"What? What did you say? Say it again?"

In the palace, the emperor, who had made up his mind to drag it down until the greater news suppressed the news that Zhu Jinxuan had escaped from the palace, opened his eyes widened with surprise and disbelief.

"Report to Your Majesty, Princess Xianyou asked someone to send a message to her subordinates. She has returned to the capital and is in the city at this time. I hope Your Majesty can come up with a way to let Your Majesty enter the palace without attracting attention, thereby quelling this riot."

The commander of the Jinyiwei, kneeling in the hall, Mo Bin, held a Jinyiwei token in both hands, and reported it to the emperor again with a little uncontrollable excitement in his tone.

"This token of the Jinyiwei is the princess's token."

Although the token of the Jinyiwei held in his hand was just the token of the small flag officer, on weekdays, the commander Mo Bin was probably too lazy to even look at it, but at this moment, the importance of this token in his heart was even greater than that of his commander.

"Hurry, come on, let me take a look."

The emperor, who was originally a little stunned by the news reported by Mo Bin, finally came back to his senses and saw the very simple token that represented the identity of the Jinyiwei small flag, and hurriedly ordered Mo Bin to present it to him.

The moment he bought it, after seeing the name on the token, the emperor immediately understood that what Mo Bin said should be true. Isn’t the boy who had been "hanging around" with him the boy, isn’t the surname Bai?

This must be the token that kid has always used to make trouble.

"Where is the little bastard who gave this token and message?"

Although he had already recognized Bai Shier as the "cheap brother-in-law" deep in his heart, after he really saw the items related to Bai Shier, he still couldn't help but burst into evil fire in his heart, trying to catch Bai Shier, the bastard who kidnapped his baby sister, and gave him a lesson.

"Uh, this, this, me, me..."

Mo Bin, who was a little excited about this incident, obviously did not expect the emperor to ask this question, so the slightly excited expression on his face couldn't help but stammer. After speaking, he was stuttering and couldn't tell what was going on.

"never mind."

Seeing Mo Bin's appearance, the emperor could not guess the reason.

However, this time, he was not angry, but waved his hand a little unhappy, indicating that he didn't need to say anything more.

Of course, the reason why the emperor was so generous this time was probably because he knew in his heart how difficult Bai Shier was. He thought that Bai Shier would definitely not be able to make the mistake of going to the Jinyiwei Fushi Department to hand over the token to Mo Bin.

‘I guess, Mo Bin may not even see that boy.’

The emperor couldn't help but think.

And his guess is indeed not far from the real situation.

After Zhu Jinxuan saw that the rumors in the city became more and more fierce and outrageous, she didn't want to see the emperor's brother making it difficult for her, so she decided to return to the palace on his own initiative and then show up to calm the storm.

Bai Shier had no objection to this, and he was not as good as Zhu Jinxuan's idea.

After all, Zhu Jinxuan has not met her family for nearly a year. Although she didn't say it, he knew in his heart that she would definitely miss her royal brother, sister-in-law and other relatives. So, at this time, taking advantage of the storm that caused this city to return to the palace to meet her family and calm the storm at the same time, it would be considered a killing of two birds with one stone.

As for whether Zhu Jinxuan can leave after entering the palace this time, Bai Shier is not worried.

Her brother was indeed the most kind emperor since the founding of the dynasty, and he loved her very much. Otherwise, there would be no way that he would let her go to Jiangnan secretly because of her begging.

It is even more impossible for her to issue an order not to "capture" back to Beijing for the time being, but to allow her to continue investigating the case.

Moreover, Bai Shier did not forget that there was an agreement between him and his brother-in-law, and there was another meeting.

...

The palace is full of restrictions and the palace gates are tightly guarded. It is undoubtedly difficult for ordinary people to sneak in or escape, but for the owner of this magnificent palace group, it is not that difficult to bring people in or sneak out.

Take the emperor himself as an example. Since he inherited the throne, it would be a real strange thing if he had not sneaked out of the palace in any month in the past few years.

Even if he, the most respected emperor, could sneak out of the palace, it would not be difficult to get someone from outside to enter the palace without knowing it.

He even didn't need to make any advance arrangements and plans as stated in the oral message Zhu Jinxuan said. The only difficulty was how to notify Zhu Jinxuan of the time to enter the city.

After all, Bai Shier, a sloppy "treacherous" boy, only left a message and a token as a token, and did not leave the address of his residence and Zhu Jinxuan in the city.

But since the emperor learned about Bai Shier from many secret letters before, he quickly thought it through.

Ask Mo Bin to send the Jinyiwei, who had sent Bai Shier's letter and the token, to the place where he met Bai Shier.

Of course, the emperor did not forget to "instruct" Mo Bin not to send anyone to follow him, and only let the Jinyiwei go there alone with the news, otherwise, I was afraid that Bai Shier would not show up at all.

Although Mo Bin felt a little aggrieved about the distrust of his "her boss" in his heart, he had already given up his orders. Mo Bin, who did not want to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor, could only suppress all his subordinates' unwillingness and let the Jinyiwei Xiaoqi, who had the same status as Bai Shier, go alone.

Seeing all this and getting the news from him, Bai Shier was even more convinced that the separation between him and Zhu Jinxuan should not be too long this time, and he didn't have to worry that Zhu Jinxuan would "go forever" this time.

...

When I met Zhu Jinxuan again, the emperor's heart was filled with complex emotions.

As the elder brother and the ruler of the entire country, he seemed to be furious because Zhu Jinxuan fled the palace without authorization and was furious, and locked Zhu Jinxuan, a sister who was ignorant of the general and disrespectful to etiquette into the palace to "face the wall and think about her mistakes."

But his longing for this sister who had been away from home for nearly a year without saying a word was so strong that after seeing Zhu Jinxuan's face, which looked much clearer than before, he felt excited and heartbroken, and could not bear to punish him at all, and could not even say a heavier word.

As a result, the two emotions collided violently in his heart, so that he seemed to have lost his words for a moment and could not make any sound.

"Xuan'er, you miss your sister-in-law to death."

However, the queen, who had only longing in her heart, immediately greeted Zhu Jinxuan with heartache, pulled her hand, looked at her much thinner face and looked up and down for a while, and said with heartache in her words.

"I have been wandering outside for so long, and I must have suffered a lot."

"Hmph, she has been there for more than half a year, and there is no news coming back during the New Year Festival. She is so happy that she doesn't seem to be suffering."

Maybe he saw that his queen was too gentle and kind, and was worried that Zhu Jinxuan would not realize her mistake, so he had to pretend to be a pale face, snorted angrily, and said with an angry voice full of dissatisfaction on his face.

"Go and go, Sister Xuan'er finally figured it out and came back. Do you want to drive her away again?"

The queen, who was already an old couple, did not give her husband any face at all. She pulled Zhu Jinxuan behind her like a female animal protecting her baby, glared at her husband in dissatisfaction, and choked back. Then she turned around and took Zhu Jinxuan's hand to walk towards the harem. While walking, she did not forget to talk to Zhu Jinxuan with a kind face.

"Let's go, sister Xuan'er, ignore him and go back to the palace with her sister-in-law. Zhao'er has been talking about you, the princess every day during this period."

"Don't you think you're good to her, she won't leave this time?"

Looking at Zhu Jinxuan who was being taken away by his wife, the emperor who was planning to put down his face and scold her well could not help but curse her lips, his face full of unhappiness and muttered.

He knew more news than the queen, and obviously knew very well in his heart that the heart of the emperor girl had long been no longer here.

but...

When the emperor thought of this, he couldn't help but look up and looked around the tall walls around him. After the magnificent building, he could understand Zhu Jinxuan's thoughts very well.

‘Yes, after seeing the vast and real world outside, how could he be willing to continue to be locked up in this palace that seems magnificent but is essentially still a cage?!’

The emperor lowered his head again, his face seemed much tired than before, stopped thinking about these things, shook his head gently, and stepped towards the Qianqing Palace.

Since Zhu Jinxuan has returned to the palace, it is time to use evidence to block the mouths of those censors who have been jumping up and down for many days, and suppress the rumors spreading throughout the city.

...

The day after Zhu Jinxuan returned to the palace, the emperor who specially issued an order to convene a court discussion and immediately took advantage of the topic and expressed his dissatisfaction with the censors who have been studying for the questions over the past few days.

But the emperor has not been moved for so many days, so the group of censors who had almost believed that this time the emperor should use the drag-on technique to solve this matter was caught off guard and had to follow the "regular process" and use the Tian family's family's family to defend themselves.

The emperor, who had been waiting for this sentence, immediately left the Hall of Supreme Harmony in anger, leaving only a group of officials who were still unknown to the situation and were somewhat confused. Then, amid the "delaying court" sings of "late" and "retreating the court", different thoughts and left the Hall of Supreme Harmony without saying a word.

Shortly after the court was over, while most officials were still thinking about what the emperor's performance meant, the queen in the harem issued an imperial edict to invite the wife of a third-class nobleman and above to enter the palace.

Although the queen's imperial decree did not say what it was to summon these noble ladies to the palace this time, smart people had already thought it through.

This should be because the emperor was tired of those censors who always used the rumor that Princess Xianyou escaped from the palace these days, trying to interfere in the harem. Therefore, they took advantage of the issue and let these noble ladies who had respected identities be witnesses, proving that Princess Xianyou has always been in the palace, and the rumors outside were just false.

Officials with deeper thoughts can't help but think of the emperor's performance these days, especially the emperor's direct departure in anger today, and then "understand" in his heart:

Before, our Majesty had been tolerant and let the censors jump up and down, pretending to be deaf and dumb, turning a blind eye, and trying to drag him over. It should be just to give a sudden heavy blow at this time, and to slap the faces of the court officials who performed on excuses this time.

After all, the emperor favored the empress only and had no prosperous descendants. The ministers in the court tried to interfere in the harem with this matter. Although the emperor later suppressed this matter with a domineering attitude, over the years, the court has tried to put in the question book and re-mentioned old things because of this matter.

After experiencing this time being slapped in the face, I am afraid that those court officials who had these thoughts should not have the courage to mention this matter again.

‘In the past ten years of succession, His Majesty’s skills have become more and more sophisticated!’

How could these people who have been in the officialdom for decades and have been deeply thinking? All this was actually a misunderstanding. The emperor did not have the deep thoughts as they thought. He just happened to run into it.

But it is obvious that the emperor cannot reveal the truth, and these old foxes with deep thoughts in the officialdom cannot reveal what they think.

Therefore, invisibly, the whole thing revealed a wave of strangeness from beginning to end.

So many of the censors who thought of these later even suspected that the news about Princess Xianyou escaped from the palace was that their Emperor, His Majesty, deliberately released the incense bait to attract them to the bait.

Otherwise, this development process, which seems to be completely under the control of the emperor from beginning to end, would be too "just right".

...

After many court officials identified this matter as the emperor "directed and acted by himself and manipulated by himself", and after those third-rank and above-mentioned noble ladies testified that Princess Xianyou was indeed in the palace and did not go anywhere. The news that the city was rumored to be full of wind and rain was simply fake.

This originally rumored incident calmed down at a faster pace.

After all, the matter involves the royal family. It was fine when there was no evidence before. Now that there is evidence, if rumors continue to spread, I am afraid that the Dongchang Manzi of the Jinyiwei who have been running around in the city all day long during this period will come to the door.

Except for Bai Shier, Zhu Jinxuan, the Emperor and other few people who knew the truth, Xuanwu, who had spread the news, began to feel cold on his back when the rumors were calmed down.

Zhu Jinxuan, the Princess Xianyou, has actually returned?
Chapter completed!