Luo Dangdang listened to the little boy's words with a dejected look, gave a bitter smile, and continued to look slumped.
Huo Chengche suspected that Luo Dangdang was pretending to be like this in order to find an opportunity to escape, but when he heard the drowsy little boy in his arms comforting him, he dispelled his suspicions.
“Then so be it,” Huo Chengche said, letting the guard who was watching Luo Dangdang continue to follow him, while he went down the mountain, taking Li Quan and Luo Dangdang, who were also tied up, with him.
When Huo Chengche saw Luo again, he realized that the two brothers didn't actually look alike; at least he could tell them apart at a glance.
Luo Dang, the elder brother, was much more prosperous than Luo Dangdang. Luo Dang was of medium build with a long, oval face and a very thick, white beard.
Luo Dangdang, on the other hand, was very thin. He wore a large Taoist robe, which did not match the image of a sage, but he looked like he was "out of touch with the world". He had a pointed face and monkey cheeks, and two sparse mustaches hung on his mouth, which made him look very comical.
However, despite his honest appearance, Luo Dang's eyes were quite sharp. Clearly, although Luo Dang didn't know what the God Lord was doing, he certainly did.
Huo Chengche gave the two of them a deep look, his narrow eyes narrowing, his killing intent sharp.
The farmhouse was not soundproof, and Luo Dang and Li Quan had already heard what was happening and knew what awaited them after they were taken back.
The two men were ashen-faced, their legs too weak to walk.
Huo Chengche ordered the guards to drag the people down the mountain back to the palace. At the palace gate, Man An was already waiting and informed them that the Empress Dowager and Emperor Chongjin were in Xiaochen Hall.
The news that the little boy had been abducted and gone missing last night had not spread, so the palace remained as usual, except for the tense and stagnant atmosphere in Xiaochen Palace.
However, compared to the Empress Dowager and Emperor Chongjin's anxiety, the people who came with Hengchang were quite calm after learning that the little baby was alright and that Xuandi had also gone to find him with Zhanyu.
So, when Huo Chengche brought the little baby back, the person who reacted the most excitedly was not Zhuangyou or Jiang Nanny, but the Empress Dowager who had been on edge the whole time.
When the Empress Dowager saw me, a cute little baby rubbing my eyes in Huo Chengche's arms, she burst into tears. She hugged the baby tightly and wouldn't let go, saying, "My darling, you're finally back."
In the end, it was only the bewildered little baby's sweet, childlike words of comfort that managed to stop the Empress Dowager's tears.
"Alas... As one gets older, one becomes more sentimental." After finally stopping her tears, the Empress Dowager looked at her son and grandson who were watching her, and only then did she realize that she was a little embarrassed, so she added a sentence to make up for it.
Emperor Chongjin, of course, wouldn't expose his mother for inviting trouble. Looking at the still sweet and silly baby, he wasn't frightened and was truly relieved.
Huo Chengche had already summoned a team of Imperial Guards and the guards of the Five Cities Garrison, and gave them detailed instructions before ordering them to rush to the mountains outside the capital for search and rescue as soon as possible.
By the time the Empress Dowager calmed down, nearly two hours had passed, and the imperial guards who had gone up the mountain to rescue the child had already begun to return to report for duty.
The Empress Dowager watched as the father and son listened to her words and simply nodded, which was really perfunctory.
What stands in stark contrast to the father and son is that the little baby in her arms, who had been crying for two hours, immediately hugged her upon hearing this and said in a sweet, childish voice, "Grandma Empress Dowager is a great beauty, she's never old!"
The Empress Dowager immediately felt that her son was truly useless! Look at other people's little darling!
Emperor Chongjin was right next to the Empress Dowager. He noticed out of the corner of his eye that his mother's expression was not right, and immediately knew that something was wrong. He quickly coughed solemnly with great authority and pulled his son to talk about serious matters.
"Che'er, aren't those mountains teeming with pythons? Where did you take them?"
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