Everything was ready, Cui Hengyue went back to the room, changed into bed, and lay on the bed with her eyes closed and rested.

It was getting darker, and there was finally a burst of knocks on the door outside.

"Who?"

Shuifu put on her coat and pretended to have just woken up. She walked to the front door but did not open it.

A rude voice came from outside: "Open the door quickly, if we don't open the door, we will break in."

Upon hearing this, Shuifu quickly opened the door.

"It turned out to be Commander Cui."

Shui Fu looked at the person behind him quietly, and asked with confusion on her face: "I wonder what is the price for Commander Cui to come here late at night?"

Cui Zhiwen glanced at the jade pendant on her waist and said blankly: "Assassin entered the palace, I'm ordered to search."

After saying that, he rushed straight in, and the guards behind him rushed in swarming in, pushing Shui Fu to the door.

"Search it carefully and you are not allowed to let go of any corner."

After Cui Zhi heard the order, the guards immediately took action.

At this time, Cui Hengyue led Shui Rong over and said with a stern face: "What's going on?"

"Yuan Niang——"

Shui Fu rushed over and said to Cui Hengyue: "General Cui said that an assassin entered the palace, and he was ordered to search."

"It turns out it's Commander Cui, lucky to meet." Cui Hengyue nodded at Cui Zhiwen and retreated to the side: "Since it was ordered to search, please ask Commander Cui to search Hongqiongyuan well so that I can sleep peacefully."

Cui Zhiwen glanced at her and walked straight towards the bedroom.

Zi Yan, who was beside the empress dowager, said that after Cui Hengyue entered Hongqiongyuan, she only cleaned one bedroom, and two maids slept in the bedroom with Cui Hengyue.

As we walked forward, the yard was still overgrown with weeds and leaves were all over the ground. The corridors, stone tables and stone chairs were covered with dust.

After entering the bedroom, Cui Zhiwen personally checked.

He checked it very carefully. He checked it all over the place where people could be hidden, or even where people could not be hidden. He even tapped every bed and floor tiles with his hands to check whether there were secret passages inside.

Shui Fu and Shui Rong were frightened. According to Cui Zhiwen's detailed inspection method, Lu'er in the dry well would be discovered soon.

They could only pray in their hearts, hoping that Cui Zhiwen would not go to inspect the deserted garden in person.

However, things went against my wishes. After Cui Zhiwen inspected the bedroom, he stood in the corridor and looked at it, and walked towards the direction of the deserted garden.

Shui Fu subconsciously held Shui Rong's hand.

"Calm down." Shui Rong whispered and pulled her hand out.

Cui Hengyue did not go to the deserted garden with Cui Zhiwen, but stood in the corridor and silently watched the guards coming and going in the yard.

After Cui Zhiwen left the bedroom, he took the lantern from his subordinates and slowly walked towards the deserted garden.

At this time, the sky turned white, and with his eyesight, he could see everything around him clearly, but out of caution, he still carried a lantern.

As he walked along the way, Cui Zhiwen found that there were messy footprints in the yard, and the weeds beside the path also had signs of being trampled, but they were just weeds beside the path. If they went a little further in, there would be no signs of being trampled.

The footprints disappeared when they arrived at the next yard because there was a well in the next yard. From the dense footprints and the wet soil around, they were fetching water here.

Cui Zhiwen lifted the lantern above the well, and the water was rippling and deep.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Cui Zhiwen left.

The water is too deep and cannot hide people. Even if someone hides under the water, he has been standing for so long before he can't hold it in.

Cui Zhiwen went to the deserted garden next door again, but when he reached the door, he stopped.

The ground was covered with dust, and he left clear footprints as soon as he stepped on it.

"Have you started searching here yet?" Cui Zhiwen asked.

The guard behind him thought he was going to curse, and replied tremblingly: "Hongqiongyuan is not small, we don't have enough manpower, so we haven't searched here yet..."

Cui Zhiwen said nothing and stepped into the yard.

There were no footprints on the ground, and there were no traces of touching things around it, and it was covered with dust.

Looking around, Cui Zhiwen's last gaze fell on the stone manhole cover.

There is also a well there.

Cui Zhiwen felt puzzled, why do there are two wells in Hongqiongyuan?

Could it be that when the well was dug, there was a well that could not be dug out of water, so it was idle?

There was water in the well just now, so there should be no water in this well, right?

Cui Zhiwen walked over with his foot and checked the surroundings with his lantern.

Dust accumulates and leaves scatter, and it seems that no one has been here for many years.

He stood by the well and thought for a while, then placed the lantern on the ground and pressed the manhole cover with both hands.

"The commander—"

At this time, a guard hurriedly ran in and reported to Cui Zhiwen: "Commander, Your Majesty knows about the assassin, let you go there now."

Cui Zhiwen retracted his hand, lifted the lantern and checked the manhole cover again. After confirming that there was no sign of pushing, he walked out.

"Have you searched the rest of the world?"

Xiaojiu replied: "There are two more palaces, and the deputy commander is leading people to search."

When they arrived at the main courtyard, the guards reported to Cui Zhiwen: "The commander, no assassin was found."

Cui Zhiwen nodded slightly, then walked to Cui Hengyue: "The assassin has not been found yet. It is best for the little lady to stay here and don't run around."

"Thank you, Commander Cui, for your reminder." Cui Hengyue said politely.

"Goodbye." Cui Zhiwen turned around and left.

But after a few breaths, all the guards in the yard left.

Shui Fu closed the door, felt relieved, then returned to the bedroom, and said to Cui Hengyue: "Do we want to pull Lu'er up now?"

Staying at the bottom of the well is also very dangerous.

"Not now, let's talk about it when the cleaning person leaves."

Seeing Shuifu frowned, Cui Hengyue said again: "Don't worry, the manhole cover is not very flat, there are gaps, so there will be no accidents in her."

At least they can hold on until those who cleaned out.

As soon as Shui Fu's heart settled down, she heard Cui Hengyue say: "Lu'er can't stay in the palace for too long, I have to find a way to leave the palace as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Shuifu suddenly became anxious: "Follow the Queen Mother's meaning, I want to keep you in the palace... I will stay for at least three or five days."

What a small stay? It's obvious that I want to teach this crazy girl a lesson.

Shui Fu knew it well, and Cui Hengyue also understood it, so she had to leave the palace as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, I have my own sense."

After Cui Hengyue comforted them, she said, "Okay, let's all sleep for a while, they won't come so early."

Seeing Cui Hengyue getting into bed and preparing to go to bed, Shui Fu couldn't help reminding her: "I'll pay my respects to the Queen Mother later. Hongqiongyuan is a bit far from Wanshou Palace, so we must set off early."

Cui Hengyue frowned and thought for a while, then lay down again: "You can take a short snatch, you can take a rest too."

After saying that, Cui Hengyue closed her eyes.

Shui Fu had no choice but to go back to the Arhat bed next to her with Shui Rong, closed her eyes to rest.

The surroundings became quiet, Cui Hengyue opened her eyes and glanced at the Arhat bed, and closed it again.

They didn't complain in front of Cui Zhiwen just now, and Cui Hengyue was very pleased, but she was still a little worried. She didn't know if they would tell Chen Linshen about Lu'er after leaving the palace...
Chapter completed!