Rumor Has It That I’m Pregnant with His Highness’ Child

Meng Xizhou led the Eagle Guards to trace the trail of the lark, and chased out the Jade Capital all the way.

They found an overturned carriage by the official road ten miles outside the city.

The inside of the car was empty, and there was no sign of Skylark. There were traces of fighting beside the carriage, and it looked like a fierce fight had taken place.

Meng Xizhou left two people beside the carriage, and the rest followed him to continue the investigation.

They followed the trail all the way, and finally found the lark in the thick bushes.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Lark was being pressed to the ground by a masked man.

Her mouth was tightly covered by the man, unable to call for help, she could only stare at the man in front of her with wide eyes.

Meng Xizhou shouted sharply, "Stop!"

The masked man noticed that someone was coming, instead of holding back his hand, he drew out his dagger and slashed Lark's throat without hesitation.

In an instant, blood spurted out and splashed all over him.

Skylark twitched in pain, and kicked her legs desperately.

Meng Xizhou did not expect this person to be so bold, and in addition to being shocked, he became even more angry.

He pulled out the saber from his waist and quickly attacked the masked man!

The rest of the Eagle Guard also drew their swords and surrounded the masked man to prevent him from escaping.

The masked man let go of the lark, jumped up, and fought with Meng Xizhou.

After a fierce fight, the masked man fell behind.

He was slashed in the arm, and the pain slowed him down.

Meng Xizhou added a kick and directly kicked the person out.

The masked man fell to the ground in embarrassment.

The rest of the Eagle Guard immediately swarmed up, ready to take him down.

The masked man did not dodge, took out the poison hidden in his sleeve, and threw it into his mouth.

Seeing this, Meng Xizhou secretly cried out.

It was too late for him to stop.

The masked man swallowed the poison and frowned, looking very painful.

The cloth covering his face was stained red by the blood spitting out.

Soon he died, and fell to the ground with his eyes open.

An Eagle Guard stepped forward to check and found that the masked man had lost his breath.

Meng Xizhou had no choice but to pin his last hope on the lark.

He took out the Jinchuang medicine he carried with him and poured it on Lark's wound, and helped her wrap the wound with a silk handkerchief.

At the moment, the conditions are limited, and we can only do this.

Meng Xizhou picked up the lark and comforted him.

"Hold on, I'll take you to see the doctor."

Skylark stretched out her hand with difficulty and handed over a blood-stained silk handkerchief, her bloodless lips opened and closed, as if she was saying something.

Meng Xizhou lowered his head and put his ears close.

He heard the lark say--

"I'm not a lark, I don't want to die."

Meng Xizhou's spirit was lifted, she really wasn't a lark, and the guesses of Prince Lang and Princess Consort were correct!

Now as long as she takes her back, she can identify Concubine Shu.

He flew all the way to send the person back to the Justice Department.

Meng Xizhou kicked Luo Pingsha's residence with one kick and roared hoarsely.

"Xiao Luo! Save this girl, don't let her die!"

Meng Xizhou's commotion was so loud that both Yu Weiwei and Xiao Juan were disturbed.

When they arrived at Luo Pingsha's residence, they happened to hear Luo Pingsha say in an almost ruthless tone.

"Too much blood loss, people are already dead."

Meng Xizhou stood beside the bed sweating profusely, blood on his chest and hands.

He panted and said, "How come? She was talking to me just now, she said she didn't want to die."

Luo Pingsha repeated it expressionlessly.

"She's dead."

Xiao Fan walked over, put his finger under Yunque's nose, and said after a moment.

"It's really boring."

Meng Xizhou slumped onto the ground as if he had been drained of his strength.

He looked at the motionless lark on the bed, and murmured in disbelief.

"how so?"

Thinking about what happened just now, Meng Xizhou hated more and more.

He clenched his fists and slammed it hard on the ground, his tone was full of resentment and self-blame.

"It's just a little bit to catch Concubine Shu! Blame me, I'm so useless, I can't catch the killer, and I can't save the life of the skylark!"

Yu curling asked people to help Meng Xizhou up.

"Xiao Meng, you have done your best, go take a bath first and have a good rest."

Meng Xizhou was helped out.

But soon he ran back.

"His Royal Highness, Princess, I forgot to give this to you just now!"

While talking, Meng Xizhou handed out a blood-stained silk handkerchief.

Yu Weiwei took the silk handkerchief and looked at it.

This is just a very ordinary white silk handkerchief.

The only thing worth paying attention to is that there are two small characters embroidered in the corner of the silk handkerchief.

But because of the blood, the two words are not clear.

Yu Weiwei ordered someone to bring cold water.

Soak the silk handkerchief in cold water, add the soap liquid and rub it lightly.

Soon the blood was wiped away.

When Yu curled up the silk handkerchief out of the water, the words on the handkerchief had become very clear.

Yu Weiwei said those two words——

"Alan."

Xiao Yan thought thoughtfully: "It sounds like a woman's name."

In the Dayan Dynasty, silk handkerchiefs were very personal items, and women generally did not bring silk handkerchiefs embroidered with other people's names on their bodies.

Yu Weiwei guessed: "This should be her original name."

This guess coincides with Xiao Yan.

He immediately said, "I'll go to the palace now."

After Xiao Juan entered the palace, he went straight to the chamberlain.

There are records of information about all the maids and eunuchs in the palace. Xiao Juan ordered people to check all the rosters. In the end, Emperor Tian paid the pains and really let them find a palace maid named An Lan.

This palace maid was a servant in Biquan Palace. She was a third-class maid, who was specially responsible for serving tea, water, and sweeping.

Xiao Juan went to Biquan Palace to meet Empress Dowager Deng, hoping to see An Lan.

Empress Dowager Deng seemed to have expected him to come, and her reaction was very calm.

"Because An Lan was seriously ill, Aijia was afraid that she would infect others, so they sent her out of the palace."

Xiao Lian asked: "Since An Ran is from Biquan Palace, why did she appear in Jingque Palace? And she also claimed to be a lark?"

Empress Dowager Deng said lightly: "Is there still such a thing? Aijia doesn't know what's going on. If you want to know, just ask An Lan herself."

"An Lan is dead."

Empress Dowager Deng's expression remained unchanged: "That's it, that's a pity."

Xiao Yan continued: "An Lan is just a third-class little palace maid. Without the permission from above, she would not have the courage to go to Jingque Palace, and she would not rashly replace the identity of the skylark."

Empress Dowager Deng frowned slightly, showing a bit of dissatisfaction.

"Are you suspecting that Aijia killed An Lan?"

Xiao Yan lowered his head: "Wei Chen dare not, Wei Chen is just confused, I hope to get the correct answer from the Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Deng: "As the empress dowager, how could Aijia know about a little palace maid? No matter how many times you ask, Aijia still said that, I don't know."