Spirit of the Phoenix: 19. Missing

"I know, you want to take refuge by being injured, lest the empress find another way to provoke you." Tai'an pouted, his eyes sparkling, "But blindly being a turtle is not the answer! You pretend to be sick After two months, if you don't come out to pick up an errand, when your father has a new son, how can you remember your old son?"

The little prince returned her lightly: "Father may not remember my son, but there must be someone in the palace who remembers me as a prince. Now that the pick and choose girls have entered the palace, there must be father's concubines among them. I am in the inner palace , and with Yang's lessons learned from the past, the most fearful thing is to have a little bit of relationship with these palace people."

The incident of falling off the horse can be regarded as the little prince's survival in danger, and he just took advantage of the opportunity of "healing his wounds" to draw a line with all the disturbances in the inner palace.

But the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. The little prince's hope of keeping a low profile didn't last long.

The Qin family, a noble gentry in the middle of Jin Dynasty, was born as a merchant. Thirty years ago, because of his meritorious service in supporting the Ding Wang Lu Qi to enter Chang'an, he was promoted to the third-rank minister of the Ministry of Industry. In the past ten years, although none of the descendants has become an official, the wealth of the family has not diminished in the slightest.

In this concubine selection, the daughter of the Qin family, Qin Xiangying, was only sixteen years old. Because of her talent and appearance, she was hired into the palace and canonized as Baolin.

More than a hundred palace officials who participated in the selection have not yet been sealed, and they live together in Yongxiang, with ten people in one room. As for Qin Xiangying and more than a dozen sons and daughters of rich gentry and eunuchs, they already had ranks when they first entered the palace. Although they also lived in Yongxiang, they shared a room facing south, with bright and clean windows, which was very comfortable.

Dayan's folk customs are open-minded, and the daughters of the family are often pampered. In addition, after Ding Wang Lu Qi, several young masters passed away before they reached adulthood, and they have not been picked in the palace for twenty years.

There are more than a hundred young girls who are not used to being educated in the palace by their pampered daughters. After a long time, conflicts will inevitably arise.

The Qin family has a wealth of wealth, and the prostitute Xiangying is the first newly promoted Baolin, so it is inevitable that some other girls will be jealous and attacked. Qin Xiangying has been favored since she was a child, and she has a straightforward and frank personality. She really suffered a lot of secret losses after two months in the palace.

On the evening of the day before yesterday, Song Gong, the female official in charge of selecting the maids, was waiting outside the Hanzhang Hall to beg for the saint, ignoring that the pregnant empress was having a meal.

After a full hour, the queen was free to summon her. Unexpectedly, as soon as they met, Song Gong was kneeling in front of Empress Chen with a plop, kowtowed and bowed, shouting in his mouth: "Your Majesty, save my life!"

Song Gongzheng raised his head, his face full of fear: "The newly appointed Qin Baolin felt unwell after lunch today, and rested alone in the room."

The queen didn't take it seriously, she just thought it was another little girl's jealousy trick, picked up a mouthful of bird's nest porridge with a small silver spoon and put it in her mouth, chewed and then said slowly: "How are you resting? But I want the emperor Come and visit?"

Song Gongzheng did not dare to raise his head, and remained silent for a long time. The queen was suspicious, turned to look at her, but saw that she was sweating profusely, shaking like chaff.

"Qin Baolin..." She took a deep breath and continued, "Qin Baolin, she is missing."

The queen stood up abruptly, and the bird's nest porridge on her lap fell to the ground with a thud, her blood surged to her dizziness, and she fell limply into the arms of the palace attendant behind her.

When the emperor came to Hanzhang Hall, the empress limply slumped on the bed, her face pale and breathless.

The imperial doctor asked about the pulse, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty's fetal gas is not stable, you should rest in peace, don't get tired from working out, don't bother your mind."

A Qin Baolin was missing in Yongxiang, a Song Gongzheng was kneeling in the Hanzhang Hall, and a empress Chen who was pregnant was lying on the bed. Half of the palace city was turned upside down by the guards and eunuchs, but there was no sign of Qin Baolin at all.

The emperor was overwhelmed, and waved his hands irritably: "How can a good-looking man disappear? It must be because you didn't pay attention to the investigation! Xuan Dali Temple, Xuan Shen Criminal Division, Xuan Ye Court Bureau Order ...If it’s really not possible, ask Da Sima to come into the palace!”

The emperor talked nonsense, wishing he could announce half of the previous dynasty into the inner palace in the middle of the night. But the queen couldn't let him go crazy, so she forced her sick body to half sit up: "Your Majesty, think twice! The people living in Yongxiang are all Nacai's beautiful women and officials, and there are differences between inside and outside. How can I hand it over to Dali Temple for inquiry and disposal?"

That's right, the emperor came to his senses, thinking of the reluctance of more than a hundred Yingyingyanyans, he hesitated again.

The empress saw him in a dilemma. The queen lowered her head, suppressed the look in her eyes, and said slowly: "The Qin family must give an explanation in the palace for losing their daughter. For such a big matter, the ladies in the palace can't take charge, and the concubine can't live up to it, and can't work hard. Dali The temple is full of outsiders, so how can we interrogate the concubines in the palace?"

"At this point, I have a suggestion," the queen asked, "The crown prince is thirteen years old, but he hasn't taken the post yet. The Taifu mentioned it many times before when he was here, that the crown prince is very intelligent and behaves well. This time Qin Baolin The matter of the disappearance should be presided over by His Royal Highness, with Cui and Xu assisting in the investigation, I wonder what your Majesty would like?"