The Poisonous Consort, the Regent's Beloved

Chapter 180 Paying Respects to Your Excellency

Now, she was certain that the other person was the mysterious princess.

Si Yu deftly sheathed her two longswords, knelt on one knee, and said respectfully, "Your subordinate Si Yu greets the Princess."

Su Fuying was taken aback by this sudden turn of events, but quickly recovered, slung her sword behind her back, and rushed forward to help Si Yu up, asking in a low voice, "Has something happened to him?"

"he?"

Si Yu hesitated for a moment before answering, "Your Highness..."

However, before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a series of messy and heavy footsteps.

Immediately following was the sound of their armor clashing together.

"Who is where!"

A soldier went to investigate upon hearing the noise, but found nothing unusual.

At this moment, a middle-aged man named Commander Chen stepped forward, his eyes sharp as an eagle, searching back and forth.

Finally, his gaze settled on a brand-new scratch on the tree trunk.

"Commander, have you found anything?"

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, his subordinates tentatively asked.

Commander Chen withdrew his gaze. "Perhaps I misheard. Let's withdraw the troops."

Another group of people began to retreat, and after they left, the street returned to its previous silence.

The two men in black on the tree exchanged a glance and then made no further move, waiting like this for about half an hour.

Finally, two figures emerged from the corner of the back street.

"Commander, there's really no one here. We've been waiting for so long, someone must have been discovered long ago."

The entourage looked at the street that stretched as far as the eye could see. When they retreated, Commander Chen had instructed them to place men at both ends of the street.

I was prepared to wait patiently, but after half an hour, I still hadn't seen anyone. It was obvious that either the person had already left, or there was no one there at all.

Commander Chen's gaze fell menacingly on the scratches on the tree trunk. Reluctantly, he turned and waved, signaling to retreat.

"There was someone there. I could hear the fighting so loudly, but unfortunately he got away."

As he spoke, he pounded his fist into his palm, looking extremely unwilling.

"But Commander, we've been waiting here for a long time. If anyone were here, they would have come out by now."

One of his men couldn't help but raise a question.

Commander Chen frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Perhaps he hasn't left yet, but has just hidden himself even deeper."

"So what should we do now? Continue the search?" another subordinate asked.

Commander Chen shook his head: "No need, let's go back to the camp first."

After saying that, he turned and led his men away from the street.

Meanwhile, in a corner of the backstreet, a dark figure silently watched their departing backs, a cold smile playing on his lips…

After everyone left, Su Fuying stared at the tree for a long time, then gently shook off the fallen leaves, and with a nimble flip, leaped down from the tree.

Seeing this, Si Yu jumped down as well, standing steadily to the side. He looked at Su Fuying with a firm gaze and said:

"Look, the Regent's Palace is now completely surrounded by the Imperial Guards. It's not that I won't let you in, but once you're inside, it will be very difficult to get out."

Su Fuying crossed her arms, her brows furrowed slightly, lost in thought. "Why did it suddenly turn out like this?"

Logically speaking, now that the regent has passed away, what is the purpose of surrounding the mansion? She really couldn't understand the reason.

Si Yu took a deep breath and slowly explained, "Today in court, the Grand Tutor requested the Emperor's decree to search the Regent's Palace, with the aim of finding the Black Armor Token in the Prince's possession."

"What about others?"

Su Fuying raised an eyebrow and asked, this was what she was most concerned about right now.

"he?"

Si Yu glanced at Su Fuying with a puzzled look, but quickly realized that she was referring to the prince.

He was startled; Princess Yongle seemed to have no respect for the prince whatsoever.

However, when Si Nan and Si Kong mentioned her, their tone was full of respect.

Therefore, Si Yu immediately changed his attitude, his tone becoming more respectful and cautious: "This subordinate does not know."

"I don't know?"

Su Fuying turned to the side, carefully examining Si Yu, then suddenly laughed: "What can I do to him? Why are you all so afraid of me?"

"My subordinates dare not."

Si Yu was terrified and was about to kneel down again. Su Fuying quickly reached out to support her and stopped her from kneeling: "Alright, don't kneel anymore."

If you don't tell me, I'll go ask Shadow Two what's going on.

After all, Shadow Two is still lying in her mansion. If all else fails, she can go directly to the Shadowless Palace to find someone; she'll eventually find the answer.

Upon hearing the name "Shadow Two," Si Yu suddenly became quite excited: "Shadow Two? Is he alright?"

"He's not bad. If you have time, you can come and visit him at my princess's residence."

Su Fuying withdrew her gaze and prepared to turn and leave.

At this moment, Si Yu suddenly spoke up: "Princess, Ying Er won't know."

Su Fuying paused slightly, stopped in her tracks, turned around and looked at Si Yu with a curious expression on her face.

"The Shadowless Palace doesn't know either?"

She suddenly felt a little impatient. Why didn't he just tell her where he was going and what he was doing? Why did he have to make her ask around?

"You...you're going to ask at the Shadowless Palace?"

Si Yu's expression changed, and her tone became somewhat anxious, "They can't say it either."

"You can't even get any information out of this?"

Su Fuying turned around and took out the black token from her bosom.

"This...this is...your subordinate greets Your Majesty."

Si Yu's eyes widened, her body trembled, and she knelt down with a thud, her attitude extremely sincere.

Su Fuying looked bewildered, her lips twitching slightly: ......

"He merely entrusted it to me for safekeeping; I am not some kind of superior."

She quickly put her things away and explained in a serious tone that she didn't want to be that kind of person.

"Princess, whoever holds this Shadowless Token is the supreme ruler. The Prince gave you this token without explaining the details to you?"

Si Yu raised her head, her eyes filled with doubt and confusion, but she finally suppressed her shock and explained.

Su Fuying was stunned for a moment; she seemed to have never thought about the significance of this thing in depth.