Chapter 409 The Queen is Missing (5)
She went to the Queen's bedroom and took a look. At noon, Mu Qingtong was in the inner hall, and the palace maids and eunuchs were arranged in the outer hall. Only Jiuer was serving in the inner hall. When the people from the Underworld came, Jiuer wanted to shout, but was beaten and is still unconscious.
Zheng Tianbao was quite skilled and he rushed in immediately after hearing the noise. Unfortunately, when he entered, the empress had disappeared.
The people from the underworld kidnapped the queen without leaving a single word.
"Your Highness." Zheng Tianbao followed her closely, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "The prince has instructed that you don't need to interfere in these matters."
"I won't interfere. I'll just take a look at where my sister lives." Wei Ning said cooperatively, slowly looking at things in the inner hall one by one. "Zheng Tianbao, have you been following my sister for all these years?"
"Your Highness, yes." Zheng Tianbao followed behind her and answered respectfully.
"Have you noticed in these years that my sister has the idea of getting married?"
Zheng Tianbao was startled, his face flushed, and he said quickly : "I didn't notice it, and I don't dare to speculate on your majesty's thoughts."
"Don't pretend, I'm talking to you seriously." Wei Ning turned around and sat down on the couch, "What has Situ Yao been doing these years?"
"He is the chief pharmacist of the empire. His Majesty trusts him very much. All the imperial medicines and food are checked by Situ Yao for His Majesty."
"Nothing else?"
Zheng Tianbao asked, "What does the prince want to ask?"
"I think the emperor can recruit Situ Yao as his husband."
"As a servant, I dare not speculate on your Majesty's affairs." Zheng Tianbao lowered his eyes and dared not say anything careless.
The Queen attached great importance to her reputation. Over the years, even when discussing state affairs with the Regent, she was very cautious to keep a certain distance. When foreign ministers came to meet her, she often covered her face with a gauze curtain and never overstepped the line.
Situ Yao was responsible for the Queen's diet and rarely had the opportunity to meet the Queen in person.
Wei Ning thought about it and roughly understood what was going on. She felt a little sorry for Situ Yao and even more sorry for Mu Qingtong.
Seeing that she kept asking about these trivial matters and did not inquire about the details of the empress being kidnapped by the people from the underworld, Zheng Tianbao felt relieved and thought that maybe the prince's words were really useful.
With the power of Xinghe, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to take any risks to rescue the Queen.
After Wei Ning finished looking at the Queen's bedroom, she walked out with Zheng Tianbao.
The empress is in power and has not yet gotten married. The entire harem is like the cold palace of the late emperor. Because the late emperor had few children and there were conspiracies and intrigues in the palace, many princes and princesses did not grow up safely and died prematurely. The last rebellion wiped out the fourth prince's followers and several dependent princes.
The older princes had already been canonized and moved out of the palace to open their own palaces, so the entire harem was silent ignored.
The only sound was the clanking of armor on the patrolling guards.
Wei Ning looked at this place with some emotion. Indeed, things and people have changed. In just three years, this place seemed as if it had been abandoned for a hundred years.
"Master Situ, the Queen has issued an order that no one is allowed to enter the harem without permission..."
The eunuch's spy's voice sounded hurriedly.
Wei Ning raised her head and saw that outside the palace gate not far away, several eunuchs stopped the man in green who was about to break in.
"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned. Please let me see him. I have something important to report!" The clear voice belonged to Situ Yao.
