The news of His Royal Highness's disappearance quickly spread, and along with it, there were also rumors.
It was okay at the beginning, everyone was talking about the disappearance of His Highness the Crown Prince itself, but slowly, the rumors changed direction.
"His Royal Highness is the only child of His Majesty and the Empress. Now that he is missing, I don't know if he is still alive. If he is gone, then..."
"Do you still remember that there were rumors before that His Highness the Crown Prince was born with dementia, and the Queen Mother injured her body when giving birth to His Highness the Crown Prince, and she could no longer have children. Moreover, the Queen Mother is a cunning person, and she will not allow Her Majesty to accept concubines." In this way, I am afraid that the line of the royal family will be broken."
After that, the rumors intensified.
"It is said that His Majesty and the Empress used many methods when they came to the throne, and even did a lot of outrageous things. Now, it is God who is punishing them, and it is right."
"Our country of Xia has a surname of Xia, but this Your Majesty used to be surnamed Luo."
"It is said that this majesty was born when the empress dowager was in distress before, but the empress dowager lost her memory at that time, and this majesty was wandering outside for such a long time, is it the son of the empress dowager? Didn't the empress marry again later and gave birth to a son?"
"You said that your Majesty was carved out of the same mold as the Supreme Emperor, but there are so many people who look alike in the world, who knows if it's just a coincidence."
Those people were talking enthusiastically, but they didn't know that Luo Qingyan was leading people standing not far away, listening silently.
Luo Qingyan didn't see any superfluous expression on his face, but everyone behind him raised their hearts.
"Your Majesty..." Liu Wen'an took two steps forward: "Your Majesty, why don't the servants order those people to be arrested? Talking about the king is a serious crime."
Luo Qingyan's face was careless: "It's rumored outside, what's the use of me arresting them? I can stop the mouths of so many people, how can I also stop the mouths of the world? Is it? Let them go, is it possible that just because of a few rumors, I can be pulled down from this throne?"
"But..." Liu Wen'an frowned: "I have heard a saying before, the king is a boat; the common people are water. Water carries a boat, and water capsizes a boat. If you think of danger in this way, you will be in danger." How will it not happen?"
When Luo Qingyan heard Liu Wen'an say this, he couldn't help but chuckled: "Well, that makes a lot of sense."
After a pause, he said again: "Do you think these words were thought up by these people themselves?"
Liu Wen'an was stunned, raised his eyes to look at Luo Qingyan, and immediately understood the meaning of Luo Qingyan's words: "Your Majesty feels that someone is manipulating this matter?"
Luo Qingyan pursed his lips: "The source of these rumors may be the person who kidnapped Chengye, or it may be that someone else is fishing in troubled waters. However, I don't want to catch the mastermind behind the scenes. Today I only catch A few common people can indeed kill chickens and monkeys, but they can't make the rumors disappear from now on, on the contrary, I'm afraid someone will soon say that I'm cruel and unworthy of being a king."
Hearing this, Liu Wen'an frowned even tighter: "Then...then what should we do?"
Luo sneered lightly: "Water can carry a boat and also overturn it. This sentence is not wrong. However, if you want to rely on water to overturn a boat, relying on this unfounded gossip alone can at most increase the number of people. It's just gossip after dinner, it's useless. And if I want to carry a boat with water, there are many ways to go."
"After all, to ordinary people, it doesn't matter who the person is on the throne. The important thing is that the person sitting on the throne can let them live a good life, have no worries about food and clothing, be safe and happy."
Liu Wen'an looked at Luo Qingyan in a daze, not understanding the meaning of Luo Qingyan's words.
Luo Qingyan didn't elaborate, but turned around: "Go back to the posthouse."
Luo Qingyan got into the carriage, and took out the letter that was placed in the secret compartment, then frowned, and ordered the carriage driver outside the door sharply: "Go back to the post house quickly!"
The carriage moved forward rapidly, and when it arrived at the post house, Luo Qingyan didn't wait for the palace servants to open the carriage door, he pushed open the carriage door and jumped down: "Bring all the servants around me here, I have something to ask .”
"Yes." Liu Wen'an didn't know why Luo Qingyan was so angry suddenly, but hurriedly quickened his pace to keep up with Luo Qingyan's pace.
However, he was secretly wondering in his heart that His Majesty was not angry when he heard those people talking about him like that before, so what happened
It seemed that His Majesty suddenly became angry after getting into the carriage. Could it be that something happened in the carriage
Liu Wen'an summoned all the palace servants who served in front of the imperial court to the main courtyard, and brought chairs for Luo Qingyan. Luo Qingyan sat down on the chair, and glanced at the crowd waiting in the courtyard.
"You have all been by my side for a long time, and I thought that all of you knew the rules and knew what things could and couldn't be moved. It was only today that I found out that there are still some of you who don't know. "
Luo Qingyan squinted his eyes: "Has anyone told you that you can't touch the hidden compartment in my carriage?"
Liu Wen'an raised his eyes in surprise, and said hastily: "This slave has explained everything clearly before, but none of them have been left behind."
Luo Qingyan pursed his lips: "I probably know who it is, and I will give you one last chance. If you can stand up and plead guilty, I can leave you a whole body. If you can't..."
As soon as Luo Qingyan finished speaking, a group of people in the yard knelt down on the ground in a hurry: "Your Majesty is aware of the details, and the servants have not moved the secret compartment of His Majesty's carriage."
Luo Qingyan looked at all the palace servants who were kneeling, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "No one wants to admit it, right?"
"I gave you a chance, since you don't want to admit it, then don't blame me."
After Luo Qingyan finished speaking, he stood up straight: "Mingzhu, come in with me."
Luo Qingyan turned and went straight into the house.
Ming Zhu raised his head in surprise, his eyes were full of bewilderment.
The eyes of the other palace people all fell on him.
A flash of panic flashed in Mingzhu's eyes, and he said hastily: "It's not me, it's not me, I haven't done it."
Liu Wen'an's face has changed: "Your Majesty is calling you, why don't you go in quickly? Your Majesty is holy, whether it is you or not, His Majesty can decide for himself."
Mingzhu stood up, her legs seemed to be weak, and she almost fell again. After a while, she stabilized her body, gritted her teeth, and lowered her head into the room.
As soon as Mingzhu left, the yard suddenly exploded.
"Your Majesty is talking about him?"
"Is it him? If it wasn't him, why did His Majesty ask him to go in?"