The sky in the Imperial City was a bit gloomy, and even the wind seemed dry and cold.
When Yun Zong and others rushed all the way to the palace, the little queen was nowhere to be seen.
There was deathly silence in the huge, cold palace. The eunuchs and maids shivered and knelt on the ground at the entrance of the palace, their faces pale, their teeth chattering, their heads hung in fear, not daring to raise them at all.
Without even looking, he rushed in angrily and shouted: "Where are the people?!"
The door was kicked open, making a harsh creaking sound. It hit the wall and bounced back, making the sound echo. The curtains in the hall hung silently, and layers of dim shadows filled the air, but no one was seen.
"Where has your majesty gone!?"
The palace man's voice was trembling, and he was obviously scared. Seeing Yun Zong's ferocious face, he was so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly: "Your Majesty, your Majesty took the guards to go hunting, and took away several palace ladies... "
The room was chilly and somewhat gloomy. Yun Zong gritted his teeth, his expression becoming more and more furious.
Is she trying to escape from him
But where can she escape
"Come here, come in and search for me! Have you heard any news from the people sent to chase the hunting team?" His eyes turned hard, "Once discovered, we can capture them alive, but not -"
"Kill on the spot!"
He waved people to come in, and everyone rummaged through the boxes and cabinets for a long time, and soon someone reported back: "Nine thousand years old, the porcelain in the palace is still there, but a lot of gold, silver, pearls and jade are missing."
"Nine thousand years ago, a secret room was discovered in His Majesty's dormitory. It has been emptied out. Judging from the traces left behind, it seems that countless gold and silver were left."
"Half pages of a book were found under His Majesty's dragon bed. It is a travel diary. It writes about life in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River. There are many annotations in the book..."
Yun Zong took the page and looked at it carefully. The annotations on it were scattered, more like a plan, and the handwriting jumped around, showing his yearning:
"When you enter the courtyard on the third floor, you will see the river in front of the door and the weeping willow trees..."
"At the beginning of the month, I go to the mountain to worship Buddha and eat vegetarian food..."
“We dug a pond in the courtyard, raised koi carps, built a rockery pavilion, rowed boats in the lotus pond in the afternoon, and picked lotus seeds...”
There is also a line of large characters dripping with ink: "Whoever wants to stay in the palace and be bullied all day long will be left alone and never seen again!"
The pages were torn at the edges, as if they were torn while walking in a hurry and didn't have time to take them away.
Yunzong's heart skipped a beat: "Did she leave the palace?"
The Tong family emperors had madmen in every dynasty. The late emperor even had a crazy experience in which he ordered eunuchs to set up shops in the palace and asked the eunuchs to pretend to be traders, while he held an abacus and held an account book to bargain.
The little queen has always been very rebellious, especially under his pressure, her character became more and more arrogant. Now she is becoming increasingly depressed. It is not surprising that she ran away from the palace with gold and silver in a moment of urgency.
Thinking of this, Yun Zong breathed a sigh of relief temporarily. While blocking the news, he urged his subordinates to go to the official road in Bamen to look for traces of the little queen.
Especially looking for the official road to Jiangnan recorded on the page.
He turned and left, exiting the palace gate. The kneeling palace people in the courtyard looked at him imploringly, especially the large number of nails he had sent. They were now doing rough work in the outer courtyard and could not get close to the little queen. Being reused, I couldn't get any information.
They didn't even know that the little queen ran away.
The subordinate asked: "Nine thousand years old, what should we do with these eunuchs and palace servants?"
Yun Zong looked at the pleading eyes of the palace people and waved his hands emotionlessly: "Dereliction of duty and poor service, all will be punished with a cane!"
The wind blew away his cold voice, and suddenly there were sounds of begging and crying in the courtyard. The palace people crawled to him on their knees, crying miserably: "Nine thousand years old! Nine thousand years old, spare my life! Spare your life, I am your sent —”