The Shugui Consort's flustered demeanor made Jiang Chen curl his lips.

He hugged the woman, who was trying to hide the book, and laughed, "Yun'er, don't be afraid, it's朕 (zhen, I, the emperor)!"

"What were you reading just now? You were so engrossed that you didn't even notice朕 (zhen) coming. Take it out and let朕 (zhen) enjoy it too."

"Ah! Your, Your Majesty!"

The Shugui Consort's delicate body trembled slightly, and a blush appeared on her pretty face.

Her slender hands clutched the book tightly, and she stammered, "Your Majesty, it's, it's nothing. This book..."

Seeing the Shugui Consort like this, Jiang Chen became even more curious.

He picked her up by the waist, trapping the beauty in his arms, and slowly took the book from her hand.

"Your Majesty, please don't! Let your concubine serve you to change first. This book, this book can be read later."

The Shugui Consort was still making a final struggle.

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "No hurry, the night is still long. It's not too late for you to serve朕 (zhen) after朕 (zhen) finishes reading."

As he spoke, he kissed the Shugui Consort's pink cheek.

Then he held the book in front of them and slowly opened it.

At this time, the Shugui Consort was extremely ashamed and embarrassed. She closed her beautiful eyes directly, in an attitude of avoidance.

Jiang Chen, on the other hand, shrank his pupils the moment he saw the content of the book, and looked at the beauty in his arms in shock.

"Yun, Yun'er, isn't this the book that朕 (zhen) tried with you last time? You, how did you start studying this?" Jiang Chen was so shocked that he stuttered.

He couldn't imagine that Yun'er, who was knowledgeable, reasonable, gentle, and virtuous, would be interested in this kind of thing.

Hearing this, the Shugui Consort buried her head in the brocade quilt in shame and muffled, "Your Majesty, that day, you seemed to like the things in it very much. Your concubine wanted to serve you well and make you happy, so that's why..."

Jiang Chen's surprised expression froze, and his heart was filled with emotion and pity.

The Shugui Consort was a lady from a prominent family, and her education was extremely strict.

If it weren't for him, how could she force herself to do such a thing?

Jiang Chen pulled open the quilt, hugged her tightly again, and kissed her forehead gently, "Yun'er,朕 (zhen) am very touched that you can give so much for朕 (zhen)!"

"But朕 (zhen) don't want you to force yourself. You don't need to learn these things."

Hearing this, a gentle look flashed in the Shugui Consort's beautiful eyes. She no longer avoided Jiang Chen's gaze and said gently,

"Your Majesty, Yun'er is grateful for your understanding, but Yun'er doesn't feel forced at all. It is Yun'er's blessing to serve you. No matter what you like, Yun'er, Yun'er can learn!"

After speaking, a blush reappeared on the Shugui Consort's face.

She was fond of Jiang Chen, so naturally she was willing to do anything for him.

"Yun'er, what朕 (zhen) like the most is your original appearance. These are just occasional whims."

As Jiang Chen spoke, he moved closer until the two were completely overlapping before he stopped, and said intimately, "You are朕 (zhen)'s greatest temptation."

The Shugui Consort held her breath, her pink cheeks were like fire, burning hot.

"Your Majesty, are you, are you not coaxing Yun'er?"

Jiang Chen didn't answer, directly proving himself with action.

...

In a short while.

Along with the tearing of the waistbands and palace clothes, the bed curtains slowly closed.

The beautiful scenery in front of him almost made Jiang Chen lose his mind and transform into a hungry wolf.

His voice was hoarse: "Yun'er, sit over here."

The Shugui Consort's eyelashes trembled slightly, and her beautiful eyes were shy and hesitant.

She had a scar on her shoulder. If they were face to face, Jiang Chen would see it. She didn't want to show her imperfections.

"Be good, listen!" Jiang Chen's voice carried a hint of urging.

The Shugui Consort no longer hesitated. She didn't want to spoil Jiang Chen's fun, so she straightened her willow waist and slowly sat over.

...

Just as Jiang Chen was enjoying the warmth of the jade tent, an anomaly occurred in Hanzhang Palace, dozens of miles away.

Mei Ruoying, who was originally sleeping peacefully on the bed, suddenly opened her beautiful eyes and got out of bed barefoot.

Her footsteps were extremely light, and she did not alarm anyone.

Then she took out the hidden carrier pigeon and stuffed the note she had written before going to bed into it.

After that, she walked to the window of the bedroom and threw the arranged carrier pigeon upwards.

'Whoosh.'

The carrier pigeon spread its wings, flew into the sky, and headed out of the palace.

At this moment, in the crown of a tree not far away.

Jing Yue flashed a few times, followed the carrier pigeon across the entire palace. When she saw that the carrier pigeon was about to fly away completely, she threw a hidden weapon and hit the carrier pigeon.

With its wings injured, the carrier pigeon fell from the sky.

At the same time, Jing Yue had also arrived, expressionlessly picking up the carrier pigeon and taking out a note from its foot.

It was also written in cipher text, and she couldn't understand the meaning.

However, being able to use the text created by this assassin was in itself an ironclad proof!

Her pretty face was filled with killing intent, like frost on the edge of a blade.

Her voice was cold: "Someone!"

The dark guards who followed her and were deployed around the palace quickly came out: "Commander, your subordinates are here!"

"Summon the Imperial Guard Commander Xu Mu and have him lead a thousand Imperial Guards to seal off Hanzhang Palace. No one is allowed to enter or leave within three miles!"

"Your subordinates obey!"

After Jing Yue finished her instructions, she also disappeared into the night.

Mei Ruoying was a cunning woman. She had to personally supervise this matter to be at ease.

Just as the Imperial Guards were gathering and surrounding Hanzhang Palace.

In another mansion in the imperial capital, Mei Wenshi was standing in the reception hall with a gloomy face. Opposite him, the handsome Jiang Zuo Prince also had an extremely ugly expression.

'Tap tap...'

Jiang Zuo Prince tapped the table with his index finger and said in a cold tone, "All the supplies in the mountains have been taken away?"

Jiang Chen's surprise attack this time really hurt his foundation!

The gold, silver, food, and military weapons and assassins were all accumulated with great effort and decades of time! His heart was bleeding with pain!

"Your Highness, this humble one sent someone to take a look... Xu Changqing's Southern Army is stationed there, blocking the mountain and transporting things. They have not yet arrived in the imperial capital."

"The Southern Army has a large number of soldiers, at least 20,000. It is almost impossible to break through and snatch them back," said a hooded man in the corner.

Hearing this, Jiang Zuo Prince took a deep breath and regained his composure.

Then, he stopped tapping the table and asked lightly, "Where is Zhao Minghe? Where is he now?"

"Your Highness, there was no corpse of him found in the mountains, so it is very likely... he has been captured."

Jiang Zuo Prince's eyes turned cold, and he frowned, "We can't rule out this possibility. This is a big trouble."