The embroidery workshop had been searched for a long time, but Ling Yun couldn't be found. Yan Mingli even checked every corner, yet there was no sign of her.
The Dragon King: [Maybe she's not in the embroidery workshop?]
The Azure Cloud Immortal: [She's in the embroidery workshop, in the southeast.]
The Dragon King: [How do you know?]
The Azure Cloud Immortal: [I calculated it.]
With the cultivation of the Azure Cloud Immortal, it was no problem to calculate the specific location of a mortal. However, since they were in two different worlds, the Azure Cloud Immortal could only calculate the approximate location.
Shen Baozhu pulled Yan Mingli and found Ling Yun in a wooden box in the southeast corner of the embroidery workshop. The box was so small that it seemed impossible to hide a person, so everyone skipped over it.
If Shen Baozhu hadn't decided to take a chance, they might have missed her too.
Ling Yun was even shorter than Hong Yun. Her tiny body was curled up in the box.
The Dragon King: [She should be in her twenties. Why is she so small?]
The Dragon King couldn't do the calculation like the Azure Cloud Immortal, but his innate dragon eyes allowed him to see that Ling Yun's real age didn't match her appearance.
Lin Yu: [She was probably given drugs to control her growth.]
Lin Yu: [Thank you for the medicinal materials, Baozhu. My senior brother just found me and said that his research project on ancient plants could continue. He asked me to thank you for him.]
Just as Shen Baozhu was about to reply to Lin Yu's message, she heard Yan Mingli let out an exclamation.
"She looks so much like my mother! She seems to be only in her teens. Could she be my mother's long - lost daughter?" Yan Mingli was shocked and then began to calculate carefully.
He walked around Ling Yun and looked at her again and again. "No, that's not right. I should be seven or eight years old. I couldn't have not known my mother was pregnant..."
The Dragon King: [Hahaha, this girl should be in her twenties. How could she be in her teens!]
Shen Baozhu grabbed Yan Mingli who was pacing back and forth and told him the news. "She's probably not in her teens. She's twenty?"
Hearing her real age, Ling Yun knew she couldn't hide it anymore. She timidly looked up at Yan Mingli and whispered, "Are you Aunt Su Mei's son?"
Hearing his mother's name, Yan Mingli's mind went blank for a moment. He lowered his head and poked Shen Baozhu's forehead. "Baozhu, there's a good news and a bad news."
"The good news is that I've rescued a relative of my family. The bad news is that I've fished her out of a brothel."
"And there's an even worse news. It's a bit too late."
The Dragon King: [It should be one good news and two bad news.]
Lin Yu: [It's good that she's been rescued.]
Compared to the somewhat dazed Yan Mingli, Shen Baozhu was very quick. She reached out and pulled Ling Yun out of the box, then dragged Yan Mingli outside.
Yan Mingli staggered. "Baozhu, what are you doing?"
"Ling Yun is Brother Mingli's relative. She's been bullied. Of course, we should complain to Uncle Emperor!" Thanks to the Emperor's efforts, Shen Baozhu trusted him very much.
Afraid that Yan Mingli wouldn't understand, Shen Baozhu stopped to explain. She clenched her fists and waved them a few times. "First, we'll complain to Uncle Emperor. Then we'll ask Third Brother to beat up those who bullied Ling Yun!"
Hearing the word "Emperor", Ling Yun trembled first. Her eyes shifted as if she was afraid of something.
Shen Baozhu hugged Ling Yun. "Don't be afraid. Uncle Emperor is very just. He will definitely help you punish the bad guys and uphold justice!"
Ling Yun subconsciously leaned closer to Shen Baozhu. She was touched. "Yes, Your Majesty is very just. He will definitely uphold justice. I have evidence. I have evidence of the Shen family's crimes..."
The Dragon King: [Evidence of the Shen family's crimes?]
The Dragon King: [Hurry up, hurry up. Go to the palace and find the Emperor.]
Lin Yu: [That's right. Hurry up, Baozhu.]
Urged by the Dragon King and Lin Yu, Shen Baozhu moved very quickly.
She directly pulled the nervous Ling Yun and the confused Yan Mingli into the carriage. Then she said to the coachman, "Baozhu wants to go to the palace. Can you go a bit faster?"
The coachman was an old servant in the Princess Mansion. Having received the little princess's order, he replied, "Sure! Sit tight, little princess."
Then he whipped the horses and rushed to the palace as fast as he could.
At the palace gate.
Shen Baozhu lifted the curtain. "Brother guard, Baozhu wants to go to the Qianqing Palace to find Uncle Emperor. Can I go in?"
Yan Mingli was a step slower and could only remind her in a low voice. "Baozhu, this won't work. We have to apply to the palace first. After getting permission from the palace, and then..."
"You can go in directly. However, you can't take this carriage. Please forgive me, little princess." The guard's apologetic voice made Yan Mingli shut up.
Although Shen Baozhu mostly just ate in the Qianqing Palace when she came to the palace, the Emperor occasionally took her out, and the grand eunuch had told them to listen to the little princess and try to meet all her needs.
When the guard said "you can't take this carriage", it meant that Shen Baozhu had to change to another carriage after entering the palace gate.
After entering the palace gate, Yan Mingli watched as Shen Baozhu led Ling Yun into another carriage.
If Shen Baozhu hadn't called him, he definitely wouldn't have dared to get on.
Even so, Yan Mingli was still very nervous. His body was stiff. He asked carefully, "Baozhu, don't we need to apply to enter the palace? How did we just get in like this?"
"Bao, Baozhu, is there another palace in the capital? Otherwise, how can we take a carriage?"
The Dragon King: [This kid is starting to babble incoherently.]
While Yan Mingli was muttering to himself, the carriage drove towards the Qianqing Palace.
When the Emperor heard that Shen Baozhu was coming from outside the palace, he was stunned. "Baozhu usually uses magic first. Why did she come by carriage this time? Could it be that the immortals are angry because of the Third Prince?"
Soon the Emperor knew the reason. It turned out that Shen Baozhu wasn't alone this time. She had brought two people with her.
He breathed a sigh of relief and told the grand eunuch to go to the imperial kitchen to prepare the pastries that Shen Baozhu liked.
When the carriage stopped at the Qianqing Palace, Yan Mingli refused to get off. "Baozhu, I'm scared!"
The Dragon King: [Hahaha, little cutie, tell him that if he doesn't get off the carriage, it's an act of contempt for the king and he'll be beheaded.]
Shen Baozhu repeated what the Dragon King said. In the blink of an eye, Yan Mingli was outside the carriage.
The Dragon King: [Hahaha]
Lin Yu: [Stop scaring Mingli. The most frequent word in the Dragon King's messages should be "ha".]
The Dragon King: [Hahaha]
The Azure Cloud Immortal: [Be careful not to use up all your sending times.]
The Azure Cloud Immortal's words made the Dragon King stop saying "hahaha".
Shen Baozhu led Ling Yun into the Qianqing Palace. Although Yan Mingli was scared, he still mustered up the courage to follow in.
"Uncle Emperor! Brother Mingli's relative has been bullied. Can you help?" Shen Baozhu didn't kneel or shout "Long live the Emperor". She ran into the Qianqing Palace familiarly and coquettishly asked the Emperor for help. Yan Mingli, standing beside her, was almost scared to death.
When Ling Yun saw the Emperor, she began to tremble all over. Her legs went weak and she collapsed on the ground. "Your humble servant Zhang Yun pays respects to Your Majesty. Your humble servant has solid evidence of Shen Qingshan of the Shen family's corruption. I hope Your Majesty can discern the truth clearly and bring justice to the Zhang family!"
The Zhang family was beheaded to the last person for their involvement in the corruption case in the south of the Yangtze River.
The Emperor looked up at Shen Baozhu. Could it be that the immortals knew he had been concerned about this matter and were giving him a hint?
Otherwise, how could Zhang Yun from the Zhang family, whose family had been executed, suddenly appear?
Back then, the capital was still raising grain for disaster relief. Assassins suddenly appeared in the palace. Since the incident happened suddenly, the Emperor needed to vent his anger, and the Zhang family and several other families were scapegoats.
It was true that these families were corrupt, and the evidence was also real. However, they were not the real masterminds behind it all.
With 70% truth and 30% falsehood, they managed to deceive everyone. It was not until a few years later, when the Emperor looked back on this matter calmly, that he found the doubts.
Over such a long time, the remaining evidence had long been erased, and the Emperor couldn't find any useful evidence.
But today, the evidence was right in front of him.