Chapter 192 Meeting the Saint
Prince Yu Liu said in a meaningful tone: "My sister is missing."
Princess Yi'an was stunned: "What do you mean by missing?"
Prince Yu Liu spread his hands and said, "She went out early this morning and hasn't come back since. I went out to look for her but couldn't find her."
Princess Yian was secretly annoyed by Prince Yu Liu's inexplicable gaze.
Could it be that he suspected that Princess Lingque’s disappearance was related to her?
How ridiculous!
"In that case, I will come to visit you another day so as not to delay the prince's search."
Seeing Princess Yi'an about to leave, Prince Yu Liu took a step forward and asked, "Princess, have you met my sister?"
Princess Yi'an's face immediately darkened: "What do you mean, Prince?"
Prince Yu Liu smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Princess. I'm just asking. I can't find my sister, and I'm really worried."
"Then Prince, please go find someone quickly... I have been out of the palace for a long time, and the Queen Mother will be worried." After Princess Yi'an said this, she quickly walked towards the palace sedan parked not far away.
Prince Yu Liu watched Princess Yi An disappear behind the sedan chair curtain and ordered his attendants in a cold voice, "Continue to look for the princess."
The attendant took the order and left, and he hurried to find the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.
"Master Ouyang, Master Ouyang, something happened!"
The Minister of the Ministry of Rites, whose surname was Ouyang, was a fat old man over fifty years old. He felt a headache when he heard Prince Yu Liu's continuous shouting.
What happened again?
He hasn't had a good night's sleep since these Yu Liu people came, and he has lost weight.
Despite his impatience, Ouyang Siqing immediately showed concern on his face: "Prince, what happened?"
"My sister is missing!"
Ouyang Siqing's beard trembled in shock: "Princess Lingque is missing?"
"Yes, we haven't found anyone yet."
Ouyang Siqing glanced at the bright sun outside and didn't quite believe it: "Could he have gone shopping?"
"She's unfamiliar with the area, so if she's shopping, she must be going to the places you mentioned. But I've sent people to search those streets, but they can't find her." Prince Yu Liu's face turned grim. "Besides, my sister hasn't recovered from her injuries yet, and she's lost her memory. How could she possibly be in the mood to go shopping?"
Hearing this, Ouyang Siqing also became nervous: "Don't worry, Prince. I will call more people to help search together."
"That's better. My sister was injured and lost her memory. If she disappears again, I won't be able to explain to my father."
Ouyang Siqing raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat off his face.
Princess Lingque just disappeared in the capital of Great Zhou, and it wasn't just Prince Yuliu who couldn't explain to King Yuliu!
People were everywhere looking for someone. In front of the Shuntian government office, a maid who was accompanying the girl wearing a veil walked forward and beat the drum.
The loud drumbeats immediately alarmed everyone inside and outside the yamen.
The yamen allowed audience participation in judgments, and the common people, who had accumulated rich experience, immediately flocked over and grabbed the best seats.
Shuntian Prefecture Governor heard the drum and hurried to the court. He looked at the two girls in the hall who were obviously a master and servant, and slammed the gavel: "Who are you in the hall——"
The girl took off her veil and revealed her true face.
The girl in the exotic dress was stunningly beautiful, and the gauze wrapped around her head set off her palm-sized fair face, making her even more breathtakingly beautiful.
There were gasps and buzzing discussions among the crowd watching the excitement.
Shuntian Prefecture Governor's eyes widened as he recognized the girl: "Are you—Princess Yuliu?"
Princess Lingque nodded slightly, her voice as sweet as a yellow oriole: "They all say I am Princess Lingque."
This sounded strange, so the Shuntian Prefecture Governor asked casually, "They?"
"Yes. I hurt my head in Fuxiang Garden and don't remember anything. They told me I was the Princess of the Spirit Bird."
Looking at the innocent-looking girl in the hall, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture had a bad feeling.
I always feel like there's going to be big trouble!
"Ahem, I wonder what brings Princess Lingque here?" The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture tried to make his voice sound gentle.
Anything involving two countries is not simple, and if it involves someone from the royal family, it would be no different from digging a hole and pushing him, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, into it.
Princess Lingque glanced around with her beautiful eyes, wondering, "Isn't this Shuntian Prefecture?"
"Yes." The governor of Shuntian Prefecture nodded.
"That should be the same as Yu Liu. He came here to file a complaint."
The Shuntian prefect shifted his hips, feeling that the chair he was sitting on was rather prickly. "Who is the princess suing?"
Princess Lingque raised her chin slightly and spoke word by word, "I want to sue your country's top scholar, Yang Zhe."
Shuntian Prefecture Governor almost stood up and asked calmly, "Why did the princess sue Yang Zhuangyuan?"
The girl, who had just looked resolute, suddenly had red eyes and burst into tears: "He clearly expressed his affection to me in public, but then turned around and denied it. He was so infatuated that he abandoned me!"
"Where does this come from?" The governor of Shuntian Prefecture was stunned.
He only heard that Yang Xiuzhuan had suppressed the arrogance of the Yu Liu people with couplets in front of the teahouse two days ago, but he had not heard of this!
Did he miss something?
Princess Lingque gently wiped away her tears, feeling pity for her. "That day, I saw Yang Zhuangyuan's unparalleled elegance and admiration, so I tested his feelings with a couplet, asking him how he found his partner. He responded, saying he was fortunate enough not to need a matchmaker. He publicly promised to be together forever, but then changed his mind. Isn't that just abandoning me after having seduced me?"
"This... Princess has misunderstood. Yang Zhuangyuan was just making couplets, there was no other meaning." The governor of Shuntian Prefecture was overwhelmed and couldn't help but explain for Yang Zhe.
Isn't this just a stubborn excuse?
Princess Lingque tearfully questioned, "Your Excellency, as the presiding judge, not only did you not summon the defendant to confront me, you even defended him. Are you protecting one another?"
The prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was overwhelmed and hurriedly ordered his men to find Yang Zhe and then send someone to the Honglu Temple to report the news.
Not long after, the Minister of the Honglu Temple struggled through a group of excited people and arrived first.
"Princess Lingque, you are really here. Your brother has been looking for you everywhere!" Upon seeing Princess Lingque, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites breathed a sigh of relief.
Shuntian Prefecture Governor coughed and said, "Lord Ouyang, Prince Yu Liu is not with you?"
"I've sent someone to inform the prince." The Minister of the Ministry of Rites looked at the Governor of Shuntian Prefecture and asked what was going on.
The Shuntian Prefecture Governor briefly explained this and then asked the stunned Minister of the Honglu Temple, "Master Ouyang, do you think this matter requires mediation by the Honglu Temple?"
The Minister of the Honglu Temple came to his senses immediately and made an excuse: "Sir Huang, the Honglu Temple is not responsible for hearing cases."
"But you guys are in charge of foreign guests."
After some arguing, the two men finally reached an agreement: to ask the emperor for the decision.
After Prince Yu Liu and Yang Zhe arrived one after another, the group went to the imperial city in a mighty procession, under the reluctant gazes of the common people who were listening to the trial.
When the guards of the imperial city suddenly saw a group of people, they thought something had happened. They all held their scabbards and stood vigilant. Even until these people were allowed to enter, they couldn't help but glance back.
Emperor Tai'an never expected that there would be a follow-up to this matter, and he almost couldn't maintain his composure for a moment.
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