called Xue Ling for help.
Xueling silently broke the branch, then picked up Luo Xue with one hand, like she was carrying a handbag.
Luo Xue: “…”