(Situ Luoyun, Prime Minister of Laifeng State, is good at strategy. Loyal to the emperor, and does not support any party. Mother of Situ Xuanye and Situ Wanqing, appears at the age of 38.)

Situ Luoyun looked at Situ Wanqing with admiration, her heart filled with pride. She thought to herself, "My daughter is really getting better and better!"

You know, as the prime minister of Laifeng Kingdom and the mother-in-law of the princess, if she stood up and spoke in person, she would probably be accused of favoritism.

However, Situ Wanqing was different. She was just an ordinary student at the Imperial College, holding no official title. Even if she said something slightly inappropriate, it wouldn't cause much controversy or lead to her being charged with a crime.

At this moment, Situ Luoyun was deeply grateful. She was grateful that she had decisively rejected the ambitious Xiahou family's marriage proposal to Situ Xuanye; she was also grateful that she had not separated Hua Qingcheng and Situ Xuanye because of family prejudice.

Who could have imagined it?

The peasant girl of humble origin who was extremely hated by her husband has now been reborn like a phoenix and has become the noble Princess!

Perhaps this was fate. What was destined to be her son would eventually come true, no matter how many twists and turns it went through.

It was precisely because of Situ Wanqing's words that the originally tense atmosphere of the palace banquet suddenly became harmonious and harmonious. Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate, and laughter and joy echoed in the Baohua Hall.

At the same time, after Kang Fulai stepped out of Baohua Palace, he immediately rushed to Lingkun Courtyard in the East Palace and reported to Mu Lige that Hua Rongsheng's wife and husband had originally planned to go to Beijing to participate in the court banquet, but now there was no news.

"Brother, could it be that Mom and Dad encountered any accident on the way to Beijing?" Yu Xiaotian's face was full of worry.

Hearing this, Han Yichen's narrow, almond-shaped eyes narrowed slightly, and he responded solemnly, "Xiaotian, there hasn't been any special news from anywhere yet. Mom and Dad should have arrived in the capital by now."

Si Chengfeng's eyes were as charming as silk, his eyebrows slightly knitted, and after a moment's thought, he said softly, "Perhaps there are people with ulterior motives who want to use the relationship between the two of them and Her Highness the Crown Princess to gain something..."

"It's not impossible." Situ Ye's handsome face was also extremely gloomy.

Wu Chen pressed his tongue against his cheek, lifted his sleeves, and said eagerly, "My dear sister is probably being entangled by those cats and dogs and can't get away. It seems that it's time for me, your brother, to show my skills..."

"Lord Su Mu, be careful of the baby!" Seeing their master so pregnant and acting so recklessly, the personal servants Xia He and Qiu Shang hurriedly warned them. They thought to themselves: It seems that Lord Zheng is really foresighted in having us follow him at all times...

Zuo An looked at Wu Chen helplessly and said slowly, "Let me go! I have people all over the world..."

Just as they were discussing this, Mu Lige suddenly spoke up, "Thank you, Uncle Kang. I have a plan in mind for this matter. You must immediately return to the teahouse in the city to report to the Second Young Master Feng, and have him and my uncle return to the General's Mansion as soon as possible. They are not allowed to linger outside."

"Yes, Your Excellency." After receiving the order, Kang Fulai quickly left the palace.

After Kang Fulai left, Mu Lige's face darkened, and he sternly said to Situ Ye and the others, "You are pregnant and still restless. All of you must stay in the East Palace and don't go anywhere."

After driving everyone back to their respective courtyards, Mu Lige summoned his secret guard leader: "What's the situation? Have the Gongyang brothers and sisters behaved abnormally recently?"

Ying Yi replied respectfully, "They are quite alert. Our people can only monitor them from a distance. So far, everything seems to be normal. We haven't noticed any unusual behavior from the two siblings."

Mu Lige narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing this. His slender, fair fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, his thoughts working at lightning speed...

"By the way, Master, Xiahou Jing's daughter, Xiahou Yu, has been behaving strangely lately. She no longer frequents the brothels and prostitute houses in the capital as she used to, but instead frequently goes to the Baiyun Temple in the west of the city."

Ying Yi rubbed his chin slightly, a curious expression on his face, and then gossiped, "Could it be that Xia Hou Yu is tired of those romantic affairs and has set his eyes on the monks in the temple?"

Mu Lige slowly opened his eyes. Faced with the current situation that he had no clue about, he could only order Yingyi to continue sending people to monitor the every move of Xiahou mother and daughter and Gongyang siblings.

Immediately afterwards, Mu Lige once again used his unique method—controlling Haidong Qingqiongtian to contact Long Yi. Through this divine eagle, he issued an order to Long Yi: immediately organize a comprehensive search operation throughout the capital to find the whereabouts of Hua Rongsheng's wife and husband.

In order to improve the efficiency of the search, Mu Lige specially attached detailed portraits of Hua Rongsheng and his wife.

However, he did not limit his search to conventional locations. Instead, with his keen insight and rich experience, he set his sights on places that ordinary people could hardly imagine - places where they might hide, such as dilapidated temples, deserted and uninhabited houses in the countryside, and so on.

After carefully planning everything, Mu Lige did not stop there. He also asked Xiaobai and Hongfu to participate in the search operation.

As time slowly passed, the sun gradually set, night quietly fell, and the palace banquet in Baohua Hall was coming to an end.

Just as Hua Qingcheng was about to stand up and declare the palace banquet over, the northern sky suddenly erupted in a dazzling display of vibrant fireworks. The magnificent spectacle caused people throughout the city to stop and gaze upwards, while the guests within Baohua Hall also turned their heads to peer outside.

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