has already said that he wants to return to the capital with Xue Rui together, then he has nothing to do except Li Yuxin for the rest of the time, just accompany Xue Rui to play around and talk about the pain of lovesickness, and the remaining Li Yuqing and Li Minghao, one is busy arranging the handover of the rear of the village after he leaves, and the other is busy saying goodbye to his classmates and friends who have met in Hongru Academy over the years.

Although these things seemed simple, they could not be solved in a moment, but even so, they were not idle for a moment when they thought of Xue Rui's situation at this time.

They knew that Xue Rui was now an official person, and even if he took family leave, he couldn't stay outside for too long, so they tried their best to take more than half a month to barely handle the affairs here, and after handling the matter, they didn't have time to rest, so they simply packed up and set off to rush to the capital.

Starting from Lijia Village to the capital, they basically never stopped along the way except for solving the necessary physiological needs, and it took a lot of time to get to the capital in this way, so after calculating it, Xue Rui didn't do anything to leave Beijing this time, and it took almost two months just to hurry.

Although Mo Xuan said before he went that he didn't have to care about the length of time when he went this time, but it really took so long Xue Rui was still a little weak in his heart, so when he arrived in the capital and sent Li Yuxin and the others to Li Yuqing's previous residence here, Xue Rui immediately explained, and then didn't even drink saliva, turned over and got on the horse when he asked for a horse, and hurried to the Five Princes' Mansion to return to Mo Xuan.

Xue Rui hurried all the way to the Five Princes' Mansion, and when he arrived at the Five Princes' Mansion, what he saw in front of him was very different from when he left, and he sat on the horse for a while and didn't know whether to get off or not.

At this time, the gate of the Five Kings Mansion was closed, and even the four guards who were guarding the door with big knives in the past were not one now, Xue Rui was shocked, he didn't know what happened to the Five Kings Mansion during the time he left the capital, but judging from this scene, it must not be a good thing.

Before he left, although Mo Xuan did not interfere in the government like other princes, so that there were few guests in the Five Princes' Mansion on weekdays, no matter how he said it, his status was still there, no matter how bad it was, he was the son of the queen at this time, the emperor's favorite prince, and there were still many other princes who were stronger in the formation.

But at this time, thinking of this, Xue Rui immediately turned over and dismounted and walked quickly to the gate, regardless of whether his actions were rude or not, he raised his hand and slammed the door, and it took a while before there was a faint sound of broken footsteps inside.

Xue Rui stopped slapping when he heard this, habitually took two steps back, stroked his sleeve and stood there waiting to open the door.

After a while, the door slowly opened, but the door only opened to a third of the way and stopped, when Xue Rui subconsciously frowned, then a doorman-like person stretched out his head and looked around vigilantly, when he looked up and fell on Xue Rui's body, the doorman was startled at first, and then seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, straightened up, smiled, and opened the door again, then he said to Xue Rui, "Lord Xue, Lord Xue, you are back, long time no see." ”

Before Xue Rui left, he was often recruited by Mo Xuan to chat with him in the Five Princes' Mansion, so everyone who came and went to the Five Princes' Mansion naturally knew him, and the one who was most familiar with him was this doorman, because basically every time he came, this doorman was dragged into the mansion.

Hearing the doorman talking to him, although Xue Rui was very concerned about whether something really happened to the Five Princes' Mansion, he still replied politely first, "I did just come back from Xia, because I left for a long time, so I just arrived and came to report to the Five Princes" After answering these questions, his voice changed, and he turned to ask about the situation of the Five Princes' Mansion.

When the doorman heard Xue Rui say this, the smile he had just hung disappeared suddenly, replaced by a vigilant face, and his eyes looked around Xue Rui more subconsciously, and when he saw that his Zhou Cuo was empty, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lord Xue, don't worry, there has been something wrong in the house recently, but now outside, there are many people and small eyes, and it is inconvenient to talk to you more, if it is convenient for you, come in with the small one, and when you enter the house, the small one will lead you to see the housekeeper, and let the housekeeper talk to you carefully." ”

As soon as Xue Rui heard this doorman say this, he immediately understood that this was a sign of something wrong, so he didn't care that he had no place to put the horse when he rode over, so he raised his hand and let the doorman lead the way, galloping all the way to the palace living room.

approached, and before he entered the door, he saw Cao Yang, the housekeeper of the Five Princes' Mansion, walking back and forth in the living room while rubbing his hands uncontrollably, although he couldn't see the expression on his face, but according to his movements at this time, he could also see his restlessness.

Seeing this, Xue Rui hurriedly quickened his pace and walked into the living room quickly, entered the living room, and reminded the housekeeper Cao Yang without a doorman, so he took the lead in speaking: "Steward Cao, in Xia Xue Rui, I just came back from visiting relatives today to return to the five princes, where are the five princes?

Cao Yang was anxious at this time, and at this time he heard a familiar voice in his ears, just like a drowning person seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw all of a sudden, and he couldn't look for the sound to see who was talking to him, or he may subconsciously feel that since the person who can be brought into the Five Kings' Mansion in this special period is not an outsider, so he continued, and his voice was obviously a little trembling and said, "It's an accident, and it's a big accident."

"Something big, what's wrong?"

After this question and answer, and then Cao Yang came to his senses, only then did he raise his eyes to see who was talking to him just now, and after seeing that it was Xue Rui, Cao Yang seemed to have found the backbone, came to Xue Rui's face, stretched out his hand and took Xue Rui's hand and said, "Lord Xue, you are back, didn't you say that you would visit relatives in the countryside, why did you go for so long, didn't something happen at home?"

If it were in the past, Xue Rui might still be able to chat with Cao Yang for a while, but this is a sensitive period, and Xue Rui has time to listen to Cao Yang say these nonsense, so before Cao Yang finishes speaking, Xue Rui asks straight to the topic, "Steward Cao, let's talk about me later, you first tell me what happened in the Five Princes' Mansion?"

Cao Yang was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and after reacting, he hurriedly cried and said, "What should I do Lord Xue, the fifth prince is gone."

"What five princes are missing, when, how they have not disappeared, how long has it been, does the emperor know, have you sent someone to look for it, with the wind, hasn't he been following the five princes, what about him, is he also missing. ”

Xue Rui was so anxious, when he heard that the five princes were missing, he subconsciously thought of the emperor, of course he knew what the status of the five princes was in the emperor's heart, and since he knew, of course he also knew what if the five princes had something, what would happen to them, Xue Rui couldn't control his emotions at all at this time, and asked a lot of questions with a crackle, and Cao Yang, who asked directly, was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Seeing that Cao Yang didn't answer Xue Rui's urgency, although it was certain that the fifth prince disappeared before he came back and had nothing to do with him, but even this could not guarantee that the emperor would think so, so he couldn't stay out of the matter before it was resolved.

"Steward Cao, you are talking, what is the situation now?"

Xue Rui had always given Cao Yang the feeling that he was calm and steady no matter what he did, so he didn't expect to be even more calm than him when he heard that Mo Xuan was missing.

Looking up at Xue Rui, I saw that Xue Rui's usual serious face was full of anxiety at this time, thinking about his age, I couldn't help but sigh, and secretly thought, "No matter how mature and stable Xue Rui is on weekdays, in the final analysis, he is just a child, and he has not experienced any strong winds and waves, so why embarrass him at this time." Thinking of this, Cao Yang recalled his previous events and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

I think that when he didn't come to the Five Princes' Mansion, he was the eldest duke next to the emperor, and he had been serving the emperor since he was a child, and many years have passed. In those years, he won the trust of the emperor, originally he thought that he could serve the emperor like that for a lifetime, but he didn't expect that later the five princes grew up and wanted to go out of the palace to open the mansion, although the emperor was reluctant, but in order to experience him, he still agreed, but even so, he was still a little uneasy, so he gave him to the five princes, in fact, he also borrowed his identity to give the five princes a long face.

He has not encountered any winds and waves in the years of serving the emperor, that is, he has survived more than the disappearance of the five princes now, and now there is nothing to be afraid of, and now the five princes are just missing and not necessarily killed, and they are not really at the time of life and death, so when he thought of this, he straightened his waist and said to Xue Rui: "Lord Xue, don't be impatient, listen to me carefully." ”