"Report!"

Before Xia Yuan could walk back into Wen Yan's room, a shadow guard landed in front of him and knelt down on one knee.

"Your Majesty, news has come from the palace that His Royal Highness Xia Ling has an accident."

Xia Yuan was shocked, "What? What happened to Ling'er? ”

"Back to the emperor, when the nurse was going to breastfeed His Royal Highness this morning, she found that Her Royal Highness was missing, and she searched all corners of the Prince's Palace, but she couldn't find His Highness. Please order. ”

"Don't go find it quickly, if Ling'er has something long and short, you all have to give me a scattered group to farm!"

"Yes!"

The figure of the shadow guard disappeared in front of Xia Yuan in an instant.

"Ling'er, you must be safe!" Xia Yuan's whole heart hung up, and many bad pictures quickly flashed through his mind, he shook his head and hurriedly walked back to the courtyard.

"Ahh

"In such a hurry, is something wrong?"

The door was pushed open by Xia Yuan vigorously, Wen Mu stopped the female red in his hand, and saw that Xia Yuan was enchanted, and hurriedly sat down beside him.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I may not be able to take you to the Hot Spring Mountain Resort for a few days."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to feel sorry, what happened?"

Xia Yuan took the female red in Wen Mu's hand, held her shoulders with both hands, and twisted her towards himself.

He looked at Wen Mu's eyes and said seriously: "Ah Mu, you listen to me, you must hold on to this matter, if something happens to you, then I will regret it for the rest of my life." Although I didn't really want to tell you at first, you will know sooner or later, so it is better for me to tell you directly. ”

"Your Majesty, you say, I'll listen."

Xia Yuan took a deep breath before slowly exhaling these five words, "Something happened to Ling'er." ”

"What! What happened to Ling'er? Wen Muan's expression was indeed not as shocked as Xia Yuan expected.

"In the morning, the nurse found that Ling'er was missing, and the shadow guards searched the entire prince's palace but couldn't find it, and now I have asked them to expand the scope to find it, but don't worry, they will definitely be able to find Ling'er."

"Ling'er...... Ling Er ......" Wen Mu suddenly felt a dizziness, the heavens and the earth seemed to be spinning, and Xia Yuan's figure in front of him gradually blurred, and the whole person was directly paralyzed in Xia Yuan's arms.

"Ahh Ahh Wake up! Ling'er will be fine! You just promised me that you'll be fine! Xia Yuan shook Wen Yuan's shoulder gently, but his face couldn't hide the worry, Xia Ling is still so young, if he is kidnapped, what a shadow it should leave in his heart!

"I'm fine, Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much about me, I can still hold on." Wen Mu held her head, which was still a little dizzy, and eased up in Xia Yuan's arms, and then sat up again, she grabbed Xia Yuan's collar, tears had already slipped down the corners of her eyes, and even her voice was full of crying, "We...... Let's hurry back to the palace...... We...... Let's also go to find Ling'er together, Ling'er is still so young. ”

"Okay, okay, let's go back to the palace now, Ling'er will be fine, we will definitely find Ling'er, I will let the shadow guard prepare the car now."

In the midst of their anxiety, they didn't realize that there was a man in black hiding from the beam above their heads, who crept out of the house and quickly disappeared into the courtyard against the corner.

......

"Lord Chu, I'm back." The man in black took off the mask on his head, who else could there be if he didn't have such a young face?

"Thanks, twig, how's it going?" At this moment, Chu Huai was sitting on the Taishi chair calmly drinking hot tea, and his eyes would communicate with the owner of the hot spring villa on the side from time to time, and he beckoned to Xiaozhi and asked him to come and sit beside him.

"The emperor and the queen mother are preparing to leave for the palace, and from their conversation, I can tell that Master Shu should have succeeded, otherwise they would not be in such a hurry to go back."

"Where's the mandarin duck?"

"Miss, she has been in her room and has never come out."

"The emperor should have taken care of the mandarin ducks flawlessly when he returned to the palace this time, right?"

"Looks like it should be."

"My little apprentice is really unwelcome...... Chu Huai took a sip of tea and shook his head regretfully, he really felt unworthy for the mandarin duck, "But that's okay, even if I bring the mandarin duck to the Western Regions, the emperor probably won't notice it until the Gu poison attacks again." ”

"The valley lord is right."

"Okay, then I'll have to find a reason to get out of the Imperial City." Chu Huai put down the tea cup in his hand, stretched his waist, moved his muscles and bones, and stood up from his position.

"Valley Lord, will we go back to the Imperial City?"

"Why, why don't you go back, but something interesting suddenly occurred to me." Chu Huai hooked the corners of his mouth and looked in the direction of the owner, "If we stay in the house for a while longer, the owner shouldn't mind, right?" ”

"Naturally, Lord Chu Gu, you can live as long as you want." The owner also stood up from his position and walked outside the house with Chu Huai.

"Then it's up to the owner."

"Where is the Lord of Chu Valley, it was you who saved my wife's life in the first place, and it is your credit that we can have everything we have today! Our lives are yours! ”

"It's just a gesture. The owner doesn't have to be like that. ”

"Valley Lord, if you still need me in the future, please feel free to speak."

Chu Huai stopped the owner of the village who wanted to continue to send him out, "It's cold outside, you better go in and accompany your wife more." ”

"Huh...... Be. ”

......

"Valley Master, where are you going now?" Xiaozhi walked up to Chu Huai's side curiously and blinked his eyes.

"Naturally, I'm looking for mandarin ducks."

"Gu Master, I don't understand, what will happen if the emperor and the queen mother can't find that little prince!"

"Who knows, if I can't find it, I should have another one." Chu Huai said very indifferently, "You can't let the Xia Dynasty have no successor." ”

"Oh! The valley lord has a point! ”

The two of them just talked, and they had already walked to the small courtyard not far away, the room where Xia Yuan lived had already been cold, and when he looked in from the window, the things on the table were scattered all over the ground, and he was very anxious when he wanted to leave.

The mandarin duck lived in a small room next to the big house, which was very quiet, but Chu Huai could be sure that the mandarin duck was still inside.

"Mandarin ducks! Are you there? Chu Huai knocked on the door of the hut.

After a moment of silence inside, there was a sound of footsteps, and the door was quickly opened by the mandarin duck from the inside, and a puzzled face appeared in front of Chu Huai.

"What's wrong, Master?"

Chu Huai was not ready to beat around the bush with the mandarin duck, "The emperor went back to the palace." ”

"What?" The mandarin duck's expression was indeed as surprised as Chu Huai expected, "How is it possible, if the emperor returns to the palace, why won't he tell me." ”

"If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself."

"Impossible, impossible, Master, you must be lying to me." The mandarin duck pushed Chu Huai away to block his body, and ran straight to the room where Xia Yuan lived before.

She ran to the door and kept knocking on the closed door: "Your Majesty! Queen Mother! You're here, right? Open the door! ”

After a long time, there was no sound from behind the door that the mandarin duck wanted to hear, and she squatted down against the door, tears sliding down her cheeks.

How could it be...... How so...... Xiao Yuan really abandoned himself again.

"Mandarin duck, you get up first." Chu Huai walked to the mandarin duck's side and wanted to help her up, "Let's go back to the house and talk." ”

"Master! Why did you say Xiao Yuan, why did he do this, could it be that after getting along for so long, he really didn't have any feelings for me? ”

"Mandarin duck, listen to me calmly first." Chu Huai helped the mandarin duck into the house, poured her a cup of hot tea, and handed her the handkerchief.

"Master, you say, I'll listen." The mandarin duck took the handkerchief and wiped the tears that were still flowing down, but no matter how she wiped it, it would always keep falling.

"The reason why they are in such a hurry to go back is because the little prince is gone."

"Ling'er is gone?" The mandarin duck held the handkerchief and paused, his expression was even more surprised than just now, "Where has Ling'er gone?" Master! Shall we go and find it too? ”

"I found someone to take the little prince away."

"Then ......" The mandarin duck was just about to breathe a sigh of relief, but instantly realized that Chu Huai seemed to be saying something strange, "What did you say?" Did you take it with you? Why did you take Ling'er with you? ”

"I can't tell you why, but Mandarin duck, you just have to do what I say, you have to believe me it's all for your good."

"But Master, why did you take Ling'er away? He's young, he's innocent! The mandarin duck grabbed Chu Huai's sleeve and was very anxious.

"I know he's innocent, but if you don't, what are you going to do to get rid of your trouble?"

"You can't use children as bargaining chips!"

"Don't worry, Mandarin duck, I won't hurt him."

"But ......"

"Mandarin duck!" Chu Huai interrupted what Mandarin Duck wanted to continue, "Listen to me, I will help you with everything you want." ”

The mandarin duck let go of Chu Huai's sleeve, lowered his head, thought for a moment, and then calmed down and whispered: "I know, Master, this is what you said, you will help me with everything I want." ”

"Nature."

"Can you tell me, where is Ling'er now?"

"Master Shu is on his way to Huaihua Valley."

"Can I still see him, then?"

"Naturally, you can see it when you want to, as long as you don't tell the emperor that the little prince is here with me."

"I won't tell the emperor, Master, you are for my good, I know it." The mandarin duck kept his head down, unwilling to let Chu Huai see his lost look, "Master, if this matter is completed, I will be with Xiao Yuan forever, right?" ”

"Of course, when that time comes, he will only have you as a concubine, and the position of queen will naturally be yours, and you can be with him forever, and in this life, he will no longer have Wen Mu around him to hinder you."

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