Mrs. Shangguan glared at her daughter in a doting way.
"Nothing is said, how can you give the concubines in the harem? "
"Okay, mom, don't worry, I'll prepare. I promise that Concubine Xian will like it."
Shangguan Wanning asked the maid to help her mother back to her room to rest, and sighed tiredly.
"You go and take a break, too." Sun Jinyao gently brushed Shangguan Wanning's long hair.
"Miss...is not good..." The housekeeper hurriedly ran in with a panic look, "Miss, the old slave just received a report that the master disappeared on the way back."
"What?" Shangguan Wanning's face suddenly changed and she asked hurriedly, "What does it mean to be missing? My father went out and brought more than a dozen experts with him this time, so why did he disappear?"
"The old slave didn't know either. The slave who rushed back to report was too serious and had fainted. The old slave asked him to ask the doctor Lu to treat him."
Shangguan Wanning's heart hurt a little hard, and she almost fell down. Sun Jinyao quickly supported her with quick eyes and hands.
"Don't worry, I'll go and have a look."
"I'll go with you."
Shangguan Wanning was not relieved if she didn't go there in person.
She turned her head and told the housekeeper: "You can hide this for the time being and don't let anyone know about it, especially my mother, I'm afraid she will worry."
"But... I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it for long. If you follow the normal itinerary, even if the master walks slowly, you should come back in three to five days and report to the emperor."
"My father is in the prime minister's position, and his safety will also involve the fluctuations of the previous dynasty. I don't want to cause panic. How long can I hide it? You can prepare three fast horses for me immediately. I will go with Yao before the curfew is dark.
My brother left the city and notified Brother Huo for me and asked him to accompany him."
"Yes." The housekeeper went to do business immediately.
"Ning'er, don't worry, I haven't seen any scenes of your father before, I believe he can handle them."
"Um."
Shangguan Wanning was very uneasy. She warned herself to stay calm at all times and never let any emotions affect her judgment.
Soon, the housekeeper prepared everything, and Shangguan Wanning took Sun Jinyao and Huo Gang out of the city and headed straight to the station where his father was missing.
The three of them rushed to their destination overnight and arrived at their destination when the sun sets the next day.
The official secretary looked at the token of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Shangguan Wanning's hand, and his legs became weak and he knelt down.
"Princess, it's nothing to do with the villain... This... The Prime Minister disappeared for no reason..."
"Get up first and tell me the situation slowly."
"Okay... OK..." Yi Cheng wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves, and told the story intermittently.
"The villain knew that the Prime Minister was coming one day in advance, so he did not receive any other guests that day. In the evening, the Prime Minister took twelve guards to stay, and the villain arranged the meals with the four waiters here."
"Everything is safe and sound. Who knew that when he woke up the next morning, the villain saw a guard dead in the garden. This scared the villain and immediately went to find the Prime Minister. Who knew that the Prime Minister's room was missing.
There was only a large pool of blood."
"Then, the waiter found the bodies of other guards in another room, which were twelve. They were all dead... the Prime Minister was gone."
Shangguan Wanning's expression was a little solemn.
"Miss, I'll go and see the bodies of the guards first."
"Okay, please trouble Brother Huo."
"Let's go." Huo Gang signaled the waiter to lead the way.
Shangguan Wanning thought carefully and asked, "Is there anything special that night? Or are there any other guests coming to stay?"
"Yes, a young man came to see the Prime Minister."
The official secretary continued, "It was already dark at that time. I thought he was staying there. He said he asked to meet the Prime Minister and gave me a letter of worship to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister asked the guards to take him into the room.
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"What happened later?"
"The villain later didn't know. The villain was driven back to his room by the guards. When did the young man leave... The villain has no impression."
"What does that young man look like?" Sun Jinyao asked.
The Yicheng recalled carefully, and described it while thinking.
Shangguan Wanning and Sun Jinyao looked at each other.
Shangguan Wanning had an ominous premonition in her heart, because the person she described as an official secretary felt... familiar.
"What do you think?" Sun Jinyao asked in a low voice.
"Go to the room where my dad lived and take a look."
The two walked into the room together. There were no signs of fighting in the room. Even the quilts on the bed were neatly folded, with only the large pool of dried blood beside the desk, which was shocking.
"Don't worry, this blood is not necessarily your father's."
Sun Jinyao's comfort did not comfort Shangguan Wanning's heart. She just forced out a smile and nodded.
Sun Jinyao pondered for a moment, walked to the desk and picked up the pen. He drew a portrait in a very short time.
"Come here to see if the person who came to find the Prime Minister that night was this person?"
Sun Jinyao called the postmaster, and the postmaster nodded repeatedly when he saw it.
"Yes, yes, it's him..."
Shangguan Wanning's heart skipped a beat.
It was indeed Mu Jingrui.
"Why... it was him?" Shangguan Wanning frowned.
"who?"
Sun Jinyao noticed someone outside the window, jumped out, and the palm wind hit the figure.
The man moved very quickly, and after dodging, he landed steadily on the ground.
"It's you."
Sun Jinyao didn't expect Mu Jingrui to be still there.
Mu Jingrui ignored Sun Jinyao at all, but looked at Shangguan Wanning who followed him out.
"Here you come."
He seemed to have expected Shangguan Wanning to come.
"Where is my father?" Shangguan Wanning asked impatiently.
"He was taken away by a few mysterious people. When I went to chase him, I encountered obstacles and lost his pursuit."
Shangguan Wanning didn’t know whether to be happy or sad.
"Is it because a mysterious person took the Prime Minister away, or did you hide the Prime Minister?" Sun Jinyao remained suspicious of Mu Jingrui's words.
Mu Jingrui didn't want to say a word to Sun Jinyao, but walked to Shangguan Wanning and said, "The people who killed your father's twelve guards should be the same group as Wang Dan."
Shangguan Wanning was stunned.
Sure enough, there is a follow-up to this matter.
"Will your lies be a little bit clumsy?"
"He didn't lie."
Huo Gang came over, and he had a good impression of Mu Jingrui, so he bowed to Mu Jingrui.
"Miss, I have checked the master's twelve guards and also looked at the wounds of the prison guards guarding Wang Dan. Whether the position and depth of the knife were cut, even the shape of the wound was almost the same, and they should be the same group of people.
”
"Why did they rob my dad?"
Shangguan Wanning fell into deep thought.
She began to seriously recall all the big things that happened in her previous life.