Seeing that her master hadn't come out for a while, Banxia said to Qingdai, "Master must have encountered a difficult case. Let's go in and lend a hand."

Without saying a word, Qingdai put down the herbs in her hand and followed her inside.

The two men came to the examination room and gently knocked on the door.

There was no response.

"Master!"

Banxia called out a few more times, but there was still no response from inside.

Banxia and Qingdai panicked and quickly pushed the door open.

To their surprise, the door was already bolted from the inside. Qingdai quickly turned around and called the other sisters over.

Everyone banged on the door.

After a while, there was a "bang".

The door was kicked open and the inside was empty, with no signs of struggle, but the back window was wide open.

Everyone immediately panicked. Banxia was the first to come to her senses. "Quickly, report to the authorities! Master has been kidnapped!"

Qingdai turned pale with fright and raised her hand to steady herself by holding onto the door frame.

"We can't report this to the authorities. Our master is the future empress. If her reputation is ruined, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Go find Guard Gao and Guard Cang," Banxia said, turning and running away.

Qingdai instructed the others, "Don't make a fuss. Guard Gao and Guard Cang are highly skilled in martial arts. I believe they can find our master."

The person who kidnapped Jiang Shuyue was a woman from another tribe. Qingdai concluded that the kidnapper was not after money, and since the kidnapper was a woman, her master's reputation would not be damaged.

Why did they kidnap their master?

Qingdai didn't have time to think and stumbled as she ran outside.

Banxia left the clinic and hailed a carriage to go to the Jiang residence.

When Qingdai came out, she saw that Banxia had already boarded the carriage.

At this moment, the female doctors were in a state of panic and had no mind to see any more patients.

Qingdai forced herself to remain calm and said to everyone, "Let's close the door and wait inside. We can't let a word out, not even our family members can utter a single word."

The female doctors hurriedly prepared to close the door.

Why are you closing the door?

When Gao Mu and Qiu Ju rushed back, they found that Qing Dai and the others had closed only one door.

Seeing Qingdai and the female physicians looking flustered, Gao Mu quickly jumped off the carriage and strode inside. "Look how flustered you all are. Is someone causing trouble?"

Qiuju also sensed that something was wrong in the room, so she pushed aside the mournful-faced female doctor and shouted inside.

"Miss!"

When Qingdai saw Gao Mu return, it was as if she had seen a savior.

"Brother Gao, hurry, chase after them! Master has been kidnapped by a woman from another tribe!"

"Are you sure you're not mistaken? She's a woman from another ethnic group?"

“Yes, I saw it clearly. That woman was very tall. She came here yesterday. It seems she came for Master.”

Qiuju's legs went weak upon hearing Qingdai's words.

"Go and inform the Emperor."

Gao Mu didn't have time to give any more instructions. He left a sentence, stepped out of the clinic, drew his sword, unloaded the carriage, mounted his horse, and chased after the enemy at the east gate.

A sense of helplessness rose in Qiuju's heart. She was truly useless. If only she knew kung fu.

She was filled with regret, wondering why she wasn't by her mistress's side at this crucial moment.

No, I have to pull myself together and go find the Emperor right away.

Upon learning that Banxia had gone to the Jiang residence to deliver a message, she said to Qingdai, "You all wait here. I will go and inform the Emperor to send someone to chase after her."

"Sister Qiuju, I'll go with you."

As she spoke, Qingdai ran out and quickly flagged down a passing carriage.

As soon as Qiuju got into the carriage, she urged, "Hurry, to the palace gate, the sooner the better."

Upon hearing that the two were heading to the palace gate, the coachman guessed that they must be related to nobles and dared not be negligent, so he immediately raised his whip.

With a "crack," the horse reared up and galloped away in pain, and people on the street quickly moved aside to make way for it.

A moment later, the carriage arrived at the palace gate.

Qiuju ran towards the guards at the palace gate without even paying the fare.

"Quickly, I... I need to see the Emperor!"

Seeing the woman running towards them, panting and looking flustered, the guard quickly reached out to stop her, saying, "Please show your palace entry credentials."

Qiu Ju suddenly realized that she didn't have a waist token that allowed her to enter the palace. There were so many guards at the palace gates; it was impossible for them all to recognize her.

She had a sudden inspiration, "I need to find Commander Xiang."

“Madam, there are two commanders in the palace whose whereabouts are unpredictable, which may be difficult to handle.”

"Xiangyang or Xiangsong, either one is fine."

“Madam, you don’t have a pass, so we won’t let you in,” another guard said expressionlessly.

"I am from Jishetang, please be lenient with me."

"No, no means no." The guard's attitude was firm.

Qingdai tossed a small piece of silver to the coachman and then followed.

Seeing that Qiuju was sweating profusely and unable to enter the palace gate, she squeezed the purse in her hand, which contained about an ounce of loose silver.

The master once told them that money can make the devil turn the millstone, but without money, even the devil won't open the door.

Qingdai stepped forward and stuffed the purse into the hand of a guard. "It's a small token of my appreciation. Please, gentlemen, be lenient. We really have something extremely urgent that requires us to enter the palace gates for a while."

The guard, upon receiving the purse, tossed it back as if it were a hot potato.

"Look carefully, this is the palace gate, not a place you can just come and go as you please. If you really have any urgent business, you can tell us, and we will pass it on to you when we see the two commanders."

The guard spoke with righteous indignation and his words were reasonable and justified.

Qiuju realized that pleading with them was useless, and that it was best not to make the matter of her mistress being kidnapped public.

Suddenly, she slapped her forehead and said to Qingdai, "Quickly call the driver, let's go to Juxian Pavilion."

In his haste, he forgot that Hu Qing could enter the palace at will.

"Ju-ya, what are you doing here?"

As soon as Qiuju turned around, she saw Lin Miaoshou getting off a carriage.

"Uncle Lin!"

When Qiuju saw Lin Miaoshou, her tears instantly flowed uncontrollably.

"Ju-ya, what happened?"

Seeing Qiu Ju's pale face and tears falling like broken beads, Lin Miaoshou felt a bad premonition.

Qiuju practically rushed to Lin Miaoshou and whispered the story of her young mistress's disappearance.

Lin Miaoshou was shocked upon hearing this and quickly called to the driver who was about to turn around.

Since getting married, he no longer lived in the palace. Every day, the coachman from his residence would take him to the palace gate, and then come to the palace gate again at dusk to pick him up and take him back to his residence.

With Lin Miaoshou's help, the carriage drove straight into the palace.

Led by Lin Miaoshou, they arrived at the Imperial Study. Qiuju and Qingdai knelt down upon seeing Xiao Jingzhao.

"Your Majesty, hurry! Send someone to find the young lady! She has been kidnapped by barbarian tribes!"

"What!"

Lin Miaoshou also said, "Yue'er has gone missing. Your Majesty, please think of a solution quickly."

Xiao Jingzhao slammed his fist on the table and stood up, his face contorted with rage. He swayed slightly, and a murderous glint appeared in his eyes.

"Gao Mu has chased him out of the city. He is outnumbered and outmatched. Your Majesty, please send reinforcements immediately!"

Qiuju said she was completely exhausted, and Qingdai quickly helped her up.

Xiao Jingzhao instantly calmed down and shouted outside, "Someone come here!"

No one could see where the person came in from.

I only saw a dark shadow flash by, and then I saw two men dressed in black standing in the center of the room.