The next day, before dawn, Pei Yuan walked out of the tent, the heavy rain stopped in the second half of the night, the air was fresh after the rain, Pei Yuan took a deep breath.

The Huotou Army had already started to make a fire to cook, and the smoke from the cooking accompanied by the fragrance of rice woke everyone up, Shi Xiangjie walked out of the tent and saw Pei Yuan looking at the map on the side, so he hurriedly leaned over and followed: "I should be able to go to Tianqingshan today." ”

Pei Yuan nodded, but his brows were still furrowed, and Shi Xiangjie hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm afraid that some roads will be difficult to walk after the heavy rain," Pei Yuan put away the map and explained, sighing again, "Let's take one step at a time." ”

Yuan Yang drank the black rice porridge in the bowl in a few sips, whispered a word to Liuyu, and pulled Yuan Xu to find a few brothers from yesterday.

The bodyguard who spoke to them last night rubbed his worried eyes and opened the door for the two: "It's early in the morning, why are you in such a hurry." ”

"Time is tight and the task is heavy, how can you be as comfortable as you follow a rich businessman." Yuan Yang quipped, and hurriedly said the right thing, "I didn't come to you to chat, my brother borrowed two fast horses from you." ”

"Just your sharp eyes, that's the boss of the big man, how can you say that you can borrow it!" The other party looked at Yuan Yang with a smile.

Yuan Xu leaned against the door with his sword, and said impatiently when he heard this: "We still don't know about you, okay, I owe you a drink, and when I finish the business at hand, I'll ask you when I go back." ”

After Shen Jiahe finished settling the account at the shopkeeper, he disappeared Yuan Yang and Yuan Xu in a blink of an eye, and hurriedly asked Xiang Liuyu, who was still eating breakfast: "What about the two of them?" ”

Liuyu shook his head, he just saw the two of them go out after breakfast in a hurry, and he didn't say what he was going to do: "I guess I'll be back soon, let's wait a while." ”

Liuyu drank a bowl of tofu brain, burped with satisfaction, and was about to tell Shen Jiahe that he went out to find Yuanyang and the two of them, but when he looked up, he saw that they were already standing at the door and beckoning to them: "Let's go!" ”

Shen Jiahe looked at the two horses in front of him that were obviously different from yesterday, and looked at Yuanyang in surprise: "Where did you come from?" ”

Yuan Xu pointed to the rich merchant who was coming out to eat breakfast in the inn: "The kind that you borrow, you don't have to pay it back." ”

Shen Jiahe sneered, turned over and quipped: "Gu a bodyguard, who would have thought that they could still put up a rogue brother like you, and that rich businessman was unlucky." ”

Shen Jiahe took the three of them to the direction of Pei Yuan, and Shen Xiang and his wife in the capital took a carriage to the direction of Xianwang's Mansion, Shen Xiang lifted the curtain and looked outside, and when he saw that it was almost there, he turned his head and said to his wife: "Didn't you say that you should let the two boys come over?" You have to make this trip. ”

"What can the two of them do, when the time comes, Jiahe will send people back with just two words, how can I rest assured if I don't go to see it." Shen's mother sighed, the eldest daughter still has her mother-in-law and sister-in-law at home, but there is no one around the younger daughter, and her mother's family will not take her back, so she will not be able to guard the palace alone.

When Gonggong Fu saw Shen Xiang and his wife, his heart had already been boiled in the oil pot, and he hurriedly welcomed people in, and ordered his subordinates to bring refreshments, and then bowed and saluted: "The old slave has said goodbye to Xiangye and his wife." ”

Mother Shen waved her hand and said: "Father-in-law Fu doesn't need to be polite, I came here this time to take your princess back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to live for a while, and Father-in-law Fu will go and invite the princess out." ”

The subordinates had already sent the refreshments, and the Fu Gonggong personally poured tea for the two, and then waved away the subordinates who were waiting in the house, before he dared to tell the truth: "The princess is not in the palace." ”

Shen's mother raised her eyebrows: "Went out?" Your prince is not here, how can she go out alone? What if you encounter danger? ”

Shen Xiang saw that Father-in-law Fu wanted to speak and stopped, knowing that things would not be simple, and asked in a cold voice: "Father-in-law Fu, where did the princess go?" ”

"The princess has gone after the prince!" Gonggong Fu knelt down with a puff, "The old slave is guilty of not taking a good look at the princess, and the prince ordered that the princess must not be allowed to have anything to do before leaving, but the old slave didn't know when the princess left the palace." ”

Mother Shen was so shocked that she stood up suddenly, she only felt a buzzing in her head, and the whole person shook in front of her, Shen Xiang hurriedly stretched out his hand to support the person: "Madam, don't worry, madam, you listen to what Grandpa Fu has to say first." ”

Gonggong Fu was also panicked in his heart, this princess was not there, if Mrs. Shen had something wrong in the palace, it would be a big sin, and he was busy calling someone to boil a bowl of ginseng tea and send it over.

Shen Xiang pinched Shen's mother's middle, and when he saw that he was taking a breath, he relaxed: "This matter has not been understood clearly, you think in a bad direction for everything." ”

Shen's mother took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears: "People have gone secretly, and they have to chase the prince, but they are going to war, can this be a joke?" She is a girl's house, and she may meet ...... on the road" Speaking of this, Shen's mother couldn't go on, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and she didn't dare to cry.

Shi Xiangyuan took time out in the past two days and asked Lu Jiuzhi to go to see Shen Jiahe together, and the two elders knew Shen Jiahe's situation, so they didn't stop them, but after the two were brought in by their subordinates, they saw that Shen Xiang and his wife were also in the house.

"I've seen my uncle and aunt!" The two saluted together, Shen Xiang waved absentmindedly, and Shen's mother still lowered her head and wiped her tears.

Lu Jiuzhi hurriedly stepped forward and lay on Shen's mother's lap: "Auntie, what's wrong?" ”

Shi Xiangyuan looked at Gonggong Fu strangely: "What about the princess?" Uncle and aunt came, why didn't she come out? ”

Shen Xiang sighed, and Gonggong Fu had no choice but to repeat his previous words: "Miss Bai Ying said that the princess has not been able to eat and sleep well since the princess left, and even if she is left in the palace, it is also torture for the princess." ”

Shi Xiangyuan and Lu Jiuzhi were shocked, Shi Xiangyuan thought of something and hurriedly asked, "What about Liuyu?" ”

Speaking of this Fu Gonggong, he was angry, Liuyu and Yuanyang and Yuanxu were specially left by the prince to protect the princess, but they didn't think that these three people would go with the princess: "Liuyu and the other two guards sent by the prince before also followed, I am afraid that they have already caught up with the prince's troops." ”

"Uncle, aunt, Liuyu's martial arts are not weak, no one is his opponent easily, and the other two guards that Gonggong Fu said, the guards who can be sent down by my cousin to take care of the princess, and the martial arts are definitely not weak, aunt, please relax." Shi Xiangyuan analyzed the situation and comforted Shen's mother.

"Yes, yes," Gonggong Fu also hurriedly comforted, "The three of them are afraid that no one in the capital will be able to deal with it, and please rest assured that Mrs. Shen will be able to do this, when the prince arrives at the place, the old slave will send a letter to the past, and the princess will be safe." ”

Mother Shen nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, but Shen Xiang would consider another question: "Father-in-law Fu, who else knows the news that the princess is missing?" ”

Father-in-law Fu naturally understood what Shen Xiang was worried about, and he was busy marrying the queen the day before yesterday and said: "The old slave can't hide it, the queen already knows about it, but she shouldn't guess that she went to chase the prince, and the old slave didn't dare to say it." ”

"You did the right thing," Shen Xiang affirmed, "The woman enters the barracks, this matter can be big or small, and now the prison army sent by the emperor is also among them, this matter must be even more cautious, the princess is not in the palace, you try to hide it first, and when the princess comes back, we have to unify the caliber." ”

"Old slave province, Xiangye, don't worry." Gonggong Fu arched his hand.

Since Shen Jiahe was not there, several people said goodbye after talking, and Shen's mother was still sitting in the carriage with a sad face: "Do we want to send someone to catch up now, I still have a lot of ups and downs in my heart." ”

"I don't know where people are going now, if you send someone to chase after you, it will attract attention, and it will be even more troublesome when my daughter comes back." Shen Xiang was also anxious in his heart, but the more anxious he was, the calmer he should be, if they took a reckless step now, they might become the handle of someone with a heart to deal with the palace and the prime minister's mansion.

"I don't think about it as much as you in a woman's family, I only care about my daughter's comfort in my heart, I don't want you men, I only put the official position first." Shen's mother was panicked at this time, and when she heard that Shen Xiang had rejected her proposal, she felt that she didn't know what to do.

Shen Xiang wanted to cry without tears, he was obviously thinking about the overall situation, but he was misunderstood by his wife as not caring about his daughter, so he had to explain: "At present, no one knows that my daughter went to the prince, so that there will be no one to deal with him on the road, if it is an ordinary danger, I believe that the three people left by the prince to our daughter are still capable of protecting her." ”

Seeing that his wife's face looked much better, Shen Xiang continued: "Now that the queen and the crown prince are staring at the Xianwang Mansion, what we have to do is not let them know about it, if you are seen like this, it will definitely arouse suspicion, and the daughter will definitely come back safely, what we have to do is not to let the backyard catch fire." ”

Shen's mother was moved, and then she settled down: "What you said is that I forgot the one in the palace." ”

Gonggong Xu checked outside in the past two days but found nothing: "Queen Mother, the old slave has checked the record of going out of the city today, and there is no trace of the princess, and the subordinates of the palace are also tight-lipped about this, only saying that they dare not ask about the master's affairs, and they don't know anything." ”

When the queen thought of Pei Shu, she only felt even more headache: "But where can she go?" How many families are close to her? Did you check it out? ”

"Today, Xiangye and his wife went to Xianwang's mansion for a trip, originally to take their daughter home, but I heard that they didn't see anyone, but according to the spies' report, Xiangye and his wife laughed all the way, and there was no worried look on their faces, thinking that they should know the whereabouts of their daughter." Manager Xu thought about the information in his hand and continued to reply. ”

"There are also two girls from the Shi family and the Lu family, who went to the Prime Minister's Mansion together today, so it seems that the princess is unlikely to be in the two of them." Manager Xu bowed down and said them one by one.

The queen pondered for a moment: "What about Yao Xinrou?" ”

"The old slave has already inquired euphemistically with Lord Cheng, and they have never been in touch." Gonggong Xu also felt strange, there was no clue that a big living person really disappeared.

The little eunuch walked in and said, "Queen Mother, the prince is out asking to see you." ”

"Let him in."

Pei Shu waited for two days without news, and he couldn't wait, and after entering the hall and hurriedly saluting, he asked anxiously: "The queen mother sent someone to invite Shen Jiahe, what happened?" ”

The queen had a bold guess in her heart, although it was unlikely, but think about Shen Jiahe, what could she not do, but the queen didn't dare to say it directly, so she had to euphemistically say first: "Shen Jiahe is not in the mansion, the queen mother is being checked in the past two days, and the Fu Gonggong of the Xianwang Mansion also does not know where to go." ”

"What does that mean?" Pei Shu looked at the queen inexplicably, "Where can she go?" ”

"No matter where she goes, your life still has to go on as usual, the queen mother is still checking here, you wait for the news first." The queen wanted to give him a reassuring pill first, and then slowly tell the matter, "The queen mother's people have been checking for two days, and those who are familiar with her are tight-lipped, but she is indeed not in the capital, and her name is not in the list of people who go out of the city, so she is gone anyway." ”

Pei Shu felt that this was the queen deliberately fooling herself: "Can a big living person still disappear if he can't say it?" ”

The queen walked up to him and stood still, and looked at him unhappily: "The queen mother doesn't believe it either, but this is a fact, but just before you came, the queen mother had a bold guess that Shen Jiahe might have gone to find Pei Yuan." ”

"It can't be!" Pei Shu shook his head and said.

The queen sneered: "What's impossible about this, how well can you know her?" ”

Pei Shu returned to the East Palace in a daze, no matter how categorical the queen said, he refused to believe that Shen Jiahe went to find Pei Yuan, how hard it was on the way to the army, he felt frightened as a person who had never been to the battlefield, how could such a charming girl's family suffer that sin.

"Alai, send someone to find Shen Jiahe's whereabouts for me, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find out the person to the palace!"