In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!

Chapter 1153 - 1065: Panic at the Slightest Sound

Chapter 1153: Chapter 1065: Panic at the Slightest Sound"

Where would Jun Ruoxue be hiding at this moment?

Qin Yi had been very busy lately, busy dealing with endless state affairs, hardly sleeping at night, and he had not returned to rest at Huayang Palace for several consecutive days. Even when he visited Su Pan’er twice and saw that she and her daughter were safe and sound, he hurriedly rushed back to the Purple Zen Hall.

The streets and alleys of Shengjing were outfitted with the secret guard’s informants, yet still, there was no hint of activity. Princess Anping and Jun Ruoxue, who had been abducted, seemed to have vanished into thin air, and they were utterly untraceable.

Today, Heaven was not favoring them, as snow began to fall again.

Qin Yi considered that the officers and soldiers had been searching continuously for five or six days and were all exhausted. And with the Lantern Festival approaching tomorrow, he, sympathizing with everyone’s hardship, gave everyone a day off, leaving only half of the personnel to stand guard at their posts. He himself, dragging his fatigued body, returned to Huayang Palace.

To his surprise, upon returning to Huayang Palace, he heard that Su Pan’er had gone to the hot springs.

He didn’t mind it, and without bothering to wash and rinse, he threw himself directly onto the chaise lounge in the Warm Pavilion, and nearly fell asleep the moment he closed his eyes. In a dazed state, he suddenly woke up. Opening his eyes and looking around, he was still somewhat unable to discern where he was.

He sat up abruptly, shouting loudly, "Someone! Quick, come here!"

No sooner had his voice faded than Eunuch An immediately appeared at the door of the Warm Pavilion, "Your servant greets Your Majesty."

"Eunuch An, who was guarding the Warm Pavilion when I returned earlier?"

"To reply to Your Majesty, it was Miss Qingwen from the Empress’s entourage who was on guard. Just now, Miss Qingwen said she was going to the small kitchen to brew some soup and had only left a short while ago. Shall Your servant call for Miss Qingwen?"

Eunuch An carefully chose his words.

"Very well."

Unexpectedly to him, Qin Yi nodded in agreement, "You quickly send someone over, I want to see her right away."

"Yes, Your servant will go now."

Eunuch An hurriedly left the Warm Pavilion to give orders to the servants.

Qin Yi, however, flopped back down onto the lounge and closed his eyes again, as though he had fallen back asleep.

But a short moment later, he abruptly opened his eyes again and sat up to go to the cleaning room in the adjoining patio to wash and rinse. When he came out, Qingwen was already waiting there.

Having washed his face, Qin Yi felt his thoughts clearing up a bit. He looked Qingwen over, the girl still modestly casting her eyes downward, her demeanor unchanged, standing in her place without showing any different expressions.

"You said earlier that the Empress had gone to the hot springs, is this really the case?"

"To reply to Your Majesty, Your servant dares not deceive Your Majesty. Indeed, that is what the Empress told Your servant before she left."

Qingwen still repeated the same statement.

But Qin Yi suddenly slammed his teacup to the floor.

"Presumptuous! How dare you deceive me, do you know that the crime of deceiving the emperor can lead to the extermination of nine clans? Who gave you such audacity to lie, are you tired of living?"

Qingwen was so frightened that she dropped to her knees with a thud, hurriedly knocking her head against the floor repeatedly, "Your Majesty, spare my life, Your Majesty, spare my life! Your servant has not lied, the Empress indeed told Your servant before she left that she was going to the hot springs. Your servant speaks nothing but the truth, and dares not utter a single lie! Please, Your Majesty, discern the truth."