After a pause, the palace maid continued: "There are only so many palace ladies who help in the imperial kitchen. If you take one person out and don't bring him back later, it will always make people suspicious. The risk is too great..."
Concubine Rou put away the veil gently, "When she comes back alone, just say that something bad happened to the maid who went out with her."
"But this way, there is an extra maid in the palace. I can't explain it..."
"Isn't it easy to deal with a palace maid?"
"My slave understands..."
"..."
Nan Tian was going crazy because he couldn't catch the assassin.
"Everyone is really meaner than the other! Each one is more shameless than the other! I think I am very scheming, but now I am being played around by a wild girl. I am so angry!"
The surrounding guards lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.
Nan Tian clenched his fists, "What part went wrong? Why did that fool know that the prince had poisoned him? Why could they escape from the prince's plan? There are so many people in the palace of Nuo Da, why is there not even a little girl? Can’t even catch them? What do you people do for food?”
"Why are you so angry?"
Suddenly a slow voice came to his ears. Nan Tian was startled and immediately saluted in that direction, "Mother."
I saw Liu Fang walking up to him step by step, "It's just a little maid who was kidnapped. Why are you so angry? There was such a big noise early in the morning, which even alerted your father."
Nan Tian gritted his teeth, "Mother doesn't know something. Today, there was an assassin in the palace..."
Liu Fang narrowed her eyes meaningfully and said, "Where is the assassin?"
"Escaped."
Nan Tian gritted his teeth and said, "Erchen suspected that the assassins were bribed by his second brother, but his second brother refused to admit it, and it was hard for Erchen to say anything. Now that there is no evidence, the assassins cannot be caught, and the people who were kidnapped cannot be recovered. ..."
"Just because of this, you are so angry here?"
Nan Tian said unwillingly: "Mother, how can such a big thing be a trivial matter? If we let them escape this time, it will be difficult to deal with them in the future!"
"Haha, they can't escape."
"Oh? Does the Queen Mother have any ideas?"
Liu Fang hooked her hand, and Nan Tian quickly came to her side. After hearing her plan, Nan Tian had a smile on his face, "As expected, the queen still needs to take action."
"..."
As the sky became brighter and brighter, Liu Shengsheng could no longer lie on the roof. She jumped off the roof secretly when no one was paying attention, and kept looking for a place to hide.
It was impossible to escape from the palace in broad daylight. At this juncture, she couldn't find anyone else for help. This palace was very unfamiliar to her, and it didn't take long for her to lose her way.
Seeing no one around, Liu Shengsheng suddenly saw a rockery and quietly hid behind it.
It had been too long since she had rested. Liu Shengsheng was exhausted at this moment, and she felt sleepy when she relaxed a little.
There was no way to escape in broad daylight anyway, and wandering around would increase the risk of being caught. It was better to stay here for a while and wait until dark before continuing.
Thinking like this, Liu Shengsheng found a hiding corner and closed her eyes.
This night, she didn't sleep well.
Whenever she heard someone passing by, she would wake up subconsciously and wait until no one noticed before falling asleep again. Once footsteps approached, she would open her eyes sharply and not relax until the footsteps were far away.
"I heard that the assassin has been caught. We can finally go back and rest."
Suddenly the voice of a guard came to my ears, followed by another set of footsteps.
"Really or not? We have been searching for so long but still haven't found those assassins. How come the assassins were caught without making any noise?"
"Can His Highness the Crown Prince's words still be false?"
"That's right, I heard that the assassin was about to be executed, and many people went over to watch."
"Will you be executed in the palace?"
"What if that's not the case? That assassin was so audacious that he assassinated the prince and even robbed the prison. Now he was caught with great difficulty. Shouldn't he be executed on the spot?"
"Where is the execution on the spot? Aren't you caught and executed at the gate of the palace? I really don't understand why His Highness the Crown Prince goes to such great lengths."
"It must be to scare the remaining assassins..."
"..."
As the sound faded away, Liu Shengsheng behind the rockery became energetic.
Aren't you still hiding here?
Then who was the assassin caught by the prince?
Could it be that Xiaotang failed to escape and was caught?
Thinking of this, Liu Shengsheng suddenly became anxious!
If it doesn't work, your efforts cannot be in vain. If it doesn't work, you can only force it!
Liu Shengsheng was about to leave when something suddenly occurred to her.
If Xiaotang was caught, then the old nanny must be involved, but the guards just didn't mention it at all, which shows that the person who was caught was probably not Xiaotang.
The more Liu Shengsheng thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. This should be a trap.
The prince couldn't possibly know that he was separated from Xiaotang, so why did he bring out someone to say that he had caught the assassin?
What is his purpose?
No, Nan Luochen!
Now that he and Nan Luochen are separated, Nan Luochen doesn't know where he is hiding. Now that the prince has released the news, Nan Luochen will definitely think that he has been caught. If he rushes to save people, he will be completely exposed. Already working with the assassin!
It seemed that no matter whether this was the prince's plan or not, he had to get over it.
Because regardless of whether the person he arrested was Xiaotang or not, Nan Luochen would pass by, and he couldn't afford to take that risk.
It was now noon, and the weather was gloomy today, which made it easier for Liu Shengsheng to move around.
Everyone said that the prince had caught the assassin, and there were fewer patrols at the moment. Liu Shengsheng knocked out a palace maid, put on the palace maid's clothes, and then lowered her head in the direction of the palace gate.
She bumped into many people along the way, and the mask on her face was too conspicuous, so she could only bend down deeply and lower her head.
Finally arriving at a place not far from the palace gate, she heard Nan Luochen's voice from a long distance away.
"Nantian, this is the royal palace, not a place for you to do whatever you want! You didn't even know whether that person was an assassin and you were going to behead him. How could this make sense?"
In front of the palace gate, a large group of people were gathered around. Countless guards had surrounded Nan Luochen, and in front of him was a proud Nan Tian.
"The prince knows very well who the assassin is. It's not like he would kill the wrong person. It's you. I just want to kill an assassin. Why are you so excited? Is it possible that you and her are in the same group?"
Behind Nan Tian, a thin woman wearing jailor clothes was being held tightly by two guards, with a black cloth covering her head.
Then he saw that the cloth had completely covered the woman's head. She looked very much like Liu Shengsheng in figure, but Liu Shengsheng knew very well that the person inside was not her at all, and it could never be Xiaotang!
This is indeed Nan Tian's plan!
The person he was targeting was Nan Luochen!
