Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 390 Xiaohua was arrested
There was a heavy rain at the end of June. The rain lasted for several days and the streets were deserted.

Chen Ce went to the Economic Bureau to be on duty today, and Xiaohua followed Mrs. Wu to the express delivery department to play.

At lunchtime, Mrs. Wu wanted to call Xiaohua to have lunch with her, but she couldn't find anyone.

The workers in the courier service said that they saw Xiaohua playing with a few children outside in the morning, but they didn't pay much attention to her afterwards.

Mrs. Wu's heart suddenly rose to her throat, and she ordered all the courier workers to look for her. However, after searching for half an hour, there was still no sign of Xiaohua. She finally began to get anxious.

She couldn't enter the palace, so Madam Wu went to the Jinyiwei, found Wei Wenli, and asked Wei Wenli to go to the East Palace to call Chen Ce out of the palace.

Madam Wu waited outside the palace anxiously. After an incense stick of time, Chen Ce came out in a green official robe. Seeing Madam Wu's anxious face, he asked, "Why are you calling me so urgently? Is there something wrong with the courier?"

Madam Wu shook her head and said hurriedly, "The courier is fine, but Xiaohua...is missing!"

"She was playing with the kids outside in the morning. I asked her to come for lunch but couldn't find her. I asked the courier to look for her everywhere but still couldn't find her..."

Seeing that Madam Wu was worried and anxious, Chen Ce patted her shoulder to calm her down and said, "Don't worry, I'll look for it. You go back to the courier and continue looking around."

"Ok!"

After Madam Wu left, Chen Ce's mouth twitched slightly and his face gradually became gloomy.

"Wenli, please help me find someone from Jinyiwei."

Wei Wenli nodded: "Okay!"

Chen Ce hurried back to Huaihua Hutong, and Li Zhen followed closely behind him. After arriving at the courtyard, Chen Ce said to Li Zhen, "Let all the guards in the inner factory go out to find people, and focus on investigating the inner palace supervisor!"

Li Zhen pondered for a moment and said with some concern: "Sir, the inner factory has no right to investigate people in the palace."

Chen Ce said indifferently: "I will take responsibility for everything, go check it out!"

Li Zhen clasped his fists and said, "Yes!"

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About half an hour later, Zhu Houzhao also brought Liu Jin to Huaihua Hutong. He heard that Chen Ce came back halfway through his shift at the Sijing Bureau and didn't tell him the reason. He thought Chen Ce was sick again, so he brought Liu Jin to visit Chen Ce.

"Little brother, are you okay?"

Chen Ce shook his head and said to Zhu Houzhao, "It's okay."

He smiled and said, "Don't you still have class to attend? Why did you run out? Go back to class quickly."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chen Ce suspiciously, "Are you really okay? Don't lie to me."

Chen Ce: "It's nothing, I just didn't have much to do at the Finance Bureau, I was bored, so I came back, it's okay."

He didn't want to trouble Zhu Houzhao, and even if he told Zhu Houzhao that Xiaohua was lost, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help much and could only worry.

Zhu Houzhao said, "Okay then."

Another half hour later, Li Zhen came back and said to Chen Ce with a serious face, "Sir, we found the person in the south of the city."

The Forbidden City is located in the north of Shuntian Prefecture. This area is where the powerful and wealthy gather and is relatively developed. The south of the city is far away from the central government and is relatively poor and backward, with all kinds of people living there.

Li Zhen said, "People from the East Factory are guarding over there. They say that's the office of the Inner Palace Supervisor Huangzhuang, doing errands for the Emperor. Our people can't get in."

"But we followed the clues and found that Xiaohua should be inside if nothing unexpected happens."

"Sir." Li Zhen paused. He knew Chen Ce's temper. Although Chen Ce seemed gentle on the surface, he would not take anyone seriously if they crossed his bottom line.

Moreover, Chen Ce is not a reckless man. Normally, if he takes action, the opponent will surely die. However, in this process, Chen Ce has actually considered the pros and cons and will never act rashly.

But even so, Li Zhen still had to explain the interests involved to Chen Ce.

"The Imperial Household Supervisor has set up an office in the south of the city in the name of purchasing a royal farm for the royal family. They represent the emperor. If we break in now, the inner factory may be..."

Chen Ce said indifferently: "No need to break in, I'll go find someone."

After saying this, Chen Ce lifted his robe and went to the East Palace.

This matter really requires Zhu Houzhao's help. ...

Yang Tinghe was teaching Zhu Houzhao a history lesson in the school. Chen Ce walked in and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Highness, I have something to ask."

The last time Emperor Hongzhi fell ill in the Eastern Palace, Chen Ce didn't take him seriously. This time, he even broke into Yang Tinghe's teaching school. He was simply lawless and arrogant!

"Chen Ce! You are too arrogant!"

Yang Tinghe pointed at Chen Ce and shouted at him. Chen Ce gave him a sidelong glance and ignored him.

Zhu Houzhao didn't take Yang Tinghe seriously and followed Chen Ce out: "Little brother, what's wrong?"

Yang Tinghe clenched his fists and tried hard to suppress his anger.

Chen Ce said to Zhu Houzhao, "I want to meet Li Guang, the eunuch who holds the seal of the inner palace."

This was not a difficult task for Zhu Houzhao. After all, these eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were all dogs of the royal family. He said, "Oh!" and said to Liu Jin, "Go and call Li Guang to me."

"Little brother, what do you want to do with him? This eunuch seems to be the emperor's confidant. The emperor relies on him a lot."

Zhu Houzhao can beat Li Guang at will, but outsiders cannot. Zhu Houzhao's implication is that if you have anything to do, just let me do it and don't do it yourself.

Chen Ce nodded.

Not long after, Li Guang, who was as fat as Maitreya Buddha, came over with a smile and said to Zhu Houzhao respectfully: "This old servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Houzhao stared at him indifferently.

Chen Ce said to Li Guang earnestly, "Eunuch Li, my little sister is lost in the south of the city. I heard that you have an imperial manor office there. Please help me find her."

Li Guang was slightly stunned, but soon regained his signature Maitreya Buddha smile and asked Chen Ce, "Sir, do you have a portrait of your sister?"

Chen Ce smiled and said, "No, all little girls are like that."

The two of them were exchanging witticisms secretly, but Zhu Houzhao was completely confused and didn't understand what they were saying at all.

Li Guang smiled and said, "Sir, please don't joke. There must be a portrait. Otherwise, I can't ask the inner palace supervisors to find someone."

"The government office in the south of the city is responsible for purchasing the imperial farm for the emperor. They can't spare all their energy to help you find someone, right?"

"One or two people may be able to help find it, but if there are more, I can't do anything."

Chen Ce stared at Li Guang coldly, then suddenly smiled. He said calmly, "Does Eunuch Li really think that he can rest easy just because he is the emperor's confidant?"

Li Guang laughed and said, "Sir, what do you mean? I don't understand."

Chen Ce said, "I understand. Let's go back."

After he left, Zhu Houzhao scratched his head and asked Chen Ce, "Little brother, what are you talking about?"

"Why can't I understand?"

Chen Ce thought for a moment and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Xiaohua is missing. He might have taken her to the south of the city."

"Ah? Why did this damn eunuch capture a child?"

Chen Ce said word by word: "Lustful pleasure."

what?
Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened and his expression suddenly changed. This pervert actually did this to a child...

Chen Ce said: "Not one."

Zhu Houzhao was completely furious. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "I'm going to kill him!"

Chen Ce held Zhu Houzhao and said, "This is not a big deal for him. He is not guilty of a capital crime, otherwise he would not be so fearless."

Chen Ce never intended to use this incident to kill him, because Chen Ce knew that even if this incident was exposed, Li Guang would not be killed.

(End of this chapter)