Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Exploration

Chapter 52

It was pitch black in the distance, with only torches illuminating a small area nearby. The faint light illuminated the children's tender faces. Zhou Zhen remembered the guard's words, and was very frightened. She stood up decisively, "Didn't they find you?"

"No, the little ones were very careful, and they were all asleep." After all,

Zhou Zhen was the daughter-in-law of a general family. She was influenced by what she saw and heard, so she had some courage. She said, "How many people do you think they are?" "

If they were discovered, we would come back immediately, but there must be thousands of people."

Zhou Zhen's face turned pale, and she quickly stood up and said, "Let's go back to the secret passage."

Zhou Zhen was relieved when the stone door slowly closed again.

Zhou Zhen took a mat and let the children rest for a while, but he was thinking about what to do. The front and back were blocked, and it was obvious that they couldn't get out.

Du Qing leaned against Zhou Zhen, stroked her sleeves, and said with a somewhat attached tone, "Aunt Zhou, I miss my mother."

Zhou Zhen hugged Du Qing, and the more she looked at him, the more distressed she felt. She herself also had two daughters.

Li Shucheng leaned against the wall, and because of the rush, the broken hair on his forehead was wet. He said, "Third Aunt, can we still go back? I miss my mother too."

Wu Ding and Li Shucheng sat together, both pursed their lips and didn't say anything, obviously very sad.

Zhou Zhen forced himself to cheer up and comforted them, "Don't be afraid, the news has been spread, and someone will definitely come to rescue us."

Wu Ding was in high spirits, "The pigeons I raise are the best, and they will definitely bring the news to my father. When my father comes, he will definitely help us vent our anger!"

The eldest grandson of the emperor was pale, leaning on Sun Derui's arms, letting him feed him water. He drank several sips before stopping and changing the subject, asking, "Why are those Tatars here?"

These children are not ordinary people. The eldest grandson of the emperor has the highest status, and the lowest is also the daughter of an official. Naturally, their thoughts are different from those of ordinary children, and they are extremely sharp.

When Zhou Zhen knew that the Tatars were hiding here, she felt that something was unusual. There were so many of them, and they were acting so strangely. Obviously, they had some bad intentions. She suspected that they were surrounded because those people discovered their identities, and they were afraid that they would be exposed, so they jumped over the wall.

But she couldn't say these words to the children, although none of these children were ordinary.

"Your Highness, I don't know either."

The eldest grandson of the emperor said, "I think they are here with bad intentions. This place is close to the capital, so they won't be bad for the emperor's grandfather, right?"

Zhou Zhen was quite surprised. It was said that the eldest grandson of the emperor was very smart, but he said it so calmly at this time, which just confirmed the rumors outside. He was really sharp and brilliant.

"What are you afraid of? They are only a few thousand people. My father said that there are 50,000 people in the barracks outside the capital alone, not to mention the Imperial Guards, the Shenji Camp, and the Fire Gun Camp. There are 40,000 people in total. They are useless!" Compared with reading, Wu Ding likes to study these things more, so he is naturally very familiar with them. At this moment, he speaks very clearly.

Du Qing praised, "Brother Ding, you are so awesome."

Li Shucheng also gave a thumbs up, "You are worthy of being my eldest brother."

The eldest grandson of the emperor snorted quietly, "You are the legitimate son of a military family, shouldn't you know these things? But we still have to tell the emperor's grandfather as soon as possible so that they can be prepared."

Zhou Zhen saw that they were talking enthusiastically, all of them looked like little adults, worried about the country and the people. She laughed secretly and finally held back her laughter. But when she calmed down, she was frightened and sweated again. What if these people really wanted to harm the emperor?

She suddenly felt that this time was unbearable, and hoped that Wuling Hou could get the news as soon as possible.

After all, they had been up all night and it was almost dawn now. The children fell asleep quickly, but Zhou Zhen was worried and couldn't fall asleep. She looked up and saw that Sun Derui was also awake, so she knew that he was also worried.

Sun Derui seemed to know Zhou Zhen's worries and spoke first, "Third Madam, don't worry too much. His Majesty must have known that His Royal Highness the Grandson had left the palace. Even if the Marquis hadn't received the news, the palace would have taken some action." What worried Sun Derui was how to face the emperor's anger. He might have lost his life.

The sky gradually brightened, and noisy footsteps came from the cave. The Tatars hiding in the cave were obviously awake. Zhou Zhen hadn't slept all night, and her eyes were red. She told the children not to make any noise. Now she was thinking about whether to go back, but they didn't know the situation on the farm. Although the possibility of being discovered was very low, what if the secret passage was found? It

was really a dilemma.

Zhou Zhen felt that she had never had such a hard time in her life.

***

At this time, the palace was in chaos. When it was time to go to bed, the palace people couldn't see the Grandson and were ready to go find someone. However, the Grandson said before that he was going to copy Buddhist scriptures, and no one should disturb him, so he stood outside the door and waited.

Finally, he couldn't wait any longer, so he pushed the door open and was shocked to find that the person in the room was not the emperor's eldest grandson, but a eunuch who looked similar to the emperor's eldest grandson.

Someone immediately reported the news to the queen. The queen was feeding the emperor medicine. When she heard this, she was so anxious that she couldn't drink the medicine anymore

. She immediately asked someone to call the prince and the princess over. Although the princess and the prince are both in the East Palace now, they live separately. The princess used to be attentive to the prince, but since she was completely disappointed last time, she has given up. So although the two are together, they are like strangers.

If the emperor hadn't called them together today, they wouldn't have gotten together.

Along the way, the two of them walked one after the other. The prince had a blank expression on his face, and the princess also had an indifferent look. The eunuch on the side couldn't help but wonder, how can a couple be like enemies? Can they still keep such a calm demeanor when they find out that the emperor's eldest grandson is missing?

But the emperor had to tell them this in person, and he, a little eunuch who was just delivering messages, couldn't interrupt. He was just being clever and pretended not to see anything and led the way carefully.

When they reached the corridor, the eunuch guarding the gate shouted, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Princess are here."

After entering the palace, a smell of medicine hit them. The emperor was lying on the dragon bed, and the queen was sitting next to him with a worried look on her face. After waiting for the ceremony, the queen spoke first, "Fucheng sneaked out of the palace by himself." Then she told the story again.

The prince looked calm, but the crown princess was horrified. All her life, wealth and glory were pinned on this child. It can be said that without Fucheng, she was nothing.

When people are panicking, they will always subconsciously look for someone to back them up, and the Crown Princess' backer is obviously the Emperor. She cried and rushed to the Emperor, grabbing his sleeve, "Your Majesty, you must save Fucheng."

The Queen frowned slightly, always feeling that the Crown Princess's behavior was too intimate. After all, the Emperor was her father-in-law. The Crown Prince watched coldly and couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile.

The Emperor said, "Don't worry, I have already asked someone to find him. There is also Sun Derui following him. Although this bastard committed a capital crime and allowed Fucheng to sneak out of the palace, he still has some skills."

Seeing the emperor's gentle demeanor, the Crown Princess gradually regained her senses. She also realized that she had lost her composure just now. She looked powerless, knelt on the ground, covered her face with her hands and cried, "If anything happens to my Fucheng, I will not be able to survive." She could only use this way to cover up her inappropriate behavior just now.

In this way, everyone thought that the Crown Princess was too sad to do such an extraordinary thing.

After comforting the Crown Princess, the Emperor went to see the Prince again. Seeing that he was indifferent, he was quite unhappy. After all, Fucheng was his flesh and blood. How could... But there was another voice in his heart saying that the child was his blood. If he knew...

The Emperor hid his anger and said to the Prince in his usual tone, "Prince, open the curfew and find someone to find Fucheng as soon as possible."

The Prince naturally accepted the order and withdrew from the palace after a response.

The Queen always felt that the Prince's demeanor was a little strange. Even if he was not in harmony with the Crown Princess, the child was always his fault? Why did he look so calm?

But at this moment, the queen had no time to think about this matter. The emperor's medicine fell and he had to take it again. The crown princess was crying and needed to be comforted.

When the crown prince left the palace, he called Li Tan, the commander of the Jinyiwei, to come over and told him about this matter. Li Tan carefully checked the crown prince, fearing that he would be angry with him because of worry, but he looked normal, so he just asked him to do his best to investigate, and did not say anything extreme.

Li Tan has seen many cases, met all kinds of people, and knows a lot of dirty things. You know, he is doing this kind of thing, and he naturally has his own experience in observing words and expressions, but the crown prince's expression really doesn't look like a father who has lost his child. Does he dislike this eldest son so much? But it is true. The emperor's eldest grandson is sick and has congenital deficiencies, while the crown prince is still in his prime, and he will naturally have a strong son in the future.

But the crown prince's ordinary expression does not mean that the emperor is also like this. You know, it is a well-known fact that the emperor loves this eldest grandson. The conclusion is that he must do this matter well no matter what.

The eunuchs who served the emperor's eldest grandson, including the young eunuch who looked similar to the emperor's eldest grandson, were detained in one place, and Li Tan led his men directly there.

Soon Li Tan found out the reason why the emperor's eldest grandson sneaked out of the palace. He actually wanted to go to Baoding. He thought carefully whether someone had instigated him, but he ruled out all the reasons. To put it bluntly, who would want the emperor's eldest grandson to encounter misfortune? Although the prince treated this son indifferently, he was his own flesh and blood after all. Can the royal family not afford to raise a child? If you don't like him, you can just not see him and just raise him like this. As for the crown princess and the emperor and others, that's naturally out of the question.

As for the infighting in the palace, that's naturally impossible. The prince now has six concubines and a crown princess in the harem, and he doesn't even have a talented person to sleep with him.

So the final conclusion is that the emperor's eldest grandson wanted to run out and play by himself.