Chapter 72 A big embarrassment
After a while, Liu Youde came back and reported: "It's the emperor, the empress, and the concubine, they are coming in."
The empress dowager was suddenly startled when she heard this, and the grapes in her hand rolled to the ground. The three young men also stopped their performance with a tactful look.
"Why are they here together? Did they know about my family?!" The empress dowager was panicked.
"They said that the fifth prince and the little princess are missing, and they want to come to Shoukang Palace to check."
"Jin'er told them that at dinner time, only the fifth prince came, but he only stayed for a quarter of an hour and then left."
"As for the little princess, no one in our Shoukang Palace has seen her today."
"The servants have explained everything, but they still refuse to leave and want to come in to check."
When the empress dowager heard this, her face darkened instantly, and she murmured, "No, looking for the fifth prince and princess is just an excuse."
"The palace is heavily guarded, and there has never been an incident of a prince or princess going missing. They must have found out about my hobby and want to catch me in the act."
[Oh no, I've been out for too long. Dad and mom must be worried.]
Xia Miaoyuan became worried after listening to Liu Youde's report.
The fifth prince looked at Xia Miaoyuan with a bitter face. Xia Miaoyuan looked up and trembled with fear.
The fifth prince's face turned red and white, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.
The fifth prince: I'm dead! They have all found Shoukang Palace, help!
[Fifth brother, what's wrong with you? Are you hot?]
Xia Miaoyuan stretched out her little hand to wipe the sweat off the fifth prince.
The two only heard the Queen Mother continue to say: "Let someone stop them, don't let them in!"
As soon as the voice fell, Jin'er ran in: "Oh no, Queen Mother, we can't stop them!"
"A bunch of rubbish!" The Queen Mother gritted her teeth.
"Click!"
A crisp sound came from the closet.
Everyone in the room froze.
The Fifth Prince looked at Xia Miaoyuan in horror, and Xia Miaoyuan stuck out her tongue at him in embarrassment.
[Sorry, Fifth Brother, it fell out accidentally.]
It turned out that the ceramic whistle in Xia Miaoyuan's pocket fell out when she was moving her body just now.
This was the little bird whistle that the Fifth Prince gave her when he showed his goodwill.
Originally, Xia Miaoyuan was not very interested in it and threw it aside without playing with it. Recently, she has changed her opinion of the Fifth Prince and finds this whistle interesting.
So she put the whistle in her pocket and occasionally took it out to blow a few times.
The room was eerily quiet, and everyone looked at the carved wardrobe.
Liu Youde tiptoed to the wardrobe and suddenly opened the door.
The five princes and Xia Miaoyuan, two round little heads, were exposed to everyone.
"Ah!" The Queen Mother screamed.
"You...you...why are you in my closet?!" The Queen Mother pointed at the five princes and screamed. The
five princes said with a stiff face: "Grandmother, grandson...grandson...was too sleepy, so he fell asleep in the closet."
"Grandson...I didn't hear or see anything just now, I was sleeping the whole time."
The Queen Mother's old face flushed, and she pulled a handkerchief to cover her face: "Ah!"
While she was talking, she heard a deep voice from outside the palace: "Who of you dares to stop me? I want your lives!"
[Wow! Daddy and Mommy are here. 】
"Quick, the four of you hide under the bed! If the emperor finds you, he will skin you alive." Liu Youde was smart.
The four young men were so scared that they didn't care about their image anymore. They scrambled to the ground and crawled under the bed.
As soon as the four of them crawled in, they heard a "bang" and the palace door was kicked open.
"Mother, the situation tonight is really special. I am sorry. Chengshun and Miao'er are missing. I am going crazy."
Xia Zhengqi's voice came.
In an instant, the Empress Dowager's face was horrible.
"Mother... son..." Xia Zhengqi's voice suddenly stopped.
At this time, he walked into the bedroom, turned around the screen, and his eyes fell on the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager was wearing a gorgeous nightgown embroidered with peony flowers. She was sitting on the beauty couch, with an expression of uncontrollable panic and embarrassment on her face.
"Mother, what are you doing..." Xia Zhengqi was so shocked that he was speechless when he saw the Empress Dowager wearing a nightgown that was not suitable for her status.
In Daxia, older women usually wear plain nightgowns. If they are widows, they will pay more attention to the style and color of their clothes.
The gorgeous and frivolous nightgown worn by the Empress Dowager is what women in brothels like to wear. Occasionally, there are girls from decent families who wear it, but they are all beautiful young women who are interested in brothels.
So Xia Zhengqi was really shocked to see the Empress Dowager wearing such a gorgeous nightgown.
Xia Zhengqi was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.
The Empress and Concubine Shu, who followed him, were also stunned.
"Ah! Ah! Die...die..." Xia Miaoyuan sat in the closet, trying hard to call Xia Zhengqi, trying to pronounce the word "dad".
Xia Zhengqi, the queen and the concubine looked towards the closet.
At that moment, the three of them felt numb all over.
Not caring about anything else, the three of them rushed to the closet at the same time.
"Ah! Miao'er, why are you here!" Xia Zhengqi picked up his daughter. "
Chengshun! What's going on!" The concubine pulled the fifth prince out and asked, suppressing her irritable emotions.
"Chengshun, don't be afraid, tell me honestly, why are you and your sister here?" The queen asked as gently as possible.
[Fifth brother, you are in big trouble. Xia Miaoyuan
put her arms around Xia Zhengqi's neck and looked down at the Fifth Prince.
I really want to help you, but unfortunately I can't speak yet, so I can't help you.
[You took me to eat such a big melon, but I couldn't help you.]
Xia Miaoyuan showed a guilty look.
What? Eat melon? Chengshun brought Miao'er to Shoukang Palace
to eat melon? What kind of melon? Watermelon?
Xia Zhengqi and the queen were confused.
Half of autumn has passed, and there are no delicious watermelons.
"Your son... Your son..." The fifth prince hung his head, hesitating and unable to say a complete sentence.
"Mother, this..." Xia Zhengqi looked at the empress dowager helplessly.
[Daddy, it's useless to ask the old woman.]
Xia Miaoyuan turned his head and glanced at the empress dowager, smiling slyly.
[How do you ask the old woman to explain? I just told the palace servants to tell you that the fifth prince and the little princess were not in Shoukang Palace, but the two children appeared in the closet out of nowhere?】
"I... don't know what's going on." The Queen Mother's face was uglier than the kitchen rag.
Liu Youde's eyes turned, and he bowed to Xia Zhengqi and said, "Your Majesty, just now the Queen Mother was playing the piano in the bedroom, and suddenly she heard strange noises while playing."
"We opened the closet and found that the fifth prince and the little princess were actually inside."
"I'm afraid you should ask the fifth prince about this matter. The Queen Mother really doesn't know."