Even though he knew it was unlikely, the emperor went to Bishui Hutong not only to inquire about the whereabouts of Empress Dowager Zhuang, but also to remind Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang to pay attention to their safety.
If Empress Dowager Zhuang is the mortal enemy of Concubine Jing, then Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang, who have repeatedly destroyed Concubine Jing's good deeds, are undoubtedly thorns in her eyes and thorns in her flesh.
Xiao Liulang had just returned from the Imperial Academy, and he never expected such a thing to happen.
Gu Jiao was drying medicinal herbs in the front yard, and the three children of the family were playing in the back yard. There was a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere in the house.
He looked back and said to the emperor, "Auntie has never been here... We will be careful."
The emperor nodded: "You must never have another accident."
Xiao Liulang gave him a deep look: "Your Majesty, what are your plans?"
The emperor took a big grasp: "I will find my mother."
This is the second time that Empress Dowager Zhuang has disappeared. The first time was because of him. He sent her to Leprosy Mountain, and he lost her.
This time, he was going to bring her back himself.
After he murmured, he turned around, his steps immersed in the night.
"What's wrong?" Gu Jiao came over.
The matter was of great importance, and Xiao Liulang did not hide it from her: "Auntie and Concubine Jing have disappeared. Your Majesty suspects that Concubine Jing has taken my aunt away."
"You just said... who was taken?"
The voice of the old sacrificial wine rang suddenly behind the two of them.
The two turned their heads to look at him in unison. The old sacrifice wine was holding a bowl of freshly baked brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, sprinkled with freshly fried white sesame seeds.
His hands began to tremble slightly, and the hot sugar water spilled out.
Gu Jiao walked over and reached out to him: "Grandpa, give it to me."
"Ah?" His voice trembled, "You, you haven't said who was taken away?"
"It's my aunt." Gu Jiao said.
The old sacrificer shook his body.
Gu Jiao supported him with one hand and caught the bowl with the other.
The bowl was very hot, Xiao Liulang hurriedly took the bowl and put it on the stone table beside him, and said to the old sacrificial wine: "Princess Jing will not do anything to her aunt for the time being, if she wants to kill her aunt, she will do it in the palace. Now, she brought her aunt out for some other purpose."
Gu Jiao looked at Xiao Liulang and said, "I'm going to find my aunt, you and my aunt are waiting for news at home."
Xiao Liulang hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
The old sacrificial wine trembled: "I, I will also look for it."
Xiao Liulang didn't object, looking at his unsteady steps, his eyes flickered slightly, and said, "I'll go with the teacher."
Lao Jijiu nodded in panic: "Okay... okay."
Later, the two also went out of Bishui Hutong.
The imperial city was blocked, and the four gates were only allowed in and not out.
On the winding path, two carriages traveled one after the other, with four riding guards escorting them along the way.
The sky was getting dark, and the last ray of sunset light faded away, and the sky was gray-blue.
The carriage walked slowly and slowly, and the people in the car seemed to be calm and calm.
"Hong'er must never have imagined that we have already left the city."
If the emperor is here, the master who can hear this voice must be the concubine Jing he has been looking for.
Concubine Jing changed into a folk woman's clothes, pulled up a single bun, and tied an inconspicuous silver hairpin.
At her age, she no longer pursues beauty, but I have to say that the people who come out of the palace are very different from the folk women.
The Empress Dowager Zhuang, who was opposite her, also took off her black gilt phoenix robe and wore a shabby peasant woman's clothes.
It's just that if you look closely, the elegance between her brows and eyes is not comparable to Concubine Jing.
Empress Dowager Zhuang closed her eyes and did not respond to her.
Concubine Jing smiled: "Don't pretend to be asleep, I know you are not asleep, how could you be able to sleep?"
"You are very noisy." Empress Dowager Zhuang said with her eyes closed.
Concubine Jing looked at her fixedly, with a mocking smile on her lips: "Zhuang Jinse, are you really not afraid of death?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang still closed her eyes and rested her mind, obviously not planning to deal with this noisy woman.
Concubine Jing was not angry, she lowered her eyes and picked up a silver thread on the hem of her clothes, and smiled: "We are all old in a flash, and life has passed so fast, it seems that we haven't been in the palace for a long time. Sister still remembers my first time. Did I see you once? In the Royal Garden, my sister was wearing a queen's phoenix robe, and she was sitting in the pavilion chatting with the sisters. I'm not like my sister who can be a queen when she enters the palace. I'm just a little six-rank noble, even in front of my sister. I don’t have the qualifications to ask for security, so I can only kowtow to my sister from a distance under the guidance of the palace servants. My sister didn’t even look at me, she just asked the palace servants to reward me with a jade bracelet, which is this jade bracelet.”
As she spoke, she stretched out her left wrist and pulled up her sleeve, revealing a fine jade bracelet.
"My sister is the direct daughter of the Zhuang family and the Queen of Zhao Kingdom. The things she uses are excellent. Even if you just pull off a bracelet, it is worth a lot. Does my sister know what I was thinking at the time? I was thinking, what in the world? How can there be such a lucky person? From a prominent background, high status, beautiful face, unparalleled beauty, and the grace of an emperor... Is there anything in this world that my sister can't get? I don't even have the qualifications to envy my sister."
"But who would have guessed that someone as humble as me would fall into my sister's eyes?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang said calmly, "Who was young and not blind?"
Concubine Jing let out a chuckle: "Sister is really good at joking. In fact, I have been grateful to my sister, and I also wanted to be a good sister with her for a lifetime, but who made my sister so scheming? Just use me as a stepping stone to climb up!"
Empress Dowager Zhuang finally slowly opened her eyes, looking a little impatient: "Concubine Jing, are you blind or Aijia blind?"
When did she use her as a stepping stone
With her also worthy
Concubine Jing sneered and said, "Sister knows that what the late emperor wants is you, but she always pushes me to serve the late emperor. I don't know how much I have been exposed to my sister. But I understand that my sister is playing hard to catch. I went to my place just because I wanted to hear a little bit of news about my sister. My sister is really scheming, and I can't wait for this trick."
Empress Dowager Zhuang is too lazy to mess around with her, she can think what she likes, some people just like it when they are cheap and behave well.
Concubine Jing didn't care whether Empress Dowager Zhuang would respond to her or not, she laughed mockingly: "There are countless concubines in the harem, the late emperor went to anyone but not to my sister, but how could my sister understand that the late emperor had no heart to go anywhere, The late emperor left his heart in his elder sister's Kunning Palace."
"Oh." Empress Dowager Zhuang sneered.
Concubine Jing looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang in confusion: "What? Am I right?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang gave her a pitying look: "Concubine Jing, you are so pitiful."
Concubine Jing's expression was torn apart for a moment, but she soon regained her perfect smile: "Sister's voice, Concubine Jing, reminds me more and more of the past."
Empress Dowager Zhuang said lightly: "Don't talk about the past. If you want to reminisce about the old days, go to the carriage at the back to find Cai Mama, and the Aijia wants to be quiet."
Concubine Jing lowered her eyes and threw the broken hair in her hand on the ground: "Sister, don't you wonder why I want to divide the relationship between my sister and Hong'er?"
Don't say, Empress Dowager Zhuang is really not curious: "Does a person need a reason to do so much evil? You have to taste the hardships of life, come to say that you are forced, you have to do it, do you want to move Aijia or want to be moved? yourself?"
Concubine Jing's smile faded: "Sister still speaks so ruthlessly."
Empress Dowager Zhuang closed her eyes again, and this time she made up her mind to ignore Concubine Jing.
Concubine Jing probably felt bored and did not continue the topic. She lifted the curtain and looked out, and suddenly said melancholy: "I want to go to the frontier to see Ning An, please accompany me, Ning An will definitely see her mother. would be very happy."
Empress Dowager Zhuang's brows moved, but she didn't open her eyes.
After a long time, I just wanted to take her to the frontier to see Ning An. Who would believe this reason
Concubine Jing murmured, "We are all going to see Ning An for the last time."
This is weird.
Empress Dowager Zhuang suspects that Concubine Jing's spirit has become a little abnormal.
Concubine Jing lowered the curtain, looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang and smiled: "After all, we are getting old and we can't make a second trip."
It seems to be explaining the previous sentence.
However, the next second, she laughed again: "Or, after seeing Ning'an, I will kill my sister."
Night falls.
The search in the capital made no progress.
The emperor stood under the towering city gate, watching the guards guarding the city to search the people who entered the city one by one, his expression was extremely dignified.
Eunuch Wei looked at the emperor's chapped lips and said distressedly: "Your Majesty, you have been running around all day, go and rest for a while, Eunuch He will watch."
The emperor's eyes filled with a layer of cold frost: "The mother is still in the hands of that woman... I'm not tired, I won't rest if I can't find my mother."
This time, he will not lose his mother again.
(End of this chapter)