The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1231 The Crown Princess is Missing

"What did you say? The princess is missing?!" Zheng was so shocked to hear this that the teacup in her hand fell to the ground.

A crisp clanging sound scared her and woke her up from her shock, but she became more panicked.

"My dear wife, don't shout so loudly!" Sheng Xiangxun, with a look of trepidation on his face, hurried forward, kicked away the nearby debris, helped his bewildered wife sit back on the couch, and whispered a warning to her.

"Even you know about such a big thing. It's been a big fuss outside for a long time. What difference does it make whether I make a fuss or not!" Zheng got so excited that she covered her chest with her hands and felt that it was much more difficult to breathe.

Thinking that the little princess who enthusiastically called her grandma when they met was missing, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"How could this happen? How could this happen! This is the crown prince! How could he disappear?!"

Zheng murmured for a moment, then suddenly grabbed Sheng Xiangxun's sleeve and said hurriedly, "How come there are so many inner guards and they can't protect us?"

Sheng Xiangxun only had a general idea of ​​the cause of the matter. Just as he was about to give a trembling answer, he heard the steward come to report that old Duke Sheng had come to the mansion.

Upon hearing this, Zheng was furious: "Isn't he the commander-in-chief of the Nine Cities Military Department? Shouldn't he be dispatching troops to look for people everywhere? How can he still have time to come here?! You, the Marquis of Yongxing, have no troops or power, you are just waiting for news, what's the point of him looking for you?!"

Sheng Xiangxun was already feeling sad and upset, and after hearing what Zheng said, he was even more angry and couldn't help laughing: "Your husband is the Crown Princess's grandfather. It's not surprising that they came to look for me when the Crown Princess disappeared!"

To save his own face, Sheng Xiangxun coaxed him in a gentle voice: "No matter why you came to see me, since you are here, I will go to see you so that I can know your purpose."

"Hmph, it's useless at the critical moment!" Zheng slowly let go of her hand.

Just as she loosened her grip, she grabbed her husband's sleeve again: "Yuan Jie'er! Does Yuan Jie'er know about this?! She is in charge of the five armies and is always thorough. Tell her quickly, maybe she can find a way!"

"I have just sent someone to look for her in the suburbs of Beijing! Although she may know it earlier than us, the necessary information must be passed on, so don't worry."

Sheng Xiangxun coaxed Zheng for a long time before she could lie down on the couch and rest peacefully. He told the maids and the nanny to take good care of the lady, and then he rolled up his sleeves and went to the living room.

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"What's going on?" Sheng Yuan sped all the way without stopping for a moment. He finally completed the journey of an hour and a half in half an hour and went straight to Sheng Ge'er to ask.

"It's a big deal!" Lu Shengcai just returned home from the Military Affairs Camp and met Sheng Yuan and An Yu and told them everything.

"According to the original plan, we should have arrived at the ancestral temple tomorrow, but just as we started, the queen caught a cold and her old illness recurred. The accompanying imperial physician did not dare to take responsibility and insisted on resting where we were.

Fortunately, the place where the team stopped was only a hundred steps away from the nearest official post station to Kyoto, which was just enough time for the empress and the princess to rest for a while.

Who would have thought that the Crown Princess would disappear inexplicably in the official inn!
As soon as the empress found out, she fainted. The inner guards did not dare to conceal it. They blocked the official post station and nearby entrances and exits to search for her, and at the same time, they hurriedly sent people to the capital to report and seek support. Unexpectedly, the emperor heard about it..." At this point, he looked around, bowed his head and waved his hand, asking Sheng Yuan and An Yu to put their ears closer, and then whispered: "It is said that the emperor vomited blood and fainted when he heard it!"

"!!!" Sheng Yuan and An Yu looked at each other in shock, and both saw their own astonished eyes in each other's eyes.

"So what's the situation now? Has the patrol team returned to the capital? How are the Queen and the Emperor now?"

After hearing Sheng Yuan and An Yu's simultaneous questioning, Lu Sheng's first reaction was to ask back, "Sister Yuan was inspecting the Fifth Army in the grassland outside Beijing, but she didn't encounter the patrol team?"

"..." An Yu looked at his old friend who was trying to remain calm, pursed his lips speechlessly, drew a topographic map in the air, and sighed, "Brother Sheng, have you forgotten that the Five Armies' permanent base and the Great Chu Ancestral Temple are in opposite directions? The two sides are poles apart, and even if we want to watch the fun, we won't be able to see it!"

Hearing this, Lu Sheng couldn't help but raise his hand and hit himself on the forehead, laughing bitterly and mocking himself: "I am so confused!"

"You're not confused, you're just confused!" An Yu supported Sheng Yuan's shoulders and sighed at Lu Sheng, "I just hope that the emperor and the queen are safe, so that we can handle the chaos later."

Lu Sheng rubbed his forehead and glanced at them. "Did you two return here in response to the imperial edict? At this time, even if you are concerned, you can't really cause chaos! If you come to the capital without an imperial edict, you can make a big deal out of it or a small matter, but I'm afraid someone will make a fuss about it."

"I came back after receiving the letter." Seeing that Sheng Yuan was in a bad mood, An Yu simply said it for her. There was the queen's seal on it.

"That's good." Lu Sheng guessed that they were here to look for him, so he asked them quietly, "You haven't sent your invitation to the palace yet, have you?"

"We were originally going to go, but now the palace is under martial law, and we are both confused and can't squeeze in, so we came to look for you."

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"Well, it's a good thing you didn't go. If you had gone, you would have met the eunuch who holds the seal and the ministers of the cabinet. The emperor and the empress are now under the supervision of the imperial physician and are recuperating. It will take another two days before they can normally summon the ministers."

At this point, Lu Sheng looked at Sheng Yuan with an expression of pity, and whispered: "After the emperor woke up, he immediately made a decisive decision and sent palace servants to bring the unconscious queen back to the palace.

The Emperor comforted the conscious Empress and, citing his lack of strength as an excuse, directly handed the responsibility of finding the Crown Princess to the Cabinet and the Internal Guards.

"At this time, as long as we don't cause trouble, we are helping. It is not easy for the emperor to hold back his anger and stay rational, and leave the search for people to his subjects!"

While An Yu was sighing, Sheng Yuan completely woke up from his thoughts, took out the summons letter, and asked, "Sheng'er, do you think we will not be able to see the emperor and empress if we enter the palace now?"

When An Yu saw this, he quickly agreed: "Yes, call her back. This is the Queen's opinion."

"First, the Yongxing Marquis requested an audience this morning, but the inner guards turned him down. Secondly, the cabinet is insisting on the imperial physician's instructions to prevent the emperor and empress from overthinking before changing the medicine. I'm afraid that even if you two go there with the emperor and empress's handwritten instructions, they may not recognize them!"

Lu Sheng pointed in the direction of the palace and sighed, "Not to mention you, even the commander-in-chief of the Military Affairs Camp can't even see the emperor when he wants to report to him!"

"That's what we said, but we have to give it a try." Seeing that Sheng Yuan had no intention of postponing, An Yu simply said to Lu Sheng, "Please tell our family about this for us. Although we have returned to Beijing today, we have many things to do, so we may not be able to return home in the short term."