Although he said that, he was already plotting how to sneak away.

She felt a headache coming on whenever she thought of the wanted poster that Nangong Jin had mentioned.

She was getting really annoyed that she had to jump out of one pit only to fall into another.

Dongchen Kingdom.

Sang Hongfu knelt in Long Jingchen's study, looking at Long Jingchen's gloomy face, not daring to say a word.

Long Jingchen was already fuming and had nowhere to vent his anger, but he just had to walk right into the line of fire at this moment.

"Your Excellency, your fourth young lady has gone missing, yet you show no concern whatsoever and are instead busy arranging your third young lady's marriage. I truly wish to know, do you have no heart, or is that fourth young lady not even your child at all!"

His voice was deep and cold.

A flicker of nervousness crossed Sang Hongfu's eyes as he listened to her words. He then kowtowed to Long Jingchen, saying, "Your Majesty, it's not that this old minister isn't worried about Fourth Sister, it's just that..."

"Just what?" Long Jingchen raised his eyes, his gaze so dark it was almost dripping with water.

"It's just that this old minister is confused! This old minister will go back now and have my son take men to Yancheng to find this fourth girl."

"Since Your Excellency knows you've been confused, why don't you go back and rest for a while?" Long Jingchen said, then picked up a book from the table and began to read.

Sang Hongfu could no longer sit still: "Your Majesty! This old minister..."

Before he could finish speaking, Long Jingchen waved his hand and said, "Alright, I have other matters to attend to, Your Excellency, you may leave."

After saying that, he didn't care whether Sang Hongfu left or not, he simply threw down the book in his hand and turned to walk inside.

Sang Hongfu sighed as he looked in the direction the man had left. It seemed that if they couldn't find their fourth daughter, the Sang family was doomed.

Sang Hongfu remained silent all the way back to the Prime Minister's residence, where he was immediately surrounded by the First Madam and Sang Rui as soon as he entered.

"How is the Prime Minister?"

"Father, has the Emperor agreed?"

The mother and daughter were completely oblivious to Sang Hongfu's increasingly dark expression as they continued talking.

Sang Hongfu shoved away the mother and daughter who were surrounding him and roared, "Get out!"

"Father?" Sang Rui was stunned by her shout. She looked up at Sang Hongfu in disbelief, her eyes filled with tears.

Sang Hongfu usually dotes on her the most, but today he was so mean to her.

The First Madam also looked on incredulously, glaring at Sang Hongfu with displeasure: "What are you doing!"

Sang Hongfu turned around and pointed at the First Madam, saying fiercely, "Look what you've done!"

"What exactly happened?" The First Madam's tone softened.

She was afraid if Sang Hongfu really got angry.

"If Sang Jiang isn't found, we're finished! Marriage? What kind of marriage is that! I don't need to go to court until Sang Jiang is found!"

"Ah?" The First Madam frowned. "How could this be?"

"How could this happen? You're asking me? Alright! Get out of my way!" With that, he turned and left.

After leaving the mother and daughter staring at each other for a while, Sang Rui burst into tears.

"Mother!"

The First Madam looked at her with heartache and took her hand, saying, "Alright, alright, stop crying. I'll figure out a way to deal with your father. Your most important task right now is to keep Prince Tianyi calm."

"It's all that little bitch Sang Jiang's fault! Can't I get married even if she doesn't come back!" Sang Rui couldn't help but grit her teeth when she mentioned Sang Jiang.