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With the help of the old ghost’s blinding trick, You Shu ran all the way to Guangling Palace, sniffing here and there, and finally found the place where the hair was buried. Fortunately, it had rained a few days ago and the soil was relatively soft. He managed to dig the things out after scratching for a minute, then he quickly bit the rope with his teeth and opened it to check.

“How is it? Is the hair still there?” The old ghost floated over to take a closer look.

“It’s still…” You Shu only said one word before his body was picked up. He quickly instructed the old ghost, “Hurry up and put this hair away for me!”

Although the old ghost couldn’t appear during the day, he was able to move some heavy objects, and it was just some hair. He immediately took the hair and hid it in his soul body. Then he looked at the eunuch who had caught You Shu and said in surprise, “He is not the servant of Prince Duan’s Mansion, why is he grabbing you?”

Feeling a premonition in his heart, You Shu also raised his head to look. Due to being highly favored by his master, he could be said to be unscrupulous in Prince Duan’s Mansion and palace. Everyone knew that Prince Duan liked cleanliness and didn’t like others touching his belongings. Therefore, palace maids, eunuchs, and even concubines would avoid You Shu from afar if they saw him, never daring to come forward to tease him, let alone hug and touch him.

He originally thought that the eunuch hugged him because he was in a hurry to return to work, but the eunuch was not from Prince Duan’s mansion, so why is he grabbing him like this?

Before he could figure it out, the eunuch rushed to the back of a rockery and handed the struggling puppy to a woman, “Sister, we have agreed that we can only let your girl hold it for a while. When Prince Duan asks, you should quickly let the dog go.”

“I know. Thank you very much, grandfather.” The woman handed a purse to the other party and took the puppy.

You Shu, who was still kicking his legs recklessly, calmed down and pretended to lie obediently in the woman’s palm. When she relaxed her vigilance, You Shu suddenly opened his mouth and bit her hard. The woman was in pain and quickly threw the little dog away, but the eunuch quickly retrieved it and covered its mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

The handkerchief seemed to be laced with some drug, and You Shu only took two breaths before slowly falling asleep.

“I heard that this dog is extremely intelligent and it turned out to be really true. If we don’t control it and let it scream, we will be finished. Sister, are you okay? You were scratched a lot by it, it must be very painful.” After the eunuch checked the puppy’s breathing, he went to look at the palace maid’s wound.

“It’s just a little flesh wound, don’t worry.” The woman covered the wound with a handkerchief. After the bleeding stopped, she took the puppy over and bent her knees, “Grandfather, I’m leaving. After my master finishes playing with the puppy, she will naturally release it back into the Imperial Garden. At that moment, everyone will just treat it as if it only got lost for a moment, and you won’t be implicated.”

“That’s good.”

The two looked left and right, and then went their separate ways. The old ghost doesn’t have much cultivation, and even if he wanted to save You Shu, he was powerless to do anything. Moreover, he was not a fierce ghost, he only had obsessions and no resentment. If he possessed the person at will, he would definitely be burned by this person’s Yang Qi, and he might even end up damaging his own soul. Seeing that the woman didn’t seem to want to harm You Shu’s life, he followed her step by step, wanting to check the situation first.

The woman put the unconscious puppy into a small box and walked to the front hall to meet her master. The old ghost took a closer look, and it turned out to be the future Princess Consort of Prince Duan? The corners of her eyes were still red and swollen from crying, obviously still frightened by the one-horned beetle. Her clothes had also been changed, and she was eagerly waiting for the maid.

“Caught?” When the woman came closer, she asked in a low voice, her tone full of resentment. 

Don’t tell her not to fight with an animal. She finally saw it today, even though she was half scared to death, Prince Duan didn’t feel sorry for her at all. She was still crying on her side, but the other person was already in a hurry to find his little dog, as if a less glance would result in a loss of flesh. How could she, who was so pampered and spoiled, tolerate the fact that the other party prioritized a dog over herself even before they got married?

“Caught it.” The woman raised the wooden box in her hand.

“Very good, let’s leave the palace immediately and let Prince Duan find it by himself.” The girl laughed coldly.

Because she was greatly frightened before, the Empress didn’t say much and only told her niece not to quarrel with an animal. The girl nodded in agreement. 

When the carriage drove out of the imperial city, she immediately opened the box and poked the little dog with a silver needle to wake it up. You Shu felt a sharp pain in his body, and remembered the previous kidnapping. He quickly got up, only to see an enlarged face smiling maliciously at himself.

“Even a beast dares to climb on this Young Miss’ head and run wild. You are also worthy of this royal uniform, purple gold crown, and blood jade! I will kill you today, then I want to see if that cripple will turn against me to fight for you. What kind of thing is he? He dares to dream of marrying the legitimate daughter of Duke Cheng’en. I was supposed to marry my cousin and become the empress, but he messed it up!” The girl became angrier as she spoke, and pressed You Shu on the short table, taking off his luxurious attire in a few strokes.

The maid quickly persuaded her, “Miss, why are you dirtying your hands for a beast? Just throw it outside and let it fend for itself. Ahead is a poor street with many beggars inside. If they see this beast, they will immediately kill it and eat its meat.”

The girl thought about it and opened the carriage window, throwing You Shu far away, who was still under the influence of the drug.

The old ghost, who had been following the two of them all along, quickly drifted over and took advantage of the situation to catch You Shu, preventing him from falling. Then, he immediately used a smokescreen to avoid being discovered by nearby beggars. 

You Shu curled up in the corner of the wall, feeling dizzy for a long time before finally regaining his senses. He had planned to go find his master, but on second thought, why not take this opportunity to recover his body? 

He wandered around the street with the old ghost and finally found an abandoned mansion, treating it as a temporary residence. To find people, he first needs to draw the formation and talisman, which is a big task for him now and requires careful planning.

At the same time, the Seventh Prince had almost turned the whole palace upside down, but still couldn’t find the whereabouts of his beloved pet. He was still sitting in the main hall of Kunning Palace, his expression seemed calm, but his hands folded in his sleeves were bulging with blue veins. If he hadn’t retained a sliver of sanity, he would have rushed out to look for it himself.

“Did you find him?” He would ask every quarter of an hour.

“Reporting to Prince Duan, we haven’t found him yet.” A eunuch came forward to report.

“Keep looking, search all the six palaces again.”

“Lao Qi, it’s just a dog. If you lose it, then you lose it. Why are you causing so much trouble in the imperial palace? As a junior, you are ordering people to search the sleeping halls of the concubines in various palaces, Isn’t it too improper?” The Empress endured it for a long time, but finally couldn’t bear it anymore.

“This Prince has said before that You Shu is not a dog, he is the lifeblood of this Prince! This Prince is about to lose his life, so what rules do I care about? This Prince will find You Shu today even if I have to scrape the ground three feet away!” The Seventh Prince looked directly at the Empress, his originally dark and bright eyes were now red, and the madness and violence hidden inside was too shocking.

The Empress’ scalp was slightly numb and she quickly turned away, not daring to look at him anymore.  

After hearing the news, Emperor Jing hurried over and said angrily, “Lao Qi, I knew it was your little dog that caused the trouble again! Who in the whole palace doesn’t recognize your precious treasure? They will definitely bring it back to you when they see it.”

The Seventh Prince remained silent, and just stared at the palace door with red eyes, as if looking forward to seeing something. 

After a while, a eunuch walked over quickly, and the Seventh Prince excitedly propped up his upper body and then suddenly collapsed, there was nothing in the other party’s hand.

The eunuch bowed and said in a low voice, “Reporting to Prince Duan, we still haven’t found it. The puppy is playful and may have fallen into the water. Why don’t we find someone to fish it out of there?” He understood that whether alive or dead, Prince Duan must find that little dog. Otherwise, none of them will have a good end today.

“Shut up!” The Seventh Prince suddenly burst out, startling everyone, but calmed down in an instant, as if to comfort himself, “You Shu always listens to this Prince’s words the most. If this Prince told him not to get close to the pool, he would never go there! Either he is still hiding in the palace, or he has been caught by someone. Find everyone in Kunning Palace, this Prince will interrogate them one by one.”

If he had known that You Shu would get angry and run away, how could he have used such a bad way to tease him? There has never been a so-called Princess Consort, a side concubine, or anything else, it was enough for him to have You Shu in his life. He deeply regretted it now. If something really happened to You Shu… the Seventh Prince clenched his fists hard and dared not think further.

The Empress was infuriated by him and reprimanded, “Lao Qi, this is the boundary of our Kunning Palace. When will it be your turn to interrogate the people here?”

However, Emperor Jing could understand his son’s mood and waved his hands with a sigh, “Call everyone over and let him interrogate them. That is Lao Qi’s lifeblood. If I don’t give him an explanation today, I’m afraid he will stay here and won’t leave.”

The Empress had no choice but to summon all the palace servants to gather in front of the palace door and then call them in one by one for questioning. Finally, she called a eunuch but saw that the back of his hands was covered with blood marks, as if he had been scratched by some animal, and his face was pale, sweating profusely, and he looked extremely guilty.  

The Seventh Prince’s eyes were burning, and he immediately grabbed the person and hit him with twenty big sticks first. Before he finished, the other party had already confessed. He said that the puppy was taken away by Miss Fang’s maid, and they would return it after playing for a while.

The Empress didn’t expect this matter to be related to her niece, and her face suddenly turned ugly. However, the Seventh Prince’s face was even worse, and he immediately sent people to search the Cheng’en Mansion.

Miss Fang returned to Cheng’en Mansion, and the palace guards arrived shortly afterwards. Without saying anything, they took out an imperial edict, saying that they wanted to search Miss Fang’s courtyard. Before the daughter got married, a group of grown men forced their way into her boudoir, causing a mess. If this matter spreads to the outside world. How could her daughter get married in the future? Mrs. Cheng’en wanted to stop it, but she dared not disobey the emperor’s decree. In the end, she had to grab her daughter and ask about what happened.

Miss Fang understood it after a moment’s thought and cursed the Seventh Prince fiercely, saying that he had lost his mind and damaged his fiancée’s reputation because of a dog.

In Kunning Palace, the Seventh Prince, who was also questioned by the Empress, sneered, “When did this Prince admit that she is my fiancée? If she even hurts a hair on You Shu’s body, this Prince will never let it go!”

“Lao Qi, you, you are being too rebellious! Your Majesty, don’t you care? For a dog, he is going to disregard everything!” The Empress was furious.

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