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Chapter 727: The Impact of Huaiyi’s Disappearance on Wu Zetian

Huan Bin has been following the emperor for many years. The pilgrimage to Hanguang Temple has been carried out every year since the capital was moved.

Among all the people present, the one who is most familiar with the process must be Huan Bin.

After trying hard to recall last year's process, Huan Bin began to talk about it in a disjointed manner.

It was not until the abbot and the monk Jingkong arrived that Huan Bin shut up and stopped imparting his experience.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, His Royal Highness the Duke of Liang, and all the others."

The abbot and Jingkong clasped their hands together and bowed to the crowd.

"Master Abbot, Chief of Internal Security, I'm afraid you two will be working very hard today."

"Your Majesty, burning incense is not a trivial matter. What happened last night is just another incident. I hope you two will be more cautious today and avoid causing trouble." Li Cunxi said earnestly.

The abbot lowered his brows and spoke in a calm voice.

"We thank His Majesty the Prince of Qin. We have already offered incense to Hanguang Temple three times, and this is the fourth time. We all know what will happen during the incense offering."

"Although the case of last night has not been closed yet, the Hanguang Temple has been defended by a large army inside and out. It is impossible for any further incidents to occur."

"My junior brother and I are not the kind of people who stir up trouble. We both know clearly what we can and cannot say."

"Therefore, today will definitely pass safely."

A faint smile appeared on Li Cunxi's face: "Then I'll borrow the abbot's good words."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with the abbot, everyone left the house and had their meal in the meditation room on the side.

The breakfast of the monks in Hanguang Temple is extremely simple. Each person has a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge. They eat it in a hurry and the meal is finished.

After the meal, even though Li Cunxi didn't have a big appetite, he was only half full. It was conceivable that Huan Bin, Qiu Shenji, Ma Rong and others who followed him were only able to fill their stomachs at most.

After leaving the Zen room, Li Cunxi began to change into his official uniform, put on his boots, fastened his golden tortoise bag, and wore the jade pendant Xiaomei gave him around his waist. Then he went out to meet everyone and wait outside Hanguang Temple.

At the same time, in the team leaving Luoyang, Wu Zetian sat upright on the imperial sedan chair, followed by a group of ministers' carriages.

The two thousand Qianniu Guard cavalry led by Hu Jinghui were responsible for protecting the emperor and his ministers during their travels.

General Yu Shi was in command, guarding in front of the emperor's sedan chair.

On the side of the imperial carriage, Shangguan Wan'er was in a bad mood. From time to time, she thought of this time last year when the emperor had sex with the lecherous monk Huaiyi, and the monk Huaiyi even wanted to sleep with her.

Simply unworthy of a man!

Shangguan Wan'er felt disgusted at the thought that she would have to meet the lewd monk Huaiyi again in less than an hour.

At this moment, Hu Jinghui, who was marching with the team, suddenly saw a horse galloping towards him, and immediately picked up the five-clawed flying hook sickle spear on the victory hook.

"General Chen, you lead the team forward. I'll go and take care of that guy!"

Chen Ben, the General of the Qianniu Guards, bowed to Hu Jinghui and said loudly:

"General, please go ahead. I will leave this to you!"

Hu Jinghui nodded and swung his whip suddenly.

The horse felt pain and suddenly accelerated and rushed forward.

On horseback, Hu Jinghui lowered his body and slowly extended the five-clawed flying hook and sickle spear in his hand.

The two horses were getting closer and closer, and the face of the rider on the faster horse became visible.

It turned out to be a monk!

"I am an inner guard of Hanguang Temple. I have an important matter to discuss with Your Majesty!!!"

When the monk saw the cold light from the spear tip, he immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.

At the critical moment, Hu Jinghui put away his gun and dodged, thus avoiding taking the monk's life when the two horses met.

"Humph, you have to wait until now to say something. Do you really want to take a bullet from me?"

Hu Jinghui reined in his horse and said harshly.

The internal guard had escaped death from Hu Jinghui's gun, so he dared not talk back and could only bow to Hu Jinghui with a bitter face.

"Please forgive me, General."

"Humph, you say you're an internal guard? Why should I believe you? Hurry and bring me your badge so I can identify you!"

"Yes, General."

The monk took out a badge from his arms and threw it to Hu Jinghui on horseback.

Hu Jinghui took it and took a closer look. It was indeed the badge of the Internal Guard.

"Come on, I'll take you to see His Majesty!"

Hu Jinghui threw the badge back and rode back.

Soon, Wu Zetian learned the news of Huaiyi's disappearance from this internal guard.

Wu Zetian, who had been smiling constantly, could no longer smile at this moment.

She stared at the inner guard intently, and her voice seemed to come from the abyss.

"You said Huaiyi is missing?"

"That fire also killed all of Huaiyi's servants?"

"Even the few martial arts masters I assigned to Huaiyi to protect him perished in the sea of fire?"

Wu Zetian's hands trembled and she felt dizzy.

The inner guard was trembling with fear and did not dare to look directly at Wu Zetian.

"His Majesty!"

"That's right. I heard it from others when His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin and his men were searching the ruins."

"This cannot be fake, Your Majesty!"

Wu Zetian held her forehead, feeling extremely sad.

Of her four former male favorites, only Zhang Changzong and Huaiyi remained after the Xue Mansion tragedy.

Although Zhang Changzong was always by her side, his presence was mixed with many political attributes.

Only the monk Huaiyi, although he had a close relationship with her, had no collusion with the officials in the court.

Such a fun toy disappeared without a trace and could not be found.

What a sad thing this is!

"Your Majesty, I express my condolences."

Shangguan Wan'er had already dismounted and came to Wu Zetian's imperial carriage.

"Your Majesty, Huaiyi is only missing, not dead."

"As I think, with the ability of His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, His Royal Highness the Duke of Liang, and the help of Doctor Lu and others, we will definitely be able to find Huaiyi's whereabouts."

"What's more, all the gentlemen are here at the Hanguang Temple this time. Even if His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin can't find any clues, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei and Elder Di are here too. With everyone's combined strength, wouldn't it be easy to investigate?"

After Shangguan Wan'er's advice, Wu Zetian felt much better.

His Majesty the Emperor sighed heavily and waved his hand to send the monk guard away.

"Wan'er, you speak so sweetly. I like you very much."

"Come up and talk to me."

The expression on Shangguan Wan'er's face froze for a moment, then returned to normal. With the help of a palace servant, Shangguan Wan'er stepped on the other person's back and got onto the imperial sedan chair.

Then, she knelt down beside Wu Zetian and began to say nice words to comfort her.

What happened in front of the imperial carriage naturally could not be hidden from the carriages within ten meters.

Wu Chengsi lifted the curtain and looked in the direction of the imperial chariot. He saw Shangguan Wan'er's horse being led by a soldier and said with a smile:

"It seems he went to comfort His Majesty."

"Taishan, call me when you get to Hanguang Temple. I'm going to catch up on some sleep first."

The black man who acted as the driver, who looked like an iron tower, whispered:

"I understand. Your Majesty, please rest."