webnovelfull Chapter 537 I get a headache when I hear the word "child"
Chapter 537 I get a headache when I hear the word "child"
Shen Tao was so hungry that he grabbed the roast chicken on the plate and started eating it.
She tore off a large piece of greasy chicken and bit the meat between the bones cleanly.
After eating, he was still not satisfied, so he reached out and grabbed a piece of osmanthus cake.
When you bite into the soft and glutinous pastry, the sweet fragrance of osmanthus spreads in your mouth.
He still felt it was not enough, so he picked up a cup of milk tea and gulped down a big gulp. The aroma of milk mixed with the aroma of tea made him feel comfortable all over after swallowing it.
He touched his bulging belly, smacked his lips and said, "Strange, why do I feel that this meal today is more delicious than the usual restaurant meals?"
Bai Wanwan scooped the bird's nest porridge from her bowl and laughed at what she heard: "Isn't it just that I'm really hungry? When you're hungry, everything tastes delicious."
As she spoke, she picked up another piece of crystal braised pork that had just been taken out of the pot. It was slippery when she bit into it. The aroma of the meat mixed with the salty and fresh taste of the marinade was perfect with the porridge.
She was still not satisfied after finishing the meal, so she picked up a piece of cooled date paste pastry. The pastry crust fell apart as she bit into it, and the sweet date paste filling filled her mouth. There were pastry crumbs on the corners of her mouth.
Bai Wanwan was finally full. Shen Tao looked at her and said, "Should we think of a way to escape now?"
Bai Wanwan frowned and looked at him and said, "Why do you want to escape? Isn't it good here with food and drink?"
Shen Tao was really anxious, his face flushed red as he said:
"What's so good about this place? There are rats and cockroaches everywhere.
I can only sleep on this hay, which is not comfortable at all. I want to go back."
Bai Wanwan didn't bother to pay attention to him: "If you want to go out, then you can find a way yourself, right?"
Shen Tao was so anxious that he was running around in the dark room, banging on the door and shouting at the top of his lungs:
"Is anyone there? Open the door and let us out!
My mother is a princess, if you dare to lock me up, you will be in big trouble!"
But no matter how he shouted, there was no movement outside.
Looking at Lin Panpan again, she was already wrapped in clothes and sleeping soundly on the haystack.
Shen Tao had no choice but to mutter, "Let's go to sleep first, and talk about it after we wake up..."
He also lay down next to the hay.
The temperature was getting lower and lower at night, and Shen Tao was shivering with cold.
I don’t know where Naigai got a blanket from, but he gently covered the sleeping Bai Wanwan with it.
The two of them here could at least get some shut-eye and rest, but the princess's mansion was in chaos.
The princess stamped her feet in anxiety, her lips peeled, and she grabbed the butler's sleeve and shouted:
"What did you say? Tao'er and the accompanying child are both missing?
How is this possible! They were playing in the garden during the day and hadn't even left the house!"
Her eyes were red and her voice was changed.
"Hurry up and send someone to look for her! Did an assassin sneak in and steal the child?
If you can't find anyone, don't even think about having an easy life!"
The servants in the mansion held lanterns and searched every corner, even the toilet, but there was no sign of the two children.
The eldest princess, with her hair loose and one of her embroidered shoes missing, slammed the palace gate with her bare feet and shouted, "Open the door! I want to see the Queen Mother!"
The guard on duty was frightened by the bloodshot eyes and lifted the door bolt tremblingly.
She stumbled into the palace, her skirt sweeping the moonlight across the floor, and outside the bedroom she cried out, "Mother! Tao'er is missing!"
The empress dowager was so frightened that she knocked over her teacup. She mobilized the imperial guards overnight, and torches lit up the capital as bright as day.
Inside the Bai Mansion, the candlelight "crackled" and sparks popped, waking up Master Bai and Madam Bai who had just fallen asleep.
Bai Qiaoniang threw open the door, followed closely by General Huo. Both of them gasped, "Something happened in the palace! The princess is sending people to look for Shen Tao. I heard that the young master and his companion disappeared!"
Bai Yin suddenly sat up from the couch and said, "Impossible! There's a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps in the Princess's Mansion. How could it be..."
Mrs. Bai's hands were shaking as she clutched the handkerchief:
"A bunch of rubbish! They can't even take care of a child!
If anything happens to Taoer, I will make them pay with blood!"
Bai Qiaoniang said, "Mom, don't worry. Our clever little ghost must be hiding somewhere playing. I'm just afraid you'll worry..."
Madam Bai nodded and said, "That's right. She has Naitang, Nai Gai, Chuyi and Chuer with her. Nothing should happen to her."
In fact, Chuyi and Chuer were hiding in the dark, but the lady wouldn't let them out, so they had no choice!
Early the next morning, the entire imperial city was in an uproar.
The eldest princess was so anxious at home that she burst into tears and grabbed the housekeeper's arm and shook it hard:
"What should I do? Where is my son? You bunch of idiots!
You brought so many people out to look for them, but you can’t even find a trace of the two children? If you can’t find them, don’t come back!”
She paced back and forth in the room, knocking over the tea bowls on the table, and the broken porcelain pieces were all over the floor without even bothering to clean them up.
But the girls' school not far from the princess's mansion was still operating normally.
The female teacher stood on the podium as usual, tapping the ruler and asking, "Have you all memorized the 'Instructions for Women' that we are going to learn today?"
As he was speaking, a maid ran in and said, "Master, there's still no news about those two children who didn't come to class yesterday. Do you want to send them some food?"
The female teacher slammed the book on the table and said with a pout, "Those two ragged wild kids are probably from beggars' families. They'll only be clean if they starve to death. Why bother with them?"
After saying that, he turned around and continued with the class, not taking the matter to heart at all.
Three whole days passed like this, and the emperor sat on the dragon throne, sighing with worry.
He rubbed his temples and cursed, "Damn it! Finding two children is harder than climbing to heaven! What's the point of supporting so many royal guards and imperial guards?"
During these three days, the Queen Mother and the eldest princess came to the palace every day to cry and make a fuss. Sometimes they begged the Emperor to order an intensified search, and sometimes they cried and said that the child must have suffered a great crime.
The emperor was so annoyed by the noise that he didn't even want to attend the morning court. He waved his hands irritably:
"Alright, alright! I get a headache just hearing the word 'child' now.
If you can't find anyone, don't bother me anymore!"
Gu Sinian coughed and said, "Father, I think they are both fine. You don't have to worry too much."
Qi Guangheng looked up at him and said, "Aren't you usually on good terms with that little girl from the Bai family? Now that she's missing, why aren't you worried?"
Who said Gu Sinian wasn't anxious? When he found out on the first day, he almost went crazy with anxiety, and all his armored guards were dispatched.
Fortunately, the little girl asked Naitang's men to talk to him, so these days, people in the imperial city were in panic, and the streets were full of discussions.
Only Bai Yin and Gu Sinian continued to do what they were supposed to do!
Now the eldest princess thinks that they kidnapped Shen Tao, and the look in her eyes when she sees them is strange.
Qi Guangheng stamped his feet anxiously, pointing at Gu Sinian and saying, "If you know, just tell me now! Don't keep me in suspense!"
Gu Sinian took a sip of tea slowly, put down the cup and said, "He's right under my nose, in the girls' school in the backyard of the princess's mansion."
Qi Guangheng's eyes widened, and he almost dropped the memorial in his hand:
"What? In my own yard? It's been three days, and so many people have searched inside and out, how come they haven't found it?
Quick! Pass on my order, have the Imperial Guards go to the Princess's Girls' School immediately and dig three feet deep to find the person!