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Chapter 281 Alley Distress (Part [-])
A row of tall red sandalwood bookshelves stood beside the wall, and the shelves were full of books. Next to the bookshelves stood a large floor-to-ceiling Ru kiln vase with several Qinghe flowers inserted in the vase.Looking around, I saw a book that was not standing firmly and fell on the shelf. I don't know if it fell down just now, or it was not arranged properly from the beginning.

Shen Chuhan frowned suspiciously, listened attentively, but there was no sound again, as if the strange noise just now was just an illusion.

A fine icy coldness floated between the eyes.

He turned his head to look at Emperor Zhao, but caught a trace of panic in Emperor Zhao's eyes at the right time, and suspicion suddenly arose in his heart.

So, Emperor Zhao also heard that sound just now?
He drooped his long eyelashes calmly, frowned lightly and said, "Did you hear me, father?"

Emperor Zhao came back to his senses, closed his eyes and turned his eyes, his face had returned to calm, "What did you hear?"

Shen Chuhan stared at him for a moment, then suddenly, he raised his lips and smiled slightly, his face was filled with calm, "It's nothing." He shook his head lightly, as if having fun.

Emperor Zhao glanced at him quickly, and said, "You mean the sound of books falling just now? I haven't asked Wang Xi to come in to tidy up the bookcase recently, and the books are a bit messy." He explained to himself.

Shen Chuhan let out an "oh" and didn't say much.

Emperor Zhao glanced at him again, clenched his fist, and said in a slightly hasty tone, "Okay, I called you here today, just to remind you, as long as you know what's in your mind. Anyway, you I have seen the performance during this period of time, don't worry, I am the most fair, and what should belong to you will definitely be yours in the end."

Shen Chuhan curled his lips into a smile, and responded coolly, "My son understands, please rest assured, father."

"Okay." Emperor Zhao got up and looked down at him, "Then you can go back today, I know you are very busy these days, and you should spend more time with Qinghuan and Yijia when you have time."

"Yes." Shen Chuhan followed suit and stood up, bowing his head in agreement.

Emperor Zhao looked outside the hall and raised the volume, "Wang Xi."

"The old slave is here." Wang Xi responded and entered through the curtain.

"Send the prince out of the palace." He said, after a pause, he emphasized, "Be sure to send the prince out of the palace in person."

"Yes." Wang Xi looked at Shen Chuhan and bowed, "My lord, please."

Shen Chuhan nodded, and walked towards the outside of the hall. The moment he turned around, his eyes fell on the wall just now, and there was a strange color in his eyes, which flew across like a meteor.

Watching Shen Chuhan's figure disappear from sight, Emperor Zhao heaved a sigh of relief, his tense nerves relaxed, his body softened, he sat down with the help of the table, took a few sips of the tea cup in front of him, deep eyes undercurrent.

Suddenly, he put the teacup down abruptly, and shot his sharp and cold eyes towards the row of bookshelves, his eyes seemed to be red with anger.

"Come on." He said in a dark voice.

A small inner waiter on duty in the outer hall entered with a voice.

Emperor Zhao looked over, "Everyone go out, don't let anyone in without my order."

"Yes." The waiter backed down.

Hearing the sound of the heavy door of the outer hall being closed, Emperor Zhao narrowed his eyes, got up abruptly, and walked towards the row of bookshelves.When he reached the bookshelf, he stopped and stared at it deeply for a moment, then suddenly reached out his hand, and turned the large floor-to-ceiling Ru kiln vase on the side.

The row of bookshelves in front of me suddenly parted from the middle and moved to the left and right, revealing a dark hole in the middle.

Emperor Zhao's face darkened, and he stepped in.

The moment he entered the cave, the sunlight from the window came in and hit half of his face. In the fine light, the expression in the corner of his eyes showed a bit of coldness and strangeness.

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Shen Chuhan came out of Emperor Zhao's bedroom, looked at Wang Xi and said, "You don't need to send it off, Eunuch Wang, I will go out of the palace myself."

Wang Xi smiled courteously, "My lord, you heard it just now, the emperor ordered this old slave to send you out of the palace, I dare not neglect you."

Shen Chuhan gave him a cool look, but didn't speak.

Wang Xi felt a little guilty when he saw it.But he is Emperor Zhao's confidant, so he naturally knows that Emperor Zhao doesn't trust Shen Chuhan and Jun Che much now, since Emperor Zhao specifically emphasized that he should personally send Shen Chuhan out of the palace, it is impossible for him to send Shen Chuhan here and then go back.

Being looked at by Shen Chuhan like this, he suddenly felt a chill go down his spine, and he didn't dare to look at him again, he just smiled embarrassingly, "Please."

Shen Chuhan withdrew his gaze, raised his steps and continued to walk forward.

Wang Xishu breathed a sigh of relief and followed.

After sending Shen Chuhan out of the palace, Wang Xi bowed and retreated.

The carriage of King Han's Mansion was parked at the gate of the palace, and Mu Bai was driving the carriage. Seeing that Shen Chuhan had finally come out, he jumped down to meet him, "My lord, is there any delay?"

"I was called away by Emperor Zhao." Shen Chuhan said indifferently, and got into the carriage with his robe lifted. "Let's go back home."

"Yes." Mu Bai agreed, flicked his whip, and the carriage started slowly, heading towards Prince Han's Mansion.

Shen Chuhan sat in the car, his expression as cold as frost and snow, his eyes fixed on the shaking car curtain, and he seemed a little lost in thought.

With flustered eyes and guilty attitude, Emperor Zhao couldn't help but think about this series of actions.Originally, without his reactions, Shen Chuhan might not have been so suspicious of the source of the strange noise, but now, he suddenly became suspicious in his heart.

Is there something behind that wall, behind that row of bookshelves?That's why Emperor Zhao showed a moment of panic?
Thinking of this, he opened the curtain.

Mu Bai turned his head in surprise, "Master?"

"The eyeliner in the palace, is there any news recently?"

Mu Bai shook his head, "No abnormalities have been detected for the time being."

Shen Chuhan leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice and said, "Send someone to watch Emperor Zhao's bedroom all day. If there is a chance, send someone to sneak in and find out if there is anything unusual around the row of bookshelves in the inner hall."

Mu Bai frowned slightly, "Young Master, what did you find out today?"

Shen Chuhan said "Mmm", and a gloomy tone drifted into Mubai's ears, "I suspect that there is some secret room in Emperor Zhao's bedroom that is not known to the public, and find a way to find it out."

Mu Bai was startled, and quickly nodded in response, "Young master, don't worry, the subordinates will definitely ask someone to investigate as soon as possible."

"Well, there's also... Rong Zheng who asked you to check last time, is there any news?"

"For the time being, I haven't found any information that may endanger the young lady, so I haven't reported it to the young master." Mu Bai responded.

Shen Chuhan said thoughtfully, "Well", "What's the situation with her?"

"Miss Rong is the first daughter of the Rong family, ranking third. But..." Mu Bai paused slightly, then said hesitantly, "There have been rumors that Miss Rong is actually not the daughter of Mrs. Rong, but... but Rong." The master's illegitimate daughter was taken back when she was very young and brought up under the name of Mrs. Rong. But the strange thing is that Mrs. Rong treats Miss Rong very well, even better than Rong Er who is in front of Miss Rong Miss, over time, this rumor has faded away."

Shen Chuhan slightly raised his eyebrows, the brilliance in his eyes was faintly floating.

"How many sons and daughters does Master Rong have?" Shen Chuhan asked again.

"Mrs. Rong gave birth to a son and two daughters for him, and his two concubines clearly gave birth to a son and a daughter for him. Although the Rong family has separated now, Master Rong's family and the second and third bedrooms still live together. The old lady lives with the Rong family."

"En." Shen Chuhan responded lightly, the waves in his eyes calmed down, obviously he had no interest in the short stories of the Rong family's parents.

"How's her temperament?"

"According to the information obtained by my subordinates, Miss Rong has a calm temperament, gentle temperament, knowledgeable and sensible, and she is a good picker. Now she is almost in charge of the sound of the Chenxiang Pavilion under the name of the Rong family, and the business is booming. , Master Rong likes her very much."

"Okay." Shen Chuhan nodded, "On her side, remove the manpower, and don't follow her deliberately."

Since there is nothing wrong with finding out for the time being, he can't do too much. If Ah Wan finds out, he might think that he doesn't trust her, and he doesn't want to make her unhappy.In any case, the person who can get Ah Wan to see her in person should not be some treacherous person.

Just as he was about to put down the car curtain, Mu Bai looked at him hesitantly.

"What? Is there anything else to say?" Shen Chuhan asked.

Mu Bai grinned, and said hesitantly, "My lord, this...there is something, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Say." Shen Chuhan glanced at him and spoke lightly.

Mu Bai cleared his throat and organized his words, "Young Madam knows that you asked your subordinates to investigate Miss Rong." After saying this, he lowered his head guiltyly, not daring to look at Shen Chuhan.

The last time Song Qinghuan accompanied Song Qinghuan to play Chenxiang Pavilion, Song Qinghuan asked him this question. At that time, he wanted to tell Shen Chuhan, but he just kept the eyeliner in the palace behind the scenes, and he forgot about it for a while. Just thinking about it, I don't know how he will react.

Shen Chuhan was stunned for a moment, raised his eyebrows, his eyes darkened, and said to himself, "Ah Wan knows?" After he finished speaking, he laughed at himself, "Yes, Ah Wan is so smart, how could he be so smart? Can't guess what I'm going to do?"

He raised his eyes and fell on Mu Bai's side face, "What did Ah Wan say?"

"No... I didn't say anything, I just asked my subordinates to find out some information and send someone to tell her."

Shen Chuhan's brows relaxed, and the smile on the corner of his lips was complicated.

Ah Wan, Ah Wan, he shook his head helplessly, it seemed that he couldn't hide his thoughts from Ah Wan.But... fortunately, she doesn't seem to be angry?It seems that I have to find out her attitude when I go back.

"Got it." He raised his head slowly, retracted his hand, and put down the curtain.

After sending Shen Chuhan back to Prince Han's Mansion, Mu Bai went out again.

Since the young master said that he wanted to withdraw those people who were spying on Miss Rong, the two hidden guards who followed her could also withdraw.It just so happens that he has nothing to do now, so he will make a trip in person to inform them.

In the past, he seldom took part in these matters in person, but today he suddenly became interested. Although the reason he gave himself was that nothing happened, he also knew deep down that it seemed... There seemed to be some other reason.

Unexpectedly, that beautiful face like a lotus in clear water appeared in my mind, and my cheeks were a little hot.

Following the young master, he has seen many peerless beauties, but this girl Rong, for some reason, left him with a different feeling.

Shaking his head, he drove the thoughts out of his mind, practiced his skills, and walked quickly towards Rong's mansion.

When he arrived near Rong's mansion, he took out the signal flare and put it on, then waited in the alley.

Soon, two hidden guards jumped down from the roof without a sound, and landed in front of Mu Bai, "I have seen the pavilion master." Shen Chuhan's subordinates were divided into light and dark pavilions, and the Ming pavilion mainly trained Shen Chuhan's personal guards , the owner of the pavilion is Mubai, the people in the dark pavilion are mainly hidden guards who are in charge of intelligence spies, and the owner of the pavilion is Xuanying.

But the affairs of the light and dark pavilions often overlap, so the people in the dark pavilion also obey Mu Bai's orders.

"Where is Miss Rong now?" Mu Bai asked in a deep voice.

"If you go back to the pavilion master, you are still staying in the mansion, and you haven't left yet."

"Does she go out every day?"

"If there is no accident, Miss Rong will go to Chenxiang Pavilion to check the situation every day."

"Okay. The young master gave the order, you don't have to follow Miss Rong anymore, just retreat." Mu Bai looked at the two of them and ordered.

"Yes." The two hidden guards clasped their fists in response, "Leave me, my subordinate." As they spoke, with a "whoosh", the two figures quickly disappeared into the long and narrow alley.

Mu Bai paused for a moment, then walked towards the entrance of the alley.

As soon as he came out of the alley, he glanced at the carriage at the entrance of the Rong Mansion, frowned, and then dodged to hide in the alley again, leaning out slightly to observe the situation at the entrance of the Rong Mansion.

One person walked out of Rong's mansion, followed by a maid, and after a closer look, it was Rong Zheng.

Today she was wearing a light long skirt with pear blossom blue embroidery, and the hem of the skirt fluttered like clouds as she walked, which made her look a bit more out of the world.Walking in front of the carriage, the maid behind her opened the curtain for her and invited her into the carriage.

The curtain fell, the carriage started, and slowly drove past Mu Bai.

Mu Bai hid in the alley, leaned out after the carriage left, looked at the direction the carriage was leaving, and for some reason, unexpectedly, he moved his feet and followed silently.

The carriage drove out of the alley where Rong's mansion was located, and headed towards Chenxiang Pavilion, passing another relatively secluded alley in the middle.

Mu Bai followed closely behind, but fortunately the carriage was not driving fast, so he only used [-]% of his energy to keep up with the speed of the carriage.

When entering the second alley, the speed of the carriage slowed down because the alley was narrow.

Mu Bai didn't dare to get too close, for fear of being discovered by the coachman, he looked around at the entrance of the alley, and just about to jump onto the roof, he suddenly heard the neighing of a horse in front of him.

He grimaced and looked forward.

But for some reason, Rong Zheng's carriage stopped in the middle of the alley, and the neighing just now was the sound of the carriage being forced to stop.

He frowned slightly, tapped his toes lightly, jumped onto the roof lightly, and swept his eyes down the alley.

Looking at this, I couldn't help but secretly startled.

It turned out that at some point in front of the carriage, there were three more men, holding sharp knives, with wretched faces, staring at the driver outside the carriage with malicious intent.

Mubai leaned his body on his back and walked silently for a while, crawled down on the roof, fixed his eyes, and watched the situation in the alley motionlessly.

The coachman had obviously never seen such a battle, he was terrified, and trembling for a long time he did not speak.

A clear voice came from inside the car, "Uncle Liu, why did you stop suddenly?"

The coachman, who was called Uncle Liu, managed to regain his senses, and said tremblingly, "Miss...someone...someone is blocking the road ahead."

The three men were playing with sharp knives and getting closer.

The curtain of the carriage behind him was lifted, and one person leaned out from the carriage, it was the little maid next to Rongzheng, "Uncle Liu, who is blocking the way..." Before he finished speaking, he saw the carriage and saw the malicious three The man shrieked in fright and retreated into the carriage.

"Little... Miss..." She could vaguely hear her frightened voice, "Outside...outside..." She talked for a long time without saying anything, her eyes were round and her face was pale with fright.

Rongzheng immediately sensed something was wrong, frowned, and turned sideways to look out. This time, he met one of them with malicious and evil eyes, and was shocked in his heart.

"Who are you?" She took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and said in a deep voice.

A man gave a lewd smile, and his eyes lingered unscrupulously on her face, "The girl is really beautiful, come down and let my brother take a good look at it?"

While talking, the three of them got closer, one of them grabbed the coachman by the collar and threw him to the ground with his hand.

Rong Zheng's heartbeat stopped, and he blocked the maid behind him, trying to maintain a calm face.

"Girl, come down first. Get out of the car, let's have a good talk." A man looked wretched.

"What exactly do you want? Do you want money? I can give it to you when I go back." Rong Zheng's expression changed slightly, but she also knew that this alley is relatively secluded, and it is rare for a person to come. If she wants to wait for reinforcements, is it right? possible.

Right now she is trapped in this carriage, in a dilemma, and the situation is really difficult.

"We don't want money, we just want to have a good talk with pretty girls."

The maid behind her was so frightened that she couldn't scream, she just leaned tremblingly in a corner of the carriage, tightly clutching the corner of Rongzheng's clothes, "Miss, don't... don't go down, if you go down, they will definitely... "

Before the words fell, one person showed an expression of impatience, waved his hand, and saw a silver light flash, the dagger was released from his hand, and quickly pierced into the carriage.

(End of this chapter)