Tang Qi's face turned pale and said: "Eunuch Wei, Tang is not joking, it's just her sister-in-law, she is really missing!"
Wei Jian still had a kind smile on his face and said: "Master Tang, you can search again. After half an hour, I will return to the palace to reply. Bookmark this site."
This was an ultimatum. After Tang Qi pondered for a moment, he nodded, strode out, and said in a deep voice: "Look, even if we dig three inches into the Tang Mansion, we must find the second lady!"
He looked sharply at a maid and asked, "Did you see the second lady this morning?"
The maid couldn't help but tremble and said: "Good morning, when I delivered the meal this morning, I didn't see the second lady. I, I thought she hadn't gotten up yet..."
Tang Qi's face became even more ugly and asked: "What about last night?"
"Yesterday, last night, I personally watched the second young lady fall asleep..."
Tang Qi clenched his fists. There were many guards in the Tang Mansion and they were heavily guarded. It was impossible for a weak woman to escape from the Tang Mansion silently. He glanced below and said, "Gather everyone together and look for her!"
In the hall, Wei Jian looked at Tang Ning with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face and said, "Don't worry, No. 1 Scholar. Maybe your daughter has gone somewhere. Let's wait and have a cup of tea first..."
Tang Ning shook her head and said, "I'm afraid the tea is poisonous."
Wei Jian smiled and said, "How is this possible..."
"Even if it's not poisonous, there might be saliva or something..."
The smile on Wei Jian's face froze, he looked at the tea cup in his hand and slowly put it down.
Considering the entanglement between the Number One Scholar and the Tang family, it didn't seem impossible for this to happen, and he had just drank a lot of tea, and when he thought about it, he felt his stomach churn.
Within half an hour, the servants of the Tang Mansion searched each room, not sparing any corner, and the entire Tang Mansion was thrown into chaos.
Tang Qi walked in from the outside, looked at Wei Jian, and said with difficulty: "Eunuch Wei, we have searched all over the Tang Mansion, but we still haven't found the second sister..."
Wei Jian stood up, took a deep look at him, and said, "In this case, I will return to the palace to reply to His Majesty."
He looked at Tang Ning and said with a smile, "No. 1 Scholar, let's go."
Tang Qi stood there in a daze, watching Wei Jian and Tang Ning walk out of the Tang Mansion, and immediately said to a servant: "Go to the Ministry of Rites quickly and invite the eldest master back!"
Although the second sister is indeed missing, she disappeared earlier than later, and she disappeared just when His Majesty gave the order. How can the Tang family explain to His Majesty?
Even he himself didn't believe that such a coincidence could happen!
If this matter is not handled well, it will be the crime of deceiving the emperor. Even the Tang family cannot bear this responsibility.
He had no other thoughts in his mind at this moment. After giving instructions to a servant, he looked at another maid and said, "Go to Prince Duan's Mansion and let Prince Duan find a way to spread the news to Concubine Hui!
"
There was panic in the Tang Mansion, and outside the Tang Mansion, the people who came after hearing the news had already surrounded the streets.
"How is the situation inside? I seemed to have seen the chamberlain in the palace just now. Could it be that His Majesty has issued an order for the No. 1 Scholar to take his mother out?"
"If this is really the case, Your Majesty is too wise."
“It’s been so long, it’s time to come out!”
…
The crowd looked in the direction of the Tang Mansion gate, and while they were talking about it, there was finally movement at the door.
"The Number One Scholar is out!"
"Hey, why didn't you see that Miss Tang Mansion?"
"That's not right. The champion's face is very ugly. How dare the Tang family resist the decree?"
"What just happened inside?"
Tang Ning bowed her hands to Wei Jian and said, "Eunuch Wei, please make this trip in vain."
"It's no trouble to do things according to the order." Wei Jian smiled and said: "I want to return to the palace to reply to the order, so I won't send the number one scholar as a gift."
"Eunuch Wei, walk slowly."
After seeing Wei Jian off, Tang Ning glanced in the direction of Tang Mansion again, turned around and left.
In the crowd, someone finally had the courage to step forward and asked: "Master Zhuangyuan, have you seen your daughter-in-law?"
Tangning shook her head and strode away.
The news spread among the crowd in a very short period of time.
The way everyone looked at Tang Mansion changed again.
"This, the Tang family is so bold!"
"You even dare to disobey His Majesty's words. Is the Tang family going to rebel?"
"Hey, you are disrespectful by resisting the imperial edict. I wonder what your Majesty will do with the Tang family?"
…
Snapped!
In a certain hall of the palace, Emperor Chen slapped the table, "What did you say, you lost me?"
Wei Jian hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is what the Tang family said."
Emperor Chen's face darkened and he said: "In the eighteen years that we have been in the Tang family, we have always thrown away people sooner or later. But at this time, how can we throw a living person away?"
After he finished speaking, he stood up, put one hand on the table, and said, "I just want the mother and son to meet each other. Wei Jian, what do you mean by the Tang family? Do they really have the intention to rebel?"
Wei Jian lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, this matter has not been clarified yet, I dare not speak nonsense..."
After Chen Huang calmed down, he sat down again and murmured: "The Tang family has no reason to rebel, nor the courage to rebel. I don't think they dare to resist the decree, but where has this person gone?"
He looked at a certain location in the palace and asked: "Ling Yun, how difficult is it to take someone out of the Tang family quietly?"
Ling Yun took a step forward, thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, with the Tang family's guard strength, if I am the only one who can sneak into the Tang family without being discovered, I can't guarantee that I will be enshrined in the palace. I want to take him quietly."
It is absolutely impossible for a living person to come out."
Chen Huang frowned: "So, the Tang family really hid people?"
After he finished speaking, a eunuch came forward and bowed: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui wishes to see you."
"Just say I'm busy..." Chen Huang said impatiently, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let her come in."
Not long after, a woman in palace attire walked into the palace quickly and said: "Your Majesty, you want to make decisions for my concubines and the Tang family..."
Chen Huang glanced at her and asked: "Who is the master?"
The woman in palace clothes said: "My concubine's sister was kidnapped by thieves and disappeared. Your Majesty must send someone to catch the thieves..."
"Whether she was kidnapped or for some other reason, I will have someone investigate her closely." Huang Chen glanced at her and said, "It's the things your Tang family has done in recent days that have caused public dissatisfaction.
It's so exciting that even I can't stand it. The Tang family is a wealthy family after all, do they really have no face at all?"
The face of the woman in palace clothes changed and she said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, that is the Tang family being framed by rumors..."
"Whether it is a rumor or a frame-up, the people know it, and so do I." Emperor Chen waved his hand and said, "I will find out about this matter. Just wait for the news in the palace."
After a while, the woman in palace clothes walked out of the main hall and walked to the door of another hall. She lowered her voice and said, "Let Tang Shangshu come to see me."
…
Although the people in front of the Tang family had dispersed, news spread throughout the capital.
Those with complicated relationships got the exact information through servants of the Tang family.
The number one scholar went to the Tang family four times, but not only did he not see his biological mother, but no Tang family members were willing to see him. The number one scholar, who missed his mother eagerly, went to the palace to ask for an audience with His Majesty, and finally obtained an imperial edict allowing mother and son to meet. As a result, he arrived in Tang Dynasty.
home, but was told that his mother was missing...
"The Tang family is hiding people, this is bullying the emperor!"
"You are so courageous that you don't even care about the imperial edict. I'm convinced!"
"This is the Tang family's pill..."
…
Tang Ning was almost walking home, and Tang Shui was still following him.
Tangning turned back to look at her and asked curiously, "Why are you following me?"
Tang Shui crossed his arms and looked at him, asking: "My sister-in-law is gone, aren't you worried at all?"
Tangning was stunned for a moment, then she suddenly covered her chest and gritted her teeth and said, "No matter what they do to her, I will never let this matter go."
Tang Shui looked at him and asked, "Has anyone ever said that your acting skills are poor?"
