After all, Liu Dechang was a highly respected man, and the emperor still took his words into consideration. However, Prince Zhennan was still furious, and he really could not accept Xiaozhi's sudden disappearance.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Liu Dechang continued to persuade:
"The child named Xiaozhi came from Prince Yu's mansion. Prince Yu and Princess Yu must know his habits best. In my opinion, they should lead the palace guards, eunuchs, and maids to conduct a thorough search. Once they find him and know the reason for his sudden disappearance, it won't be too late to determine who is right and who is wrong."
As soon as he finished speaking, Leng Yu took two steps forward with a serious expression, clasped his fists and replied:
"Father, Xiaozhi is my disciple. As General Liu said, I have a very good relationship with him. You and your uncle should not worry about this matter for now. Let us go and look for him. If we can't find him, fighting will be useless."
The Prince of Zhennan also calmed down the anger that had just risen. The most important thing now was to find Xiaozhi. As for the rest, he could let bygones be bygones.
Hearing this, the emperor frowned and shouted to the people outside:
"Liu Wei, take all the servants in the palace and listen to Prince Yu's instructions."
After Liu Wei received the order, he quickly went to gather everyone. Leng Yu then said to the emperor:
"Father, where is the eunuch who took Xiaozhi to the toilet? I have something to ask him."
"Go find Liu Wei."
The emperor waved his hands weakly. Today should have been a happy day, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen. He felt the blood rushing to his head and his head was a little dizzy. He wanted to let Leng Yu handle this matter.
After Leng Yu and Luo Lan received the order, they said a few words to comfort Prince Zhennan before leaving the Baohe Hall.
When she reached the door, Luo Lan sighed deeply. The stuffiness accumulated in her chest made her feel like she had difficulty breathing.
She was really worried that something might happen to Xiaozhi.
Leng Yu naturally knew what she was thinking. There was a hint of gloom between his brows. He looked into the distance and whispered softly:
"I think this incident was not an accident. Someone must have done it."
"My husband is right. Now I just hope nothing happens to Xiaozhi."
After saying this, she closed her eyes tightly, not daring to think about the bad consequences.
At this time, Liu Wei walked over quickly. He didn't dare to look up at Leng Yu. He just lowered his head, bowed and clasped his fists and said:
"Reporting to Prince Yu, everyone has been gathered and is awaiting your order."
Leng Yu frowned, looked up at him, and said word by word through gritted teeth:
"Take us to the toilet where Xiaozhi lost himself."
"Yes, I will go and bring the young eunuch here right away."
Leaving this sentence, he left quickly.
After a while, the group arrived at the toilet where Xiao Zhi had lost his way. Leng Yu asked everyone to wait outside while he and Luo Lan went in.
There seemed to be nothing unusual here. Upon closer inspection, there were no signs of a fight. Although there was a ventilation hole above, it was estimated to be eight feet above the ground. With Xiaozhi's height, it was impossible for him to climb up.
Leng Yu looked at the vent, pointed at it and said softly:
"The only exit is there, but Xiaozhi can't climb up. Since he agreed to come to the palace, he has no reason to climb up. So the only possibility is that he was taken away through that ventilation duct."
Hearing Leng Yu say this, Luo Lan took a few steps forward and touched the wall with his hand.
"This wall is as smooth as ice. Even a normal man can't climb it. How did he get Xiaozhi away from here? It doesn't make sense."
"There's nothing unreasonable about that."
Leng Yu suddenly looked at the wall opposite the vent and the corner adjacent to the ground, and said solemnly:
"Look at that place, there are obvious signs of someone cleaning it. If you look closely, you can still see traces of heavy objects being placed there."
Hearing him say this, Luo Lan squatted down and looked carefully at the corner of the wall. Suddenly, she said with sudden enlightenment:
"You mean, someone left a ladder here?"
Leng Yu raised the corners of his eyes, and said mischievously, "Let's go to the back and take a look."
As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them rushed out of the toilet door impatiently and went directly to the back of the toilet. Liu Wei and others who were waiting outside followed them with some confusion.
This toilet was not built independently, but was adjacent to a nearby house. Behind the house, there was a small corridor that could only accommodate one person. Standing on the right side of the house, one could see the high courtyard wall adjacent to the toilet. The wall was more than ten feet high. Leng Yu had no idea what was behind the wall.
Looking at the high courtyard wall, Leng Yu's brows were deeply furrowed. Luo Lan took two steps forward and leaned over to take a closer look.
"Look, my husband, there are the same traces here as inside."
Hearing her call, Leng Yu quickly came to her side, squatted down and looked carefully. Sure enough, there were traces of a ladder there, but it seemed that it had been deliberately hidden.
The two of them looked at each other, then stood up and said to the young eunuch:
"What noise did you hear then?"
“No…no.”
The young eunuch was so frightened that his face turned green and he needed two people to support him to stand.
Judging from his expression, he didn't seem to be lying. Perhaps he would never have dreamed that just by taking the young master to the toilet, he would get into such a big trouble, and might even lose his life.
Leng Yu realized that he could not get anything out of him, so he waved his hand to the servant and said coldly:
"Take him away."
The young eunuch was taken away. He turned to look at Liu Wei and asked, "Where have you searched?"
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