Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 142

Although Mo Zhonggui was wicked, he wouldn't try to fool her.

After saying this, Mo Chonggui gave a few instructions to the Mo family and sent someone to the Eastern Depot to ask Ye Huaichi to bring another group of Eastern Depot experts. He then took three or five people from the Mo family and hurriedly left the mansion.

Shen Lingjun took a deep breath, feeling a little more at ease.

It was already dark by then, and it was no longer appropriate for her to stay at the Mo residence, so she returned to the Yongning Marquis's residence.

As soon as Shen Lingjun entered the gate of the Yongning Marquis's residence, before even reaching the inner courtyard, she heard a cacophony of voices coming from the entrance.

"Master Hou is back!"

"Quickly go and inform Madam Liu and the old lady!"

Shen Lingjun's expression changed, and she turned and ran towards the door.

Qin Shaoze is back so quickly?

Upon reaching the entrance, Shen Lingjun saw Qin Shaoze carrying Qin Xuanrui down from his horse.

Qin Xuanrui seemed fine, but he was clearly terrified and was crying loudly.

Liu Manman arrived just then, and Old Madam Qin was also pushed over in a wheelchair by her maid.

Upon seeing Qin Xuanrui, Liu Manman burst into tears and rushed forward to hug him tightly.

"Rui'er! Rui'er! Thank goodness you're back! You scared your mother to death! ...Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Shen Lingjun looked behind Qin Shaoze and saw that only his personal guards had followed him back, but he did not see Qin Chuyao and Qin Jianxi.

Her face darkened, and she asked Qin Shaoze, "Where are Yao'er and Xi'er?"

Qin Shaoze stammered, "I only managed to rescue Rui'er and bring him back first. Yao'er and Xi'er... I haven't found them yet."

After the bandits kidnapped the three children, they indeed sent someone to the training ground to demand a huge ransom.

He led his men to deal with the bandits, managing to rescue Qin Xuanrui and kill a few bandits. The rest of them escaped with Qin Chuyao and Qin Jianxi. Unable to catch up in time, he took Qin Xuanrui back to the city first.

Although Qin Shaoze's words were simple, Shen Lingjun could guess what had happened from them.

She angrily said, "You fought with the bandits and only managed to bring back Rui Ge'er. Didn't you think that this would provoke the bandits and cause them to kill Yao'er and Xi'er? This was their most dangerous time, and you just abandoned them and came back like this. Did you deliberately not want to save them at all?"

Deep down, Qin Shaoze had this subconscious thought. After all, Qin Xuanrui and Qin Chuyao were of different degrees of closeness to him. If Qin Chuyao died, Qin Xuanrui could regain his position as heir apparent, which was something both Qin Shaoze and the old lady of the Qin family would be happy to see.

However, he simply couldn't admit it outwardly. After all, Qin Chuyao and Qin Jianxi were also his children, and he didn't want to be seen as a cold-blooded, ruthless, and inhuman father in other people's eyes.

Startled that Shen Lingjun had guessed his thoughts, Qin Shaoze panicked for a moment, but still stubbornly insisted, "They are my children too, how could I not want to save them? It's just that it's getting late, I can't possibly keep running around in the suburbs with Rui'er, can I? I have to get him back first..."

Shen Lingjun sneered, "Why don't you just have two soldiers escort him back? You should also take everyone back to the city. By the time you go back and forth and look for those bandits, they'll probably have already escaped to the ends of the earth!"

Qin Shaoze was speechless, his face turning red and then pale, unable to reply.

Old Mrs. Qin couldn't bear to see her son in such a sorry state. In her opinion, Qin Shaoze did the right thing. He should have left those two little bastards outside and let them be killed by bandits!

Old Mrs. Qin said sternly, "Shaoze has been running around all day, what's wrong with him resting for a night? Is he made of iron and doesn't he ever get tired? I think you're just talking without any sense of comfort!"

Then, she said to Qin Shaoze, "Shaoze, you're tired today. Just stay home and get a good night's sleep. We can talk about it tomorrow! It won't hurt to wait one more night! If anyone's not satisfied, let her go and save people herself if she's capable!"