Chapter 308 Wan Shuang Protects
In the warm room, Concubine Ying was obviously not concerned about Cheng Yu's disappearance.
She was asked to interrogate the concubines, but she just asked a few questions as per the routine and her attitude was extremely perfunctory.
Cheng Yu was named the Crown Prince, which cut off her path to becoming the Queen. Now the Crown Prince is missing, and it was not her doing anyway, so she naturally hoped that the child could not be found.
Seeing that the concubine was already yawning, she said:
"The prince is missing. What's the point of the emperor letting us stay here? Is he going to suspect that we did it?"
Concubine Yun said, "Yes, we are all in the harem, who has such a terrible ability?"
Concubine Yao also said, "It would be better for us to go back to the palace first and arrange for some people to go with us to look for the prince, rather than wasting time here."
Concubine Ying nodded in agreement, "Concubine Yao's words do make sense. I have been asking questions all night but have not been able to get anything out of them. I see that everyone is tired. After I go back to report to the Emperor, we can go home first."
As she spoke, she stood up and walked towards the main hall, but Rong Yue quickly stopped her.
"Empress Ying, the Emperor's decree forbids any of us to leave. The Crown Prince's disappearance is a serious matter. If you leave now, I'm afraid..."
Rong Yue appears to be dependent on Concubine Ying. Although she is worried about Cheng Yu's situation at the moment, her words of persuasion are indeed for Concubine Ying's own good.
However, Concubine Ying felt that Rong Yue had humiliated her in front of all the concubines, and she got angry and slapped Rong Yue in the face.
"I am here to ask for the Emperor's order. How can you have any say?"
After saying that, he pushed Rong Yue, and when he was about to push the door, the door of the warm room was opened from the outside.
Everyone looked and saw Ning Wanshuang standing at the door with a gloomy face, blocking Concubine Ying's way.
Due to the difference in status, Concubine Ying greeted Ning Wanshuang in a very perfunctory manner.
But just as Fuli was about to give the gift, he was slapped hard by Ning Wanshuang.
Her eyes went dark and she couldn't bear the force, so she staggered and fell to the ground.
"you!"
Concubine Ying covered her red cheeks and stared at Ning Wanshuang with bloodshot eyes.
"Today is the emperor's birthday, and the envoys of the Adahu tribe are waiting outside! The emperor has always treated the Hu tribe with courtesy, how dare you hit me?"
Ning Wanshuang stroked her hair gently, and glanced at Concubine Ying with lowered eyebrows as if she was looking at an ant.
"I am the imperial concubine appointed by the emperor himself. I will hit you if I want. Do I need to read your fortune and calculate the date? If you dare to say a word to me again, I will tear your mouth apart!"
Although Ning Wanshuang has no family background, her arrogance and wantonness in the harem over the years have already been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Just a few scoldings at this moment frightened Concubine Ying so much that she didn't even dare to look at her.
All the concubines also greeted her with a blessing, "Your Majesty, I greet you, Your Majesty, long live the emperor."
Ning Wanshuang's fierce eyes swept over these beautiful girls one by one. She let them behave politely without asking them to stand up. Instead, she solemnly ordered:
"The prince is nowhere to be found. If any of you dare to step out of the warm room, I will break your legs!"
When she was giving the lecture, she saw that Concubine Yun couldn't help yawning, so she continued:
"Kang Yubin, lock the door! Interrogate them one by one! If anyone falls asleep, I will slap her hard in the face until she wakes up!"
After saying this, he saw Yun Fei swallowing a half-yawn, and even pinching his thigh hard, he dared not be lazy at all...
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Nearing four o'clock in the morning, little Fuzi finally returned from the gates of hell and opened his eyes.
"Xiao Fuzi, what do you think?"
Song Zhao went up to him the first time, and the first thing he said was not to ask him anything, but to show concern for his situation.
Xiao Fuzi's pale face was filled with guilt, and she choked with sobs as she said with red eyes:
"Your Majesty... I am sorry for not being able to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."
Song Zhao held back her tears and shook her head, "Don't talk about this. I know you have tried your best."
Yunshan asked anxiously, "What happened? Who hurt you? And who kidnapped the Crown Prince?"
Xiao Fuzi said, "I don't know... The two came in pairs, masked, and very skilled. Before I could react, they covered my mouth and stabbed me in the chest three times... cough cough...
I collapsed to the ground and before I passed out, I saw them carrying away His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. They had escaped through the window... I vaguely heard them say something..."
"What?" Song Zhao asked.
Xiao Fuzi tried her best to recall and stammered out a sentence,
"It seems to be... Kezan Yida? It sounds like the slang of the Hu people..."
After receiving the news, Song Zhao immediately sent someone to tell Xiao Jingheng about it.
It turned out that this phrase was indeed Hu tribe slang, meaning 'act separately'.
Xiao Fuzi was the last person to see Cheng Yu, and he was also the one who saw Cheng Yu being abducted, so his statement played a crucial role in the direction of the investigation of the entire incident.
Xiao Jingheng was furious and immediately took the envoys of the Adahu tribe to the Ministry of Punishment for severe torture. He also ordered that the whereabouts of Cheng Yu must be found out from them.
However, Song Zhao did not feel relieved at all because of the progress made.
Instead, I am more afraid...
Even if the Adahu tribe had the guts of a bear or a leopard, they would not dare to do such an absurd thing as kidnapping the prince in such a public occasion with all the nations coming to congratulate them?
But now this outrageous thing has really happened.
So regardless of whether the Adahu tribe did this or not, in order to appease the emperor's wrath and prove their innocence, they would certainly be eager to surrender to the Qi Dynasty. It is possible that they did this to preserve the entire tribe and make all their subjects submit to the Qi Dynasty.
The more Song Zhao thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was very similar to the method Xiao Jingheng used to deal with Prince Rui and the Ning family in the past.
The same watertightness,
Just as disgusting.
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