After the replacement marriage, I was forced to fight at home

"What's the matter with that servant in the Prince's Mansion?" The Chief Secretary narrowed his eyes and looked displeased.

The servant followed the gaze of the chief historian and looked at the servant next to Zhou Yu who was jogging beside the carriage and talking to the people in the carriage, "I will go and take a look."

Mingxi was so excited that he stood up in a hurry and trotted along with the carriage. Fortunately, the carriage was not moving very fast. "You, aren't you the servant of the Third Miss of the Meng family? Don't you recognize me? I am the servant of the Second Young Master of the Prince's Mansion. When your Third Miss got married, my Second Mistress sent me to accompany you all the way to the post station. You also gave me a hundred coins, remember?"

Just as Mingxi finished speaking, a woman came out, looked Mingxi up and down, and said a few words to the woman just now. There was an expression of surprise on her face, and then the carriage stopped.

Meng Xiu got off the carriage with the help of the maid, and looked up and down at the dusty boy, "Are you from my second brother-in-law's side?"

"Ah? You are, you are the third daughter of the Meng family? Yes, my name is Mingxi."

"How did you get here? What happened?" Meng Xiu was asking when the carriages in front and behind stopped. The deputy officer rode forward and bowed, "Madam, what happened?"

Mingxi hurried forward to pay his respects, and in a few words he told what had happened.

"What? You said my second brother-in-law fell off a cliff?" Meng Xiu said in surprise.

"Prince Rui is coming too?" Wang Boyuan walked forward and asked anxiously.

Mingxi looked at Wang Boyuan and nodded, then turned to look at Meng Xiu, "Miss San, I see that you have so many people, can I help? The people who went to the capital to look for her haven't arrived yet. The people from Prince Jing's Mansion and Prince Rui's Mansion have gone out to look for her, but it's been almost two incense sticks, and there's still no movement."

Mingxi said while wiping away tears.

Here, Meng Xiu had told Wang Boyuan Mingxi's identity. Wang Boyuan was stunned, "How could this be? Why didn't Prince Jing tell me just now?" After saying that, he turned his head to look at Prince Jing's carriage, and several people were walking towards this side.

The leader was the chief official of Prince Jing's mansion. He greeted them first, then said, "I wonder why Lord Wang has stopped moving forward? What happened? To be honest, many people will be here soon. If you block us here, it may affect our business."

Wang Boyuan said, "I just found out that my nephew's son-in-law had an accident. How could I just stand by and watch?"

Hearing this, the Chief Clerk was stunned at first. Looking at Meng Xiu standing next to him, he thought for a moment before realizing the relationship between Wang Boyuan and Zhou Yu. He then slapped his head and said, "Oh, it was my negligence. I actually forgot that Prince Rui and Mr. Zhou Er had such a relationship with Lord Wang. However, as you can see, the mountain road is narrow and difficult to walk on, and the cliff is even more steep and straight. The prince has sent people to go around to the front to find the way down the cliff. It will probably not take long to find Prince Rui and Mr. Zhou Er. Lord Wang has just returned. He is tired from the journey, so he should go back early. When there is any news here, I will send someone to report safety as soon as possible. How about that?"

Wang Boyuan waved his hand, "Since we have met, we must do our best. You don't have to be polite, Chief Secretary. You can make your own arrangements. We have our own arrangements here and will not cause any trouble for you."

After saying this, he turned around and whispered a few words to the deputy assistant magistrate, who then arranged for the carriage to continue moving forward, leaving only the guards standing in a row at the foot of the mountain.

The Chief Secretary frowned as he looked at Wu Zhengda's men standing in a long row in a neat and fast manner. He couldn't help but let him go at this time.

Watching the chief historian go back to report to King Jing, Wang Boyuan called Mingxi to his side and said, "I am the uncle of your second grandmother."

Mingxi's tears kept flowing, and he nodded, "Uncle, please save the Second Master quickly. He has been down there for a long time, and there is no sound coming up from below."

"Don't worry. King Jing just said that the people from the capital will be here soon. There will be strength in numbers. Also, since they have gone down to search first, we won't go there. Lord Wu's soldiers are very good at climbing. Let them look for a place where they can go down."

"Sir, this cliff is very steep and dangerous. I wonder if the two people you just mentioned who fell down would have already..." said the deputy officer with a frown.

"No, the second young master will be fine." Mingxi said anxiously.

"How do you know?" Meng Xiu asked.

Mingxi told him about the strip of cloth.

"So, Second Sister knows what is written on the cloth?"

Mingxi nodded, "Yes, that is the code between the Second Young Master and the Second Young Mistress. Each circle has a special meaning. I think the Second Young Master must have written it because he was afraid that others would know his current location."

Wang Boyuan walked back and forth a few steps, "You mean, King Jing's people shot the pigeon down, King Jing saw the cloth strip, but he didn't ask any questions and just collected it, and no one went back to the capital?"

Mingxi nodded and said, "Sir, I don't think what happened today was an accident." Mingxi recounted what happened when he left the city early this morning.

Wang Boyuan thought about the long talk he had with Wu Zhengda on the way back. It seemed that the situation in Beijing was more serious than they thought.

"Where is that person? The one who put away the cloth strip?" the deputy magistrate stepped forward with a gloomy face.

After looking around for a long time, Mingxi pointed at a person standing in a corner not far away.

Wang Boyuan nodded to the deputy magistrate, "Don't draw other people's attention."

At this time, everyone seemed to hear voices coming from the bottom of the cliff, and calls came one after another.

Meng Xiu lifted her skirt and was about to go take a look, but Wang Boyuan stopped her and said, "Sister Xiu, you should take your grandfather, aunt, and sister-in-law back to Beijing first. I'm afraid it will be chaotic if there are too many people."

Meng Xiu looked at Wang Boyuan's wife who kept looking over here from the car in the distance, thought for a moment and nodded, "Why don't I go look for my second sister first."

As they were talking, the deputy magistrate came over and stretched out his hand to show them a blood-stained strip of cloth.

Wang Boyuan nodded, "Find two quick men and take the second young master's servant with you. We must hurry. I hear the noises down there are getting louder and louder."

Wang Boyuan watched a few people sneak out, then looked towards the edge of the cliff, thinking about the matter carefully.

King Jing stayed in charge, was it because of the deep brotherly love? How could it be possible? Was he afraid that Prince Rui would come alive?

The fact that Zhou Yu sent up a piece of cloth with a secret code on it fully illustrates this point. King Rui should have suspected that this was not an accident.

Therefore, he couldn't leave any more. Even if King Jing's men really found King Rui and Zhou Yu first, with King Rui's men holding them back below and him guarding above, King Jing would probably be more cautious.

Thinking of this, Wang Boyuan straightened his headscarf, turned around and walked towards King Jing's carriage.

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"Second Madam, Second Madam, come, come, Mingxi is back and wants to see you." Xuefu stroked her chest and gasped heavily.

"Ah? Alone? Where is the Second Master?" Meng Wan said anxiously.

Xue Fu waved her hand, "Second Madam, don't ask any more questions. Let's go to the outer courtyard. There are two people I don't recognize. They said they were with the Third Young Lady."

"Who? Third Miss? Which Third Miss?"

While letting Chuan'er put on her coat, Meng Wan hurried out. Dongmei had already called for a sedan chair to be waiting in the yard.

It was not until Meng Wan sat in the sedan that she realized who the Third Miss was. Meng Xiu? Why was she back?

Seeing Mingxi with his clothes torn in several places, his face covered in dirt, and holding a bloody cloth in his hand, Meng Wan felt that breathing became difficult. He took the cloth and opened it, only to see an address written in English, written in blood.

Meng Wan didn't have time to think about it. He put away the cloth and told Dongmei, "Send someone to the Rui Palace to check what's going on, and also to Uncle Qi."

"My brother has already sent someone to look for Uncle Qi, but I don't know if they have gone there yet. Brother Liuzi is nearby, so I'm afraid he has also gone to look for him under the cliff." Mingxi told the story in general terms.

Meng Wan nodded, "So, the Rui Palace should have received the news."

"Well, judging by the time, it should be. I heard that Prince Jing arranged for someone to notify the Crown Prince, and Brother Chu also sent someone back to Prince Rui's Palace to transfer people."

Meng Wan was stunned. "When you came back, did you see anyone going there?"

Mingxi shook his head, "I really didn't see it."

Meng Wan's heart skipped a beat. The messenger might have met with an accident. "Mingxi, come here."

Mingxi listened to Meng Wan telling him the approximate location where Zhou Yu and the others should be, and opened his mouth in surprise, "Second Madam, this is what the symbol means."

"Go back quickly. Remember, you can't let your uncle's people leave. You must not let the people from Prince Jing's Mansion go to rescue alone. Do you understand?"

Mingxi nodded vigorously, "Second Madam, bring all the ropes in the mansion. Lord Wu's men said that their people are very good at climbing. If the Second Master is trapped halfway up the mountain, he can get down from above."

Caixia and Chuan'er were standing together. After hearing this, they ran out quickly. After Meng Wan found out what happened, new horses were brought in, and each horse had a roll of thick rope hanging on its back.

"You guys go first, we're taking the bus slowly, don't worry about us."

Mingxi and the two men, together with some guards from the palace, rode out of Prince Shen's palace on more than ten horses like arrows from a bow.