Xiao Changying's steps paused, his body stiffened, as if he had not heard anything, and he strode away, soon disappearing in the reeds swaying in the wind. He followed what Xiao Huayong said and walked out of the mountain. He did not encounter any ferocious beasts along the way. When he reached the main road, he met the guards who stayed behind to continue searching for them.
They came up to him, and one asked him, "Your Highness King Lie, where is His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Xiao Changying glanced at him and said coldly: "I don't know."
The guards had no choice but to send several people to escort Xiao Changying back to the palace, while he continued to search with his men.
The assassination attempt in the palace soon came to an end. Prince Zhao Xiao Changmin and Prince Xin Xiao Changqing were ordered to bring the Queen Mother back. Naturally, the others also followed back to the palace and returned to their respective residences. However, no one except Shen Xihe could fall asleep.
After experiencing such a great change, they were very afraid of the palace, but no one dared to speak until Emperor Youning ordered them to leave.
Shen Xihe woke up after two hours of sleep and heard the news that Xiao Changying had been rescued. She just replied calmly: "I know, prepare breakfast."
He ate his breakfast leisurely and listened to Zhenzhu's report. There was already news about the assassins last night, and it involved the crown prince appointed by the late emperor. The late emperor favored the imperial concubine, but the imperial concubine was a widow who remarried and had a low status. The late emperor acted recklessly and did not make the imperial concubine his legal wife even though he had a legitimate wife. However, he demoted the empress dowager and her two sons to the northwest on false charges.
At one point, he wanted to depose the empress, which caused a huge uproar in the court. The empress dowager's maternal family was also persecuted again and again. In the end, the emperor did not get his wish. It was not until his deathbed that he made the concubine's son the crown prince.
Unfortunately, this prince was not recognized by the ministers, and the previous emperor died. Before the prince could ascend the throne, Prince Qian and Emperor Youning came back to kill him. He eventually handed in a letter of surrender and disappeared in the palace. Many people said that he was secretly executed by Emperor Youning.
Shen Xihe never thought so. Emperor Youning wanted to kill him for the best reason, which was that he assassinated King Qian.
However, she had not paid much attention to this matter and this person, and she did not expect that he had this ability. It was just that the timing of the display of this ability was intriguing.
Thinking of this, Shen Xihe could not help but smile slightly. She was sure that the fact that Prince Jiachen could come to the palace was related to Xiao Huayong. However, Xiao Huayong's ability was far greater than she imagined. Prince Jiachen, who everyone thought was dead, was still alive.
Not only was he alive, but he also became a sharp blade in his hand, dealing a heavy blow to Emperor Youning at this critical moment.
Her intuition told her that this matter was not over yet, and Xiao Huayong was determined to make Emperor Youning suffer severely.
"The one who led the way last night was not Prince Jiachen, but Prince Jiachen's servant. He committed suicide after being captured." Zhenzhu told Shen Xihe the whole story that is now well known to everyone.
Shen Xihe nodded, then lowered his head and ate slowly.
She had just finished her breakfast when Mo Yuan came to report in a hurry: "Princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince might have fallen into the hands of Crown Prince Jiachen."
She was washing her hands. A quiet and peaceful fragrance floated in the water, with a few gorgeous flower petals floating on it. Shen Xihe stretched out her hand from the basin, took the clean towel handed to her by Biyu, and wiped it slowly: "Oh?"