209. Chapter 209(1/2)
"Master, according to the maid who passed the news, this afternoon Yang Guibin took the emperor's eldest son out to get some fresh air and went to the imperial garden to appreciate the chrysanthemums. However, for some reason, the aunt holding the emperor's eldest son disappeared.
We have been searching for a while now, and Yang Guibin was so anxious that she accidentally fell down while searching, her knees were bruised and there was blood." Wen Xin said with a worried look on her face.
"Jin Shu doesn't go out with only one or two people. How could he get lost with the emperor's eldest son?" Su Zimo asked suspiciously, raising her eyebrows slightly, thinking for a moment and asked: "Have you ever returned to Huizhu Hall?"
Did that aunt take Xiao Yuzhen back first?"
"I don't know, slave."
"Did the Emperor and the Queen Mother know?" Su Zimo took two steps forward. Wen Xin hurriedly took out the outer clothes from the nanmu cabinet beside the collapse and waited for Su Zimo to put them on before walking out with her.
"The maidservant is from Huizhutang. She said that at first, Yang Guibin was afraid of disturbing the emperor and the queen mother and was looking for her on her own. But now she couldn't find her for a long time, so she went to report it."
The two of them were going out when Duan Yan came up from the side. Seeing Su Zimo looking like he was about to go out, he was a little curious. Before he spoke, he asked Wen Xin An and Xizhi to take a fancy to Xin Xueyuan, and called Qing Qing.
Yi went out to look for it together.
Duan Yan looked at the people walking around in a hurry, as if something big had happened. He wanted to know, so he asked Xi Zhi, who also looked like he didn't know. The two of them suppressed their curiosity and worries and sorted out what happened in the Ministry of Internal Affairs today.
things to understand.
Su Zimo only lamented the arrival of autumn when she was collecting the fallen irises. Although the weather was much cooler, she had never felt cold before. At this time, she hurriedly walked outside, feeling the wind blowing on her cheeks.
Being fierce, I have to accept the decadence that has arrived in late autumn.
Wen Xin held a lantern in her hand, and the two of them went in the direction of the imperial garden near Huizhu Hall. After walking for a while, they didn't even see a group of guards. Su Zimo then guessed that maybe those guards had been sent to look for them together.
The whereabouts of the emperor's eldest son are missing. There is no need to report the commotion of so many people missing people in the imperial garden. The news must have already reached Longquan Palace and Cining Palace, and I don't know how big a commotion it has caused.
"Master, according to what the maid said, this should be the direction in front." Wen Xin pointed forward. The road to the left and back leads to Huizhutang, but the road to the left and front leads to the Imperial Garden.
There are many twists and turns, and there are rockeries in between. Even though it is autumn evening, it is difficult to see clearly the direction in which people come and go.
Just when Su Zimo was hesitating, the voice of Yingying Yueyue came from one side, and the two of them quickly walked in that direction. However, not long after walking, they encountered a fork in the road, and the sound of human voices
It had also disappeared, and the sky was dark. Su Zimo stopped, not knowing how to choose.
"Master, I don't know why Yang Guibi is in such a hurry now. Let's search separately. Let Qing Yi go to the left, and I and you will go to the right." Seeing Su Zimo's hesitation, Wen Xin suggested.
Qing Yi had to work hard, and there were probably several groups of people looking for him in the Imperial Garden right now, so he wasn't afraid that something would happen to him. Su Zimo nodded to Qing Yi and said calmly: "Don't make it public, if anyone asks,
He said that he was here to find a hairpin for me, so he didn’t want to be framed by someone with ulterior motives."
"Master, don't worry, Qing Yi is sensible." After Qing Yi finished speaking, he held a lantern and walked to the left road alone.
In the blink of an eye, the sky had turned dark, mixed with the coolness of autumn. The two women were walking alone in the imperial garden. They felt a little eerie and scary. Fortunately, they didn't go far when they finally heard the sound of human footsteps.
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The man was a little surprised when he saw Su Zimo and the two of them, and he hurriedly saluted and said hello. A quick look at his clothes revealed that he was a maidservant working in the imperial garden.
Reaching out to stop Wen Xin from asking questions, Su Zimo whispered: "What is your name? Is Yang Guibin in front?"
"Replying to Su Ronghua, slave Manqing and Yang Guibin have returned to Huizhutang." Except for the surprise when the slave girl saw the two of them, when she replied now, she didn't feel anything unusual about the slave girl seeing her master.
The sincerity and fear made Su Zimo think about it a little bit.
Judging from the appearance of this maid, it seems that the emperor's eldest son has been found, and nothing serious has happened. I think after this false alarm, all the maids in Huizhutang will be reprimanded. I am afraid that the Queen and the Queen Mother will take advantage of this matter.
, reprimanding Jin Shu’s adopted son for his incompetence, and the eldest son of the emperor left him alone
It would be bad if Xiao Yuzhen was brought up carelessly and given a different mother. Staring at the maid, Su Zimo said again: "Do you know what is going on? It's so easy, the eldest son of the emperor."
Why are they missing? With so many people, how could Yang Guibin fall?"
"Going back to Su Ronghua, I didn't know what happened to the slave. I only knew that Yang Guibi had something to do and walked away for a moment. The eldest son of the emperor and the aunt holding him disappeared. Later, it seemed that someone from Cining Palace came and said that the emperor
The eldest son was summoned by the Queen Mother."
Hearing the maid's answer, Su Zimo felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Jin Shu would not be blamed for this matter. But why did the Queen Mother summon her but no one told Jin Shu?
Is there anything fishy about it?
"You go ahead."
After letting the maid leave, Su Zimo finally slowed down a lot. With Wen Xin's support, she walked in the direction of Xin Xueyuan. When she reached the fork in the road just now, she remembered that Qing Yi was still looking for someone there.
Looking around, Su Zimo pointed to the pavilion not far ahead: "I'll wait for you there. You go and call Qing Yi back."
Wen Xin looked in the direction pointed by the master and said: "Master, it is too dark at this time. The master is alone there. If it is not safe, it is better to walk forward to the other side of the avenue. The master has a rest."
, I will go look for Qing Yi again."
Su Zimo thought about it, and then walked with Wen Xin for a while. Seeing that the road was just ahead, Su Zimo rejected the lantern handed by Wen Xin and said softly: "It's brighter here, I'm not going anywhere, you
You can walk faster if you hold it yourself."
In the Longquan Palace, Han Qilu held the pen in his hand and couldn't look at the memorial on the table. Seeing that the cinnabar on the tip of the pen was about to fall, Han Qilu simply put down the pen in his hand and strode out.
Seeing the emperor walking out suddenly, Zhou Yunfu did not dare to ask the emperor where he was going, but hurriedly followed him with his cloak: "Your Majesty, it is windy outside, please wait for me, my servant."
However, Han Qilu's steps did not stop at all. Seeing that the emperor ignored him and was walking in the direction of the Sixth Palace of the West, she immediately felt the emperor's thoughts. She could only sigh for Su Zimo secretly and followed the emperor closely.
Even while walking like this, Han Qilu was still unsure in his heart whether he was going to Xin Xueyuan. He had clearly thought about not going to see her today, but his heart still felt uneasy. It seemed that something was missing.
Finally, after seeing the slightly remote palace, my steps followed my heart and slowed down.
Walking to the door, he felt that the courtyard was extremely quiet, unlike other courtyards in ordinary palaces. Han Qilu felt a little strange in his heart. It was not until Zhou Yunfu said: "The emperor has arrived!" that he was startled and the two maids hurriedly greeted him.
"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" Duan Yan and Xi Zhi said in greeting.
"Where's Su Ronghua?"
As Han Qilu asked, he walked straight towards the main house where Su Zimo usually lived. A trace of shame, anger and anger rose in his heart. He had come to Xinxueyuan in person, but she didn't come out to greet him in person! These days, he was like that
I miss her, but she still hasn't put the green card back even though five days have passed, and she uses the cold as an excuse not to see him. Doesn't she miss me?
Seeing that Long Yan was displeased, Duan Yan hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, my master heard that something happened to Yang Guifei and the emperor's eldest son in the imperial garden, so he went to look for Yang Guifei."
"Oh?" Han Qilu stopped at the doorrail and raised his eyebrows: "Something happened to the eldest son of the emperor? Zhou Yunfu, have you received the news?"
"Replying to the emperor, the young eunuch from Huizhutang came to Longquan Palace just now to report that everything is fine with the emperor's eldest son and Yang Guifei." Zhou Yunfu was also a little confused.
"Su Ronghua went to the Royal Garden?" Han Qilu said, turning around and looking into the room. When he saw the pair of candles on the table, his eyes stopped immediately, "Where did they come from?"
"In reply to the emperor's message, Su Ronghua took Wen Xin and Qing Yi to the Imperial Garden. That...that is the candle that the servant brought from the House of Internal Affairs this morning." Duan Yan answered while walking forward in small steps.
Seeing what the emperor said, my scalp suddenly became numb, and I felt uneasy. Is there something wrong with the candle? I felt sorry for the master in my heart. It was rare that the emperor came to Xin Xueyuan, but the master was not there.
He waited for a while with his head lowered, not daring to look at the emperor. He only heard the sound of two pairs of footsteps getting further and further away from him. Duanyan breathed a sigh of relief and saluted Xizhi towards the dragon's back: "Farewell to the emperor."
Su Zimo watched Wen Xin's figure disappear from the field of vision, and then walked towards the intersection again. There was always a strange feeling in her heart. She couldn't tell what it was, but she felt empty in her chest and a little uneasy.
Look around, maybe it's just because it's too dark today.
Hanging her head, Su Zimo's thoughts went to Longquan Palace. She didn't know which palace the emperor was resting in at this time. After counting the days, it was time to comb the emperor's hair again.
Just as he was thinking about it, Su Zimo's body bumped into a hard chest, and the man's unique smell hit her nostrils, making Su Zimo feel dazed for a moment.
This is not the taste of an emperor!
With her heart tightening, Su Zimo quickly stepped back. In her haste, she tripped and her whole body fell backwards.
“Watch out!“
The voice of a man was extremely gentle, but also a little anxious and worried.
This voice belongs to the king.
The slender waist was hooked by strong arms. Su Zimo raised her eyes and saw the tenderness in King Fu's eyes looking at her. That tenderness was something she was taboo about and should not appear in this palace.
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Both hands rushed to push the auxiliary king, but the chest did not move at all. Su Zimo was worried. People were coming and going in the imperial garden. If someone saw it, they would not be able to tell! He used some more strength until
After exerting all his strength, the king's chest remained motionless.
"Zi Mo thanks King Fu for rescuing him. He bumped into King Fu, and I hope King Fu will forgive him." Seeing that his rejection was ineffective, Su Zimo had no choice but to raise her eyes again, with a hint of pleading in her eyes.
"It doesn't matter. It's dark and the road is unclear. I won't care about it." Han Qiyu's eyes were full of tenderness. He felt the soft waist in his arms. He had been asking for it, but the feeling he got instantly made his heart beat faster.
He accelerated sharply, but on his face, his expression was still so natural.
"Then... King Assistant, Zi Mo can stand still, can you..."
King Fu's gaze was too hot, so Su Zimo turned her head and asked softly.
After hearing Su Zimo's words, King Fu came to his senses. Although he was very nostalgic, he still let go of his hand.
As soon as King Fu's arm left, Su Zimo quickly took a step back. After sorting out her chaotic thoughts, Su Zimo bowed respectfully to King Fu and asked, "It's already late. King Fu hasn't left the palace yet?"
Although King Fu had said in the past that sometimes he could stay overnight in the palace after working too late with the emperor, but this place was far away from that place. Su Zimo could never imagine why King Fu would appear here at this time.
!Could it be that King Fu also heard about the disappearance of the emperor's eldest son on his way out of the palace and joined the search team?
Su Zimo's alienation was seen in Han Qiyu's eyes. She was like this and wanted to leave earlier?
There are many women in the harem, whether they are concubines or maids, they will look very flattering when they see him. Everyone knows that the auxiliary king and the emperor are very close, and being able to be on good terms with the auxiliary king who the emperor values will always be a good thing for him.
Useful. Who can say for sure whether this person will be there when something happens to me?
The emperor's younger brother would like to say a few kind words. Moreover, Fu Wangsheng is handsome and unrestrained. He is as free and easy as a chivalrous man when he is out all year round, and he also carries the royal nobility, which is very attractive. Su Zimo is the only one.
, the woman who made Han Qiyu so worried, yet so unwilling to have contact with him.
To be continued...