Ji Xi pointed again and counted the palace maids standing in front of the attendants, as well as the palace maids standing in the crowd counting the number of people.

Although the palace maid's clothes were already obvious, in order to prevent himself from mistaking the similarly dressed pilgrims for the palace maids, he confirmed the costumes while clicking.

In the end, there was one more person.

Then he bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, we obviously only brought twenty maids out, but there are twenty-one people present at this moment."

The emperor immediately narrowed his eyes dangerously, glanced at the palace ladies in front of him who were standing next to him, and then turned to look down the field.

The maids who were counting points off the field were relatively scattered, and they were all among the crowd. Moreover, looking at him from this angle, his line of sight was easily blocked.

Then he ordered: "All the palace ladies should come out and stand in the open space here."

The few attendants in front immediately followed suit and stood over quickly.

The palace maids who counted points also left the crowd one after another.

Gong Qianmu also walked slowly, but her heart was beating like a war drum.

No matter how many times I calculated, I still miscalculated.

She was not in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, and she didn't know what was going on in the Fourth Prince's Mansion. She thought that Qing Ning appeared here in a palace maid's dress and had returned to the palace to be on duty. Unexpectedly...unexpectedly, she was not among the palace maids.

.

So what is this woman doing here disguised as a palace maid?

At this moment, she couldn't think about it. The most urgent task was, how to escape?

Once you go out, you will definitely be exposed!

There was no need to remove the human skin mask from her face, the palace maids or Ji Xi could recognize her as a stranger.

How to do how to do?

He clenched his palms tightly, and his palms were covered in cold sweat.

No matter how calm she was, she was now panicking.

Madam Gong and Aunt Bai in the crowd were also extremely nervous.

Madam Gong's hands holding Aunt Bai were shaking.

Aunt Bai was afraid that she would have a heart attack, so she could only comfort her in a low voice: "Madam, don't worry, she may not be a young lady."

Although she knew it, this was just self-deception.

She searched the entire crowd and did not see the young lady disguised as a man she had just seen in the side hall. So the extra palace maid was most likely her.

While comforting the old master, he looked anxiously at a few palace maids walking out of the crowd.

The emperor stood there with his hands behind his hands, his eyes still slightly squinted, watching the maids walking out of the crowd one after another, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up in a shallow arc that was bound to win.

This girl is cunning.

He was almost deceived by her.

Who would have thought that she would be so cautious that she would have a palace maid's uniform with her?

It's just that cleverness can lead to mistakes.

If she knocked out a palace maid and confirmed her identity, and then reported one more when she was counting the number of people, she might have been fooled.

However, she is not. She prepared the palace maid uniforms herself. In this case, the number of palace maids is wrong.

Ji Xi is still sharp-eyed and careful, and knows how to count people.

He ignored this.

It's really hard to find anything without wearing iron shoes. It takes no effort to get it. I must reward this guy generously when I return to the palace.

As the maids walked out of the crowd one by one, the emperor's eyes became darker and darker, and the curvature of the corners of his lips became deeper and deeper.

Gong girl, where else are you going to hide?

But at this moment, a bright light suddenly flashed across, dazzling the eyes, causing everyone to squint or close their eyes. The emperor also instinctively raised his hands to protect his eyes and glanced away.

Just for a moment, the bright light disappeared.

There was a commotion in the venue, and everyone had no idea what had just happened.

The emperor didn't know either.

The guards who rushed to the emperor's side to escort him also looked at each other.

Nothing seemed to happen.

Could it be lightning?

Lightning on a sunny day?

Seeing that everything was as usual, the emperor was not at ease. He couldn't wait to find Gong Qianmu and looked at all the maids: "Are they all out?"

The palace maid didn't answer, so Ji Xi said: "No, twenty people came out, and one person didn't come out."

After saying that, he looked around to find that person.

The smile on the emperor's lips widened and he sneered coldly: "You don't dare to come out, do you?"

After finishing his words, he turned to look at the crowd.

No one in palace maid uniform was found, but a familiar voice of surprise was heard from the crowd: "Father."

The emperor was shocked.

So did everyone present.

Everything goes out by voice.

Then he saw the figure in the crowd who was dressed in white and had black hair like ink, and a long body.

Although most of the pilgrims didn't know who they were, a few of them knew each other. In addition, all the palace maids and guards also knew each other.

Astonishingly, it is Bu Fengli, the current fourth prince!

Next to him stood a strange woman in strange clothes, holding hands with their fingers clasped.

"Fourth Prince!" Ji Xi exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone was stunned.

The Fourth Prince?

It's the one who has disappeared mysteriously and whose life or death is uncertain. The whole capital has been looking for him these days. The reason why the emperor is in Baixiang Mountain at this moment is because he is the fourth prince praying for him?

Why did it suddenly appear here?

Were you not here just now?

Both of them were so eye-catching. If they were here, they wouldn't have missed it, right?

What's more, the emperor came to Baixiang Mountain just to pray for him. If he didn't speak out until now, right?

So...what's going on?

The emperor was also a little dumbfounded.

I even wondered if I had seen it wrong. I closed my eyes and looked again, but I still couldn't believe it: "Fourth child?"

"Father."

Bu Fengli bowed to him.

Qing Ning on the side saw this and followed him.

The emperor glanced at Qing Ning, but ignored it. He turned his eyes and continued to stare at Bu Fengli, still unable to relax: "You...why are you here?"

Bu Fengli shook his head blankly: "I don't know, I am also curious, why are you here?"

Everyone: "..."

What is this nonsense?

You don’t even know why you are here?

"Erchen received a letter that night. The letter said that the dumplings were in his hand. He asked Erchen to go to Maoerlin immediately to discuss the exchange terms. Erchen did not dare to delay, so he went immediately. Who knew that he would be hit by the other party?

He was trapped in a trap and was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I found that I was imprisoned, and Shui Diao was also imprisoned. They also poisoned Shui Dumping and made him mute."

Qing Ning on the side was sweating.

Alas, I have to pretend to be dumb again.

However, she also knew that there was nothing she could do about it. Who knew it would be like this?

She has never had the opportunity to take the antidote to the sound-breaking medicine. Now when she makes a sound, she will be found to have the same voice as Gong Qianmu, so she can only become "dumb" first.

Bu Fengli's voice continued: "This morning, Erchen thought of a way to trick the guard into entering, then killed him, got the key, and escaped with the dumplings, but they discovered him.

When they were about to catch up with us, a man in black appeared. He was very skilled in martial arts and helped Erchen fight off those people. Erchen was about to ask the other person's name to express his gratitude, but he was knocked unconscious by the opponent's palm.

And then, and then... Erchen and Dumplings are here. Where is this?"
Chapter completed!