Qier, I can let you go and have fun for a while. But when I find you again, you can't run away anymore. I'll only give you this one chance. From now on, you have to take me with you wherever you go.
The next day, Jiang Yanqin came to bid farewell.
"Are you sure you want to leave?"
"Yes. Mu Fengqie has gone missing. What's the point of my staying here? To endure someone's temper?" After saying that, he gave Jing Xunche a sidelong glance.
"Okay. If you get any news about my elder sister, you must tell me." There was nothing but a threat in A Ru's eyes. If you don't tell me the news about my elder sister, I'll tell Jing Xunche and the others about this!
"Okay, got it." How dare you!
"Then thank you." Just watch if I dare or not.
In the end, Jiang Yanqin gave in and stopped looking at A Ru. No one noticed the eye contact between the two.
"Don't worry. I'll just stay in the capital of Nanqing. I just don't want to live with you guys. I don't want to endure anyone's temper. Besides, the express station in Nanqing has just opened, and I can't leave yet. Mu Fengqie doesn't know when she'll come back, so I still have to stay here and take charge."
"You're overthinking it. We're not worried about you at all." Mu Nan couldn't stand it anymore and retorted.
Jiang Yanqin's face darkened. She deserved to leave you guys. It's all your own doing. You can just worry on your own.
Jiang Yanqin took a look at Jing Xunche and then left.
"Send someone to follow him. Find out where he goes and who he meets, and report everything to me."
"Yes."
"Do you suspect that his disappearance is related to Mu Fengqie?"
Jing Xunche shook his head. "I'm not sure. It doesn't hurt to keep an eye on him."
As soon as Jiang Yanqin walked out of the inn, he felt someone following him. He didn't care and calmly returned to the express station in Nanqing. He lay on the concubine chair leisurely eating grapes and looking at the accounts of the past few days.
Looking at the income on the accounts, Jiang Yanqin's mood instantly brightened.
"Master, we've found out some things about the Queen of Nanqing. It's just that she hid herself well, so it took us a long time."
"What did you find out about her?" Mu Fengqie looked at Zhu Fei with great interest.
"Back then, before the previous emperor of Nanqing died, there were some extremely trusted ministers. But after the emperor died, these people died one after another. They all went to the palace the day before they died."
"Did you find any evidence?" This matter is no small matter. Murdering court ministers. No matter if you're the queen or not, you have to admit your guilt.
"The descendant of one of the ministers survived and has the evidence in hand. But it's been so long that we don't know where the descendant of that minister is now."
Mu Fengqie withdrew her disappointed look. "Send someone to look for him and see if you can find him."
"Yes."
"Also, the mother of the kidnapped girl should be coming into the city to look for her daughter."
Zhu Fei was stunned for a moment and replied, "Yes."
Recently, a big thing happened in the capital. The young prince of the current dynasty was arrested.
Li Tongbai was sitting quietly in the capital prison without making a sound.
Early this morning, a woman came and knelt in front of his mansion, saying that she wanted him to return her daughter.
"Auntie, what's wrong with your daughter? Why are you coming to the prince's mansion to ask for her?" The first thing the common people thought of was the thing they had been discussing recently. Now that they saw someone coming to the prince's mansion to ask for someone, they were even more certain.
The woman was kneeling on the ground, kowtowing non-stop. Hearing the common people's words, she stopped and explained to everyone.
"My poor daughter is only fourteen years old. She won't come of age for another half a year. But the local magistrate said that the prince took a fancy to my daughter and sent her here.
"But my daughter is still young. I didn't agree. I said we should wait until my daughter comes of age. But they didn't listen. They not only snatched my daughter away but also beat our husband to disability!
"I really had no other choice. I borrowed some money from the people in the village and came to the capital. I just want to take my daughter back. She's our only child. Prince, please have mercy. Let my daughter go."
As the woman spoke, she started kowtowing on the ground again. Soon, her head was bleeding.
"Could it be true?"
"What's there to be false about? Didn't you see that she came to the prince's mansion risking her life? If she wasn't forced to have no other choice, who would dare to come here to ask for someone? She must be tired of living."
"You're right."
"Prince, please have mercy! Let my daughter go! Prince!" The woman on the ground cried even more bitterly, kowtowing non-stop on the ground.
Soon, the government sent people to take the kneeling woman away. They also left two people to call someone from the prince's mansion.
The common people followed all the way to the yamen, wanting to see how the matter would develop.
"Bold commoner, do you know your crime!" The grand tutor looked at the kneeling woman below with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Please, my lord, uphold justice for this woman!" The woman repeated what she had just said outside word for word.
When Li Tongbai came, he heard what the woman said. He couldn't help but snort coldly. He stepped forward and kicked her, stepping on her hard.
"What do you think you are? How dare you come to me? Let me tell you, it's your daughter's good fortune that I took a fancy to her."
If it had been before, Li Tongbai would definitely have handled this matter well and would never have let himself get involved in such a thing. But now it's different. He has given up on himself. Since he was crippled, his temper has become unpredictable.
Before, he was just a bit perverted in sexual matters. Now he takes pleasure in torturing those young girls. Watching them cry out in pain makes him feel extremely comfortable.
The woman was kicked to the ground and endured his punches and kicks. She didn't say a word, just repeated over and over again that he should return her daughter.
"Please, Grand Tutor, uphold justice!" One person knelt down and shouted towards the yamen.
"Please, Grand Tutor, uphold justice!" Everyone knelt down. This was related to the safety of their families. They wanted the court to give them a result.
"You're all rebelling! I'll ask my elder sister the queen to cut off all your heads."
Li Tongbai pointed at the common people outside the door and threatened them one by one.
Seeing that the matter was getting out of hand, the grand tutor had no choice but to arrest Li Tongbai according to the wishes of the common people.
Li Tongbai leaned against the wall of the cell, humming an unknown tune. Suddenly, he felt that it would be good to die like this. At least he wouldn't have to see people pointing fingers at him.
"Impossible! Yang'er would never do such a thing." Li Tongyu knocked off the memorials on the table and looked at the grand tutor, completely disbelieving what he had just said.
"Your Majesty, every word this old minister said is true. Please make a decision as soon as possible."
In fact, Li Tongyu really didn't know about this matter. After all, not many people knew about it. So when the matter happened, Li Tongyu was completely stunned.
Li Tongyu was sitting on the dragon throne, not knowing what to do. Yang'er was her younger brother from the same mother. She couldn't let anything happen to her younger brother. But how could she solve this matter?
There were both witnesses and physical evidence, and so many common people had seen it. How could she protect Yang'er?