After hearing Hongli's words, the guards had no choice but to endure their exhaustion and went into the water to search again, but the result was the same, there was no trace of Xianyue at all!
The longer time passed, the more panicked Hongli felt. He said at a loss: "Keep looking! Keep looking for me!"
Zhaohui walked up to him and said: "Your Majesty, you have been in the rain for a long time. You will easily get sick if you continue. Otherwise, you should go back first and leave this place to Wei Chen. Wei Chen will definitely find the imperial concubine.
"
"No need, I'm fine." Hongli wiped the rain off his face and said tremblingly: "Zhaohui, find more people and find the imperial concubine as soon as possible. The longer it takes, the more dangerous she will be!"
"Wei Chen has sent someone to tell you. Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Wei Chen will let someone take you back first!" Before Zhaohui finished speaking, Hongli said impatiently: "I'm fine, the most important thing is now.
The most important thing is to find the imperial concubine! Also, if you catch those few people, don’t let any of them run away!”
Seeing that he insisted on doing this, Zhaohui had no choice but to find an umbrella from the boat and put it on Hongli's head to protect him from the pouring rain.
While Zhaohui ordered people to find ways to search underwater, he also sent people to track down the gangsters. Although some time had passed, the ship was not moving very fast. At this time, traces could still be seen, but by the time the guards and officers boarded the ship
, discovered a terrible thing, all the ships were leaking.
After receiving this news, Zhaohui finally understood why they had to escape by boat instead of riding horses faster. This was because they had pierced all the boats in advance, making it impossible for them to catch up. By the time they redeployed the boats, it was already too late and they could only watch.
Watch those thieves leave.
Hearing this, Hongli suppressed his anger and said: "Immediately mobilize the boats to pursue them. In addition, send people to block the holes before these boats sink to prevent these boats from sinking to the bottom of the river." Once the boats sink,
There is simply no way to salvage it and the only option is to rebuild the ship. If this is done, the loss will be immeasurable.
"Also, immediately send someone to notify Li Wei and ask him to pursue him along the river immediately. These rebels must not be allowed to escape!" After that, Hongli said anxiously: "Where is the imperial concubine? Is there any news?"
Zhaohui lowered his head and said, "There is no news yet."
Hongli clenched his knuckles so tightly that they turned white, gritted his teeth and said: "Keep looking, we must find it!"
Just as Zhaohui was about to agree, Agui rushed over and whispered a few words in his ear. The former's expression changed, and he ignored Hongli's presence and said eagerly: "Have you checked clearly?"
Agui looked solemnly and said: "I've checked several times, but I haven't seen it yet."
Hongli heard something was wrong and asked, "What didn't you see?"
Amid the endless sound of rain, Agui said: "Your Majesty, it's Prince He. I searched for him several times, but I couldn't see him."
Hong Li changed his color in horror and exclaimed: "What? Even the prince and the prince are missing? Didn't he just..." He paused, and then his voice sank to the bottom, "He has never come out since he entered the water?"
Agui nodded bravely. Now things have become more difficult. Xianyue has not been found, and even Hongzhou has disappeared. If he goes back, how should he explain to Princess Yu...
Seeing him like this, Zhaohui quickly comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't worry, you will definitely find the Imperial Concubine and Prince He."
Hongli nodded solemnly, "Even if we turn this place upside down, we must still find them."
Zhaohui tried her best to find many people, went into the water to search one after another, and expanded the search area again and again. Unfortunately, there was no trace of Xianyue and Hongzhou until dark. This result made everyone feel sad.
;Meanwhile, Zhaohui and the others persuaded Hongli many times,
The latter refused to go back to the palace first, insisting on waiting here in the rain, but his waiting did not bring the expected results; although Mingyu was unwilling to wait in the rain for Xianyue, and even wished Xianyue had died,
But he didn't dare to offend Hongli at this time, so he could only endure it reluctantly.
"Your Majesty..." As soon as Zhaohui said two words, Hongli said with a cold face: "If you can't find it here, go somewhere else. I don't believe that two living people can disappear out of thin air."
Zhaohui said quickly: "Weichen has asked people to search for another half mile, but the Queen Mother sent Eunuch Yang to ask why the emperor has not returned to the palace and whether there is anything wrong. Weichen... I don't know how to answer."
Hongli was startled, looked up, and saw Yang Hai standing not far away holding an umbrella. After hesitating for a moment, he walked over. Seeing him coming, Yang Hai quickly bowed and saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty,
, the Queen Mother is very worried about the Emperor and the two empresses, so she specially ordered the servant to come here to visit, I wonder if they are okay?"
Hongli nodded slightly and said, "You go back and tell the Queen Mother, please please take it easy, I'm fine."
"Hey." Yang Hai responded and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I wonder where the imperial concubine is?"
He had been looking carefully since he came here, and found that both Hongli and Mingyu were there, but Xianyue was not seen, and the official servants kept entering the water, as if they were searching for something, which made him feel ominous.
"The Imperial Concubine..." Hongli didn't say anything for a long time. The way he looked made Yang Hai even more sure of his guess, Xianyue... there was a chance that something had happened.
Hongli stared at the river for a long time, gritted his teeth slightly, and called Zhaohui: "You and Agui will stay here. I will go back to see Huang Aniang first. If there is any news, send someone to tell me immediately. Do you know
?”
Zhaohui said quickly: "We know this, please rest assured, Your Majesty."
After giving all these instructions, Hongli took Mingyu and a group of guards back to the palace. Hongli did not say a word along the way. As soon as they entered the palace, Hongli and Yang Hai went to where Ling Ruo lived.
palace.
Ling Ruo was chanting Buddha's name in the palace. When she saw Hongli come in, she quickly got up and looked him up and down and said, "Emperor, what's going on? Did those gangsters hurt you?"
Hongli supported her and said, "Don't worry, Queen, I'm fine. I just got caught in the rain. As for the rebels, they have escaped."
Ling Ruo breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "As long as everything is safe, as for the rebels, we'll just hunt them down separately." After that, she frowned again and said, "If everything is fine, why did it take so long to come back?"
Hongli squeezed out a smile and said: "My son was angry with those rogue gangsters who stabbed and disturbed the emperor's mother and held the empress hostage, so I wanted to capture them all, but I didn't expect that I let them escape in the end."
Ling Ruo was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed slightly. He stared at Hongli suspiciously and said, "Emperor, are you hiding something from the Ai family?"
Hongli pretended to be calm and said: "Where did Huang's mother think? How can I hide anything from Huang's mother?"
[Author's digression]: It's too late today, so I will only update two chapters, and the remaining chapter will be added tomorrow.