Xiao Wenxuan lived in the capital for a month. Every day, the emperor has to announce him to accompany him in the palace.

Chatting, drinking tea, playing chess, watching singing and dancing. Xiao Wenxuan saw that the emperor was smiling all day long, so he regarded it as filial piety, and it was up to him.

In a flash, it was August 15, Xiao Wenxuan missed his wife and children at the border gate, asked people to pack their bags early, and resigned to the emperor as soon as the 15th palace banquet was over.

Before the time came, the emperor sent someone to invite Xiao Wenxuan into the palace.

The fifteenth palace banquet was attended by the emperor's family. After everyone sat down according to seniority, the emperor said a high-sounding word, and then sang and danced.

After singing and dancing, everyone raised their glasses to the emperor. The emperor smiled happily and drank it all.

Putting down the wine glass, the emperor looked at Xiao Wenxuan, who was absent-minded on the left hand, with an unpredictable expression: "You'an, Kuwu Island is too bitter, you stay." ”

Xiao Wenxuan's wandering thoughts instantly returned, and he raised his eyes to look at the emperor, his heart beating faster.

"Father Xie cares, Erchen doesn't feel bitter Wudao, Erchen is very happy there." Xiao Wenxuan smiled slightly and replied lightly.

The emperor hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I know that you are not worried about Princess Ning, and I have already issued an order to take Princess Ning and the prince into Beijing. ”

Xiao Wenxuan frowned slightly, he was still here when he was supposed to come.

Xiao Wenxuan felt a fierce gaze shooting at him, he turned his head, and the fifth prince closed his gaze and put the vegetables in his mouth as if nothing had happened.

"Father."

Xiao Wenxuan got up and walked around the banquet, lifted his robe and knelt down. The concubines and princes who were talking suddenly stopped.

"Father, now the economy of Kuwu Island is becoming more and more prosperous, and the people's lives have also been greatly improved. The son asked the emperor to step down from the post of minister of the son of the minister, and the son was willing to live a dull life on Kuwu Island. Xiao Wenxuan was straightforward and rejected the emperor.

Seeing that Xiao Wenxuan had suffered so much, the emperor still stubbornly wanted to leave, and his face suddenly looked bad.

"You are the prince, where you should go, where you want to go, I have the final say. I have made up my mind, you can stay in the capital with peace of mind, and in a few days it will be a good time for autumn hunting, and I will order you to handle this matter. ”

The emperor's words couldn't help but make Xiao Wenxuan's face change drastically, and the fifth prince secretly clenched his fists under the table.

Autumn hunting, the fifth prince thought that the emperor would arrange for him to do it, but he was also sitting in secret and preparing, wanting to take this opportunity to make a splash and show his ability. Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Wenxuan came, the emperor's eyes were only on him Xiao Wenxuan.

It seems that the emperor's delay in appointing the crown prince is probably just waiting for Xiao Wenxuan to come back.

“……”

Xiao Wenxuan opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything.

He knew that he couldn't anger the emperor. In case the emperor had murderous intentions and attacked Su Muling, who was thousands of miles away......

Xiao Wenxuan reluctantly retreated.

When the emperor saw Xiao Wenxuan return to his seat, he did not have the strong objection he imagined, and his brows fluttered with joy. drank with several concubines one after another.

Xiao Wenxuan sat unwillingly and mechanically poured the wine into his mouth!

******

Kuwu Island.

Su Muling and Su Haoran's family were having lunch. The little guy outside the door ran in a panic: "Back to the princess, the holy decree has arrived." ”

Divine decree? A hint of ominousness drifted through Su Muling's heart.

"Daddy, you and your aunt stay here, and the others go to the front yard with me."

In the front hall, the person sent by the emperor, Lord Hu, read out the holy decree. The gist is that the emperor took pity on Prince Ning and left Prince Ning in the capital. Prince Ning and Princess Ming followed the ministers back to Beijing to reunite with Xiao Wenxuan.

Su Muling bowed his head and thanked him, and then took the holy decree and stood up a little embarrassed: "The emperor's good intentions, Su Muling understands it." But the world is only in April, and he can't withstand this long-distance travel. Please go back first and inform the emperor that when the spring flowers bloom in the coming year, the prince will be older, and he will return to Beijing to visit his old man. ”

"The emperor's will has been issued, who dares to disobey it? I also hope that Prince Ning and Princess Ning will not embarrass the old husband. ”

Master Hu is a pedantic old man, and he doesn't talk about it at all.

Su Muling stared at him for a long time, and finally relented: "Okay, then please rest here for a while." Princess Rongben packed her luggage and went with the adults. ”

Lord Hu saluted and said: "The emperor said, the capital has everything, and there is no need to bring more sundries." Ask the princess to bring the princess, and then go on the road with the lower officials. ”

Su Muling squinted at him, and his tone was displeased: "There is nothing lacking in the capital, but this is a long journey on the way back to Beijing, and the prince is young and does not bring all the things, in case something happens to the prince, you are responsible?" ”

"......" Master Hu was speechless.

For a few months, you have to be ready to eat, drink, and lazar. It's also unrealistic to buy it on the road.

Master Hu waved and said, "Then please ask the princess to hurry up." ”

Su Muling ignored him and led the group back to the backyard.

Master Hu sat in the front hall, drinking tea cup after cup.

Half an hour had passed, and there was no one to be seen. Master Hu was anxious, so he called the girl to see what the situation was.

The girl went and came, and replied: "The son of the world has just woken up from falling asleep before, and now he is crying again. The princess is coaxing, please be patient. ”

The son of the world cried, but Lord Hu didn't dare to urge. I had to continue to wait.

Another quarter of an hour passed. The front yard is still quiet.

Master Hu was anxious, and asked someone to urge him.

The girl went, and when she came back, she asked him to wait: "My lord, the princess is still packing her luggage, please wait." ”

"Still tidying up? How much luggage do you have to bring? ”

"Your Excellency doesn't know that our princess and the prince don't wear the clothes that are sold outside. I don't know how long it will take to arrive in this capital, but I can't bring more, and I don't have to wear it if I don't have enough to do it. ”

This girl is also articulate, and Master Hu has lost her temper in a few words.

Master Hu then sat down patiently and continued to drink tea, and two hours passed, and the sky was getting dark.

Master Hu drank a stomach of water, and his stomach began to grow. He was hungry.

"You go and urge again, it's been two hours, how many things do you have to bring?"

The girl reluctantly went again, and came out of the backyard kitchen after a quarter of an hour. With the oil star on the corner of his mouth, he ran back, shouting as he ran: "Oh no, no." The princess and the prince were kidnapped by the kidnappers...... Lord Qincha, quick, save my princess......"

What the? Kidnapper? Master Hu hurriedly got up and led people to the backyard in a hurry, only to see several mothers-in-law running out of the house in a panic.

Seeing Lord Hu, he hurriedly knelt down and begged for help: "My lord, save the princess and the little prince...... Whining! ”

"What's going on, tell me quickly." Master Hu was also stunned.

"That's right, when our princess came back from the front yard, she told us to pack our belongings and explain the division of labor between us when we were not at home."

Later, when Xiao Shizi woke up, she began to cry, and the princess put down her work to coax Xiao Shizi. But today Xiao Shizi doesn't know what's wrong, it's just that the coaxing is not good, the princess wonders if Xiao Shizi is sick, so she asks someone to ask for Imperial Doctor Li. ”

"Coincidentally, Imperial Doctor Li went out to get medicine and didn't come back, so the princess was in a hurry, so she sent someone out to find it. But before Imperial Physician Li could find it, he heard the cry of the pomegranate, and then saw the pomegranate and the Chen guard tumbling out of the courtyard wall. ”

"When we came in, there was only this one left in the house, and the slave and maid recognized a few words, and saw that it was written that the prince would spend silver to ransom people. What is this not a kidnapper? ”

A sharp-toothed little girl finished her words in one breath, and then patted her chest and shouted: "What should I do, the princess and the little prince will be fine, right?" ”

At this time, Su Haoran ran into the courtyard from outside, and called in his mouth: "Ling'er!" And he rushed into the house.

After turning around the room, he rushed out again, pulled the little girl and began to interrogate: "What's wrong with Ling'er?" What happened to Shizi? What's wrong with them? What happened? ”

"Who?" Master Hu's brows furrowed.

In the majestic Ning Wang's Mansion, he still shouted in front of Lord Qincha, what kind of system.

"Your Excellency, this is our princess's father."

The little girl hurriedly explained.

"Master Su, don't worry, the princess and the prince are missing, and Lord Hu will find out the murderer's ......"

"Murderer? Were they killed? What are you doing here? Why don't you want to save my daughter? ”

Su Haoran's eyebrows and eyes were all erected, staring at Hu Da as if he was a kidnapper.

"Master Su, go back to the courtyard first, we will be the first to tell you if the princess has news......"

The two girls took Su Haoran out one by one.

The princess's father, Lord Hu didn't dare to mess with her. I heard that the prince also respects this father-in-law.

Master Hu wiped the sweat from his head, took the letter in the girl's hand and read it, and his brows were wrinkled together.

"Hurry up and report to the officer."

Master Hu knew that this matter was too big for him to take over alone.

When the magistrate heard the report, he hurried to it. Afraid that there would be another incident like the nursing mother hiding her son, he first surrounded Ning Wangfu, and then searched the bottom of the sky.

As a result, there was no one.

Su Haoran heard this, but began to cry again. Aunt Ru was afraid that something would happen to him, so she took turns guarding with the girl.

The magistrate is stupid, and the Lord Qincha is also stupid.

******

The news of the kidnapping of the princess and the prince was rushed to the capital for 800 miles.

The emperor received the urgent report and frowned.

How could it be so coincidental that his holy decree had just arrived at King Ning's mansion, and Princess Ning had disappeared? Could it be that Princess Ning noticed something and fled?

No, Lord Hu reported that he had secretly sent someone to take care of all the gates of Ning Wang's Mansion at that time, and he didn't find the princess going out?

Could it be that last time, the gang of robbers had to repeat their old tricks to help Su Muling and Jing Ye blackmail You'an?

The emperor then shook his head again: Why is it so coincidental? He was happy that Su Muling was missing, but Shizi was his grandson, so nothing could go wrong.

The emperor called Xiao Wenxuan to tell him about this matter euphemistically, and Xiao Wenxuan's face suddenly changed.

"Father, Ling'er and Ye'er are in danger, I want to go back to save them."

"Go back, and I'll send fifty more men to protect you." Find them and escort you back to Beijing.

Xiao Wenxuan naturally knew that the emperor sent someone to look at him, and he didn't say much. After resigning from the emperor and returning to the palace, he packed his luggage and returned with Li Feng and Fang Ping overnight.

Along the way, Xiao Wenxuan worked hard and almost did not stop, until the third day after departure, when he found a post station to rest for one night under the persuasion of Li Feng and Fang Ping.