Gongsun slowly put away the golden needle.
Third Princess Langfeng slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and a trace of rosy color appeared on her sickly pale face.
It is a sign of gradual recovery.
"His Royal Highness is recovering very well. It is estimated that after a while, he will not need to rest in bed." Gongsun said.
"It's all thanks to you, sir. Without you, I'm afraid I would still be suffering from the pain."
Langfeng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.
Immediately, his eyes turned to Chen Yutian, who was sitting at the coffee table quietly waiting for the treatment to end.
"Master Chen, you can ask any questions you have now."
Hearing this, Chen Yutian did not respond immediately, but glanced at Gongsun subconsciously.
That way, it's like asking - is it really okay?
Gongsun nodded—that’s it.
Chen Yutian just breathed a sigh of relief, and then his eyes returned to the third princess again.
Just listen to him ask: "Then I'd rather be respectful than obey my orders. May I ask the third princess, did the eighth princess come to visit you in the palace on the day she disappeared?"
"You said Eighth Sister..."
Langfeng was stunned for a moment, held his forehead and thought for a while, then nodded slightly, "She did come to see me on the day she disappeared, but that day happened to be the beginning of my illness, so she didn't stay for too long. left."
"Then, around evening, she came to see me again and told me about your arrival."
Chen Yutian and Gongsun looked at each other and nodded slightly.
The day the eighth princess disappeared was indeed the day they arrived at the palace.
"What happens after that?"
"After that, she seemed to tell me that she was going to the eldest sister's palace..." The third princess thought for a while and then spoke.
Hearing this, Gongsun and Chen Yutian's eyes immediately flashed!
"Is this true?" Chen Yutian asked again.
Langfeng thought about it carefully and nodded, "Yes, I remembered it. At that time, the eighth sister did say that she wanted to go to the eldest sister's palace."
"Then did she tell me the reason?" Gongsun asked.
Langfeng shook his head, "She didn't say the reason, but I can guess a thing or two."
Chen Yutian looked at her.
"You don't know, the eighth sister is lively and active by nature. Although she is not the youngest among our sisters, she is the most child-like among the nine sisters."
"Therefore, from her character, I can roughly guess that the reason why she went to see the eldest sister was to tell her about your arrival."
Langfeng smiled faintly, his eyes full of confidence.
Chen Yutian nodded slightly, "In that case, I understand. Thank you, Third Princess."
After saying this, Chen Yutian bowed solemnly to Langfeng.
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Time goes back to the second night of Long Yue's arrest.
As Zhong Suling exclaimed, the eyes of almost everyone in the Beast Temple focused on her with a "Whoa..." look.
Zhong Suling seemed to be aware of her gaffe, but she couldn't care less.
The moment she heard that Lang Yue had been arrested, she couldn't control anything.
Huo Yuanji looked at Zhong Suling carefully, and then the most likely guess emerged in his mind.
"Aunt Ling, you...are Concubine Ling?"
Huo Yuanji thought for a while and asked directly.
The first time he heard this sentence, Zhong Suling was slightly stunned and fell silent.
After a moment, a look of determination flashed in her eyes, and she nodded heavily as if she had made up her mind.
Everyone was shocked, and then a little overjoyed!
From Chen Yutian's message, they had also heard about the fire in the cold palace and the mysterious disappearance of the eighth princess Lingfei.
Although they had speculated that Concubine Ling might have left the palace, they did not expect to meet Concubine Ling at such a time and place.
There was a look of surprise on everyone's faces.
Upon seeing this, Zhong Suling was secretly on guard, but when her eyes glanced at the two Ice King Yan Zun, she let go of her guard again.
"Are you really Concubine Ling?" Bai Fan looked at Zhong Suling seriously.
Zhong Suling nodded.
"It's true, so you can tell me now, what happened to Lang Yue?"
Huo Yuanji looked at her, pondered for a moment, and sighed, "According to the message, Princess Langyue is under house arrest by Jieli Khan because she is suspected of assassinating Concubine Li. She is also suspected to be a descendant of the Fox clan."
"What?" Zhong Suling was shocked and looked in disbelief.
"It's impossible for Lang Yue to do such a thing. She must have made a mistake somewhere."
Huo Yuanji nodded, "Our people who stayed in the palace also analyzed it in this way, and they think that the reason why Lang Yue was arrested may still be for you."
"On my body?" Concubine Ling was slightly startled, then her eyes flashed, "You mean they want to use Long Yue to lure me out?"
"Not bad." Liu Huangcui nodded.
Concubine Ling narrowed her eyes slightly, and then she seemed to have thought of something and asked Huo Yuanji, "I would like to ask, does the letter specify the specific time when Lang Yue was arrested?"
Huo Yuanji answered directly, "Last night."
Hearing this, Concubine Ling frowned slightly. "That's weird."
Everyone looked at her.
Concubine Ling said, "I just seized the opportunity to escape from the place of imprisonment this morning."
Liu Huangcui's eyes suddenly flashed, "Something's wrong, the time is wrong!"
Bai Fan also nodded slightly, "Indeed, if Lang Yue was arrested to lure Concubine Ling into a trap, then they should at least take action after Concubine Ling escaped..."
Huo Yuanji frowned. "So, the other party's purpose is not to lure her out."
"Maybe." Liu Huangcui nodded, "The other party should have had other plans before, but maybe now."
Bai Fan said: "Yes, now that the empress has escaped, the other party may really use Long Yue to force the empress to show up."
Huo Yuanji also nodded in agreement.
Lin Feifei thought for a moment and looked at Zhong Suling, "Mother, you just said that you just escaped from the place of imprisonment today. Could it be that all your so-called disappearances before were due to being imprisoned somewhere?"
Concubine Ling nodded, "That's right. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot that the Eighth Princess is also imprisoned there."
Everyone was surprised.
The two people who disappeared mysteriously in the palace have their whereabouts. Such a discovery is exciting.
"By the way, empress, do you have any plans in the future?" Bai Fan suddenly asked.
Concubine Ling sighed, "I originally planned to go back to the Royal City to explain everything to Your Majesty, and then ask His Majesty to send troops to destroy the place of imprisonment and release the Eighth Princess. But now it seems that I can't go back to the Royal City yet..."
Huo Yuan nodded in agreement.
"You really can't go back to the royal city for the time being. The message I just received contains clear information that the people in the royal city now believe that your mother and son are fox demons who have come to the world. If you appear in the city rashly, the consequences will be disastrous."
Hearing this, everyone was a little surprised.
Liu Huangcui raised her eyebrows slightly, "It seems that the other party will do anything to discredit you mother and son!"
A cold look flashed in Concubine Ling's eyes.
Huo Yuanji thought for a while and then said, "Since you can't go back to the royal city for the time being, my dear, you might as well follow us for the time being, so as to ensure safety. Moreover, we are also very interested in the place where you and the Eighth Princess are imprisoned."
After hearing this, Concubine Ling pondered for a long time and nodded.
Huo Yuanji smiled, and then the order was sent to Chen Yutian...
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Time returns to the present.
After lunch, everyone in Jiulong Mansion gathered together to share their findings in the morning.
"Are you sure the person you saw is Ye Hong?" Chen Yutian looked at Xuan Xi and Tang Fengling with a solemn expression.
"Of course." The two nodded firmly.
Chen Yutian frowned slightly.
Gongsun's expression also became a little solemn.
Xue Tianhan also frowned.
"Could it be that...this incident has some traces of Futian Sect?"
After a while, Gongsun was the first to speak out.
Chen Yutian pondered slightly and said noncommittally, "I don't know, but I really don't want to have anything to do with them, and what they care about most now should be the Wind and Rain Holy Land."
Gongsun also nodded.
Chen Yutian shook his head and said, "Let's not consider this matter for now. Now we can at least confirm that the eldest princess is indeed related to this case."
Xue Tianhan and Ling Miaoyin looked at each other, not knowing why.
"Since the palace maid sneaked out of the palace, we can at most confirm that she was involved. How can we prove that the eldest princess is also related to this case?"
Chen Yutian and Gongsun looked at each other and smiled slightly.
"It's very simple. I have confirmed from the third princess that the last place the eighth princess went before she disappeared was the eldest princess's palace." Chen Yutian said.
Hearing this, Xue Tianhan thought for a moment and immediately understood everything.
The three girls Xuan Xi are still confused.
"Do you still remember what the Eighth Princess's maid said about the condition the Eighth Princess was in when she returned to the palace before she disappeared?"
Ling Miaoyin thought for a while and seemed to understand.
"I remember she said that the eighth princess was very nervous when she returned to the palace, and she ran all the way back."
"That's right." Chen Yutian nodded.
"It can be seen from the testimony of the third princess that the last place the eighth princess went before she disappeared was the eldest princess's palace, and then she ran nervously back to her own palace..."
"Apparently something happened in the meantime that made her feel nervous and she had to run back to the palace quickly..."
Xue Tianhan analyzed it bit by bit.
"That's right." Gongsun confirmed, "My Lord and I made a bold guess about this matter. The most likely reason is that she saw the scene where the eldest princess and the maid were conspiring."
"A reasonable guess." Xue Tianhan said.
"This can also explain why she was directly abducted by the palace maid. However, we have no evidence, how can we prove this?"
Chen Yutian shook his head slightly.
"Although we have no evidence, we do have a witness, which is enough to prove that the maids around the eldest princess are absolutely connected with the disappearance of the eighth princess. But now, it is not suitable to attack them directly."
Xue Tianhan and Gongsun nodded knowingly.
Tang Fengling was a little confused, "Why can't we take action against them? Don't we already have witnesses?"
Chen Yutian shook his head, "Although there are witnesses, it is not enough to prove that the other party committed the crime. We still need to collect more powerful evidence to prevent them from turning over."
"And this task is left to you."
Chen Yutian suddenly changed his tone and looked at Tang Fengling.
Tang Fengling still didn't understand what he meant.
"Okay, in order to search for evidence, I will monitor them closely."
Chen Yutian smiled and nodded.
At this time, he did not expect that something that would affect the subsequent course of events was about to happen...
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That afternoon.
In the pavilion of the harem garden, a tea party for the princesses took place.
The initiator of this tea party was Princess Langhui.
Except for the missing eighth princess, the ninth princess who was under house arrest, and the sick third princess, all the other six princesses were present at this tea party.
Six sets of exquisite tea sets were placed on the stone table in the pavilion.
Each tea set consists of three parts: a teapot, a teacup, and a tureen. The tea leaves in the six teapots have already been brewed.
The strong aroma of tea rushes out of the teapot and fills the surrounding area.
The five princesses, accompanied by their personal maids, each sat in front of a tea set and chatted casually.
After all, they are all girls and sisters. The five princesses can talk about a wide range of topics, from the sons of princes and ministers to the powder and rouge they use, from clothing decoration to With the few Central Plains faces that have recently appeared in the palace, the atmosphere can be described as extremely warm.
"I heard that the few people from the Central Plains who came here are all very good-looking, especially one of them in white. It is said that he is so good-looking that even women are jealous. Is it true?"
The speaker was the fifth princess, the most nymphomaniac among the nine sisters.
"It must be a rumor. I don't believe there are men who are prettier than women..." Second Princess Langcui shook her head.
"Second sister, you are a bit arbitrary. Haven't Seventh Sister seen those Central Plains people? Seventh Sister, come and tell us sisters, are all those Central Plains people good-looking?"
The seventh princess Lang Yun looked helplessly at the fourth sister who was teasing her.
The Sixth Princess also spoke up about this, "Hey, I heard that those Central Plains people seem to be here to investigate the case..."
"I heard about it too. It seems that they are here to help investigate the case of the two Wang brothers... I heard that the case seemed to be committed by Aunt Ling, and it seems that Ninth Sister was arrested for this."
The fifth princess spoke first.
As soon as she finished speaking, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
The princesses all fell silent with complicated expressions.
At this moment, the eldest princess Langhui arrived.
"Sisters, eldest sister is late, I want to apologize to you first." Lang Hui apologized directly as soon as he arrived.
The sixth princess said: "The eldest sister is serious, the younger sister and others have just arrived."
Lang Hui smiled, "Anyway, the eldest sister is late. In front of all the sisters, the eldest sister gave herself a cup of tea instead of wine."
After saying that, she drank the tea in front of her.
Then, she looked at the princesses gathered together and smiled.
"The younger sisters must be curious about why the eldest sister asked you to come out, right?"
"It's actually nothing."
"Eldest sister just feels that we sisters haven't been together like this for a long time, and there have been a lot of disturbing things happening in the palace recently."
"So eldest sister calls you all out and relax."
"We sisters don't think about anything today, just relax and drink tea, eat snacks and chat. Okay?"
Hearing this, the five princesses fell silent.
After a while, the fifth princess was the first to speak, "Since the eldest sister has this intention, then the younger sister cannot let her down. Sisters, don't you think so?"
The other princesses looked at me and I looked at you. After pondering for a while, they nodded one after another.
"Since everyone is fine with it, let's not think about anything today. Let's just have a good chat as sisters and enjoy this rare leisure time..."
The eldest princess smiled slightly and picked up the tea cup in front of her.
After hesitation, several princesses also picked up their tea cups one after another and tasted the tea in their hands.
After a while, under the leadership of the fifth princess, the atmosphere of the tea party returned to its previous enthusiasm.
Seeing that the princesses finally let down their guard and began to enjoy the tea party, the eldest princess slightly curved her mouth, looked at each other with Huajian behind her, and showed a meaningful smile.
His thoughtful gaze rested on the tea cup in his hand.
