Zhu Biao quickly added: "Of course, that will happen after the twelfth brother comes back safely and goes to the fiefdom."
Erhu came in, looking nervous but a little excited: "Your Majesty, King Yan sent someone to send a secret message. He said that it must be presented to the Emperor in person."
When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately sat up straight: "Did the Fourth find Lao Twelve? Bring him in quickly."
Zhu Bai's rebellious son has always been elusive, and since he knew that Zhu Ping was not good for him, it was certainly safer to escape to Peking.
Zhu Neng, tired of his travels, came in and saluted Old Zhu: "The villain Zhu Neng is the bodyguard of King Yan. He was ordered by King Yan to send an urgent secret message to the emperor."
Lao Zhu: "Quick, quick, give us the letter, don't be verbose."
Zhu Neng carefully took out a wrapped brocade bag from his pocket and opened it layer by layer, revealing an envelope.
Lao Zhu couldn't wait anymore, so he stood up and snatched it with his hands. When he pulled the head open, the sign of the leader of the Guan Ya General Administration fell out.
Lao Zhu stared at the sign, motionless.
Zhu Biao: "Father, please don't be anxious. Read the letter first before speaking."
Lao Zhu glanced at him.
He was afraid that Zhu Di would say that Zhu Bai's body had been found, and this sign was the evidence.
Zhu Biao took the letter and took out two pieces of paper. Before he could read them, Lao Zhu grabbed them again.
Lao Zhu put one hand on the table to keep himself from falling, and grabbed the letter with the other.
These are letters written by Zhu Di and Zhu Bai respectively.
No one can imitate Zhu Bai's handwriting, so it cannot be wrong.
He scanned it hastily, his eyes widened suddenly, and then looked again carefully.
"Treason!"
He cursed through gritted teeth and sat down slowly.
My feet were so weak that my back was soaked with cold sweat.
If what the letter said was true, he just wanted to take Zhu Bai over and give him a good spanking.
But it would be even scarier if it wasn't true. It's even less likely that Zhu Bai will come back.
So he would rather it be true.
As long as the traitor can come back smoothly, anything will be fine.
Zhu Biao took the letter, read it, and breathed a sigh of relief: Just be alive. As long as he lives, Li Jinglong will not die.
He said to Zhu Neng: "Thank you for your hard work, you go down and rest."
Zhu Neng said: "Please give me a reply from the emperor. I will go back and report to King Yan later."
Zhu Biao nodded: "Very good. At your young age, you can do things quite well. Wait a moment."
He took a piece of paper and wrote "I understand", then stamped Lao Zhu's family letter, sealed it in an envelope, and handed it to Zhu Neng.
Zhu Neng took the letter and carefully put it back into the brocade bag, put it away, bowed and left.
Zhu Biao motioned to Erhu to close the door and handed him the letter to read.
Lao Zhu waited silently for Er Hu to finish reading, and said: "This matter will be kept strictly confidential. We will tell the Queen and Concubine Hu Shun. No more people will know. I am afraid that someone with ill intentions will deliberately murder Lao Twelve .”
Erhu and Zhu Biao cupped their hands: "I understand."
Lao Zhu said to Erhu: "You ask people to keep an eye on each border. Once you find any trace of Lao Twelve, bring them back immediately without delay."
He said the last four words with a bit of gritted teeth.
The urge to catch Zhu Bai and spank her came back.
After Erhu went down, Lao Zhu asked Zhu Biao: "What do you think?"
Zhu Bai sent back the waist card and explained the matter of appointing another leader, which was like a slap in the face to Zhu Biao: If you want the official and tooth bureau, then give it to you, I won't hesitate at all.
This also forced Zhu Biao to prove to Lao Zhu whether his friendship for his brother was true or false.
If Zhu Biao gets the waist card, he will no longer be so keen on looking for Zhu Bai. Then no matter how much he loves his younger siblings and values brotherhood, it will become a joke.
In fact, when Lao Zhu first learned that Zhu Bai was missing, he also suspected that it was Li Jinglong who was instigated by Zhu Biao.
Zhu Bai directly handed over his waist card, which seemed to imply this: I don't want to play anymore, it's important to save my life. Everything is given to you.
Zhu Biao said: "Don't worry about appointing a new head of the General Administration of Tooth and Tooth. Let's wait until the twelfth brother comes back."
Although Zhu Bai has not been in Yingtian in the past few months, he has been handling affairs through the official teeth bureaus across the country, sending instructions back to the general bureau for further distribution.
Moreover, Zhu Bai designed the Guan Ya Bureau very well. Even if he didn't care about it at all, the Guan Ya Bureau could run on its own for several months without any problems.
So there is still a few months of buffering period from now on.
Lao Zhu nodded slightly: "Yes. There is indeed no suitable candidate now."
There is no problem with Li Jinglong's identity, but his virtue and ability are not worthy of him.
Lao Zhu felt that every soul he had lost came back after reading that letter.
Now I felt much more at peace. I hurriedly dealt with the important memorials, left Zhu Biao to deal with the rest alone, and hurried to Kunning Palace.
He discussed the matter with Queen Ma.
Queen Ma breathed a sigh of relief: "I hope Twelve is safe."
Then she sat down in a daze and became silent.
Lao Zhu asked: "What's wrong?"
Empress Ma said: "This child is so sensible and generous sometimes that it makes people feel sad. He is still in danger, but he never forgets to send someone back to deliver letters and badges, for fear that we will worry and delay important events."
Lao Zhu also sighed: "No. He also asked the fourth child to send us a secret message, and also said that it should be kept secret, which shows that he has thought carefully."
Even the children knew that Zhu Xi must have been causing trouble. Otherwise, why would he bypass Zhu Xi and go all the way to Peking to ask Zhu Di to deliver the message.
Empress Ma became more disgusted with Concubine Li Shu and nodded: "Don't worry. Don't tell anyone about this."
Xiangyun poked her head at the door.
Queen Ma asked: "What's wrong?"
Xiangyun came in and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, your Majesty. Concubine Hu Shun has not allowed this slave to report, but she has not eaten for several days. This slave is really worried."
Empress Ma sighed: "That's just a boring thing. If anything happens, you will only suffer by yourself. Your Majesty, please go and see her again."
After all, Lao Zhu is the child's biological father.
Lao Zhu nodded: "Okay, we just have to go tell her about this."
Concubine Hu Shun leaned against the window and looked at the begonia flowers in the yard, not knowing what she was thinking.
Zhu Ju, who used to be noisy, also leaned against her and became quiet.
They didn't notice Lao Zhu approaching.
Lao Zhu coughed slightly.
Concubine Hu Shun turned around and saw Lao Zhu. She quickly wiped the tears on her face and saluted, and whispered: "Why is the emperor here?"
Lao Zhu picked up Zhu Ju and asked Concubine Hu Shun: "Xiangyun said you don't want to eat?"
Concubine Hu Shun sighed: "This person, why did she go to disturb the emperor despite my repeated explanations? I'm fine, I just have no appetite."
Lao Zhu glanced at Xiangyun.
Xiangyun hurriedly took Zhu Ju out, closed the door, and called everyone in the yard outside to go out.
Lao Zhu waited until it became quiet outside before telling him about Zhu Di's secret letter and waist badge.
Concubine Hu Shun's tears fell like broken pearls, and she sobbed: "Does this child want me to be angry to death? Since he is fine, why didn't he come back, scare everyone like this, and make his relatives worried."
