If Zhu Ping was here, Zhu Bai would be safe in the backyard.
Mao Xiang felt a little relieved and stepped forward to Zhu Ping, cupping his hands and saying, "Your Highness."
Zhu Xi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Hey, Mr. Mao, why do you have time to come here today?"
Mao Xiang: "What a coincidence. The minister was passing by and happened to see His Highness coming out to see Master Li off, so he shamelessly came to ask for a cup of tea."
Zhu Xi smiled: "Please come in, please come in. If Master Mao had not accompanied my twelfth brother to Xi'an, I would not have had the chance to invite Master Mao."
After sitting down, the two chatted for a while.
Zhu Xi said with a half-smile, "Master Mao, you're not here just for a cup of tea."
Mao Xiang sighed: "To be fair to Your Highness, I have a few important words that I would like to ask Your Highness to convey to Concubine Deng."
Zhu Xi was stunned and asked, "Huh?! Please tell me."
Mao Xiang said: "Wei Chen once served as an official under Mr. Deng, so Mr. Deng suddenly suffered from a serious illness that year. The emperor ordered Wei Chen to go to Mr. Deng first with an oral instruction. The imperial doctor then arrived to ensure that Mr. Deng could get it in time. Treatment, it’s a pity that Mr. Deng couldn’t wait for the imperial doctor..."
Zhu Ming sat with his eyes downcast, hiding the pain in his heart.
Listening to Mao Xiang talking about this, he felt more and more distressed and missed Deng Zhiqiu. He finally clenched his fists, swallowed his tears, and asked in a trembling voice: "Did my father-in-law leave anything for Zhiqiu?"
Mao Xiang said: "At that time, Mr. Deng was confused and sober. When he was confused, he shouted the names of the princess and Mr. Deng. When he was sober, he could still recognize Wei Chen, but he could not speak coherent sentences. Mr. Mu and I Don't worry, he took turns guarding the adults at night. Master Deng suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, grabbed the hand of the minister and said, I'm leaving. Please tell my useless children to stay away from the traitor and behave as they should. Early the next morning, Master Deng went there, and the imperial doctor arrived an hour after Master Deng left, but it was a pity that he could not save his life."
Zhu Xi nodded slightly: "I understand."
Mao Xiang stood up and saluted Zhu Xi: "Your Majesty, I forgive you. I just told Lord Deng these few words truthfully. I dare not change or conceal even a single word. In these years, I have never had the opportunity to tell His Highness and Princess in person. Delayed until today.”
Zhu Xi felt mixed feelings in his heart. If he and Deng Zhiqiu had heard these words earlier, perhaps they would not be in such an embarrassing and painful situation today.
He nodded slightly: "Master Mao, don't worry. Thank you very much for telling me this. I will definitely tell Princess Deng word for word."
Zhu Xi knew very well that Mao Xiang wanted to sneak in and find Zhu Bai, but what he said didn't sound like lies.
After all, Mao Xiang was always cautious and rarely had personal relationships with ministers.
Deng Yu's son Deng Zhen is Li Shanchang's grandson-in-law.
In order to clear up his relationship with Li Shanchang, Mao Xiang would not meet Deng Zhen in private just to bring a message, so he could only come and talk to Zhu Ping.
Seeing that he had laid the groundwork, Mao Xiang said: "Today, Your Highness came to give gifts to the Princess. After entering the palace, she never came out. The minister was a little worried. The palace was too big and His Highness was lost and in danger. Could you please send someone to look for her in the palace?" try to find."
After much deliberation, it was better to tell the truth, leaving Zhu Ping unable to shirk.
In fact, even if Zhu Bai came to see the princess, he was still meeting his sister-in-law.
Besides, Zhu Bai is still a child, so there is nothing to misunderstand when entering the inner courtyard.
Zhu Fang pretended to be surprised: "Ah, I have been chatting with Master Li in the front yard about this, and I don't even know about it. I immediately ordered a search."
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Zhang Yu was very anxious when he saw that Mao Xiang had not returned after a quarter of an hour. He took out his badge and went to the guard at the back door and said, "The young man who helped King Xiang to deliver gifts today has never come back. His Highness King Xiang values this child very much and told me to find him." He took it back. Please help bring it out."
The guard returned the gift: "Mr. Zhang, the child left after giving the gift."
Zhang Yu sneered: "We have been guarding here, but we have never seen him come out."
Guard: "Leaved through the front door."
Zhang Yu said: "I'm not afraid to tell you honestly, that child is King Xiang. If you know anything, tell me quickly. Or you can go in and look for it now. If there is anything wrong with His Highness, we will all die." "
The guard hurriedly handed over his hands: "The villain is only responsible for guarding the back door. Someone inside just told me that if anyone asked about the child, he said he left through the front door. I don't know anything else."
This is obviously because Zhu Bai was caught inside and was playing rogue.
Zhang Yu no longer cared about etiquette and dignity, and rushed in directly.
The Qingjun Duweifu is Lao Zhu's personal bodyguard.
Fighting against the pro-military Duwei Mansion is tantamount to threatening Lao Zhu, and is a serious crime of treason.
This is also the reason why Lao Zhu put Zhang Yu beside Zhu Bai in the first place.
At this moment, no one in the palace guards dared to stop them, so Zhang Yu and the others marched straight in.
Zhang Yu entered the backyard and met Mao Xiang and Zhu Xi who were coming from the front.
Zhang Yu asked Mao Xiang with his eyes.
Mao Xiang shook his head gently.
Zhang Yu gritted his teeth: This time it was really troublesome.
He raised his hand to Zhu Xi and said: "Your Highness should tell the minister earlier where King Xiang has gone. Otherwise, if the Emperor finds out about this, Your Highness may not be able to get away with it."
A guard next to him said, "Ah, by the way. When Mr. Li Jinglong just went out, I seemed to see a child getting into Mr. Li's car."
Zhu Xiang's face sank: "Why didn't you report such an important matter earlier? It made the two adults anxious?"
The guard timidly said: "The villain didn't know that it was King Xiang. He thought it was the book boy next to Mr. Li."
Mao Xiang remembered that he had just seen Li Jinglong leaving in a carriage.
It turned out that these two people collaborated to kidnap Zhu Bai and transport him away under their noses? ! !
He never suspected Li Jinglong, so he didn't pay attention to the carriage.
Zhu Fang was willing to listen to what he said. It turned out that it was just to hold them back so that Li Jinglong could escape smoothly.
Zhu Fang sighed to Zhang Yu and Mao Xiang: "Two adults. Yesterday, my twelfth brother clamored to go to the northern grassland to shoot rabbits. You know my twelfth brother best. Once he makes up his mind, no one can I couldn't stop him. He secretly got into Mr. Li's car, probably because he wanted Mr. Li to take him there. If I had known about it earlier, I would have stopped him."
He looked upright and cleared himself up in a few words.
If Zhu Bai hadn't told Zhang Yu and the others Zhu Ping's intentions in advance, they might have been deceived now.
Fugui shouted: "Impossible!! No matter how much His Highness dislikes Li Jinglong, there is no way he would go with him."
Zhang Yu became angry and said: "Although King Xiang is naughty, he will never do such a trivial thing."
Zhu Ming narrowed his eyes and said grimly: "Then what do you mean, is this king intending to murder my twelfth brother?! If there is no evidence, these adults cannot talk nonsense and alienate our brothers' feelings. My father is most taboo. this."
Zhang Yu choked up: I hate that I have always been clumsy and tongue-tied, but for a moment I didn't know how to refute him.
