The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

Dongfang Jincheng held Li Muxia's shoulder with concern and asked, "What happened? Don't panic, tell me slowly."

Li Muxia hurriedly grabbed Dongfang Jincheng's arm and headed towards the plum garden, saying as they walked, "There's no time to talk, let's talk as we go."

On the way, Li Muxia gave a brief account of Su Lanzhi's disappearance. Dongfang Jincheng quickly arranged for people to search the area near the plum garden. Finally, before dark, someone provided a clue.

The clue came from the owner of a steamed bun shop on a street in front of Meiyuan. He said that two men were carrying a burlap sack. The sack was open, and he saw what looked like a girl inside. He didn't know if it was Su Lanzhi.

Li Muxia didn't care whether it was true or not; as long as there was a clue, she would follow it to investigate. Soon, someone provided another clue, saying that they saw two men suspiciously carrying a sack into the back gate of the embassy.

Li Muxia and Dongfang Jincheng exchanged a glance, and without thinking too much, they headed to the embassy.

Long Haonan was chatting with Nangong Yufeng in the hall when he saw the two of them and said with surprise, "Mu Xia? What brings you here?"

Li Muxia also saw the two and stepped forward to ask, "Crown Prince, Yu Feng, have you seen Lan Zhi?"

Both of them looked at Li Muxia with complete bewilderment and shook their heads.

Seeing Li Muxia's anxious expression, Nangong Yufeng asked, "Muxia, what happened?"

Li Muxia knew this wasn't the time to rush things, so she explained, "Lanzhi is missing. Someone said they saw two men carrying a sack into the embassy through the back door. We were worried it might be Lanzhi, so we came to check. Did you really not see anyone suspicious?"

Upon hearing this, the two exchanged a glance, seemingly realizing something at the same time. They looked at Li Muxia with displeasure. Li Muxia, sensing something was wrong, quickly asked, "Have you remembered something?"

Seeing Li Muxia's anxious expression, Long Haonan comforted her, "Muxia, don't worry. We did remember something. This afternoon, we seemed to hear those kinds of sounds coming from Prince Hamon Ashida's room."

At this point, Long Haonan's cheeks flushed slightly, and Li Muxia realized something, a chill rising from the soles of her feet.

"No, it can't be Lan Zhi."

As he spoke, he ran up to the second floor.

Seeing this, Dongfang Jincheng was afraid that Li Muxia would do something impulsive, so he blocked her way.

"Mu Xia, calm down first, let me go up and take a look."

Li Muxia shouted excitedly, "Calm down! How can you expect me to calm down? That's Lan Zhi!"

Hearing the commotion outside, Namibia opened the door and came out, looking at Li Muxia and saying, "Who was so unruly to make such a scene at the embassy? It turns out it was Miss Li with someone backing her up."

Looking at Namija's appearance, and thinking that Su Lanzhi was likely being violated by Ashida, Li Muxia glared at Namija with bloodshot eyes and asked, "Namija, where is Ashida? Tell him to come out."

Seemingly hearing the noise outside, Ashida got up sleepily and looked at Su Lanzhi, who had fainted after being tossed around by him several times.

He slapped his forehead in annoyance: "How did I fall asleep?"

Listening to the noise outside, Ashida was thinking about how to cover it up.

Finally, he quickly dressed, pushed open the door, and asked in a seemingly casual tone, "Who wants to see this prince?"

When Ashida came out, looking disheveled and with messy hair, and with marks on her neck, anyone could tell what Ashida had been doing. Li Muxia was almost driven crazy, but because of her behavior, many envoys had already come out to watch the show.

Li Muxia controlled her emotions and tried her best to make her voice sound calm.

He whispered to Dongfang Jincheng, "Your Highness, please help me. I can't let Lanzhi's reputation be ruined."

Dongfang Jincheng instantly understood Li Muxia's meaning, and clasped his hands in a fist salute to those around him, saying, "Everyone, I apologize for disturbing you. I have some private matters to discuss with Prince Ashida, so please excuse me."

Upon hearing this, although everyone was curious, no one dared to disrespect Dongfang Jincheng, and they all went inside.

After everyone went inside, Dongfang Jincheng and Li Muxia approached Ashida. Ashida leaned against the door, preventing the two from seeing what was happening inside.

Dongfang Jincheng spoke up, "Prince Ashida, I am looking for someone. Someone saw that person being taken to the embassy. May I enter the room to take a look?"

Ashida sneered and said, "Your Highness Prince Rui, I have come to the Eastern Kingdom to congratulate the Emperor on his birthday at the behest of my father. Now that you have lost someone, you suspect that I am responsible and even want to search my room. Isn't that a bit too disrespectful?"

Li Muxia kept looking into Ashida's room, but couldn't see anything. She didn't dare to call out Su Lanzhi's name loudly, so she could only anxiously look at Dongfang Jincheng.

Seeing this, Dongfang Jincheng tugged at her arm, signaling her not to worry, that he was there for her.

The two's subtle actions were noticed by Long Haonan and Nangong Yufeng behind them, one becoming extremely jealous and the other giving a helpless, bitter smile.

Upon seeing this, Dongfang Jincheng said, "The missing person is the legitimate daughter of a high-ranking official of our country. Now that I am here to search for her, everything can be explained as a private matter. However, if the person standing in front of Prince Ashida is an official from the Dali Temple, then it is not as simple as a private matter. Abducting the family member of a high-ranking official without authorization, as a member of the Hamon tribe, if the Emperor finds out, I don't need to say more about the consequences."

Ashida then realized the seriousness of the situation and quickly said with a forced smile, "What are you saying, Your Highness? There is indeed a woman in my room, but I did not know that she was a relative of an important official in the court."

As she spoke, she made room for Li Muxia, who quickly rushed inside.

Ashida continued to explain, "I really don't know her identity. I only found out there was a woman lying on the bed when I entered the room. I thought it was an embassy official who arranged it for us because the envoys were bored here. I really don't know who she is."

Li Muxia had arrived at the bedside. Looking at the person lying on the bed, Li Muxia felt a wave of dizziness and staggered, but fortunately, Dongfang Jincheng caught her.

Li Muxia threw herself onto the bed and whispered, "Lanzhi, Lanzhi, wake up."

There was no response. Li Muxia turned angrily to Ashida: "What did you do to her?"

Ashida said guiltily, "It's nothing. She was under the influence of an aphrodisiac, and I was just trying to save her."

Li Muxia was utterly desperate. She took out a porcelain bottle and waved it near Su Lanzhi's nose. After a short while, she saw Su Lanzhi's brows furrow slightly.

Li Muxia looked at Su Lanzhi and said, "Your Highness, please go out for a moment."