After the guards sent to follow Su Nianyun reported that Su Nianyun had returned to the house, Shunyang was quite happy at first.
But she saw that Zhao Chengji had a pensive expression after listening to the guard's report.
"Your Highness, have you thought of something?" Shunyang asked.
She had followed Zhao Chengji around the places where Xiao Changfeng might appear in the capital. At this time, the two of them returned to Jinming Tower to rest and drink tea.
Zhao Chengji ignored Shunyang and asked the guard to repeat the whole process of his tracking.
Although the guard was confused, he repeated it again.
"You mean that Su Nianyun actually stayed in Xiao Xiaohou Mansion for less than a stick of incense, right?"
"Yes." The guard nodded.
"Okay, go down!" After listening to the guard's report, Zhao Chengji was already thoughtful and stood up quickly.
"What's wrong?" Shunyang also stood up, "Has Your Highness the Crown Prince made any new discoveries?"
Zhao Chengji, however, quickly went downstairs and then got on the carriage, all in one smooth motion.
Seeing him like this, Shunyang didn't care about her princess image, and quickly got into his carriage while holding up her skirt.
"Your Highness, what do you mean? What did you find? Could you please tell me about it?"
At this time Shunyang was extremely anxious, "Do you know where Xiao Changfeng is?"
"I think... Su Nianyun knows!"
"What?" Shunyang looked confused when he heard Zhao Chengji's confused words.
Soon, their carriage arrived at Su's house.
After asking, it turned out that Su Nianyun was not at home.
After hearing the news, Shunyang's face changed.
"The guard was perfunctory and deceptive. Su Nianyun was clearly not at home, but he reported that Su Nianyun was at home."
"He did not report wrongly," Zhao Chengji shook his head on the carriage, "It was Su Nianyun who discovered the person who was following her and then used this guard."
"What on earth is she going to do?" Shunyang was furious, "Is it difficult to tell us the whereabouts of Xiao Changfeng?"
Zhao Chengji looked at Shunyang, "Perhaps, she had already thought about where Xiao Changfeng was when she came from Jinming Tower, and going to Xiao Xiaohou's Mansion was just a cover-up."
"She is too scheming. Your Highness, what should we do now?"
Shunyang asked, "The people in Su's house must know where Su Nianyun has gone, right? Let's capture a few people and ask them."
"Don't do this nonsense!" Zhao Chengji looked dissatisfied at first when he heard Shunyang said that he wanted to arrest a few people for questioning.
Can't this woman use some gentle means to exchange for information?
But when Shunyang jumped off the carriage, what she showed and what she said were completely different things.
Shunyang supported Cuizhi and came to a gatekeeper of Suzhai, "Where did Princess Nianyun go? I also brought a message from the Queen Mother to pass to her?"
Su Zhai was originally prepared to say nothing to those who came to inquire about his young master's whereabouts.
But when the gatekeeper heard that the other party was carrying a message from the Queen Mother, and that the other party was still Princess Shunyang, he immediately leaked Su Nianyun's whereabouts.
"Our young master is currently in Sujia Village outside the city. He probably won't come back tonight. If Princess Shunyang has a message from the Queen Mother, I'm afraid I'll have to wait until tomorrow to come back!"
The master is not at home. Although the other party is a princess, there is no need to invite him in.
"Sujiacun..." Shunyang muttered the name and returned to the carriage.
She said to Zhao Chengji, "This name sounds ridiculous to me. How could Su Nianyun go to such a village outside the city?"
"Haha," facing Shunyang's ignorance, Zhao Chengji smiled coldly, "If you want to defeat Su Nianyun, I'm afraid you won't be able to."
"Your Highness, there are no absolutes in this world!" Shunyang refused to admit defeat.
Zhao Chengji said, "There is a saying in the art of war: know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in any battle."
"You don't know your enemy at all, how can you defeat her?"
"Your Highness, you might as well tell me what you mean!" Shunyang thought that she had done a good enough job in understanding Su Nianyun.
Therefore, she strongly disagreed with Zhao Chengji's statement.
"Just because you don't know the relationship between Sujiacun and Su Nianyun, you must not have collected the information well!"
Zhao Chengji didn't want to say anything more to Shunyang, but ordered the coachman to go to Sujia Village outside the city.
But when their carriage arrived at the city gate, it was already too late.
It was almost dark in the evening, and the soldiers at the city gate were reminding the people coming and going, "The city gate will be closed when it gets dark, so hurry in and out without delay, there is still the last half hour."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Chengji stopped the carriage.
"Why don't you let the carriage continue to leave the city?" Shunyang urged anxiously as he rushed to see Xiao Changfeng.
Xiao Changfeng said, "You are the princess in the palace. If you leave the city, you won't be able to come back tonight. How should you explain to the palace and the Queen Mother? Have you thought about it?"
Shunyang was stunned for a moment.
She really hadn't thought about this.
Xiao Changfeng sighed, he was talking about Shunyang, why not himself.
He is the prince of the dynasty. He is out of the city tonight. What should he do if he is absent from the court meeting tomorrow morning without any reason?
He couldn't call the city guard to open the door for him in the middle of the night. There was no big deal in the court. If he called the city gate open in the middle of the night, it would be a big deal.
"Forget it!" Zhao Chengji shook his head and sighed, "This was all planned by Su Nianyun."
She had calculated that even if they found out that she was not in the Su residence, it would be too late to leave the city.
"Su Nianyun, you did it on purpose!" Shunyang said bitterly.
She tried every possible means to find a reason to leave the palace, hoping to use the opportunity to find Xiao Changfeng to impress Xiao Changfeng on her.
However, no matter how hard she tried, Xiao Changfeng could never see her thoughts.
"Your Highness, aren't you angry when Su Nianyun plays tricks on you like this?"
There was nothing she could do against Su Nianyun, but Zhao Chengji could!
He is a prince, one person is inferior to ten thousand people. He was able to use clever tricks to force the former prince to step down and punish Su Nianyun. He must have a way.
After realizing that Shunyang was frustrated by the Xiao Changfeng incident, he began to instigate him to attack Su Nianyun. Zhao Chengji's face suddenly turned ugly.
He opened the curtain and got out of the carriage, "You can go back to the palace first. I have other things to do."
After saying that, he led his men away.
"His Royal Highness..." Shunyang did not expect that Zhao Chengji would get off the car at this time.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it was because His Highness the Crown Prince did not like what she said about Su Nianyun, so she left in a hurry.
"Su Nianyun!" Shunyang clenched his fists bitterly.
How come two of them protect you and love you? I just want to get a little pity from Xiao Hou. Why is it so difficult?!
She was looking forward to forming an alliance with Zhao Chengji. She hoped that Zhao Chengji could see her abilities, but in Zhao Chengji's eyes, she was someone who could come and go quickly.