After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

A slight whimpering sound came from the next yard. Aunt Chun and Qiao Bing immediately fell silent and tried to listen carefully.

"Has the son of Granny Hua next door come back? The voice sounds like a child's."

Qiao Bing listened attentively, feeling somewhat puzzled. "This is not the way a child cries. This sound is more like the sobbing sound of someone covering their mouth."

Aunt Chun glanced towards the next room and said, "My husband, please stay here. I'll go take a look next door."

"Well, go ahead and be careful."

Qiao Bing gave her some instructions and slowly moved back to sit on a chair beside him.

Aunt Chun opened the courtyard gate with a plate of rice cakes in her hand and walked to the next door. Just as she was about to knock on the door, it opened from the inside.

Aunt Chun and Aunt Hua were both stunned.

Aunt Chun reacted and brought the rice cake in her hand to Aunt Hua, saying with a smile: "I ate your food last time, so I have nothing to give you in return. This is the rice cake I made today, please try it."

Mrs. Hua glanced at her inconspicuously, then took it with a smile.

"You, girl, are just two handfuls of green vegetables, how can they be worth this plate of rice cakes?"

Mrs. Hua was over sixty years old, with black hair mixed with some gray. She was dressed in a gray linen dress and had a cloth of the same color wrapped around her head.

She has a round body and a big face with a lot of fat. When she smiles, the flesh on her cheeks bulges, revealing a cheerful feeling.

Aunt Chun glanced towards the yard and asked, "Your son and daughter-in-law haven't come back yet?"

Grandma Hua's heart tightened when she heard this. She turned around and looked towards her house, then said with a smile, "He came back yesterday evening and is now going to the pharmacy to get medicine. My grandson..."

"what happened?"

Old Lady Hua sighed, "That child has manic illness. He just had a tantrum. As an old woman, I had no other options, so I tied him up."

Aunt Chun looked sympathetic, said a few words to Mrs. Hua, then turned and left.

When Mrs. Hua heard the sound of the door closing next door, she breathed a sigh of relief. She held the plate and looked around with a sly look before closing the door.

She didn't even care about the pastries on the plate falling to the ground. She quickly walked into the house and looked at the little boy tied to the couch with a sinister look in her eyes.

"You bastard, you almost brought disaster upon me!"

She slammed the plate down on the table, walked over quickly, grabbed the little boy by the collar, and slapped him hard.

"Snapped!"

The little boy's fair face instantly became red and swollen, he whimpered softly, and tears fell from his eyes one by one.

"If you don't behave yourself, I'll break your legs!"

Mrs. Hua threw him to the ground viciously, walked to the table, picked up the rice cake from the plate and started eating it.

"This young lady has very skillful hands."

As Mrs. Hua was eating cakes, the pretty face of Aunt Chun appeared in her mind, and a strange smile suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Such a clever young lady is with a cripple. It's really a waste of time. She should have a better place to go."

Aunt Chun, who had a better place to go, returned to her home.

Qiao Bing asked, "How is it? Have you found out everything?"

"Grandma Hua said that her son and daughter-in-law came back yesterday evening, and her grandson also came back, but he was suffering from manic illness."

Aunt Chun was tidying up the clothes that had been dried on the bamboo poles in the yard, and she said, "The sound just now should be the sound of her grandson's illness. She said that the child was making a lot of noise, so she tied him up."

Qiao Bing had only met Grandma Hua once, and she seemed to him to be a fierce old lady. When he heard that it was her grandson who was ill, he took it to heart.

In the capital, Xu Lingyun took his men to Princess Liyang's mansion.

Three people in the capital have already reported to the authorities that their children were lost, and now even Princess Liyang's only son has said that he is lost.

Xu Lingyun looked tired and pinched his brows with a headache.

"When did the young prince go missing?"

"This afternoon around 3:45, I took Wei'er to buy his favorite chestnut cake, but when I turned around, he was gone!"

The prince consort's lips were chapped and he looked remorseful.

At that time, the people around him were sent by him to buy jewelry at the Zanhua Tower, namely him and Lu Wei and his son. Who would have thought that after paying a few silver coins, the person disappeared right before their eyes.

Princess Liyang looked haggard. She sat on the chair and glared at her husband fiercely, "If anything happens to my son, I will never forgive you!"

"Liyang..."

The prince consort was at a loss, looking at her pitifully with red eyes.

"I know exactly why you took Wei'er out today. Tomorrow I will go to the palace to report to my brother and ask him to issue an edict to allow you and me to divorce!"

"Liyang, the relationship between Bai Qingshuang and I is not what you think. Please listen to my explanation..."

The prince consort's words surprised Xu Lingyun. If he remembered correctly, Bai Qingshuang was the legitimate daughter of Marquis Yongning, right?

"Would you please explain this frost-flowered jade hairpin?"

Princess Liyang swept the brocade box on the table to the ground with her sleeves, her eyes full of sarcasm, "I don't care whether your relationship with Bai Qingshuang is innocent or not, but you lost my son, I will never let you two dogs go!!"

Princess Liyang is the emperor's youngest sister. Her mother, Concubine Li, is a sister of the current empress dowager. She gave birth to a child in her middle age, but died during childbirth. Princess Liyang has been raised by the empress dowager ever since.

The Queen Mother treated Liyang as her own daughter, the apple of her eye and the treasure in her palm.

Not only that, Liyang grew up following the emperor, and the friendship between the brother and sister is deep.

Xu Lingyun glanced at the pale-faced prince consort and felt very contemptuous.

The eldest daughter of Marquis Yongning got married a few years ago. Even if she had feelings for him, she should have restrained herself from expressing her feelings and not had any private contact with him.

What's more, he is the prince consort of the current dynasty, so he should behave himself properly.

After understanding the situation and hearing some gossip, Xu Lingyun's sleepiness dissipated a little.

"Recently, there have been three cases of children going missing in the capital. I have already sent people to guard the city gates. If any child leaves the city, they will be strictly interrogated."

He glanced at the sun outside the house and said, "It has been less than half an hour since the young prince went missing. I think he should still be in the city. Princess, don't be too anxious."

"Thank you, Master Xu."

Princess Liyang was so angry that she lost her composure just now. She suppressed the ferocious look on her face and pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly towards Xu Lingyun.

"If your Highness has nothing else to do, I will take my leave first."

Xu Lingyun bowed to her and left the princess's mansion with his people.

The setting sun was still shining outside, and the Yongning Marquis' Mansion was filled with a festive atmosphere.

Li picked up a piece of lamb chop and put it in Bai Qingshuang's bowl, scolding her: "Why didn't you send someone to send a message back in advance before you returned to the capital, so that I could ask your eldest brother to pick you up at the city gate."

"Mom, I came back this time to ask Second Aunt to help me with something."