Chapter 236 Missing
Chapter 236 Missing

This time the shopkeeper was very straightforward. He came closer to the portrait, took a look and said, "I'm sorry, young lady, I've never seen this before!"

"Hmph, if you see it, come and inform my young lady immediately. You will get some benefits!" Cui'er snorted.

The shopkeeper responded hastily, and Zhu Huan and the other man followed the waiter upstairs.

However, the two girls did not notice that their every move was under the close scrutiny of others.

The middle-aged scarred man approached Hu Weiyong and said in shock: "Prime Minister Hu, this seems to be the emperor's eldest daughter Zhu Huan!"

Hu Weiyong stared at Zhu Huan who was going upstairs with his peripheral vision, and said through gritted teeth: "It's not like, this is Zhu Huan!"

"I often go in and out of the palace. I watched Zhu Huan grow up under my care! But she is a descendant of the emperor, but she is a woman. What is she doing in Quanzhou?"

The scarred middle-aged man whispered, "Sir, do you think the eldest princess is here to hunt you down?"

Hu Weiyong was furious. He slapped Scarface and cursed, "Have you ever seen a princess from that dynasty running out to hunt down rebels? Idiot!"

After scolding, Hu Weiyong's face suddenly looked better.

"Huailiang, that fool, is not only greedy for gold and silver, but also obsessed with women! In my previous letters to you, I often lamented that I have played with all kinds of women in the world and have no interest in them anymore."

"Haha, if I give him the eldest daughter of the Great Ming Emperor, I wonder if he would dare to play with her." Having said this, Hu Weiyong immediately ordered:

"Write a letter to that stupid dog Huailiang, and tell him that as long as he can guarantee my safety in Japan and send a ship to pick me up, I will give him a great gift: the eldest daughter of the Celestial Empire. It will be very interesting to play with her!"

The scarred middle-aged man also laughed lewdly upon hearing this, and said, "I heard that those Japanese pigs and dogs don't care whether a woman is virgin or not. So, my lord, you can take Zhu Huan's virgin blood first, and let your subordinates... hehe, have a taste of this royal noble!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of several men sitting around the table lit up and they looked at Hu Weiyong expectantly.

However, Hu Weiyong cursed in a low voice: "You are talking about the Japanese pariahs. I heard that those short monkeys are the most shameless and their relationships between men and women are extremely chaotic. But Huailiang, that stupid dog, is the prince of the Japanese pirates after all, so he still has some particularities in this regard."

"Besides, we may have to stay in Japan for a few more years. We should not take the risk of offending Huailiang. After all, she is just a woman. Can she give birth to two peach blossoms?"

Everyone became unhappy after hearing this, but they heard Hu Weiyong say, "Scarface, after nightfall, you sneak into Zhu Huan's room and kidnap him. Don't alert anyone else!"

"What about the young lady following? She's probably a palace maid. I haven't played with her yet..."

"Shut up!" Before Scarface could finish, Hu Weiyong shouted coldly, "I told you not to alarm others!"

"Yes!" Scarface said unwillingly.

That night, Zhu was washing her clothes in her room.

In the past, when Zhu Huan was in the palace, there would always be a palace maid sitting at the head of her bed even when she was sleeping, so that she could summon her when she woke up in the middle of the night.

However, this time when he left the palace, Zhu Huan only brought his personal maid Cui'er with him, and they had been traveling for more than ten days in a row, and both of them were exhausted, so Zhu Huan specially opened two rooms, hoping that everyone could have a good rest.

After washing up, Zhu Huan went to bed early and fell asleep in a short while.

However, in the dead of night, a small knife suddenly came in through the gap in the door and lifted up the bolt.

The door latch made a slight click, but Zhu Huan, who was soundly asleep, was unaware of it.

The door was pushed open, and two men in black holding daggers and ropes tiptoed into the room in the darkness, approaching Zhu Huan step by step.

When they arrived at Zhu Huan's bedside, looking at her pretty face as she slept, the two men in black choked and stared at her in silence for a while.

Soon one of them cleaned up, and the two men in black looked at each other and nodded. Then one of them took out a wet handkerchief and suddenly covered Zhu Huan's mouth and nose.

Zhu Huan suddenly opened his eyes and felt a sense of suffocation. Then his brain began to feel dizzy. In a trance, he seemed to see two dark shadows standing at the head of his bed.

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The next day, at the inn.

"Boss, have you seen my young lady?" Cui'er, with her hair disheveled and not even bothered to comb it into a bun, rushed into the lobby in a rage, grabbed the boss's collar and asked.

The shopkeeper looked bewildered, and then reluctantly replied in the face of Cui'er's murderous gaze: "Miss, please calm down. I have been sitting here at the counter since I opened the shop. I haven't seen your young lady go out!"

Cui Er felt like she was about to faint after hearing this. She felt dizzy and said, "She didn't go out. If she didn't go out, where could my young lady go?"

The shopkeeper said nonchalantly, "Maybe he went to the toilet and will be back soon."

Cui Er sobbed, "I've looked everywhere, I've searched the entire inn but there's no sign of her. Where could my young lady have gone?"

When the shopkeeper heard that even the toilet had been searched, he felt that the situation was a bit serious, so he asked the waiter to start searching in the inn.

However, after seven or eight people searched for several rounds, they finally confirmed that Zhu Huan was indeed missing.

The shopkeeper was also sweating profusely and suggested: "Why don't we go to the government office and report the case!"

"No, we can't report it!" Cui'er suddenly stood up, and her confused mind suddenly became a little clearer.

She and Zhu Huan ran away from the palace. If they reported to the authorities, she would definitely reveal her and Zhu Huan's true identities. At that time, Quanzhou Prefecture would definitely report to the emperor.

It would be fine if she was safe and sound. When she returned to the imperial city, Zhu Huan would naturally plead for her, so she would not be punished.

But this time Zhu Huan disappeared for no reason, which meant that he had failed in his duty.

By then, no matter whether Zhu Huan can be found or not, I, a palace maid, will definitely be held accountable!

"This is a matter of life and death. How can we not report it?" the shopkeeper was very surprised.

However, Cui Er pretended to be calm and said, "Perhaps you were busy with the accounts when the young lady went out and didn't see her. She may be back soon. If it is a false alarm, it will cause trouble to the government."

"This..." The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, and when he thought of the officials in the yamen, who were eager to find something to blackmail him, he nodded and said, "Well, if we can't find him later, we will report him to the police anyway!"

"Of course!" Cui'er forced a smile, then turned around and walked out of the inn while tidying up her messy hair.

(End of this chapter)