The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Ling Silang had a bad feeling when he heard the news. "Could it be in another palace?"

"No, I've looked in the palace where the old man was, but there was no one there. I've also looked in other palaces, but I haven't seen the Crown Prince either. Where do you think he might have gone?"

Ling Silang pondered for a while before saying, "Is it possible that it's at the Crown Prince's residence?"

"He left the palace and returned home? That can't be right. Those people can't let him leave the palace. If he left the palace at this time, wouldn't the servants in the mansion all know that His Highness has been kidnapped?"

Du Mingxian felt that this possibility was too small. "Also, if he leaves the palace and none of the other princes leave, wouldn't everyone be suspicious?"

"Quietly?" Ling Silang had his own guess. "Think about it, there must be some good things in the Crown Prince's residence. You took away what those people found before, and the national treasury is empty. They must need to spend money here, right?"

"Moreover, they also want to bribe the people of our Great Shun, which requires financial support. If you cut off all their sources of income, where can they get money now?"

Du Mingxian's eyes lit up. "The Emperor's private treasury, or the Crown Prince's."

“Yes, the Emperor’s private treasury cannot be touched yet, as it would attract too much attention. But the Crown Prince’s treasury is different. To outsiders, the Crown Prince is still the heir apparent. And those who have been kidnapped are all in the palace now. Wouldn’t it be faster to take the Crown Prince out of the palace and exchange him for money?”

Du Mingxian deeply admired Ling Silang. "It's already dawn. I'll take a nap first and then go to the palace tonight. If I still haven't seen the Crown Prince, I'll go take a stroll around the Crown Prince's residence."

"Be careful in everything. It's probably not as simple as it seems on the surface. Right now, we just need to make sure the Crown Prince is alright," Ling Silang instructed.

Du Mingxian immediately assured, "Don't worry, I definitely won't do anything reckless. I will protect myself immediately."

"Okay, you should go back now. It's already daylight, and it might be difficult to walk on the streets if you go out."

"It's alright, I'll just sneak back." Du Mingxian wasn't worried about herself, but she was worried about Ling Silang. "With your health, don't eat anything indiscriminately today, and I won't bring you any food tonight."

"Alright, you can rest assured. Go look for the Crown Prince tonight. If anything happens tonight and you can't find the Crown Prince, you can also go to Lord Wen. He really cares about you, and you are related by blood. He will protect you."

"understood."

Du Mingxian left, and the glaring sunlight made it hard for her to open her eyes. She deliberately chose to walk on the side paths, but there were always main roads connecting the side paths.

The main road was crowded with people, making it difficult for her to fly over.

She wanted to go straight into the space to rest, but she was afraid something might happen at home. The imperial court had been under martial law for several days, but there had been no search. There was also the emperor at home. If they were found out, no one could protect them. She would feel more at ease if she went back.

Finally, having no other choice, she took out high heels from her storage space, and then wrapped the bottoms of the shoes so that they wouldn't make a particularly noticeable clicking sound when she walked.

Then, he specially put on makeup, wore Ling Silang's official robes, swaggered across the main road, then wandered around, and finally entered an empty alley.

She immediately went into her room to remove her makeup, then quietly slipped home.

Her family was quite worried when they saw her come back, but Du Mingxian said everything was fine and told everyone not to worry and to go to sleep.

She was half asleep when she heard a noise outside. The person was already in the front yard. She jumped up and rushed out of the room into the Emperor's room without even putting on her clothes.

The Emperor's condition has improved a lot recently. He was wandering around his room when he suddenly saw Du Mingxian rush in, her clothes disheveled. He frowned and his eyes showed a hint of anger.

"Excuse me." Du Mingxian sprinkled some medicinal powder on the Emperor, who felt a sudden darkness before his eyes and then lost consciousness.

He was genuinely angry before he lost consciousness.

Du Mingxian not only barged into the room, but also drugged him. Did she have no respect for him as the emperor?

Du Mingxian quickly sent the Emperor into her spatial storage, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief. She took out her outer robe from the storage and put it on. The search team had already entered the inner courtyard.

Everyone knew the authorities would be coming to search, and they were all prepared. So when they saw people coming in, they weren't surprised at all; one or two of them remained quite calm.

Of course... this refers to other people, but Qiu Shu and a few others who knew the inside story were extremely nervous.

When Du Mingxian came out of the room, she saw that the leader was... Wu Daniu.

The rest of the Ling family did not know Wu Daniu. The Ling and Wu families had exchanged marriages. Later, Ling's mother and father took Du Mingxian back to the Du family at night to demand an explanation. Wu Daniu had gone back to the Du family with Du Mingwei.

But when it got dark, the Du family lit an oil lamp.

Wu Daniu was dressed in rags and was a hunter. Everyone's attention was on Du Mingwei, so who could remember Wu Daniu?

Besides, several years have passed, and Wu Daniu will have matured and become more stable, with a ruthless aura about him. Standing in the courtyard now, even if Ling's father and mother, who have seen Wu Daniu before, feel that they look somewhat alike, they will not think in that direction.

Wu Daniu didn't rush to have someone search him. Instead, he took two steps forward and stood in front of Du Mingxian, a hint of doubt in his eyes. "What are you doing here?"

Du Mingxian didn't rush to answer Wu Daniu. She had just seen Ling Erlang, Xiao Zhoushi, Xu Tingting and the others who were about to leave the room, but when they saw that the person who came was Wu Daniu, they all cleverly retreated back into the room.

"This is my home."

"Your house?" Wu Daniu's eyes were full of doubt. "Could the Ling family afford such a nice house?"

"I may not be able to, but my godfather is Lord Wen, as you should know."

The fact that Ling Silang is Qi Ji is no secret in the capital, but with the Emperor protecting him, even if those people wanted to do something, they wouldn't say it openly, much less dare to do it openly.

She no longer needed to hide her relationship with the Wen family.

Wu Daniu had heard about this, and there was nothing suspicious about it. He just asked in a low voice, "Your family doesn't have anything to hide, right? If you do, you can hide it now, and I'll go in and search it later to cover for you."

Du Mingxian looked at him with suspicion, but after a slight hesitation, she said, "No, you can search for it."

Wu Daniu gave her a deep look, his eyes filled with complex emotions. "Search."

The people who came with Wu Daniu were his confidants. Seeing their boss talking to this woman for a long time, they knew something was amiss, so they searched the Ling family's place carefully, but did not make a mess of it or take anything from it.

With a large number of people, each assigned to a specific location, the search was completed in a short time.

"No, sir."

"Not here either."

"I don't have any there either."

"No."

There was no sound at all. Wu Daniu stood ramrod straight, raised his hand, and said, "You guys go out first, next one."

"Yes."

After the others who had entered the inner courtyard left, Wu Daniu, dressed in official robes, stood in Du Mingxian's courtyard, showing no intention of leaving.

Du Mingxian stared at Wu Daniu, took two steps forward, and said, "Your men didn't find anything unusual in my house, shouldn't you leave too?"

There's something I'd like to ask.

"you say?"

“Ling Silang is in trouble now. If you are willing to come with me, I will guarantee that you will divorce him and protect you for the rest of your life.”