"Your Highness, rest assured. Your subordinate will surely make proper arrangements. It's getting late. Do you want to go and see Prince Rui?"
He looked up at the sky. "No. Just send him back to Prince Rui's Mansion directly."
"Your Highness, we've also captured a person. Shall we interrogate him now?"
Mu Yanming glanced at Bai Ke impatiently. Bai Ke immediately lowered his head.
"Yes, Your Highness. Your subordinate understands."
Only then did Mu Yanming nod in satisfaction and walked towards Jujun Tower.
When he returned to the room, she was still unconscious. He sat in front of the bed. After a while, he untied the acupoints that immobilized her.
As soon as the acupoints were untied, she suddenly opened her eyes and glared at Mu Yanming.
He was slightly dazed. After a few breaths, he said softly, "Why are you awake..."
Mo Qinghuan smiled faintly. "I just want to drink some water."
Mu Yanming secretly heaved a sigh of relief. He stood up, walked to the table, and poured a glass of water for her.
After she finished drinking, he took the glass from her and gave her a gentle smile.
...
At this moment, inside Prince Rui's Mansion.
Min Feiyan got the news and rushed anxiously to the main hall. Mu Shengze was sitting at the table with a gloomy face.
She stepped forward and sat down at the table. Her face was full of anxiety. She sized Mu Shengze up and down and whispered, "Your Highness, are you okay? Are you injured?"
Prince Rui shook his head, and his expression towards her softened a little.
But when he thought of what had happened today, he got angry again.
"Damn it! These kidnappers! If I find out their identities, I'll exterminate their nine generations!"
Min Feiyan saw that his emotions were still not calm.
She stood up, walked behind him, and gently massaged his shoulders.
Only then did his emotions calm down.
"Your Highness, the kidnappers abducted you but didn't hurt you. Do you think it could be someone we know?"
Mu Shengze thought for a while. "I seem to hear them say they had some task tonight. They also said as long as I didn't return to the capital tonight, it would be fine. I didn't hear the rest clearly."
Min Feiyan sat in front of him. "So, something big is going to happen tonight. And once we know where this event will take place, we can figure out who this kidnapping was actually targeting."
Mu Shengze still seemed confused. Angrily, he stood up, snorted, and walked out.
Min Feiyan quickly followed. "Servants! Prepare a bath for His Highness."
...
Early the next morning, Mu Shengze swaggered out of Prince Rui's Mansion in a grass - green brocade robe.
On his way to the inn where the envoys were staying, he unexpectedly saw Mu Yanming as soon as he reached Jujun Tower.
He rushed forward angrily. Just as he was about to reach Mu Yanming, he suddenly remembered that Mu Yanming had braved the heavy rain to rescue him last night.
Otherwise, he might still be stuck in that shabby house.
He quickly put on a smiling face and reached Mu Yanming.
"Elder Brother, you're up so early..."
Mu Yanming looked up at the sky. "Is it still early?"
After saying that, he turned around and saw Mo Qinghuan coming downstairs.
She was wearing the clothes that Dan'er had sent from the mansion this morning.
It was a set of water - green ruqun. The moment she saw Mu Shengze, she looked down at her clothes.
She frowned in disgust.
She walked up to Mu Yanming. "I'll go back to the mansion first."
She strode towards the direction of the mansion. Mu Shengze was still confused.
He looked at Mo Qinghuan's back and asked Mu Yanming, "What's wrong with Sister - in - law?"
Mu Yanming gave him a disdainful look and left with Mo Qinghuan.
Before they reached the mansion, they met Bai Ke. Bai Ke was running in a hurry. When he stopped in front of them, he was still gasping for breath.
"Don't be in a hurry. Take your time and speak."
It took him a while to catch his breath. "Your Highness, something's wrong! A Tahuan is missing."
After saying that, he suddenly looked at Mo Qinghuan. "Princess, A Tahuan has a special status, so..."
"What are you explaining this to me for!" She continued walking towards the mansion. Her anxious look left Bai Ke a bit confused.
"Have you sent people to look for her? Do you know when she went missing?"
Bai Ke nodded and then shook his head.
"No one noticed, but it's speculated that it might have been last night."
Mu Yanming raised his hand to rub his forehead. His tone was tinged with anger.
"Has the security of the mansion become so lax now?"
Bai Ke knew that Mu Yanming was angry, so he obediently lowered his head.
"Send people to look for her."
Just as Bai Ke was about to leave, Mu Yanming suddenly seemed to remember something. "Wait."
Bai Ke turned around again.
"Don't make a fuss for now. Continue to send people to monitor the movements of the envoys."
Just as they were talking, a servant of Prince Rui rushed over in a hurry.
While running, he shouted loudly, "Your Highness, it's bad! Something big has happened! His Highness Prince Rui has gotten into a fight with the envoy!"
The servant was out of breath. Before he could catch his breath, Mu Yanming and Bai Ke had already rushed towards Jujun Tower.
He didn't dare to delay and quickly followed.
When Mu Yanming arrived at the inn, both Mu Shengze and the envoy had injuries of varying degrees on their faces.
Mu Shengze's right eye was swollen, and there was blood on the left corner of his mouth.
Although the envoy didn't have many injuries on his face, a lock of his hair was missing, and there were several scratches on his neck.
When Prince Rui saw Mu Yanming coming, he stepped forward. "Elder Brother, this A Tuk is really going too far!"
A Tuk wiped the corner of his mouth and still had a smile on his face. "Regent, your younger brother is really..."
He shook his head, leaving his words unsaid.
Mu Shengze was even more annoyed!
"You barbarian from the Northern Rong tribe! What did you say!"
Mu Shengze turned back and glared at him. "Shut up! Aren't you ashamed enough!"
A Tuk walked up to Mu Yanming, placed his right hand on his chest over his heart, and saluted Mu Yanming. "Regent, A Tuk, as the envoy from the Northern Rong tribe, requests to meet your Emperor."
Prince Rui was scared at this moment. He grabbed Mu Yanming's arm. His eyes were full of pleading, and his voice was panicked.
"Elder Brother, I'm begging you. You mustn't tell Father. Otherwise, Father will surely be angry to death."
Mu Yanming snorted.
"So you still know that the Emperor will be angry! In my opinion, you deliberately want to anger your father to death."
Prince Rui grabbed his sleeve. "Elder Brother, please. As long as you don't let Father know about this, I owe you a favor."
Mu Yanming was worn down by him. He stepped forward, walked up to the envoy, and pulled him aside.
A Tuk knew what Mu Yanming meant. He hadn't really suffered a loss anyway and didn't really have to meet the Emperor.
He just wanted to find an opportunity to be alone with the Regent to talk about A Tahuan, the eldest princess of the Northern Rong royal family.
So, after Mu Yanming said just one word of persuasion, he agreed.
"Envoy, I'll host a banquet at Jujun Tower tonight. You can ask all the questions you want then. How about it?"
A Tuk nodded and started walking towards the inn.