"What happened?"
Sheng Wenjin frowned and asked.
"Recently, for some reason, children have been going missing. Not only are there children from ordinary families in Yandu City who have gone missing, but also the sons of several high-ranking officials."
Among them was Bai Mo's younger brother, Bai Ze!
"Besides him, there was also Qiao Bin, the grandson of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites."
Zhong Li was the only grandson of Zhong, the Minister of Justice.
The worst part is that the emperor's most beloved little princess has also gone missing...
Sigh... I really don't know where these human traffickers came from; they're incredibly audacious! They dare to kidnap just anyone!
"Now, not only the officers and soldiers in charge of this case, but even the Imperial Guards have been mobilized to search for those children!"
"Wanwan, be good these next few days and don't run around, okay?"
After saying this, Madam Chu gave Sheng Wanwan another round of instructions.
Sheng Wanwan nodded obediently. She did want to go out and play, and maybe even run into human traffickers, but her mother had made her sister Zhucui stay with her, so she couldn't sneak out to play anymore.
Sheng Wenjin wasn't interested in any of that, so he withdrew his gaze and turned to Si Rouxue, who was still standing there in a daze, his eyes filled with tenderness...
...
That night, Sheng Wanwan was sleeping soundly.
Suddenly, a slight noise came from the doorway of the room.
A man dressed in black tiptoed open the door, quickly slipped into the room, and then silently closed the door.
The man glanced at Sheng Wanwan, who was fast asleep on the bed, and then directly pressed her acupoint to induce sleep.
Then, he held Sheng Wanwan in his arms, quickly slipped out the window, and climbed over the wall to leave the General's Mansion.
......
The next morning, when Sheng Wanwan opened her eyes, she found herself lying on the floor of a dilapidated house.
Besides her, there were more than a dozen children in the dilapidated house, both boys and girls, and they all looked quite young.
Most of them had tears streaming down their faces, but dared not cry out loud.
Judging from their bruised bodies, Sheng Wanwan figured that crying would get them beaten, so the children didn't even dare to cry.
"Little sister, please don't cry! If you cry, those bad people outside will whip us with willow branches, and it will hurt a lot!"
A little girl, dressed in fancy clothes but looking very frail, wiped away her tears and reminded her.
The little girl looked to be about seven or eight years old; she wasn't the oldest or the youngest among the children. She was clearly frightened, but the parent was still kindly trying to warn her. This showed that the little girl had a kind heart.
"Sister, Wanwan knows! Don't be afraid, Wanwan is very strong, Wanwan can get you out of here!"
Sheng Wanwan reached out and wiped away the tears that remained in the corner of the little girl's eyes, and said with a smile.
The little girl didn't take Sheng Wanwan's words to heart, thinking she was just a bragging child.
After all, who would believe a toddler who's just over a year old saying he's amazing and can save them from here?
However, this child was quite bold; upon realizing he had been abducted, he showed no panic whatsoever.
They are too young; they have no idea how dangerous their situation is.
But the little girl still forced a smile and said:
"Is your name Wanwan? That's a very nice name! My name is Ruier, you can call me Sister Ruier!"
Rui'er? Oh my god, could it be Si Rui'er?
In the storybook, the most beloved son of the Emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom was Si Mingye, the son born to his beloved Bai Yueguang, and the most beloved daughter was Si Ruier, the only daughter born to the understanding and kind Consort Rou.
In the original storyline, Si Ruier was frail from childhood and was carefully raised in the deep palace.
However, because he was favored by the emperor, he aroused the jealousy of the empress, who secretly plotted against him, luring him out of the palace and preparing to kill him.
However, the eunuch in charge of this mission was soft-hearted and did not kill Si Ruier. Instead, he abandoned her in the wilderness and left her to fend for herself.
After Si Ruier miraculously escaped from the wilderness, she was abducted by human traffickers.
After being abducted, Si Ruier died on the road due to the exhaustion of the journey.
When the body was found, Consort Rou changed her previous gentleness and began to fight the Empress to the death. In the end, she defeated the Empress and supported Crown Prince Si Mingye. After the Emperor died, Consort Rou was successfully promoted to Empress Dowager.
It is clear that this Consort Rou is an extremely shrewd and skillful person!
And this little girl must be Si Ruier, because her mother said during the day that the emperor's most beloved little princess had gone missing.
That little princess should be Si Ruier from the original book.
Upon closer inspection, Si Ruier's eyebrows and eyes bear a resemblance to Si Mingye's.
As Sheng Wanwan was thinking, Si Ruier suddenly coughed violently a few times, even coughing up a trace of blood from the corner of her mouth, making her look even weaker.
"Sister Rui'er, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
As she spoke, Sheng Wanwan grabbed Si Ruier's wrist and asked with feigned concern.
Sure enough, the pulse was very weak.
"No...don't worry! Rui'er is fine, it's just...cough cough..."
Before she could finish speaking, Si Ruier suddenly coughed again, her face turning red and bright red blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, making her look particularly frightening.
When everyone saw Si Ruier's appearance, they were so frightened that they huddled together in fear.
Despite their fear, they dared not shout, for if they disturbed the people sleeping outside, they would inevitably be beaten again.
"Sister Rui'er, here, have this! This is a cough medicine; it will definitely help you get better!"
Sheng Wanwan took out a life-extending pill and a cough-suppressing pill from her spatial storage. These two pills could not cure Si Ruier's illness, but they could help her stop coughing and strengthen her constitution, so that she would not die so quickly in such a harsh environment.
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