latelenovela Chapter 402: Duke Tong knows Hongxuan is missing
Chapter 402: Duke Tong knows Hongxuan is missing
Chapter 402: Duke Tong knows Hongxuan is missing
The prince was pacing back and forth in the study.
When he thought about Hongxuan's current whereabouts being unknown, he felt as if millions of ants were gnawing at his heart. He really couldn't stand this torment anymore!
When the prince rushed to the palace, he happened to catch the emperor attending the morning court.
Inside the Forbidden City, guards stood everywhere, so the young eunuch had no choice but to quietly tell him, "Your Majesty, His Majesty is in court.
As soon as His Majesty returns to court, I will inform you immediately!"
The prince had no choice but to follow the eunuch into the study.
It was probably going to rain today, and it looked foggy outside. When the prince rode over on horseback, he rode so fast that his body was already wet.
The prince walked to the bookshelf irritably, picked up a book at random, read a few pages and put it down again.
At this moment, the door suddenly creaked open. The prince thought the emperor had arrived and hurried over to greet him.
Unexpectedly, it was a palace maid who came to pour tea for the prince.
Seeing the prince's anxious look, they poured him a cup of tea and left immediately.
The prince had no choice but to sit back on the chair. After just a moment, he felt as if his heart was covered with thorns. How could he sit still?
He stood up again and paced back and forth in the study.
"Why haven't you dismissed the court yet? Why haven't you dismissed the court yet?"
The prince kept mumbling, his voice full of anxiety.
His hands clenched and unclenched unconsciously. Hongxuan had been missing for three days. This incident was like a sharp dagger, piercing his heart.
Just as he lifted the curtain and went outside to wait for the emperor, suddenly, a figure flashed out from the corner.
The prince was unable to dodge, and with a "bang", he bumped into a little palace maid who was serving tea and water.
The teacup tray in the little palace maid's hand was knocked away in an instant, and then fell to the ground with a "crackling" sound, with fragments flying everywhere.
The little palace maid was instantly frightened and her face turned pale.
She quickly knelt on the ground, her hands on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me! I deserve to die, I deserve to die!"
The other palace maids hurriedly picked up the brooms and dustpans and carefully picked up the debris on the ground, fearing that they would accidentally anger the prince.
The prince had no intention of blaming a little palace maid at this moment. He just waved his hand and said impatiently: "Go away, don't delay my business!"
Suddenly, a burst of laughter came from outside the door:
"Haha, I want to see how that suave Prince Beijing is willing to come and see me now!"
The prince was delighted: The emperor is here!
Thinking of this, he hurried out, knelt on the ground, and welcomed the Holy Envoy.
A pair of large hands suddenly appeared in front of the prince, and the man smiled and said to the prince:
"Old Thirteen, what are you doing? Do we brothers still use these?"
Unexpectedly, no matter how the emperor pulled him, the prince knelt on the ground and refused to get up.
The emperor had no choice but to wave his hand helplessly and let the palace maids leave, leaving only his personal eunuch behind.
The prince calmed down a bit, but still choked up and told the emperor: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being unfilial! Hongxuan is missing!"
The emperor was so shocked that his mouth opened wide. He glanced at the prince, as if he had misheard, and asked loudly:
"What, what did you say?
How could the prince be lost?"
The prince had no choice but to tell the emperor the whole story.
When he said that Hongxuan had been missing for three days and three nights and had not been found yet, it just so happened that Duke Tong happened to be walking towards this side.
Duke Tong was thinking, now that Bijun was living in his own house, why wasn't the Prince of Beijing's mansion in a hurry at all?
In the end, he couldn't hold his temper any longer. After the morning court today, after thinking it over again and again, he came to ask the emperor for an explanation.
From a distance, he only saw the prince kneeling on the ground, talking to the emperor with tears in his eyes.
At first, Duke Tong thought that maybe the prince wanted to take Bijun back but couldn't save face, so he wanted the emperor to intercede for him, so he acted out such a passionate drama?
However, when he heard the prince say that Hongxuan was missing, he was so anxious that he felt like his head was buzzing.
No sooner said than done, a young eunuch happened to pass by. Seeing that Duke Tong was unsteady on his feet, he hurried forward to support him.
The young eunuch kept calling "Old Master Tong", and finally the emperor and the prince saw that Duke Tong was standing tremblingly against the wall.
The unbridled spring breeze blew, disturbing the prince's heart.
The emperor and the prince quickly came before Duke Tong. When Duke Tong saw the prince, he was furious and asked angrily:
"Tell me the truth, what happened to Xuan'er?"
The emperor kept admonishing:
"Tong Guolao, don't worry, I will send someone to help Thirteen find Hongxuan right away!"
Unexpectedly, it would have been better if he hadn't said this. After hearing the emperor say this, Master Tong suddenly understood - everything was true, Xuan'er was really lost!
That little shadow popped up in Duke Tong's mind—"Grandfather..."
A small, soft voice lingered in Master Tong's ears, causing Duke Tong to burst into tears.
He pointed at the prince and cursed him:
"Bijun has been living in my house for these days, and I just thought she was just fooling around, or maybe just bickering with a young couple!
Now, a good child is lost, how can we live?"
The prince had no choice but to kneel down again, and he told Duke Tong with regret:
"Father-in-law, I know I was wrong, but now, finding Xuan'er is the most important thing!"
Duke Tong was both angry and disgusted, but the prince was the emperor's most proud brother, so he had to give the emperor face - the servants in his mansion also helped the prince find Hongxuan.
In this way, the emperor sent some people, including some servants from Prince Beijing's Mansion and people from Duke Tong's Mansion. They traveled through the streets and alleys of the capital to look for Hongxuan.
For a time, there was a great sensation in the capital city - the prince of Prince Beijing's Mansion was missing!
Hongxuan's portrait was plastered all over the capital, with the prince's signature on it: "Whoever brings it back will be handsomely rewarded!"
Master Tong was afraid that Bijun would be unable to bear knowing that her child was lost, so he repeatedly ordered his servants to keep the secret and never let the eldest lady know.
The eldest wife was bored in the Duke's Mansion.
She felt confused and dazed every day, but her father ordered that there was a plague in the capital and did not allow her to leave the house.
That day, it happened that Mr. Tong and his wife went to the temple to worship Buddha. She quietly changed her clothes, and seeing that there was no one at the back door, she sneaked out.
The eldest wife wandered around the street like a homeless ghost.
She thought: Where to go?
She has had no friends since she was a child, and now that she has become the wife of Prince Beijing, it is naturally "lonely at the top"!
The eldest wife came to the street closest to Prince Beijing's Mansion. She wanted to know about the children and what had happened to the prince, and tears flowed down her face unconsciously.
But everything has changed!
Happiness is really like a balloon in your hand. If you don’t pay attention, it will slip away!
Suddenly, the portraits on the wall came into view - they were Xuan'er's portraits.
The eldest wife's heart tightened when she finished reading the words above:
"Whoever brings Hongxuan back from Prince Beijing's Mansion will be handsomely rewarded!"
Only then did she realize that the walls of this street were densely covered with portraits of Hongxuan!
A thought flashed through the eldest lady’s mind—Xuan’er was missing!
When she realized this, she was stunned. She tore down the portrait on the wall and ran towards the palace like a fly.