The Yandere Male Lead Chases Me

Chapter 1312: The Emperor Is Pregnant 26

Chi Xing took the order and went out to search for her.

In fact, that afternoon they had already searched every street and alley in the Capital.

Now with An Ying added in, it was practically a dragnet sweeping the Capital from south to north all over again.

An hour later.

Chi Xing knelt on one knee on the ground. In front of him stood the Prince, who was in a foul temper.

"This subordinate is incompetent. I have not found Miss Song."

Situ Xiu’s eyelids drooped. Though his aura was dark and oppressive, he did not vent his anger on Chi Xing or punish him.

After a long moment, his voice slowly sounded.

"You searched everywhere?"

Chi Xing nodded.

"Yes."

After speaking, Chi Xing hesitated, then said,

"Perhaps Miss Song has already left the Capital."

Left the Capital?

Impossible.

Wasn’t her purpose from the start precisely to come to the Capital?

She must have gone to do something she couldn’t let him know about.

What could she be hiding from him?

Situ Xiu’s eyelids flickered, his tone unhurried.

"Was the Imperial Palace searched?"

Chi Xing was stunned, then shook his head.

"No."

Miss Song sneaking into the Imperial Palace?

No matter how he thought about it, it felt highly unlikely.

The hall fell into silence again.

Until Situ Xiu spoke once more.

"The Ning Family once said Song Su bore some resemblance to the Empress?"

Chi Xing nodded.

"Yes."

When Ning Zhi left yesterday, for some reason she was both furious and angry.

To the point that Ning Zhi spoke to Chi Xing without any restraint, blurting out whatever came to mind.

She said Song Su looked quite similar to the current Empress, and that she colluded with an inner traitor, that Song Su harbored ill intentions and would one day destroy the very foundations of Tiansheng Country.

To be honest, regarding yesterday’s events, Chi Xing also harbored doubts about Song Su.

Not merely because of Wang Lin’s words before he died.

There was also the question of why Wang Lin had Song Su’s wallet.

Chi Xing, as the Prince’s personal guard.

In order to protect the Prince’s safety.

He had reason to question Song Su.

Besides, in the past, in matters like this.

Whether Song Su was guilty or not, she would certainly have ended up like Wang Lin.

Rather kill by mistake than let one slip.

Unfortunately, the Prince’s attitude toward this Song Su was far too indulgent.

Ever since Song Su arrived at the Prince Mansion, Chi Xing had noticed it.

The Prince’s gaze, knowingly or unknowingly, would always fall on Song Su.

Song Su peeled walnuts, while the Prince read memorials.

At its worst, he could remain on the same page of a memorial for an entire two hours.

How was that reading memorials? He was clearly watching Song Su peel walnuts.

Now that Song Su was under suspicion.

The Prince didn’t harbor the slightest doubt.

He even openly and brazenly shielded her.

In front of everyone, he gave those Buddha Beads to Guard Song.

To see the Buddha Beads was to see the Prince.

That was a protective talisman.

Within the territory of Tiansheng Country, who would still dare lay a hand on her?

To make the Prince maintain a cautious attitude toward Song Su.

Chi Xing had repeated Ning Zhi’s words to the Prince.

Before ascending the throne, the Empress had been a Princess.

In the palace, she rarely left her residence.

As a result, apart from those close to her and the attendants in the palace, few people had ever seen the Empress’s face.

After the Empress took the throne, because she was a woman and could not show herself in public.

She had a Beaded Curtain set up as a screen.

Sitting on the seat of the Son of Heaven, even the assembled officials could hardly see her true face.

As for Situ Xiu.

He served as Regent, the military power entirely in his hands.

Whoever sat on the throne of the Son of Heaven—he did not care in the least.

He had returned to court for so long now.

Yet he had always remained "ill" and recuperating at home, never once attending court.

Nor had he gone to meet the Empress alone.

Situ Xiu was so arrogant he no longer even bothered to hide it.

This was why the civil servants wrote impeachments against him day after day, and why the Prime Minister stormed into the Prince Mansion in a fury to curse him out.

This Regent King was truly arrogant to the extreme.

The military power was in his hands.

In this entire Dynasty, who could possibly stand against him?