Hearing Emperor Zhaochu's words, Xie Yao looked up and met the cold gaze, her pupils narrowed slightly.
Emperor Zhaochu's murderous intent was very strong, the strongest she had ever seen from Emperor Zhaochu.
"Yes." Eunuch Liu responded, "Miss Yan, please."
"Daughter of the common people, please retire." Xie Yao turned towards Emperor Zhaochu with her usual expression and exited the imperial study.
Outside, Eunuch Ma was already waiting. When he saw Xie Yao coming out, he came over to salute, "Miss Yan, please follow me."
"Thank you." Xie Yao said softly.
In the imperial study, Emperor Zhaochu called out his guard Gui Mei with a low voice, "Is there any news?"
"No. He is hiding very deep. It will take some time to find him. But I am sure that he is still in the capital and has not left." The ghost responded simply.
"Go and check immediately! I want to find him as soon as possible!" Emperor Zhaochu's eyes flashed coldly.
"Yes, I humbly obey the orders!"
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Yonghua Palace.
When Xie Yao entered the palace, she found that Chu Han was also there, and she understood in her heart.
It turns out that the Crown Princess took action not only because she was pregnant, but also because Chu Han was involved.
"The daughter of the people has met the Crown Princess and wishes to greet the Crown Princess." Xie Yao stood at a distance and saluted.
Before saluting, she took a look and noticed that the Crown Princess's complexion seemed a little bad, and it seemed that she was indeed feeling a little unwell.
No wonder Emperor Zhaochu just said some nonsense, but he let her go without saying anything more.
It turned out that he did not dare to refuse the Crown Princess.
"No gift, please give me a seat. Don't tire out the great-grandson of the Ai family." The imperial concubine greeted, without looking at Xie Yao, but said to Chu Han, "Lao Wu, the Ai family has already given the person to you.
I brought it here, are you satisfied?"
Chu Han leaned forward and responded with a smile, "Thank you, grandma, grandma."
The Crown Princess smiled, then looked back, her smile faded, and she waved to Xie Yao, "Yan Jun, come forward, the Ai family has something to ask you."
Xie Yao responded, then walked over, passing in front of Chu Han, and saw Chu Han giving her a reassuring look.
"Girl of the Yan family, the Ai family knows why the emperor summoned you to the palace. You must tell the Ai family truthfully now. Do you know the whereabouts of Wu Peiya?" the Crown Princess spoke in a deep voice, staring deeply.
Xie Yao guessed that the Crown Princess would ask this question and answered calmly: "People's daughters don't know."
"You really don't know?" The Crown Princess seemed unconvinced, her voice rising slightly.
"People's girls really don't know." Xie Yao nodded slightly, "People's girls almost always go to the Wu Mansion every time they see Miss Wu. And people's girls haven't been to Wu's Mansion for a while recently."
She really didn't know where Wu Peiya was.
The Crown Princess looked at Xie Yao again, then withdrew her scrutinizing gaze, and warned in a deep voice, "I don't know for the best! If you have anything to do with Wu Peiya poisoning Chen Shangshu, even if Lao Wu pleads for mercy, the Ai family
I can’t save you! Remember Ai Jia’s words!”
Xie Yao's heart moved slightly, "The daughter of the people will definitely keep the words of the Crown Princess in her heart."
It seems that Emperor Zhaochu made a big fuss about Chen Dadu. Not only everyone in the city knew about it, but even the princess in the palace kept it secret.
Seeing that Xie Yao really listened, the Crown Princess' expression became less serious and relaxed a little, "During this period, you can rest assured to raise your baby in Prince Han's Mansion. Don't leave even half a step away from Prince Han's Mansion unless it is necessary."
!”
"Lao Wu," the Crown Princess suddenly thought of something and turned her head to look over, "arrange some trustworthy servants around her, don't arrange for everyone to be there! The Ai family knows that your current situation is not easy, so it happens that they don't want it.
What are you doing, quietly cultivating your moral character, and giving birth to the emperor’s heir safely for the Ai family!”
"It's really not easy for her to have this pregnancy! If something happens to her, the Ai family will not be able to spare you if you don't tell them. You..."
The imperial concubine was halfway through her words when she couldn't continue. After a moment of pause, she continued: "That's all, I won't say more about your affairs."
Emperor Zhaochu's attitude towards Chu Han did not change in recent days. Although the Crown Princess had lived in the palace for a long time, she had heard about it.
Even if she is Emperor Zhaochu's mother, she cannot interfere too much in Emperor Zhaochu's appointment of a prince! She can only rely on Chu Han himself!
As long as Chu Han has an heir, Emperor Zhaochu will definitely look at Chu Han differently.
Chu Han smiled, and there was nothing strange on his face, "Don't worry, Grandma Huang, I will be careful about my grandson's affairs."
"That's best." The Crown Princess glanced at Chu Han kindly, and then looked back at Xie Yao in front of her. Although there was no coldness in her expression, there was still some low pressure, "What will you do in the next ten months?"
What we have to do inside is to ensure the safety of the emperor’s heir and to give birth to him safely!”
"If anything goes wrong, the only one Ai Jia can ask is you!"
Xie Yao lowered his head slightly, neither humble nor arrogant, "Yes."
"Okay, all of you, please step aside." The Crown Princess raised her hands with a tired look on her face, "The Ai family is a little tired."
"Grandma Royal, please pay attention to your health. Grandson, please leave." Chu Han stood up and bowed respectfully to the Crown Princess.
"Country girl, please retire." Xie Yao also said.
The two then left Yonghua Palace together.
Walking on the corridor out of the palace, because the sunlight was blocked by the leaves on both sides of the corridor, not much sunlight fell on the two of them, and the shadows of the trees were somewhat mottled.
"What did your father say?" Chu Han spoke first.
Although he had already confirmed that Xie Yao was safe and sound when she arrived at Yonghua Palace, he was still a little worried.
"I didn't say anything. I just asked me about Peiya's whereabouts. I said I didn't know, and he didn't believe me." Xie Yao described it very simply, as if it was something not worth mentioning.
"That's all?" Chu Han raised his eyebrows.
"He also wanted me to go find Peiya, but I refused because I was pregnant. Then Eunuch Ma arrived." Xie Yao suddenly thought of Emperor Zhaochu's cold expression and immediately asked: "Leak the secret."
Where is he?"
She remembered that Chu Han said that it was not far from the capital, and she would probably arrive when Chu Han's three-day period was up, but now two days have passed, and she didn't hear Chu Han talk about the leaker again.
.
Solving the leaker's matter as soon as possible and finding Xie Wenwu as soon as possible is the right thing to do.
"We have already arrived outside the city, but the capital is full of people from the emperor. We have to wait before entering the city." Chu Han knew that Xie Yao had been thinking about the leaker in his heart, so he whispered: "My king's
The person has been taken to a safe place where no one will find out."
Xie Yao wanted to say that she could leave the city and interrogate the leaker in person, but thinking that Emperor Zhaochu would have people watching her closely, she gave up the idea of leaving the city.
"It doesn't matter, just wait a little longer." She said with a slight smile.
I've been waiting for so long, it's just a matter of waiting a few more days.
While the two were talking, they left the palace gate and got on the carriage back to Prince Han's Mansion.
Just after turning a corner, a group of men in black suddenly appeared and blocked the carriage...