Chapter 528 The Empress Has Also Disappeared
Xie Shang suddenly remembered that the Ministry of Rites had submitted its memorials several times and selected some auspicious days. He then took out the memorials sent by the Ministry of Rites again. "Let's wait for the Ministry of Rites to notify us about the Empress's investiture ceremony!" Had she really been sick for half a month?
He said, "Without intention."
Wuxin hurriedly entered the hall and respectfully said, "This servant is here."
"Why didn't you tell me that the Empress was ill?" Xie Shang said in a deep voice.
Wu Xin quickly explained, "This servant didn't know that Your Highness was ill. This servant has been with His Majesty the whole time." Wu Xin had already been instructed by Jiang Fenghua not to keep asking about the affairs of Chenxi Palace, so as not to arouse the Emperor's suspicion.
"Hurry up and ask if the imperial physician has examined the Empress and found out what illness she has," Xie Shang said coldly.
You didn't ask a single question for half a month, and now you're worried? If you're worried, go and see for yourself!
He said, "This servant will go immediately."
Wuxin did go, but returned quickly, only to be told that "the Empress is ill and will not see guests."
Upon hearing this, Xie Shang frowned. "Go ask Physician Mei what illness the Empress has."
Cheng Feng said, "The Chenxi Palace hasn't summoned any imperial physicians in the past two weeks, and the Imperial Household Department has a record of it."
Xie Shang became increasingly puzzled. What was Jiang Fenghua up to? He then sent Wuxin to call Lin Feng over.
Lin Feng arrived quickly. "Why does Your Majesty summon me?"
"The Empress is ill, are you aware of that?"
Lin Feng could only say, "If even the Emperor doesn't know, how could this humble servant possibly know?"
He shook his head. "This humble servant has not heard that Her Majesty is ill."
"Such a big thing, and Lianye didn't tell you about it." Xie Shang said angrily.
"I've been busy training the Imperial Guards and haven't seen Lianye much. It seems like Lianye doesn't want to talk to me anymore. She says she's busy every day and tells me not to bother her." He was also very troubled; he really was busy.
Xie Shang then recalled the day when Granny Wang suddenly came to see him, as if she had something to say, but he had shut her down with a single sentence.
He had a terrible headache that day and said a few more things. Granny Wang left without explaining why she came. Was she really sick? Granny Wang heard him say not to report to the Empress, and she really didn't.
"You will all come with me to Chenxi Palace," Xie Shang said in a deep voice. He wanted to see what Jiang Fenghua was up to, how could a perfectly healthy person suddenly fall ill?
When the group arrived at Chenxi Palace, they found the gates tightly shut. Xie Shang frowned, his eyes filled with coldness. "I have no intention of knocking on the door."
He refused to believe that he would be turned away when he arrived on my territory.
Just as Wuxin knocked on the door, Xiao Liuzi opened it. "Eunuch Wuxin, what brings you here?"
"What's going on with you? Why are you keeping the door so tightly shut in broad daylight? The Emperor is arriving! Quickly let the Empress come out to greet His Majesty."
Xiao Liuzi was so frightened when he saw the Emperor arrive that he quickly opened the door and shouted, "This servant greets Your Majesty, long live the Emperor!"
Xie Shang exuded a cold aura as he walked straight into the gates of Chenxi Palace. As soon as he entered, Xie Ziyan ran towards him, saying, "Father."
Upon seeing his daughter, Xie Shang quickly suppressed his anger and put on a smile, "Little Yan'er, have you missed your father?"
Xie Ziyan hugged her father's face and gave him a big kiss. "Father Emperor doesn't come to see Yan'er, and Yan'er can't go to see Father Emperor either. Yan'er misses Father Emperor so much. Yan'er plays with the little red horse every day, and Yan'er even recites poems to them."
At this moment, the wet nurse brought Xie Hongyou to the Emperor, and Xie Hongyou sweetly called out "Father Emperor".
Xie Shang asked in confusion, "Where is your mother?!"
Xie Ziyan said, "Mother went to visit my maternal grandmother and hasn't come back yet. When will she return? I miss Mother so much."
Xie Shang stared at the wet nurse, who was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and dared not utter a word.
At this moment, Granny Wang and Lianye and others also came out from the backyard. Everyone bowed and said, "This servant greets Your Majesty."
Xie Shang said coldly, "Granny Wang, where exactly is the Empress?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress has left the palace." Granny Wang was also waiting for the Emperor to arrive. When would he remember the Empress? Or, without anyone reminding him, the Emperor might never remember the Empress in his entire life.
She just hoped that Aoxue would find the person and bring them back quickly, and that this whole thing would be as if it never happened.
Granny Wang also knew that the Emperor had chosen other concubines from the harem to serve him in the past two weeks.
Upon hearing this, Xie Shang's eyes turned cold. Hongxiu and Lianye were both in the palace; how could she have left?
He handed the princess over to the wet nurse and walked straight towards the main hall. When he arrived, he called out a few times, "Jiang Fenghua, come out here. What trick are you playing now?"
He searched every corner of the bedchamber. On the table were the books Jiang Fenghua had placed on the day she left, and the words she had written were still there.
Jiang Fenghua reads and writes every day, or does other things, so she really didn't turn the page of the book again.
Xie Shang's eyes were bloodshot. He clenched his fists, wanting to kill someone. He tore the books on her desk to shreds. "Why did she leave the palace? What have I done to wrong her? You all helped her keep it from me."
Granny Wang followed her in, tears welling in her eyes. "I went to report to the Emperor, and he said that His Majesty doesn't want to hear anything about the Empress. Her Highness has been away from the palace for half a month."
"Who let her leave the palace? Do you think I wouldn't dare kill you?" Xie Shang glared coldly at the servants of Chenxi Palace: "Lin Feng, drag them all out and behead them."
Everyone knelt outside the door, too scared to breathe.
Lin Feng looked at Lian Ye and quickly said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. There must be some hidden reason why the Empress left the palace." He didn't even know this, and Lian Ye hadn't told him about such an important matter.
Cheng Feng also came along, and he stared at Hongxiu. At this moment, Hongxiu was kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down her face.
He said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Let them tell you the truth first before you take action. I believe that Hongxiu is not someone who doesn't know her limits."
Xie Shang felt like he was going crazy with anger. Jiang Fenghua came for the position of Empress, and now that she is Empress, he will never depose her. What else could she possibly want but to leave quietly?
He didn't believe Jiang Fenghua would leave the palace without permission. She was willing to abandon him, but she couldn't bear to abandon her child and her family. He thought that by controlling everyone around her, he could keep her firmly under his control.
She dared not die, dared not leave, dared not throw a tantrum at me...
Granny Wang explained, "It wasn't Her Highness who wanted to leave; it was Miss Lin who took her away and gave her amnesia medicine. Aoxue has already gone to look for her, and Her Highness should be back soon."
So, Granny Wang recounted the information she had learned from Aoxue.
At this moment, Aoxue also returned. When she saw the Emperor arrive at Chenxi Palace, she knew that the matter could no longer be kept secret. "This humble servant greets Your Majesty."
Xie Shang asked coldly, "Where is Jiang Fenghua?"
"I couldn't find it." Aoxue didn't know why she couldn't find it either. "Ayu clearly left me an address, but when I went there, the address was fake. However, with Ayu protecting Her Majesty, Her Majesty will definitely be alright."
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