Chapter 169: Little Prince【02】
Yuan Jia pretended to sleep with his eyes closed, and the boy beside him also pretended to be asleep.
But Yuan Jia's consciousness could clearly 'see' the every move of Director Mu who came in.
Steward Mu lowered his head and looked at him carefully, as if he was confirming his identity, then he reached out and groped around his neck, and found a red rope. A jade pendant of excellent condition.
Butler Mu took the jade pendant and left the firewood room. The door of the firewood room was closed again, and the voice of Butler Mu could be vaguely heard from outside the door: "Change your clothes, don't reveal the stuff..."
After Steward Mu left, Yuan Jia's consciousness kept following him, but he was very cautious. The carriage circled around in many circles, and finally ran out of Yuan Jia's consciousness.
Yuan Jia's goal of tracking Director Mu through his divine sense to find out who was behind the scenes was unsuccessful.
Although his Primordial Spirit will not become weaker due to the change of body through time travel, the Primordial Spirit must also take into account the endurance of his physical body when he exerts his strength.
The original owner was only a five-year-old child, and his brain was not fully developed, and his consciousness could not spread too far, and he could not use it for too long.
Yuan Jia withdrew his consciousness, knocked out the traffickers who were guarding the door, and then stood up.
The rope that was just pretending to fall directly to the ground, he untied the other boy who woke up, and said to him: "You wake everyone else up."
Yuan Jia pushed the door of the firewood room, but couldn't move it, the door was locked. He used his divine sense to control the key on the trafficker's body and came to unlock the door outside, and then pushed the firewood door open again.
At this time, there were several exclamations and crying behind him, and the other six children also woke up.
However, they were not as well-behaved and sensible as boys, and each of them didn't realize their situation, crying and yelling at their parents.
Yuan Jia was too lazy to pay attention to a group of children. He took advantage of another group of officers and soldiers who were searching on the street outside the house and ran out: "Save me! My mother is a princess, and my uncle is an emperor!"
Yuan Jia was saved, and so were the children who were kidnapped with him.
When Yuan Jia was taken to the Jianping Palace by the officers and soldiers, a graceful young woman rushed over and took him into her arms, crying, "My son! Mother's Jia'er, you are back!" She cried so hard The makeup on his face was all smeared, and it turned into a big face, and he didn't care about his image at all.
Yuan Jia softly called out, "Mother."
She made Princess Xihua so excited that she hugged him and called her heart.
Compared with Princess Xihua's excitement and the tears of joy that she had regained, the original owner's father, King Jianping, was much calmer. He came over and persuaded: "Princess, bring the child into the mansion first, it's windy outside."
King Jianping glanced at Yuan Jia, and his expression was not very happy and excited, as if he was just going out for a trip home, not that he was almost abducted and sold to say goodbye to his parents.
Yuan Jia's heart sank, and she said to Princess Xihua, "Mother, I'm hungry. I've been locked in the woodshed for a long time and haven't eaten anything."
"Okay, mother will take you to dinner." Princess Xihua hugged him distressedly, but the five-year-old child was well raised, and her hands were very heavy, and the weak princess could not hold him at all.
Jianping Wang quickly took over and carried Yuan Jia over.
Yuan Jia turned to look at King Jianping, imitating the original owner and showing him a cute smile: "Father!"
King Jianping responded softly, with a faint smile on his face.
Princess Xihua felt sorry for her son's suffering, she desperately put vegetables in his bowl during meals, and fed him herself.
Yuan Jia wanted to eat by himself, but when he felt Princess Xihua's cautious fear of losing his mood again, he silently accepted the heart of a poor mother's beloved son.
After eating, Yuan Jia felt sleepy and fell asleep on the bed.
Princess You Xihua protects him as a baby bump, and there is no need to worry about safety.
After he fell asleep, the imperial doctor invited by Princess Xihua from the palace came and took his pulse quietly.
"Princess Qi, the little prince was just a little frightened and drugged again, but it's not too bad for your body, just take a good rest for a few days."
Only then did Princess Xihua feel relieved.
After the imperial doctor left, she sat by Yuan Jia's bed all the time, staring at her son's sleeping face, as if she would disappear if she missed her.
Until nightfall, King Jianping, who went out to deal with the culprits behind the investigation of the traffickers, returned.
His face was full of rage, and his face was extremely gloomy.
Princess Xihua was afraid that he would wake up her son with anger, and motioned him to go out with her.
"What's wrong with you?"
King Jianping said angrily, "Do you know where that kidnapper hid our son? They hid Jia'er in one of the king's houses!"
Princess Xihua's beautiful face was stained with anger: "What's going on?"
King Jianping hurriedly explained: "Princess, calm down, the mansion used to belong to this king, but it was actually rewarded by this king, but the person behind the scenes stopped the officers and soldiers who searched under the name of this king, but it was It was dark under our lights, and the child's whereabouts were never found, but Jia'er had the ability to escape."
The mansion used to belong to King Jianping, and there were very few people who knew that the owner changed later. The traffickers avoided the officers and soldiers who searched under the banner of King Jianping.
After all, those officers and soldiers would not feel that King Jianping's direct son was abducted and sold, and the person was hiding in the house under King Jianping's name.
Princess Xihua gritted her silver teeth and asked angrily, "Which thief have you given the house to you?"
King Jianping smiled bitterly and said, "I have already asked the housekeeper to check this."
As a prince, King Jianping gave gifts to his subordinates, and he directly said that he would give him a house, a hundred acres of fertile land, a hundred silk and satin, and a few gold and silver jewelry.
As for which house is the reward, where is the fertile farm, which hundred of silk and satin, and how many gold and silver jewels…
How could this need his dignified prince to personally intervene? It's all handled by stewards.
Even King Jianping couldn't remember how many fields he owned, Zhuangzi's house and shops.
Soon the housekeeper checked out the current owner and the previous owner of the house.
King Jianping once gave many good things to the personal guards who saved him, including this house. However, the personal guard sold the house before moving in, and after changing hands many times, it fell into the hands of a non-local businessman.
King Jianping sent someone to arrest the out-of-town businessman, but in the end he learned that the businessman had hanged himself and his family was gone.
The thread just stopped.
The emperor in the palace is also investigating the black hands behind the scenes. At first, he thought that it was just the daring traffickers who even dared to kidnap the children of big families.
Because the seven children who were kidnapped with Yuan Jia were all from big families.
However, this situation is not uncommon. In the past, there have been cases where the young master of the official family was abducted when he went out with his servants, or the thief colluded with outsiders to sell the young master and the young lady.
There are also daring gangs of human traffickers who specialize in kidnapping the lady of the official family. Because they do not need training, they are well-bred and can sell for a good price.
It's just that the gang of human traffickers has been fighting endlessly, and there are innumerable connections in the imperial court. The emperor is busy with other national affairs. If it wasn't for the abduction of his nephew, the emperor would not pay attention to the traffickers.
When the emperor found out that the trafficker had obtained a mansion in the name of King Jianping to detain the kidnapped child in advance, he realized that this matter was most likely aimed at his nephew.
Of course, it is also possible that the traffickers were eyeing the children of high-profile families and made a house with an unusual origin as a stronghold in advance, but why did it happen that the house was originally under the name of King Jianping? And it just so happens that among the children kidnapped this time, there is the direct son of King Jianping?
The emperor ordered a strict investigation, but in the end, the clues were still broken, and the culprits were not found. Instead, all the human trafficker organizations and some shameful organizations in the capital were taken down, saving many families that were on the verge of being broken. , it is a virtue.
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After Yuan Jia slept for a night, he felt a lot more energetic. The next morning, Princess Xihua came to dress him in person.
"Jia'er, go to the palace with your mother today to see the queen mother and your emperor's uncle."
Yuan Jia agreed, but there was no happy expression on his face, and he was a little dull.
Princess Xihua was very distressed when she saw that her once lively and naughty son became silent and quiet.
But she didn't dare to mention that this abduction experience must have caused great harm to her son's young mind. She comforted him carefully and wanted to help his son get out of the psychological shadow.
Yuan Jia just wanted to take this opportunity to change the character of the original owner.
After all, the original owner is a little overlord who can go to the house under the favor of the empress dowager and his parents. Yuan Jia can't collapse the original owner's design, so as not to be noticed by others after crossing, but he can reasonably subtly change the original owner's character.
Just like this time, he could grow a lot because he was frightened.
Yuan Jia had breakfast with Princess Xihua, then got on a carriage and headed to the palace.
The emperor hadn't started the morning court yet, so Princess Xihua took him to see the queen mother first.
The Empress Dowager is the biological mother of the emperor and Princess Xihua. Aiwu and Wuxia naturally dote on the grandson of the original owner. After seeing Yuan Jia, just like Princess Xihua yesterday, she hugged Yuan Jia into her arms and shouted dearly. : "The heart of the Ai family has suffered... Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, go home, those kidnappers who killed thousands of knives have been caught, good boy, don't be afraid!"
Yuan Jiawo didn't dare to move in the empress dowager's arms. Hearing the empress dowager comfort him sincerely, a smile appeared on his face.
After the emperor went to court, he heard that Princess Xihua had brought Yuan Jia into the palace, so she came to the Queen Mother.
"The Emperor is coming—"
"See the emperor!"
The emperor strode in and said to Princess Xihua, "You don't need to be too polite, Huangjie, what about my nephew?"
Yuan Jia got down from the empress dowager's arms, bowed to the emperor, and called, "Uncle!"