Royal Palace.

Imperial Study Room.

Emperor Jiawen looked at the booklet in his hand, and the more he looked, his brows became tighter and tighter. Finally, he threw the thing aside with a "pop".

"Chu Ning, I asked you to search Qijiao Alley with all your strength, and you will only find these useless things?"

Chu Ning, who stood with respect and bowed his hands, immediately knelt down and said:

"Your Majesty, I have used all the useful relationships and means, but at present, they can only be found. Although there are hundreds of white bones in Qijiao Alley, except for the ability to identify them, they are all cultivators, no other information about their identities can be found. Anything that can reveal their identities seems to have been dealt with specifically and cannot be found at all. Even... Except for the corpse that is still hanging, there is not even a piece of clothing on other white bones."

People who do these things are obviously very cautious.

Chu Ning has been sleepless these days and has even dug three feet into Qijiao Alley, but there is no other breakthrough except for piles of white bones.

Emperor Jiawen rubbed his eyebrows irritably.

He knew that this matter was not that simple and could be found out. It was useless to sit here and do it in a hurry, but as soon as he thought of the bronze jar stained with dry dark red blood, he was full of worry.

Chu Ning glanced at Emperor Jiawen and continued:

"Refusing to investigate, the Queen goes to Qijiao Alley every two months on average. The action is very hidden and only stays there for a short period of time at a time. So for such a long time, no one has ever discovered it."

Emperor Jiawen's face was very gloomy.

In fact, he had personally interrogated the queen several times, but the queen was very strict and said from beginning to end that everything was done by her, but she never mentioned whether it was prepared for Rong Jin, let alone why it was like this.

In the middle, with the tacit approval of Emperor Jiawen, the people below even punished the queen, but still did not get any useful clues.

As soon as he thought of the queen cheating him for so many years without even notice, he felt a chill running through his feet and his forehead, making him shudder.

"Tu tuk."

"Your Majesty, the Third Highness asks for your meeting."

Eunuch Min said carefully outside.

"Let him in."

Emperor Jiawen took a deep breath, looked at Rong Jiu who was pushing the door and asked:

"What news is there on your side?"

As soon as Rong Jiu came in, he saw Chu Ning kneeling on the ground and realized that he should have found something without tea.

He saluted respectfully first, and then said slowly:

"My son interrogated all the servants in the Empress Palace in person, and it might be useful to get some news."

Emperor Jiawen finally got some spirit:

"Speak quickly!"

Rong Jiu said:

"According to the Queen's personal maid's instructions, the Queen kept a box herself and never allowed anyone to touch it. Every once in a while, the Queen would lock herself in the bedroom. At first, the palace people didn't care, but later a eunuch accidentally broke in and finally found that the Queen was inside, as if she was looking at the things in the box."

Emperor Jiawen thought for a moment:

"What box is it that makes her value so much? Why don't I know?"

Rong Jiu sneered in his heart.

There is no relationship between Emperor Jiawen and the Empress, especially Emperor Jiawen. He is afraid that he has not even put one tenth of his mind on the Empress.

If he had ever cared about the queen, he would not let the queen do so many messy things under his nose.

The queen frequently went in and out of Qijiao Alley, and even kept hunting practitioners to accumulate strength for the bronze jar. Emperor Jiawen didn't know, let alone a small box?

It is too simple to hide from Emperor Jiawen.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh at himself.

It is precisely because of this that the queen killed his mother quietly, but never received any punishment she deserved!

Emperor Jiawen was not much better than his mother!

Rong Jiu suppressed his emotions and his face felt calm.

"This minister did not ask. After all, the palace people dare not ask about the Queen's things. But... the eunuch who accidentally discovered this matter fell into the lake and drowned. After that, the people in the Queen's palace kept silent about this matter."

This time, he also used some means to finally ask this point.

"My son thinks that if you can find that box, many problems should be solved."

Emperor Jiawen looked solemn.

"You mean, that box is related to the matter in Qijiao Alley?"

"This is just Erchen's guess. If there are no other clues at present, this is the only feasible path."

Emperor Jiawen thought for a moment and felt that what he said was quite reasonable.

"Since that's the case, Rong Jiu, go find the queen and ask her to hand over the things!"

Rong Jiu hesitated for a moment:

"Father, since the Empress valued that box so much, she should not hand it over easily..."

"Tell her that if she handed it over honestly, I might be able to give Rong Jin a chance. If she is stubborn, let her think about it herself!"

A cold light that was hard to detect was flashed through Rong Jiu's eyes.

"My son follows the order."

After saying that, he quickly surrendered.

Emperor Jiawen glanced at Chu Ning helplessly.

"Chu Ning, you have to hurry up. If it really doesn't work, start from other aspects! Check all the people who have had close contacts with the Queen and Rong Jin before!"

"yes!"

Only when Chu Ning retreated did Emperor Jiawen relax and lean into the chair.

Chu Ning is good at everything, but only one thing is - there is not enough means.

In comparison, Rong Jiu's work efficiency is much higher.

After all, it was trained by the Northwest Army...

Thinking of this, Emperor Jiawen felt a little uncomfortable again.

He had never thought of leaving his position to Rong Jiu before, because he really couldn't like this son, and his murderous aura was too heavy, which sometimes even made Emperor Jiawen a little afraid.

But now it seems... Rong Jin is absolutely unable to do it. Among the remaining princes, Rong Jiu has become the most suitable one.

Even if you are cruel and killing, it is better than cowardly and incompetent.

pity...

Emperor Jiawen sighed, as if he had become tired in his teenagers in an instant.

If Rong Xiu had a big body...

...

Queen's bedroom.

The once bustling prosperity disappeared in a blink of an eye, but now it is a cold and lonely place, leaving only a lot of guards, trapping the queen here.

When Situ Xingchen arrived here, his heart couldn't help but be shocked.

Emperor Jiawen actually hated the queen and was so cautious...

A guard saw Situ Xingchen and immediately stepped forward:

"Princess Situ, please stop. Your Majesty has an order that no one can get close to here!"

Situ Xingchen took out a token from his sleeve, giving the princess a majestic posture:

"This princess is here on order."

The guard glanced at him and recognized that it was indeed His Majesty's token, and quickly moved away:

"Princess Situ, please!"
Chapter completed!