When the empress dowager came to the emperor's bedroom in person, she was told by the eunuch in the palace that His Majesty had left the palace that day.
The Queen Mother, who had intended to teach Rong Jingyuan a lesson, came up empty-handed, feeling frustrated and with nowhere to vent.
She suppressed her anger and asked, "Did the emperor tell me where he went?"
The young eunuch was frightened by the Queen Mother's inexplicable low pressure and shrank his neck. He said tremblingly: "Never..."
The Queen Mother's eyes narrowed as she spoke, "If we don't even know the Emperor's whereabouts, what use are you useless people in this palace? Come on, drag them away and give them twenty lashes!"
The eunuch, whose anger was inexplicably directed at him, felt very aggrieved. How could the emperor have told a mere servant about his whereabouts? He immediately knelt down and cried for mercy: "Empress Dowager, I really didn't know! Please forgive me, Empress Dowager!"
However, the Queen Mother did not listen to this at all. She just wanted to teach Rong Jingyuan's people a lesson.
Last night he actually dared to refuse her summons. If she didn't teach him a lesson, would he really think that he was the only one who had the final say in the palace?
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother said coldly: "What are you waiting for? Why don't you drag it away quickly?"
The palace maids around the Queen Mother did not dare to delay any longer and quickly dragged the young eunuch away.
No matter how much he cried, it was useless.
The servants in Rong Jingyuan's palace were trembling with fear, fearing that they would be taken out on by the emperor again.
Fortunately, the empress dowager only punished the young eunuch and did not continue to make trouble. After all, if the matter was made too big in the palace, it would inevitably have some negative impact on her.
She snorted coldly and returned to the palace.
At this moment, Rong Jingyuan was standing at the gate of Prince Han's Mansion.
When the old King of Han found out, he hurried out to greet him. He didn't expect that Rong Jingyuan would come to his house in person during his secret visit.
He was about to salute.
Rong Jingyuan stepped forward, supported him, and said, "Uncle, there's no need to be so polite."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The old King of Han hurriedly welcomed Rong Jingyuan into the palace.
"Your Majesty, why are you visiting today?" he asked with some confusion.
Normally, His Majesty never summoned him to the palace, nor did he visit the mansion. Today's sudden visit really made him confused about his intentions.
"Nothing, I'm just taking a look." Rong Jingyuan said.
The old King of Han was sweating in his heart. He didn't believe that Rong Jingyuan came here just to take a look.
Sure enough, he heard Rong Jingyuan say next: "Where are my aunt and Xuejiao?"
Something is wrong. Something is very wrong.
His Majesty actually calls his wife and daughter so affectionately.
"Madam and Xuejiao must have gone to the market outside. If Your Majesty wishes to see them, I will send someone to call them back now."
The old King of Han was thinking of saying something polite, but he didn't expect Rong Jingyuan to smile and reply, "Okay, then I'll trouble you, uncle."
Old King Han: ...
There was no other way, so the old King of Han had to call his servants and ask them to go out and look for the person.
When the old King of Han heard Rong Jingyuan asking about his wife and daughter, he guessed that the emperor came here to ask about the queen.
Rong Jingyuan sighed softly, "Uncle, you know that my queen has been missing for more than half a month."
Thinking of the Queen's help to his daughter before, the old King of Han also sighed, "Alas, the Queen is such a good person, Your Majesty, please accept my condolences."
Rong Jingyuan suddenly changed the subject, "Uncle also thinks that the Queen is dead?"
At this moment, King Han was stunned by the question.
From what he heard from His Majesty, it seemed that he did not believe that the Queen was dead, but His Majesty had not stopped searching for half a month and still found nothing. If she was still alive, where could she have gone?
"this......"
Just when he didn't know how to answer, Princess Han and Lin Xuejiao came back.
When the servant found them, they were already on their way back.
Then I heard from the servant that His Majesty was visiting the palace.
Princess Han and Lin Xuejiao did not dare to delay any longer and hurried back to the palace.
As soon as I entered the door, I felt a little depressed in the air.
Princess Han quickly put on a happy expression and stepped forward to bow cordially.
Then she said, "Your Majesty rarely comes here, so I will immediately have someone prepare the food. You can stay at the mansion for lunch today."
The old King of Han was speechless. He was thinking about how to get rid of the giant Buddha, but his wife actually wanted to keep him for dinner.
Rong Jingyuan himself was quite tactful. He waved his hand and said, "Aunt, don't worry about this. I came here today just to ask some questions about the Queen."
When they heard Rong Jingyuan mention the Queen, Princess Han and Lin Xuejiao's expressions froze uncontrollably.
Rong Jingyuan turned to Lin Xuejiao and asked, "Did you really not see the Queen on the day she disappeared?"
Although the tone was kind, this question made people feel inexplicably frightened.
After all, Lin Xuejiao is young and her mentality is not as good as her parents. When asked this question, she immediately felt like crying.
"I really didn't see the Queen that day. She disappeared, and I was very worried, wuwuwu..."
She threw herself into Princess Han's arms and started crying. Princess Han quickly patted her back and comforted her softly.
Lin Xuejiao was crying at this moment, not entirely because she was afraid of His Majesty, but because she was really very worried about Jiang Ziyi.
Ever since she heard about Jiang Ziyi's disappearance half a month ago, she has always felt uneasy and even begged her father to send someone to help search, but to no avail.
Jiang Ziyi really seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
Seeing that Lin Xuejiao couldn't get any information from him, Rong Jingyuan didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he said, "I have searched almost every place in You Country in the past half month, except..."
“Near Taoyuan.”
"Also, I heard that many people on the street today had their tongues cut out. The common denominator among these people is that they had spoken ill of the Queen... The Jiang family couldn't possibly have done this, so who else could have done this?"
After Rong Jingyuan finished speaking, he glanced at the old King of Han meaningfully.
When the old King of Han heard what he said, he was also shocked.
He had previously speculated whether the Queen was with that person, but the late emperor had ordered that all members of the royal family were not allowed to approach or disturb that person.
He had also heard about the tongue-cutting incidents on the street, but the cuts were so clean and neat that no clues could be found.
However, before this, he had never heard of the Queen having any contact with that person...
The old King of Han frowned, stroked his beard, and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, this should be, it's impossible..."
Rong Jingyuan ignored the King of Han's embarrassment and continued, "The people I sent out a few days ago said that they saw a woman near that man's yard on the hill near Taoyuan, but they were too far away to see her face clearly."
"It is not convenient for me to send people from the palace to contact them. How about asking my uncles to investigate for me?" Rong Jingyuan raised his eyes and looked at King Han with a smile.
Although this sounds like a question, the command in the sentence is unquestionable.
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