"If filial piety is promoted to ordinary people in the world, and everyone follows filial piety and behaves filial piety, then the country can rule for a long time."
"The Queen Mother saw through this and spread the news in front of people and behind her back about how she and the Emperor depended on each other in the palace. She even went to Wanfo Mountain every year to pray for the country and the Emperor. But was she really praying for the Emperor?
"
"Cough cough cough!!"
When Mrs. Fengde got excited, she held her chest and coughed several times.
"lady."
Rong Qiu was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to help Mrs. Fengde.
"Madam, you are already aggrieved enough for the sake of the emperor, why bother to wade through this muddy water."
Mrs. Fengde waved her hand and asked Rongqiu to help her lie down.
"Not to mention that Luo Jiuli saved my life, I have also seen the difficulties that the Emperor and the Nine Kings have endured over the years. If I continue to tolerate it, I am afraid that I will not be able to see Master De Fei after I die.
Already."
"lady."
Rong Qiu felt sour in his heart and his eyes were moist.
——
Xiao Mingxuan left the palace and went straight to the Yiguo Duke's Mansion.
At this time, the Duke's wife was pacing anxiously in the backyard. Luo Jiuli had been in the palace for most of the day and had not yet left the palace to return home. She was also a little anxious.
At this time, the gatekeeper suddenly came to report that the Ninth Prince was here.
At this time, when she heard that the Ninth Prince was coming, the Duke's wife felt her heart tightening for some reason and hurriedly followed her out of the backyard.
When they arrived at the front hall, Xiao Mingxuan's originally relaxed brows saw that only the Duke's wife was alone, and he hurriedly raised his hands and said:
"There is no need to be polite, Madam. Luo Jiuli has returned home."
The Duke's wife was stunned, her heart suddenly thumped, her face lost all color, and she staggered back a few steps.
"lady."
Aunt Xu hurriedly stepped forward to hold Madam's arm and looked at Xiao Mingxuan.
"Your Majesty, my second young lady has not returned to the palace since she entered the palace."
"Luo Jiuli didn't return home?"
Xiao Mingxuan also suddenly panicked.
"Ninth Prince, did something happen to my daughter in the palace?"
Xiao Mingxuan shook his head.
"Nothing happened. People in the palace said that Luo Jiuli had left the palace before a stick of incense was burned, so I just came here to find him."
As for what happened in the palace, it is better not to tell the Duke's wife for the time being, lest she be worried or frightened.
"She didn't return home at all. What's more, it was the palace's carriage that picked her up. If she returned home, it would be the palace's carriage that brought her back."
Xiao Mingxuan frowned.
"If Luo Jiuli doesn't return home, where else can he go?"
The Duke's wife suppressed the anxiety in her heart.
"The shops in the city are being renovated. Are you asking her to go there?"
"Butler Zhang, quickly, take the prince to the shop."
"yes."
Butler Zhang didn't dare to delay, so he hurried out of the Duke's Mansion with Xiao Mingxuan and a group of guards.
After everyone left, the Duke's wife immediately couldn't hold it in any longer, and her tears kept falling down.
"Jiu'er, Jiu'er must have been wronged in the palace, otherwise Prince Nine would never have come in such a hurry."
"Ma'am, don't worry, maybe the second lady really went to the shop?"
Aunt Xu rushed to safety, but she was actually very anxious in her heart.
The Duke's wife held Nanny Xu's arm with a glimmer of hope in her heart and did not dare to think in a bad direction.
Over here, Butler Zhang took Xiao Mingxuan straight to the renovated shop, and happened to see his son Zhang Wen directing the craftsmen to carry things in outside the shop.
"father."
As soon as Zhang Wen saw his father coming, he rushed to greet him. When he saw the Ninth Prince following his father, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a plop.
"Young man, please see the Ninth Prince."
"Come on, has your second lady ever been to the shop?"
Xiao Mingxuan's voice was low, and his whole person exuded the aura of keeping strangers away.
Zhang Wen shook his head.
"I haven't seen the second lady today."
Boom, boom, boom.
Everyone could hear the sound of the Ninth Prince clenching his fingers.
Butler Zhang doesn't dare to be careless now. The second lady didn't come back home or come to the shop. I'm afraid something happened.
"Ninth Prince, this servant is going back to the house to report so that he can lead people to find my young lady."
"Um."
Xiao Mingxuan nodded.
"Qin Yin, Qin Wu."
"master."
Qin Yin and Qin Wu stepped forward at the same time.
"Qin Yin will immediately secretly lead people to guard the city gate out of the capital, and no suspicious people are allowed to be released."
"yes."
"Qin Wu, go find Xing Xiyan and ask him to come see me immediately."
"yes."
Qin Yin and Qin Wu left at the same time.
Xiao Mingxuan also got on his horse and rode away.
Zhang Wen knelt on the ground, already stunned.
What did his father and the Ninth Prince mean just now? The second young lady of his family has disappeared?
At this time, in the Duke's mansion, as soon as the Duke's wife heard that her daughter was not in the shop and the Nine Kings sent people to guard the city gate, she immediately understood that something might have happened to her daughter.
"Butler Zhang, quickly, take everyone in the house to find the second lady."
"yes."
Butler Zhang didn't dare to delay. When he just returned to the mansion, he had already sent people to gather the family members in the mansion to have children, and was only waiting for his wife to speak.
As soon as Butler Zhang left the house, the Duke's wife couldn't hold on any longer.
"Mother Xu, change your clothes. I want to go into the palace. I want to go into the palace to ask for someone."
Aunt Xu supported her wife, her face turned white with fear.
"Madam, it's important to find the second young lady at this time. Madam will enter the palace now, which won't help matters."
"But my daughter is missing. How could such a living person disappear after leaving the palace?"
"She has no classmates here in the capital, and she doesn't like to have fun. She knows I'm waiting for her at home, so she will return home quickly. Something must have happened if she hasn't come back for so long."
"I'm just afraid now. If Jiu'er is kidnapped by some enemy to take revenge and vent his anger, the consequences, the consequences are really unthinkable."
"Madam, don't scare yourself. The second young lady is not what she used to be. She has the ability and means, so she will not suffer any loss."
The Duke's wife burst into tears.
"You don't understand, you don't understand. The Duke of Guo offended many people when he was at home. Jiu'er reconciled with Prince Zhao, offended the Queen Mother and Concubine Hu, and the Grand Sima Mansion. None of them are easy to use."
—”
"Madam, be careful what you say! Be careful that walls have ears."
After all, Aunt Xu was calmer than the Duke's wife, so she quickly interrupted her wife's words.
"Now, everyone in the mansion has been sent to look for him, and the Ninth Prince has also sent people to look for him. Madam, you must calm down. Now that the Duke of Guo is not at home, the eldest son and the second son have also left the capital. The eldest lady is guarding the child.
Don’t open your body.”
"Madam is the backbone of our Duke's Mansion. If Madam gets messed up, the entire Duke's Mansion will be in chaos."
"Besides, the reputation of the second young lady is important. Once the madam comes to the palace to ask for someone, wouldn't it mean that everyone is told that the second young lady is missing?"
"Once the second young lady is found, or the second young lady comes back safely, wouldn't it be like giving someone a reason to talk?"
"Those people in the palace are eager to see the joke in our Duke's palace. Madam, please stay calm."