Chapter 59

  Xuanyuan Ye's eyes suddenly narrowed, the flames of anger quickly spreading, but in that instant, he quickly suppressed them, replacing them with an icy aura.

  In the depths of his eyes, there was still a hint of disappointment that even he had not noticed.

  Disappointment, yes, it was indeed disappointment, just as he had thought of her, but suddenly changed to Xuan Yuan Chen's disappointment.

  The guards behind him secretly let out a sigh of relief, fortunately it was not the woman that the prince married today. This young prince is a frequent visitor to the Yi Wang Fu, and he is very familiar with the Yi Wang Fu, so it's normal for the young prince to hide in here.

  Xuanyuan Ye's lips were tightly pursed, his eyes staring straight at Xuanyuan Chen, as if he wanted to stare a hole through him.

  Those eyes were even more icy than usual, ten times or even a hundred times colder.

  Xuan Yuan's dust slowly walked over, and the chill reached his bones. He felt as if he was about to be frozen stiff on that grassland.

  "Seventh brother, I...I just came to take a look. To see if you can find that woman." Xuan Yuan Chen had always been the quick-witted type, but at this moment he also stuttered, because Xuan Yuan Ye's gaze was really too terrifying.

  He and Xuan Yuan Ye are born to the same mother, so Xuan Yuan Ye usually dotes on him extremely. Although he appears cold and icy towards him on the surface, in reality, he is always protecting him. Even if he does something wrong, Xuan Yuan Ye will take responsibility for him.

  So he dared to turn back after Xuan Yuan Ye issued the order to expel him, even the crown prince didn't dare, but Xuan Yuan Chen did.

  Because he knew that Seventh Brother would never do anything to him.

  But at this moment, when looking at Xuan Yuan Ye's eyes that were cold enough to kill, Xuan Yuan Chen felt somewhat uncertain.

  Under the bridge, Meng's shadow was stunned, but in fact, she secretly let out a sigh of relief. It turned out that Xuan Yuan Ye had not discovered her after all. She said so herself, she was meticulous and calculated, although she didn't dare say she was flawless, but she definitely wouldn't let people easily catch her weakness. Xuan Yuan Ye was indeed extraordinary, but he was still human after all, haha...

  But at this moment, she felt a sudden surge of cold air in the atmosphere, which brutally killed the warmth of early summer and made the weather return to severe winter.

  No need to guess, I already know what's going on.

  Alas, Xuan Yuan Chen, this poor child, at this time ran into Xuan Yuan Ye's gun muzzle.

  If you're not burned by his fiery temper, then you'll be frozen to death by his icy demeanor.

  However, she knew that Xuan Yuan Chen should have just arrived, because the guards had just searched and didn't find him, he must have hidden in the flower bushes when Xuan Yuan Ye was speaking.

  At that time, all her attention was on Xuan Yuan Ye, so she didn't notice him.

  "How did you end up here?" Xuan Yuan Ye's lips curled slightly, his words falling one by one like icicles in the cold winter, each one crashing heavily onto Xuan Yuan Chen.

  It's cold, but I'm afraid "cold" can't describe it at this moment anymore.

  The guards behind him trembled slightly, after all these years, they were also used to the coldness of the prince, but at this moment, they suddenly realized that the previous prince was actually too gentle.

  The shadow under the bridge, her heart also trembled a few times, only feeling that his words were like being slammed on her body, icy cold and chilling to the bone.

  She had always known he was dangerous, but it wasn't until now that she finally understood what real danger looked like. She didn't know whether to be grateful that she hadn't been discovered or to feel sorry for Xuan Yuan Chen.

  However, she could also guess that if she went out at this moment, she would definitely be frozen into an ice cube and then blown to powder, directly causing her soul to disappear.

  Xuanyuan Dust's body completely stiffened, and he secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but suddenly felt that his neck seemed to have also stiffened.

  The corners of his mouth twitched, and he stiffened his scalp as he said, "That's it, I just wanted to take a look."

  His purpose was simple, he just wanted to come and see the excitement. However, he did not expect that the cost of watching this excitement would be so great.

  "This king asks you, how did you end up here?" Xuan Yuan Ye didn't know if he was dizzy or not, but he asked again, his eyes slowly narrowing, and the dangerous glint under the icy surface made Xuan Yuan Chen tremble with fear.

  Fortunately, Xuan Yuan Dust instantly understood Xuan Yuan Ye's meaning and forced a smile, somewhat flattering and shyly said, "Just came over from the back wall."

  As they spoke, he moved his feet and walked to the front of the bridge, then suddenly jumped onto the bridge. Because he was still a child at heart, he really couldn't bear Xuan Yuan Ye's intense stare.

  Moreover, he was convinced that his beloved Seventh Brother would not really do anything to him, at most just scare him, so he became obedient and tried to please Seventh Brother.

  Because of his sudden jump, the bridge shook a few times, and the dust at the bottom of the bridge fell off and flew around.

  Meng Fu Ying was now closely attached to the bridge, so those dust particles were evenly sprinkled on her head, splashed onto her face, and some even crawled into her nostrils.

  My face feels a bit uncomfortable and I don't dare to scratch it, but of course, the itch on my face is still bearable.

  The most unbearable thing is the itchiness in her nose, especially when she wants to sneeze, but how dare she sneeze now.

  A sneeze may cost one's life.

  So she could only endure, endure, endure until her nose turned sour, endure until her eyes became swollen, endure until tears fell straight down. Fortunately, those tears all fell on the wooden boat, and didn't fall into the river water, otherwise Xuan Yuan Ye would definitely have discovered them.

  "Scaling the wall?" Xuan Yuan Ye's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze rounded out, but the danger in his eyes was even more apparent. "Take the tenth prince to scale the wall, watch him do it a thousand times, not one less, or you won't be allowed to leave."

  Uh!

  Everyone was stunned, one by one shocked with their eyes wide open and mouths agape.

  Take the tenth prince to jump over the wall, jump a thousand times, otherwise you are not allowed to leave?

  They didn't hear wrong, did they?

  Your Highness, this is also too... too...

  The shadow under the bridge widened its eyes in disbelief, could this really be something said by the normally cold Xuan Yuan Ye?

  What a dark belly, it's really too dark, and you can actually think of such a loss.

  Let Xuan Yuan dust go and flip the wall a thousand times, Xuan Yuan dust has never practiced martial arts, at his speed, a thousand times, when will he finish flipping, and it's all done in one go, if he misses once, he can't leave, isn't that going to exhaust Xuan Yuan dust to death?

  It's really extreme, just making people jump over walls can be fatal, and you don't even need a knife to kill someone.

  She is now extremely, extremely sympathetic to Xuan Yuan Chen, and also extremely, extremely fortunate that it was not her who was discovered.

  "Seven... seven. Seven..." Xuan Yuan Chen's expression at this moment could no longer be described as shocked, his lips kept trembling, but after struggling for half a day, he only managed to shout out one word "seven", the word "brother" was unknown whether it was unwilling or stuck, and it was hard to get out.

  "Didn't you hear what I just said?" Xuan Yuan Ye didn't bother with him again, but instead turned to the guard beside him and growled.

  Just then, when he was still at a distance, he noticed that the flowers had moved slightly. At that moment, his emotions were indescribably complex. With those extremely complex feelings, he walked over and stepped onto the bridge, and also saw that the flowers had sunk in slightly.

  At that moment, he only thought it was her and never thought of any other possibility. At that moment, he seemed to feel his heartbeat lose its rhythm.

  Actually, when he said his first sentence, he wanted to rush over and pull that person out, but at the time, he endured it with difficulty.

  He wanted her to come out herself.

  But he never thought that the one who would come out was Xuan Yuan Chen.

  At that moment, he suddenly felt his emotions were out of control, so the punishment for Xuan Yuan Chen was really severe.

  "Yes." The guards who had just searched the backyard responded in unison, then walked to Xuan Yuan Chen's front and said carefully, "Your Highness, please."

  "Why is it always me who's unlucky." Xuan Yuan Chen finally came back to his senses, seeing that Xuan Yuan Ye was no longer paying attention to him, he knew that no matter what he did, Xuan Yuan Ye wouldn't change his mind. He was still very clear about Seventh Brother's way of doing things - once something was decided, there was no one who could change it.

  Why is he so unlucky?

  Meng Fu's shadow was a bit amusing, who let you pop up at this time, unlucky isn't you, who else could it be?

  Let you leave quickly, but still dare to sneak back in such a situation, what is it if not asking for trouble?

  Xuanyuan Ye simply gave him a cold glance and slowly turned around, walking towards the bridge below.

  "You're just taking out your anger on me because you can't find that woman, aren't you?!" Xuan Yuan Chen protested again in dissatisfaction as he saw him about to leave. Normally, Seventh Brother would always protect him no matter what happened, but this time was an exception, and there was only one reason for it - that woman.

  Xuanyuan Dust's departing footsteps paused slightly, his icy eyes sank suddenly, and the depths of his pupils flashed with a dangerous cold light once again. However, he didn't stop, but instead continued walking forward.

  "I have a grudge against that woman." Xuan Yuan Chen saw that he still had no reaction and anxiously jumped around on the bridge.

  This time, the Meng Fu Ying under the bridge really suffered. With his intense jumping, not to mention the dust, some wood shavings were shaken down and scattered flying everywhere.

  She was covered in it, and her face had an even thicker layer. Fortunately, she knew that Xuan Yuan Ye had already left, and Xuan Yuan Chen's movements were too big, so Meng Cui Ying's small actions wouldn't be discovered. So, she tightly covered her nose, but more things had already entered her nostrils, making the itch unbearable.

  It's just too painful, and I don't dare make a sound at this moment.

  "We do have a grudge." Meng Cuo Ying had secretly made up her mind, what's wrong with you jumping around like that, if you jump a few more times, Xuan Yuan Ye will spare your life, that's absolutely impossible. Maybe he'll even...

  "Two thousand times." Meng Fu Ying was deep in thought, when Xuan Yuan Ye's icy voice came again, abruptly stopping Xuan Yuan Chen's movements.

  Meng Fu Ying's lips twitched violently a few times, she was almost like a tapeworm in Xuan Yuan Ye's stomach, and just as she was thinking this, he...

  Xuanyuan dust dared to protest again, hanging his head in shame, with a dark and gloomy face. He knew that today, Seventh Brother had really made up his mind.

  Xuanyuan Ye didn't linger any longer and quickly left the backyard, while Xuanyuan Chen was taken away by the guards to climb over the wall.

  Until everyone had left, Meng Fuying finally let out a silent sigh of relief. What a close call!

  It was just a little bit, just a little bit, and Xuan Yuan Chen's downfall would have befallen her. She had almost left just now.

  No, if it were her instead, Xuan Yuan Ye would definitely be ten times, a hundred times more ruthless. At that time, it wouldn't just be as simple as flipping over the wall.

  However, it seems she also climbed over the wall to get in.

  Even if everyone has left, Meng Cuiying didn't dare to go out. Fortunately, crawling on the wooden beam like this wasn't too tiring and she could still bear it. She had to wait until nightfall before she could leave.

  Tortured for most of the day, and she hasn't eaten anything since she got up today, no time.

  Now that the danger has passed, she feels a severe hunger in her stomach, so she takes out the small package prepared from her waist, which only contains two dry rations, barely enough for her to eat for one day. Given the current situation, it is absolutely impossible to leave the city in a short period of time, so she only breaks off half and rewraps the rest back.

  "Your Highness, everything has been arranged according to your instructions." Hurriedly returning, Suifeng reported respectfully.

  "Send more people to the capital to search, dig three feet underground if necessary, and bring her back alive for me." Xuan Yuan Ye's eyes narrowed again, saying extremely dangerously.

  Swiftly startled, yet still respectfully replied, "Yes."

  "Set up a checkpoint at the north city gate, starting from today. Anyone who has urgent business and must leave the city must first go to Liú Yuè to obtain an identity card, then have a soldier escort them out of the city. No one is exempt, all other city gates will be sealed." Xuan Yuan Ye said coldly after a moment's thought.

  Liu Yue was skilled in disguise techniques, and anyone who had undergone a disguise would not be able to escape her eyes.

  He can't completely seal off the capital and prevent anyone from leaving, after all some people may need to leave, so he came up with this plan.

  Su Feng's lips twitched violently, and the king's move was truly ruthless. Originally, he was worried that sealing the city gates and not letting anyone leave would cause unnecessary chaos, but unexpectedly, the king had a clever plan.

  The king only said that from today on, Liu Yue would set up a barrier, but he didn't say when it would end. That is to say, it will definitely not end until Meng Fu Ying is caught.

  Now, even if Meng Cuiying had wings, she would find it hard to fly out of the capital. He now felt some sympathy for her - the consequences of offending Prince Wang were truly terrifying.

  The king's move was to thoroughly kill Meng Fu Ying's last line of hope in the bud.

  "Order it to be passed down, let the garrisoned Imperial Forest Army change shifts every five watches, not a single moment of slackness is allowed." His eyes narrowed again, and his cold voice carried even more overbearing majesty.

  "Post a notice, no one is allowed to harbor strangers, violators will be severely punished." Before Suifeng could respond, he spoke again in a cold tone.

  He won't give her a chance at all; instead, he wants to see how long she can hold on.

  "Yes." Su Feng's heart secretly trembled, the prince's actions were truly flawless, and those who didn't know the inside story would think he was fighting against enemy troops.

  However, he has been following the king for so many years and has never seen a real opponent who can match the king. To capture her is only a matter of time.

  The king has already set up a heaven and earth net, even a mosquito can't escape, let alone a woman.

  At this moment, Meng Fu Ying, who was still hiding under the bridge, couldn't help but shiver with cold.

  Not far away, Xuan Yuan Chen was flipping over the wall. She could clearly hear his tumbling sounds, but after a few flips, he cried out in pain and begged the guards to spare him.

  However, the guard only had one sentence, "The prince's order, I dare not disobey." A respectful and firm response.

  Then I heard Xuan Yuan Chen's sound of flipping and jumping again, time slowly passed by, the sky also slowly darkened, but still from time to time hearing that chaotic jumping sound.

  Meng Fu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, Xuan Yuan Chen was climbing the wall over there, and she didn't dare to go out. Not afraid of ten thousand, just afraid of one in ten thousand, if Xuan Yuan Ye came again to see Xuan Yuan Chen, then she couldn't guarantee that she could escape once more.

  After all, he was too clever, and when dealing with him, she couldn't afford to be even slightly careless or have any illusions of luck, she had to be highly vigilant at all times.

  Fortunately, under this bridge, it's safe now.

  Shouwangong Temple

  Qing Zhu knelt down in front of the empress dowager, his face filled with remorse, and said, "Qing Zhu has failed in his duty, please punish him, Your Majesty."

  The Empress Dowager let out a soft sigh, gazed at her for a moment, then said in a low voice, "No wonder."

  Beware of Yinger's mishap, it's not just her, Yaner has set up even more.

  In this way, how could the girl still escape and blame Qing Zhu?

  Or maybe she was too tight on her, and in fact, when she invited her into the palace that day, she saw that the girl didn't want to get married.

  But the imperial decree has been issued and the date has been set, how can she go back on her word now?

  Of course, what's most important is that she believes Yan Er will be good to Ying Er, and she also knows that with Ying Er's intelligence, in the future he'll definitely be able to help Yan Er.

  She believed that as long as the two of them spent more time together, they would eventually grow to like each other, so she chose to ignore Yaya's discontent and insisted on seeing the marriage through.

  It never occurred to her that the method of Shadow would be so intense, and she even less expected that under Qing Zhu's surveillance and Rong Er's heavy deployment, she could still escape.