"Okay, everything is alright with the Ai family. Go and ask Yang Hai to see if there is any news from Prince He." Seeing that Ling Ruo refused to listen, Shui Xiu had no choice but to agree and walked out. After just a few steps,
Then they saw Yang Hai pushing open the door and walking in with a look of joy on his face, and said eagerly: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor and the Queen are back."
"Your Majesty..." Ling Ruo was overjoyed when he heard this and stood up in a hurry. After kneeling for a long time, he suddenly stood up. He was suddenly dizzy and found it difficult to stand. Fortunately, Yang Hai had quick hands and eyes to hold him up and did not fall down.
After her dizziness subsided, she held Yang Hai's hand and asked eagerly: "Where is the Emperor?"
Before Yang Hai could say anything, Hongli, who was soaked all over, had already walked in, knelt down with red eyes and said, "My son is unfilial, and I have made the emperor worried!"
Seeing Hongli appear in front of him safe and sound, Ling Ruo's heart dropped after a whole day and night, and she choked with sobs: "It'll be good to come back! It'll be good to come back!"
When helping Hongli stand up, Ling Ruo discovered the injury on his arm and asked in shock: "Who hurt you?"
Hongli followed his words and said: "They are just some people who obey orders. My son has escorted them all back to the palace to wait for disposal."
Ling Ruo nodded slightly and said in a cold voice: "These people dare to hurt the dragon body. They are committing heinous crimes and must not be leniently punished." After that, she said with some worry: "Where's the Queen? Didn't you say we came back together? Why don't you see her?"
"When I returned to Huang'e Niang, the queen was caught in the rain and had a fever. My son was afraid that her condition would worsen, so he asked Jinping to help her go to the inner hall to change clothes and ask the imperial doctor to diagnose her pulse. However, he failed to come to see Huang'e Niang in time.
Please forgive me, Queen Mother."
"That's it." Ling Ruo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes. In addition, let the imperial doctor take a look at the injury on your arm. Don't be careless."
"My son knows. My son heard from Yang Hai that the Queen's mother stayed in the Buddhist hall without closing her eyes because she was worried about her son. Now that she is fine, my son will help you to rest, so as not to exhaust yourself; when you wake up
, my son will have dinner with you."
Ling Ruo smiled slightly and said, "It's enough for Shuixiu and the others to wait on the Ai family. You should go back quickly to avoid catching a cold."
"Yes, the son has resigned first." When Hongli left the Buddhist hall, Sixi was already waiting outside, "Your Majesty, the water has been prepared. Please take a bath and change clothes."
Hongli nodded and went into the back hall to bathe and change clothes, washing away the mud and blood. After changing clothes, Xiao Wu led Fang Jian inside and re-bandaged the wound on his arm. Fortunately, the knife wound was not deep and he was not injured.
The muscles and bones just need to rest and wait for the wounds to heal.
When Fang Jian was about to leave, Hongli asked, "How is the queen?"
Fang Jian hurriedly bowed and said: "To return to the Emperor, the Queen just occasionally felt cold, which caused internal fever. I have already prescribed medicine for the Queen, and she will be fine soon."
"Very good, you can go to the inner hall later to diagnose the Queen's pulse." After the order slip went down, Hongli said to Si Xi: "Prince He is here to see me."
"Hey!" Si Xi bowed his head and left. After about a cup of tea, he came in with Hong Zhou who had changed into dry clothes. After sitting down, Hong Li said: "Today the queen and I can escape the danger.
, all thanks to you, Lao Wu, for finding me in time and risking your life to save me. Both I and the queen will remember this credit."
Hong Zhou stood up hurriedly and said: "The fire was extinguished only because of the rain from the sky. I dare not take the credit."
Hongli smiled and said: "If you hadn't arrived in time, even if it rained heavily and extinguished the fire in the forest, we still wouldn't have been able to escape the hands of those people. You deserve the credit for saving me!"
Hong Zhou lowered his head and chuckled, then said: "What does the emperor plan to do with those people?"
Hearing this, Hongli's expression suddenly darkened and he said, "Please tell me carefully what happened after I was taken away."
Hong Zhou responded and told him in detail that he discovered that Hong Li was missing, questioned Li Shihui, and then rushed to the governor's mansion to interrogate Fang Guancheng. Then he said: "My brother has never been found in Hangzhou Mansion."
The emperor thought that he might have been taken out of the city, and asked his subordinates to search along the way. Later, someone discovered a fire here, and someone was guarding the mountain and reported it to his younger brother. His younger brother came with the jailer, and sure enough he found that they were
Take away the emperor’s men.”
Hongli's eyes were gloomy and he said: "Is this matter related to Fang Guancheng?"
"Li Shiyun told my younger brother that it was Fang Guancheng's people who took away the emperor and the queen. Later, my younger brother used Fang Guancheng to torture him. He still refused to admit it, so my younger brother was not sure, but Fang Guancheng's suspicion
Very big.”
Hongli slapped the armrest hard and said in a cold voice: "Okay, the prefect and the governor colluded with each other to kill each other. No wonder the people of Hangzhou are so resentful towards the court. It's all thanks to them!" After a pause, he said:
"Are there other officials involved in this case?"
Hong Zhou thought for a while and said: "When my brother went to the governor's mansion, Wang Wei, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, was also there. Although he sent troops to search for the whereabouts of the emperor and the queen, he proposed to search in the Hangzhou mansion and said he would not leave the city, but the result
But I found the emperor outside the city, so I am somewhat suspicious of him."
Hongli was silent for a moment and said, "Where is Qiao Yan'er? But he was taken back to Wanhua Tower?"
Hong Zhou nodded slightly and said helplessly: "Mother Lin found a few witnesses and said that Qiao Yan'er signed the deed of betrayal while she was fully awake. They produced witnesses and physical evidence, and I couldn't stop it.
However, my brother told Nanny Lin that she should try not to force Qiao Yan'er, so Qiao Yan'er should be safe these days."
Hongli looked ferocious and said: "Those who commit crimes in a cowardly manner, force good girls to become prostitutes, and take human lives for granted should all die!" After that, he said to Sixi: "Inform me of my decree, go and bring the above-mentioned people to the palace immediately!"
"Slave obeys the order!" When Si Xi went down to deliver the order, Hongli ordered Xiao Wu to escort in those people who had been brought in from outside the city. These people were still wearing wet clothes, kneeling on the ground shivering, not knowing what was going on.
Still afraid of being cold.
Hongli stared at them indifferently and said, "Who instigated you to murder me?"
These people stared down at their reflections on the gold bricks without daring to speak. For a long time, the leader kneeling at the front trembled: "No one ordered the villain, the villain just... saw the emperor's extraordinary clothes, so he wanted to rob him.
Get some money to send envoys."
"Robbery?" Hongli sneered and said, "So, you are bandits?" Before the leader could answer, Hongli picked up the tea cup at hand and hit him hard on the head, breaking his head.
Blood flowed, and he said sternly: "Now that things have happened, you still dare to tell lies. What kind of bandits would besiege a lonely mountain for a night, or even set fire to the mountain in order to rob some money? Do you have to give me an order to kill your whole family before you are willing to tell the truth?"