Chapter 43: Everyone Looks for the Concubine
She went back to her room and sat in a chair waiting for a miracle. Seeing that time was passing away little by little, and the time of the birthday banquet was slowly approaching, Peaches's heart was burning again, she wanted to sit still, and she didn't want to let this hard-earned opportunity go to waste. After a long thought, she got up on the back of her chair and stood in the corridor outside the door of her room to observe the situation in the courtyard carefully.
The courtyard gate is locked, and there is no back door; The courtyard wall is quite high, and there are no trees on the side of the wall, so it is very difficult to climb over the wall. Walked to the door and pushed the door hard, and suddenly the door made a noise with a lock, she lowered her eyes, and her facial expression was as calm as water, she believed that if the Queen Mother did not see her, she would definitely come to her.
There was still no movement inside and outside the courtyard, the sun was still high, the sun was raging on the land, and the bright roofs reflected dazzling light. Time passed little by little, and the emperor's birthday banquet was about to kick off an hour later, and hundreds of civil and military officials gathered in advance to the palace. Today, the people also prepared folk literature and art for the emperor, in order to show their respect and love for the emperor, at this time the square can be described as a sea of people, a black pressure is people, it seems that the people of the entire capital have gathered here.
There was still some time before the birthday banquet, and the concubines all went to wait in a side room, and the queen and the concubine were also there, except for one missing, but none of them seemed to be surprised by this.
"By the way, this birthday banquet is about to start, why haven't you seen the concubine?" Concubine Mei stood up as if curious and asked everyone present. The concubines suddenly stopped talking and laughing, and then heard someone say, "Isn't she recuperating?" If you don't live there, you will be called by the Queen Mother! In this case, everyone stopped mentioning it, and each of them talked about it again.
Not long after, someone outside the door came to report, saying: "The emperor sent someone to invite the concubine Niangniang over!" Hearing the palace maid's words, there was a dead silence in the house, and the concubines looked at each other, their faces quite ugly.
"Call someone in!" The queen said lightly.
The palace maid invited the eunuch sent by the emperor into the wing.
Empress Min twisted the veil, thought for a while, and said calmly to the visitor: "You hurry up and report to the emperor, saying that the concubine Niangniang entered the courtyard, and she disappeared, and no one among the concubines knew where she went, I don't know if the queen mother called it."
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After the eunuch left, the concubines suddenly made a noise, and they all talked about the disappearance of Leng Yue, seeing this scene, the queen said seriously and seriously: "Don't be idle, think about it carefully, whether there is a clue to the whereabouts of the concubine." As soon as these words came out, the voices in the wing room were even more noisy.
The queen sat lightly, her eyes seemed to be excited, but she also showed some doubts.
The time of the birthday banquet is imminent, and the emperor is standing in the center of the side hall at this time, and several palace maids help him to dress, his face is full of joy, and he seems to be in a very happy mood. He thought that the Queen Mother was willing to hold a birthday banquet for him, so she wanted to hand over the phoenix seal to him?
For the emperor, Fengxi's arrival is equivalent to having 60% of the country's troops, and when the time comes, it will be announced in the main hall, and the remaining troops will naturally return. "Huh!" Thinking of this, the emperor laughed inadvertently.
The emperor turned around and faced the door of the palace, and at this time Duofu happened to walk into the palace. Seeing this, the emperor suddenly smiled, and said with a little anger in his eyes: "I asked you to call the concubine Niangniang, why have you been there for so long, the concubine Niangniang!" ”
Poof! As soon as the emperor's words fell, the sound of Duofu kneeling followed. Seeing this scene, the emperor's face changed suddenly, his smile was erased instantly, and he exclaimed, "What's wrong?" Hearing this, Duofu trembled and said: "Back to the emperor, the noble concubine Niangniang didn't know where to go, and the slave was ordering someone to secretly search, and no one has come to report until now." ”
"What did you say?" The emperor was stunned, pushed away the palace maid suddenly, raised his eyebrows, picked up the collar of Duofu, and roared loudly: "Where can a big living person run?" ”
"The slave has taken charge of himself and sent people to secretly look around in the courtyard, but the ladies all said that the concubine Niangniang entered the courtyard and disappeared, and asked other people who served the concubine Niangniang, and some people said that the concubine Niangniang was taken away by a little eunuch, but then he disappeared." Cold sweat faintly broke out on Duofu's forehead, his body seemed to tremble a little, and his face was even pale.
After hearing these words, the emperor's anger gradually subsided, his brows furrowed slightly, and his worries showed between his eyebrows. For a moment, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and a sharp light appeared in his eyes, and suddenly the sharp light became melancholy and dull, and anger began to blind him again, and he continued to say angrily: "Send more people to find the concubine, if you can't find the concubine today, don't come back to see me."
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"Slaves obey!" Duofu was about to leave, but the emperor stopped him again and said, "Also, don't alarm the guests and the people." ”
"Yes!"
Dofu exited the side hall. At this moment, the emperor was no longer in the mood to pretend, he was sad and frowned, and walked back and forth in the side hall.
In the corridor outside the hall, Ruyi was walking in the direction of the side hall, and accidentally saw Duofu coming out of the side hall and wanted to go to one place, so he hurriedly rushed forward and called Fu Gonggong.
After Duofu stood still, turned around, Ruyi asked anxiously: "Father-in-law Fu, I heard that the concubine Niangniang didn't know where to go......
"Ahhh Why didn't you follow the concubine Niangniang, I have sent someone to look for half an hour, so far there is no news of the concubine Niangniang, seeing that this birthday banquet is about to start, you see how this is good! Duofu clapped his hands and stomped his feet, looking helpless and anxious.
At this moment, Ruyi was also as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, she turned her eyes and asked suddenly: "Father-in-law Fu, what did the emperor say?" ”
"What else can I say, I'm anxious! This doesn't tell me to send more people to find it quickly, I won't tell you, this matter can't be delayed, you should also quickly find a way to find out and before you find the concubine Niangniang, it's best not to publicize the disappearance of the concubine Niangniang. After Fu Gonggong finished speaking, he left in a hurry.
Ruyi paused for a moment, and quickened his pace to walk towards the queen mother's residence. When she saw the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was about to go out, and when she saw Ruyi, she couldn't help asking: "I'm afraid the birthday banquet has begun, why are you still here?" ”
Ruyi knelt down and replied: "Don't hide it from the Queen Mother, the birthday banquet has indeed begun." It's just that I didn't see the shadow of my concubine at the birthday banquet, and the slave was afraid that something would happen to the concubine, so the slave came here to find out! ”
"Really?" The Queen Mother's smile disappeared, and her facial expression looked very serious.
"The slave doesn't dare to deceive the queen mother, today is the emperor's birthday banquet, and the concubine will not hide and not attend the birthday banquet, so the slave suspects that the disappearance of the concubine will be staggered.
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