All beasts submit, and the peerless imperial princess is about to defy the heavens!

Liu Yuanxiu immediately tensed up, "Everyone, step back, but Steward Liu, please stay."

Everyone quickly withdrew, and only then did Butler Liu ask, "Young Master, what happened?"

Liu Yuanxiu felt a little flustered and didn't know what to do for a moment. "Uncle Liu, I suspect that my mother has been kidnapped."

Butler Liu was startled. "How could this be? Who would lay a hand on Madam?"

“I had been threatened by others before, and I was afraid they would harm my mother.”

"Who on earth dares to threaten the young master? Don't they know we are a branch of the Liu family? The Liu family is one of the three great families, how dare they show such disrespect to us?"

Liu Yuanxiu shook his head. "They might really not take the Liu family seriously."

That's the royal family, the most powerful family in the Holy Feather Kingdom.

How could they possibly care about a mere collateral branch of the Liu family?

"Does the young master know who they are?"

Liu Yuanxiu nodded. "If I'm not mistaken, they should be from Hunyuan City. If they want to threaten me with my mother, they probably won't do anything to her."

Butler Liu was still somewhat worried, "Then, young master, should we tell the head of the family about this?"

Liu Yuanxiu nodded. "Let's go find Father."

The two went back to Liu's father's courtyard.

However, when they went over again, they were still stopped outside.

A surge of anger welled up in Liu Yuanxiu's heart. "Go in and tell them that I have something to say to my father."

The man dared not disobey and could only go in to report.

As a result, he came out with a bruised and swollen face not long after.

"Young master, the head of the family said he is not available at the moment and asked you to go back first. He will come to find you later."

Liu Yuanxiu could no longer contain his anger and rushed inside.

No one else dared to make a move directly, as this person was the eldest son of the family head. Although the wife was not favored, the family head still had some affection for this young master.

While they hesitated, Liu Yuanxiu rushed in.

Liu Yuanxiu shouted angrily at the door, "Father! My mother has been missing for a whole day, aren't you worried at all?"

Finally, some movement came from inside.

After a period of chaos, Liu's father walked out somewhat awkwardly.

"Yuan Xiu is back! Weren't you at the Tianxuan Sect? Is there something you need to do back home?"

Liu Yuanxiu suppressed his anger. "I came out on a mission and came back home to check on things. Father, where is my mother?"

Mr. Liu smiled and pulled the person into the courtyard, "Come, come, sit down and we'll talk slowly."

Liu Yuanxiu was a little annoyed, but he still sat down as he was told, since finding his mother still required the help of his father, the head of the family.

"Father, Mother has been missing since yesterday. Please send people to find her."

Mr. Liu looked at him with a smile, "Isn't your mother home? I saw her a few days ago. Did she go out?"

Liu Yuanxiu shook his head. "I'm not sure if she went out or was kidnapped, so I ask Father to send people out to look for her."

"Alright, alright, I'll send someone right away," Liu's father replied perfunctorily.

Seeing his expression, Liu Yuanxiu became somewhat angry. "Father! I'm not joking with you. Someone once threatened me with my mother's life, so it's highly likely that this is true."

Just then, a woman walked over with a seductive air, dressed in thin clothes and with a graceful figure.

"Young master, are you overthinking this? If she had been kidnapped, someone should have come to negotiate. Since no one has come, perhaps the lady has gone out to play by herself."

Liu Yuanxiu looked at the woman with disgust. This woman was Aunt Xiang, one of his father's women.

"Did you personally witness my mother going out for fun? If something were to happen to my mother, could you bear the responsibility?"

Aunt Xiang's expression changed, and she quickly put on a pitiful look, looking at Father Liu with teary eyes.

"Master, I was just speaking casually. How could I possibly bear such responsibility? If you dislike me, you can simply say so. Why accuse me of such a crime?"

Liu Yuanxiu looked at her coldly, "Since you can't take responsibility, why are you interrupting? A concubine should act like a concubine. Do you think you can climb over the mistress?"

Aunt Xiang's face darkened, and she almost lost her delicate image.

Without offering any explanation, she burst into tears and threw herself into her father's arms.

Liu's father immediately felt sorry for him and hugged him to comfort him, "Alright, alright, don't feel wronged. Yuanxiu was just saying that."

Finally, he glared at Liu Yuanxiu again, "You child, don't be so temperamental. Maybe your mother really did go out to play. Let's look for her again. Don't worry, your father won't abandon her."

Liu Yuanxiu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but he was still very unhappy.

"Then Father, please send people to search as soon as possible. I roughly know who did it."

Mr. Liu asked, "Do you know who it is?"

"It might be related to Hunyuan City."

Mr. Liu's expression immediately turned serious, and he gave Butler Liu a look.

Steward Liu immediately cleared everyone out of the courtyard, and Aunt Xiang, being quite perceptive, also withdrew.

"Master, since you have something to say, then I will take my leave."

Mr. Liu smiled and nodded. "Go ahead."

After all the unrelated people left the courtyard, only the three of them remained.

Only then did Liu's father ask seriously, "You said it's related to Hunyuan City, could it be that you've offended someone from our family?"

Liu Yuanxiu shook his head and recounted how they had been threatened by Gu Wenlang after they came out.

Liu's father's expression darkened further. "You actually offended the Third Prince?"

"It wasn't us who offended him; he deliberately made things difficult for us," Liu Yuanxiu explained.

Mr. Liu said seriously, "Whether it was voluntary or not, this matter can only end here."

Liu Yuanxiu looked at him in disbelief, "Why? Are you just going to stand by and watch them kidnap Mother?"

"If it were an ordinary person who made the move, we might be able to take a gamble. But if it's the royal family, do you think our branch of the Liu family can afford to offend them? Or do you think our main family will help us?"

Liu Yuanxiu fell silent.

“Yuanxiu, it’s not that I don’t want to look for them, but even if we do find them, we don’t have the ability to bring them back. Let’s wait and see what they do. Since they’re threatening you, they must be making demands.”

Liu Yuanxiu felt very uncomfortable, but what his father said was right.

Since it's a threat, we must go after him.