After Chu Yueyin returned to his dormitory, he fell asleep with the hope of being awakened by Bei Mingyu in the middle of the night. However, when he woke up in broad daylight, Bei Mingyu was still nowhere to be seen. From this day on, Bei Mingyu left Chu Yueyin.
disappeared from life.
On this day, Chu Yueyin was admiring lotus flowers by the lotus pond in the imperial garden. Suddenly she saw Huangfu Yan walking towards him, followed by Sun Jun, so he stopped and waited for him to come over.
Huangfuyan stopped three steps in front of Chu Yueyin and said, "I have met the Queen."
"Your Majesty, you are polite." Chu Yueyin glanced at Huangfu Yan's robe, curled up the corners of her mouth and smiled.
Huangfuyan raised his eyebrows and looked down strangely. There were no holes, no dirt, and nothing wrong with him. Huangfuyan raised his head in confusion and saw Chu Yueyin covering his mouth with catkins and smiling softly.
, the silk sleeves hung softly, revealing a slender wrist.
Huangfuyan's heart suddenly moved, he looked up and down Chu Yueyin's palace clothes, and suddenly realized. As if he had made an appointment in advance, he was wearing a dark blue brocade robe today, which was the same as the light blue palace clothes she was wearing.
In the same color system, even the white cloud patterns embroidered on the sleeves match perfectly with the flying birds on her skirt.
"The Queen is so elegant that she actually came to enjoy the lotus flowers under the scorching sun." Huangfuyan said as he turned sideways to make way.
Chu Yueyin walked forward slowly, "I was feeling upset, so I went out for a walk. Since the prince is here, I will accompany you to enjoy the flowers."
"Okay." Huangfuyan took the paper umbrella from Yinqiao's hand, held it on Chu Yueyin's head, and walked side by side with her. Yinqiao and Sun Jun followed three steps behind, followed by a large group of guards and maids.
.People who didn’t know it looked at it from a distance and thought it was the emperor and the queen walking arm in arm together in the imperial garden.
Chu Yueyin lowered her voice and asked, "Have you found Xi Yan?"
Huangfu Yan also replied in a low voice: "Not yet. Sun Jun and I searched secretly for several days, but found no trace at all. She seemed to have evaporated from the world and disappeared without a trace. Now there are only two possibilities. One is
One possibility is that she left the palace, another possibility is that she was caught or even... killed."
Chu Yueyin was startled, paused, turned her head and looked at Huangfuyan steadily, and murmured for a long time: "No way! Xiyan is so high in martial arts and so good at lightness, how could she be caught? Let's say she was caught.
It’s even more impossible to kill him. I don’t believe it!”
Regarding Chu Yueyin's denial of the second guess, Huangfuyan neither agreed nor refuted, and only asked: "Then do you think she left the palace?"
Chu Yueyin frowned lightly, thought for a moment, and shook her head: "It's not logically possible. If she really left the palace temporarily due to urgent matters, after so many days, she should at least give me a message. However, Chu Mansion
There was no movement over there. Could it be true that she is as you said..."
"It's just speculation, not confirmed. I will continue to investigate, so you can relax." Huangfuyan interrupted Chu Yueyin, not wanting her to think wildly. He paused and returned to his normal voice, "Empress, where are we?
Let’s take a look.”
"Okay." Chu Yueyin nodded. The two of them continued walking slowly along the lotus pond.
It was midsummer at this time, and the lotus flowers in the lotus pond were in bloom. Some were in bud, some were blooming enchantingly, and some had already shed one or two petals, and a small green lotus pod was exposed in the center of the flower... A gust of wind passed by
, branches of white and pink lotus flowers are swaying, green lotus leaves are rolling like waves, and the faint fragrance is drifting into the distance with the wind.
At this time, an attendant wearing a gray robe with silver trimming came up from the path not far away. He came nearby and bowed to Chu Yueyin and Huangfu Yan: "See you, Queen Mother, Prince Huangfu.
"
Chu Yueyin recognized that the attendant was Mo Yu who was beside Yu Wenhua. She thought that Yu Wenhua had something to ask her, and was about to ask. But Mo Yu said to Huangfu Yan: "Your Majesty, the Emperor has invited you!"
A trace of surprise flashed across his eyes quickly, and Huangfuyan asked: "What does the emperor want from me?"
Mo Yu said: "Ning Xi has an imperial edict. Your Majesty invites the prince to go to the imperial study to receive the edict."
Imperial decree? Huangfuyan suddenly had doubts in his heart, but he didn't show a trace of it on his face. At this time, there was an imperial decree coming. I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse, maybe the emperor brother was planning something. Huangfuyan secretly sneered, instead of guessing here, why not
After receiving the imperial edict, no matter good or bad, he is no longer the second prince who was at the mercy of others.
Huangfu Yan thought about this, gave a comforting look to Chu Yueyin who looked worried, and said calmly: "Please forgive me, Queen, I can't accompany you to enjoy the lotus." He waved Yinqiao to come forward and put the hand in his hand.
He handed her the paper umbrella and took Sun Jun to the imperial study.
Just when Chu Yueyin was appreciating the lotus uneasily by the lotus pond, Huangfu Yan arrived outside the imperial study. Without any communication, Mo Yu directly invited Huangfu Yan and Sun Jun into the imperial study. In addition to Yu Wenhua, Zhang
There were also several men in Xin wearing court costumes of the Ning Xi Kingdom.
As soon as Huangfu Yan entered the imperial study, before he could salute Yu Wenhua, a messenger from Ning Xi Kingdom knelt down towards him.
"Young Master, see you!"
Huangfuyan was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to help the man up. Upon closer inspection, he found that the man looked familiar. He seemed to be one of the attendants close to his father. His name seemed to be Qiushi.
"Are you Qiushi? Father asked you to deliver the decree?"
"The young one is Qiushi. He came here to deliver the order on the emperor's order. Your Majesty... the prince should take the order first." Qiushi hesitated before speaking, and turned to someone who was also wearing Ning Xi's palace attire.
The man came forward, took the bright yellow imperial edict from his hand, and unfolded it.
"Prince Kang and Huangfu Yan listen to the decree."
Huangfuyan knelt down and said, "My son, Huangfuyan, accepts the order." Sun Jun followed and knelt down.
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict, ordering my son Huangfu Yan to return to the Ningxi Kingdom as soon as possible. I admire this!"
There was no sign beforehand, and there was no news from the insider over there. There was such a simple imperial edict calling him back to the country, and the edict did not explain the reason. This was really too sudden and unexpected. Huangfuyan didn't have time to think too much.
Said: "My son and I have received the order."
Huangfuyan was about to stand up and take over the imperial decree, but Qiushi said: "Please wait a moment, Your Majesty, there is another imperial decree."
Huangfuyan was startled, and he knelt down again just as he was halfway up.
"The second imperial edict was one hour later than the first. It was an oral edict from the emperor and written by the queen herself. She ordered people to hurry up and catch up with the younger one and send them to Zangyuan Kingdom together." Qiushi explained while opening another explanation.
Yellow edict.
Huangfuyan was shocked and surprised. The two imperial edicts were issued in succession, only one hour apart, and the second imperial edict was spoken by his father and written by his mother. Does this mean... something big happened in the palace?