Chapter 529 Going to the Jiang Family
Xie Shang grabbed Ao Xue's neck in anger, "Lin Yu is sick, and you're sick because of her. Whose side are you anyway? She went crazy and took people away, and you went crazy with her. What kind of medicine did you give her? Do you want her to forget me and live a carefree life after leaving the palace?"
Ao Xue felt breathless and quickly shook her head, "No..."
At this moment, Ye Ying also arrived. He hurriedly begged for forgiveness on Ao Xue's behalf, "It's all my fault. Your Majesty, please forgive Ao Xue. I am willing to take the punishment for her. I will definitely find Her Majesty the Empress as soon as possible."
He has now figured it out. It turns out that Ao Xue used the Imperial Guard's token to send Lin Yu and the others out of the palace that night. Lin Yu's people disguised themselves as guards and led the Empress out of the palace. Bai Yuhan may have also left the palace at that time. He dares not say these things now. He had clearly found out long ago that Ao Xue might have sent Bai Yuhan out of the palace, but he did not expect that the Empress was also among them, which is why it was delayed for half a month.
He thought: Since the Emperor has already issued an edict stating that Consort Han has died suddenly, everything is fine.
Xie Shang released his grip and said coldly to Ao Xue, "Go and cut off Lin Yu's head for me. If you don't find the Empress, none of you will live. Get out, all of you get out of here."
Ye Ying grabbed Ao Xue's hand and pulled her out. Ao Xue was terrified. A Yu had really angered the Emperor, and the Emperor wanted to kill A Yu. She shed tears and slapped herself twice. "It's all my fault. I should have stopped A Yu. I..." She was also very scared because she couldn't find anyone.
Ye Ying comforted him, "Let's find the Empress first, and the Emperor will calm down." He knew that Lin Yu was her sister, which made her help her unconditionally and lose her composure. He also concealed this matter to prevent Ao Xue from being punished, so he was also at fault.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have used your token to send them out of the palace. It's all my fault." Ao Xue knew she had made a big mistake when she couldn't find Lin Yu: "But Her Majesty took the medicine that made her lose her memory, and now we can't find her. Where did A Yu take her?"
She then asked Lianye and Hongxiu, "Aren't you the Empress's personal maids? Where could they be going?"
Hongxiu said, "Go to Xiangya Pavilion to look for it." She usually goes to Xiangya Pavilion to get the account books, while Lin Yu has always been busy with the business outside.
Hongxiu will also try to contact Lin Yu.
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Xie Ziyan and Xie Hongyou quietly slipped in and ran to their father. When the two children saw that their father's eyes were red, they said, "Father, you're crying. Father, don't cry. Yan'er will ask Grandmother to return Mother. Let's go find Grandmother."
Xie Hongyou said, "The Empress Dowager has just gone to see her mother and will be back soon."
That's how Hongxiu and Lianye coaxed them, so the two of them firmly remembered that their mother would come back.
Xie Shang said, "Yes, she just went to the Jiang family. She will come back. She must not want to leave. Father Emperor will find her and bring her back."
"Father reads to Yan'er, but Mother says Father is too busy every day, so he doesn't read to Yan'er." Xie Ziyan stopped crying. "From now on, Yan'er will read to Father."
She ran to the low bookshelf specially made for them, took out some books for early learning, and read them to Xie Shang.
Looking at his daughter's well-behaved and adorable appearance, Xie Shang was surprised that Yan'er knew so many characters. Jiang Fenghua had taught her all of them. She loved her children very much and would definitely not want to leave them.
Xie Hongyou didn't learn it as well, but he was very caring. "Youyou can take care of his younger sister and brother, and he can also take care of his mother."
Looking at his two sensible children, Xie Shang hugged them tightly. "Yan'er, You'er, your father will find your mother for you."
"Little Yezi said that Mother went to visit her maternal grandmother, and Yan'er also wants to go visit her maternal grandmother."
Xie Shang wondered to himself: Could Jiang Fenghua be at the Jiang family's house?
So he handed the two children over to Granny Wang, told them to take good care of the children, and then left the palace.
Upon arriving at the Jiang residence, Feng Jingyuan saw that he was dressed in casual clothes, so she bowed and asked, "Didn't the Empress leave the palace with the Emperor?"
Xie Shang concealed the sadness in his eyes and said gently, "I was just passing by and happened to come to see Grand Tutor Jiang to ask about some academic matters. Ruan Ruan did not leave the palace." It seems she did not return to the Jiang residence. Lin Yu deliberately hid her. Why would he bring her back? He is really too stupid.
Feng Jingyuan knew that once her daughter married into the palace, it would be difficult for her to leave.
Xie Shang then said, "Mother-in-law, I would like to go and see Ruan Ruan's room."
Feng Jingyuan was stunned, then quickly said, "After Ruan Ruan got married, I also had her room cleaned regularly. Let me take the Emperor there!"
Xie Shang nodded, "Thank you, Mother-in-law."
Feng Jingyuan wanted to say that they were all family and there was no need for thanks, but then she remembered that the other party was the emperor, so she didn't say anything more.
Xie Shang asked again, "Didn't Ruan Ruan grow up in Shengjing City when she was little? She often mentioned her maternal grandmother and grandfather, as well as her uncles, to me." He guessed that she might have gone to the Feng family, after all, the Feng family had also come to the palace to meet Jiang Fenghua last time.
Feng Jingyuan said, "Ruan Ruan only goes to her maternal grandparents' house occasionally. Yu County is not close to Shengjing, and we are not comfortable with such a young girl leaving her parents. After she was about seven or eight years old, she went there more often. Her uncles and aunts all like Ruan Ruan very much. She has been beautiful since she was a child. Her father even drew many portraits of Ruan Ruan when she was a child and sent them to her maternal grandparents' house. My Ruan Ruan is beautiful all the time, except for a period of time when she lost a few teeth and became a little ugly."
Feng Jingyuan is very proud of her daughters, thinking they are both beautiful, with the younger daughter being more delicate.
Upon hearing this, Xie Shang asked, "She lived in Shengjing until she was eight or nine years old?" She lied to him again, saying that she had lived with her maternal grandparents since she was a child.
He remembered that day she asked Jiang Fenghua if she had been to the palace when she was a child, and her answer was no.
Xie Shang then realized why she didn't just ask her mother. The Jiang family should remember it better than she did, since she was too young to remember at that time.
"Did Ruan Ruan ever go to the palace when she was a child? For example, did she accompany her father-in-law to the palace to attend a banquet held there?"
Feng Jingyuan shook her head, "It's been so long, I don't remember anymore. Her father's official position wasn't high, and he rarely had the chance to go to the palace. I think he went to the palace once, when the Great Zhou defeated the Hu tribe and the palace held a banquet. The Jiang family was also invited, and Ruan Ruan seemed to have gone with them. Ruan Ruan was only five or six years old at that time. After that, she was like a different person when she returned home. She studied much more diligently. Before that, she liked to play and was lazy..."
"What color dress was she wearing at that time?" Xie Shang felt a surge of excitement.
Feng Jingyuan was taken aback. "I can't remember either, it's been too long."
"Is it white?" Xie Shang asked directly.
Feng Jingyuan was stunned. "It seems to be white, but I can't remember clearly. It also seems to be pink... She was still young then and didn't understand anything."
"Ruan Ruan also started losing her front teeth when she was five or six years old, right?" Xie Shang deliberately probed.
Feng Jingyuan nodded. "How did Your Majesty know? Ruan Ruan lost her front teeth when she was a little over five years old. Without teeth, she felt ugly and wore a veil all day long for fear that others would laugh at her for being ugly. Ruan Ruan has loved beauty since she was a child."
Xie Shang was completely dumbfounded; everything matched. "Does the Jiang family have any portraits of Ruan Ruan when she was a child?"
"I think there is. I might have to look in the study. It was drawn by her father. It's not very good, and Ruan Ruan doesn't like it. But it's also part of her growing up experience. I secretly kept a few of them. They look a lot like Xiao Yan'er."
Xie Shang thought of his daughter, who was well-behaved, cute, and clever. Did Jiang Fenghua look a lot like Yan'er when she was little?
He couldn't remember what the little girl in his mind looked like at all, only that she had no front teeth and the things she said to him. He had almost engraved them in his mind, and he had been doing the same thing to make himself stronger.
But why has Jiang Fenghua been denying it all along?
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