"Did you do it?" Queen Pei asked gritting her teeth.
Princess Changping covered her face in grievance, "What is my aunt saying? I don't understand at all."
Empress Pei was not buying Princess Changping's tricks, so she asked, "Were the men sent to hunt down Wang Qingluo and the Crown Prince yours?"
Changping was obviously a little flustered. She had originally intended to deny it, but she knew her aunt's personality. She would not come to her without sufficient evidence. "Aunt, I sent people to hunt down Wang Qingluo. This stupid woman actually dared to escape from marriage. She totally ignored the dignity of the Eastern Palace!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Empress Pei slapped her again, "Is it for the dignity of the East Palace or for yourself?"
Empress Pei looked at Princess Changping coldly, "I have long told you that an alliance with the Wang family is imperative. Even if it is not the Wang family, you cannot be the Crown Princess. When something went wrong, you only cared about your own selfish desires and attacked Wang Qingluo! Now the Crown Prince is missing!"
Princess Changping was slapped twice and had been gritting her teeth to hold back her tears. Now that she saw that Empress Pei was still venting her anger on her, she cried even more, "How could I have known that my cousin the Crown Prince would follow Wang Qingluo? Aunt, you know my people. If you had seen the Crown Prince, how could you have dared to hurt him? There must be someone else who assassinated my cousin!"
Empress Pei was not stupid, so how could she not know this? "But if your people hadn't done something wrong first, how could the prince have fallen into the trap?"
Princess Changping could only grit her teeth and accept it, "It's my fault, but aunt, our most urgent task now is to find where my cousin is."
Empress Pei took a deep breath, "The Emperor has already sent someone to investigate, I hope he is fine. As for you, if the prince is fine, it's fine, but if something really happened--"
Princess Changping was ruthless but she was still devoted to the prince. When she heard what Empress Pei said, her eyes immediately filled with tears. "If something really happens to my cousin, I would rather go with him!"
Seeing her crying bitterly, Empress Pei was too lazy to scold her and just said, "Go out. I'm tired."
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On the other hand, the emperor also sent people to look for the prince. By now, all the princes had grown up, and the emperor was most afraid that they would harm each other for the throne.
Although he was the emperor, he was also a father. In order to ensure the safety of the prince, the emperor carefully selected the ninth prince Gu Yanwei, who had just emerged in the court, to find the prince. Whether in terms of personal relationship or the dispute over the crown prince, there was no conflict between the two.
Although Gu Yanwei received the order, he certainly couldn't do the job of finding someone in his sickly body.
Soon, following the clues left by the prince and Wang Qingluo, the royal guards in the palace found clues.
"Boss, come and see!"
"What's wrong?" The man who the man called the boss came over.
The man pointed at He Daobian's body and said, "Boss, I remember this man was a guard beside the prince. Don't you think so?"
The guards around the prince had some impression of him. Jiang Yuntao walked over, squatted down, and used his sword to lift the hair off the face of the corpse. The corpse was already somewhat rotten, but he recognized it. "Yes, this is the one who served the prince. Go, go find him. Since the body was found here, there must have been a fight around!"
"yes."
Everyone followed the instructions and searched. Sure enough, they found traces of fighting around them. Unfortunately, although they found traces of fighting, a heavy rain washed away all the clues. The steps of the Crown Prince and Wang Qingluo stopped here. The imperial guards were very anxious, but when they turned around, they saw the Ninth Prince and the Prime Minister having breakfast.
The missing one is their daughter and the other is their brother, but they both still have the leisure to drink morning tea here.
Jiang Yuntao couldn't help but wonder what the relationship between the Ninth Prince and the Crown Prince was like.
"Your Highness, is it true that my daughter is fine?" Prime Minister Wang was still a little worried.
But Gu Yanwei on the opposite side rolled up his sleeves and poured him tea. "The Prime Minister doesn't believe me, but does he not believe the Crown Prince?"
Prime Minister Wang sighed, "How can I not trust Your Highness and the Crown Prince? Since the person has been found, when does the Crown Prince plan to bring my daughter back?"
Gu Yanwei smiled, "That depends on what Miss Wang wants. The Prime Minister doesn't want to see the married Crown Princess running around the world in the future, right?"
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Not long after Wang Qingluo and the prince left, they were arrested. Gu Tang, with blood all over his body, was arrested by local officials as a flower thief.
The two of them have not yet become husband and wife, but have become cellmates.
The rain stopped, Wang Qingluo rubbed her sleepy eyes, and felt that she had slept particularly deeply yesterday. Then someone knocked twice on the floor tiles at the door of the cell, and a waiter was seen carrying a large plate that was much wider than his shoulders.
Wang Qingluo walked over curiously and saw several delicious delicacies on the tray. Without thinking, she tasted them all with her chopsticks, then seemed to think of something and turned around to look.
The prince half-supported himself, "Is it delicious?"
Wang Qingluo quickly put down her chopsticks, moved the tray over, and after selecting for a long time, she brought over a portion of egg custard and noodles that did not suit her taste. "These two are the most delicious. I have tasted them for you. You are injured now, so it is best to eat something light."
"Are the others not delicious?"
She couldn't go against her will in front of such delicious food. She ate the Thousand Layer Shortbread with just the right sweetness and said, "My mouth is a little dry though. It would be better with some sweet soup."
The prince seemed to be thinking about something.
"Do you know who I am? My father is the Grand Historian of Sucheng! If you capture me during the day, you must let me go at night!" As he spoke, a voice came over, and the voice was arrogant.
Wang Qingluo looked over and saw a fat young man in fancy clothes being surrounded by many officers and soldiers. "You'd better be sensible. My uncle is the prime minister. When I come in and out, you all have to curry favor with me."
Wang Qingluo looked at it for a while and continued to eat with her head down.
"As the only son of the Grand Historian and the nephew of the Prime Minister, he is the local emperor of a small place." The prince's words seemed to be full of ridicule and sarcasm, and he looked at him again, "Why don't you go and ask him, saying that you are the Prime Minister's daughter, then you may be able to escape and don't have to marry me. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Wang Qingluo shook her head. He was injured in order to save her. If the local officials arrested people randomly, he just needed to reveal his identity. But if the prince was injured because of her, the entire Prime Minister's Mansion would be in trouble. Wang Qingluo knew in her heart that he was doing it for her, and said, "I don't know this so-called son of the Grand Historian. I think he is just using my father to show off."
Looking at the prince's face again, after all, he is the future crown prince, and Wang Qingluo doesn't want her father to leave any bad impression in front of him.
But the prince had already closed his eyes, as if he was resting.
The only son of the Grand Historian was walking back and forth in his room. The jailers had sent him delicious food and wine, but she had knocked them over. Wang Qingluo felt sorry for him, so she leaned on the window and looked at him for a while, thinking, "How come I've just left the capital and am now squatting?" And there's a fat pig next door.
Wang Qingluo looked up and saw the Grand Historian's only son staring at her with a dazed look.
The prince supported his chin. Seeing others looking at his future princess like this, he naturally looked unhappy.
The only son of the Grand Historian waved his hand at the jailer and said, "Go, bring the man opposite to me. I want to interrogate him." The jailer immediately dragged Wang Qingluo over. Before he could put the man down, the Grand Historian slapped the jailer in the face, "Who said you want this woman? I want that man! Go, bring this kind of stuff in!"
Wang Qingluo: ...
Being thrown back onto the haystack in the cell, Wang Qingluo was also confused, and watched these people come to pull the prince away.
His face looked a little ugly, but fortunately, although he looked thin, he was actually overweight, and the two jailers couldn't lift him. Just when they wanted to call for help, Wang Qingluo came over and whispered something into their ears.
The two men did not pull the prince away. After they reached the other side and reported to the Grand Historian, the eldest son did not move again.
"What did you tell them?" he asked curiously.
Wang Qingluo shook her head, not wanting to say anything. But the originally silent prince pestered her like a curious baby and asked her what was going on, and couldn't even eat in peace. "I said you came in as the flower thief Caihua, and you're infected with a lot of diseases..."
Prince: ...
At night, the dungeon was colder than usual. The only son of the Grand Historian had a warm quilt and hot water. The two of them had nothing. Wang Qingluo couldn't stand the cold...
She rolled herself into a ball and asked, "Are you cold?"
The prince was of course cold too, he was not made of iron, so he asked, "What about you, have you had enough fun outside?"
Wang Qingluo sighed, "Now I feel that home is still the best place." The outside world is not as fun as outside. She has had enough of it this time and doesn't want to come out again. The prince looked at Wang Qingluo again and suddenly sighed, "If you really don't want to marry me, I swear to you here that the marriage can be cancelled and your reputation will never be damaged."
Wang Qingluo stayed where she was, and spoke after a long while: "I didn't want to do it at first..." Then she saw the prince's face darken, and she continued: "But I know that I was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Since I have enjoyed the life of a princess for so many years, marriage cannot be decided by my own will. Even if I don't marry you, Your Highness, my future marriage will be with someone I don't know."
Thinking of this, Wang Qingluo lowered her eyes, "Which woman doesn't want to live in harmony with her husband in the future? Although I am spoiled, I also want to have a husband who is devoted to me."
Hearing this, the prince's Adam's apple moved slightly.
Wang Qingluo continued, "I was afraid that marrying Your Highness would bring me countless troubles, but Your Highness is willing to chase me here for me. At least you are not a man who favors his concubines over his wife. When we get married in the future, I am willing to treat you with respect."
Hearing this, Gu Tang should have been satisfied, but for some reason, an indescribable feeling swept over his heart.
Treat each other with respect, is this really what he wants?
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