Chapter 160 The anxious emperor
That night, Peng Xun was so worried that he sent more than half of Su Wei's men out to look for King Qi, but he couldn't find him, and he only had to dig three feet into the ground.
Fortunately, not only were traces of the fight found by the river, but through searching, we also found another battlefield by following the blood stains.
Peng Xun is also a veteran, and has also served as an inspector under the Left Prime Minister for several years, so he is well-informed.
Based on clues, it can be judged that King Qi's life is not in danger. First, there are few blood traces. Second, there is an obvious trace of being blown away on the last battlefield.
He followed this trace and found a cliff. There was an obvious trace of vomiting blood on the edge of the cliff. From this, he deduced that this should be where King Qi was knocked away by an assassin.
Listening to the rushing river below the cliff, Peng Xun now has an indescribable feeling.
Fortunately, King Qi was only injured and his body was not found. Unfortunately, the river was current and King Qi was not sure whether his life would be in danger if he jumped.
Moreover, the weather is getting colder day by day. Soaking in the cold water for one night is too much for my iron-clad body.
I hope that King Qi can bring good luck to people and good fortune.
Peng Xun scratched his head irritably, sighed resignedly, and led his men back to recover.
"Lord Peng, where is His Highness Prince Qi?" Eunuch Gui saw Peng Xun pacing back and forth hesitantly in front of the door and asked quickly, "You didn't find His Highness Prince Qi, right?"
"Hey!" Peng Xun sighed, "That's right!"
"Although we have found some clues, but!" Peng Xun couldn't help but sigh when he talked about the pain point, "I won't talk about it anymore. Life and death are determined by fate and wealth. Eunuch Gui quickly helps the subordinates to report to the emperor."
"Lord Peng, wish yourself well!" Eunuch Gui observed three seconds of silence for him, knocked on the door and whispered to the emperor in the room, "Your Majesty! Commander Peng Xun wants to see you!"
"Let him come in!" The emperor put down the tea cup sadly. In front of him was a delicate little beauty. As a result, he could only look at it but not eat it. This made the emperor almost vomit from the tea he used to quell the fire.
Fortunately, just when the emperor had just solved his internal crisis, the savior Peng Xun appeared.
"Master Peng, please!"
Peng Xun took a deep breath to keep himself calm, and did some mental construction before opening the door and walking into the "Yam Luo Palace".
"Slave Peng Xun comes to see the Emperor!"
"Where is King Qi?" The emperor frowned when he saw Peng Xun coming back empty-handed.
"This slave deserves death! Please allow the emperor to allow me to retire in old age!" What is supposed to come will always come, and there is no way to escape. Peng Xun took off the tripod crown and presented it with both hands.
"Tao'er!" The imperial concubine, who was hiding behind the screen and peeking, saw this situation and wailed, her vision went dark, and she fainted to the ground.
"My beloved concubine!" When the emperor heard the wailing of the imperial concubine, he didn't care what Peng Xun was doing. He quickly ran behind the screen to check on the imperial concubine.
As a result, he saw the imperial concubine fainting on the ground. He carried the imperial concubine back to the bed with regret, and at the same time shouted outside, "The imperial doctor! Hurry and call the imperial doctor!"
Eunuch Gui, who was waiting outside the door, heard the emperor's roar and ran to call the imperial doctor without thinking. The overwhelmed Peng Xun was left kneeling at the door, his face pale.
"You bitch!" The emperor kicked Peng Xun angrily, "If there is anything wrong with my beloved concubine, I will definitely kill your nine tribes!"
When Peng Xun had troubles, he allowed the emperor to vent his anger.
"Come here!" The emperor became more and more angry as he spoke, and was about to ask someone to drag Peng Xun down and chop him down. At this time, Eunuch Gui's timely appearance gave Peng Xun a turning point.
"Your Majesty! The imperial doctor is here!" Eunuch Gui led the old imperial doctor and ran over panting, just in time to catch up with this scene.
"Hurry! Let me see how the imperial concubine is doing?" The emperor ignored Peng Xun and hurriedly led the old doctor to check on the imperial concubine's condition.
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine was just so angry that she fainted. She will wake up in a while!" The old doctor put away his hand to check the pulse and replied respectfully.
"Have you ever..."
"Your Majesty! Tao'er! How is Tao'er?" Before the emperor could finish speaking, the imperial concubine suddenly woke up and said, "Where is Peng Xun? Where is Peng Xun? I want to ask him face to face!"
"My beloved concubine! Just hope you're fine!" Seeing that the imperial concubine was awake, the emperor was relieved, "Peng Xun! Get here quickly!"
Peng Xun rolled over, crawling on the ground. He naturally heard the situation clearly in the front hall. Seeing that the imperial concubine was fine, he felt relieved. At least, his nine clans can be preserved.
"Peng Xun, what happened to Tao'er?" The imperial concubine asked Peng Xun weakly.
"Returning to the Emperor and the Empress, this servant is incompetent and has not seen His Highness King Qi, but that's all. The only way we can judge is that His Highness King Qi's life is not in danger now."
"Tell me in detail, what did you find?" The imperial concubine's eyes lit up, and there was a little anger in her eyes.
"The slave sent people to search the back mountain carefully and found several traces of fighting. The last place where they disappeared was on the cliff of the back mountain."
"My slave judged that His Highness King Qi was cornered by assassins, so he took the risk and jumped off the cliff and fell into the river below the cliff."
"Then why don't you send someone to look for him quickly!" After listening to Peng Xun's words, the emperor quickly urged, "".
"Back to the Emperor, it's dark now, and it's hard to see clearly even with the light of the fire. I have no choice but to ask my men to search downriver along the river bank."
"But the river is too fast, and it will take a lot of effort to find His Highness Prince Qi. Moreover, the weather is getting colder now, and His Highness Prince Qi's body is relatively weak. Even if we can find His Highness Prince Qi, I am afraid..."
Peng Xun secretly looked at the expressions of the emperor and the imperial concubine. He did not dare to continue talking. He was afraid that the emperor would be angry and kill his nine clans again. Especially the concubine he married into the house, who had not even had sex with him a few times, was about to suffer such a disaster.
The imperial concubine was not willing to believe it at first, but when she heard what Peng Xun said, she suddenly started sobbing uncontrollably.
"Your Majesty! You must find Tao'er!" The imperial concubine was so distraught that she covered her face and cried bitterly.
"Don't worry, my beloved, Tao'erji has his own destiny, and everything will be fine!" Seeing the sad look of the imperial concubine, the emperor felt uncomfortable, but after all, he was the majestic head of a country, so he couldn't act too showy. She was too sad, so she had no choice but to suppress the grief in her heart and comfort the imperial concubine.
"Report!" At this time, the guard's voice sounded outside the door, "Report to the Emperor, I found a woman's clothes downstream."
"Send it up!" The palace winked at Eunuch Gui.
Eunuch Gui agreed and quickly took the clothes presented by the guards and handed them to the emperor for inspection.
"Woooooo!" When the imperial concubine saw the wet clothes in Eunuch Gui's hand, her tears were like a bursting lake, and she couldn't stop it anymore, "Tao'er! Miss Snow!"
My beloved, what do you mean? So there will be a snow girl incident? "The emperor's brows were twitching, and he felt something bad in his heart.
Although Bi Yuntao was his favorite son, he was only a little anxious when he heard something happened to him, but it didn't make him lose any sense of control.
But now that he heard that the old friend also had an incident with Bi Yuntao, the emperor's heart was agitated, and he could no longer be as calm as before.
The reason why he directly chopped off Xiang Guangtai's head was that, firstly, he knew that he had secretly had affairs with many palace maids through his position; secondly, he could just flatten the wings of the second prince and take the opportunity to weaken him again. First, his power; third, Peng Xun has always remained neutral, and now is the time to hire people. Although Peng Xun does not have any great skills, his ability to understand current affairs is first-rate, and he can find out the secrets of those princes for himself. Move less.
In addition to these reasons for being so angry, part of it was also for the imperial concubine to see.
Even though the third prince was his least favorite son, he was still his own son. Not only was one of his legs blown off by Bi Yuntao, he could only barely maintain his identity as a man. Although Bi Yuntao and Huang Guifei were not severely punished, they were still dissatisfied with their mother and son. So when he learned that Bi Yuntao was assassinated by an assassin, he also had the intention of punishing Bi Yuntao.
And none of his four sons left any heirs. In addition, his third son was almost made an eunuch by Bi Yuntao, which made him even more anxious. It was he who proposed marriage to Xue Ruyue for the eldest prince. Although the queen was very reluctant, when she told her whether she wanted to have a grandson, the queen agreed without saying a word.
If I had known that both of them would be in trouble, I wouldn't have been so impatient and should have taken things into consideration.
"Your Majesty, haven't I told you before that Tao'er and Miss Xue have disappeared together." The imperial concubine said with tears in her eyes.
"If only Tao'er had disappeared, I wouldn't be so anxious. It's not like this has happened before! It was just a false alarm! But this time, Miss Xue is also implicated, and I can't tolerate it. Don't worry, a good yellow flower girl has been implicated by Tao'er without any reason. Tao'er's reputation is not good to begin with. If this matter spreads again, I'm afraid no one will dare to marry their daughter to Tao'er in the future. Son."
"Tao'er is now engaged to Meng Ruoxi. If the Prime Minister shamelessly comes to ask the Emperor to cancel the engagement and everyone knows about it, wouldn't it be a joke for our royal family? What will the Emperor do then? How can you control the world if you manage the court?"
"Thank you for your love, concubine!" The emperor was deeply pleased to hear the concubine's heartfelt words.
"My dear concubine, I will rest for the night. I will personally go and supervise their search." Looking at the crying face of the imperial concubine, the emperor lovingly wiped away the tears from her face and tucked her into the quilt.
"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty!" The imperial concubine who stopped crying replied weakly. After a night of tossing, she was really sleepy now.
"Eunuch Gui, please send the imperial doctor to me." The emperor saw the imperial concubine closing her eyes tiredly, and then turned to Eunuch Gui and others.
"Peng Xun, come with me to the fighting places you discovered. I want to see for myself!"
"Yes! I will obey the emperor's order!" Peng Xun and Eunuch Gui both agreed, bowed and followed the emperor out of the room.
