Chapter 55
Chapter 55
When Xiao Mantou woke up, Ling Qiyou and Xiao Chuqian hadn't come back yet. The little guy howled a few times and was hugged and coaxed by the nanny for a while, but he was one year old, and he really didn't look like When I was young, I was so clingy. Anyway, I knew that my two fathers would appear in a while, and after being stuffed with a toy in my hand to divert my attention, I calmed down.
Two quarters of an hour later, someone finally came, but unexpectedly, it was Xiao Mantou's nominal mother, Empress Xu Xinlan.
Little Mantou was sitting in the cradle playing with the puppet in his hands, and when he heard Xu Xinlan's voice, he raised his head and glanced at her. Although he was not very close to his "mother queen", because Xu Xinlan would go to Zhaode Hall to see him before, he still recognized him. I know her, not to mention that Xu Xinlan is pretty and has a gentle voice. After being teased by her twice, the little guy smiled at her foolishly.
"It's so cute..."
Xu Xinlan was also happy, and picked up Xiao Mantou. Xiao Mantou did not refuse, and obediently nestled in her arms and let her hold her. After a while, Xu Xinlan said "I will take your highness to Bengong to play with me for a while." When he was about to leave, he was blocked by the little father-in-law who stepped forward.
"Your Majesty has told you to let His Highness stay here. He will be back soon. Empress, you can't take His Highness away."
Xu Xinlan glanced over coldly: "What? Is it okay for me to take my son to play for a while? You even take care of my affairs?"
"No, it's just..."
"Step aside!"
When she yelled, Xiao Mantou, who was still very well-behaved and quiet just now, burst into tears in fright. Eunuch Shitou, who was blocking her, was hesitant, but she gave him another look. Did he get out of the way? Seeing Xu Xinlan forcefully He hugged the crying little mantou away, gritted his teeth, and quietly followed.
Xu Xinlan lives in a separate courtyard in the northwest corner of the feudal prince's mansion, and someone is already waiting for her there, and it is the uncle Xu Chongqing.
Closing the door to block the sight of outsiders, only Xu Chongqing and Xu Xinlan were left in the room, and a little mantou who couldn't stop crying.
Facing Xu Chongqing, Xu Xinlan's pretentious aura just now withered away in an instant. Xu Chongqing took the little mantou from her hand, and didn't know what was stuffed into the little mantou's mouth. Originally, she couldn't stop crying The little mantou immediately closed his eyes and seemed to have passed out.
Xu Xinlan opened her eyes wide, looked at Xu Chongqing's movements in astonishment, and asked him with a trembling voice: "Father, you... what did you give Your Highness to him?"
"Don't worry," Xu Chongqing said angrily, "Just tell him to shut up and stop crying and making trouble, it won't poison him to death."
Xu Xinlan's eyes were red: "Father... what are you going to do?"
"What do you think?" Xu Chongqing sneered: "He Ling Qiyou is unkind, so he can't blame me for being unrighteous, he forced me."
"Then what do you want to..."
"Get the car ready!" Xu Chongqing said impatiently: "Help me confuse the sight of those people outside, and cover me from here."
"No!" Xu Xinlan subconsciously refused: You want to take His Highness with you?You can't..."
"He's not your son, why do you care so much about him?" Xu Chongqing said angrily, "Go and prepare a car for me! Think nonsense about the fate of the person you are worried about."
One sentence made Xu Xinlan shut her mouth successfully, bit her lips and lowered her head. At the beginning, she and Ling Qiyou agreed to be the fake queen. Ling Qiyou promised to rescue her assigned lover and settle her properly. After the exposure, Xu Chongqing found out about this and secretly arrested someone and detained him. Then she approached her and threatened her with that person's life, asking her to tell Ling Qiyou that she would come to Jiangdong together, but Xu Xinlan couldn't help it. , had to follow what he said, and now, Xu Chongqing forced her to bring Xiao Mantou, and even wanted to run away with Xiao Mantou.
Xu Xinlan knew exactly what Xu Chongqing was up to, she was unwilling to do such a thing, but she couldn't ignore that person's life or death, so she could only do what Xu Chongqing asked.
"Then... where are you taking the prince?"
"You don't need to worry about this!" Xu Chongqing said in a rough voice, "Get the car ready for me! Escort me out! Someone will come to meet me!"
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It was almost noon when Ling Qiyou and Xiao Chuqian returned to the feudal prince's mansion, and the nanny was in a hurry when she saw Ling Qiyou came back and almost burst into tears, so she hurriedly reported: "It's been almost two hours since the empress took His Highness away. , the servants went to ask a few times, but they were blocked by the empress's people, saying that they would send them back in a while, but..."
"The queen took the prince away?!"
"Yes...she came early in the morning and said...that she was taking His Highness to play with her..."
Ling Qiyou's expression changed instantly when he heard that, he turned around and went directly to Xu Xinlan's residence without asking any more questions, Xiao Chuqian was startled, and hurriedly followed.
No wonder they were so nervous. In the past, although Xu Xinlan would occasionally go to Zhaode Hall to see Xiaomantou, she usually left after teasing him. This was the first time that she went out without Ling Qiyou's consent He carried the person away, and at this juncture, thinking of Xu Chongqing, Ling Qiyou had a bad premonition, and unconsciously quickened his pace.
Pushing open the door, Xu Xinlan, who was still in shock, raised her eyes in shock, met Ling Qiyou's angry eyes, and immediately knelt down on the ground in fright.
"Where is the prince?" Ling Qiyou gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is my prince?!"
"Too... the prince is... is..."
"Where is he?!"
Xu Xinlan knelt on the ground with her head lowered, she didn't dare to answer at all, the clown rushed over to report to Ling Qiyou: "The servant just went to inquire about it, the uncle came here before the empress took the prince here, No one has ever seen him leave... but the Empress Empress carried His Highness the Crown Prince out of the door halfway..."
With a glance, there is no one else in the room except Xu Xinlan, Ling Qiyou's heart sank a bit: "The prince was taken away by your father, right? You let him out?!"
After a long time, Xu Xinlan bit her lip and nodded slightly: "Yes..."
"Where did he take the prince?!"
"I...I don't know...he refused to say...I really don't know..." Xu Xinlan said with red eyes: "He pretended to be my guard and followed me out, and we separated not long after getting in the car ...I really don't know where he went..."
Even though Ling Qiyou sent his own imperial guards to watch Xu Chongqing, but as Xu Xinlan is a queen, those people can't keep an eye on her. It's not surprising that she goes out with the prince in her arms, so Xu Chongqing Pretending to be her bodyguard and leaving under the cover of her with Xiao Mantou, it was a good idea.
Ling Qiyou punched the door frame, almost killing him with hatred.
Xiao Chuqian frowned when he heard that, Xiao Mantou was taken away by Xu Chongqing, he was as anxious as Ling Qiyou, and vaguely regretted that he shouldn't leave Xiao Mantou here alone, but at the moment, he still has some sense, remind me Ling Qiyou: "Didn't you send someone to secretly protect Xiao Mantou? Is there any news over there?"
Ling Qiyou shook his head, so far no one has come to report to him about the prince, this is what he is most worried about, ever since Xiao Mantou was hijacked by Shen Lexin once, Ling Qiyou has transferred another dark guard to protect him , but there is no news so far, so there is only one possibility. They haven't rescued Xiao Mantou yet. Xu Chongqing definitely didn't run away alone. There should be other people around him, and they are difficult to deal with.
That's right, the last time he sent someone to assassinate Xiao Chuqian, he failed and instead exposed the hidden guards around Ling Qiyou. Since Xu Chongqing was going to run with the buns, it was impossible not to be prepared. How could an old fox like him be like this? Obediently put your hands together and wait to die.
"He hijacked Xiaomantou to negotiate terms with you, right? How could he escape with Xiaomantou? I think he must still be in the city. Don't worry, just wait here. I'll take people from house to house to search .”
While comforting Ling Qiyou, Xiao Chuqian was no less anxious than him, and now he didn't care about waiting for Ling Qiyou's consent, and went out to dispatch troops in a hurry.
Ling Qiyou coldly glanced at Xu Xinlan who was almost prostrate on the ground, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Get the queen for me, and leave it for later!"
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outside the city.
After being drunk for more than two hours, Shen Lexin finally woke up and climbed up the hillside behind the house, moving her body refreshedly, thinking about pulling Lingjing into the mountain to hunt for a while, when she suddenly heard something that seemed to be in the distance. There was the sound of a horse trampling in a hurry, and he was curious for a moment, so he climbed up to the highest point of the hillside, wanting to have a better look.
Seeing this, Shen Lexin's eyes were filled with shock. On the mountain road ahead, dozens of tall horses dragged a carriage and galloped forward. He was dressed as a Central Plains person, but he recognized them at a glance. They were all Southerners, and they were soldiers and horses of the Southern Kingdom court. Their way of controlling horses was very different from that of the Central Plains people. At any rate, he was a major general in the southern country back then, so it is absolutely impossible for him to admit his mistake.
So at the moment, he didn't care about what it means for these people to appear here, but his intuition told him that it must not be a good thing. Shen Lexin almost ran down the hillside, pulled a horse, turned over and galloped out .
Ling Jing, who was still helping him prepare meals in Zhuangzi, chased after hearing the sound, and shouted at him in surprise: "Where are you going?!"
"Go see what those people are doing!"
Shen Lexin, who had run far away, left behind this sentence, and quickly disappeared. It was too late for Ling Jing to catch up, so she could only stare with anger.
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