The next day.
The weather is very sunny.
It was as if the rain yesterday had washed the sky, it was exceptionally blue and bright.
However, the atmosphere in the palace did not improve because of the fine weather. The ministers all had bloodshot eyes, not knowing why the empress suddenly fell ill, nor what had happened. The empress was seriously ill, but the prince was not around to serve her. Emperor Yunqi seemed to have aged ten years. Overnight, everyone was guessing what had happened.
But no one got the definite news.
The imperial doctors also kept their mouths shut and were extremely secretive about the queen's illness.
But the more this happened, the more people felt the difference.
Early in the morning, all the concubines came to Feng Palace for morning visit. When they learned about the queen's illness in the courtyard, they all acted as if they were in great pain.
There were even concubines praying to God to wake the queen up.
Emperor Yunqi looked at his women and felt confused: "You can go down. You don't need to serve here."
He was upset.
Concubine Shu spoke at this time. She stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, why is my sister so ill? Why is the prince not by my side?"
"The prince is still nowhere to be found..." Emperor Yunqi said in confusion.
"How could this happen? What happened? Everything was fine yesterday!" Concubine Shu was surprised. Upon hearing this, Concubine Yan also came forward with a worried look on her face.
Emperor Yunqi simply repeated the news that the shadow guard brought back yesterday. The two concubines became panicked and asked questions in a concerned tone.
Emperor Yunqi didn't know how to answer for a moment. The two concubines turned around and sent the other concubines away. Then Shu Fei said, "Your Majesty, finding the prince is the top priority now, but the prince's disappearance must not be known to others!"
"Others?" Emperor Yunqi looked at them and frowned.
Concubine Shu whispered, "Your Majesty, this matter must not be known to other people. If other small countries get to know this news, they will take the opportunity to unite and cause chaos, which will be no small matter!"
Emperor Yunqi was worried about the Queen's illness and the Crown Prince at the same time, and had not thought about this aspect at all. When he heard it for the first time, he was stunned and frowned, thinking to himself, it was a good thing that he asked the shadow guards to go out and look for her last night without making it public!
He looked at Concubine Shu: "My beloved concubine is really thoughtful..."
Concubine Shu showed a hint of tenderness on her face, hiding the smugness in her eyes: "Your Majesty, I cannot share your worries about state affairs, but I have something in mind, and I dare not hide it from Your Majesty..."
Concubine Yan also spoke up beside her: "Yes, Madam Shu is right. Now that we have figured it out, there is no reason not to tell us..."
Concubine Yan is always on the same side as Concubine Shu, because they are cousins and their interests are naturally tied together.
Emperor Yunqi also agreed with their views at this moment. He sighed. Concubine Shu did not leave, but whispered: "Your Majesty, I have an idea. We don't need to start a war, and we can let go and find the whereabouts of the prince..."
Hearing this, Emperor Yunqi then asked two people to follow him into the house and drove all the palace people out. Then Concubine Shu said, "Your Majesty, the Queen's illness needs a blessing. Let Dongfang Ye and Dongfang Yan..."
Then, she expressed her opinion that Dongfang Ye was her son and Dongfang Yan was Yan Fei's son. Because of their mother, the two brothers had close contact with each other.
At this time, Concubine Shu would of course push these two children to the top. Isn't it the time to show off?
After she finished telling him her plan, the emperor thought about it. Although he felt that it was unlikely that they would be able to find out something that even the Shadow could not, there was still a chance that they would bring him a miracle. At this moment, he already felt that some miracle was needed.
Yun Qi sighed: "You guys can make the arrangements, but it just needs to be strict!"
Shu Fei took the order and exchanged glances with Yan Fei, and the two of them went down to study it.
The imperial doctors were busy all the time. Emperor Yunqi sat back in front of the queen's bed and held her hand: "Luo'er, I am incompetent. I haven't found our child yet..."
Yun Biluo was already unconscious and completely unconscious. Emperor Yun Qi had no other options except asking the imperial physician to cheer her up.
As they walked, the two concubines Shu Yan discussed how to deal with this emergency.
Those idle concubines also inquired about some news and waited outside. How could Concubine Shu Yan let them get involved? They just told them that the queen's health was not getting better, and everyone should pray for her.
The next day.
There is still no news from the prince.
The palace seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds.
But soon, the capital city became lively.
Prince Kang Dongfang Ye and Prince Ning Dongfang Yan, along with the sons and daughters of officials of the third rank and above, headed towards Yuehua Temple in a large group.
These people came under the guise of praying for the Queen, so the ceremonial formation was exactly right. Palace servants led the way and the stewards stood in two rows. In the front was the carriage of Prince Kang, then that of Prince Ning, and next came the sons and daughters of various officials. They were all dressed in gorgeous clothes. Even the horses were snow-white. All the people watched with envy from the side of the road, whispering about the event from time to time.
An Yanran sat in the carriage with a smug smile in her eyes.
Originally, she had no part in this prayer, but her mother happened to know that Concubine Shu was going to Yuehua Temple, so she wanted her to take the opportunity to find An Qingran and expose the news of An Qingran's disappearance. The most shocking thing was that she had to do it in front of everyone, and her reputation would be "boosted"!
An Yanran was smiling darkly in her carriage. Yesterday, her stepmother went back to Yuehua Temple on the pretext that she was almost fully recovered, and her father left with her. Her mother did not sleep all night because of this. Her mother just hated that her father's heart was once again snatched away by her stepmother, but she was very happy. She thought that her parents' visits to Yuehua Temple must be because of An Qingran's matter. It was just a guess before, but now she was very sure: something happened to her!
An Yanran couldn't imagine what would happen to her, but as long as she disappeared, all the benefits would fall on her!
Just like the children of officials above the third rank all prayed for the queen, she, as a concubine's daughter, was not qualified to go. In the future, as long as she was gone, she would be the one to take part in such activities!
If a general has only one daughter, who would care about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children?
She didn't know that the prince was missing, otherwise, based on her personality, she would have connected the two together and had bigger and worse thoughts.
Yuehua Temple.
An Zhongtao and Lian Jinyu were extremely anxious. It had already been a day, and there was still no news. If anything happened to her, she would be dead!
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