The emperor plays a rogue: a cute little gambling concubine

Chapter 331 Mysterious Man

Seeing her crying again, Lian Jing really had no choice but to hug her tightly with his iron arms, bowed his head and kissed her eyes patiently.

"Xi'er, I beg you, please, don't cry, and don't punish yourself by not eating. Do you know how sad I feel when I see you like this?" He is a man, and he has to bear everything. He couldn't cry like she did to vent the pain in his heart, he just hoped that she could smile at him and let him clear the haze in his heart.

Sun Xiaoxi choked back her tears, saying she was sorry, but she still felt guilty in her heart.

Lian Jing wiped her tears and told her that it didn't matter, as long as she could be strong, she would be his most powerful backing.

"Don't give up, your daughter will come back, and you also hope that you can face your daughter with the best side, don't you?"

"Yes, I can't let my daughter down, and I can't make you sad either." Sun Xiaoxi caressed Lian Jing's increasingly haggard handsome face. She knew that he was having a hard time these days. On the one hand, he wanted to find out where his daughter was. On the other hand, it is necessary to appease her heart.

"I'm sorry, I made you worry." Sun Xiaoxi put her arms around Lian Jing's neck.

Lian Jing lowered his head to her shoulder, absorbed the fragrance of her body, and whispered, "It's okay, Xi'er, be good."

In the early morning of the next day, Lian Yu and Lian Zichen rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Ever since he was hit by Lian Jing, Prime Minister Yuan hadn't been to the court for a while. He pretended that his old bones needed to rest, but who knew what he was doing? ?

"Prince Lian, Lord Yu, Prime Minister Yuan has been waiting for you two in the main hall early in the morning, please go this way." The housekeeper of the prime minister's mansion dog-leggedly greeted him, made a gesture of invitation, and bowed his back.

Lian Zichen and Lian Yu looked at each other, nodded, and walked into the prime minister's mansion with vigilance.

When they arrived at the main hall, they saw a white-haired old man. They hadn't seen each other for a while. Who would have expected Prime Minister Yuan to become so old?
Power is really a kind of miraculous thing, it can not only make people crazy, but also make people decay.

"Prime Minister." Lian Zichen arched his hands and spoke in a refined voice.

Prime Minister Yuan made a gesture of invitation, signaling Lian Zichen and Lian Yu to sit down, and ordered his servants to serve tea.

From the corner of Lian Zichen's eyes, he silently looked around at the surrounding decorations. If there was anything strange, the whole Prime Minister's Mansion would have a strange atmosphere.

"I don't know when the two princes will come to your mansion today?"

Lian Zichen came to his senses, with a polite smile on the corner of his mouth, he replied: "The emperor heard that Prime Minister Yuan was in poor health recently, so he specially sent me and Lian Yu to visit together."

"Cough, cough..." Prime Minister Yuan covered his mouth and coughed lowly, not pretending, after coughing, he persisted for a while, and then said: "I am sorry for your trouble, Your Majesty, and thank you two princes for coming to visit me."

Lian Yu shook his head, "Prime Minister Yuan is a minister of the imperial court and a hero who contributed to the founding of the Lian Long Kingdom. This kind of treatment is what he deserves."

"Your Majesty Yu is laughing at you." Prime Minister Yuan smiled wryly, "Your Majesty is right, I am old, and it is easy to be confused when I am old. Although I have done meritorious service for Lianlong before, it is already a thing of the past. Now, now that the mistakes made by the old man are offset by merits and demerits, it is time to retire and return home."

"Prime Minister's words are wrong. Who has no faults in life? There is nothing wrong with knowing your mistakes. If the prime minister has this kind of heart, it is enough. The emperor is waiting for you to stand in the court again and advise him." Lian Zichen interrupted Prime Minister Yuan wanted to see how long he could pretend to be self-effacing.

"With Prince Lian and Prince Yu around, it is enough to support the emperor and stabilize the country. I'd better stop meddling."

Hearing this, Lian Zichen frowned, which was very different from what he expected.

Prime Minister Yuan is such an ambitious person. He even sacrificed his own son and daughter-in-law in order to consolidate his status. Now he deliberately lowered his figure and invited him to return to the court. How could he refuse?

Well, since the roundabout strategy doesn't work, he'll change it.

"Prime Minister Yuan, to tell you the truth, this king and Lian Yu came here today not only to visit Prime Minister Yuan, but also to ask for one more thing."

"I don't know why?"

"Prime Minister Yuan should have heard about Princess Jingxi's disappearance recently, right?"

Prime Minister Yuan frowned, feeling a little displeased at first.

"What? Is it possible that Prince Lian still suspects the old man?!"

Lian Zichen curled his lips together and shook his head, "No, no, this king just wants to ask if the Prime Minister has any clues, after all, one more person is more helpful."

"I don't know anything!" Prime Minister Yuan was furious, and slammed the tea table a few times, "Although I have ambitions, I don't want to use a child to threaten the emperor to do something like this!"

Ming people don't talk dark words. Although Lian Zichen didn't interrogate him directly, he could easily hear what he meant from his words. Didn't he just suspect that he had captured the princess and threatened the emperor?Even if he lost to Lian Jing, he didn't need to do this!

"Okay, I trust the prime minister. If there is, or if Princess Jingxi's whereabouts are found, the prime minister must report to the emperor, or this king and Lian Yu." Lian Zichen cupped his hands, stood up from his seat, Then say goodbye.

It seemed that Prime Minister Yuan really didn't know anything.

Prime Minister Yuan wanted the housekeeper to send Lian Zichen and the two out, but Lian Zichen waved his hand and said no, then walked out of the main hall, and they walked to the other gardens on both sides in a very tacit understanding.

If they can't find out why, then they will go to search in person. He doesn't believe it, even if they search, they can't find it!

Lian Zichen and Lian Yu searched separately for a long time in the pavilions, but they still couldn't find Jingxi.

In the small black room in Xiyuan, Jingxi saw Lian Zichen. She wanted to push the door to go out, but a slender arm stretched out behind her. He covered Jingxi's mouth and hugged her into his arms inside.

"Shh, don't make noise, brother will give you lotus seed candy later."

Jingxi watched Lian Zichen leave anxiously, her eyes were flushed, she was right to like candy, but she also missed her father, mother and concubine, she wanted to go back!

So she struggled to push away the boy behind her. The boy was about nine years old and less than six years older than Jingxi, so he must have great strength.

Pulling Jingxi back to the small room, he carried her to the bed, took out a box of candied lotus seeds, and stuffed it into her hand.

"Don't cry, don't make noise, I won't hurt you, but if you struggle, the treatment won't be as good as it is now."

Jing Xi was in a daze, looking at him with big gray eyes, with a trace of horror in her eyes, she asked stupidly: "Will you hit me?"

There is no death in the eyes of children, beating is already the most painful accident.

The boy thought for a while, then nodded, "Yes, it's still tough."

Hearing this, Jingxi trembled a bit, opened the box of candied lotus seeds with her chubby hands, and stuffed them into her mouth with one hand, she should eat more candy and resist less.

Lian Zichen and Lian Yu walked to the door in a tacit understanding. They looked at each other and asked in unison.

"did you find it?"

"Any clues?"

The two shook their heads, Lian Zichen frowned, doubts crossed his mind, it was unreasonable, if even Prime Minister Yuan had no clues, who else could it be?

"Let's go back to the palace first, Brother Huang is still waiting for our news." Lian Yu said.

Lian Zichen nodded, there was really no other way but to go back to the palace first.

Sun Xiaoxi was still worried, and just as she was getting impatient, a little white pigeon flew down to her window.

She walked over to catch the little white pigeon, only to see a small piece of letter paper tied to its feet.

Opening the letterhead, there was the address and time inside. Sun Xiaoxi frowned, thinking about who asked her out, when Lian Jing's voice came from behind.

"Xi'er."

Sun Xiaoxi quickly held the note in her palm, turned to look at Lian Jing, who was striding towards her.

She went up to her, hiding the guilt and nervousness on her face, "What's wrong?"

"No, I just wanted to come and see you and ask if you had a good meal and sleep today." Lian Jing stretched out his hand to caress her face. By the window?"

"No, I just stood here to breathe fresh air." She smiled without any flaws.

Seeing her smiling so softly, Lian Jing's heart was slightly relieved, and Xiao Mazi hurried in at this time, saying that Lian Zichen and Lian Yu were waiting for him in the imperial study.

"If you have something to do, go and do it first." Sun Xiaoxi said thoughtfully.

Lian Jing bowed his head and kissed her forehead, "Take good care of yourself." After a few words of advice, he left again in a hurry.

Only now did Sun Xiaoxi take out the note in her hand - see you at the lakeside on the west side of the Imperial Garden at noon tomorrow.

The lake on the west side of the imperial garden is already the end of the lake, few people would go there, who is the person who asked her to meet?

(End of this chapter)