Xiao Shi waved her jade hand and said: "I don't dare to accept it. I don't know when he will come back within ten days. It's better to take it back and let the emperor decide what to do."
"Princess Xiao, isn't this inappropriate?" the old Forbidden Palace guard said solemnly.
Xiao Shi rolled her eyes at him: "Then it's enough for me to follow the imperial edict? I still don't know where Chu Li is!"
"Alas..." The old Forbidden Palace guard shook his head helplessly: "Fighting against the Emperor will not bring good results!"
Xiao Shi lowered her face and said coldly: "You mean that Chu Li is in the house and deliberately avoids accepting the imperial edict, right?"
"Well..., of course not." The old Forbidden Palace guard shook his head and said, "He is not so rebellious!"
"Since you know you are treasonous, how dare you say such a thing!" Xiao Shi tightened her face and sneered: "What are your intentions?!"
"Sister Xiao, forget it." Song Liuying said softly: "This guard just made a slip of the tongue."
"That's right, what Princess Song said is absolutely true." The old Forbidden Palace guard nodded hurriedly.
Xiao Shibai glanced at Song Liuying and hummed: "Sister Song, you are a good old man, did he make a slip of the tongue? I think he has sinister intentions. When he returns to the forbidden palace, he will definitely slander the emperor... I want to go to the palace in person and ask him.
Ask the emperor what he wants to do!"
The face of the old Forbidden Palace guard changed slightly, and he smiled quickly and said: "Why does Princess Xiao have to go to such a big fight? I only have good intentions."
"Good intentions?" Xiao Shi said coldly: "You really dare to say this, don't you feel ashamed?"
The old Forbidden Palace guard was in a state of embarrassment, and said with a helpless smile: "I really don't mean any harm, Princess Xiao should not be weird!"
The middle-aged palace guard felt extremely aggrieved and wanted to curse. Such a beautiful woman was so aggressive. It was really uncomfortable to watch.
Xiao Shi said: "That's all, I'll spare you once. If there's a next time, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Yes, yes." The old forbidden palace guard nodded helplessly.
He hurriedly clasped his fists and said goodbye, holding the imperial edict in his hand.
The two left Prince An's Mansion and walked along the Central Avenue towards the Forbidden Palace.
Turning around and seeing Xiao Shi and the others entering the mansion, the middle-aged Forbidden Palace guard couldn't help but hum: "Old Lu, is it necessary to give in to Princess Xiao like this? It's unheard of to be so domineering!"
"Alas..., this is our ancestor, we cannot offend you." The old Forbidden Palace guard shook his head helplessly.
"She's just a little princess, so what if she's a young lady from the Duke's mansion!" the middle-aged Forbidden Palace guard snorted unconvinced.
The old Forbidden Palace guard glanced at him and said helplessly: "Xiao Ji, you may not know yet. This Princess Xiao has an excellent relationship with the Queen. The Queen is extremely satisfied with her. If you ask for anything, she will answer it. Once Princess Xiao
If you go into the palace and say bad things about me to the queen, the emperor might transfer me out of the forbidden palace if the wind blows from the queen's pillow. Tell me, am I an ancestor who cannot be offended?"
"She has such a good relationship with the queen?"
"It was the queen who made the marriage arrangement for Prince An to marry her," said the guard from the Old Forbidden Palace.
"Even if the queen has arranged a marriage, there is no need to be so doting, right?" the middle-aged Forbidden Palace guard said in confusion.
The old Forbidden Palace guard sighed: "This Princess Xiao is also a heroine. In order to support the Duke's Mansion, she took the initiative to marry Prince An. Otherwise, she could be free in the Duke's Mansion without leaving.
The Duke of Guo came to the divine capital to marry a man who is more than twenty years older than me!"
"In this way..." The middle-aged Forbidden Palace guard nodded slowly, his face brightening slightly. It is indeed not easy to do this, and it is worthy of admiration.
"The Emperor respects her character and loves her well. In the eyes of the Emperor, no one is as good as her." The old guard of the Forbidden Palace shook his head and said: "We are even less qualified. What's more, they are a family and we are outsiders!"
——
Gu Qi returned to the Secret Guard Mansion with a gloomy face.
When they came to the hall, both Chu Liang and Yang Zongwen were there.
When they saw him coming in, they both stood up to greet him.
Xu Liang said: "Commander Gu, has the emperor really issued an edict?"
"Huh!" Gu Qi sneered: "This Chu Li is really arrogant, he doesn't even give the emperor face!"
"Could it be that the imperial edict is not obeyed?" Yang Zongwen was surprised: "No way? Centurion Chu can't be so unwise!"
It's okay to fight against Gu Qi, but to fight against the emperor is to seek death. If the emperor hates you, there will be no way to survive!
"He didn't disobey the decree, but it's almost the same." Gu Qi sneered: "He actually avoided seeing and refused to accept the imperial decree. The emperor doesn't have a good face, and he will definitely find an opportunity to deal with him!"
"Commander Gu, is it possible that Centurion Chu is really not here?" Chu Liang frowned: "In my opinion, Centurion Chu acted very safely and would not do such a thing!"
"That's just right." Gu Qi showed a smile.
Seeing him like this, Yang Zongwen and Xu Liang immediately understood his plan.
The key is not whether Centurion Chu is there or not, but that the emperor's impression of Centurion Chu was instantly ruined. He must be angry and will look for opportunities to deal with Centurion Chu.
Such a method is indeed cruel, directly using the emperor to deal with Centurion Chu.
Thinking of this, both of them felt a little scared.
No matter how powerful a person is, he is as small and insignificant as an ant in front of the emperor. There is no way to survive if he offends the emperor. This move is too cruel!
"Commander Gu, if this happens, it will be impossible to solve this case," Chu Liang said.
Gu Qi sneered and said, "I don't believe it. Without Chu Li, our Secret Guard Mansion won't be able to solve a single case!"
Chu Liang smiled bitterly: "Of course it would be no problem if it were another case, but there are too few clues in this case, so I'm afraid it won't be solved. Cases like this in previous years have become open cases and ended up being left unsolved."
"Let Chen Donghai investigate!" Gu Qi said coldly: "He is given three days to catch the murderer!"
"...Yes." The two responded helplessly.
Knowing that Gu Qi is determined to get this chance, it depends on whether Chen Donghai has such luck. If he really wants to solve this case, he will definitely need a generous reward.
——
When the imperial edict was read out, Chu Li was indeed not in Prince An's Mansion, but in Dafeng City.
He returned to the house not far from Huiyao Hall and said to Xiaojie: "Let Kou Qiong come over and see me."
"Yes..." Xiaojie responded, somewhat hesitantly.
Chu Li frowned and looked at her: "What's going on?"
Xiaojie whispered: "The hall master and the others are injured."
"Hmm -?" Chu Li glanced around and saw Kou Qiong and three others lying in the small pavilion in the back garden under the observation of Da Yuan Jingzhi.
He disappeared in a flash and appeared in front of the three people in the back garden.
Kou Qiong, Lu Shu and Feng Wuji were all pale, each lying on a low couch, basking in the bright sun. The back garden was extremely quiet.
They soon discovered that the sunlight was blocked and opened their eyes to see Chu Li.
"Sir..." The three of them smiled bitterly.
Chu Li hummed: "Being beaten?"
Kou Qiong's face was full of embarrassment: "Master, we messed up the matter. We couldn't beat people, but we were beaten by others!"
"What did that kid do?" Chu Li said coldly.
Kou Qiong nodded: "I didn't expect this kid to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger. He thought he was a sheep, but suddenly turned into a wolf and gave us a good meal. Fortunately, the young master's face is there, so he didn't dare to kill us."
"Is he that strong?" Chu Li frowned.
Kou Qiong said: "He seemed to be waiting for us to take action, and used his secret technique first, beating us before we had time to respond, and he defeated us with just a few moves!"
"He's not waiting for you, he's waiting for me!" Chu Li sneered.