The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 396: Wrath of the Emperor (Part 2)

Even though he knew that the possibility was unlikely, the emperor still went to Bishui Hutong, not only to inquire about the whereabouts of Empress Dowager Zhuang, but also to remind Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang to pay attention to safety.

If Empress Dowager Zhuang is Concubine Jing's deadly enemy, then Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang who repeatedly sabotaged Concubine Jing's good deeds are undoubtedly her thorns in the eyes and flesh.

Xiao Liulang had just returned from the Imperial Academy, and he never expected such a thing to happen.

Gu Jiao was drying medicinal herbs in the front yard, while the three children of the family were playing in the backyard, and the house was full of tranquility and peace.

He withdrew his gaze and said to the emperor, "My aunt hasn't been here...we will be careful."

The emperor nodded: "You must not have any more accidents."

Xiao Liulang took a deep look at him: "Your Majesty, what are your plans?"

The emperor clasped his hands together: "Zhen will find the queen mother."

This is the second time Empress Dowager Zhuang disappeared, the first time was because of him, he sent her to the Leprosy Mountain, it was he who lost her.

This time, he wanted to find her back himself.

After he finished muttering, he turned around and plunged into the night with heavy steps.

"What's wrong?" Gu Jiao walked over.

The matter is of great importance, Xiao Liulang did not hide it from her: "Auntie and Concubine Jing are missing, Your Majesty suspects that Concubine Jing has taken Auntie away."

"You just said... who was taken away?"

The voice of the old man offering wine suddenly sounded behind the two of them.

Both of them turned their heads to look at him, the old Jijiu was holding a bowl of freshly baked brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, sprinkled with freshly fried white sesame seeds.

His hands began to tremble slightly, and hot sugar water spilled out.

Gu Jiao walked over and reached out to him: "Uncle, give it to me."

"Ah?" His voice was also trembling, "You, you haven't said who was taken away?"

"It's my aunt." Gu Jiao said.

The old Jijiu shook his body.

Gu Jiao supported him with one hand and caught the bowl with the other.

The bowl was very hot, Xiao Liulang quickly took the bowl over, put it on the stone table aside, and said to the old Jijiu: "Concubine Jing will not do anything to my aunt for the time being, if she wants to kill my aunt in the palace, she can do it." Well, she should have some other purpose for bringing my aunt out."

Gu Jiao looked at Xiao Liulang and said, "I'm going to find my aunt, sir, you and my uncle are waiting for news at home."

Xiao Liulang hesitated for a moment,

nodded.

The old Jijiu tremblingly said: "I, I will look for it too."

Xiao Liulang didn't object. Seeing his unsteady steps, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "I'll go with the teacher."

The old Jijiu nodded apprehensively: "Okay...Okay."

Afterwards, the two also left Bishui Hutong.

The imperial city was blocked, and the four major city gates were only allowed to enter but not to exit.

On the winding path, two carriages were advancing one after the other, escorted by four riding guards at the front and rear of the carriage.

The sky was getting darker, and the last ray of sunset light also faded away, and the sky was gray and blue.

The carriage walked unhurriedly, and the people in the carriage also seemed calm and calm.

"Hong'er must have never imagined that we have already left the city."

If the emperor were here, he would definitely be able to hear that the owner of this voice was the Concubine Jing whom he had been looking for so hard.

Concubine Jing changed into the clothes of a folk woman, with a single bun and an unremarkable silver hairpin.

At her age, she is no longer able to pursue beauty, but it has to be said that the people who come out of the palace are very different from the folk women.

The Empress Dowager Zhuang opposite her also took off her black gilt phoenix gown and wore shabby peasant clothes.

It's just that if you look closely, the elegance between her eyebrows and eyes is not comparable to that of Concubine Jing.

Empress Dowager Zhuang closed her eyes and meditated, and did not respond to her.

Concubine Jing smiled: "Don't pretend to be asleep, I know you are not asleep, how could you be able to sleep?"

"You are very noisy." The Empress Dowager Zhuang said with her eyes closed.

Concubine Jing looked at her steadfastly, with a mocking smile on her lips: "Zhuang Jinse, are you really not afraid of death?"

The Empress Dowager Zhuang still kept her eyes closed, obviously not going to pay attention to this noisy woman.

Concubine Jing was not angry, she lowered her eyes and picked up a piece of broken silver hair on the hem of her clothes, and said with a smile: "We are all old in a flash, and the days pass so quickly, it seems that we haven't been in the palace for long. Sister still remembers my first Did I see you once? In the imperial garden, my sister was wearing the queen’s phoenix gown, and she was sitting in the pavilion chatting with all the sisters. Unlike my sister, I can be a queen when I enter the palace. I don't even have the qualifications to ask for peace, so I can only kowtow to my sister from a distance under the guidance of the palace servants. My sister didn't even look at me, and only asked the palace servants to reward me with a jade bracelet, which is this jade bracelet."

As she spoke, she stretched out her left wrist and pulled up her sleeves, revealing a high-quality jade bracelet.

"My sister is the daughter of the Zhuang family and the queen of Zhaoguo. The things she uses are all excellent. Even if you pull out a bracelet to reward someone, it is priceless. Does my sister know what I was thinking at the time? I was thinking, what in the world? Will there be such a lucky person? From a prominent family background, with a respected status, beautiful face, unparalleled beauty, and the grace of the emperor... Is there anything in this world that my sister can't get? I don't even have the right to envy my sister. "

"It's just who would have expected that a person as humble as I am in the dust would just fall into my sister's eyes?"

The Empress Dowager Zhuang said in a nonchalant manner: "Who is young and not yet blind?"

Concubine Jing chuckled: "Sister is really good at joking. In fact, I have been grateful to my sister and thought about being good sisters with my sister for the rest of my life, but who made my sister be so scheming? He praised me on the surface, but secretly You just use me as a stepping stone to climb up!"

Empress Dowager Zhuang finally opened her eyes slowly, with an impatient look on her face: "Concubine Jing, are you blind or Aijia blind?"

When did she use her as a stepping stone?

She deserves it?

Concubine Jing sneered and said, "My sister knew that what the late emperor wanted in her heart was you, but she always pushed me to serve the late emperor. If she didn't know, she thought that I had gained my sister's honor. But I understand that my sister is playing hard to get. The late emperor The reason why you went to my place was because you wanted to hear some news about my sister. My sister is really scheming, and I can't match her tricks."

Empress Dowager Zhuang is too lazy to mess around with her, she can think whatever she likes, some people just like to be cheap and behave well.

Concubine Jing didn't care whether Empress Dowager Zhuang would respond to her or not, she laughed mockingly: "There are countless concubines in the harem, the late emperor went to anyone but not to my sister, but how could my sister understand that the late emperor had no intention of going anywhere, The first emperor left his heart in his sister's Kunning Palace."

"Oh." The Empress Dowager Zhuang sneered.

Concubine Jing looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang in confusion: "What? Am I wrong?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang gave her a pitiful look: "Concubine Jing, you are so pitiful."

Concubine Jing's expression was torn apart for a moment, but she soon recovered her perfect smile: "My sister's voice of Concubine Jing reminds me of the past even more."

The Empress Dowager Zhuang said indifferently: "Don't talk about the old days. If you want to reminisce about the old days, go to the carriage behind to find Madam Cai. Aijia wants to be quiet."

Concubine Jing lowered her eyes and threw the broken hair in her hand on the ground: "Sister, I don't wonder why I want to divorce my sister and Hong'er?"

Not to mention, Empress Dowager Zhuang is really not curious: "Does a person need a reason for doing many evils? You have to taste the hardships of life. Let me say that you are forced, and you have no choice. Do you want to move Aijia or move you?" yourself?"

Concubine Jing's smile faded: "My sister is still so merciless when she speaks."

Empress Dowager Zhuang closed her eyes again, this time she made up her mind to ignore Dowager Jing.

Concubine Jing probably felt bored, so she didn't continue this topic. She opened the curtain and looked out, and suddenly said melancholy: "I want to go to the frontier to see Ning An, sister, come with me. would be happy."

Empress Dowager Zhuang frowned, but did not open her eyes.

After a long time, I just wanted to take her to the frontier to meet Ning An. Who would believe this reason?

Concubine Jing murmured: "We all go to see Ning An for the last time."

These words are strange.

Empress Dowager Zhuang suspected that Concubine Jing was a little out of order.

Concubine Jing put down the curtain, looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang and smiled: "After all, we are getting old, so we can't make a second trip."

It seems to be explaining the previous sentence.

However, in the next second, she laughed again: "Or, after seeing Ning An, I will kill my sister."

Night fell.

The manhunt in Beijing went nowhere.

The emperor stood under the majestic city gate, watching the guards who guarded the city search the people who entered the city one by one, with an extremely dignified expression.

Eunuch Wei looked at the chapped lips of the emperor, and said distressedly: "Your Majesty, you have been running around all day, go and rest for a while, Eunuch He will watch."

The emperor's eyes were filled with a layer of frost: "The queen mother is still in the hands of that woman... I am not tired, and I will not rest if I can't find the queen mother."

This time, he will not lose his mother again.