Tianyou thought that it would be fine if the peeper was solved, and that it would be fine if he had to wait until night to meet the King of Chu. However, he really underestimated the boredom of the concubines who were kept in the deep palace and doing nothing all day long.

It was not until midnight that not only did the King of Chu not appear, but even Ji Yao was missing. Even A Xiang was a little anxious. In order to keep it secret, there were only a few servants in this courtyard to maintain it. A Xiang was the person in charge, and even if she wanted to find Ji Yao, she couldn't leave. Unfortunately, the group of people could only stare at this courtyard.

What made Tianyou even more depressed was that not only King Chu and Ji Yao disappeared, but also their supper disappeared.

The places where meals can be provided in the palace are roughly divided into four systems. One is the imperial kitchen, which is only responsible for the meals of the King of Chu family. Of course, if the King of Chu wants to hold a banquet in the palace, the imperial kitchen is also responsible for the food supply. The second is the canteen. This canteen does not refer to the place of eating, but a special institution that is responsible for the meals of all other personnel in the palace except the King of Chu family and the guards. The third is the Huotou Army. This is not an institution, but a food supply unit owned by the Yulin Army, which is specifically responsible for the catering issues of all soldiers. The last is a small stove. This is because some concubines have unique tastes, or like to cook by themselves, they will set up a small kitchen in their residence, and generally only provide food for themselves and some of the more close servants and palace maids.

The small courtyard where Tianyou and the others lived was an idle vacant villa, so it was naturally impossible to have a small stove. The Huotou Army was only responsible for the food of the soldiers stationed in the palace city, so naturally they would not deliver food to Tianyou and the others.

In terms of identity, Tianyou is the only alive son of the King of Chu, that is, the prince, so the imperial kitchen should be responsible for his diet. But the problem is that Tianyou's identity is confidential. Apart from Ji Yao, few people in the palace know his identity. In this case, naturally, we cannot expect the imperial kitchen to know how to deliver food to him.

As for the cafeteria... they don't care about delivering food, they are all palace maids. The waiters have time to eat or ask their friends to help bring it back.

Tianyou and the others didn't mind eating with the palace maids, but the problem was that Tianyou and the others could not go to the cafeteria themselves, and now they could not send anyone to pick up the food. When Ji Yao left, she told Tianyou and Axiang clearly that before she brought the King of Chu back, the yard would be completely closed and no one would be allowed to enter and exit. In other words, they could not pick up the food.

Faced with this embarrassing situation, A Xiang was also anxious. On the one hand, she had to take good care of Tianyou and others, and on the other hand, she could not disobey Ji Yao's orders and let others leave the yard. Although she was an exception and could go out, the problem was that she was the only person in charge in the entire yard. Now that Ji Yao had an accident, she didn't dare to leave. This contradictory situation made A Xiang very uncomfortable, but for her, it was still a dead end. No matter what she did, she had to violate at least one Ji Yao's direct order.

"It's okay, don't worry, I have some dry food here, why don't you make do with us first?" Tianyou is also a time traveler, and he has a relatively normal value. In addition, he has been hiding at the bottom of society after traveling through time, so he naturally won't discriminate against the servants. In fact, he has encountered almost anyone in the years when Xiyan was wandering around. Sometimes he is in a miserable state, and he even lived in a dilapidated temple with beggars. In comparison, these servants in the palace have all the identities.

Of course, Tianyou didn't mind, Axiang and the others dared not really regard him as an ordinary person. Not to mention that the identity of a monk is inherently superior, even if he is a kitten and dog, as long as he brought it back by Ji Yao, he had to be offered as his ancestors. So the people who said goodwill to Tianyou were unwilling to accept anything. Anyway, they couldn't die after being hungry, so let the princess know that they didn't prepare food for Tianyou, but they had to eat the dry food brought by Tianyou, which was really life-threatening. So everyone's thoughts were very clear and they refused to eat Tianyou's things.

Helplessly, it really doesn't make sense, Tianyou and the others had to solve it themselves.

In fact, given the situation of Tianyou and Qi Xiaomei, it would be fine if you don’t eat for ten days and half a month, not to mention one night. Although your cultivation level has not reached the point of being able to fast, it is certain to be hungry than ordinary people.

Because I wonder if Ji Yao would bring the King of Chu to the raid in the middle of the night, Tianyou and the others dared not sleep well. Although the beds and quilts were all complete, they could not really lie down. If the King of Chu came over in the middle of the night, it would be unreasonable for him to come out wearing underwear.

Anyway, practice itself has a certain sleep effect, so Tianyou and others simply used meditation to regulate qi instead of sleep.

Today, the practice time was too long, and they could no longer continue to absorb spiritual energy, so they could only regulate it by regulating the energy to consolidate the absorbed spiritual energy. So they kept meditating until the Yin hour, and Tianyou's brow suddenly frowned.

He just heard the sound of someone approaching the yard, and it was not a patrol soldier. At first, Tianyou thought it was a passerby or a palace maid, but soon he found something wrong, because the man walked very lightly and his pace was not right, and he didn't look like he was passing by normally, but he was very careful when he stopped and stopped.

After just noticed this person's strange behavior, Tianyou first thought of whether it was the King of Chu who came.

Because Ji Yao had told Tianyou that his identity needs to be kept secret, Tianyou guessed whether it was the King of Chu who came over alone in the middle of the night to keep it secret. After all, as the king of a country, it is impossible for the King of Chu to be surrounded by all forces. So if he swayed over during the day, he would definitely not be able to get rid of the group of people around him. But if he sneaked quietly by himself during the early morning, he would be able to completely cover up his eyes.

However, Tianyou soon ruled out this possibility. Firstly, it is unlikely that the King of Chu will come here alone, and at least he must bring Ji Yao with him. Secondly, the person's footsteps are not right.

Although the King of Chu is not a genuine cultivator, he is not an ordinary person. Although Tianyou doesn’t know much about the King of Chu, according to the information he knows, the King of Chu should have cultivation and is likely not weak. Although it must not be as powerful as Ji Yao, it should at least be close to or even exceed the basic level requirements of the Immortal Chief in Zixiao Palace. In other words, the King of Chu may be a master at level 90.

Tianyou has just entered the blood refining stage, which means he is only level 36. Even if he is keen in spirit and has strong five senses, he would never have discovered the King of Chu who intends to sneak so easily.

Although the person who was discovered by Tianyou deliberately took his pace lightly, Tianyou could hear that this person should not have any skills, at least he had not entered the Body Refining Realm and would not have any skills in qi-raising. Compared with the monks, his steps were too heavy.

A man approached the yard so sneakily, Tianyou could not pretend that he had not discovered it. However, before Tianyou could do anything, a strange palace maid suddenly heard the scream outside the yard, shouting: "Who is it? Ah... there is an assassin... to catch an assassin!"

In this quiet night, the soprano was extremely penetrating. Several nearby patrolling Yulin Army teams heard the shouts almost at the same time, and immediately turned around and rushed towards the direction where the sound was emitted.

Originally, Tianyou thought the other party was planning to enter the yard to do something, but who knew that the man didn't come in and shouted outside the yard. Not only did Tianyou startle, but he also woke everyone up.

Sister Qi and the others were meditating and practicing Qi, so they were naturally awakened by the shouts immediately. Everyone turned their heads and looked in the direction of the sound, and then Tianyou was the first to react. This is a deliberate thing!

What do people in the palace do the most taboo? Different people may have different opinions, but the "assin" thing can definitely be ranked in the top three and not running.

In the middle of the night, someone suddenly shouted like this. Could it be that the guards would not enter the yard separated by a wall to take a look? Obviously it was impossible.

Not to mention Ji Yao's verbal order, even if the Queen Mother's imperial decree is not enough. Catching the assassin is to protect the safety of the King of Chu. At this time, the guards have the first priority. Unless it is the King of Chu's order, no one can stop them.

Tianyou was originally guarding against the man entering the yard to make trouble, but who knew that she had come outside like this, which really made him unexpected. And even if he thought about it, his current situation was powerless to stop him, because he could not be seen by others.

The guards in the palace were very tight, and of course no one could hear such a voice. In fact, the guards came very quickly. Almost as the sound fell here, a large number of colliding armors came from a distance. Not to mention Tianyou, even the maids in the yard heard it.

A Xiang, who was sleeping with clothes, turned over and went from the bed to the underground, rushed out of the door, paused for a moment, and then confirmed that she had not heard it wrong before. Thinking about the possible situation and the tasks assigned by Ji Yao, her brows couldn't help but frowned, but she made a decision and turned around and rushed into the small building where Tianyou and the others lived.

In fact, Tianyou knew when Axiang turned over and landed, so when she rushed in, she saw Tianyou and four of them standing in the main hall.

"Young Master!"

Tianyou reached out to stop A Xiang and continued, and said first: "I know that there must be a guard coming in to search later, and you can't stop him. It's impossible to run away now."

"But the Empress..."

"I know, so we will find a place to hide. You go to the door first and try to buy us some time, but don't have conflicts with the guards. They are their duty, and if you are treated as an assassin, it will only cause trouble."

A Xiang was not an ordinary palace maid. After a moment of contemplation, she nodded and turned around and ran out. It was not that she was not steady enough, but that she was not happy anymore. The guards in the palace had some cultivation, not to mention that after a long period of training, their reaction speed was not comparable to those ordinary people in the history of the earth. In just a short while, a large group of guards had gathered outside the courtyard.

"Stop. Who?" The two teams of imperial guards saw each other from afar. Although they knew that most of the established teams in the palace were their own, they still had to be warned first in the process.

"The Imperial Guardians' 12th Team of the Imperial Guardians. The command: Anmin."

The voice on the opposite side became obviously lighter, and he first reported his own words: "We are the 14th Team of the Western Army Yin. The command is to protect the country."

After the command was met, the guards on both sides immediately walked into the middle.

You can tell from the number that these two teams are two teams in a group, and they know each other. Before they get close to the captains leading the team on both sides, they have already started to ask about the situation with each other.

After the two teams joined forces, they began to search around. The first thing they found was that there was a blood line in the middle of the road, extending from the middle of the road to the flower bed next to it. The blood stain looked like someone was slashed and sprayed out after being slashed.

It would be fine if I didn't see anything. The guards couldn't be nervous. So the search scale began to expand, and the first one to be found was the courtyard where Tianyou and the others temporarily lived. There was no way, the blood was less than five feet away outside their courtyard gate. Although the gate could not be directly seen from here due to the turns and the obstruction of trees, the distance was too close. In fact, the flower bed where the blood was sprayed was a courtyard wall, so it was obviously unlikely that the guards would ignore it.

Dongdongdongdongdongdong... The sound of smashing the door came from the courtyard gate.

If the yard where the empresses live, the guards would be more polite, but this is an empty yard. The Imperial Guard is responsible for inspecting the security of the entire palace, so he naturally knows where there are people living. This place has always been empty, and there are only a few servants responsible for cleaning, so they naturally don’t have to be polite.

A Xiang, who had been waiting behind the door for a long time, did not open the door immediately, but listened quietly to the movement outside the door.

After smashing the yard a few times, no one answered. The guard who smashed the door turned to see the captain who led the team.

The captain was decisive and waved his hand and said, "Breaking the door open." The first priority of the Imperial Army was to protect the safety of the royal palace, and the others were secondary. Moreover, they were still searching for assassins.

When A Xiang, who had prepared a lot, heard that the door was going to smash the door outside, he quickly tidied up his clothes. Instead of doing it, he made it look like he was in a hurry to put it on. Then the guards outside opened the yard at the last moment they smashed the door.

Pretending to be confused, A Xiang looked at the guard in front of her and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Assassin has been infiltrated, we have to scan and let go of the side and not stop it." The captain was a little impatient and directly pushed A Xiang away and let the guards behind him rush in. A Xiang wanted to stop him, but he did not dare to use his cultivation level. He had no choice but to shout a few words to remind Tianyouren to come in.

The captain didn't think much about it, and still forced A Xiang between the corner of the wall and the door, and asked directly: "Which palace do you belong to? Where are the waist cards? How many people are there in this yard?" The captain was also very alert. He would not trust anyone without confirming his identity. He should not really think that A Xiang was a palace maid just wearing a palace maid. Before he could prove his identity, anyone might be an assassin.

A Xiang is a genuine palace maid, so naturally she will not be discovered, but it is not her who really has to worry about.

The guards rushed into the yard, then immediately spread out and began to search around, and soon met several other servants who had just gotten up. However, when they knocked open the door of the central building, they saw an empty room. There were only six rooms on the two-story building, and they were all connected, which was indefinitely impossible to hide.

After all, this is a palace. The guards could not flip around like soldiers and bandits searching their homes. They could only open up all the places where they could hide. They turned around and prepared to exit without finding anything. However...

Time was too hasty, and A Xiang and Tianyou didn't have time to confess with others in the yard. So unfortunately, a guard asked for a different confession from the servant.

The servants didn't know that Tianyou and the others hid, so they naturally told the guards that there were four guests living in the small building, but the actual situation was that there was no one in the room. In addition, the four guests were not included in what A Xiang said before, so there was a conflict.

It is unlikely that low-level subordinates would lie on such matters, so the captain's first reaction was that A Xiang lies.

"Tell me. Are you an assassin? What about the four people in the room? Are they just assassins?" The captain grabbed A Xiang's neck and lifted her up. Although A Xiang was stronger than him, she could only pretend to be weak and did not dare to struggle too hard.

"Ahem... let me down, listen to me!"

There is no conclusion yet, and the captain dared not do too much, and the other party said it was necessary, so he did not continue to pinch A Xiang, but let her fall to the ground.

"Tell me, who are you? Where are the people in the room?"

A Xiang did not answer his question immediately, but pretended to cough and relieved a little. In fact, she was taking this opportunity to think of a countermeasure. However, the captain was obviously also a master of torture. He knew that he could not give her time, so he immediately grabbed A Xiang's neck again, but he didn't use too much force, just to ensure that A Xiang was controlled and could speak exactly.

"You... let me go."

The captain not only did not let go, but instead increased his strength a little. He shouted viciously: "If you don't say anything, I'll strangle you to death."

"People...are taken away by the princess."

As soon as he heard the princess, the captain's hand was unconsciously relieved, but he would not let A Xiang go so simply. "Tell me, which princess?"

"It's Mrs. Ji!"

"Princess Ji Yao?" The concubine of the King of Chu was not given a title. She usually directly called the full name and the suffix of the princess, or used the two words "Madam Jia" by the princess. The two represent different closeness and alienation relationships, so A Xiang can call her Madam Ji, and the lieutenant can only call her Princess.

Among these princesses of the King of Chu, Ji Yao is obviously an exception. Although she is a princess, her identity is special. Even the King of Chu cannot be said to be completely above Ji Yao. So when she heard that it was Ji Yao, the captain immediately became weak.

After letting go of Axiang's neck, the captain calmed down and asked, "Are you the Princess Ji Yao's man?"

A Xiang gave the captain a angrily glance and said, "Have you seen the waist card?"

"I thought... I thought..." A Xiang's waist card only means that she serves Ji Yao, but it does not mean that she must be Ji Yao's person. After all, Ji Yao's identity determines that there are many people under her, and most of them may not have an impression of Ji Yao. Such people are really not considered Ji Yao's person.

A Xiang has now cleared her mind and is no longer timid. She put her waist on her waist and said viciously: "There are indeed four noble people living there, all of whom are guests brought back by Mrs. Ji from Zixiao Palace. She will rest in there for a while. In the evening, the lady sent someone to pick them up."

"Then why don't they know?"

"It's the wife's meaning, let's not speak out."

The captain wanted to ask why he was sneaky, but he was very smart. It would be useless to ask if he knew, because as long as A Xiang said, "How do I know? If you have the ability, you can ask Mrs. Ji." He would be speechless. After all, Ji Yao's identity was there, and even if he really wanted to ask, he could only ask the general of their Imperial Guard to confirm it indirectly. It was impossible to really ask this matter directly. Anyway, he couldn't handle this matter.

When the matter came here, I couldn't continue asking. The lieutenant could only secretly ask someone to go to Ji Yao to find someone to ask if A Xiang was Ji Yao's person, and also inform them of the general. After all, this matter involves Princess Ji Yao, so it's not something he can handle.

Although I believed A Xiang's words for the time being, the captain did not leave, but went around the house in person.

At this time, Tianyou squatted on the beam of the middle hall on the second floor, listening to the captain talking to Axiang at the stairs on the first floor. Before that, several groups of guards had passed by them, and one of them jumped up to see it alertly. Unfortunately, Hu Qingxuan's illusion was too perfect, and the man was less than four feet away from Tianyou. He opened his eyes and looked left and right, but he didn't notice the four of them.

However, at this moment, Tianyou suddenly heard the captain say again: "Did the guests live there before?"

Ah Xiang nodded. "Yes. But there is no one anymore."

"You were sleeping before. If an assassin came in, you couldn't hear it. It would be better to check it carefully."

A Xiang knew that she could not act too deliberately, otherwise she would be able to see the flaws. In addition, the guards had already been there many times before, but they did not find Tianyou and the others, so A Xiang instinctively felt that nothing was wrong, so she did not stop the captain. Instead, she said deliberately: "I think it's really scary now, so I'd better check it out more, but don't hide the assassin."

The captain was indeed deceived when he heard this. He felt that Ah Xiang was not hiding the assassin, but he said everything and it was not appropriate not to go up and take a look. So, the captain finally came up.
To be continued...