Chapter 44: The Carriage
Eunuch Ho Sheng paused, tears still hanging on his cheeks.
"Commandery Princess, you said... you said our prince is in the Traveling Palace?" Ho Sheng trembled all over, "Commandery Princess, have you seen our Fourth Prince?"
Zheng Nianru looked at Eunuch Ho Sheng, who was serious, trying to be happy yet dare not, and faintly felt something was amiss.
"You did not know Fu Gong had already arrived at the Traveling Palace? Noble Consort Wen didn’t know either?" Zheng Nianru asked again.
Ho Sheng stiffened, nodding slowly.
"Fourth Prince is here?" Ho Sheng was ready to get up and search when Nanny Yun held him back.
"Steward Ho, don’t rush, Fourth Prince found us last night, I arranged a bed in the outer chamber for the prince to sleep. This morning, Second Prince had people take him away," said Nanny Yun, picking up a coat left unattended on the side.
"Look, isn’t this the Fourth Prince’s outer robe?"
Eunuch Ho Sheng immediately took the robe, tears flowing again, unsure if they were from happiness or grievance. This was the robe the prince wore when he left the palace, and these past few days without his care, how had the prince managed?
"Thank you, Commandery Princess, thank you," Eunuch Ho Sheng cared for nothing else and followed to go to Second Prince’s place, to see their master and to feel reassured.
"Let’s go, I’ll join as well," Zheng Nianru stepped forward, somehow feeling that something was wrong. Moreover, since it involved her, Zheng Haoyuan had disappeared, and surely someone in the Traveling Palace must have seen Zheng Haoyuan. Eventually, it would all point back to her.