Chu Heyi said: "My eldest brother's fiancée got lost last year, and we have been looking for her. This evening, someone told me that there was news about my eldest brother's fiancée and asked me to come here to look for her, so I came.

"I never thought that I would see someone chasing Master Xie halfway, so I followed them. My maids, servants and guards were unable to catch up with me. Perhaps they were intercepted by the killer and were unable to catch up with me."

Dongfang Ye frowned: "Who sent these assassins? There are so many of them!"

He thought he had a lot of guards with him, but it turned out that the other side had more than him, which was beyond his expectations.

Could it be Dongfang Shuo?

Dongfang Ye didn't think of anyone else except this person.

In the vicinity of Shengjing City, apart from Dongfang Shuo, he couldn't think of anyone else who could send out so many assassins to deal with him at once. Moreover, these assassins were all quite skilled and even had some knowledge of military tactics. The first thing they did when they rushed over was to cut off the connection between him and most of his guards.

This made it impossible for them to concentrate their strength to deal with these killers, and instead they were chased and beaten to pieces by the other side.

Chu Heyi said, "I was wondering too. How dare someone send so many people to take the prince's life? It seems that the other party really wants to put the prince to death! Who are the prince's mortal enemies? Just think about it and you will know who they are."

After she said this, Dongfang Ye became more certain that the man was Dongfang Shuo. His face became gloomy, he pursed his lips tightly and said no more.

At this moment, his heart was filled with anger and hatred, and he wished he could return to Shengjing City and kill Dongfang Shuo as soon as possible.

The atmosphere became quiet.

After a while, Xie Lin asked, "Is Miss Heyi injured?"

Chu Heyi replied: "It's just some superficial injuries, it's nothing serious."

Xie Lin suddenly took her hand. Chu Heyi was stunned for a moment and looked at him, but the night was dark and there was too little moonlight to make out the expression on his face clearly.

I just felt his fingertips falling into my palm and rubbing it carefully, as if he was looking for something.

After Chu Heyi realized what he wanted to do, she wanted to retract her palm, but his strength increased unprecedentedly, and she was unable to retract her hand. His fingertips fell on her dense wounds. He paused, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a moment, he took out a small bottle from his lapel, opened it, sprinkled the powder on her hand, and then gently spread it evenly with his fingertips.

Dongfang Ye was surprised: "Master Xie, did you bring any medicine for wounds? Leave some for me. I have many wounds on my body and they hurt a lot."

Xie Lin said: "There is only one bottle, no more. Miss Heyi has many deep wounds on her body, so this bottle is not enough for her."

Dongfang Ye pursed his lips tightly. If it were any other time, he would have been furious. No matter how precious the girl was, could she be more precious than him, the prince?

However, as the crown prince, he couldn't snatch the medicine from a girl, not to mention that Xie Lin and Chu Heyi were his saviors. He could only endure the pain in his body and the discomfort in his heart.

The dark moon disappeared into the clouds, and the night grew darker. They were injured, their bodies ached, and they were very tired, so they all leaned against the rock wall to rest, and no one spoke anymore.

Unless reinforcements find this place and the killers flee, it will be difficult for the three of them alone to get out.

Can only wait.

The Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion was in chaos. The Second Lady sent someone to invite Chu Ren back overnight and mobilized all the manpower she could to search for Chu Heyi like crazy.

The same was true for the Xie Mansion. The news from Wangshan was: "The Third Master was ambushed on the way and we were scattered. Now we don't know where the Third Master is."

A spy secretly observed the situation of the two families and immediately sent the news to the palace and to the queen.

"They all went to Huaishan. They must have fallen into Concubine Zheng's trap, so both families are frantically looking for them."

The queen waved her hand and asked the spy to go down.

At this time, the queen had no idea that her prince, who was inspecting outside the palace, would also be involved in this matter.

In her mind, her prince is still outside the palace, working for his father, and he is obedient and capable.

The Queen did not place spies in Huaishan and Wanfu Temple because she knew that the more she did, the more traces she would leave behind.

After all, what happened tonight was a fight between Concubine Zheng, Xie Lin and Chu Heyi, and had nothing to do with her.

Because of this, she missed the news of the prince's involvement.

The night was peaceful in the palace.

The next morning, the emperor attended the morning court on time, and nothing major happened.

Because spring had come, the court was busy lending money to the people for farming. Xie Lin had been busy outside for many days and had not attended court for a long time. Therefore, the emperor did not see him and did not have any suspicion.

As for Chu Heyi's disappearance for one night, naturally it did not come to the attention of the emperor. She was just a girl in the boudoir, and it was not a "national affair".

As for the incident of the prince being chased and falling off the cliff, no one came to report it, mainly because the guards who followed Dongfang Ye had been killed; the remaining guards who were scattered by the killers were now unconscious on the top of the mountain and had not woken up yet.

Yao An echoed: "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"

The morning court ended like this. The emperor stood up from the dragon throne and strode away. He was in a good mood as he had no worries.

Outside the palace gate, a eunuch came running on his horse at full speed, looking panicked and walking hurriedly. He ran all the way to the emperor and knelt down.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!" The eunuch was panting, his voice still trembling. He was one of the eunuchs serving the imperial concubine.

The emperor frowned: "Why are you panicking?"

The eunuch took a deep breath and said tremblingly, "The imperial concubine died in Wanfu Temple... She died!"

Even though the emperor was used to big scenes, he took a deep breath and was unable to react for a long time.

Yao An scolded: "What are you talking about? How could the imperial concubine go to Wanfu Temple to pray for blessings for no reason and die? How dare you spread false information? Watch your head!"

"How dare I spread false news about such a big event?" The young eunuch was so anxious that his heart and liver were about to burst. He said quickly:

"Early this morning, we didn't see any movement in the queen's palace, so we went in to check, but we didn't see the imperial concubine or Miss Nuoqing. We hurried out to look for the queen, but found that she had been killed."

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