This time, Zhang Yuan returned to the entrance of the Ganqing Palace, but did not see Empress Dowager Zhang, but Qian Ning.

When Qian Ning saw Zhang Yuan, he arrogantly started to speak out: "Isn't this Eunuch Zhang? Didn't Your Majesty send you to serve the noble man outside the palace? Why are you back and coming out of the inner palace?"

When Zhang Yuan was angry when he saw Qian Ning, he didn't even bother to get a fight. He thought to himself, I'm not going to live a good life, so you don't think about it.

Zhang Yuan said without rushing: "Our family came out of the inner palace, but the Empress Dowager asked our family to pass messages to the queen. How dare those who are slaves disobey? But when they came back from outside the palace, it was because Mrs. Zhong suddenly ran away early this morning. Our family couldn't find it, so we had to report to His Majesty!"

"What!? Say it again..."

Qian Ning's shocked duck can even fly?

Zhang Yuan firmly cleared his relationship and said, "Say it again, it's the same. It's all because of the people you sent to protect. Today, Mrs. Zhong actually ran away under the help of someone, and it was under the nose of the people you sent to... Qian Ning, you may not be able to bear this responsibility!"

"Cough cough cough cough cough..."

Qian Ning was not feeling well in one breath and was so choked by saliva that he coughed.

Just at this moment, Xiao Twist came out of the inside and frowned and rebuked: "Two, Your Majesty is resting inside, why are you making noise here?"

When Xiao Taozi met people like Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning, he didn't even have the qualifications to speak, but when he went to Xuanfu to make military achievements, he could stand alone and dared to raise things that he didn't like in person.

Zhang Yuan was not hostile to Xiao Tiaozi. In his opinion, Xiao Tiaozi came out just in time. He was worried that he could not go in and face the saint. He immediately bowed and said, "Goodie Tiao, go and tell Your Majesty that something happened outside the palace. Mrs. Zhong..."

"Slow down!"

Qian Ning stopped drinking, "Mrs. Zhong is missing. It has not been a day since the incident happened. You came to report to His Majesty without having to do your best to find him. Don't want a life? Your Majesty sent you to protect Mrs. Zhong!"

Zhang Yuan sneered: "My surname is Qian, please don't throw dirty water on our house. The sages we have served before are to serve Mrs. Zhong. As for the guard and protection, it is an errand assigned to you by Your Majesty... You won't be so forgetful, are you?"

"you!"

Of course Qian Ning would not take the initiative to take responsibility.

In Qian Ning's opinion, if Mrs. Zhong really disappears and cannot be found, the trouble will be great. At this time, you shouldn't argue with Zhang Yuan. The most important thing is to ensure your own interests. Anyway, the promotion to the commander of the Jinyiwei has been ruined, so you can't bear the blame again.

When Xiao Taozi heard the conversation between the two, he knew what was going on. Even if he had just returned to the capital, he knew who Zhu Houzhao was most concerned about now.

Without saying anything, Xiao Tiaozi turned around and went into the hall... At this critical moment, he didn't want to take the blame for Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning. When he got the news, his first reaction was to report to Zhu Houzhao.

"He is...?"

Qian Ning looked at Xiao Tiaozi's back and had not yet reacted.

Zhang Yuan sneered: "You can't even see this? I'll tell you my father-in-law to go in and report to Your Majesty!"

Qian Ning was more nervous than Zhang Yuan in this matter. He quickly entered the bedroom and wanted to stop Xiao Guozi from telling Zhu Houzhao about this matter. Zhang Yuan followed him in. His idea was exactly the opposite of Qian Ning. He had to shift the responsibility before Qian Ning came up with a solution. Cutting the mess quickly was the way to solve the problem.

No matter how fast the two of them were, they could not compare to Xiao Tiaozi. When they entered the Ganqing Palace, Xiao Tiaozi was already lying in Zhu Houzhao's ear to talk about things.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon couch with pale face, messy hair, and a heavy brocade quilt on her body. After hearing what Xiao Twist said, his face was terrible white, and his surface added a layer of iron blue.

Zhang Yuan rushed over directly, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? I've been away for only a few days, so why did I get so sick... Woo woo..."

Zhang Yuan found that every time Liu Jin cried in front of Zhu Houzhao, he could achieve good results, and he also learned how to cry, kowtow and show loyalty.

Even though Zhu Houzhao was ill, she was stimulated and threw down the quilt, jumped from the couch to the ground, stood up straight, and shouted angrily: "Two bastards, why don't you explain the matter outside the palace to me in detail? Mrs. Zhong... cough cough..."

Qian Ning took the lead and supported Zhu Houzhao who was standing unsteadily, and comforted him: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body. Mrs. Zhong is just temporarily missing. There should be no serious injury. After all, his family is still under the control of Your Majesty... They can't escape!"

In desperation, Qian Ning only focused on comforting Zhu Houzhao, but forgot a big thing... In Zhu Houzhao's mind, he always felt that Mrs. Zhong was willing to follow him, and never thought that she was forced.

"you!"

Zhu Houzhao looked back and looked at Qian Ning, and he was dissatisfied and fainted.

As Zhu Houzhao was unconscious, the Qianqing Palace bedroom suddenly became a mess.

The imperial physician was quickly invited, and the room was busy for a while. Zhu Houzhao used ginseng soup in a daze before slowly awakening. The first thing he did after his mind was to sit up straight and ask Qian Ning and Zhang Yuan, "Tell me again, where are you going?"

This reaction was not like waking up after fainting from a serious illness. The imperial physicians present were a little confused: "What's wrong with Your Majesty? Why did he faint before, but he was so energetic after waking up, but he seemed to be cured?"

Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning had already knelt in front of the dragon couch when they heard this. They didn't dare to speak, and they knew in their hearts that they were so wrong at this moment.

Zhu Houzhao had no intention of staying on the dragon couch at all. She was so angry that she sweated heavily all over her body. The wind and cold seemed to disappear. She felt that her strength was back on her body, so she didn't take it seriously. She jumped off the couch and kicked Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning to the ground.

Zhu Houzhao was furious: "You two dogs, I asked you to take good care of others. That's how you do things? Why don't you tell me the whole story?"

As the person involved, Zhang Yuan turned around and looked at the imperial physician and eunuch nearby, as if reminding Zhu Houzhao that he could not say something in front of these people.

Zhu Houzhao looked around and waved his hand: "You all retreat!"

In this way, the imperial physician and the eunuch were relieved and hurriedly left the hall. Only Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Yuan, Qian Ning and Xiao Guozi were left in the bedroom.

Zhang Yuan then briefly explained the situation outside the palace, but he avoided the important things and took the time of Mrs. Zhong's disappearance, as if he came to report it as soon as Mrs. Zhong disappeared.

Zhu Houzhao stared at Zhang Yuan and asked, "You can actually let her escape when you take care of Mrs. Zhong? Why would she... run away?"

In the end, Zhu Houzhao remembered what she fainted because of, not just because Mrs. Zhong disappeared, she was in vain, but also because Qian Ning said that Mrs. Zhong’s family was controlled by him as hostages, and Mrs. Zhong was reluctant to let him go.

Zhu Houzhao thought that he was the justice side, and Mrs. Zhong was repaying him because of his great kindness.

Now the plot has obviously undergone a fundamental reversal, and it turns out that he forcibly robbed the civilian woman. The civilian woman is never threatened by him with his family's lives. Even so, the civilian woman is still allowed to escape.

Qian Ning was determined to shirk responsibility and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Zhang has been taking care of Mrs. Zhong these days. It must be that he said something unpleasant in front of Mrs. Zhong, which made Mrs. Zhong feel disgusted against His Majesty and became irresistible! Otherwise, Mrs. Zhong would have been determined to repay His Majesty's kindness, how could he leave?"

“Yes, yes!”

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, she felt that she had gone into her heart and nodded, "It must be like this... Zhang Yuan, say, what did you say in front of Mrs. Zhong?"

Zhang Yuan kept kowtowing: "Your Majesty, I am wronged. I have never told Mrs. Zhong about His Majesty's identity since the beginning, nor have I ever sowed the disagreement in front of Mrs. Zhong... I have always been doing my job with me to do my duty!"

Qian Ning pointed at Zhang Yuan and cursed: "Zhang Yuan, you have been ill-behaved for a long time. You can't see it when you are the Majesty? When Your Majesty wants to promote me to be the commander of the Jinyiwei, you will say to the people around you, Your Majesty favors the treacherous... Humph, you must be making trouble behind the scenes!"

When Zhang Yuan heard these frame-up words, he thought to himself: "Hey, I didn't slander you now, you started to pour dirty water on me... When I was scolding those evil wives in the market, you were not born yet!"

He immediately stood up and pointed at Qian Ning and cursed: "Okay, Qian Ning, dare to frame our family. Our family is loyal to Your Majesty. You think that the commander of the Jinyiwei is very good at it, and you brag in front of your hands. The people you sent think that you have you, a big backer, and usually show off your power in front of Mrs. Zhong. They must have revealed His Majesty's identity, which made Mrs. Zhong frightened and then ran away..."

"Enough!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard the two of them biting the dog there, she was so angry that she smoked her orifices. She shouted loudly. Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning immediately stopped and their bodies were lying on the ground at the same time.

Zhu Houzhao pointed at the two of them with her fingers and said angrily: "You two are useless things, and you can't even take good care of a woman. Now that you are lost, you are actually shirking the responsibility in front of me! You are out of the palace and find someone for me immediately. If you can't find them back, come and see me!"

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Both Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning felt that Zhu Houzhao was really angry. If the person could not be found, the emperor would be unambiguous in killing people.

The two stood up and were about to leave the bedroom, when Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "Come back!"

Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning knelt down honestly, and Zhu Houzhao said, "In addition to finding someone, go and tell Eunuch Liu to come... If you two useless things, the daylily will be cold! You can find the person before dark, otherwise you won't have to come back!"

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Zhu Houzhao was furious and almost wanted to kill someone. After Zhang Yuan and Qian Ning both left, he was walking back and forth in the bedroom, and his breath had not been breathing evenly.

Only Xiao Twist was left in the bedroom to take care of him. At this time, he hung his head and did not dare to talk. He could only watch Zhu Houzhao sulking, curled up and remained motionless to prevent the sound from making even more annoyed Zhu Houzhao.

It took a long time before Liu Jin came over.

Because Liu Jin wanted to deal with the memorial of the Silijian, even if he received the news, he would still delay his time, which aroused Zhu Houzhao's dissatisfaction.

"I'll see your Majesty!"

As soon as Liu Jin arrived, he knelt respectfully on the ground and kowtowed.

Zhu Houzhao asked in anger: "When I need people, are you all so slow in your legs? Liu Jin, you already know the general situation?"

Liu Jin kowtowed and said, "I just heard from Eunuch Zhang's general statement. The specific situation is not known yet. However, the old slave has sent someone to inquire and contacted the people of Shuntian Prefecture. Without revealing Mrs. Zhong's identity, let the prefecture and county governments send people to find it!"

Zhu Houzhao's anger subsided slightly: "I finally found someone who knows how to do things... Then, how much opportunity do I have to find someone now?"

This question is obviously not something that Liu Jin can answer.

"A genius knows where a person is and how great the chance to find him! It must be a big deal to rescue him from your old man. If Xie Yuqiao or Shen Zhihou did it, he would probably not even have a chance to find him!"

Although Liu Jin thought so in his heart, he said, "Return to Your Majesty, it should be a sure thing to find someone! All the kings in the world are the kings. As long as Your Majesty ordered Shuntian Mansion, the Ministry of War and the people from the Five Army Governor's Office to search together, this matter...is not difficult!"

"Well?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard that he wanted to use Shuntian Prefecture, the people from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army were immediately in trouble.

Obviously, he also knew that it was not a glorious thing to do with a married woman outside the palace, and he didn't want to make this happen all over the city.

Zhu Houzhao said: "I don't want to make things worse. Do you have any other solutions? Could it be that you, Qian Ning and others will find it, and it is not enough to use the power of the East China Factory and the Jinyiwei?"

Liu Jin was in trouble: "Your Majesty, according to the old me, it is difficult for this woman to find someone outside the city. It is not easy to find someone at this moment. Only by expanding the search area can you be fully confident. If you only search in secret, it may take a lot of time and it may not be possible!"

Zhu Houzhao paced back and forth again, obviously the method Liu Jin said was beyond his acceptable range.

"The fewer people know about my affairs with Mrs. Zhong, the better... Do you have to make my affairs happen until the whole city is full of storms?"

Zhu Houzhao suddenly stopped and asked at Liu Jin.

Liu Jin looked embarrassed: "Your Majesty, if you really want to find Mrs. Zhong, you can only ask for help. This person... is Shangshu Shen, the Ministry of War! Shangshu Shen is resourceful, and only he can mobilize the Ming army. And Your Majesty just imagine that Mrs. Zhong can escape smoothly. If no one helps him behind her, how can she achieve it? Only Shangshu Shen can truly help Your Majesty..."

Liu Jin was very smart. First of all, he thought about how to solve this problem if Shen Xi secretly helped Mrs. Zhong escape.

If it was done by Shen Xi, he would have no choice but to break his iron shoes.

Even though they hated each other, Liu Jin still knew Shen Xi's abilities very well. Now he was determined to pull Shen Xi into the water.

Liu Jin thought to himself: "Shen Zhihou, no matter whether this matter is done by you or not, as long as you are willing to come out and find someone, you will definitely find him! Unless you want to disappoint His Majesty!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's suggestion, she showed a look of avoidance on her face and said hesitantly: "I don't want to disturb others in this matter for the time being, especially Shangshu Shen. I don't want to make Shangshu Shen feel that I am doing something wrong in normal times. Also, please help investigate why Mrs. Zhong had to move her family out of the capital before, and then go and see where the Zhong family is now..."

After Qian Ning accidentally told Mrs. Zhong about the matter of coercing her to force her to do so, Zhu Houzhao had already doubted her position on this matter.

He felt that if Mrs. Zhong had not forced her to escape too much.

He thought of a possibility, that is, the reason why Mrs. Zhong delayed for three days and proposed to enter and exit the courtyard freely was to escape today.

But after thinking about it, something seemed wrong: "If Mrs. Zhong had thought, why would she have to wait until the agreed three-day deadline expired before she escaped? If I hadn't been sick yesterday, then wouldn't I have achieved a hundred years of good fortune with her? Or would she escape because she was angry with me and felt that I had let her down?"

At this point, Zhu Houzhao still had some confidence in herself, feeling that she had conquered Mrs. Zhong by her personal charm, not because of anything else.

When Liu Jin faced Zhu Houzhao's order, he could only respectfully accept the order: "I will investigate Mrs. Zhong's whereabouts now... Please relax. As long as this person is still in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely find her!" The implication is that if Mrs. Zhong escapes from the border, he will have no choice.

For Liu Jin, finding Mrs. Zhong was a purely unrestrained disaster.

It is good to find it, but if you can't find it, you will be implicated. It is really thankless.
Chapter completed!