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"Drive! Drive! Drive!" In the early morning, a flying horse came from Lin'an and headed straight for the Hall of Haoling.

"The envoy of the Great Jin Dynasty is here, please lead all the royal family members back to the imperial city immediately, and attend the state banquet together!"

This was an imperial decree issued by Emperor Yunhui in a hurry. It must have been because he was worried that one person would not be able to deal with the envoy of the Jin Dynasty, and he was even more afraid that Nine Thousand Years would cover up his imperial prestige as Emperor Yunhui, so he didn't care whether Ye Lingxi had stolen it or not. Immediately ordered to recall all the female relatives in Haoling.

Ye Lingxi heard the imperial decree when she got up early in the morning, and asked Jinnu, "Jinnu, when did Xiaoge come back last night?"

Jin Nu thought for a while, and replied: "I came back at three o'clock in Haishi, and Her Royal Highness had already rested at that time, so the servant girl asked her to go back to rest too."

Ye Lingxi pondered for a moment, then sighed: "Da Jin and I, Da Yun, have always been at odds. This sudden visit must be a trick. I am worried that there will be changes in Han Xiguan." After thinking for a while, Ye Lingxi immediately said , "Jinnu, go and tell Xiaoge to let her quietly go back to Hanxi Pass to inform General Yan Qian, and let him guard Hanxi Pass to prevent Da Jin from playing tricks!"

"promise."

"Also, let Captain Qi know immediately, come quickly to join me in the hall of duty, those two fools are going to make trouble for him today, I have to win this battle first!" Ye Lingxi finished speaking hastily , I did not forget to ask again, "Jinnu, are you ready for what I asked you to prepare?"

Jin Nu nodded and said: "Your Highness, you can rest assured that the gold hairpin has been hidden in Concubine Shen's room, and no one has found it so far."

"Very well, you can go now."

"promise."

After Jin Nu left, Ye Lingxi looked back at herself in the bronze mirror, with a confident smile on her lips, and said to herself: "Cao Shizi, your father and son have been majestic for a long time, and it's time to plant them once."

It was already a quarter of an hour when all the female family members of the palace had finished grooming and gathered in the main hall of the palace.

Concubine Shen stood in the middle of the hall, her phoenix eyes were not angry, she just stood there quietly wearing a light purple gauze dress, looking from a distance, she was more majestic than the empress in plain robes many.

"Have the princesses packed their luggage?" Concubine Shen asked lightly, her phoenix eyes only glanced at the maids serving beside her, and then looked at the other concubines in the palace, "Where are the luggages of the concubines? The inspection is done, don't leave anything behind, lest it will be picked up by someone with a heart, but it will be unfair to everyone for not doing their duty, and even tarnish the princess's innocence."

"No." The maids responded, and quickly lowered their heads to check the packed luggage again.

Since Cao Boxiao heard about Emperor Yunhui's decree last night, he hastily rushed back, scolding Shen Yuan several times in his heart, "This reckless man, don't make trouble again, when all the women in the harem go back, the trap I carefully arranged But it won't hurt that kid Qi Ziyuan!"

Shen Yuan saw Cao Boxiao coming on horseback from afar, and hurried to meet him.

"Create trouble quickly!" Cao Boxiao gave Shen Yuan a wink, gritted his teeth and whispered these eight words, "Late will change!"

Shen Yuan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly ran into the hall, and winked at his aunt Shen Guifei's personal maid.

The maid in the palace suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, it's not good, I'm going to report to your empress, I can't find one of your jade bracelets!"

Concubine Shen Gui frowned and turned around, fixedly looking at the maid, "From my palace?"

The maid fell to her knees in amazement, nodded and said: "It was still there yesterday, but it is gone today. It is useless to be a servant, please punish the servant!"

Cao Boxiao stood outside the hall, heaved a sigh of satisfaction, and fixed his eyes on Ye Lingxi again.

Ye Lingxi turned her head slightly, and said in a low voice to Zi Yuan who was standing beside her, "Sure enough, we're here, and everything will be done according to plan."

Ziyuan nodded with interest.

Ye Lingxi shook her head and sighed, "I also lost a golden hairpin. The day before yesterday I sent General Shen to help me find it for two days, but there was still no news."

"Chushan is missing something too?" Shen Guifei's eyes darkened, "Which adult is on duty at Haoling these days?" She looked at Shen Yuan, quite worried.

Shen Yuan walked over calmly, "Since Captain Qi came to Haoling the day before yesterday, I gave him the task of being a guard. Later, when I heard that Princess Chushan had lost her golden hairpin, I ordered people to search for it. You didn’t even take care of the guarding of the palace.” Then, Shen Yuan sneered, “Captain Qi, your imperial guard camp has always been in charge of internal and external security in Lin’an, and you even lost two things in the harem when you first took office, what should you do? crime?"

Ziyuan shrugged, stepped forward, and said with a smile, "Your official is indeed..."

"Qi Ziyuan, you still want to quibble!" Cao Boxiao walked over angrily, "This son has only returned to the mansion for a day, and two things have been lost here. When I left, what did you tell you? You are even on duty at Haoling. If you can’t do these things well, how will you maintain internal and external law and order in Lin’an in the future?”

Ziyuan blinked, then continued to laugh and said, "Your Majesty, I don't intend to quibble."

Cao Boxiao snorted heavily, and looked up at Concubine Shen, "Your Majesty, this Qi Ziyuan is so presumptuous and incompetent, my Majesty punishes this person severely, to make an example to others!"

Ziyuan couldn't help laughing loudly, "So, the crime of the lower official has already been convicted?" As she spoke, Ziyuan looked at Concubine Shen calmly, and said loudly, "The imperial concubine and empress have learned a lesson. It is true that the omissions on duty cannot be absolved of the blame. Therefore, after receiving the order from Princess Chushan to help the princess look for gold hairpins everywhere, he also sent his subordinates to secretly watch around Haoling, but unexpectedly, the subordinate officials discovered a A big deal!"

Concubine Shen looked at Ziyuan calmly, and said with a light smile, "What's the big deal?" Her eyes met Ziyuan's, and Concubine Shen's heart suddenly stirred up a few ripples—this young man was thin and small, but he was bigger than him. The faces raised by some princesses are even more handsome, clearly supposed to be heroic young men, but their expressions and movements are a little more playful.

These days, Concubine Shen has heard some rumors about Qi Ziyuan from her daughter, Princess Jingrou, and other court ladies, but she never expected that when she saw her today, she would be such a handsome man young man.

Ziyuan's gaze suddenly became a little sharper, and she looked around the crowd, clasped her fists and bowed her waist, and said, "Go back to your mother, it's always easy to guard against outsiders, but it's hard to stop internal ghosts, Princess Chushan's gold hairpin and my mother's jade bracelet It was taken by the same ghost." After finishing speaking, Zi Yuan took a meaningful look at Concubine Shen's close maid.

The maid who was close to her immediately kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty has been wronged, even if this servant has ten guts, he dare not follow the orders of your Majesty and His Highness the Princess!"

Concubine Shen looked at Ziyuan with a smile, "Is this the big thing you're talking about?" Her eyes were soft, but there was a hint of nobility.

Zi Yuan nodded earnestly and said: "That's right, your majesty will let the official down for a moment, and the subordinate official will tell you everything, and your majesty will understand what the subordinate official is talking about."

"If it's not a big deal, I'll take your head." Concubine Shen Guifei finished speaking lightly, as if killing a person was nothing more than a trivial matter.

Ziyuan coughed twice, smiled, and suddenly shouted: "Come here, search for the palace where the imperial concubine lived, but remember, the pillars, beams, table legs and cabinets, all must be searched thoroughly!"

"No!" The imperial guards obeyed the order and left the hall.

Concubine Shen's eyes were full of surprise, she smiled and said: "This is the first time that this palace has been searched like this, you don't need to ask this palace to do things, you are not afraid that this palace will punish you for committing crimes of one or less. mortal sin?"

Ye Lingxi didn't wait for Zi Yuan to answer, she smiled and said, "Your Majesty has a good name, and Captain Qi is responsible, so why would you easily blame Captain Qi?"

Concubine Shen laughed and said: "Chu Shan, not only the emperor likes your mouth, but I also like it after hearing these words." After speaking, she waved to Ye Lingxi, "Come, come and stand with Jing Rou. "

"No." Ye Lingxi followed what Concubine Shen said with a smile, stood beside Princess Jingrou, and was hugged by Princess Jingrou.

Princess Jingrou whispered in her ear: "Sister Sanhuang, this skinny brat is dangerous this time!"

Ye Lingxi just shook her head slightly, looked towards Ziyuan, lowered her head slightly, as if to signal Ziyuan to continue.

Cao Boxiao had never seen Ye Lingxi smile at him like this before, and at the moment his heart was boiling with anger, but he couldn't burst out, so he had to turn all the resentment into a sharp knife, and gouged out Zi Yuan fiercely.

Shen Yuan looked at Ziyuan calmly, always feeling that the situation today is not good.

Not long after, the imperial guards came up to the hall holding a gold hairpin.

Ziyuan picked up the gold hairpin and waved it in front of Ye Lingxi, "Dare to ask the princess, is this gold hairpin stolen?"

Ye Lingxi nodded and said, "Not bad!"

Ziyuan took the golden hairpin and approached the concubine's close maid step by step, and said with a smile: "Since the golden hairpin was found in the palace where the imperial concubine lived, naturally the jade bracelet can be found as long as it takes time... It's amazing Lah!" Ziyuan turned around suddenly, looked up at Concubine Shen on the jade platform, "My Lady, it's clear that someone is trying to frame you!"

Concubine Shen glanced coldly at the court lady, then at Zi Yuan, "What's your opinion, Captain Qi?"

"No one will search your bedroom, imperial concubine, so it's safest to hide the stolen goods in your bedroom." Ziyuan said, and then glanced at the maid again, "But this thief is afraid of coming back later. Taking the stolen goods will reveal her whereabouts, so she played a trick of thieves shouting "stop the thief", trying to put all the responsibility on the subordinate officials. When the time comes, the subordinate officials will obey the law, and these two treasures will be hers! Well, you have unknowingly become the accomplice of this inner ghost, tsk tsk, you are famous in this life!"

As soon as Ziyuan finished speaking, the palace maid was already frightened out of her wits, she quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, please forgive me, it's all Shen..."

"Baby maid!" Without giving the maid a chance to speak, Shen Yuan immediately drew his sword and killed the maid, bent down, and found the jade bracelet from the maid's sleeve.

The smile on Ziyuan's face froze, she thought she could use this to force the palace maid to tell who was the envoy, but she didn't want to be silenced by Shen Yuan like this.

Concubine Shen looked at Shen Yuan in disappointment, and sighed: "This court lady is so bold, and now I am subduing the law, I don't want to make any more troubles, and pursue it." Said, Concubine Shen's cool eyes fell on Zi Yuan, " Lieutenant Qi made up for the dead and made meritorious deeds, and the palace will not pursue the responsibility for the theft of these two items." After finishing speaking, Concubine Shen waved her sleeves slightly, "The emperor is still waiting in the palace, let's start now!"

"promise."

Cao Boxiao snorted heavily unwillingly, and dragged Shen Yuan away gradually.

Zi Yuan looked at the dead body of the maid in the palace and sighed.

Ye Lingxi said: "Captain Qi, let's go. Let the body of this court lady be handled by the guard of Haoling."

"Quan is number one... as expected, it is right..." Ziyuan murmured to herself.

Ye Lingxi wanted to say a few more words, but Princess Jingrou tugged at her sleeve, urging her to leave quickly, "Captain Qi..."

Ziyuan came back to her senses, but only saw Ye Lingxi's back, her originally cold face suddenly became warm.

Ye Lingxi stepped out of the hall with her hands behind her back, and waved her five fingers behind her back lightly, as if to say goodbye, but also to comfort her, until finally, she slightly hooked her little finger.

I don't know whether to signal Ziyuan to follow up quickly, or...

Ziyuan smiled dumbly, shook her head, and said to herself, "Your Highness, with your pinky hooked like this, you look very much like my sister."

Thinking of Su Zhexue, Ziyuan's heart couldn't help but hang up again.

Stealing the Longevity Cup was unsuccessful this time, and the envoy of the Great Jin Kingdom came to visit. I am afraid that there will be too many disturbances. I don't know when it will be until my sister can have a truly carefree life?