Chapter 757 Zhao Qi's whereabouts

After receiving the letter from the eunuch, the old emperor started reading it. The expression on his face was even more serious than when he read the memorial written by Li Ziyang before. Li Ziyang raised his head slightly and secretly observed with the corner of his eyes. Seeing the old emperor so serious, he became more curious about the content of the letter.

After a long time, the old emperor put the letter down, but he did not speak, but closed his eyes and thought.

Li Ziyang did not dare to speak, so he could only stand silently, waiting for the old emperor to "wake up".

Fortunately, the old emperor did not think for too long, and soon opened his eyes and said to Li Ziyang: "Who gave you this letter?"

"It was a servant in Lord Wu's house." Li Ziyang said respectfully. Li Ziyang knew the relationship between Wu Fan and Zhou Guang.

The old emperor nodded and said, "You go down first."

"I will take my leave." Li Ziyang bowed and saluted, then turned and left.

After Li Ziyang left, the old emperor said to the eunuch next to him: "Draft an imperial edict!"

After Li Ziyang left the palace, he was still curious about the content of Wu Fan's letter to the old emperor. However, Zhou Guang didn't say anything, and the old emperor obviously didn't want to say anything either. So, although Li Ziyang was very itchy, he could only bear it.

After returning to his mansion, Li Ziyang called the servant and said, "Go tell Zhou Guang that I have handed in the letter from Lord Wu. Let him rest assured."

"Yes." The servant took the order and left.

At the same time, a fast horse also ran out of the imperial city's post station. The knight on the horse's back, slightly bent his body, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and controlled the horse to run quickly into the distance.

In the palace of Yanyang City.

After meeting Li Ziyang, the old emperor did not see anyone else, but closed his eyes again to rest. However, this time, what he was thinking about was not only the memorials he had read before, but also the content of Wu Fan's letter just now.

"Wu Fan, I hope you won't let me down." The old emperor muttered to himself.

"Your Majesty, Commander Hao wants to see you." As the old emperor muttered to himself, the eunuch next to him whispered.

"Let him in!" The old emperor opened his eyes, with a hint of expectation, a hint of worry, and even a hint of anger on his face.

Soon, a middle-aged man in military uniform came in and knelt on one knee in front of the old emperor: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Has Qi'er been found?" The old emperor asked impatiently.

"Your Majesty, we have found the whereabouts of the seventh princess." Commander Hao replied respectfully.

"Where is she?" The old emperor's expression relaxed a little.

"On the way to the south, I followed your majesty's instructions. After confirming that the seventh princess was safe, I did not forcibly bring her back, but only arranged guards to protect her in secret." Commander Hao replied.

"Well, you did a good job." The old emperor nodded, then his face suddenly changed, and he said sternly: "The previous negligence is not allowed to happen again! I don't allow Qi'er to have any accidents, understand?"

"I understand!" Commander Hao promised with a serious face.

The old emperor nodded again, leaned slightly on the chair behind him and said: "Do you know where Qi'er is going?"

"I secretly approached the seventh princess, and heard the name of a city from her conversation with her personal maid." Commander Hao replied.

"Where?"

"Qingyuan County!"

"Qingyuan County?" The old emperor chewed on the name slightly, then his face changed slightly, and said to himself: "Wu Fan?"

Thinking of some things that happened between the seventh princess and Wu Fan when Wu Fan came to the imperial capital before, the old emperor had reason to suspect that the seventh princess "ran away from home" this time to find Wu Fan, but she didn't know that Wu Fan had been sent by the old emperor to perform a secret mission, so her trip to Qingyuan County was just an empty trip.

"It's okay if I can't see her. When she gets bored of staying in that remote place in Qingyuan County, she will naturally come back." The old emperor said to himself.

Wu Fan is a chess piece in the old emperor's hand. Although he is a little useful, the old emperor does not want anything to happen between his most beloved daughter and Wu Fan. The seventh princess "ran away from home" this time and went to the distant Qingyuan County. He doesn't believe that there is no reason for Wu Fan. However, he does not intend to take the relationship between the two to a new level. Wu Fan is just a chess piece in his hand that can be discarded at any time, and is not worthy of his most beloved daughter.

Fortunately, Wu Fan is not in Qingyuan County at this time, and the seventh princess is destined to go there in vain.

"It seems that I need to arrange some more things for him to do, so that he will not return to his fiefdom and meet Qi'er." The old emperor thought to himself.

"Let your people secretly protect Qi'er carefully, and send her back when she has had enough fun. Do you understand?" The old emperor said to Commander Hao.

"Yes, I understand." Commander Hao replied.

"You go down."

"I'll take my leave!"

After Commander Hao left, the old emperor said to the eunuch beside him: "Draft an imperial edict!"

Under the old emperor's dictation, another imperial edict was written and quickly sent out.

"What a troublesome girl." After the eunuch beside him left, the old emperor leaned back in his chair and said to himself: "Father knows that you always want to go out and play, so I'll let you have fun this time. However, when you come back, you have to concentrate and prepare to get married."

It turned out that not long after Wu Fan, Wu Ya and others left Yanyang City, the Seventh Princess Zhao Qi began to plan another "runaway" trip. However, this time she did not intend to just wander around Yanyang City. She wanted to leave the capital and go to Qingyuan County where Wu Fan was, to give Wu Fan a "surprise".

Perhaps because of the experience accumulated from the previous "runaway" trips, and the fact that the guards who secretly followed the Seventh Princess Zhao Qi were careless, Zhao Qi's "runaway" plan, which had been planned for several days, went smoothly. Before the guards could react, she had already taken Xiao Qing out of Yanyang City and headed straight for Qingyuan County. By the time the guards reacted, Zhao Qi had already disappeared.

The old emperor was furious when he learned about this and ordered several teams to chase around to find Zhao Qi. However, the old emperor also knew that Zhao Qi had always wanted to go out and see the outside world. Moreover, the old emperor also wanted to arrange a marriage for Zhao Qi in the near future. Because he felt that his health was getting worse and worse, this time he planned to fulfill the wish of the seventh princess and just let the guards find Zhao Qi. Once found, they just needed to protect her secretly without forcibly bringing her back.

So, this is why Commander Hao just made the report.

But the old emperor did not expect that Zhao Qi actually went straight to Qingyuan County, which made him more determined to arrange Zhao Qi's marriage as soon as possible. In his heart, Wu Fan was not a good match, but just a chess piece!

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