This scoundrel is not simple!

  Zhang Xiangyang looked down in fear, "Subordinates shouldn't ask!"

  The Emperor said: "All the inner palace guards have gone out of the palace to search for Empress Chenghuan. This news was spread by me! If the rebels find out that all the palace guards are outside, they will definitely plan to sneak into the palace again soon. I don't believe this empty city strategy can't catch those few!"

  "Alas, Master Zhang..." Zhang Xiangyang said regretfully, "Those people were all trained rigorously and would rather die than reveal a single word, so they all chose to poison themselves!"

  "It doesn't matter," the Holy Emperor's lips curled up slightly, maintaining a gentle smile, but somehow looking ominous. "I have plenty of patience to play with those who dare to rebel against me, I'm not in a hurry. Since everyone wants my head, then my head will wait for them to come and take it. Tonight, using the lives of many guards at the Zhengyi Palace gate, we managed to get rid of several assassins, but unexpectedly, our efforts were all for naught, and so many guards lost their lives. You go and order the strengthening of the palace gates' defenses, and prevent any more assassins from sneaking into the palace!"

  Zhang Xiangyang nodded and said: "Your subordinate obeys!"

  "Also," the Emperor said, "there are still four days until the first day of next month. This time's Imperial Guard selection competition, I will personally supervise and select. You must ensure that everything is properly arranged!"

  "Understood!" Zhang Xiangyang nodded heavily in response.

  The Holy Lord waved his hand, "Go down!"

  Zhang Xiangyang originally wanted to turn around and leave, but he suddenly remembered something and said: "Master, should we recall the guards who were chasing after the Empress Dowager?"

  The emperor sank into thought for a while, then said: "The empress dowager says that there is news of the whereabouts of Imperial Concubine Huan. It was discovered by a small eunuch who used to follow the empress dowager. But I always feel that this matter is not simple. Since that woman can escape the heavenly net laid down by the inner palace guards, how could a small eunuch possibly discover it?"

  Zhang Xiangyang nodded in understanding, "Master's words are indeed correct!"

  The emperor's face turned cold and said, "That woman, I will never forgive her. Even if the empress dowager allows her to sit on the throne for another year, after a year, I will not let her off! A small woman, actually causing such a joke in the imperial family, privately running away, getting pregnant, doing such an outrageous thing, how can I lightly pardon her? My vast country's imperial family, because of her, is ridiculed by the world! This kind of woman, I will never lightly forgive!"

  Zhang Xiangyang didn't know what to say, and could only silently sigh for the imperial family's sake.

  The emperor suppressed some of his anger and said to Zhang Xiangyang: "A man who can help the empress escape from the palace must have a great background. He must be skilled at hiding that woman, making it impossible for us to catch them. You pass on my orders, no matter what means are used, you must bring that woman before me personally. At present, there is still half of the guards in the palace, don't worry about the people who rebelled against me being able to take my head. As for the other half I sent out to search for the empress, they will all be buried three feet underground outside the palace if they can't find her. They must bring back the empress, otherwise, none of them should come back!"

  The invisible pressure was weighing on half of the inner guards, and Zhang Xiangyang couldn't help but sweat for his subordinates. Where would Empress Chenghuan be hiding after all?

  Another evening has passed.

  This morning, before dawn, Tang Lin got up and hastily went out.

  Arriving near the Jun Die Xuan, Tang Lin saw a figure at the entrance of the wine tower and quickly hid in the corner to take another look. She saw two familiar figures.

  Tang Lin furrowed her brow, "How is it them?"

  It's still dark outside.

  At this moment, a truck was parked at the entrance of Jun Die Xuan, and two people were standing beside it. The two people looked at each other, then Yidang blew a strange whistle.

  Tang Lin in the corner, full of doubts. If she hadn't misremembered, those two people, she had seen them on both nights just a short while ago. The first night, she followed Yu Shengjun, but was intercepted by the duo who claimed Yu Shengjun as their prey. The second night, she again followed Yu Shengjun, only to be robbed by the Mountain Tiger Gang, and then Yu Shengjun appeared to save her. When she thought he would use his martial arts skills, he had a black strip tied around his body, telling her that it was those two people who used their skills to help him defeat the Mountain Tiger Gang.

  Who is that man and woman?

  Before long, the door of the wine house was opened by someone.

  Tang Lin fixed his eyes on him and found it was Yu Zi Chen, he was shocked and stared with wide eyes.

  "Your Highness!" Both Tang and Shuang saw Yu Zi Chen and politely bowed.

  This salute made Tang Lin even more puzzled, muttering to herself: "They are actually so respectful to Zi Chen, what's going on? Being able to make two powerful martial artists bow their heads in respect, then Zi Chen must not be simple!"

  At this moment, Tang Lin was in a panic, always feeling that the people in the wine house were not simple. One moment it was Feng Die's dance, who had changed from a poor girl to a young lady of the Phoenix Mansion, and another moment it was Yu Sheng Jun, who could kill with leaves. Another moment it was Han Xueyan, who often disappeared when dressed as a man. Now, even Yu Zi Chen was mysterious... Good heavens, had she crossed over into a martial arts world?

  "No need for formalities!" Yu Zi Chen's usual casual demeanor remained unchanged. "Yesterday, the Emperor didn't come to the wine tower, what happened?"

  Yi Tang said: "The master said that the rebels have a characteristic, they always choose to enter the palace and make their move on the 15th of every month, so the master stays in the palace, waiting for them!"

  Yuzi dust was a bit anxious and disordered, "I hope the emperor can catch the rebels tonight! Let's hurry up and move all the dishes in!"

  Although Tang Lin was far away and didn't hear the conversation between Yu Zi Chen and Yi Tang Yi Shuang clearly, she saw Yi Tang and Yi Shuang moving all the vegetables from the cargo vehicle into the wine building. She was shocked and also discovered a point, confirming a point - those vegetables should have been purchased by the purchasing officer, but they were actually someone else... Doesn't this further prove that the two of them are indeed closely related to the purchasing officer?

  "My goodness!" Tang Lin clutched at her chest, lest the heart inside almost jumped out. "What exactly did Yu Sheng Jun hide from me?"

  Before long, the dishes were all moved, and Tang Wan and Yi Shuang left.

  After Tang Lin and the others left, she glanced at her watch in the faint light of day, waiting for ten minutes before leaving the dark corner to head towards the wine building. When she reached the entrance, she took a deep breath, calmed down, and then knocked on the door.

  Just as Wang Ye was about to fall asleep with his beloved concubine, he heard the sound of knocking on the door and suddenly sat up, thinking: "Is it Yidang and Yishuang?" After a moment's thought, he shook his head, "Impossible, they've been gone for a while now, and if they were looking for me, they would have used our secret signal, not knocked on the door!"

  Then, who will it be?

  In the end, Yuzi didn't go out and open the door.

  Tang Lin knocked for a while, and it was the old bald man who came to open the door. As the door opened, he squinted his eyes, yawning, and asked in a listless tone: "Who is it?"

  "Someone!" Throwing down a word, Tang Lin pushed open the door and walked straight in, not paying attention to Lao Tu anymore, heading directly to the backyard.

  It was Tang Lin's voice. The old bald donkey suddenly came to his senses, "The person in charge?" When he turned back to look, Tang Lin's figure had already disappeared at the entrance of the backyard.

  Tang Lin walked into the backyard, opened the door of the room where Feng Die and Yu Xinrui lived together, and walked in directly. In a few steps, she arrived at the bedside.

  Her Royal Highness slept in an ungraceful posture, with Feng Yutang either as a daughter or sister or even as a man, one foot hanging on Feng Yutang's body and one hand placed on Feng Yutang's chest, embracing Feng Yutang while sleeping.

  "Butterfly Dance," Tang Lin bent down, leaned in close to Feng Butterfly Dance, stretched out her finger and poked at Feng's arm, calling out softly.

  At the sound, Fengdie's eyes suddenly opened and saw Tanglin's smiling face above her head, almost scaring her to faint, "Little... little... little Tang?"

  "Shh," Tang Lin made a silencing gesture with her hand, then gently removed Yu Xinrui's hands and feet from the bed, pulling up Feng Die's dance skirt.

  Phoenix Butterfly danced while putting on her shoes and asked: "Little Tang, it's still dark outside, what are you doing?"

  So as not to wake up Yu Xinrui, Tang Lin said in a low voice: "Today is the birthday of our master's son Lu Yitang and daughter Lu Wenliu. I promised Master that I would help his children have an unforgettable birthday party, and I must keep my word. I need your help, so I came to find you early, I'm afraid if we're late, today's things won't be done!"

  The butterfly danced out of her shoes and took over her outer garment, "What time is it now?"

  "Let me see," Feng Die Wu thought Tang Lin would go out to take a look at the sky, but she was looking at her watch. "Four o'clock in the morning, huh? It's a bit too early!"

  Phoenix butterfly dance understood a mess, "Four points?"

  "It's almost five watches into the night!"

  "Oh, it's already five watches into the night, time flies!"

  Tang Lin smiled and said: "Anyway, today is a day off for everyone, you can come back early tonight to make up for the sleep!"

  After casually washing up, Tang Lin and Feng Die danced out the door. Before leaving, Tang Lin instructed Lao Tu Zi a few words, "That... Uncle Tu Zi, you guys remember to attend the birthday banquet of the young master and miss today, also, when you see Yu Sheng Jun and Fu Tian Ze, give them the invitation cards from the workshop and ask them to come too!"

  ——

  Lu Fu

  The sky is faintly bright, but the world is still shrouded in darkness, and the moon is still hiding behind the clouds.

  Tang Lin knocked on the door of Lu's mansion, and soon the door opened. The person who opened the door recognized Tang Lin and knew why he had come so early today. Lu Baiwan had instructed him that Tang Lin would be coming to the mansion this morning for something. "Both of you, please come in!"

  "Let's go in!" Tang Lin pulled Feng Die Wu's arm, leading the first day to come to Lu Fu's Feng Die Wu into the big yard of Lu Fu.

  The person who opened the door was the steward of the Lu family, also surnamed Lu. Everyone called him Steward Lu, an old man in his sixties, looking very spirited.

  Lu Guanjia personally led Tang Lin and Feng Die Wu to the kitchen, saying as they walked: "Young Miss Tang, the things you need have already been prepared in the kitchen by our master. You can take a look later, if anything is missing, just tell me and I'll send someone to prepare it immediately!"

  To go to the kitchen, you must pass through the east wing.

  As she passed by the east wing, Tang Lin caught a whiff of an unusual floral scent wafting out from the courtyard next door.

  Tang Lin stopped in his tracks, gazing at the brightly lit courtyard and asked: "Housekeeper, does Miss Wen Liu live here?" Otherwise, how could it smell so good! The housekeeper nodded.

  Lu Guan's family smiled and replied: "No, it is our family's Yi Tang Gongzi!"