Chapter 96 Alarming the Emperor
The bad news is that Hu Mianmian is lost.

The good news is that the white tiger boy follows her.

Xiao Jingli dragged the knocked-out assassins and followed behind Hu Mianmian.

"Do you know the way?" Finally, Xiao Jingli couldn't bear it anymore and asked.

Hu Mianmian was furious and jumped up and down in anger.

"I did remember it, but you always disrupted my thoughts and made me forget it. Now we are lost, what do you say we should do?"

Xiao Jingli was so angry that he almost laughed.

She didn't remember the way back in the first place, and now she blames him?
"The little fox from Qingqiu is actually a person with poor sense of direction." He sneered in amusement.

Hu Mianmian clenched her fist and said, "Don't laugh. If you remember the way, take me back."

Xiao Jingli shrugged, his handsome face full of calmness.

"I don't remember either. I seldom leave my palace."

As he said that, he pursed his lips and said, "There's someone in front, ask him."

Hu Mianmian looked ahead and saw that the man was wearing brocade clothes, but he looked strange.

He leaned against the wall, gasping for breath, but no sound came out.

His whole face turned red like liver.

"Xiao Li, that person is so weird."

"I told you not to call me Xiaoli!" Xiao Jingli retorted irritably, "Please, I'll go take a look."

After he put the tied assassin at the corner, he walked towards the man, and Hu Mianmian hurriedly followed him on her little feet.

When I got closer, I realized that the man seemed to be having trouble breathing.

Seeing Xiao Jingli and Hu Mianmian coming, he just kept pointing at his throat with a painful look on his face.

Hu Mianmian reacted immediately and exclaimed: "He is stuck with something, help him!"

Xiao Jingli was stunned: "How can I help? Didn't you forbid me to kill anyone?"

Hu Mianmian held her forehead with her little hand.

Why is this white tiger so stupid?

In his eyes, helping this man end his suffering is the same as killing him?

Hu Mianmian said anxiously: "Help him see if he can spit out the thing stuck in his throat."

Xiao Jingli stepped forward and punched the man on the back.

The other party let out a "wow" and spat out blood, at the same time he also spat out a whole green date.

Hu Mianmian was surprised: "Wow, you really saved him, but with this punch from you, I think he will lose the half life he just saved."

Xiao Jingli loosened his wrist and said coldly: "You asked me to hit you."

The man lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

Hu Mianmian looked at him.

This person's clothes are quite distinctive, like those of the nomadic people in the northern border.

He was probably in his early thirties, tall and strong, with a moustache that made his square face look particularly stern.

"Why are you hiding here eating dates by yourself? If you hadn't met us, you would have been dead."

The man got up, leaned against the wall for a while, raised his head, and looked over with a hint of caution in his eyes.

Even though Hu Mianmian and the others had just saved him, the man didn't seem to be grateful.

"I am an envoy from the Futu Kingdom. I accidentally swallowed a date. Thank you both."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Hu Mianmian pouted: "What a strange person. Although he said thank you, it feels like he didn't really mean it."

Xiao Jingli sneered: "Most mortals are like this. Even if you help him, he won't be grateful. Human hearts are the most selfish. Haven't you heard of that?" Hu Mianmian retorted: "No, there are good people too!"

Xiao Jingli thought she was naive and was too lazy to argue. He turned the corner and dragged out the group of assassins.

They quickly found the patrolling imperial guards and returned to the main hall.

As soon as Hu Mianmian returned, she ran into Chen Qingyin who was anxiously looking for her child.

“Mianmian!” Chen Qingyin saw that her daughter was fine, and her frightened heart finally settled down. She hugged the child tightly, “Where have you been? It’s easy for your mother to find you.”

Hu Mianmian stuck out her tongue and said, "I went out to enjoy the scenery, and then I ran into the assassin."

"Assassin!?" Chen Qingyin quickly looked her up and down to check if she was injured.

Hu Mianmian pointed at Xiao Jingli beside her and said, "I'm fine, mother. I met the Ninth Prince and he saved me."

Chen Qingyin quickly stood up and said to Xiao Jingli, who looked indifferent, "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving my daughter."

Xiao Jingli glanced at Hu Mianmian, and for her sake, gave Chen Qingyin some face.

"Yeah." He kicked the assassin like a ball, "Catch him alive."

Chen Qingyin frowned.

There is an assassin in the palace?
Chen Qingyin felt that this matter was of great importance.

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince, Mianmian, the two of you follow me in and report this matter in full to the Emperor."

Xiao Jingli originally didn't want to show up because he didn't like so many people.

However, just as he was about to leave, Hu Mianmian hooked his little finger.

"Let's go together!" Hu Mianmian blinked her big eyes at him, "Let the emperor know that you caught the assassin, this is a credit!"

Xiao Jingli snorted coldly: "What merit? I don't care about his reward for me."

Having said that, he still followed Hu Mianmian honestly.

After entering the main hall, Chen Qingyin reported to the emperor how the two children had encountered the assassin.

The emperor and the concubine changed their expressions on the spot, and the guests present were also shocked.

"All right, where did the assassin come from?" Concubine Shu pulled Hu Mianmian to her side, "Mianmian, you're frightened."

The emperor ordered the imperial guards to interrogate the assassins on the spot, but unexpectedly, the assassins were very stubborn and refused to reveal who ordered them to do so.

Hu Mianmian's eyes shone with light, and one of the assassins suddenly murmured, "In fact, we don't know who ordered us to do this. That person only sent a messenger to tell us that we should kill anyone who wears a pearl hairpin on their head."

Concubine Shu was horrified.

She quickly looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, this phoenix hairpin was given to me by you. Everyone in the palace knows about it. So, the person behind this wants to kill me!"

"Investigate, investigate thoroughly!" The emperor waved his hand and ordered, "Call back all the guests. I want to interrogate them one by one."

Soon, the guests who came to the banquet came back one after another.

However, there are still two people who have not shown up.

They are Hu Yunshen and Liang Yunyan.

Chen Qingyin looked at Ning Guanzhou from a distance, but Ning Guanzhou did not look at her. Instead, he was talking to Prime Minister Chen beside him.

Before Chen Qingyin could speak, Hu Mianmian pretended to be afraid and asked the emperor: "Uncle Emperor, can you help me find my father? He is missing!"

The emperor frowned and looked up at the crowd: "Where is Hu Yunshen? Has anyone seen him?"

Everyone looked at each other and said they didn't see it.

A young palace maid stepped forward and said weakly, "I just saw Lord Hu and a woman go to the back hall."

A word stirred up a thousand waves.

Concubine Shu's eyes darkened: "Your Majesty, let's go and take a look. Maybe something has happened. What if he was also stabbed by an assassin?"

The emperor nodded and said, "My beloved concubine is right. Come, please go with me to find Hu Yunshen."