The Sickly Regent Prince Who Was Abandoned as a Substitute Bride

Chapter 232 A group of trash

"Useless! Go get another ladder!"

The man roared angrily at the guard, his voice full of impatience and rage, as if the guard's slightest delay would ignite his fury.

The guards dared not delay in the slightest and immediately obeyed the order and left.

Before long, the guards hurriedly brought over a dozen ladders.

Now that there were no obstacles in their path, the guards nimbly climbed the ladders and easily scaled the wall.

"My lord, you're in!" the guard shouted from inside the wall, his voice carrying a hint of seeking credit.

"Open the door!"

The man loudly ordered the guards, his words revealing his imperious manner. He secretly thought to himself that these guards were incredibly stupid, that he had to say something so simple.

"Yes, sir!" the guard hurriedly replied, and soon the door was slowly opened from the inside.

"Go, capture Ye Jiuchen!" With this order, the crowd surged into the Regent's Palace like a tidal wave.

However, what came into view was an empty mansion, silent and deserted, without a single person in sight.

"Why is there no one?"

The man had expected to display his official power here, but he never expected this outcome. He stood there dumbfounded, his face filled with astonishment and resentment.

"Search! Search! Find everything of value, and kill everyone except Ye Jiuchen!"

He quickly came to his senses and ordered through gritted teeth.

"Yes!" the guards responded in unison, then dispersed to search the palace thoroughly.

Qiuqin remained locked in a stalemate with the darkness in the secret room.

The two walked to the entrance of the secret passage and were about to take action when they faintly heard voices coming from above.

"Little..." Qiuqin had barely opened her mouth when An Ye quickly reached out and covered her mouth, looking tense, while making a shushing gesture.

All that could be heard was someone saying, "This Regent's Palace is really poor; there's not a single valuable item. This is the last room, and we haven't found anything there either!"

"Stop talking! The master is coming. Can't you see his face is ashen?" another person quickly whispered to stop him.

Immediately afterwards, heavy footsteps were heard, and the person entered the room.

"Damn it, still nothing found?" His voice was full of resentment!

The two guards nodded obsequiously, not daring to utter a word.

"Ye Jiuchen is too poor. He made the gate quite sturdy, though. I think he's just afraid that someone will come in and find that the Regent's Palace is just an empty shell!"

The man cursed as he paced back and forth inside the house.

The guards lowered their heads, silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to utter a sound.

"We didn't find anyone, and we didn't find anything valuable! What bad luck! Let's go!"

The man finally said those words with a sigh, then turned and strode away.

An Ye watched as everyone walked away before slowly releasing his hand from Qiu Qin's mouth.

Qiuqin complained softly, "I almost suffocated."

Dark Night rolled her eyes at her and said softly, "If we had been discovered just now, we would all be finished."

"I thought it was Miss returning! What are we going to do? There are guards all outside! What will happen to Miss?!"

Qiuqin was so anxious that she was like an ant on a hot pan, pacing around in circles.

"Don't worry, with the princess's intelligence, nothing will go wrong. Let's get out of the city first. Maybe the princess saw that things weren't going well and left the city already!" An Ye calmly analyzed.

"That's all we can do!" Qiuqin sighed helplessly.

Dongfang Wan'er concealed herself in the tree and waited patiently for a long time until everyone had left before carefully and quietly departing.

At this moment, she knew that the Regent's Palace was fraught with danger and she must not enter rashly. There might already be many guards lying in ambush all around, and once she stepped in, she would surely be doomed.

"I have to leave the city alone!" Dongfang Wan'er thought to herself. After a moment of thought, she made a decisive decision to leave the city alone.

Returning to the Eastern Mansion was out of the question, and the residence in the west might be dangerous, with someone guarding it... The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was also out of the question. After much thought, it seemed that only the Third Prince's residence could serve as a safe haven.

After sorting out her chaotic thoughts, Dongfang Wan'er resolutely turned back towards the Third Prince's residence.

"Useless! A bunch of useless trash! You couldn't even capture a single person. What use are you to me!"

Inside the imperial study, Crown Prince Ye Jingchu was furious. He lashed out at his incompetent subordinates, his face flushed red, and his eyes seemed to spit fire.

The person recommended by Dongfang Zheng could only kneel on the ground with his head down, trembling with fear, secretly lamenting his misfortune!

How could he have known that Ye Jiuchen could escape so quickly? He had rushed to catch him the moment he received the news, but now he was left speechless with this result.

"Hmph, you bunch of good-for-nothings! You can't even find anything in the Prince's mansion, yet you want to curry favor and ask for rewards from me?"

Ye Jingchu was so angry that he trembled all over and pointed at the guards' noses, cursing loudly.

The guards were so frightened that they all knelt down with a thud!

The one leading the group was the one recommended by Dongfang Zheng. He said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, please forgive us, we are truly..."

"I never knew the Regent's Palace was so strange. We searched every corner, but we couldn't find any trace of Ye Jiuchen, nor did we find anything of value."

"Have you checked the secret passage and hidden room? Maybe Jiu Chen was hiding in there that night." Ye Jingchu was still not giving up and asked angrily.

"Your Highness, we searched everywhere but found no entrance to any secret passage or hidden chamber. If we had, how could we have missed it?" the man replied in a panic.

"Useless trash! What use are you to me, the Crown Prince? If Ye Jiuchen escapes, he will become a great threat in the future, and none of you will have an easy time!"

Ye Jingchu kicked over the stool next to him with a loud crash.

“Your Highness, perhaps… perhaps Ye Jiuchen received advance warning and has already fled with important people and valuables, which is why we came up empty-handed,” a guard said in a low voice, mustering his courage.

"Stop spouting nonsense! I don't care how he escaped, you must continue the investigation, dig three feet into the ground to find him, or I will not let you off lightly!"

"Alright, my son!"

Seeing this, Ye Erxiao quickly tried to comfort him.

"Ninth Prince has always been very clever. Even if he's unconscious, he wouldn't leave himself no way out! By the way, is there any news from the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion?"

Ye Jingchu took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and said, "Your Majesty, I have sent people to investigate, but there has been no news yet."

However, I believe that as long as Ye Jiuchen is alive, he will definitely take action, and I will closely monitor the movements of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.

Ye Erxiao nodded slightly, "Yes, we must not rush into this matter. Although Ye Jiuchen's whereabouts are currently unknown, it is a fact that he is still seriously injured. I am worried that he may have powerful forces supporting him, so you need to be cautious in your actions."