Chapter 22: Man Goes Without a Trace
Shen Yan clenched his fists inadvertently, and when he heard this, he no longer paid attention to the two guards who were sentimental. As soon as they pushed them away, they rushed into the house.
The sky is gradually darkening, and in the past, the Rui Wang's Mansion has already lit candles to illuminate the paths. But at this moment, it was pitch black, there were no maids holding lights, and there were no laughing crowds. Looking at it, I don't feel a trace of popularity, as if it is an old house that has been vacant for a long time, which makes people feel worried.
Shen Yan was stunned, came back to his senses and went straight to the courtyard where Mu Yan lived. Pushing open the door and seeing a person sitting on the edge of the bed, he was overjoyed and subconsciously called out, but he didn't expect it......
"Wood!"
"Miss!"
The mouth was opened almost at the same time, but it was silenced at the same time after the sound was spoken. Hongluan rushed over from the side of the bed, walking eagerly, and his steps were a little staggering, but when he saw that it was Shen Yan, the disappointed look in his eyes was undisguised, full of loneliness.
Shen Yan frowned, and finally saw an acquaintance. "Hongluan, where is your young lady?"
"Yes, where's my young lady?"
Hongluan muttered and repeated, looking very haggard, and at a glance he knew that these days were not very good. When she saw Shen Yan, she naturally remembered the past, and she couldn't help covering her face anymore, tears falling quietly from her fingers.
Seeing this, Shen Yan could no longer deceive himself, he grabbed Hongluan's shoulder and held it down, as if he thought of something bad, and his body began to tremble a little.
"Hongluan doesn't cry, tell me what's wrong first? What about your young lady? The third brother told me that she was at home well, why did everything change when I came back?"
He admits that he is a selfish person, whether Feng Ziying is driven away, or Fang Biling changes her temper and recites Buddha, he doesn't care about this! He just needs to know Mu Yan's whereabouts! Jumping around as usual, or lying in bed when she is sick, as long as she appears, let him see her!
"I don't know...... I don't know ......."
Hongluan choked and shook his head, "The third prince came back alone, I asked him many times, but he didn't answer me." The maids in the house all said that the young lady might die outside, but I don't believe it! If you go out alone, how can you say that it will be gone? Seventh Prince, didn't you also go out with the young lady? Tell me, you tell me where my young lady went?"
Shen Yan was stunned by the question, and shook his head blankly.
"IāI don't know. I received an urgent report from the imperial court, so I broke up with her in the forest and came back first. Third, hasn't the third brother been with her all the time? How could it be gone...... Obviously, the third brother told me before......"
The words stopped abruptly because Shen Yan thought of some possibility. When he was leaving in the border city, the third brother said a lot to him, which seemed to mention something. He didn't pay attention at that time, but now that he thinks about it, did the third brother deliberately hint at something at that time?
"Seventh Prince, you are familiar with the Third Prince, and you are his younger brother. You go and ask him, ask him where my young lady has gone? She promised me before she left that I would come back, and I don't believe she would leave Hongluan alone. You can do it, go and ask the third prince for me, the slave and maid kowtow to you. ā
Hongluan knelt down as she spoke. Shen Yan hurriedly helped her up, although she was also flustered, but seeing that the little girl in front of her was almost broken, she also stabilized her mind and comforted her first.
"Hongluan, don't panic, your master's temperament, maybe it's hard to go out and see the good outside, so ...... That's why I want to go outside. I, I'm going to find the third brother, I'll ask him where Muyan went. Wait for me at the house, and I'll go." ā
As soon as the words fell, Shen Yan turned around and ran out of the palace. As soon as I got on the horse, I didn't go far when I was suddenly stopped in my way. He grabbed the reins and looked at it, and recognized the waist card in the man's hand. couldn't help frowning and puzzled: "I just came out of the palace not long ago, what is the queen mother looking for me?"
"The subordinates don't know, the subordinates are just ordered to come to find you, the Seventh Prince. ā
Shen Yan was irritable, but the queen mother's will could not be disobeyed, so he had to turn the horse's head first and go in the direction of the imperial city. When I entered the palace, because I was worried about Mu Yan, I walked extremely well, and the anxious emotions on my face were clear at a glance.
Without waiting for the palace maid to report, he walked directly into the Xianqing Palace. I saw Xia Hou sitting at the table, and the table was full of sumptuous dishes. couldn't help frowning, and said in an impatient tone: "The queen mother specially found her son, didn't she just let her son accompany you to this meal?"
Xia Hou heard the change in Shen Yan's tone, and she was not angry, but smiled faintly and said, "What's the matter? When did my Yan'er actually dislike her mother so much that she refused to even accompany me to eat?"
Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, and his heart became guilty of being provoked by this rebuttal. He had always respected his mother, how could he speak to her like this at this moment?
"The son was wrong, the son didn't mean that. Just ......"
He was thinking about Mu Yan in his heart, and he didn't know if the queen mother knew the reason. Just wanted to ask, but saw that Xia Hou patted the vacant seat beside her and smiled kindly.
"Come, come and sit down first. ā
Shen Yan nodded in response and walked over to sit down. Xia Hou looked up at him carefully, and after looking at him for a long time, she sighed softly.
"In a blink of an eye, my Yan'er has grown so big. ā
After the summer, her thoughts flew around, and her beautiful face seemed to have aged a lot in an instant. A woman with a disabled leg is still living a chic life all these years, and she is still a dignified country. It is conceivable that her casualness and her calmness. So there are not many things in this world that can make her feel emotional, but at this moment, she seems to be a little tired.
"After you left, I thought about it a lot. Indeed, over the years, I have placed high hopes on Ah Li and indulged in you. As a child of the royal family, only he understands how sad it is. The queen mother is like this, there is no choice but to accept fate. So in the first place, I didn't want you to carry any baggage. Let you leave the capital and teach everything to Ah Li. ā
Xia Hou picked up the chopsticks, took a piece of shrimp meat and put it in the bowl in front of Shen Yan. "Now, my Yan'er has grown up and has her own choices and judgments. The queen mother respects you, so she won't stop you. Personal life, whether you are willing to go to the border city with your third brother to fight the enemy, or if you are willing to leave Beijing to play as in the past, the queen mother will support you. The only thing you have to promise your mother is that you will take good care of yourself and come back safely with your third brother!"
Shen Yan's body trembled, knowing his son Mo Ruo's mother, it turned out that the queen mother had long known that he was coming back this time to stay temporarily, and after calming her uneasy emotions, he still had to go to the border city to find the third brother after a while.