The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

After Xie Zhiyan finished speaking, his expression became quite solemn.

Ji Wuyuan frowned, stroking the black jade ring on his hand, the emotion in his eyes was dark and unclear: "Are they all missing?"

"Have you checked all the nearby transport checkpoints?"

Lu Jinan nodded, his face showing obvious fatigue: "I've checked everything, nothing unusual."

Jiang Wantang listened attentively, with a complicated look in his eyes. Hundreds of people disappearing at the same time sounded a bit weird.

Not long after, the leader of the secret guards, Fei Yu, came in to report that his men had found Miss Yun Shang based on the clues and marks she had left behind, and were on the way to bring her here.

Jiang Wantang raised her head abruptly, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes. She stood up and asked anxiously, "How is she? Is she injured?"

Lu Jinan's dim eyes suddenly brightened, and he looked at Fei Yu beside him with eager anticipation, his hands clenched into fists, trembling slightly.

Seeing this, Xie Zhiyan patted him on the shoulder.

Fei Yu, facing everyone's gaze, quickly replied, "Your Majesty, I have received news that Miss Yun Shang is fine, just a little frightened."

Jiang Wantang let out a long sigh, feeling relieved.

Less than half an hour later, the secret guard appeared in the courtyard with Yun Shang, who had been missing for several days.

Yun Shang looked a little disheveled. Her originally neat clothes were now covered in wrinkles and dirt, and a few strands of hair were messily stuck to her cheeks. But her eyes were still bright and lively. The moment she saw Jiang Wantang, tears of excitement welled up in her eyes.

"elder sister..."

Jiang Wantang hurriedly stood up and went out to greet her. He hugged Yun Shang in his arms, patted her on the back, and said in a trembling voice: "It's okay, I'm glad you're back, I'm glad you're back..."

Seeing this, Lu Jinan was about to step forward, but Xie Zhiyan grabbed his arm, so he had to give up.

Ji Wuyuan looked at Jiang Wantang, then at Yun Shang who was dressed in dirt, and frowned subconsciously.

He spoke in a deep voice, "Go and bring the accompanying imperial physician here."

Jiang Wantang reacted immediately after hearing what she said, and immediately let go of Yun Shang, looking her up and down carefully to see if she was injured.

After confirming that Yun Shang was fine, he asked her if she was feeling unwell, whether she was hungry, and whether she wanted to go wash up first.

Yun Shang smiled and shook her head, then comforted her, "Don't worry, sister. I'm fine."

"It's Yun Shang who made you worried."

As she spoke, she bowed and apologized to the people behind Jiang Wantang one by one.

Jiang Wantang took her hand and wanted to take her to rest first. Yun Shang tugged at her hand and said, "Sister, wait a moment."

"Right now, I have something important to tell you..."

Jiang Wantang noticed the solemnity and seriousness in her eyes.

She frowned, realized something, and said, "Okay."

"Let's go inside and talk."

Then, she took Yun Shang's hand and walked into the house.

After entering the house, Yun Shang told everyone about her whereabouts and discoveries in the past few days, no matter how big or small.

Three days ago, she went to the market to buy some silk thread and cloth to make some underwear for Jiang Wantang, but happened to find Qi Ming who was in Changzhou. Because she heard from Lu Jinan that all the traitors of the Qi family were buried in Changling Mountain, she felt something was wrong and wanted to report it.

As a result, he saw that Qi Ming and his group seemed to be in a hurry to leave the city, so he followed them without even reporting the news.

They disguised themselves as farmers transporting food and vegetables for disaster relief. Their tattered straw hats were pulled down low, covering most of their faces. Their rough linen clothes were covered with patches and stains. At first glance, they looked no different from ordinary laborers.

There were more than a dozen transport carts in total, and Yun Shang hid in one of their vegetable carts and came all the way to Linzhou.

She knew that once she disappeared, everyone would rush to find her, so she would quietly throw out some of her belongings along the way as clues whenever she had the chance.

Finally, at nightfall, these carts quietly entered Fengyue Tower, the largest brothel in Linzhou City.

They entered the backyard of Fengyue Tower through the back door.

In the second half of the night, Yun Shang secretly climbed out from the cargo on the cart while they were not paying attention.

Fengyue Tower is a brothel, and Yunshang happened to have stayed in a brothel before, so she knew best where it was safest to hide in the brothel.

In this way, she hid in the brothel for two days. As soon as she found a chance to sneak out, she met the secret guard sent by Ji Wuyuan to find her.

Jiang Wantang, Ji Wuyuan and others had mixed expressions when they heard this.

Jiang Wantang patted Yunshang's Jiang Wantang and slowly said, "Did you hear what they said?"

Yun Shang thought for a moment and shook her head: "They rarely talk. I'm hiding far away and can't hear clearly."

"It was just behind Fengyue Tower that I vaguely heard them talking about a mountain, but I couldn't make out what mountain it was..."

Ji Wuyuan touched the black jade ring on his finger, with no expression on his usually indifferent face.

Xie Zhiyan frowned and murmured in an ambiguous tone, "Fengyue Tower? Mountain?"

Lu Jinan's attention was all on Yun Shang. From the moment she appeared, his eyes were fixed on Yun Shang, as if he was afraid that she would disappear again.

He had to admit that Yun Shang today was indeed different from the gentle little girl he raised back then.

She is smart, tough, courageous, and very much like...

Well, she looks a bit like Jiang Wantang.

Lu Jinan suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with being like Jiang Wantang, except that she was a little wild.

The room suddenly fell into silence, as if everyone was lost in thought.

After a long time, Ji Wuyuan called in the leader of the secret guards, Fei Yu.

He spoke, his voice as light as mist, calm and collected: "Send someone to check the vehicles transporting goods every day at various checkpoints. Go immediately."

The leader of the secret guards took the order and left.

Xie Zhiyan withdrew his thoughts and looked up at Ji Wuyuan.

Years of tacit understanding, just one look, and they know each other well.

This matter is more complicated than they thought.

Afterwards, Jiang Wantang took the tired Yun Shang downstairs to rest.

After Yun Shang left, Lu Jinan immediately went out to carry out the official duties assigned to him by Xie Zhiyan.

After they left, only Ji Wuyuan and Xie Zhiyan were left in the room.

Xie Zhiyan was the first to speak, breaking the silence: "Your injury... you should rest and recuperate."

Ji Wuyuan picked up the teacup in front of him. He blew away the tea leaves floating on the tea and said nonchalantly, "Wuai, is the poison in your body cured?"

"Let the imperial physician take another look at it tonight..."

Xie Zhiyan curled his lips and said nonchalantly, "It's almost healed, it's no problem."

"What do you think about the Nanyue Kingdom incident?"