"Chunya..." She shouted again, but she was still answered by silence.
Tonight, it seemed quieter than before, with only the sound of heavy snow falling on the branches outside.
Mu Qingchao felt strange and had to go out to see...
But when I stood up, even my feet were weak, and I needed to put both hands on the table to ensure that I wouldn't fall.
"Chunya..."
Even her voice softened.
After wandering, I finally walked to the door, but I became more and more weak. In the end, I couldn't hold on any longer. My eyes turned black and I fell to the ground...
I don’t know how long it took, but someone pushed open the palace door.
Eunuch Zhang walked in carrying a lantern.
He looked down at Mu Qingchao on the ground and couldn't help but laugh.
He usually nodded and bowed in front of nobles, but did not dare to look at them seriously. How could he look at them so unscrupulously like now?
"This Queen Mother is so beautiful." Eunuch Zhang touched his chin and couldn't help but sigh.
"It's a pity that I don't have that ability. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to give others an advantage."
After Eunuch Zhang finished speaking, he glared at the shivering apprentice next to him.
"Why are you still standing there? If you haven't carried the person away yet, are you still waiting for me to do it?"
"Ah? Yes, yes..."
Xiao Shunzi's whole body was shaking. He leaned forward to lift Mu Qingchao, but just as he touched her hand, his hand shook and her hand fell down again.
"Master...Master...I...I dare not..."
"Useless thing." Eunuch Zhang stepped forward and kicked his apprentice.
"Are you afraid that something like this will happen like this? If you accept Concubine Rong's money, is it possible that you can still stay in this palace?"
After he finished scolding, he continued to persuade with kind words: "What's so scary? After you finish this job, in the future, there is nowhere you can't go to, such as Youyun or beyond the Great Wall. Isn't it better than dying in the palace?"
Xiao Shunzi gained some courage after hearing this, picked up Mu Qingchao and put it on his shoulders, followed Eunuch Zhang, and the master and servant went out one after the other.
The entire Chaoyun Palace ate the red bean soup and fell asleep. The palace in Nuoda was like a deserted place where people could come and go.
But just after leaving the palace gate, I saw a snow-white cat standing there.
It was a lion cat. It was so fat that all its fur stood on end. It meowed at the two people, its meowing sharp and sharp.
"Hey, where did this wild cat come from? Get away, get away..."
Eunuch Zhang kicked him with his foot.
The cat was fierce, and it opened its claws and scratched Eunuch Zhang's feet.
"hiss……"
Eunuch Zhang gasped in pain.
"Damn it, you damn cat!"
Eunuch Zhang got angry and kicked the cat hard. The cat flew backwards and hit an osmanthus tree behind him.
With a "boom" sound, a large piece of snow fell and buried it underneath.
It may have been hurt by the collision, and it struggled for a long time before it managed to stand up. The chassis was still unstable, and the snow on its body was shaken off after shaking.
However, at this time, the two men had already led Mu Qingchao away.
"Meow~~"
The cat meowed at the backs of the two people, but this time it was obviously much weaker than the previous one.
"Meow~~"
"Meow~~"
The entire palace echoed with the purring sounds of cats all night long, but no one took it seriously.
Only on the morning of the second day, before dawn, someone hurried out of the palace with a cart.
"Stop!" The guards guarding the city blocked their way.
But when he saw the person coming, he suddenly laughed: "Who do I think it is? It turns out to be Eunuch Zhang. What's wrong? Are you leaving the palace to buy things so early today?"
Mr. Zhang got a lot of oil and water every day, but he also used it to worship these city defenders.
Otherwise, I won’t be able to freely bring things to the nobles.
"Yes, yes." Eunuch Zhang greeted him with a smile at this moment: "Isn't it almost the Chinese New Year? The palace needs a lot of things, why don't we take our little apprentice with us."
"Oh." The guard nodded: "Then this car of yours is..."
"Hey, there are too many things, how can I carry them? It's always more convenient to push a cart."
After Eunuch Zhang finished speaking, he saw that the guards still had no intention of letting him go. He rolled his eyes and stuffed a purse into the hands of the guards.
"I know the rules in the palace, so I shouldn't put you in trouble, but we are all old acquaintances, why can't you still trust me? We have worked hard defending the city in the winter, so I will use this little money to buy some hot tea."
The guard weighed the weight on his hands, feeling satisfied.
He waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go..."
**
Naturally, Chunya was the first to notice the Queen Mother's absence.
She was supposed to be on duty, but she fell asleep in the side room next to her.
When I woke up, it was already broad daylight, and I hurriedly got up to serve the Queen Mother.
But when I opened the door, I couldn't see the shadow of the Queen Mother.
Chun Ya had a bad feeling in her heart.
The Queen Mother is not a hard-working person, especially in winter. How can she not sleep until the sun is shining?
Why did you get up so early today?
Why did it happen to be the day she fell asleep?
Inside the room, a white glazed porcelain bowl fell on the ground, with still unfinished red bean soup in it...
Chun Ya became more and more frightened, and quickly woke up everyone in the palace to look for him.
But after searching inside and outside the palace, where is the Queen Mother anywhere?
It’s over…
Chunya's heart suddenly sank. The fact was before her eyes. Something must have happened to the Queen Mother.
Naturally, this kind of thing cannot be hidden, and must be reported to the emperor.
Shen Muchi had just left the morning court and was on his way back to the palace when he was stopped by Eunuch Lu.
"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Lu knelt in front of Shen Muchi.
"What's the matter?" Shen Muchi felt upset when he saw him in such a panic. There were a lot of things in the past that were complicated, but this damn eunuch didn't have the vision to keep him clean.
"Your Majesty, news has just been sent to the Cloud Palace that the Queen Mother...the Queen Mother...she is missing." Eunuch Lu's voice was still trembling.
"Gone?" Shen Muchi didn't react for a moment.
"What do you mean missing?"
"It's just...it's just lost...I can't even find the palace."
The words were like a thunderclap, and Shen Muchi's head buzzed. Before he had time to react, he just felt angry.
He stepped forward and kicked Eunuch Lu.
"Nonsense! How could this big living person be lost?"
The road was slippery in the snow, and Eunuch Lu was kicked a long way, but he ignored the pain and stood up again and knelt on the ground.
"It's absolutely true, Your Majesty, even the Queen Mother's personal maid doesn't know where she went. She came to Fulin Hall to look for you because she really couldn't find her.
While you were away, I asked the people in the palace to search again, and almost turned the entire palace upside down, but... there was still no sign of the Queen Mother..."
Eunuch Lu knew the importance of the Queen Mother to the Emperor. Others could not see it. He was serving her closely. How could he not know?
These days, it seems that the emperor is cold towards Chaoyundian, but Eunuch Lu is watching from the side, and his majesty... has not smiled even once in these days.
Even Xu Meiren was not summoned.
I don't know why, but it seems that whenever the words "Xu Meiren" are mentioned in front of His Majesty these days, he will get inexplicably angry.
"Go...go and call everyone in Chaoyun Palace to me..."
After a while, Eunuch Lu heard the emperor speak, but when he spoke, his voice was mute.
Shen Muchi turned around and headed towards Chaoyun Palace. The pace was a panic that Eunuch Lu had never seen before.