Chapter 261: First Round, Win!
After Chu Xingyue and Yuan Feng and them got together all morning, she stayed in the Li Mansion and waited for Zhao Ling to come back.
It's just that when the dusk has passed, the sunset has passed, and even the stars in the sky are boringly hanging in the night sky and blinking, Zhao Ling's guy hasn't come back yet.
Chu Xingyue looked at the meal on the table that had been taken down and heated three times, and finally couldn't suppress the anxiety in her heart, got up from the stool and walked to the door, and called Chunxing: "Go and send someone to see why the prince hasn't come back yet." ”
Chun Xing looked at Chu Xingyue, who was anxious, and she was secretly anxious in her heart, in fact, she had already gone back and forth at the gate several times, but she didn't see the prince return, and the people who were sent out to inquire about the whereabouts of the prince did not return in time to report; But Chun Xing is not good to tell Chu Xingyue these words, so as not to make the already worried young lady even more uncomfortable.
"Miss, please rest assured, the slave has already sent someone out to look for the prince, and I believe he will come back soon."
Saying that, Chun Xing was about to come up to support Chu Xingyue: "Although the weather is getting hot now, it is not very comfortable to stand outside, Miss should go into the house and wait, the slave will accompany you." ”
Chu Xingyue let Chun Xing help herself into the room, sat on the stool, and said, "I don't know what's going on, I always feel that my heart is pounding, as if something is going to happen." ”
"Miss, don't scare yourself, the prince is protected by Jingwei, and the prince himself is good, what will happen to him; Now that the city of Jeju is full of unarmed victims, who can't even walk steadily, how can they make a move to hurt the prince? Besides, miss, didn't you remind the prince to be careful in everything? The prince listens to the words of the young lady the most, and he will definitely protect himself for the sake of the young lady. ”
That being said, Chu Xingyue still felt uneasy.
Jiang set up a net in Jeju City to kill Zhao Ling, although Li Yuan and the Jianghu killers in the other garden were pulled out by them, but, according to the information provided by Peach Blossom Eye, Jiang also arranged for someone to pretend to be a disaster victim to assassinate Zhao Ling.
Although she has already told Zhao Ling the news and asked him to be careful everywhere, but people have misses and horses have stumbled, even if Zhao Ling is on guard, it is inevitable that there will be omissions, in case those people catch this omission and hurt Zhao Ling, what should I do?
Since she took Zhao Ling to heart, Chu Xingyue really hated to put him in front of her eyes at all times to be able to see him at any time, she knew that she was a little nervous now, but this was not the capital after all, the emperor was far away, and the Jiang family hated Zhao Ling again, she couldn't see him at any time, and her heart couldn't be at peace.
Chu Xingyue stood up from the stool again and said to Chun Xing beside her, "No, I have to go find him myself; You go and help me talk about Yuan Feng and Peach Blossom Eyes, they called, and said that I was going to go out and let them come with me. ”
Chun Xing could see Chu Xingyue's anxiety, and since she couldn't dissuade her, she could only give her full support.
Therefore, after answering, Chun Xing ran out of the room and ran in the direction of the room where Yuan Feng and several people lived in the backyard.
When Chu Xingyue saw Chun Xing leaving, she walked to the door and closed the door, and after seeing that there was no one else around, she closed her eyes and opened the eye of heaven.
Since knowing her true identity, Chu Xingyue has asked herself to use the Heavenly Eye as little as possible, even if she has to use it, it is best to open it when she is alone; After all, the identity of the Tianding clan is too special, few people know that they are safe, and those who know are also safe.
After the eye of heaven is opened, it is a hundred miles in circumference, and you can see it all.
Chu Xingyue twisted her eyebrows to stabilize her thoughts, and looked for Zhao Ling inch by inch in the vast Jeju territory; When she saw a bright and extinguishing light in the woods more than ten miles away from Jeju City, she was about to take a closer look when she heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.
Chu Xingyue hurriedly opened her eyes, pretending to be calm and tidying up the clothes on her body, at this time, the footsteps outside the door also stopped, followed by a report: "Princess Qiqi, the prince suddenly disappeared ten miles outside the city, and his subordinates and others have sent people to look for it, so I hereby come to tell the princess, dare to ask the princess what instructions she has." ”
Chu Xingyue listened to the sound of the prayer outside, Huo Ran stood up from the stool at once, and his originally calm and ruddy face immediately turned pale; The footsteps quickly walked to the door again, opened the door, and saw the palace Jingwei kneeling on the ground at the moment.
"What do you say? What's wrong with the prince? ”
Jingwei replied: "This afternoon, the prince heard that some of the victims in the city went to the grove ten miles away from the city to pick wild fruits and peel the bark in order to find food to satisfy their hunger. However, after the prince left the city, he never returned, and even the trace disappeared. The Jingwei sensed that the situation was wrong, so they sent many people to the woods to look for them, but except for the traces of the fight in the forest, there was no trace of the prince. ”
Chu Xingyue looked at Jingwei who was kneeling on the ground with a cold look in her eyes: "The prince disappeared this afternoon, why did you come to report now." ”
Jingwei endured Chu Xingyue's angry reprimand, his body trembled, and said, "It was the prince who told his subordinates, don't do anything to alarm the princess at will; The subordinates thought that they could find the princess on their own, so they did not play in time; It's a subordinate who deserves to die, please punish the princess heavily. ”
"If you are punished, you can let the prince come back safely, do you think this princess will be merciful?"
Chu Xingyue took a few deep breaths and told herself that she must calm down at this time, Zhao Ling had only been gone for half a day since she disappeared, as long as she could think of a way in time, she would definitely be able to get him back safely.
Now, she is even more sure that Zhao Ling must have ruined the Jiang family's plot, and those victims in the forest are likely to be the third wave of people arranged by the Jiang family to assassinate Zhao Ling.
"The prince should still be in the woods, the forest is not very large, but because Jeju Castle is surrounded by mountains, it is not easy to find people; But this is also our advantage, those who want to hurt the prince should not succeed at the moment, we must get the prince back safely before them. ”
"Yes, my subordinates will arrange people."
Seeing that Jingwei was leaving, Chu Xingyue stopped him again: "Do you have a direction to find them?" ”
Jingwei was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said: "The subordinates are going to let the brothers search for the prince in a carpet search way, the forest outside the city is not big, and it is most appropriate to search for it like this." ”
"No, we'll be too late to do that."
Chu Xingyue's eyes were firm and said: "We have already lost the opportunity in this matter, and we must find a way to make up for the lost opportunity as soon as possible." I'll draw you a map of the woods outside the city, and if you go to find it with the road map in hand, you won't easily get lost in the woods at night, so you might be faster. ”
As she spoke, Chu Xingyue turned around and ran to the desk, sharpened the pen herself, and drew the outline and shape of the woods she had just seen through the eye of the sky, as well as the general route in the forest.
After handing over the roadmap to Jingwei, Chu Xingyue told again: "We are now competing for time with those killers who want to hurt the prince, whoever has the fastest time will win; Do you understand what Princess Ben means? ”
"My subordinates understand."
Jingwei looked at the road map in his hand, although the picture was quite sloppy, he could also understand it; Jingwei raised his head and looked at Chu Xingyue in surprise, and a doubt arose in his heart; The princess had never been to the woods outside the city herself, so how could she possibly know what the woods were like?
What's even more amazing is that the appearance of the woods on this paper is comparable to the real woods outside the city; Even a pile of stone slopes next to the woods is painted in great detail.
Could it be that the princess had learned from others what the woods outside the city were like?
Just as Jingwei was muttering in his heart as he looked at the map in his hand, there was another rush of footsteps from far and near.
Chu Xingyue and Jingwei looked up in unison, but they saw Luo Rou leading her personal maid Cailiu to run in the direction where they were at the moment.
Chu Xingyue didn't have a good impression of Luo Rou, nothing else, but after listening to Chun Xing tell her that she connived at the slave maid around her to hurt Chun Xing, Chu Xingyue had always had some opinions about Luo Rou in her heart.
On other people's territory, conniving at Diao Nu to hurt others, how can such a person be a kind person?
It's just that I didn't expect that now this woman came without telling her, and she looked like she was in a hurry, but she was curious about why she took the initiative to come to the door.
Chu Xingyue beckoned to Jingwei beside her to push aside, her eyes were cold and she watched Luo Rou run closer, and Ying Ying saluted: "Rou'er has seen Sister Princess, Sister Princess can come back, Rou'er should have met earlier, but Rou'er has been unwell in the past few days, for fear of bringing illness to her sister, so she lost her rudeness in front of her sister, and I ask my sister to forgive me." ”
Looking at the delicate little beauty in front of her, Chu Xingyue put her hands around her chest, but swept away the anxiety of the ancestors, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Miss Luo is not polite, this princess mentioned you, saying that you were saved by coincidence, so you took it with you; Since you are not well, those false courtesies are enough, and this princess will not take it to heart. ”
Luo Rou had never seen Chu Xingyue, and tonight she was also in a hurry after hearing that the prince's whereabouts were missing, so she took the initiative to find Chu Xingyue regardless of the prince's order; Listening to the soft voice coming from overhead, Luo Rou's face stiffened, it seems that this Princess Ling is really a wonderful person, just listening to this voice is extremely moving; I don't know how she looks, and she doesn't compare with herself.
While thinking, Luo Rou was helped up by Cai Liu.
When her curious eyes saw Chu Xingyue's face, she was stunned.
I have long heard that this Princess Ling had the title of the first beauty in Qingzhou before she got married, and I thought that Qingzhou was remote, even if she was a beauty, she would not be beautiful there; didn't expect that he was really lonely before.
Although the woman in front of her didn't put much makeup, she couldn't help but look away from that beautiful face, let alone a man.
No wonder she can occupy the heart of the prince, no wonder she can make the prince even Luo Yao behind, she really has the capital to make men fascinated.
For the first time, Luo Rou didn't dare to give birth to the idea of being beautiful again, because as long as anyone who had seen Princess Ling's appearance, no matter how delicate the flowers in the world were, they would lose their color.