Chapter 165 Caught
Not long after Chunzhi and Huo Zheng returned to the palace, a maid came in and announced, "General Tan and his men have returned and want to see the prince and princess."
"Let them go to the courtyard to answer."
As Huo Zheng spoke, he reached out and pulled Chunzhi up, then wiped her swollen lips.
Haruji slapped his hand away, "It's all your fault."
When Tan Qi and the others come back, they will definitely tell you about how they went out of the city yesterday to rescue people and hunt down the criminals.
Chunzhi couldn't see anyone at the moment, but this matter concerned Song Wan'er, so she wanted to hear what Tan Qi and the others had to say in person.
Huo Zheng smiled, picked up a round fan from the side and handed it to Chunzhi.
It is the end of July now, and it is not out of place for Chunzhi to hold a round fan, which is just the right way to cover herself.
The two of them walked out of the house together and when they arrived at the yard, they saw the maid leading Tan Qi and several family servants walking in.
The generals stepped forward, clasped their fists, and saluted the two, saying, "This general pays homage to the prince and princess."
"No need to be polite." Huo Zheng directly asked about what happened last night, "Did you catch the person?"
After hearing this, several family generals were unable to raise their heads.
Tan Qi was the leader, and he answered with a stiff upper lip: "In reply to your Highness, I have led my men to search the surrounding mountains and forests, but have not found those criminals."
The guard next to him added: "This is very strange. Those villains seemed to have disappeared out of thin air..."
Huo Zheng couldn't help but frown when he heard this. "Disappear out of thin air? That's impossible."
Chunzhi also said, "They must have a secret hiding place, or... they left immediately."
There are many hiding places in the mountains and forests. Tan Qi and his team have been searching since last night. If the criminals are still in the mountains and forests, it is impossible that they cannot find any traces.
It would be even more strange if after Jiang San rescued Song Wan'er, the bad guys gave up chasing him and left the place immediately.
Anyway, this matter is definitely not that simple.
Huo Zheng asked Tan Qi and others to hand over the matter to the patrol camp and let the people in the patrol camp pay attention to the situation inside and outside the capital at all times.
It is really outrageous that so many criminals committed kidnapping in the suburbs of Beijing.
"Yes, I will go to the patrol camp immediately."
Tan Qi responded and left.
Huo Zheng waved his hand and asked the other family generals to retreat.
It was already afternoon and the sun was moving westward.
Huo Zheng and Chunzhi stood under the shade of a tree and talked about catching the criminals.
Huo Zheng said, "Don't worry, I will never let those villains go easily if they dare to attack Song Wan'er."
Chunzhi said, "I'm confident in your work, but Wan'er is deeply grateful to Mr. Jiang En..."
Huo Zheng knew what she was worried about, so he said to her, "As your sister, I've already tried to persuade her. If that doesn't work, I can only ask my mother-in-law to go to the Song residence again."
"That's fine," Chunzhi said. "Wan'er was so frightened this time. If mother knew, she would definitely go to the Song residence to see her."
Madam Mu adopted Song Wan'er as her adopted daughter.
Song Wan'er would definitely listen to her mother's words.
The two of them talked like this, and it was decided.
Chunzhi sent someone to the Mu Mansion to inform Mrs. Mu of what happened yesterday. After making all the arrangements, the two of them went to the side room to see Xiaoxing back.
Xiao Xinghui was playing with Nian'er. The nurse and the maid were nearby. When they saw them come in, they quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Princess."
Huo Zheng nodded, walked straight to Xiao Xinghui, and picked up the child.
Chunzhi said gently, "You guys should leave first."
"yes."
The wet nurse and the maidservant retreated immediately.
Chunzhi picked up Nian'er from the soft couch. She and Huo Zheng each held one. Both children were very well-behaved. They would laugh when they were teased. They were also very cute and made people happy when they saw them.
Outside, the sun was setting and not as scorching, so Chunzhi said, "Let's take the child out for a walk."
Huo Zheng said "hmm" and reached out to take Nian'er from Chunzhi's arms. He held her in each hand.
Xiao Xinghui suddenly saw Nian'er so close to him, and he clapped his hands and exclaimed "Wow" several times.
Nian'er opened her round eyes wide and stared at Huo Zheng for a long time.
Her nominal father was often on duty in the palace and never returned home, so there were very few men who hugged her.
The uncle Gu who had such a nice smile last time.
Perhaps it was because no matter how young a child was, he or she knew what was beautiful and what was ugly. As soon as Huo Zheng held Nian'er in his arms, she shyly lay on his shoulder. It took her a while before she raised her head and looked at him secretly.
Seeing this, Chunzhi couldn't help but laugh and said, "Xiao Nian'er, are you shy?"
Nian'er didn't know what shyness was yet, but when she saw her smile, she buried her face in Huo Zheng's shoulder again.
Huo Zheng walked into the garden holding a child in each hand. There were butterflies dancing among the flowers. Children hated seeing these little things the most.
Especially Xiaoxing kept leaning forward, reaching out to grab it, and screaming "wow wow", which was very loud.
Nian'er was more elegant than Xiaoxing, but her eyes were also attracted by the butterfly and she also wanted to catch a butterfly to play with.
"Do you want butterflies?" Chunzhi said to the two children with a smile, and walked into the flowers with her skirt lifted up, reaching out to catch butterflies.
She had never done such childish things when she was young. Now, in order to make Xiaoxinghui and Nian'er happy, she chased butterflies in the garden.
Seeing this, the maids not far away came to help catch the monsters, and the garden suddenly became very lively.
“This way!”
"Princess, come to me..."
"Yeah, I almost caught him!"
Huo Zheng looked at Chunzhi, her sleeves fluttering in the wind as she shuttled through the flowers, as graceful and lovely as a fairy among the flowers.
The servants helped her catch butterflies and laughed and played among the flowers.
"I caught it." Chunzhi caught a yellow butterfly in the flowers, and held it in her hands and presented it to Xiaoxinghui and Nian'er.
The two children stared at Haruji's hands.
Chunzhi slowly opened her palms, and the yellow butterfly flew up.
Xiao Xinghui and Nian'er reached out to catch it at the same time, but the butterfly was frightened and flew away immediately, so neither of them caught it.
Chunzhi looked at the two children chasing butterflies and said with a smile, "When you grow up a little, you can catch butterflies by yourselves."
Xiaoxinghui and Nian'er just understood that they could catch butterflies and played with them, and they giggled.
Seeing some sweat on Chunzhi's forehead, Huo Zheng handed Nian'er and Xiaoxing back to the maid beside him and raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat off Chunzhi's forehead.
Chunzhi looked up and smiled at him, and Huo Zheng took her hand.
Huo Zheng's palm was large and warm, enough to hold Chunzhi's hand completely. She let him hold her hand like this and looked up at the sky.
At dusk, the sky is filled with sunset glow.
A gentle breeze blows towards me.
The two of them walked hand in hand in the back garden, while the maids held Nian'er and Xiaoxing and played with them nearby.
This kind of life is much better than what Chunzhi originally thought, raising a child alone.
She silently held Huo Zheng's hand, wanting to keep walking forward like this with him.
Huo Zheng glanced at Chunzhi and saw tenderness in her eyes.
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