When he woke up from his dream the next day, Zhao Guangyuan was in a daze.
He remembered! He remembered the past events that he had deliberately forgotten. Maybe, maybe, he really had a son.
In the twelfth year of his reign, he was hit by a series of accidents, and his whole life was like death. How he was sent to the imperial mausoleum, he himself had forgotten.
But he remembered it last night.
Before leaving Beijing that year, a group of brothers pretended to be brothers in front of others, bid him farewell and gave him several jars of fine wine. He was very drunk along the way, and others were still unconscious until they arrived at the imperial mausoleum.
He remembered that he felt uncomfortable all over that day. He didn't know whether it was because he drank too much or was not used to the imperial mausoleum for the first time. He only remembered that his whole body was hot and painful, and he wanted to die immediately to get relief.
In the middle of the night, he was in so much pain that he wanted to bang his head against the wall, but Fang Dafang Er hugged him tightly. Then...what happened next?
The discomfort disappeared the next day, and Fang Dafanger was sent away.
Something must have happened that night.
Zhao Guangyuan's heart was beating wildly. He remembered that when he woke up that morning, he found something strange on his body and some scratches on his body. He wanted to ask, but after Fang Dafang Er left, he had no one to ask.
He always thought that he had done something in pain and embarrassment that day when he first arrived at the imperial mausoleum. He could not say that he had a fierce fight with Fang Dafang Er during the night. Then he didn't care.
But now it seems that it shouldn't be.
Zhao Guangyuan's heart beat faster and faster. "Somebody come!"
Cao Cuo hurriedly opened the door and walked in: "Your Highness."
"Go and call me Jinxiu."
ah? This early in the morning, is it called Jinxiu?
Cao Cuo looked at him in astonishment. This early in the morning, he was not satisfied with his desires? His eyes fell on Zhao Guangyuan's hiding place, and he couldn't help but scream for His Highness.
His poor Highness, if he were in the capital, he would have a principal concubine, a side concubine, a concubine, and countless concubines, so there would be no need for a palace servant to serve him.
"Yes, I'll call Jinxiu right away." He shook his head and left with a look of regret.
When Jinxiu came in with a blushing face, she found that His Highness had packed up and was sitting in the main hall. Jinxiu couldn't help but turn her head and glance at Cao Cuo.
Cao Cuo was also confused. His Highness was not waiting in the inner room, but came to the main hall?
Could it be that the main hall is wider? So relaxing?
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard, "I would like to ask you what happened six years ago when I first arrived at the imperial mausoleum. There is no need to hide it. Please report it truthfully."
ah?
Jinxiu was stunned, and so was Cao Cuo.
Why would His Highness suddenly ask about what happened six years ago?
Jinxiu suddenly became serious, put away the ripples in her heart, and recalled: "Although the servant came to the imperial mausoleum with His Highness that day, he did not serve him closely. When His Highness got off the carriage that day, he was already drunk. He was beaten by Fang Dafang Er. He was helped down."
In fact, that day she and other palace people were sent to the imperial mausoleum with His Majesty Seventh Prince. Like everyone else, she was filled with resentment.
Even if she was disliked and ostracized in the palace, she would not have been sent to guard the mausoleum if His Majesty Seventh Prince hadn't been demoted to the imperial mausoleum.
The worst thing she could do is to be sent to Huangzhuang to farm. The best outcome is to be sent to the homes of other princes and nobles.
"That night, all the slaves were tidying up in their respective residences. His Highness was only served by Fang Dafang Er."
Zhao Guangyuan frowned. It seemed that he had to ask Fang Dafang Er to find out what happened that day. But Fang Dafanger didn't know whether he was alive or dead at this moment.
Moreover, the two of them are far away from the northwest and southwest borders. Even if they rush 800 miles, it will take a month to go back and forth.
He couldn't wait.
"What happened to the palace that night? Did anyone come in or out? Do you know whether Fang Dafang Er went out that night?"
This... Fang Dafang Er is His Highness's personal bodyguard, how dare she pry. And that day, everyone was filled with resentment, and they all avoided the main hall.
"This slave doesn't know."
Jinxiu felt a little regretful that she could not help His Highness. Thinking hard and thinking... "Ah, by the way! Maybe the mausoleum guards know whether Fang Dafang went out that night!"
Yes, the mausoleum guards guarding the palace!
Before Zhao Guangyuan could speak, he only glanced at Cao Cuo, who understood. "Old slave, let's go and investigate now!"
He walked out in a hurry.
"Your Highness..."
"You can go out now. If you remember anything and what happened in the past few days, please report back to this palace in time."
"Yes. My servant, please leave." Jinxiu glanced at Zhao Guangyuan quickly and backed out of the hall.
After nearly an hour, Cao Cuo came back and brought two people with him, who were the mausoleum guards who guarded the palace back then.
Many of the mausoleum guards who guarded the palace at that time were deregistered and transferred to other places due to various reasons. Cao Cuo still found the two mausoleum guards who guarded the palace from General Wei, after a lot of trouble.
"Back to the Seventh Highness, my subordinates were not guarding the main entrance of the palace, but the corner gate of the back hall."
"Go back to Your Majesty the Seventh Highness, and my subordinates will guard the corner gate of the apse."
Zhao Guangyuan was disappointed, but the two mausoleum guards said: "I remember clearly that that night, I don't know why Commander Fang did not go through the main entrance, but flew out from the corner door of the back hall. I wanted to take people there." I chased him, but then I stopped again.”
Another mausoleum guard next to him glanced at him and was pulled back by him at that time.
The Seventh Highness is still a prince after all. He is only led by a guard to go out. It is not that the Seventh Highness escapes. They are meddling in so many other things, and it is night when people and horses are exhausted.
The mausoleum guard continued to recall: "Later, the two subordinates saw Commander Fang Da coming back carrying something..."
"What objects did you carry back?" Zhao Guangyuan leaned forward slightly and asked.
"Yes. It is true that he carried something back, but the moon was waning that day, so the two subordinates didn't see clearly." So the two of them didn't actually see clearly what exactly they were carrying.
Later, early the next morning, Fang Dafang Er was escorted out of the imperial mausoleum by the Wei general.
"Although they didn't see it clearly, before dawn, the two subordinates saw Commander Fang carrying the object out of the palace again. When he came back, the object was not on his shoulders."
Uh...what does this mean?
Zhao Guangyuan and Cao Cuo looked at each other.
Fang Da indeed left the palace that day and went back and forth four times. First he carried something back, and then he sent it out intact?
Zhao Guangyuan tried to recall what he was doing when Fang Dafang left the next day.
Oh, he's hungover.
Later, at three o'clock in the morning, he went to find Fang Dafang'er, only to be informed that they had been sent away. He remembered that he said sarcastically at that time, "Let's go, let's all go, it's best to leave cleanly."
So, what happened that night.
If he really has a treasure lost in the world, it could only have happened that night.
Zhao Guangyuan can't wait to see Fang Dafang Er now. He misses the modern communication network so much. If he were there, he would know everything with just one call.
After sending the two mausoleum guards away, Zhao Guangyuan immediately gave orders to Cao Cuo...
(End of chapter)
