"What? How could it be gone? ”

Not only was Empress Cao surprised, but Yingluo, who was standing behind her, was also taken aback.

"Don't worry, speak slowly."

Han Shi was incoherent in a hurry, just crying, but it was Empress Cao's sister-in-law, Duchess Chengen, Yan Shi, who opened her mouth.

"This morning, Princess Xuan sent someone to say that the county lord Cui had been bothering us in our house for a day and wanted to take her back, but the last time the county lord came was when the lord celebrated his birthday, and the county lord did not come yesterday. The people at the door reported to me, and I thought that the people from Xuanwangfu had spread the wrong word. ”

Han said cryingly: "She went out early yesterday morning, so she brought a girl, and the other people who followed the car came back in the middle of the morning, saying that they were happy to play with Sister Xiang in the Cheng'en Mansion and didn't go back at night." I thought about their sisters, let's stay...... I didn't expect to send someone to pick it up today, but I couldn't pick it up......"

On the side, Yan was very helpless.

She has already inquired about this matter in the house, Yan is not a fool, and the house is very strong. In just half a day, from the men to the chariots and horses to the servants, she even asked her daughter, Liu Cui had never been here at all, she had not even let people carry the message, and no one in the Chengen Mansion had ever seen her.

This matter of Cheng'en Mansion is really wronged, it is obvious that the lord of Cui County lied in the name of their family, and it has nothing to do with them at all. But the Han family didn't have a daughter at this time, and couldn't find a clue, so he grabbed the Yan family and didn't let go, and said that his daughter might enter the palace to find the princesses, so the two of them rushed into the palace at this time.

The first is to hold on to a glimmer of hope to see if the lord of Cuijun has entered the palace. The second is to ask Queen Cao for help in finding people.

Empress Cao glanced at her sister-in-law: "Who else knows about this?" ”

"I can guarantee that we will never leak a word to the outside world." The implication is that she doesn't dare to guarantee Xuanwangfu.

"Is there any ...... on the way to the palace?"

Yan understood very well what the queen was asking, shook his head and said categorically, "No." ”

She knew the severity, no matter where the girl went, she couldn't make a noise about this matter, so on the way to the palace, and after entering the palace, she coaxed Han to watch, and didn't let her behave too much.

The ideas and practices of smart people are similar, and people like Han Shi are so confused, eighty percent have not thought of keeping things secret.

The whereabouts of the unmarried girl have been unknown for at least a day and a night, and this thing sounds like a shame. Was it abducted? Lost? Still is......

Or did you run away with someone?

Yingluo stood silently, not daring to think further.

Han said while crying: "Ask Niang Niang ......"

Queen Cao said: "Cui'er, I will order someone to find it, don't cry anymore, let people see it, do you want the reputation of your other two daughters?" ”

Han was so frightened that he choked up, and he didn't dare to cry anymore.

However, the news has already gotten out.

Within two days, Liu Yan heard that it was Liu Fang who came to tell her.

"Cui'er, she's gone."

Liu Yan didn't understand what it meant to be missing for a while.

"The fifth aunt is going crazy, I heard that she went out and never came back."

Liu Yanxin said how could this be: "What about the people who are with her? Where have they gone? ”

"Just a personal maid followed, and now I don't know where I am."

Liu Yan was stunned for a while, and finally understood that this was true, not Liu Fang coaxing her.

"Where can she go?"

Liu Fang poured herself a big sip of tea sullenly: "Yes, I also want to know, where can she go." ”

"Fifth uncle, did they send someone to find it?"

"Looking for it, why don't you look for it." Liu Fang said everything she knew: "The driver and the people who followed the service that day were beaten to death, saying that their county lord got out of the car at the corner of the Cheng'en Mansion, and said that he wanted to buy some snacks for Sister Xiang and them to eat, and there were not a few steps left, so they sent the carriage and horses and people back." But the Chengen Mansion said that people didn't go to their house at all. ”

"Why did you get to your uncle's house again?"

"yes." Liu Fang said: "I heard that my uncle and aunt also helped to find it, but I didn't dare to say anything. ”

"Didn't anyone see where their master and servant went? Did you meet a bad guy? ”

Liu Fang shook her head.

"In broad daylight, how can there be such a bold villain."

From the Xuanwang Mansion to the Cheng'en Mansion, there are only two streets of the road, which is the place where the powerful in the capital gather, and most of the people who can open shops on those two streets have a hard backstage support, and there are patrols on the street, people come and go, and the guards of each province go in and out, which can be said to be quite safe and peaceful, otherwise the people of Xuanwang Mansion will not be able to go back with confidence.

"So, no one sees them?"

Someone must have checked this, but Liu Fang didn't know.

The palace knows that there are rumors outside the palace. Rumors are a rather strange thing, and they often come very quickly and quickly, as if everyone knows about them overnight, but no one can tell where they came from or who first said them.

And the rumors are always getting more and more outrageous.

Some people say that the maidservant of the palace has gone missing.

Some people say that the lord of the palace is lost.

Some people say that it was not that he was lost, but that the county lord fell in love with a poor scholar and eloped with him. He also said that he was not a poor scholar, but a cousin.

Some people say that he was tied up by the remnants of the previous dynasty and killed.

Some people also say that the above is not true, it is obviously the princess in the palace who is lost, not the county lord of the palace. There are even girls who say that they lost it.

Mrs. Yan heard these words, and she was so angry that she had a headache. But no matter how angry she is, she has to find someone first.

King Xuan and Princess Xuan can't count on this, King Xuan's biggest ability is to brag, and he was infected with lung disease in his early years, if it weren't for such a brother as the emperor, he wouldn't be able to be a prince for 800 years. Princess Xuan was born in a small family, and she had no idea in case of trouble, and the couple were incompetent.

This matter was handed over to Wei Yiguang, the commander of the Praetorian Guard.

Commander Wei can be regarded as the emperor's number one confidant, and some people secretly say that he is the emperor's secret agent, specializing in spying and handling some things that cannot be done in the open.

Whether this is true or not, anyway, he has a face like a dead man, and no one dares to ask him in person, and of course no one dares to ask the emperor.

Liu Yan bit the pen and sat in front of the window in a daze.

She wore a white dress embroidered with red hibiscus flowers, and the red ribbon on her head had gold beads falling slightly, and when her head moved, the gold beads would make a light and brittle sound when they collided with each other.

"Longan ......"

"What does the princess command? Do you want some snacks? ”

"No, do you remember the last time you went to the big sister's house, and you heard someone talking at the rockery?"

How can this be forgotten.

After Liu Yan told the eldest sister about this, he almost forgot about it.

"Was it Sister Cui who was talking to someone that day?"

Gui Yuan was not sure: "The princess forgives her sins, and the slave didn't listen to it that day." ”

"I didn't listen to it either, do you think it's Sister Cui's voice?"

Gui Yuan told the truth this time: "The slave maid and the lord of Cui County have met two or three times, and they are not familiar with her voice. ”

"I can't hear it either." Liu Yan didn't have much contact with the fifth uncle's sister. When I was a child, I lived in the fifth uncle's house for a day, and in the third uncle's house for a day or two, but when I returned to Cao's house, I found that I was infected with lice, and it took a long time to cure, and I don't know which of them was infected, so I didn't dare to live there. Later, when he entered the palace, he and his sisters were not often in the same place. Listening to the voices of several of them, they are all trying to learn to speak the official language, but they all have a strong local accent.

"Back in the Water Pavilion that day, Cousin Wu and Sister Cui were both ......"

But looking back now, I can't remember how they looked different at that time. It was really the food at the banquet that was so delicious that she still remembered what she ate and drank that day when she thought about it now. As for the rest...... She couldn't remember.

If the person that day was Sister Cui, then her disappearance may be related to the person who agreed for life.

"Go to Yilan Palace."

Gui Yuan is used to the princess remembering that one is one play, and the princess wants to leave, so hurry up and follow.

When Empress Cao heard the announcement, Liu Yan also came in.

She never waited for the briefing to be finished.

"The Queen Mother."

Liu Yan sat down next to Empress Cao and put his arm around her waist.

Empress Cao touched her head: "Let someone bring you snacks to eat." ”

This doesn't need to be ordered, Yingluo personally went to bring the snacks, and when he entered the palace, he saw the four princesses whispering next to the queen, and Queen Cao only said: "I know, you don't have to worry." ”

Liu Yan quickly put aside his worries and devoted himself to eating snacks.

Speaking of which, Liu Yan is easy to feed, not very picky, and she eats dim sum, whether it is sweet, salty, fried, floury, stuffed or unfilled.

This appetizes well.

Eat so much else, you've gained weight early. She probably couldn't be idle all day, she didn't eat fat, she looked thin from the summer, and then she lost a circle, and now her arms and legs are thin, and the clothes she cut in the summer look a little sparse.

"Queen Mother, do you think Sister Cui can find her?"

"Will find it."

It's really not hard to find.

Where can a girl who has never been out of the house run to? If there is really a remnant of the previous dynasty, it will not be her turn to be a little person.

A few days later, the second prince came back from the Temple of Mercy and Grace, and the emperor sent someone to pass on the word to release him, and he came back to ask to see the emperor first, and when he saw it, he cried, saying that he had repented and came to see the queen again. The queen only said, "Remember this lesson." Go back and prepare for a good life, and you should get married next month. ”

The second prince should kowtow.

The lord of Cuijun, who had been missing for less than ten days, was found.

Commander Wei started from the maid who disappeared with the county lord, followed the vine, and found the county lord Cui back without much effort. This matter is done neatly and unassumingly. The rumors in Kyori were also diluted and covered up by several other pieces of news.

In the blink of an eye, it is the day when the second prince marries. I don't know how Empress Cao appeased the eldest princess Zhu, she behaved remarkably on the happy event, she didn't make a fuss and didn't find trouble, so that the big guys were relieved, and they were amazed by the queen's ability.

Niangniang won't really give her a dowry gift, right?

But today is a big event, and only the bride and groom can be called the protagonists.

When Liu Yan was visiting the church, he saw Princess Xuan with Liu Cui, Liu Cui lowered her head, and the sea covered her face. After visiting the church, their mother and daughter took the first step to say goodbye, and Liu Cui didn't say a word to anyone from beginning to end that day.

Liu Yan quietly asked Liu Fang: "Where did she go a few days ago?" ”

Liu Fang heard some rumors, but she couldn't say anything to Liu Yan, she only said: "The fifth aunt is sick in a hurry, and her face is not very good today." ”

Liu Cui's appearance followed her mother, and her temperament also followed her mother, she was really confused. When she did such a thing, King Xuan and Princess Xuan thought about it, but they still pinched their noses and admitted it, also for her sake and the reputation of her two younger sisters. But what happened happened happened, who can respect her in the future? A fool.