When Qi Nanfeng returned to Nanzhu Mansion, Yingge and Dai'er had already cleaned Xia Taoyuan and changed her into clean clothes.

Doctor Zhuang felt Xia Taoyuan's pulse again and said that it was now more stable, but it was easier to heal an external injury than a heart injury. He needed to rest for a while and was told to pay more attention to the princess's mood and not to make her sad. He told her to comfort her when she woke up. He then said that he would go back to the mansion to prepare some medicine and asked Qingyun to go with him to get it.

"Your Highness, Doctor Zhuang has said that the princess' pulse is stable and she will just have to wait for her to wake up. You should lie down and rest for a while." Long Yan looked at Chu Xingluo worriedly.

"Third brother, go and have a rest. Third sister-in-law definitely doesn't want to see you like this." King Nan said as he tried to pull Chu Xingluo.

Chu Xingluo didn't move at all. He gently picked up Xia Taoyuan and said in a sad voice, "Taotao, let's go home!" Then he walked towards the door step by step.

Seeing this, no one dared to stop them. Although Qi Nanfeng was worried to death, he didn't dare to step forward.

When they got outside, Chu Xingluo got on the carriage and said to Long Yan, "Let's go to Taotao Garden."

Long Yan said in embarrassment: "Your Highness, Taoyuan is in the suburbs. The princess is in this condition now. It will be inconvenient to call the imperial physician if something happens again." He must stop it, otherwise if someone assassinates her halfway, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Third brother, Long Yan is right. We can't take Third Sister-in-law to the suburbs now. It's late at night and the carriage is bumpy, which is not good for Third Sister-in-law's injuries." King Nan also advised.

Qi Nanfeng saw Long Yan's dilemma and guessed his worries, and advised Chu Xingluo: "Brother Chu, Long Yan and the King of the South are right. Not to mention the bumpy carriage, the unknown dangers on the road are also a big problem. We can't go."

Chu Xingluo hesitated for a while, then said to Long Yan: "Go back to the palace!"

Long Yan drove away, Feng Wu carried Dai Er and Ying Ge on her back and followed. Nan Wang and Qi Nan Feng also said goodbye and went back. Only Qi Nan Feng stood for a long time, looking at the direction where Xia Tao Yuan left. He did not go back until Xu Kun called him.

At the prison, several people who came to take over at night found that the mechanisms were all unlocked and there was no obstruction. They all felt something was wrong. When they walked in, they found the warden and several other jailers lying on the ground. They were all shocked and went forward to check if they were still alive, so they splashed water on them to wake them up.

The warden Li Da then realized that he had fallen into Fang Muyao's trap. He ran inside to look, but there was no sign of Princess Jing. He asked the prisoners next to him and found out that she had been taken out.

Li was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't know what the young lady was going to do. She had said she would bring some food to Princess Jing, so why did she take her out? He asked the newcomers to guard the place, and then used the badges to restore the mechanisms one by one. He and the people who had taken off the shift decided to go to Fang's house to find Fang Muyao and ask for clarification.

But just as he reached the gate of the Ministry of Justice, he was shocked again. There was a person hanging on the door pin, and there was a smell of blood.

Li Dazhuang bravely picked up the lantern and went forward to check. He lifted the person's hair and found it was Fang Muyao. He was so scared that he threw away the lantern and took a few steps back.

Seeing him like this, several jailers did not dare to step forward. Li Da pointed at Fang Muyao's body and stammered, "Yes, it's the eldest lady! Quick, put her down."

Two braver jailers stepped forward and put Fang Muyao down. One of them said, "She must have died not long ago. Her body is still warm."

Li Da was of course aware that the brothers who came to take over the body had not been in for long and they did not see it, which meant that the body had been hung there not long ago.

"You four stay here and guard. I'm going to find Minister Fang." After saying that, Li Da took two jailers to the Minister's Mansion.

Fang Zhong was awakened by his wife pouring cold water on him: "Master, Li Da from the Heavenly Prison is here. He is outside and said he has something important to tell you!"

"It's the middle of the night, I can't sleep well." Fang Zhong muttered as he got up and put on his clothes. He put his hand on his waist. Damn! There was nothing! This was his long-standing habit. He never took off his waist badge. Because of its importance, he always carried it with him. He tied a knot, so it couldn't be lost unless someone untied it.

Fang Zhong was horrified. He searched for the badge several times but couldn't find it. Then he remembered how attentive his daughter had been last night, so he immediately asked his wife to go get Fang Muyao.

After a while, Madam Fang came back, looking flustered, and said, "Master, the maid said Mu Yao hasn't come back yet, and she also said that she had told them before she left that she might not come back until dawn."

Upon hearing this, Fang Zhong was certain that the badge had been taken by his daughter. He didn't know what his daughter did with the badge, so he didn't dare to think too much and immediately went to find Li Da.

After Fang Zhong repeatedly asked, Li Da didn't know how to start, so he just said, "Sir, you will know if you accompany us to the Ministry of Justice."

Fang Zhong frowned, and suddenly felt inexplicably uneasy. He followed Li Da and two jailers to the Ministry of Justice. When he arrived at the Ministry of Justice, he saw several jailers surrounding something, and he went forward to check. He saw a person, covered in blood. He took the jailer's lantern and looked carefully. He pulled aside the hair covering the person's face. The person's face was already blue and purple. Even so, he could still see that it was his beloved daughter, Fang Muyao.

Fang Zhong cried out in shock and nearly fell to the ground. He had no idea why his daughter was killed, nor did he know if her death was related to the lost badge. He burst into tears.

Li Da and several jailers persuaded Fang Zhong for a while, then helped him into the house and told him everything about Fang Muyao holding the badge last night.

"You mean, Mu Yao took Princess Jing away?" Fang Zhong suppressed the grief in his heart.

"Yes, when we came out of the handover, we saw the eldest lady hanging on the door pin, and we went to find you immediately." Li Da replied.

"Has Princess Jing returned?" Fang Zhong asked.

Li Da shook his head.

Fang Zhong didn't know the relationship between his daughter and Princess Jing, and why he took Princess Jing out of the prison. But he knew that his daughter couldn't escape responsibility for this matter. No matter what the reason was, she couldn't enter the prison without permission, knock out the warden and the jailer, and even take Princess Jing out of the prison. Any of these crimes was enough to be a serious crime.

Fang Zhong sorted out his thoughts. The most urgent thing now was to find the badge. If the badge was gone, his position as a minister would be over. He returned to the courtyard and searched Fang Muyao's body, but found nothing.

Just when he was in despair, he remembered that Li Da said there was another girl who came with Mu Yao. He said that girl looked very much like Zhang Wei, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice. Fang Zhong knew it must be Zhang Qianqian. His daughter was often with Zhang Qianqian and Mu Yanran.

Without further ado, he decided to go to Zhang's house to find out the truth.

When they arrived at Zhang's house, they called Zhang Wei. Seeing that his immediate superior was visiting him in the middle of the night, Zhang Wei did not dare to be negligent in the slightest and offered Fang Zhong tea with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Fang Zhong asked him to call his daughter Zhang Qianqian. Seeing Fang Zhong's serious and gloomy face, Zhang Wei's heart was pounding, but he did not dare to hesitate. He asked the servant to call Zhang Qianqian.

Zhang Qianqian couldn't sleep after she came back. She didn't understand why Fang Muyao became like this. If Qi Nanfeng doesn't like you, you can like someone else. Why do you have to hang yourself on this tree?

Until the servant came and called her to the front yard, saying that Lord Fang Zhongfang was looking for her, Zhang Qianqian thought that Fang Muyao had not returned home yet.

Zhang Qianqian came to the living room, Fang Zhong asked her where Fang Muyao had gone, and where was Princess Jing's wife Xia Taoyuan? Zhang Qianqian told him everything that had happened. She said she advised Fang Muyao not to be impulsive and not to beat Princess Jing again, but Fang Muyao didn't listen and beat Princess Jing until she had a miscarriage. She was so scared that she ran out because she was afraid that Princess Jing's wife Xia Taoyuan would die and implicate her. She passed by Nanzhu Mansion and went to find Qi Nanfeng. Mu Yun and the King of Nan were there, so they went to rescue Princess Jing. She didn't know what happened next.

Fang Zhong knew that he was finished. His daughter was so bold as to lynch Princess Jing and even beat her to the point of miscarriage. No matter who looked at her, she deserved to be put to death.

Fang Zhong slowly stood up and stumbled away.

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