"Zhou Chen, what a good name."

"What's so good about it?"

"Okay, fortunately..."

Zhan Pianpian choked. She felt that this person was really irritating when he spoke sometimes. How could anyone ask that?

Walking out of the side alley, her resentment dissipated instantly, and she stared blankly at the bustling street in front of her with the busy traffic.

The streets and alleys are filled with a lively atmosphere, with graceful scholars and scholars, scattered warriors and soldiers holding swords and riding horses, combined with the laughter and laughter of street vendors, forming a scene of prosperous times.

"It's so lively."

She held it back for a long time before she said such a sentence. Compared with the coldness and solemnity of the palace, this was not a very lively street, but it already had a huge impact on her.

Seeing that Zhan Pianpian was stunned, Zhou Chen didn't rush her, he just waited quietly. After she came to her senses, he took her to the clothing store in front to buy clothes.

In the Northern Qi Palace, shortly after Zhou Chen left the palace with Zhan Pianpian, the maid outside the palace called for the princess but did not answer for a long time. She hurriedly opened the door and entered the palace, only to find that the eldest princess who was supposed to be in the palace had disappeared, which frightened the souls of several palace maids. All gone.

Today is the day of the great court meeting. The young emperor Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother of the Northern Qi Dynasty went to court together. The queen mother listened to the affairs behind the curtain behind the young emperor.

As the emperor, Zhan Doudou rarely spoke at court meetings and tried his best to play the role of a weak and marginalized emperor, while the Queen Mother acted dictatorially.

Among the officials in the court, Zhong Zhong, as the commander of Jin Yiwei Zhenfu Division, was also the Empress Dowager's most trusted minister, and his status among the officials was very high.

The young emperor, the queen mother, and the heavyweights are the three most powerful people in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Everyone in the Northern Qi Dynasty thought that the Queen Mother and the young emperor were at odds with each other, but in fact they were not really at odds with each other, but were deliberately pretending to be at odds with each other. Not only could they conceal Zhan Doudou's identity as the empress, but they could also distract the officials in the government and the public and make them more powerful. Imperial power was more centralized.

After the court meeting, the young emperor and the queen mother returned to the imperial study. Also entering with them was Begonia Duoduo, the saint of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

As a direct disciple of the great master Ku He, Haitang Duoduo was named a saint of the Northern Qi Dynasty by the Queen Mother. She was one of the few people in the Northern Qi Dynasty who knew the relationship between the Queen Mother and the young emperor. She was also the person who the young emperor and the Queen Mother trusted and relied on the most. one.

Before they could sit down and say a few words, someone suddenly came to report that the eldest princess had left without saying goodbye, leaving only two letters.

"Farewell without saying goodbye?"

Both the little emperor and the queen mother found it incredible. They still knew very well what kind of person the eldest princess was, and such a thing would never happen to her without saying goodbye.

Zhan Doudou reacted and immediately ordered: "Where's the letter? Bring it over."

Soon someone presented the letter, and it was from the eunuch. Since it was presented, it meant that it had been checked and was harmless.

Zhan Doudou took the letter and did not open it immediately. Instead, he picked up the two envelopes and looked at them.

But when she saw the envelope below, her expression suddenly changed, because there were actually four words written on the envelope.

"Ku He Qin Qi!"

Haitang Duoduo, who was standing nearby secretly eating grapes, saw Zhan Doudou's expression change, so she tilted her head and looked over curiously.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Then, she also saw those four words.

"Is this a letter from the princess to my master?"

The Queen Mother was also confused when she heard Haitang Duoduo's words. Zhan Pianpian wrote to Ku He? They had never met each other a few times.

"what happened?"

Zhan Doudou looked solemn and winked at Haitang Duoduo. Haitang Duoduo immediately understood and quickly cleared away the other people in the hall, leaving only the three of them.

"This is not Huang Jie's handwriting. It seems that Huang Jie disappeared not because she left by herself, but because someone took her hostage?"

The Queen Mother also looked serious: "Your Majesty is right. Pianpian has always been obedient and polite. It is impossible for her to do such a thing without saying goodbye."

"Why don't you let me open it first and take a look?" Haitang Duoduo's eyes were full of curiosity. She was very interested in the letter given to her master.

Zhan Doudou knew Haitang Duoduo's abilities, so out of caution, she handed the letter to Haitang Duoduo.

Haitang Duoduo didn't care at all about the four big characters signed by Ku He, she opened the envelope directly and took out a letter from it.

"I really believe it."

As she spoke, she opened the letter.

"August 15th, full moon night, top of the Forbidden City..."

Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother, who were listening, suddenly found that Haitang Duoduo had lost her voice and froze there.

"What's wrong?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Haitang Duoduo suddenly turned pale and suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"puff!"

Both Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother were shocked, and the Queen Mother even screamed: "Someone is coming, someone is coming."

In an instant, the eunuchs and guards outside the palace rushed in, looking at the three of them nervously, waiting for orders.

Zhan Doudou looked at Haitang Duoduo worriedly. She clearly found that Haitang Duoduo's body was trembling slightly.

This shocked her greatly. Haitang Duoduo was a close disciple of Ku He, and her cultivation level had already reached the ninth level. Why did she suddenly vomit blood? Could it be related to the letter she read.

Thinking like this, Zhan Doudou couldn't help but look at the letter in Haitang Duoduo's hand. Haitang Duoduo finally reacted. She found that Zhan Doudou actually read the letter, and she immediately screamed in panic.

"Your Majesty, don't look."

But it was already too late. Zhan Doudou had already read the contents of the letter clearly. Apart from the twelve words Haitang Duoduo had just read, there was only one big character left.

war!

"War letter?"

Zhan Doudou was confused. Obviously, this was a letter of challenge. Someone wanted to challenge Ku He, one of the four great masters?

Haitang Duoduo was also very surprised when she saw that Zhan Doudou was okay after reading the letter.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?"

"What's the matter? Junior Sister, why did you vomit blood just now?"

Haitang Duoduo frowned, not knowing why.

"When I saw the last word 'war' in this letter, I felt a very terrifying sword intent. My true energy was out of control, my energy and blood surged, and I vomited blood."

"Sword intention? This word has sword intention? Can it also make you, a ninth-grade junior martial sister, vomit blood? Then why is it fine when I see it?"

"I don't understand either, but this is indeed a contract. Someone wants to challenge the master, dares to challenge the master, and has such a strong sword intention. Could it be Si Gu Jian? It shouldn't be. How could Si Gu Jian be so good?

A sudden date with Master?"

Begonia Duoduo was suspicious and couldn't figure out the situation at all, so she could only make random guesses.

The Queen Mother did not see the letter, but she understood what was going on.

"Someone made an appointment to fight with the emperor's uncle? How could the emperor's uncle put the letter in Pianpian's palace and take Pianpian away with him? Is he really a great master? Otherwise, he would not be able to enter and exit the palace at will and take people away.

, but was not discovered by the guards."

Zhan Doudou didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately opened another letter. This letter was indeed Zhan Pianpian's handwriting, and the content was very simple. He just said that he wanted to go outside the palace and have a look. She would come back by herself when the time came. No need.

If you are worried about her, don't go to her in a big way.

After reading the letter, she did not say anything, but asked people to leave again.

"The queen mother guessed it right. The imperial sister did leave the palace, but judging from her handwriting and tone of voice, it doesn't look like she was kidnapped and left, more like she left voluntarily."

"Little Senior Sister, are you okay?"

Haitang Duoduo said: "I vomited a mouthful of blood and I feel much better."

"Just one word on the paper made me vomit blood. Is the person who left the letter really the great master, Si Gu Jian?"

Although the little emperor Zhan Doudou is young, he is also an extremely smart person, but now he is full of doubts about this letter, and at the same time he is deeply afraid.

Someone actually sneaked into the palace and took people away. During this period, the guards in the palace didn't notice any abnormalities or warning signs. If the other party wanted to assassinate someone, it wouldn't be easy to do it. It's scary to think about it.

Haitang Duoduo also frowned. She had been staying in the palace all the time, and even she didn't notice anything unusual. This person who sneaked into the palace, declared a challenge, and took away the eldest princess was really terrifying.

All she could think of was the Grand Master.

"If it involves the Grand Master, it's not something I can handle. Since it's a challenge to Master, I still have to let Master handle it."

Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother agreed that it would be no problem for them to handle matters in the court, but if it involved the Grand Master, they would have no choice.

"August 15th, full moon night, what day is it today?"

"July twenty-nine."

"That is to say, there is still half a month left. Does the top of the Forbidden City refer to the top of the imperial palace? This way, the imperial power is regarded as nothing, only the great master who is not bound by common sense!"

Zhan Doudou asked a few people to try to read the battle letter, and then discovered the problem. The higher the cultivation level, the more likely people are to be affected when they see the word "war" at the end, especially the ninth-grade masters.

After seeing it, my anger will boil.

On the contrary, ordinary people who have no real energy are not affected at all when they see this letter of challenge.

This strange situation made them even more certain that the one who issued the challenge was most likely the Grand Master, because even the ninth-level masters definitely did not have this inhuman ability to injure the ninth-level from a distance.

But Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother were also very sensible and immediately blocked the news. Even Zhan Pianpian's disappearance was covered up.

However, they secretly sent people to the capital to search for Zhan Pianpian quietly. Since Zhan Pianpian followed the person who wrote the letter of war, if they find Zhan Pianpian, they should be able to find the mysterious person.
Chapter completed!