Chapter 229 Our Prince
Du Qing was sure he had heard correctly, but his expression became even more blank.
You can go out...Does that mean you can let him go?
As he was thinking this, he heard a slight clicking sound, and the shackles that had bound him for many days were opened.
The wind blew through the open door, but he did not move after regaining his freedom.
"Please come in." The young Jinlin Guard had a puzzled look on his face, thinking to himself, could it be that this person thinks the food in Jinlin Guard is good and doesn't want to leave?
Du Qing took a deep breath silently and strode out of the Jinlinwei Yamen.
The night was as dark as ink. The orange glow of lanterns hanging from the eaves dimmed the deserted streets. Du Qing stood there, unsure of where to go. It wasn't until someone hurriedly cast a curious glance that he awoke and ran in one direction.
The next day, the weather was bright and sunny, and Qi Shuo made an appointment to meet Lin Hao.
"I've already told Cheng Maoming about letting Du Qing go." Qi Shuo said, handing over a small box.
"What is this?" Lin Hao opened it directly and was a little surprised to see a stack of banknotes inside. "So many? Could it be dividends from the restaurant?"
Have the small restaurants that have always had meager profits finally made it back on track?
After a strange silence, Qi Shuo explained calmly, "The reward for capturing Chen Mu."
When Lin Hao heard this, he felt inexplicably at ease.
Fortunately, fortunately, it can’t compare to her scentless flower dew shop.
She casually placed one hand on the open box, a faint smile on her lips: "Sent by General Cheng? It's quite a lot."
"Well, all for you." Qi Shuo said very naturally.
As a girl from the general's mansion, Lin Hao never worried about money. Even when she finally experienced financial hardship when she bought a house and helped beggars, she never took money too seriously. But this did not affect her happiness after hearing Qi Shuo's words.
The girl arched her eyebrows and said, "Then I'll keep it."
Seeing that she accepted it without hesitation, Qi Shuo raised the corner of his lips slightly: "Are you busy today?"
"I'm not busy. There are no new products in the flower dew shop for the time being. They have gradually sorted things out. Ah Xing is in charge of the house, so I don't have to worry about it." Lin Hao said he was not busy, but in fact he was not idle at home.
She is embroidering her trousseau.
I'm not very good at it, but I can do it. For wedding dresses, I hire the best embroiderers to do the work slowly and carefully. I can still embroider a simple pillowcase or something to meet the wedding customs.
If Mrs. Lin knew what her daughter was thinking, she would probably die of laughter.
Ah Hao's laziness in embroidering a few stitches that day was not even as hard as her mother's efforts in preparing for her wedding, who had been a bandit since childhood.
Qi Shuo couldn't imagine what it was like when Lin Hao was embroidering seriously. When he heard her say that everything was fine, he said, "I'm going to the guesthouse with Cheng Maoming today. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Lin Hao became interested: "What happened at the guesthouse?"
"A Yu Liu maid has gone missing."
Lin Hao couldn't help but frown: "Is there trouble?"
Like Qi Shuo, she didn't want her hard-earned stable life to be disrupted again. In fact, because of her experience staying with Master Mingxin in her previous life, she realized more and more clearly that if Emperor Pingle regained the throne, it would not be a blessing for the country and the people.
"See if we can find the person in time."
"I'll go with you."
So the eagerly awaited General Cheng finally got the chance to see Prince Jing and his future wife.
The moment he saw Lin Hao, Cheng Maoming felt a little complicated.
Gu Chai
Every time he saw Miss Lin Er, he would feel that it would be a shame not to have a son like Prince Jing.
How can you bring your unmarried wife along for such a serious matter?
"Grand Commander, can we go now?" Seeing Cheng Maoming distracted, Qi Shuo reminded him.
"Oh, please come in, Prince." Cheng Maoming sighed in his heart.
No one is perfect, and perhaps Prince Jing's only shortcoming is his obsession with his wife.
The group quickly arrived at the guesthouse.
The Yu Liu envoy was making a fuss: "We are visiting envoys, not suspects. What do you mean by searching us over and over again and not letting us out?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Rites was frantically trying to appease him. He caught sight of Cheng Maoming approaching and quickly asked for help: "General Cheng, you're finally here."
Before Cheng Maoming could speak, the Yu Liu envoy flew into a rage, "Sir Cheng, the ones stopping us from leaving the house are your subordinates, right? I'm going to ask your emperor if he wants to put us under house arrest."
Cheng Maoming smiled politely and said, "If the envoy wants to see our emperor, he can ask for an audience at any time. But you can't accuse me of holding a distinguished guest under house arrest."
"Then what's going on?" Envoy Yu Liu pointed at the guards standing outside.
"It's for protection," Cheng Maoming lied calmly. "Yesterday, a maid from your country disappeared and hasn't been seen since. I'm worried that there are vicious criminals lurking outside, so I'm guarding the door to prevent our guests from leaving and being targeted. I'm also carefully searching the interior of the guesthouse to prevent any criminals from hiding there and harming our guests..."
He said with a look of grievance: "Cheng is doing this for the good of our distinguished guests!"
Envoy Yu Liu listened to these nonsense and just wanted to sneer: "I want to see the emperor of your country."
"Then go ahead, and bring more people to ensure safety." Cheng Maoming looked as if he was thinking about the other party.
Whether he was going to see the emperor or strolling on the street, he was never afraid of those who walked out of the door openly.
Envoy Yu Liu snorted coldly and strode out. As expected, no one stopped him. He came back after a few steps.
"The envoy will not come to see our Majesty?"
"I haven't asked Lord Cheng yet, has the missing maid been found? Could she have met with the same misfortune as our poor princess?" Envoy Yu Liu found an impeccable excuse to stay.
He knew very well why Maid Yu Liu disappeared, and what he was most worried about was being found by these people.
Cheng Maoming's face straightened: "Not yet, that's why I came here to continue investigating."
"Then Master Cheng must find the person as soon as possible."
The two exchanged words, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites greeted Qi Shuo and secretly wondered why Prince Jing came with Cheng Maoming.
As for Lin Hao, who was standing quietly beside Qi Shuo, she was not noticed for a while because she was dressed in men's clothes.
The Yu Liu envoy finally turned his attention to Qi Shuo: "Is this the Prince of Jing?"
Qi Shuo looked over and nodded slightly.
Envoy Yu Liu's eyes lit up with interest. "I heard that the suspect who murdered our princess was the one drawn by the Crown Prince after hearing someone's description. Is this true?"
"Yeah." Qi Shuo spoke concisely, his eyes calm.
"Then why did the prince come here today..." Envoy Yu Liu looked at the young man with a complexion as white as jade, and couldn't help but look down on him.
Why would a prince holding a paintbrush join in the fun?
Before Qi Shuo could speak, Cheng Maoming took over the conversation: "The Crown Prince was invited by Cheng. The envoy must know the appearance of the missing maid. Let us draw it to facilitate the search."
Our prince?
The Yu Liu envoy didn't notice anything wrong, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites gave Cheng Maoming a strange look.
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