Su Xuening knew he genuinely wanted to help her, and now that she knew her mother's whereabouts, she needed help herself, so she truthfully replied, "My mother disappeared before, but now we may have news of her. She's probably being held captive."
Xuanyuan Zhan was instantly startled.
He had heard about her mother's disappearance when he last returned to the capital. Madam Su and Bai Fuya were the two beauties of the capital, the two most dazzling women in the city, so naturally, many people in the capital paid attention to them.
There are all sorts of rumors surrounding Madam Su's disappearance: some say she eloped with the coachman, others say she died for General Su, and still others say it's related to ghosts and spirits. In short, there are all sorts of rumors.
He only overheard it briefly at the time, never expecting that there was such a hidden story behind Madam Su's disappearance.
Was he imprisoned?
Almost instinctively, Xuan Yuanzhan understood: "They're from the second branch of the Su family?"
It is estimated that the second branch of the Su family wanted to seize everything from the first branch of the Su family, so after General Su sacrificed his life for the country, they did not even spare Madam Su.
They even tried to burn Su Xuening and her brother to death, which shows how ruthless the second branch of the Su family is.
"It's Su Renyi."
Su Xuening said something with a heavy heart, but she felt that things were not simple.
According to Jinzhu, Su Renyi seemed to have gone to pick up his mother tonight, and he had never done that before, which meant that his mother was probably not in his hands before.
No wonder she had been searching for clues among the second branch of the Su family in her previous life, but couldn't find anything.
Looking back now, her mother must be in someone else's hands, and she knew without a doubt who it was that could get Su Renyi to pick her up!
Su Huiyan!!!
It turns out that Su Huiyan was the one who imprisoned her mother all along!
In my past life, my mother was probably in Su Huiyan's hands. Su Huiyan probably wanted my father's military tally, so she imprisoned my mother and tortured her to force her to reveal the matter of the military tally.
In her past life, she hadn't even considered Su Huiyan as a suspect, because she had always believed that the military tally Su Huiyan and Su Renyi possessed was genuine, and that they had already taken control of the Su family army. She couldn't fathom why they would want to capture her mother. It wasn't until she was imprisoned that she learned their military tally wasn't real at all, and that her father hadn't handed over the Su family army's tally to them.
However, in her previous life, before she died, Su Feiling said that her mother was imprisoned by Su Renyi, which caused her to keep staring at Su Renyi after her rebirth, but she was looking in the wrong direction and had no suspicion of Su Huiyan at all!
Fortunately, it wasn't all for naught. This time, she deliberately brought the matter to the Emperor's attention, and with the intervention of the Shuntian Prefecture, Su Huiyan really couldn't resist diverting her mother's attention.
Now things are finally looking up regarding my mother's situation!
Xuan Yuanzhan looked at Su Xuening and comforted her: "Don't worry, now that we have news, it won't be difficult to find her again."
Anyway, since we know the person is in Su Renyi's hands, even if we can't catch up this time, we can find him by following Su Renyi next time.
"yes."
Su Xuening thought so too.
Now that we know our mother is still alive, even though she was tortured, at least we know her whereabouts, so rescuing her is much simpler.
If all else fails, she can ask her master for help in saving her mother. She can also go to Cen Jinfeng, but she doesn't want to alarm him unless absolutely necessary, as who knows if he might be colluding with Su Renyi this time.
"Miss." Since the two were talking outside, Jinzhu couldn't stay in their room any longer, so she followed them out.
Su Xuening looked at Jinzhu and introduced her, "This is the Holy King."
He then introduced her to Xuan Yuanzhan, saying, "This is the person I placed next to Su Renyi; she is my maid, Jinzhu."
"This servant greets Your Highness." Jinzhu didn't even dare to raise her head before bowing to Xuanyuan Zhan.
Xuanyuan Zhan glanced at Jinzhu and thought she was quite pleasing to the eye; her eyebrows and eyes even resembled his own somewhat.
Su Xuening looked at Jinzhu and said, "Let's wait for the guards together. If they catch up with Mother, then you don't need to go back. If they don't, then I'll have to trouble you to go back and continue to monitor Su Renyi for me."
Jinzhu immediately bowed to Su Xuening: "Until Miss brings back the First Madam, this servant is willing to stay by Su Renyi's side and act as Miss's inside man."
Su Xuening was somewhat moved: "You've worked hard. Sit down for a while longer. You must be tired after running for two hours."
Judging from the fact that she was covered in sweat, she must have run here. Besides, it wouldn't take more than two hours to walk from the North District to the Holy King's Mansion.
"Thank you, Miss."
Jinzhu was indeed tired, but she didn't dare to sit inside the house anymore, so she sat down in the courtyard.
Ye Xue was very fast and returned in no time.
"Your Highness, I failed to catch up!" Ye Xue lowered her eyes in shame.
Su Xuening was instantly disappointed.
Judging by the time, Jinzhu had already traveled for two hours from the North District to the Holy King's Mansion, so the carriage was indeed out of reach.
Ye Feng also returned and reported, "Our subordinates have chased them out of the capital's territory, but they did not catch up with the carriage the princess mentioned. Judging from the carriage's speed and the time it took, they couldn't have left the capital's territory. Since we didn't catch up, they must still be in the capital's territory."
Xuanyuan Zhan also comforted him, saying, "Don't worry, since we're still in the capital region, we'll definitely be able to find them!"
He would turn this entire Kyoto city upside down to find her mother.
Su Xuening nodded, then looked at Ye Yun: "What about that golden bead?"
Ye Yun immediately presented the golden pearl.
Su Xuening took the golden bead and handed it to Su Renyi: "I'll trouble you to go back and keep an eye on Su Renyi. If there's any movement, just tell me like you did today. Don't put yourself in any danger, understand?"
Jinzhu took the pearl and said with emotion, "Don't worry, Miss, I still want to live to serve you."
Su Xuening smiled and touched her face: "You've worked hard. I'll wait for you to come to my side. I'll have them send you back."
"Thank you, Miss," Jinzhu replied gratefully.
Su Xuening instructed Ye Yun to return the gold pearl to the Yong'an Marquis's residence.
As dawn approached, Xuan Yuanzhan knew she couldn't sleep: "Leave this to me. I'll send someone to follow Su Renyi and I'll definitely help you rescue your mother."
Su Xuening's nose suddenly stung with emotion, and she knelt down before Xuan Yuanzhan with a deeply moved expression.
Xuan Yuanzhan was startled and quickly helped her up: "What are you doing?"
"Thank you, Your Highness, for helping me save my mother," Su Xuening said, her eyes red.
Seeing her helpless state, Xuan Yuanzhan's heart softened completely. He reached out and pulled her into his arms, saying softly, "Silly girl, we are husband and wife. Your mother is my mother. If my mother is in trouble, of course I will save her. There's no need to thank me."
Su Xuening's nose stung terribly, and her eyes turned red.
He held her in his arms, and at that moment she felt that his shoulders were as reliable as a mountain and his embrace as warm as fire. She knew she shouldn't rely on him, and she shouldn't trust someone so easily, but he always managed to make her lower her guard time and time again.
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