You have asked for permission to marry, why should I restrain myself?

Something must have happened to the lady!

Otherwise she wouldn't run around.

Qingzhu looked at the white powder on the ground. It was a powerful drug that was not sold on the market.

They came prepared. Who kidnapped the lady?

Qingzhu frowned.

Judging from her speed and the time it took to go back and forth, those people should not have left the hunting ground.

If you want to find a lady now, you can only expand the search range.

It just so happened that those who kidnapped her used the young lady's injuries as an excuse. Qingzhu did not hesitate and directly reported Lin Zhaoyue's disappearance to Duke Lin.

Although the emperor did not make the prince's disappearance public and only ordered the imperial guards to look for him secretly, the people around him and the ministers knew about it.

Duke Lin had just been worried about the disappearance of the crown prince, and now he was caught off guard to hear that his daughter was also missing. He almost fainted and his face turned pale.

He drank a bowl of herbal tea, forced himself to calm down, looked at Qingzhu and said:

"When did Zhao Zhao disappear?"

"A quarter of an hour ago."

A quarter of an hour?

They haven't left the hunting ground yet, so there's still time.

"Tell Madam about this first, so that she can be mentally prepared."

After Duke Lin finished speaking, he stood up, walked out of the tent and headed towards the dragon tent.

In the dragon tent.

The emperor, dressed in a dark dragon robe, sat on the main seat, his majestic face filled with anger. He picked up the inkstone on the table and smashed it at Xiao Jian who was kneeling below.

Xiao Jian did not dodge or give way, allowing the heavy inkstone to hit him directly.

Blood flowed from his forehead and he knelt with a look of self-blame on his face.

"I entrusted you with an important task, but you are so useless! You can't even set up a defense for the Spring Hunt. Xiao Jian, you disappoint me so much!"

When the word "disappointment" comes out of the emperor's mouth, it is like a thousand pounds of weight, so heavy that it makes people breathless.

Xiao Jian pursed his lips and let the blood from his head flow into his eyes without blinking. After knocking his head heavily several times, he said:

"It's all my fault. I will find my brother, the Crown Prince, and I will ask you to punish me..."

"Your Majesty, Duke Lin requests an audience!"

Outside, Eunuch Lu's sharp voice came in. Xiao Zhang glanced at the kneeling Xiao Jian and said sternly:

"Go find someone!"

"Yes, Father!"

Xiao Jian stood up, bowed and walked out of the tent.

When Duke Lin looked at the blood on Xiao Jian's forehead, he knew that the emperor was very angry.

Xiao Zhang held his head with one hand, his temple throbbing with pain. Seeing Duke Lin, he said:

"My dear, what do you want from me? I am so angry that my head hurts. If you have something to say, just tell me directly."

When there were no outsiders around, Xiao Zhang didn't put on much airs in front of his former brothers.

Duke Lin looked at Xiao Zhang who was having a headache and said:

"Your Majesty, my daughter also disappeared a quarter of an hour ago. Her maid reported that someone drugged her and kidnapped her. I think these people came prepared."

The daughter of Duke Lin who came to the hunting ground today was Lin Zhaoyue, so the emperor naturally knew her.

Xiao Zhang frowned slightly and looked at Duke Lin:

"Zhao Zhao is missing too?"

"Yes."

Duke Lin nodded.

The disappearance of the prince is understandable. After all, few of the emperor’s sons are without ambition.

But Duke Lin didn’t understand why they wanted to capture Zhao Zhao. Did they want to use Zhao Zhao to threaten him?

"Don't worry, my dear minister. I will send more people to search right away. Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we will find Zhao Zhao back..."

……

At an exit somewhere in the hunting ground, Lin Zhaoyue was put into a sack and fell into a coma.

The three men walked to the exit, and one of them, carrying a sack, was stopped by the guards at the door:

"No one is allowed to enter or leave without the Seventh Prince's pass."

The leading man was about to force his way in when a eunuch in a purple robe came over carrying a food box.

The two guards saw the eunuch and saluted respectfully:

"Father-in-law."

"These people are out on errands for the queen, let them go."

Hearing what the purple-robed eunuch said, the guard looked a little embarrassed:

"But……"

"What? Do you dare to disobey the Queen's words?"

The purple-robed eunuch's words were threatening.

The two guards looked at each other and finally decided to let him go:

"Okay, let's go."

The three men carried the sacks, went out of the exit, got on a carriage, and drove away.

The purple-robed eunuch did not retract his gaze until the carriage was no longer visible. The fierceness on his face was replaced by a smile:

"Thank you both, this is the cake given to you by the Queen. I hope you can keep this a secret."

As he spoke, the purple-robed eunuch opened the food box in his hand and handed it to the two guards.

The pastry in the food box is in the shape of a pink petal with some honey on it, which is delicate and tempting.

There were also golden beads on the sides, and the two guards' eyes lit up when they saw the golden beads.

He quickly said:

"Thank you, madam, and thank you, father-in-law."

As he was about to take the food box, the purple-robed eunuch said:

"You two should just eat with your hands, otherwise it will be too conspicuous to hold a food box."

Hearing the eunuch's hint, the two guards nodded and said with a smile:

"My father-in-law reminded me of this."

As they spoke, they each took two pieces of cake and stuffed them into their mouths, grabbing the golden nuggets impatiently.

The cakes were almost choking and the two were choking, but since they were gifts from the Empress, they couldn't spit them out.

The purple-robed eunuch looked at the two of them and smiled kindly:

"You two are such idiots. Who would eat two pieces of cake at once? You'd choke if you didn't."

As he spoke, he took away the steamer and revealed the second layer:

"This tea was originally for the queen. You two should drink some tea to calm down first! But you can't tell anyone about this."

The Empress' tea must be the best tea. The two nodded, took the tea poured by the purple-robed eunuch, drank two cups, and then put the cakes in.

Feeling relaxed all over, they put the gold nugget into their sleeve pockets and were about to thank their father-in-law when they suddenly felt a sharp pain in their bodies.

My internal organs felt like they were burning.

Realizing something, they widened their eyes and looked at their father-in-law in disbelief. When they opened their mouths, they spat out a mouthful of black blood. Their bodies fell limply, and they died with their eyes open.

The purple-robed eunuch brushed off the nonexistent dust on his body, tilted his head slightly, and said sternly:

"Take care of it."

"Yes, father-in-law."

Four guards appeared from nowhere behind him. They were well-trained. Two of them dragged the two bodies away, and two replaced the positions of the two guards.

The spring breeze blows away the blood...

……

With Lin Zhaoyue as a known card, the Imperial Guards began to search for her in a big way.

All people were ordered to wait in the field and watch the guards search tent by tent.

Everyone sighed in their hearts, saying that she was worthy of being the future Crown Princess. Even though she was not favored by the Crown Prince, she was considerate of the royal family's reputation and even made such a big fuss about her disappearance.

The wound on Xiao Yan's leg had not stopped bleeding, and the blood kept flowing. His originally delicate and fair face had turned light purple, and his thin pink lips had turned black.

The temperature in his body continued to drain away, and he felt chilled to the bone.

So far, no one has found him.

Xiao Wei looked at the sky with blurred vision.

His mind was in a mess, and some memories that he wasn't sure if they belonged to him came flooding back.