He took a deep breath. "Yes, this servant will go back and report at once. We mustn't keep the emperor waiting."
Mu Yanming let out a cold snort, then brushed past him with a flick of his sleeve, not even sparing him a glance.
Eunuch Shu watched his back, a sneer curling up on his lips. He then followed behind Mu Yanming towards the gate of the mansion.
After Mu Yanming left the mansion, he quickened his steps towards the place where Mo Qinghuan had disappeared.
When he arrived, Bai Ke was directing the men to search around the area. All that remained at the scene was a carriage riddled with arrows.
"Is this where she disappeared?"
Bai Ke nodded. Mu Yanming pulled out an arrow from the carriage and stared at it for a long time.
"It seems that the enemy was aiming to take the princess's life. That's why they shot dozens of arrows at the carriage after I left with Dan'er."
Mu Yanming threw the arrow to the ground. "This matter must be investigated thoroughly. I will make everyone involved in this pay the price."
Bai Ke nodded. "But, my lord, where should we look for the princess now? We've searched this area thoroughly and found no news at all, not even a single trace."
He pinched the bridge of his nose, as if considering what to do next. Just then, someone from the palace came.
This time, it was Mu Yichen.
"Elder brother." He jumped off the carriage and ran up to Mu Yanming. Lowering his voice, he said, "Elder brother, the imperial seal is missing. Father is asking you to go to the palace immediately to discuss this matter!"
Mu Yanming stared into Mu Yichen's eyes, as if trying to see something in his dark pupils.
Mu Yichen felt uncomfortable under his stare and touched his face. Then he said, "Elder brother, you'd better go to the palace quickly."
Suddenly, as if realizing something, Mu Yanming said, "You go first. I'll come right away."
Mu Yichen was half - believing. He looked back at Mu Yanming several times as he walked towards his horse.
"Elder brother, Father is very anxious. You must come quickly."
Mu Yanming let out a grunt. The low pressure emanating from his body scared Mu Yichen. He had been afraid of this elder brother since childhood. So, after being stared at by him, he mounted his horse and left.
After he left, Mu Yanming walked up to Bai Ke. "Stop searching for now. Don't let anyone know that the princess is missing. Send someone to keep an eye on the Prince Rui's mansion, the Prime Minister's mansion on the right, and the Qi Prince's mansion. If anyone mentions the princess's disappearance first, it means they are involved in this matter."
"Yes, my lord. This subordinate will make the arrangements at once."
He returned to the mansion and rode towards the palace on his horse.
When he arrived at the palace, Mu Linyi was sitting in the upper seat in front of the imperial desk. Concubine Li was soothing his chest at the moment.
Seeing that Mu Yanming was so late, Mu Linyi was furious. As soon as Mu Yanming entered, Mu Linyi angrily swept all the memorials in front of him onto the ground. The red sand was scattered all over the place, staining the memorials.
"Outrageous! They dared to break into the imperial study and steal. Regent, is the palace guard so lax? How could they let the bandits enter as if there was no one around and steal the imperial seal!"
Mu Yanming gave him a sidelong glance, his eyes full of disdain and dissatisfaction.
Then he looked at Eunuch Shu and coldly asked, "How many people know about this matter?"
The messenger was Mu Linyi's personal eunuch. Eunuch Shu knew that this matter was of great importance, related to the state's foundation. So when he notified people, he didn't dare to alarm anyone except the royal relatives.
"Report to the regent. Apart from the royal relatives present here, only the eunuch in charge of the seal knows about this. No one else does."
Mu Yanming glanced at the eunuch in charge of the seal kneeling on the ground. He was kneeling on the ground prostrate, and it could be seen that his body was still trembling slightly.
Next to the eunuch in charge of the seal was Captain Xu. He was the commander of the imperial guards. The loss of the imperial seal was a very serious matter, and most importantly, he was Mu Yanming's man. So he knew that he was probably in big trouble this time.
Mu Linyi looked at Mu Yanming with deep, dark eyes. His face was still pale. When he knew that the imperial seal was missing, he was in the room making love with Concubine Li. He was immediately scared out of his wits and had no interest or ability to continue.
"The loss of the imperial seal is a matter of great importance. I'll give you seven days. You must find the imperial seal. As for Captain Xu Zheng of the imperial guards, his position is hereby removed and his salary is suspended for one year. The position of the commander of the imperial guards in the capital city will be temporarily handed over to Prince Qi, Mu Yichen, for management."
Mu Yanming let out a grunt and left with a flick of his sleeve. The right prime minister and Mu Yichen were left looking at each other in dismay.
Eunuch Shu was still angry about what had happened in the regent's mansion today. Taking the opportunity, he added fuel to the fire and said, "Your Majesty, this servant doesn't mean to be talkative, but the regent is becoming more and more disrespectful to Your Majesty. Look at how arrogant he is now. If we let him continue like this, it will be a disaster!"
Concubine Li let out a cold snort. "Do you mean that we should take this opportunity to remove the regent?"
Eunuch Shu was startled and knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Your Majesty, forgive this servant. This servant deserves to die!"
Mu Yichen stepped forward. "Father, I think what Eunuch Shu said makes sense. Why don't we take this opportunity to..."
The ginseng soup that Concubine Li was about to hand to Mu Linyi suddenly spilled on the ground. Her onion - like fingers were scalded and immediately turned red.
Mu Linyi lovingly held her hand and blew on it twice.
"Outrageous! Who brought this ginseng soup? It's so hot. Do you want to scald Concubine Li?"
He roared. The maid who had just brought the ginseng soup was so scared that she knelt on the ground and kept shouting, "This servant deserves to die. Your Majesty, please spare me! This servant deserves to die! This servant deserves to die!"
Mu Linyi waved his hand impatiently. Eunuch Shu immediately gave a look to two little eunuchs beside him. They stepped forward, grabbed the maid and dragged her out.
The maid cried heart - rendingly and kept begging for mercy.
Concubine Li frowned, then held Mu Linyi's hand back and said earnestly, "It was my own carelessness. How can I blame others? Your Majesty, please spare her."
Mu Linyi put his arm around Concubine Li's waist. His expression was full of doting. "Okay, whatever my love says is fine."
After the Prime Minister Gu and Mu Yichen exchanged a glance, they both bowed. "Your son bids farewell."
"I bid farewell."
On the other side, Mo Qinghuan didn't know how many times she had tried and how many times she had said to leave the space and return to reality in the space. Finally, she successfully appeared at the place where she had disappeared.
By this time, it was completely dark. The street was empty.
She stood there, recalling what had happened at the You hour. At that time, in a hurry, she had wanted to pull Dan'er into the space to save their lives. But unexpectedly, only she could enter the space. So she had performed such a magic act of disappearing in front of Dan'er.
As for why she had failed so many times to get out later, it should be because there were people at the place where she disappeared.
She let out a long sigh. Suddenly, she remembered that Mu Yanming was injured. She was just about to start walking towards the regent's mansion when suddenly someone grabbed her hand.