Rong Shaoxuan carried the bucket and did not go to the nearby pond, but took a detour to a mountain stream.
In an instant, two black-clad secret guards descended from a tree not far away.
He cupped his fist towards Rong Shaoxuan and said, "Your Highness."
"Today, a woman fainted in front of my door. Her name is Ziyi. Please go and find out for me who this girl is and who she married." Rong Shaoxuan said.
"yes!"
"Also, I'll be coming here to fetch water these days. If you have anything to report, just report it here. Don't go to my room."
"yes!"
The two secret guards agreed, but their hearts were filled with confusion. Did His Highness leave that woman in the house? His Highness had stayed away from women for so many years, so this was out of the ordinary. It was so out of the ordinary!
Rong Shaoxuan didn't explain much. He fetched some water and prepared to leave.
One of the secret guards suddenly stopped him and said, "Your Highness, today while patrolling the path not far from the peach forest, I discovered signs of a fight, a broken-down carriage, a dead horse, and some fragments of women's clothing on the ground."
"To prevent any trouble, I have already cleaned that area."
"Well, well done."
As if he suddenly remembered something, Rong Shaoxuan added: "If you find any suspicious people looking for the girl nearby, just kill them." His cold tone sounded devoid of any emotion at this moment.
"yes!"
After giving the instructions, Rong Shaoxuan picked up the water again and returned to his small courtyard.
Jiang Ziyi had already finished her shower and changed into the clean clothes Rong Shaoxuan gave her.
It was a men's robe, which was a little too big for her. She seemed to be covered by the robe, leaving her body empty and looking very petite.
She was waiting for him in the yard. When she saw him come back, she called out, "Master Shaoxuan."
Then he quickly stepped forward to take a bucket of water from his shoulder pole and said with a smile, "Let me help you."
Looking at the petite woman working hard in front of him, a faint smile appeared unconsciously on the corner of his mouth, and he took the bucket of water from her hand again.
"You should go and take a rest. Let the men do these things."
System: [Tell me, what would his expression be if he knew you could lift at least ten buckets of water with one hand?]
Jiang Ziyi: [Shut up!]
System: [OK...]
At sunset, Rong Shaoxuan cooked some porridge and added some wild vegetables and dried game.
The taste was unexpectedly good, and Jiang Ziyi praised it repeatedly after drinking it.
At night, Rong Shaoxuan gave his bed to her and went to sleep on the wooden bench outside the door.
Looking at Rong Shaoxuan's back, Jiang Ziyi seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Lying on the hard bed, she thought for a long time whether she should buy a lust-attracting talisman right now.
But she thought about it, Rong Shaoxuan was so gentle and polite to her, if she used props like that, she was afraid he would blame himself.
So on the first night, the two of them got along peacefully.
However, the palace was a bit lively that night.
In the evening, the news that the queen had not returned to the palace spread throughout the palace.
So this news naturally reached the ears of the Queen Mother.
At nightfall, Rong Jingyuan pretended to send a number of people out of the palace to conduct a large-scale search.
However, no news was found about the queen. It was as if she had disappeared from the world after leaving the palace.
Even Bi Tao, who always stayed by the Queen's side, was nowhere to be seen.
The Queen Mother had a feeling that something was amiss and sent the old nanny beside her to the Prince of Han's Mansion, but the news she got was that Jiang Ziyi did not visit today.
After hearing the report from the nanny beside her, the Queen Mother's face turned sinister, and her deep, dark eyes flickered with a dark light. She slammed the table in front of her and said angrily, "How dare he!"
The nanny hurried forward to calm the Queen Mother down, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Don't let your anger get you in trouble."
The Queen Mother heard the news yesterday that the Queen had punished Concubine Ming, and today the Queen disappeared.
She didn't believe that there could be such a coincidence.
The Queen Mother's vicious gaze at this moment was like a cold needle. Rong Jingyuan was so bold that he even dared to touch people from the Jiang family. Did he think that since the Queen had disappeared, she had no alternative?
The Queen Mother raised her hand and called over a young eunuch, "Go to the Jiang family and tell them my order to select another girl, train her as the queen's seedling, and send her to the palace on a chosen day."
"Yes." The young eunuch took the order and left.
The nanny beside her said with some reluctance: "Her Majesty the Queen Mother, maybe she can still find it..."
The Queen Mother snorted coldly and said, "She knew Rong Jingyuan had something against her, but she still ran out and gave Rong Jingyuan the opportunity to attack her. I don't want to save such an idiot!"
When the nanny heard the Queen Mother's words, she knew that there was no point in persuading her, so she could only sigh silently for Jiang Ziyi in her heart.
Doctor Liu was at home at night when he noticed quite a commotion outside. Many people were holding torches and seemed to be looking for something, but their searches were very nonchalant, as if they were just strolling around.
So he asked his wife, "What happened outside?"
"The Queen is missing, and these people are looking for her. I don't know what's going on, but they're just walking around the streets looking around, like they don't care at all."
"What!" Doctor Liu was shocked.
He froze in his tracks and trembled, "How could it be... The Queen... She's just pregnant!"
"What!" Mrs. Liu was also shocked.
"I've never heard you mention this before!"
"Does your Majesty know?"
Mrs. Liu only remembered at this moment that if His Majesty knew about this, he would definitely tell everyone in the palace. After all, this was a huge happy event and it was impossible to keep it secret.
"Your Majesty doesn't know yet... The Empress asked me to keep it a secret from Your Majesty. She wants to tell Your Majesty in person..."
Madam Liu slapped Doctor Liu hard upon hearing this. "Now that it's come to this, hurry to the palace and tell His Majesty to send more people to search! Otherwise, if anything happens to the Empress... our whole family will be in vain!"
Doctor Liu was shocked. "Madam is right! I will go to the palace right away!"
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