Chapter 61: Looking for the Prince
To be honest, I really didn't see that the county lord of Minghua could be so calm in such a panicked situation, just like a woman who ran a house, if she married a wife, she should marry the county lord of Minghua.
"Sisters, it's okay, the prince just didn't come back for one night, maybe it was in the palace, and the emperor was happy to stay with the prince for one night. Don't speculate, just go back and do whatever you want, big guys scatter. ”
Minghua County advocated Luo, and the people of the six gods and no masters seemed to have found the pillars, comforted each other and dispersed.
Gu Wanwan was curious, could it be that this ancient man would never go home at night? It's just that they didn't come back one night, and it's really strange why everyone is nervous like this.
"Lord Wang, did you have to go back to the palace every night before?" Gu Wanwan couldn't help but ask.
Lord Minghua shifted his gaze from the scattered people, and the purple silk silk silk in his hand was gently wiped under his eyes, and his eyes widened, as if he was pouring back the overflowing tears, what a strong woman.
This made Gu Wanwan's heart even more puzzled, if he didn't come for one night, could he be sure that the prince was missing?
"You're just here, so you don't know much about things in the palace."
Gu Wanwan and Princess Yunluo looked at each other and then looked at Lord Minghua.
"The prince has lived in the palace for so many years, and if he goes out to run errands or play, he will tell the people in the palace in advance, saying that he will not come back today, and there is no need for everyone to wait. If he didn't tell him, even if it was too late, the prince would return to the palace. ”
This is also quite peaceful, and the men in ancient times were still very good, but I don't know if the sons and daughters of other families are also like this.
The county lord of Minghua fell into tears as he spoke, Gu Wanwan pulled her to sit on the stone bench under the pavilion, and comforted the county lord of Minghua not to be too sad, maybe he just drank too much outside, fell asleep, and had no time to inform his family.
"Don't be sad anymore, maybe the prince will come back in a while, and the prince has his own nature."
Lord Minghua also nodded, and the three of them dispersed.
Back in the house, Gu Wanwan felt uncomfortable all the time, as if something was blocked, and there was a slight sadness in the air he breathed, could it be that the prince was really missing?
Gu Wanwan turned over and changed her position to lie down, she pretended to be asleep, secretly thinking about it in her heart.
Now there may be three situations: first, the prince is really drunk and sleeps unconscious, and he doesn't have time to notify everyone, or he is left by the emperor.
Second, the prince was reluctant to return to the palace in order to avoid the two because of Gu Wanwan's jealousy with Princess Yunluo.
This third possibility is what Gu Wanwan is most worried about and the situation that she least wants to see, that is, the prince was kidnapped by the people of Nanyue, and Yun Zixiu wants to seek power and usurp the throne, which is not impossible.
Gu Wanwan suddenly became annoyed, blaming herself for not mentioning the previous marriage contract to the emperor in the first place, and King You would not be entangled by the two princesses and appear more likely to inherit the throne, and he would be able to avoid the suspicion and scourge of others.
Gu Wanwan comforted herself, it was impossible, the king only didn't come back for one night, and it was impossible to be kidnapped.
"Miss, don't sigh anymore, you can't sleep, and you just lie on the bed and don't listen to the sigh, the prince will be fine."
Gu Wanwan sat up again, exhaled a few deep breaths to regulate her emotions, but she was still uncomfortable in her heart.
"Hey, Xiuchun, you can go out first, let me be alone for a while."
"Alright, alright, miss, don't do anything stupid."
Gu Wanwan impatiently urged Xiuchun to leave.
"Ahh Yes! ”
Gu Wanwan hugged her head, scratched her hair, and screamed frantically, she had known that she had told King You about Yun Zixiu's conspiracy.
Until dinner time in the afternoon, Youwang did not come back, a group of women sat around the dinner table, no one had the intention of moving chopsticks, and everyone's faces were full of sorrow.
"Xiao Lizi, you go and call Steward Xia over."
"Yes."
After a while, the housekeeper of the palace came in, an old man of fifty or sixty years old, who seemed to have been doing things in the palace for a long time.
The lord of Minghua County is like interrogating prisoners, but he has the model of a female police officer in the 21st century.
"When did the prince leave the palace yesterday? Have you ever told me where you are going? ”
"Mrs. Hui, yesterday the prince left the palace after the quarrel between the two princesses, the prince was in a bad mood, his face was ugly, and he didn't explain where he went, and he didn't let people follow."
Doesn't that mean nothing has been said.
"The people and horses sent out, how is the search, have you found any trace of the prince?"
"There are two teams of people who have returned, and there is no trace of the prince who is sick."
This is still the same as not saying.
"What are you people for, I don't even know where the prince went, if the prince has any three long and two short, only you ask!"
Princess Yunluo couldn't hold her breath and slapped the table, and continued: "The teahouse, the restaurant, and those green buildings are all for me to take a good look at, even if the capital is turned upside down, I have to find out!" ”
"Yes, yes, the minion will do it."
Steward Xia nodded and hurriedly went out, and the princesses fell into silence again.
The candlelight on the table flickered and flickered, and everyone was in a bad mood, and the candlelight was even more restless.
"Oops, I'm annoyed, Xiuchun went to extinguish a candle lamp, and I was so annoyed when I was shaking."
When the candlelight went out, the room was much darker, the dim light, the silent atmosphere, and everyone had some emotions in their hearts.
It is still the county lord of Minghua who is more suitable to be in charge, "Tomorrow, if the prince has not returned, Princess Wanwan and Princess Yunluo will enter the palace with me to face the saint and tell my father the news, after all, the number of people in our palace is limited." ”
Gu Wanwan and Princess Yunluo both nodded in agreement.
"Then since that's the case, let's go back and rest the sisters, everyone has been worried for a day, let's rest early."
Some people were a little impatient, and there were bored expressions on their faces.
It's no wonder that since King Youwang was crippled by the fire, he has never been fortunate to anyone, and some of the concubines are like resentful women in the boudoir, except for the lack of clothes, housing and transportation, it is like being a widow, and after a long time, everyone must have complaints in their hearts.
Maybe some people still don't want the prince to come back, it is best to find the prince's body, so that they can remarry and escape from this palace as soon as possible, everyone doesn't want to waste their good youth on a person who was burned to black charcoal.
The night was spent in the unbearable sleep of tossing and turning, and Gu Wanwan got up early in the morning to ask if the prince had come back.
Who knew that they happened to meet Princess Yunluo and Lord Minghua, and the three of them looked at each other, and the palace housekeeper told them that the prince did not come back.
The hearts of the three of them were pinched together, and the county lord of Minghua said: "The two princesses go to dress up, how can you go to see the emperor with this haggard face?" ”
Princess Yunluo was anxious, and said, "Who are you still dressing up for, the prince hasn't come back yet, let's hurry into the palace." ”
Lord Minghua grabbed Princess Yunluo's hand and stopped her from hurrying, "Princess Yunluo, let's go back and dress up, if the prince is in the palace and suddenly sees a few of us looking like this, we must be unhappy, we can't embarrass the prince and let others laugh at the women of our palace for not paying attention to their image like this." ”
Princess Yunluo also felt reasonable when she heard this.
"Alright, go and cover up the dark circles under your eyes, and see you at the gate of the palace in a quarter of an hour."
Lord Minghua turned to Qiu Ju again and said, "You go and ask the housekeeper to prepare the carriage." ”
The three of them wore plain clothes and light makeup, and went to the palace to meet the emperor.
"Long live the emperor, long live, long live."
"Get up, why did the three princesses enter the palace today?"
Although Princess Yunluo and Gu Wanwan are princesses, they still haven't come through the door after all, so they didn't speak first.
Lord Minghua was half-squatting, with his hands on his right waist.
The old emperor was frightened by this sudden move of the county lord of Minghua, and hurriedly helped the county lord of Minghua up.
"My child, what's wrong?"
"Father, father." Lord Minghua choked up and said, "The prince is gone!" ”
After the old emperor heard this, his head was dizzy, and he was about to be planted, but fortunately, he was supported by his father-in-law.
"Father, take care of the dragon body!"
The old emperor spoke with his head propped up in his hands.
"Tell me what's going on?"
The 1510 report of the county lord of Minghua was given to the old emperor, and Gu Wanwan and Princess Yunluo knelt on the ground, their foreheads on the ground.
"Please the emperor, the guilty!"
"Alright, alright. Get up quickly, you didn't mean to. ”
It was obvious that the old emperor was very distressed and nervous about this son, and immediately used all the guards to search.
The emperor then asked the three of them to return to the palace to wait for news.
The crown prince was about to go to greet the old emperor, and halfway through, he saw Gu Wanwan and Princess Yunluo coming out from the direction of the palace with a solemn expression.
The crown prince Feng Qing pondered, estimating that Feng Jiu had done something that made the old emperor unhappy.
Who knew that as soon as he arrived at the main hall, the old emperor hurriedly asked the prince to search for Feng Jiu, and the prince knew the reason for the matter.
immediately promised the emperor to do it quickly.
In fact, the prince's heart is happy, Feng Jiu's inexplicable disappearance is excellent, and there are more people in the province who have more thrones with him.
However, this superficial effort still needs to be done, to search for Feng Jiu on a large scale, so that the old emperor can feel at ease and happy.
Lord Minghua and the other three returned to the palace, but they were always restless.
"No, we can't sit still like that! We also need to take action and join the search for the prince. ”
"Yes!"
The three of them led dozens of family members to search together, and kept discussing where the prince might go.
Gu Wanwan suddenly remembered that she still had an apprentice with a lot of ghost ideas, Feng Ying.