But despite saying so, Prince Rui still asked the butler: "What is the princess doing today?"
The old housekeeper quickly said, "The princess went out with Madam Qin today."
Upon hearing this, Prince Rui took out his pocket watch, checked the time, frowned, and asked, "Hasn't he come back yet?"
"I'll go and ask right away." The old butler was sweating all over his forehead after being asked this question.
"Forget it, I'll go there myself."
Prince Rui said this as he walked towards the back house.
When he discovered that Princess Rui was not there, he couldn't help but frown and asked, "Isn't the princess back yet? Did she say when she would be back before she left?"
The maid in the princess's room quickly said, "A restaurant opened today and sent an invitation to your house.
“The chef is Miss You who won third place in the cooking competition before.
"The Empress likes Madam You's cooking very much, so she asked Madam Qin to go with her to show her support."
"It's just the restaurant opening. You don't have to be gone for so long and not come back, right?"
Having said that, Prince Rui was not too worried at this time.
Because the two sisters have a close relationship, they always have a lot to talk about every time they meet.
Maybe I was too engrossed in the conversation today, so I was delayed.
Seeing this, the old housekeeper hurriedly said, "I will send someone to the Qin Mansion to ask."
Prince Rui nodded and said, "Go quickly!"
Mrs. Qin had already arrived home a long time ago and had even taken a nap.
I just got up when I heard the servant report.
"Madam, Prince Rui's palace sent someone to ask if you have arrived home."
When Madam Qin heard this, she thought that the Princess of Rui was worried about her. Although she was puzzled as to why she had waited so long to send someone to ask, she smiled and said, "Sister, you are so thoughtful that you even sent someone to ask me on purpose.
"Give the man some money for making him come all this way in this hot weather."
Unexpectedly, the servant said anxiously, "Madam, someone from Prince Rui's mansion said that the princess hasn't returned yet, so we came to ask if you have returned and if the princess is here."
"What?" Mrs. Qin was shocked when she heard this. "Sister hasn't come home yet? That shouldn't be the case!"
She had already returned home and taken a nap. When the two of them separated, Princess Rui did not say that she was going anywhere else.
Upon hearing the news, Mrs. Qin could no longer stay at home and quickly asked someone to harness a carriage to go to Prince Rui's mansion to find out what was going on.
Qin Hexuan had just finished class and came over to greet Mrs. Qin. Upon hearing the news, he immediately put down his things and accompanied Mrs. Qin into the carriage.
"I shouldn't have left first. I should have waited for my sister's carriage to arrive before leaving together." Mrs. Qin really regretted it now.
Qin Hexuan comforted her, "Mother, don't worry too much. Aunt has always been accompanied by someone. Nothing should happen to her in the capital.
"Maybe I just remembered something else on the way home, so I was delayed."
Although she said so, Mrs. Qin didn't know why, but she always had a bad feeling in her heart.
Mrs. Qin went to Prince Rui's mansion and told him everything that happened when they separated.
"I have sent people to look for her around Youji Restaurant." Prince Rui did not blame Madam Qin, but he was anxious and his brows were tightly knitted.
The three people waited in silence.
What I finally got was extremely bad news.
The carriage was found and parked in an alley not far from the back door of Youji Restaurant, but the driver, guards and maids had all been killed, and the four bodies filled the carriage.
No signs of Princess Rui's murder have been found so far, but she hasn't been found either.
When Mrs. Qin heard the news, she felt dizzy and her body instantly became weak, and she collapsed directly into the chair.
Qin Hexuan hurried forward to support his mother, his heart also lifted up.
The person who came must have planned it in advance to be able to kill all the coachmen, guards and maids in the palace without alerting the surrounding residents.
After a moment of shock, Prince Rui immediately said, "Come here, go and find the ransom letter you just threw away!"
The servants of the palace quickly brought the fragments of the ransom letter that Prince Rui had torn up and thrown away, and put them roughly in place on the table.
Prince Rui looked at the contents of the letter carefully again and saw that it was written below that if he wanted to get his wife and daughter back, he should bring the secret recipe for breeding Mongolian horses and one hundred taels of gold in exchange.
It’s because of Mongolian horses again!
Prince Rui was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table.
In order to obtain the secret recipe for breeding Mongolian war horses, people had already been arranged to sneak into the palace and wait for an opportunity to steal it. Fortunately, Ye Qingshan discovered the clues and made arrangements in advance.
As a result, these people were not willing to give up after their plan failed, and now they have directly kidnapped the Princess of Rui.
However, Prince Rui was still extremely puzzled by the contents of the ransom letter and asked, "These people keep saying that my wife and daughter are in their hands. Where did this daughter come from?"
Mrs. Qin could only cry at this time and could no longer think normally.
Qin Hexuan suddenly thought of something.
He was startled and said, "If my aunt was kidnapped after leaving Youji Restaurant, the kidnappers might have taken Qingtian with her!"
"What's going on? Who is Qingtian?" Prince Rui frowned when he heard this.
“Qingtian is Madam You’s daughter, and her features are somewhat similar to my aunt’s.
"When I was getting rid of all diseases on the 16th day of the first lunar month, the little girl who followed me was Sunny.
"Because my mother was afraid that my aunt would be sad when she thought about the past, she always told me not to bring Qingtian to my aunt."
When Prince Rui heard the words "all diseases will be cured on the 16th day of the first lunar month", he immediately remembered.
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