Xuanyuan Lingheng held an autumn hunting ceremony in the paddock, and representatives of the northern and southern armies visited the shrine, as well as the younger brothers of the Dayuan nobles showed their skills. In addition to the fun, autumn hunting is to train people's riding and archery skills.

Xuanyuan Ling Heng has not seen Dingguo Gong for a long time, and he has to express his honor and favor for this old man, not only rewarded, but also favored Wei Guifei.

At this time, the Wei family did not let down their guards, and still controlled the army, and also asked them to guard the northern frontier in case the Khitans suddenly attacked, and Dayuan was caught off guard. But when he basically mastered the northern Xinjiang, and also found a good person to bomb the Wei family, and captured both father and son, the Wei family was finished.

The Golden Horde feasted the ministers, and it was also the joy of the guests and hosts.

Early the next morning, when Xuanyuan Ling Heng was still relatively relaxed, he received an urgent report from Zhongdu, which was written by Gao Lianxi himself.

The report fell from his hand, and Xuanyuan Ling Heng only felt a chill all over his body.

What is missing?

There are also rumors that it has become a fox.

It's ridiculous!

Xuanyuan Ling Heng also guessed the current situation, and he also had such acumen. But when he didn't encounter such a thing, he didn't think it would be dangerous to hang the flowers in the Changchun Palace, because he had already warned the queen that she couldn't reach out to Qionglin Yuan.

Xuanyuan Ling Heng couldn't continue the autumn hunt with peace of mind at all, so he recruited Xie Zhixiao, who was driving. His injuries have been completely healed after half a year of recuperation.

Xuanyuan Ling Heng was disgusted to return to Beijing with a full set of imperial honor guards, and a group of concubines and eunuchs Gong E went all the way slowly, and when they returned to Zhongzhong, the daylilies were cold.

Only with the elite imperial guards to ride a fast horse back to the central capital, Xie Zhixiao accompanied him to protect him, there were also many people from the rivers and lakes, including Lei Zhao, Yun Rui and others who were already in Houmen Jingyun Villa.

Xuanyuan Lingheng wore the emperor's armor suit, rode his horse all the way back to Zhongdu, it took half a month to go to Shuofang, and it only took seven days to come back. But it has been more than 20 days since Concubine De disappeared.

Xie Zhixiao didn't know the purpose of the emperor leaving everything behind and rushing back, and when he followed the emperor into the palace, he didn't stop long and took the masters and imperial guards with him into Qionglin Garden.

In the courtyard of Changchun Palace, thirty or forty eunuchs and palace maids knelt on the ground with Gao Lianxi, and Xuanyuan Xiaohe knelt in front with a snow-white little fox, and burst into tears when he saw his father.

Gao Lianxi kowtowed and said, "The slave should die! The slave should die!"

Xuanyuan Ling Heng seemed to have crawled out of the ice cave, still holding a horse whip in his hand, his phoenix eyes flickered, and he pointed at Gao Lianxi and said, "Shut up for me!

Gao Lianxi lay on the ground and said, "The slave has searched the entire harem, but he didn't find Concubine De!"

Xuanyuan Xiaohe cried: "Father, the mother concubine has become a fox!"

Xuanyuan Ling Heng looked at his son and the snow dumplings in his arms, and said angrily: "It's not your mother's concubine!"

Xuanyuan Xiao and Wow Wow cried, but hugged the little fox tightly, Xuanyuan Ling Heng pulled him up, suddenly reached out and pinched the back of the white fox's neck, and when he lifted it, he saw that it was a cute little animal with a whole body like snow.

Xuanyuan Ling Heng felt that someone had offended the monarch and humiliated him with an animal, and in anger, he wanted to throw the little animal to death.

Xuanyuan Xiaohe screamed, knelt down and hugged his thighs: "Don't! Father, don't hurt the 'mother concubine'!"

Xuanyuan Ling Heng said: "I said, it's not your 'mother concubine'!"

Xuanyuan Xiaohe said: "Yes! It is the mother concubine! It will accompany the third son, it is the mother concubine!"

Xie Zhixiao was behind the emperor, looking at the snow ball dumbfounded, and his heart was shocked and indescribable.

Where's she, what's wrong?

Xuanyuan Ling Heng saw that his son was like this, so he didn't fall to death and threw the little fox on the ground, Xuanyuan Xiao hurriedly crawled over, holding the little fox in his arms, sadness came from it, and tears came again and again.

The little fox was very human, stretched out his tongue and licked Xuanyuan Xiaohe's cheek, which made Xuanyuan Ling Heng surprised for a moment.

Could it be that this little beast is really her?

He shook his head again and announced Song Yilai, a well-known criminal officer in the Criminal Department. Song Yi had already heard about the strange things that happened in the palace, and he was curious, but he didn't expect the emperor to summon him to Qionglin Garden as soon as he returned to Zhongdu.

The emperor had changed his clothes and changed into a regular dress under the service of Gao Lianxi and other eunuchs and palace maids, while Xie Zhixiao took a group of imperial guards and warriors to guard the palace courtyard.

Song Yi and two assistants went to meet the emperor, Xie Zhixiao also went to the palace to listen to it, Xuanyuan Ling Heng obviously found something wrong, and he was to be sent to investigate as soon as possible.

Song Yi Yongjing entered the Criminal Department in the second year, and he is only twenty-six years old, with a handsome appearance and a smile on the corner of his mouth. He was also a young man promoted by Xuanyuan Ling Heng back then, and he was not from a big family. He is a side branch of the Luoshui Song clan, and the Luoshui Song clan is not the first echelon of the Central Plains, slightly higher than the Qiantang Hua clan.

Song Yi asked to go to the scene to see, and the scene had been cleaned several times, and he only asked the eunuch and palace maid what happened that day.

Yun Luo, the palace maid, said: "Since the emperor went to the autumn hunt, the mother has been in a bad mood, she doesn't think about tea and dinner all day, and sometimes she doesn't go out of the bedroom for a day, and even the three princes are exempted from asking for peace." That day, the mother didn't eat a few bites of dinner, and secretly wept, saying that she was tired and wanted to rest, and didn't let us come to serve. ”

Xiao Lianzi said: "Exactly. Niangniang has never liked people to be on duty at night, the emperor is here, and it is like this, yes, we are all on night duty in the ear room. The lady usually doesn't have anything for us to serve at night. When the emperor went to autumn hunting, she had no rules for sitting and lying down, and it was normal for her to sleep late. But it was really past noon that day, and Gao Gonggong was worried that his mother was hungry, so he went to the house to serve. Then I found that the mother was gone, and there was a little fox on the bed, and the clothes and hairpins before going to bed were on the bed. ”

Song Yi looked at the door and window, and was not afraid of being rude to the emperor, walked out of the house, and looked at the walls of Changchun Palace on three sides, which were less than a zhang high.

"Su Yihou, with your light skills, can you jump onto the palace wall?"

Xie Zhixiao said: "My ease can barely climb a three-zhang high wall. ”

The palace wall outside is more than three zhang high, and such a high palace wall is not something that ordinary people can climb.

Song Yi said: "Your Majesty, if Concubine De didn't become a fox, it would not be difficult for someone to take her out of Changchun Palace, but it would be difficult to take her out of the palace." If the mother is no longer in the palace, it is necessary to check who has been out of the palace from the night to the present, especially in and out within three days after the incident. If Concubine De is not out of the palace, then check the palaces. ”

Concubine De has never been in contact with anyone before and after, and there are no fewer eunuchs and maids in the palace, so she can only grasp this.

Xuanyuan Ling Heng's chest rose and fell slightly, and said, "If you have any judgment, you might as well speak up." ”

Song Yi said: "Now there are no clues at the scene, there is nothing to see." There are only eunuchs and palace maids in Changchun Palace, and it is not difficult for masters of the rivers and lakes to enter and exit. I don't know who Concubine De can have a grudge with on weekdays?"

Xuanyuan Ling Heng thought to himself that if the harem woman wanted to move her, she would be fierce and unlucky at this time, and he really didn't want to believe it. Now if there is no evidence, I have to investigate Concubine Li Xian and others, but I am afraid that it will cause public anger, so I can only visit it privately.

"She is a harem concubine, living in Changchun Palace, how can she have a grudge against people on weekdays?" Xuanyuan Ling Heng said, "I give you a month, can you find out the whereabouts of Concubine De?"

Song Yi said: "If Concubine De is still in the palace, three days is enough, if she is already out of the palace, I am afraid that the sky is high and the earth is wide, and I don't know whether I live or die, the emperor gave Weichen ten years, and Weichen can't find out." ”

Xuanyuan Ling Heng's heart was cold, and he said, "You can find out how she left the palace, when she left the palace, and you can't find her?"

Song Yi said: "As long as the mother is out of the palace, the emperor doesn't have to waste Zhou Zhang to find Concubine De Niangniang." If it was Niangniang's enemy, Niangniang would have been killed at this time, and if it was Niangniang's friend, the emperor would not have to look for it. ”

Song Yi's intuition was very accurate, he didn't know what was going on between Hua Langying and Xuanyuan Ling Heng, but as a criminal officer, when he heard her daily habits, it was no more suitable to disappear. But without in-depth investigation and no evidence, you can't say it, and you are guilty of taboos. There are not no people in the world who don't like to be approached, and there are many of them, but they just happened to be suspicious when they disappeared.

It is not easy for a large living person to go missing, especially in the court. If someone is forcibly kidnapped, it is difficult for the eunuchs and palace maids to not hear the movement at all.

Xuanyuan Lingheng thought of Lei'er for the first time when he heard "Niangniang's friend", and couldn't help but look at Lei Zhao, Lei Zhao's scalp was numb.

……

Lei'er had recently heard rumors that Concubine De had turned into a fox, and she was very curious. But now that she has finally been summoned into the palace, she sees that her eldest brother is also in the palace, and there is still a trace of danger in her gaze.

The emperor asked Song Yi to ask her a few questions, or to ask her what she was doing that night. Although it is not certain that if Concubine De is out of the palace, when will the specific time be. But the time when Concubine De left Changchun Palace must have been that night.

"I was drinking in the Star Pavilion before the time. The shopkeeper in the store can prove that there is still ...... Sima Rong can also prove it. ”

The palace gate was keyed, so it was impossible for her to enter the palace later, and it was more dangerous for her light work to climb over the palace wall more than three feet high. She is already a genius, but due to her young age and the difference in physical fitness between men and women, no matter how good her light skills are, she is superior to dexterity, but her strength and persistence are not as good as Xie Zhixiao, let alone Yun Duo.

There is no way for her to enter the palace to take Concubine De out of Changchun Palace.

The emperor said, "Has Concubine De sent a message to you?"

Lei'er felt that she was more wronged than Dou E, but fortunately, she didn't know who Dou E was.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers also want to know the safety of Concubine De, but the courtiers really don't know. The courtiers were also very worried when they heard this rumor. ”

Xuanyuan Ling Heng knew that it had been more than 20 days since the incident, and if she was still alive, she would not know where she had gone. At this time, the palace guards, the officials of the criminal department, and the soldiers and horses of the nine cities were sent to investigate, and the teachers were mobilized, and the matter would be subject to the words of the previous dynasty, and it may not be found.

Xuanyuan Ling Heng's face was gloomy, he clenched his fists tightly, was silent for a long time, and said: "Wang Shi'an, Gao Lianxi, you take people to check the palace up and down, there is no forbidden area!"

"Slaves obey!"

"Song Yi, when is it most likely that you will leave the palace when and how will you leave the palace, you will also act cheaply. ”

"We're in charge. ”

Xuanyuan Ling Heng looked at Lei'er again and said, "There are many friends in the rivers and lakes of Jingyun Villa, so Miss Lei will inquire about the rivers and lakes for me, if there are any suspicious characters suspected of abducting Concubine De." ”

"The courtiers obeyed. "Lei'er doesn't want to be an errand boy, but as the daughter of the Hou Mansion, the emperor has to listen to the order, at least to deal with it.

Xuanyuan Ling Heng assigned people to act separately, and this was the only thing he could do, that is, he could send the twelve guards in the palace to investigate, the world is big, and where to check.

Xuanyuan Ling Heng entered her living palace, and the furnishings were the same as in the past, and the chaise longue where she often lay was still on the couch with her unfinished embroidery. The bookshelves, desks, and four treasures of the study in the small study are the same, as well as a small desk for the three princes.

The autumn wind blew in from the window, blowing the milky white veil, undulating like waves, and Xuanyuan Ling Heng's heart was like ice at this time.

He sat blankly on the edge of the bed, immersed in his own world.

"Are you a fool?"

How could he believe that she had become a fox? Xuanyuan Ling Heng thought back to the past.

"You're not fun at all, so keep your balance. ”

"I mean, I'm worthy of you. ”

"Don't fall in love with me, love, vulgar. ”

"The emperor himself is not a person who is swayed by love, so why do you have to live for love and die for love?...... I can't promise life and death to the emperor, and the emperor can't give it to me. ”

She also said to her handmaiden:

Life is shorter than you think, you come to this world, you may not know that you are here to suffer, your happy youth and infinite possibilities are only a few years.

Life is short, the most important thing is to be happy and try everything.

If you are unhappy when you get married, you can get married, and then follow Miss Lei to the end of the world.

……

Xuanyuan Ling Heng's frozen heart was broken into pieces.

She was not taken captive, but she had long planned that she was going to escape from the palace, and she didn't want a piece of Qionglin Garden and a Changchun Palace that he gave him. She has no attachment to him, she regards his sincerity as worthless, she wants to pursue what she wants to do, maybe it is better to wander the world.

She left him, she left everything, and what he brought to her, she regarded as a mustard.

Her asking price is too high, he can't give it, and if she can't reach a consensus, she won't lower the price, so forget it.

She doesn't bear children for him, because without children, she can go at any time.

San'er, no matter how much she loves San'er, San'er is not her biological son after all! She has given San'er enough.

He, Xuanyuan Lingheng, couldn't keep her.

Mingyue, you're fine.

"Ahh......h

He was an emperor, he laid down all his dignity in front of her, and she did this to him?

……

Yiyun Marquis Mansion, lobby.

"Brother, Master Hou, I really don't know where Concubine De is! Don't force me! I'm also worried about her. Leil patted her head and said.

Lei Zhao said: "The emperor has an order to let you trace the whereabouts of Concubine De, where are you going to find it?"

Lei'er spread her hands: "How would I know?"

Lei Zhao said: "I don't think you are so worried about her life and death. ”

Lei'er pursed her lips and said, "Unless she really becomes a fox, otherwise, how can she die so easily? There is no smarter person in the world than her, a man will definitely not be able to do anything when he sees her, and it is difficult for a woman to have her opponent." ”

Lei'er is also a very smart person, because of this, she sent Ruozhu to the Hou Mansion and brought her a copy of "Mingyu Divine Skill". She also once said that she was born with no pulse and could not practice, but her master's martial arts are very powerful.

She gave her such a priceless treasure of peerless martial arts secrets, and there was even a detailed explanation on it, which is something that Jianghu people dream of. She did this, on the one hand, to let her take care of her own siblings and Ruozhu, and pass on her martial arts to them, and on the other hand, it was also the friendship between the two. On the other hand, she was born with no pulse, but she really wanted to have a free soul, and the sisters she admired would reach heights that she could not reach.

Leil also realized that if she was going to leave, it would be very natural for her to do so.

If she had gone on her own, she would never have appeared in front of her, at least in recent years.

Lei Zhao couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, but Xie Zhixiao seemed to have lost his soul.

The sustenance in his heart collapsed.

Originally, even if we couldn't see each other, it would be good to know where she was, and if I looked at Qionglin Yuan from afar, I occasionally had the opportunity to see her from afar.

She didn't know that she was in Zhongdu, and Changchun Palace was the place where his heart returned.

He even expected a vigorous accident to die for her in such a desperate relationship. Leaving a shadow in her heart is the best place for him.

But now, it's all gone.

Xie Zhixiao suppressed his trembling body and asked, "Does Miss Lei know where she wants to go?" ”

Leil said, "That's a lot, and when we chat, it's all over the world. ”

"There's always a place. ”

"Go to Changbai Mountain to dig ginseng, go to the top of Huashan Mountain to compete with swords, go to the Yangtze River to swim, go to Guilin to raise cormorants as fishermen, go to Tubo Snow Mountain to row snow, go back to Futian Mountain to dig snow lotus, go to Fusang to be a queen...... Which of the braggings am I going to take seriously?"

Xie Zhixiao: ......

Lei Zhao: ......

Yunduo: ......

Yun Rui: ......

This style of painting is too speechless.

Xie Zhixiao said: "The emperor ordered you to look for it, you have to look for it with your heart, if she is really outcast, are you sure that she will not be in danger that she can't solve by herself?"

There are all kinds of possible speculations, but there is no conclusive evidence for any of them.

After a few days, Wang Shi'an and Gao Lianxi had already checked every room in the palace, and there was no figure of Concubine De.

And Song Yi locked on a few targets, and before he went to the palace gate in the afternoon of that year, there were several batches of people entering and leaving the palace gate.

There are several batches of winter clothes coming into the palace; Zhuangzi, who supplies agricultural products outside, sends several carts of fruits to the palace; there are eunuchs and palace people who pour night incense every day in and out of the palace gate; there are also imperial merchants outside who send a batch of rouge gouache; and there are gardeners in the Imperial Garden and Qionglin Garden to make frost protection for the trees.

In the next few days, there are also family visits by the families of the harem concubines, visits by the families of the palace people, and daily official business in and out.

Song Yi still locked his eyes on the people who entered and exited that day, and asked the people who guarded the palace gate to tell the situation at that time and the people he had seen. But Song Yi felt that there were a group of gardeners from Qionglin Yuan who were suspicious, because they were close to Changchun Palace. But the gardener said that the Ningguo Mansion that contracted the matter was not easy to mess with, and there was no tangible evidence, and the Ningguo Mansion could pinch him to death.

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There is also a chapter to save the manuscript, and I will change it the day after tomorrow. I also want to spend time on "Favorite Concubine Xing Xiuyan" and want to finish it.