Chapter 447 Referring to a Pig as a Young Lady
"What method?" Lord Ruan was immediately delighted.
Zeng Yuan walked closer to him and said, "I wonder if the master has ever said that you should exchange hearts for hearts."
Lord Ruan paused for a moment, then asked in confusion, "What do you mean by exchanging hearts?"
With his hands behind his back and his head slightly tilted back, Zeng Yuan looked ahead and laughed heartily, "It's just about replacing the heart of a healthy woman with that of the Second Miss."
"You mean you want to kill someone?" Lord Ruan asked in a deep voice.
Zeng Yuan nodded. "That's right, it's best to be with someone related by blood."
Lord Ruan immediately thought of someone, "My dear niece?"
Zeng Yuan did not refute, which can be considered as acquiescence.
Lord Ruan stared wide-eyed at Zeng Yuan as if he were a monster, and said in a low voice, "You want to kill her, but what about your past treatment of her?"
Zeng Yuan shook his head and said, "Lord Ruan, you don't understand. How can someone who achieves great things be bound by love? Once he reaches a high position, what kind of woman won't he have?"
Lord Ruan was dumbfounded and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Zeng Yuan then realized he had misspoke and immediately corrected himself, saying, "Lord Ruan, I did this to save the Second Miss. In my heart, there is only the Second Miss now. I would do anything for her."
Lady Ruan's complexion gradually improved. She did not believe Zeng Yuan's words, but she was willing to try anything as long as it could save her daughter.
After discussing it, the two decided to abandon their insistence on sending Miss Ruan to the palace and instead focus solely on finding her and taking her heart.
However, although Lord Ruan and Zeng Yuan had not fallen out, the news of their argument in the mansion still reached the Emperor's ears.
The emperor himself found it rather strange, "If this Taoist priest Zeng is so capable, how come he couldn't even save the woman he loved?"
The newly arrived eunuch bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, they all say that Miss Ruan's illness is very serious, and perhaps even God cannot help her."
The emperor slowly rose and said, “Fine, I will wait a few more days. If he is indeed a fraudster, I will tear him to pieces.”
The young eunuch was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head.
The emperor suddenly started coughing again.
Some time ago, he used the talisman given to him by Master Zeng and his health improved greatly. However, in the past few days, he has been coughing occasionally. He called a doctor, but the doctor couldn't figure out what was wrong.
He didn't pay any attention.
Two days later, the servants sent by the Ruan family to search for the missing person arrived in Cheng'an County.
It was quite a coincidence that they originally headed south to search, but somehow they ended up in Cheng'an County of Qingzhou Prefecture.
Seeing that they had already arrived, the group decided to search for them in Cheng'an County.
These days, Miss Ruan has been staying at the academy.
Fearing that she would be bored alone at the academy, Du Wanchun gave her two piglets from the mansion to raise.
The academy's buildings were small, with no backyard, so they couldn't raise chickens or ducks. They could only keep some small creatures in the side room of the kitchen.
The two little pigs that Du Wanchun gave her were just the right size.
Little Mianmian really likes Mr. Ruan. Even after school, she will stay here and not leave.
Miss Ruan was very patient. When she saw that Xiao Mianmian wouldn't leave, she held her on her lap and read to her.
That day, as Xiao Mianmian listened, she fell asleep on her body.
Du Wanchun and Nan Fengling came together to pick up the children and take them home.
Upon hearing the sound, Miss Ruan quickly picked up the little Mianmian in her arms, walked over to Du Wanchun, and smiled, "Little Mianmian, she's asleep."
Du Wanchun glanced into the house and said with a smile, "Mr. Ruan, why don't you come and have dinner at our Zhou family's house?"
Miss Ruan did not want to disturb Du Wanchun's family too much and was about to refuse.
Little Mianmian held onto Miss Ruan's sleeve tightly.
Seeing this, Miss Ruan followed Du Wanchun to the Zhou family.
They had just left not long ago.
The guards from the Ruan family who were looking for the person could come. Dressed in gray, they pretended to be passing merchants and carefully asked around all the way. Finally, they found out that a female teacher had recently come to the academy.
They also said that this lady came from the capital.
Upon hearing this, they immediately came to the academy to look for the person.
The five of them secretly climbed over the wall and entered the academy.
The students from the academy had all left, and Zhou Quan didn't usually live here, so he could only see the things Miss Ruan had left here.
One of the guards picked up the painting drawn by Miss Ruan and said, "Look, doesn't this look like the young lady's handwriting?"
Those people couldn't understand it at all, and in order to avoid trouble, they all nodded.
The guard who asked the question was immediately certain that Miss Ruan must be here.
"Quickly search everywhere, she should be here now, she hasn't left yet."
"Yes!" the guards replied and began searching around the academy.
Later, the four of them found the person in the kitchen.
They pointed at the piglet that had escaped from the kitchen and said sternly, "Young Miss, we've finally found you. Come back with us now."
The little pig looked up, squinting its eyes with a puzzled expression.
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