Chapter 312

Leaving the Second Prince's sleeping quarters, Xu Que unleashed his movement technique, speeding along the way, and quietly slipped out of the Imperial Palace, appearing beside a main street.

Just as he was preparing to head back, he suddenly paused, as if remembering something, and abruptly slapped his forehead, his face full of annoyance.

"Damn it, I left in such a hurry, I forgot to go take a stroll through the Empress Dowager's sleeping quarters!"

Xu Que raised an eyebrow, turned around, and prepared to enter the palace again to sweep through the Empress Dowager's quarters, and by the way, see what she looks like in person.

If she really is as beautiful as a celestial being, then I'll definitely have to criticize her properly!

How are you teaching your grandson?

Do you know that your grandson is secretly collecting certain items?

You are poisoning the youth! From now on, things like this should be handed over to me for safekeeping...

Xu Que confirmed the direction of his criticism and prepared to enter the palace again!

However, just as he turned around, several fine horses approached from not far down the street, followed by a group of guards and a carriage; it was precisely the Second Prince's group.

This cunning Second Fatty, in order to stall for time, actually took so long to travel such a short distance; isn't he intentionally fooling this King of Acting Cool?

Hehe!

Didn't you lie to me saying your sleeping quarters were penniless?

How could this King of Acting Cool let you break your word? Wait a moment and watch the show!

Xu Que chuckled, hurriedly concealed his aura, quietly sneaked to the back of the procession, and while no one was paying attention, with a flash, he slipped into the carriage.

The servant driving the carriage seemed to sense something, hurriedly turned his head, looked back with a face full of confusion, and asked suspiciously, "Young Master Xu, are you alright?"

"I'm not alright! Stop the carriage immediately!"

Xu Que shouted from inside the carriage.

The voice was somewhat loud, and even the Second Prince in front heard it. He immediately frowned, waved his hand impatiently, and the procession, which was already moving slowly, stopped immediately.

Everyone also turned their heads to look at Xu Que's carriage, all waiting to see what kind of trouble this guy was going to cause again.

"Young Master Xu, what's the matter?"

The servant also hurriedly pulled on the reins and asked confusedly.

Xu Que lifted the carriage curtain, jumped down, and said indifferently, "You guys are moving so slowly, it's not interesting at all. Forget it, I don't want the mansion or any gold and silver treasures anymore. As for those three thousand beauties, let them go the same way they came. Goodbye!"

After saying this, Xu Que turned and left.

The Second Prince and the others were suddenly stunned, somewhat bewildered.

What is this guy doing?

He suddenly said he wasn't going, and he didn't even want any of the things?

Did he suddenly have a change of heart?

This is strange, this is too strange!

"Xu Que, what kind of tricks are you trying to play?"

The Second Prince remembered that the written note hadn't been retrieved yet and immediately shouted loudly.

"Am I the kind of person who likes to play tricks? Don't be ridiculous. You guys are moving so slowly, there must be a conspiracy. Even if I go, I'll definitely gain nothing, so why waste time! Here, take your note back!"

Xu Que waved his hand, crumpled the note into a ball, and threw it toward the Second Prince.

"Don't thank me, I'm going home to write in my diary, goodbye!"

Xu Que walked away.

The Second Prince felt a wave of confusion and bewilderment in his heart. After receiving the paper ball, he hurriedly unfolded it to check, and was suddenly stunned.

This was actually the note he had written himself.

How could this be?

Why did Xu Que suddenly change his temperament so much, as if he had become a good person!

He actually returned the note so easily?

Could it be that he had a sudden epiphany in the carriage just now?

"Your Highness, in this old servant's opinion, this brat must be getting close to the Imperial Palace and has started to get scared!"

At this moment, the Second Prince's personal old eunuch laughed in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, the Second Prince immediately reacted and suddenly gave a playful laugh: "So that's it. At first, I was surprised that he was so bold as to dare to enter the palace with me, but now it seems it was just a moment of bravado!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

The old eunuch hurriedly flattered him.

The Second Prince gave a cold laugh, stared fixedly at Xu Que's departing back, and said coldly: "The Imperial Palace is full of experts; it's only natural that he's afraid. However... this doesn't mean I'll let him off. Go and arrange for some men; before the Imperial Mausoleum trial ends, I want to see his corpse!"

"Yes!"

The old eunuch hurriedly responded!

Afterward, the group marched into the palace in a grand and imposing manner!

However, at this time, the Imperial Palace was already in chaos; many guards were searching everywhere, and major sleeping quarters had also added many men to stand guard.

After the Second Prince and the others entered the palace, they sensed something was wrong and hurriedly stopped a pair of guards to ask: "What happened in the palace?"

When the guards saw it was the Second Prince, they hurriedly knelt on one knee, cupped their hands, and said: "Reporting to the Second Prince, half an hour ago, an assassin appeared in the palace and knocked out a young eunuch in the Qinxiang Palace!"

"Qinxiang Palace? Isn't that the Empress Dowager's sleeping quarters?"

The Second Prince immediately frowned, his eyes flickering slightly.

The guard nodded and said: "Yes, it is rumored that the assassin asked about the locations of several sleeping quarters from that young eunuch, but the young eunuch suspects that the assassin is targeting the Empress Dowager. We have already added more men to strictly guard the major sleeping quarters."

After hearing this, the Second Prince's face immediately turned gloomy, his fists clenched tightly, and he said in a deep voice: "These petty thieves are truly bold and reckless. Send more men to the Empress Dowager's place; I will personally go to protect the Empress Dowager's safety later!"

"Yes!"

The guard hurriedly took the order and retreated in a hurry.

But the Second Prince always felt that something was not quite right, and he led his men in a rush toward his own sleeping quarters.

However, when the Second Prince and the old eunuch stepped into the sleeping quarters, they were stunned for a moment and retreated in unison.

"Presumptuous, how are you leading the way? Have you forgotten where my sleeping quarters are?" the Second Prince said angrily.

Because this sleeping quarter was too unfamiliar; it was empty inside, just like an abandoned palace with no one living in it.

Empty!

The coral trees that were originally placed casually, as well as precious decorations like agate, could not be seen at all.

Not to mention the various auxiliary treasures beneficial for cultivation, such as the incense burner burning overseas Dragon Saliva Incense that could calm the mind, the chairs made of overseas Fragrant Nanmu, and the Cold Jade Bed naturally formed from thousand-year cold jade...

These were all treasures that the Second Prince had collected over many years through various means, but now... not a single one could be seen.

So, it's no wonder that when the Second Prince walked here, he couldn't recognize that this was his own sleeping quarter at all.

The old eunuch was also startled, hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and shouted: "This old servant is guilty, Your Highness, please calm your anger!"

Just at this moment, several eunuchs in the palace heard the commotion, ran out one after another, and said with joyful faces, preparing to claim credit: "Greetings, Your Highness, we have handled the matters you ordered!"

"The matters I ordered?"

The Second Prince was stunned.

"Yes, didn't you issue a secret order for us to put away the supreme treasures in the sleeping quarters?" several eunuchs said.

The old eunuch kneeling on the ground suddenly remembered that he had indeed issued a secret order just now!

But... this damn thing was cleaned out too thoroughly, right?

No!

Is this called clean?

This is simply leaving nothing behind!