"Long live the emperor!" After the ministers bowed and left, Song Heng turned to look at Ah Fu who was standing beside him. "How's it going with Lord Mu?"
"No news yet," Ah Fu replied, "The imperial physician is still treating him."
"Lord Mu is usually in good spirits," Song Heng thought. "How come there's suddenly news of a serious illness?"
"It's said to be related to Mu Chenfeng, the eldest brother of the Mu family," Ah Fu replied. "The people sent to investigate said that Mu Chenfeng fell in love with a prostitute, and the relationship between father and son has become a little strained. As for the future, we are still waiting for news."
Song Heng frowned, stood up and was about to walk out of the hall. Suddenly, a guard ran into the hall in a panic and knelt down with a "thump".
"What's wrong?" Song Heng asked in a deep voice.
“Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me—” The guards knocked their heads, and the sound of “bang bang” echoed in the hall.
Song Heng frowned slightly, and Ah Fu immediately shouted, "Let's talk business!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me..." The guard finally struggled and said, "Princess Rushuang, Princess Rushuang is missing..."
"What happened?" Song Heng did not show his emotions, but every word he said was powerful. The guard could not help but shiver and stammered before he gave a general account of what happened.
Princess Shuang drugged the maid Xiaohua, and after changing clothes with Xiaohua, she pretended to be Xiaohua and avoided the supervision of the guards outside Liuzhu Pavilion.
When the nanny went to deliver the meal, she found that the only person lying on the bed was Xiaohua, who was wearing princess clothes. As for the princess, she had disappeared long ago.
When Song Heng arrived at Liuzhu Pavilion, Xiaohua was still kneeling on the ground in her princess-like clothes, surrounded by a group of guards and an aggressive nanny.
Xiaohua lowered her head and her expression could not be seen clearly. Although her body was trembling slightly, there was no sign of any other pitiful crying or sobbing.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" The guards saw Song Heng kneeling down. Without saying anything, Song Heng walked directly to Xiaohua and asked, "Where is Princess Rushuang?"
"I don't know..." The voice was small and soft.
"When did you faint?" Song Heng looked down at Xiaohua.
"Last night, the princess asked me to taste the new soup she prepared..."
This was normal. It was common knowledge in the palace that the princess loved making cakes and preparing the batter. Song Heng looked at Xiaohua's brightly colored princess clothes and said, "I know she doesn't want to implicate you—"
Xiaohua's body trembled almost imperceptibly. Song Heng continued in a deep voice, "Where did she get the medicine she gave you?"
Xiaohua murmured, "The princess adjusted it herself..."
Song Heng lowered his eyes. Imperial Physician Jiang had taught the princess how to prepare medicine, so the princess hadn't even asked the Imperial Physician's Office. No wonder no one noticed.
Use the method taught by Imperial Physician Jiang and go see Imperial Physician Jiang.
Song Heng finally sighed. He didn't know what emotion he felt towards his sister. He even felt that Rushuang had really grown up. At least, she had the courage to start fighting and chasing.
Just be safe.
"Send her to the Xinzheku," Song Heng said to the guards, "and deduct one month's salary from her. This matter must not be made public."
"Yes!" The guards were relieved when they heard this. Although they knew that Song Heng was a wise monarch and not as cruel as the previous emperor, letting the princess escape was a big deal. They even made plans for the worst.
After the crowd dispersed, Song Heng began to instruct Ah Fu on the follow-up matters: "Send a few elite soldiers to search for the princess. Once they find her, keep her by her side and don't alarm her. Also, send a letter to Song Yu by express horseback, asking him to send someone to pick up the princess as well, so they can reunite as soon as possible."
If Shuang Ma's horse riding progresses greatly and her medical knowledge is also acceptable, Song Yu and Doctor Jiang will be able to take good care of her; but this matter will definitely not be kept secret for long, and she will have to prepare soothing words to her mother.
Birds are rare in winter. Suddenly, a sparrow flapped its wings and flew away from the tree. The loud noise made Song Heng raise his eyes, but he didn't say anything.
Xiaohua suddenly fell from being the chief maid next to Princess Rushuang to the lowest servant. She pursed her lips. In fact, she knew that this was a blessing.
His Majesty must have seen that she was not unaware of the situation. In fact, when Rushuang brought the potion to her, she knew what the princess was going to do; she also knew that the Queen had ordered her not to let Princess Rushuang escape.
But she still drank it. She didn't know why. Perhaps it was the princess's words, "You must take good care of yourself," or perhaps it was the words, "I won't leave any loopholes for you," or perhaps it was the princess's unwavering trust in her from beginning to end...
The silly princess never knew that as soon as she came to serve her, she had already been a spy arranged by the Hua family.
Xiaohua had often wondered: Why was it that, even though both were abandoned babies, the princess could be picked up by the queen mother and transformed into a pampered princess of a kingdom? And yet, she was just picked up again, given a meal, and left to be used and controlled by others for the rest of her life, a slave?
She was not bad looking and she was not stupid either. It was precisely because of this that she did not become a slave in Hua Xiang's house who was bullied by others. She was noticed by Hua Xiang and sent to the palace.
Then, like a puppet, she accepted and completed her tasks, watching the princess happily live each day and the notes from the queen that the nanny secretly slipped to her.
"Your food!" A nanny handed a lunch box to Xiaohua, who was still sorting broken tools in the storage room of Xinzheku.
The storage room was very dark. Xiaohua was a little surprised that the nanny would come personally to deliver food to the people in Xinzheku?
Until she saw clearly that the nanny was the middleman who conveyed the message between the queen and her.
The nanny looked around, walked closer and whispered, "The Queen, remembering your contributions, will reward you with one last meal."
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