Chapter 48: Clues
Half a month has passed, Xiao Mo still has no clues about Xia Man, and for the first time in the Xuanlin Palace, he was angry with Qianying, "When the master was here, the Illusion Pavilion was not so unbearable. ”
Qianying played with the blood jade bead borrowed from Qin Siya, and said, "Extinguishing the fire, doesn't it take a process to find someone, although I didn't find any trace of her, I also found some abnormalities." ”
Xiao Mo asked, "What is abnormal!"
"On the day of her disappearance, King Qi had an attendant who went out of the city with his family, but after the Phantom Pavilion traced it, this attendant did not exist."
"King Qi......" Xiao Mo's index finger tapped rhythmically on the desk, and his eyes sank.
Qianying changed to a bright position in order to better enjoy the game, and said: "What's even more strange is that during that time, Mu Hanyan was not in the Northern Dynasty. ”
Northern Dynasty, Mu Hanyan, Xiao Xun, and Xiao Mo heard this, and immediately linked the three together, perhaps, Xia Man was taken to the Northern Dynasty.
"You personally go to the Northern Dynasty to find out the news of Xia Man, don't startle the snake." Xiao Mo threw a dragon-patterned jade pendant carved from rubellite to Qianying.
Qianying turned around, caught it steadily, and said loudly: "I'll do something, don't worry." With that, he disappeared at the end of the palace.
Xiao Mo was physically and mentally uneasy, and the concubines in the harem were naturally depressed, the reason was only known to Zhou Jinge, but Ye Wanli, who couldn't hide his thoughts the most, couldn't sit still, and wanted to know the reason, so he went to Huayang Palace to ask Feng Ruoqing for advice.
At this time, Feng Ruoqing was accompanying Xiao Yun to practice calligraphy in the inner hall, and when she heard the palace people spread the news that Ye Wanli had entered the hall, she asked people to prepare tea, and then said, "Why did you come here at this hour?"
"The emperor hasn't come to the harem recently, so I'm looking for my sister and want to talk to you." Although Ye Wanli doesn't see Xiao Mo much on weekdays, he has not stepped into the harem in recent months, and he always feels a little stunned.
When Feng Ruoqing saw her expression, she knew her thoughts, and said, "But I want to ask the emperor why he hasn't come to the harem for many days when he is in a bad mood?"
Ye Wanli hid her face and coughed, and said, "I can't hide anything from my sister." ”
"Concubine Heng is missing."
"What!" Ye Wanli was startled, lowered her voice again, moved closer to Feng Ruoqing's ear, and asked, "How did my sister know?"
Feng Ruoqing blew the tea foam floating on the side of the bowl and said softly, "Didn't you notice that the dining room hadn't sent food to Yanliang Palace for half a month?" ”
Ye Wanli suddenly realized, and then said: "No wonder the emperor has been in a bad mood recently. ”
Feng Ruoqing smiled without saying a word, and drank tea by herself.
"Mother, mother." Xiao Yun suddenly came out of the inner hall, trotted in front of Feng Ruoqing, and blessed Ye Wanli again, "Ye Niangniang is good." ”
Feng Ruoqing bent down, hugged Xiao Yun, and said softly, "Yun'er, why did you come out." ”
Xiao Yun rubbed into Feng Ruoqing's arms, and said in a milk voice: "Yun'er is a little hungry." ”
Seeing this, Ye Wanli chatted a few words and retired.
When the meal was served, Feng Ruoqing chose some pastries and fed them to Xiao Yun personally, and put a bowl of chicken soup on the side to cool.
Xiao Yun took a bite of the square cake, looked at Feng Ruoqing again, and said, "Mother, you often teach Yun'er the foundation of her life, Yun'er didn't want to deliberately eavesdrop on the conversation between you and Ye Niangniang, but just ......"
"Yun'er can say whatever she wants." Feng Ruoqing caressed Xiao Yun's puffy face lovingly.
Xiao Yun recalled seriously and said: "That day, Yun'er was playing near Yanliang Palace, and saw Aunt Zhang and a sister go in, and then when they came out, there were three people, and they were about to go to see it, but they were called away by Mama Zhang. ”
When Feng Ruoqing heard this, she motioned for Lan'er to close the door of the palace, and asked, "Does Yun'er know that sister?"
Xiao Yun shook her head and took another bite of the pastry, "I don't know, Yun'er has never seen her in the palace." ”
"Mother knows, Yun'er drink some chicken soup." Feng Ruoqing tested the temperature of the bowl with her hand, and it was no longer hot, so she scooped a spoonful and fed it to Xiao Yun.
After finishing the meal, Feng Ruoqing hurriedly went to the Xuanlin Hall and relayed Xiao Yun's words to Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo suddenly realized after listening to it, no wonder Xiao Xun came to discuss with him that day, his demeanor was a little abnormal, he didn't take it to heart at the time, but now that he thinks about it, he is afraid that he will delay himself, and then the Zhang family will secretly cooperate, let Mu Hanyan mix into the palace and take Xia Man away, thinking about this, he immediately summoned Qianying.
After a while, Qianying arrived, and before he could sit down and take a sip of tea, Xiao Mo was the first to speak, "It was Mu Hanyan who colluded with the Zhang family to take Xia Man out of the palace." ”
"The princess of the Northern Dynasty can enter your harem at will to rob people, and your palace defense is really a little ......" Before Qianying finished speaking, she saw Xiao Mo's black face, so she consciously changed the topic, "Now that I know that it is the handiwork of the Northern Dynasty, I have a direction to find someone." ”
"You quickly go to the Northern Dynasty to find out Xia Man's traces, and when I clear the remnants of Xiao Huai, I will come to join you." Xiao Mo had a bottom in his heart at this time, and he could concentrate on dealing with those young people.
Qianying didn't dare to delay, and set off for the Northern Dynasty overnight, and after having the last 'experience', he directly touched the Lechen Palace, but he didn't find anyone, so he began to search for Mu Hanchuan's harem one by one.
In order to prevent Xiao Mo's people from finding Xia Man, Mu Hanchuan deliberately set up another secret room in Beichen Palace, and trapped Xia Man here many days ago and visited him every day.
On this day, Mu Hanchuan went to the secret room, saw Xia Man lying lazily on the soft couch, and said, "Are you still used to it?"
It is said that it is a secret room, which is fully set up, and even the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are prepared, but unfortunately, Xia Man has no intention of doing this, and he is getting tired day by day, and he falls asleep for most of the day.
"Can you get used to imprisoning you?" Xia Man turned over and turned his back to Mu Hanchuan, very dissatisfied.
Mu Hanchuan didn't argue, he only smiled and said, "Yesterday, I sent the imperial doctor to diagnose your pulse, guess what the result is?"
That day, Xia Man began to vomit and diarrhea in the middle of the night because he ate too much, which frightened Yunzhu, and hurriedly ran to report to Mu Hanchuan, so he sent a doctor to Xia Man for diagnosis and treatment, and the situation improved after tossing all night.
"It's just that you have a bad stomach, and I think it's probably you want to hurt me." Xia Man is in prison, and he has long regarded the Mu family as jackals, tigers and leopards, how can he be willing to speak kindly.
"You're pregnant."
"What!"
Xia Man sat up in shock, thinking about it in his mind, could it be some kind of conspiracy of Mu Hanchuan? Or it's a joke, no, no, it seems that my menstrual affairs have been postponed for a long time, I thought it was a bad mood a few days ago, which affected my body, and I didn't think about it at all, but now this situation, I'm afraid it's even more unfavorable to myself.
Seeing Xia Man motionless in a daze, Mu Hanchuan smiled at the corner of his mouth, and continued: "There is only one girl in Xiao Mo's life, and it is really time for you to come here." ”
"Who said it was his child." Xia Man pressed his head, he really felt that Mu Hanchuan was noisy, and under his thoughts, he didn't care about his reputation, and thought of a scene where flowers bloomed on a tree, "Xiao Mo dotes on the queen and neglects me, so I am uneasy in the room, this child is a thousand shadows." ”
Xia Man couldn't find a suitable person for a while, and the name of Qianying suddenly appeared in his mind, so he said it casually, and he didn't care about anything else.
Mu Hanchuan smiled and said tentatively, "Are you tricking me?"
"Do I dare to joke about my name? If you don't believe it, Qianying may have come to your palace to look for me, if it weren't for his child, why would he be in such a hurry. Xia Man saw that Mu Hanchuan seemed to believe it or not, and said with an oath.
"Stay put!" Mu Hanchuan flicked his sleeves and strode away.
Seeing Mu Hanchuan walking out of the secret room, Xia Mancai lay down again, she knew that Xiao Mo would not come so soon, only let Qianying go first, so the rhetoric just now was enough to paralyze him, as long as Mu Hanchuan believed that this child was not Xiao Mo's, the situation would not be so bad.
Child, there was a child in his belly, Xia Man felt a little magical, reached out and touched the still flat abdomen, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face, and murmured: "We have a child." ”