C345 The Troublesome Matters in the Palace

Mu Ruqing returned to the courtyard and was still in a daze. No one knew what she was thinking.

"It's better not to think about these things, Princess. Miss Miao will know no matter what." Lingyue heard the man's words and also felt a little shocked. But in this world, right and wrong, who could say clearly?

"Yes, I just..." Mu Ruqing looked up at Lingyue and then lowered her head. Her hand gently picked up the cup, "Nothing. Lingyue, I'm tired. Tell me when Yun Xi comes back."

" Yes. " Lingyue followed Mu Ruqing to the bed and helped her sleep before leaving the room.

Yu Longchen returned and went straight to Mu Ruqing's room.

Seeing that she was sleeping, he sat by the bed and carefully looked at her for a long time. He took off his shoes and laid by the side, gently hugging her.

It was only at dusk that Mu Ruqing woke up with satisfaction. Just as she was about to get up, she realized that there was a hand on her body. She turned her head and saw that the tip of her nose touched Yu Longchen's chin.

She did not dare to move, afraid that she would wake him up.

Unexpectedly, Yu Longchen's thin lips parted slightly. A warm breath was exhaled on Mu Ruqing's face. "You're awake?"

Mu Ruqing did not know if it was because she was shocked or because she was moved, but her heart was beating very fast.

Yu Longchen opened his eyes and sat up first, then helped Mu Ruqing up. "You have to be careful at all times."

"Yes." Mu Ruqing let Yu Longchen take care of her. Happiness filled her face.

"Princess, Lateral Consort Yun is back." Lingyue did not enter the door. She could hear the voices of two people at the door.

"Bring her over directly." Mu Ruqing rolled up her sleeves and looked up at Yu Longchen. "You..."

"What?" Yu Longchen did not even frown, as if he did not know who Yun Xi was.

"Nothing." Mu Ruqing pushed open the door and Yun Xi just arrived at the door.

When she saw Yu Longchen, her footsteps paused for a moment and her expression was somewhat unnatural.

When she crossed the threshold, her gaze did not rest on Yu Longchen for a moment, "Royal Highness, Princess."

Yu Longchen was drinking tea without any expression.

"What happened after I left?" Mu Ruqing's tone was indifferent.

"No." Yun Xi did not even move her head.

"Then let's go down."

"Yes."

Yun Xi left, and Mu Ruqing kept looking at Yu Longchen.

"Did you know something happened in the Palace?" Yu Longchen put down the teacup.

"What happened?" Mu Ruqing naturally did not know.

Following which a servant girl came in. She was this morning and Lingyue let servant girl who was following Yun Xi to receive Mu Ruqing's instructions before saying, "After the wangfei left, Lateral Consort Yun has been sitting in the seat. She went out to use the toilet and did not leave the seat alone."

"Got it." Mu Ruqing waved her hand and servant girl bowed and left.

Mu Ruqing then looked at Yu Longchen and said, "Continue."

"Minister of Dali Temple's daughter disappeared in the Palace." Yu Longchen did not have any extra expression. He did not even bother to raise his eyelids.

"Hmm?" Mu Ruqing thought about it. It was the woman she saw when she left the Palace today. She could not help but feel a little surprised, "The Imperial Palace is so big. Maybe she got lost."

"Praetorian Guard searched the entire Imperial Palace, but there was not even a trace of her." Yu Longchen shook his head. He wasn't in the palace today because he went out to listen to the information sent out by the spies in the palace. "Did you see her today?"

"Yes, I saw her. When she left the Palace, she was in Xuan Wu. Longyun was the one who told me who she was. It was just that she was not outstanding and Minister of Dali Temple was not a special high ranking official. How could it be... " Mu Ruqing thought about it but could not come up with anything useful.

" Now we can only see if we can find her. "

"There are many palace maids following her as well as servant girl who is close to her. Could it be that she disappeared just like that?"

"The blame lies here. Her palace maids and close servant servant girl did not know that she went. The spies in the palace only said that she went to the toilet and did not see anyone come out for a long time. When servant girl palace maids went in to search, she disappeared."

"Looking at your appearance, there should be no secret passage in the toilet house, right?"

Yu Longchen's expression was solemn as he nodded.

"That's strange." Although Mu Ruqing believed in ghosts, this matter was a little unbelievable. "It could only be that she left by herself."

Yu Longchen shook his head again. "The doors and windows of the room are locked from the inside."

"The person is gone. We can only search." Mu Ruqing felt a headache. "This matter has nothing to do with us. No matter what, it will not involve us."

"I'm just afraid that this matter is directed at the Crown Prince." Yu Longchen voiced out the doubts in his heart.

"I don't think so. It was Empress who invited that girl into the Palace. Empress naturally wouldn't joke about it with her own niece." Mu Ruqing pulled Yu Longchen's hand. "Before finding her, we can't easily come to a conclusion."

" We have to be on guard. " Yu Longchen's other hand was still in Mu Ruqing's hand. His heart was quiet. The more he was with Mu Ruqing, the more he liked her.

It was different from how he felt towards Yun Xi. When Yu Longchen saw Yun Xi just now, his heart was filled with waves of anger. But when he saw Mu Ruqing, he felt at ease again.

"But..." Mu Ruqing suddenly thought of something. She thought of something else. She was Minister of Dali Temple's daughter, and now she was the favorite in front of Empress. There shouldn't be many people who dared to kidnap her. She was also a girl in a good family, so she definitely wouldn't get rid of a grudge that she didn't understand with others. "

" Mm. I'm afraid the Imperial Palace won't be quiet during this period of time. " Yu Longchen stood up and looked in the direction of the Imperial Palace, "Fortunately, your husband is still grounded." Then, he turned around and looked at Mu Ruqing with a teasing smile.

"Yes, what my husband said is true." Mu Ruqing rolled her eyes at Yu Longchen. Restriction or whatever. It was just that others thought that Yu Longchen would go wherever he wanted.

In the Imperial Palace.

When the palace maid servant girl found out that the girl had disappeared, it had already caused a commotion.

The Emperor was furious. The daughter of an important official of the court had disappeared from the Imperial Palace. It would not be pleasant to hear about it. Until now, the person had not been found and it had damaged the reputation of the Imperial Family.

"Haven't you found her yet?" The Emperor slammed the table and angrily stared at Commander of Praetorian Guard, who was kneeling down.

"This official is incompetent. We have yet to find any trace of the young lady." Commander of Praetorian Guard was also filled with doubt.

"What is the use of me raising you!?" The Emperor threw a teacup down and smashed it on Commander of Praetorian Guard's head. When the teacup was thrown out, the Emperor suddenly coughed violently. He leaned back. Luckily, Gao Mao reacted quickly and supported the Emperor.

The people in the study all knelt down, "Emperor, please calm down."

"Calm your anger!? This is Zhen's Imperial Palace, a person was lost right under your eyes! A daughter of an important official!" The Emperor stood up again and pointed at Commander of Praetorian Guard, "Tell Zhen where she will go and where she can go! You are Commander of Praetorian Guard, and you can't find a single person. How can Zhen hand over the defense of the entire palace to you? Cough cough!"

" This official knows his crimes and invites the Emperor to calm his anger. " Commander of Praetorian Guard kowtowed, "I plead the Emperor to give this official a deadline, I will definitely be able to investigate clearly!"

"Cough cough!" The Emperor placed his hand on his chest, it was unknown whether his face was red from cough or from anger, "Seven days. If there are no traces left, Zhen will not need to be the commander anymore!"

"Thank you Emperor for your graciousness!" Commander of Praetorian Guard only felt a swelling pain in his head.

"Go, call Minister of Justice over!" The Emperor finally sat back on his chair and pointed at the door, still coughing.

"Yes."