Chapter 556: If he’s alive, I want to see him. If he’s dead, I want to see his body!
Luo Qinghan sat in the carriage, holding the crescent-shaped jade pendant in his hand.
He stared at the jade pendant in a trance.
It wasn't until the carriage stopped that he came to his senses.
Looking up, I saw the gate of Changle Palace in front of me.
When the eunuch guarding the gate saw the prince coming, he hurried forward to greet him.
"Your servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Luo Qinghan sat in the carriage, looking down at him, and asked calmly, "I heard that Concubine Xiao was invited to Changle Palace?"
The eunuch hurriedly said, "The Empress Dowager invited Concubine Xiao to come to Changle Palace to have a talk. After the conversation, Concubine Xiao went back. I guess she should have arrived at Qingge Palace by now."
Luo Qinghan: "Already gone back?"
Eunuch: "I dare not lie to Your Highness. Concubine Xiao was indeed sent back in a sedan chair. Many people saw it. Your Highness will know the truth if you check."
Luo Qinghan knew that there was no need for the other party to lie about something like this that could be easily discovered with a simple check.
Now that Concubine Xiao had gone back, Luo Qinghan felt a little relieved.
Eunuch Chang asked respectfully, "Shall we go back to the East Palace now?"
Luo Qinghan looked at the crescent jade pendant in his hand: "No, let's go to the Pepper Room first."
He had some old matters to ask Queen Qin.
…
Xiao Xixi opened her eyes and found herself lying on the couch.
There was a man sitting next to the couch.
It was Fang Wujiu whom I hadn’t seen for a long time.
When Xiao Xixi saw him, her expression changed slightly: "Big Brother."
Fang Wujiu was still the same as before, with a gentle smile on his face, and his whole body exuded a calm temperament that would not hesitate even if the sky collapsed and the earth broke apart.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Xiao Xixi struggled to sit up.
Her body was still very weak at this moment, and even just sitting up would make her feel extremely strenuous.
"Where is this place?"
Fang Wujiu smiled but said nothing.
Xiao Xixi looked around. The room looked like an ordinary woman's boudoir, nothing special about it.
She rubbed the aching back of her head and frowned, "Did you have someone kidnap me?"
"I just want to invite you to stay here for a few days. We haven't seen each other for a long time. I miss you very much and want to catch up with you."
Fang Wujiu said this while sizing up her expression.
"Did you take the Qi-deficiency pill that Master gave you?"
Xiao Xixi pursed her lips, a look of regret on her face.
As soon as he saw her like this, Fang Wujiu understood everything.
He smiled and said, "I originally thought it would take some effort to get you here, but I didn't expect you to eat the Qi-deficiency Pill by yourself. This saved us a lot of trouble. You ate the Qi-deficiency Pill to pretend to be sick, right? You want to use the excuse of being sick to hide in Qingge Palace and not come out, right?"
Xiao Xixi was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. She said with anger: "I am in your hands now. Just tell me what you want to do. You don't have to tell me all this!"
The more anxious she became, the deeper the smile on Fang Wujiu's face.
He said it in the same helpless tone as before.
"Junior sister, you don't need to be nervous. If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't have sent a letter to the prince to inform him to rescue you when you were sunk into the Imperial River."
Xiao Xixi was stunned.
"So you were the one who tipped off the prince. Why? Aren't we rivals?"
Fang Wujiu said leisurely: "There are two reasons. One is because I want to test your position in the prince's heart, and the other is because I don't want to see you die."
Xiao Xixi said, "Are you letting me off the hook?"
Fang Wujiu smiled and said, "Yes, after all, you are my junior sister who was raised by me. I don't want to see you die in the hands of others."
Xiao Xixi pursed her lips: "Brother, do you want to kill me yourself?"
"Look, we're back to the topic again. If I really wanted to kill you, I would have had many opportunities to do so. For example, right now, you're powerless and I only need one move to kill you, but I didn't do that."
Xiao Xixi: "Then why did you kidnap me? To threaten the prince?"
Fang Wujiu laughed again: "No, to deal with someone like the prince, a soft knife is far more effective than a hard knife."
"Can you explain it more clearly?"
Fang Wujiu asked back, "Are you trying to trick me?"
Xiao Xixi smiled awkwardly: "I'm just curious."
Fang Wujiu looked at her pale face and said with a smile, "Why don't we make a deal?"
"What's the deal?"
"Exchange problem: if you want to know something, you have to exchange it with equivalent information."
Xiao Xixi agreed without much hesitation: "Okay."
Fang Wujiu: "You ask first."
Xiao Xixi: "What exactly do you want to do to the prince?"
Fang Wujiu: "I thought you would ask me what I want to do with you first?"
Xiao Xixi didn't say anything.
Fang Wujiu: "It seems that the prince is more important to you than yourself."
Xiao Xixi reminded: "You should answer my question."
"Don't worry, let me think about what to say."
"It's a long story. You know Prince Ping An, right? He was the late emperor's favorite son. The late emperor once considered making him the crown prince, but unfortunately, due to his background, he failed."
"But even so, the late emperor still loved Prince Ping An very much. As long as Prince Ping An wanted something, the late emperor would satisfy him, which made the other princes very jealous."
"The princes knew that as long as Prince Ping An was still alive, the late emperor would not consider letting anyone else become the crown prince, so they teamed up to deal with Prince Ping An."
"The current emperor was just an ordinary sixth prince at that time."
"The Sixth Prince did not personally participate in the plan to besiege Prince Ping'an, but he sent someone to approach Prince Ping'an. That person was the eldest daughter of the Shen family, who later became Shen Zhaoyi."
…
The Pepper Room was in chaos.
The palace maids and eunuchs searched everywhere, trying to find the lost crescent-shaped jade pendant.
Unfortunately, nothing was gained.
Queen Qin stood in the yard, looking at the blooming crabapple flowers in front of her, and asked coldly.
"Haven't you found it yet?"
The maid beside him replied with a pale face: "We have searched the Pepper Room from inside to outside three times, but still couldn't find the jade pendant."
Queen Qin: "I am asking about the Pearl Man. Has he not been found yet?"
"No, Pearl's things are still in the house, but she is gone. Someone saw her go out, and she hasn't come back yet. No one knows where she went."
Queen Qin's face was extremely gloomy. "Send someone to inform the imperial guards and tell them that Zhenzhu stole the palace's property. Tell them to close the palace gates and thoroughly investigate Zhenzhu's whereabouts. No matter where she is, I want to see her alive or dead!"
"Yes."
The maid turned around and ran out in a hurry, but met the prince at the door.
She knelt hurriedly to greet him.
"Your servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Luo Qinghan didn't even look at her and walked into the Pepper Room.
When Queen Qin saw him coming, her expression became even more unfriendly.
"Why are you here?"
"It has been a long time since I came to pay my respects to you, mother. I came here to see if you are well."
(End of this chapter)
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