Shui Ling watched as these two men shamelessly sang in unison in front of her, yet she couldn't refute them. She was on the verge of tears, and said angrily, "The concubine is waiting over there. Take us there; I remember that place."

After saying that, Shui Ling pointed in that direction.

Wang Huiling said with a smile, "Your Highness, this way please. Why don't we go and take a look at the place this young lady pointed out?"

Shui Ling nodded and said, "Your Highness, I remember the furnishings in that room very clearly. Your Highness, please come with me."

After saying that, Shui Ling described the room's furnishings as she led Fourth Master in that direction. The prefect and Master Zhou, however, seemed unconcerned and followed behind Fourth Master.

When the maid at the door opened the door, Shui Ling stepped inside and was immediately dumbfounded. Immediately afterward, Fourth Master, Ling Feng, Wang Huiling, and Master Zhou also entered. Inside was a study, completely different from Shui Ling's description.

The Fourth Master glanced at the furnishings in the room, pondered for a moment, and then said to Shui Ling, "Why aren't you apologizing to Lord Wang? You silly girl, are you mistaken?"

When Shui Ling saw that Fourth Master was looking at her with a frosty expression, her heart skipped a beat, so she shut her mouth and waited for Fourth Master to continue speaking.

“Your Highness, please calm down. Perhaps this young lady has misremembered. Your Highness, I will do my best to send people to help you find the concubine, but I do not know her appearance, so I am afraid it will be quite difficult to find her,” Wang Huiling said anxiously.

"No need, I will find it myself. Sorry to bother you. Let's go!" The Fourth Prince flicked his sleeve and turned to leave.

"Respectfully seeing off Prince Yong!" Wang Huiling hurriedly bowed behind him.

Seeing that Fourth Master had left, Ling Feng and Shui Ling had no choice but to follow him.

Once Fourth Master and his entourage had truly walked out of the gate of the Prefectural Office, the Prefectural Magistrate raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Sir, this Prince Yong is said to be known for his ruthless methods. Is he really just going to leave like this?" Master Zhou muttered behind him.

"I deny ever seeing that concubine. Even if he is a prince, what can he do to me? As long as he can't find evidence, I won't admit it, and he can't do anything about it. Alas, I never expected to run into such bad luck this time!" Wang Huiling said angrily.

"What can we do then? That concubine has been sent to the estate down there. And that person in prison, they both need to be moved immediately!" said Master Zhou.

"That's the only way. We need to move that groom immediately. Sigh, we can only wait for a letter from above," Lord Wang said, flicking his sleeve.

Meanwhile, after the Fourth Master and his entourage drove away in their carriage, they did not actually leave. Instead, they circled the magistrate's residence once and then quietly returned to the main gate.

“Master, they have several doors here. If they move people out, they might do it through another door,” Ling Feng said to Fourth Master.

“Good, so go to the back gate. We just went around to check how many gates this prefectural office has. Shui Ling and I will stay here. You go to the back gate and keep watch. Just follow us.” Fourth Master instructed.

Ling Feng remained silent, and then followed the Fourth Master's instructions to go to the back gate of the Prefectural Office.

Fourth Master and Shui Ling hid at the corner beside the gate, watching the movements at the entrance.

Time passed slowly, the winter wind biting and seeping into her bones through her collar and cuffs. Shui Ling stood beside Fourth Master, shivering from the cold. But she didn't see him move an inch; he just stared at the doorway, like a statue.

“My lord, why don’t you just go to the prefect’s office and call in troops to surround this magistrate’s residence? He dared to kidnap the concubine, why are you staying here in such a predicament? The longer the concubine stays in their hands, the more dangerous it becomes!” Shui Ling said.

"They probably wouldn't dare do anything to Qin'er yet; they must have hidden somewhere. Forcing their way in would likely be difficult to get him to talk. If we follow him before he realizes you're following us, we can find Qin'er and the others," Fourth Master said.

Shui Ling asked no more questions and stood quietly beside Fourth Master, waiting with him for any movement from inside the door. But they waited until nightfall, and no one emerged. Night had fallen, and Fourth Master and Shui Ling guarded the main gate, while Ling Feng stood guard at the back gate. Several hours passed, and they remained steadfast in their watch.

"My lord, let me go buy you and Brother Lingfeng some food. If you're hungry like this, you won't have the strength to follow us if something happens," Shui Ling said.

Fourth Master nodded and said, "Go and come back quickly. Just buy some steamed buns or something that's easy to carry."

Shui Ling immediately agreed and hurriedly turned around to go to the street to buy food.

Sure enough, just a short while after Shui Ling went to buy things, the main gate opened. Even the side gate next to the main gate, the one specifically for sedan chairs or carriages, opened. First, a carriage came out of the side gate. Because it was already dark, but two large lanterns were hanging at the entrance, Fourth Master could still see the movement at the entrance by the light. He saw two men escorting a person whose hands were tied behind his back and whose head was covered with a burlap sack. They put him into the carriage, and then Master Zhou gave a few instructions to the person in the carriage before turning and going inside.

Judging from the man's build, Fourth Master thought he resembled Gesang quite a bit. Suppressing his joy, he was trying to figure out how to catch up with the carriage. Ling Feng's carriage was tied up there; if he went to fetch the horse now, Hui would definitely lose track of it.

Just as Fourth Master was getting anxious, he heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw that it was indeed Ling Feng.

Fourth Master quickly waved to him, signaling him to hurry over. Ling Feng had only come to check the front door because there hadn't been any movement at the back door for half a day.

Fourth Master instructed him to quickly fetch the carriage, and then secretly followed the carriage, telling him to hurry up and catch up.

As the main gate closed, Fourth Master secretly ran to the back door of the carriage, climbed onto the carriage, and quietly boarded. Seeing that Fourth Master was in danger, Ling Feng hurriedly went back to fetch the horse.

Shui Ling bought several steamed buns and was walking towards where Fourth Master was hiding when she bumped into Ling Feng.

"You, what are you doing here? Where's Grandpa?" Shui Ling's steamed buns rolled all over the floor.

"Master has climbed into the carriage, and I must go and get the horse to follow immediately. Come here quickly," Ling Feng explained, then brushed past Shui Ling.

Without a word, Shui Ling immediately followed. The two of them drove their carriage, following the carriage all the way. Halfway there, Fourth Master jumped off the carriage, and Ling Feng immediately caught him.

"Master, are you alright?" Shui Ling asked hurriedly, seeing Fourth Master jump down from the running carriage, fearing he might be injured.