frightfiction Chapter 336 Are They All Fake?
Chapter 336 Are They All Fake?
Compared to Su Nuan, Mu Yunting had a much more exciting day.
In the court, he tried his best to save Xia Changze's life and bought three days from the emperor to find Xia Changze and bring him back to the Dali Temple.
King Ankang was extremely angry about this and expressed his dissatisfaction to the emperor in court. It can be said that Mu Yunting completely offended King Ankang for Xia Changze.
Normally, after reaching this point, Xia Lian should be more enthusiastic towards his son-in-law than before, but when Mu Yunting took the initiative to talk to him after the court session, he gave Mu Yunting a long face.
Mu Yunting really wanted to know how he had offended him.
So he stopped Xia Lian and told him that he had news about Xia Qingyan.
Sure enough, Xia Lian stopped.
"You said there was news about Yan'er, is it true or false?"
Xia Lian asked with a cold face.
"It's true. Someone saw her outside the city."
"Why don't you go find her then?"
When saying this, Xia Lian's tone turned cold, and he was obviously unhappy because Mu Yunting did not go to find his daughter in person.
Mu Yunting had never been treated like this before. Even King Ankang, who had quarreled with him over his son's death, did not dare to speak to him in this manner.
In order to resolve the confusion in his heart, Mu Yunting suppressed his unhappiness and explained: "I have sent Ye Yin to go first."
Xia Lian's expression changed when he heard Ye Yin's name. Although he quickly returned to normal, Mu Yunting still noticed it.
Everyone in the imperial city who knows His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows that the Crown Prince has a guard named Ye Yin who has unfathomable kung fu skills. The Crown Prince trusts him extremely, and in many cases Ye Yin can represent His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Therefore, sending Ye Yin has already shown Mu Yunting's attitude, and he doesn't understand why Xia Lian is still not satisfied.
"Since Your Highness has made arrangements, I will take my leave first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Lian turned and left.
"and many more."
Mu Yunting spoke up to stop him, "General Xia doesn't seem to care about his daughter's safety at all."
Xia Lian turned around and said coldly, "She has already married His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and is his consort. Her life and death should be taken care of by His Royal Highness. If an old minister interferes too much, it would be an act of usurpation."
After saying that, Xia Lian took big strides and hurried away.
Mu Yunting looked at Xia Lian's back with an ambiguous expression.
He didn't believe that Xia Lian didn't care about his daughter, but he didn't ask anything. The only explanation Mu Yunting could think of was that Xia Lian knew where Xia Qingyan was.
Could it be that Xia Lian was behind Xia Qingyan's disappearance?
This doesn't make sense, what reason does he have to do this?
With doubts, Mu Yunting quickly left the palace.
At the gate of the palace, Liefeng was waiting for Mu Yunting with his men and horses.
The horses are carefully selected and are good horses that can travel a thousand miles a day.
Mu Yunting wanted to reach Longpan Mountain as quickly as possible.
But he was stopped as soon as he got on the horse.
The person who stopped him was Lou Guang's servant.
"Your Highness, something bad has happened to Miss Xun."
"What's up with her?"
"Miss Xun was injured and is still unconscious. Please ask Your Highness to call a doctor for Miss Xun."
"Why was she injured for no reason?"
"Early this morning, Miss Xun asked my son to go back to the Xun family's old house to clean up. When they were cleaning Lord Xun's study, a bookshelf somehow fell down and hit Miss Xun. Miss Xun was knocked unconscious and has not woken up yet. Your Highness, go and take a look."
Mu Yunting turned his horse around and headed straight for the Xun family's old house. Before leaving, he did not forget to instruct Liefeng to invite Imperial Physician Yao.
Liefeng was a little reluctant. In fact, he wanted to go to Longpan Mountain to find Concubine Xia.
The Xun family's old house was much more dilapidated than he remembered. Mu Yunting had often sneaked in to take a look over the years. Since when did he come less often? It should have been more than half a year.
"Your Highness, you are finally here. A Zheng is injured, very seriously. Please come and take a look."
As soon as Mu Yunting walked into the inner courtyard, he ran into Lou Guang who was coming towards him.
Lou Guang said this almost in tears, which showed that Xun Zheng was really hurt.
Mu Yunting consoled her, "I've asked someone to invite the imperial physician. Take me to see A Zheng first."
Lou Guang led Mu Yunting to the room closest to the study.
The room was clean and tidy, as if it had been swept, but the furniture looked very old as it had been there for many years.
Xun Zheng was lying on the bed with a pale face, looking even more miserable among the old furniture in the room.
Seeing this, Mu Yunting frowned and said unhappily, "Why do you have to do the cleaning yourself? Just tell the servants in the Prince's Mansion and they will do it. They will never leave people like this."
Lou Guang replied with red eyes: "We dare not use the servants in the Prince's Mansion. Ah Zheng will live alone in the future, so we have to spend the money carefully and save as much as possible."
"Why don't the servants in the Prince's Mansion dare to use it? If you don't have enough money, just go to Ding, the chief steward, for it. Why save money?"
"Under what identity did you let Ah Zheng instruct the servants of the Prince's Mansion to do things? And under what name did you let her ask Ding, the chief steward, to withdraw money? To borrow money?
After Xia Qingyan got into trouble, your heart was all on her. You even had to do things like finding someone yourself, so you had no time to care about A Zheng.
Have you ever asked her whether she is used to living in the Prince's Mansion, whether the food is delicious, and whether she is being excluded?
Ah Zheng has suffered a lot outside these years, and finally waited until the Xun family overturned the case. It would be fine if you couldn't find her, but now that she has been found, why doesn't Your Highness treat her well? Is Your Highness's longing for her all these years false? Was your vow to grant her the position of the principal wife also false? "
Mu Yunting seemed to want to speak to defend himself, but after opening his mouth, he said nothing.
"Your Highness, why do you think A Zheng was hit by the bookshelf? She was trying to reach the painting hidden on top of the bookshelf."
Lou Guang handed a painting to Mu Yunting.
Mu Yunting slowly unfolded the painting. On the yellowed paper was the back of a young man. Others might not be able to recognize who this person was, but Mu Yunting recognized that it was him in the painting, the sixteen-year-old him.
And the person who painted the picture was Xun Zheng.
“Because it only depicts the back view, and because it is not a work by a famous artist, this is the only painting left after the Xun family was raided. It was originally thrown on the floor of A Zheng’s bedroom, and I collected it and put it on the bookshelf in the study.
The first thing Ah Zheng did when she came back was to look for this painting. The importance of His Highness in her heart has never changed."
Mu Yunting's hand holding the scroll trembled slightly. The woman he had kept in his heart for many years still had deep feelings for him. Who could not be moved?
Just as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was silently blaming himself, Liefeng brought Imperial Physician Yao.
Mu Yunting and Lou Guang quickly stepped aside to make room for Doctor Yao.
Doctor Yao placed his hand on Xun Zheng's wrist, and for a moment the room became eerily quiet.
Liefeng quietly left the room. He was afraid that his heartbeat would disturb Doctor Yao's pulse-feeding. He hoped that the woman on the bed would get better soon so that he could follow the Crown Prince to meet Concubine Xun Xia.