Chapter 165 The First Prince and Yuwen Mu: Hurting Each Other

Finally, Shi Jiarui was taken away. The old lady of the Shi family, who was said to have fainted, chased after him crying, but the eldest prince was naturally not afraid.

No matter what tricks the other party used, he would just say: "Whoever tries to stop me will be taken away by me."

The Shi family didn't know that the man who claimed to be the commander of the Imperial City Bureau was actually the eldest prince, and they were still trying to bribe him with money and sex, one moment the weak and beautiful concubine's daughter in the family, and the next the silver that was secretly promised.

The eldest prince kept all of this in mind. He knew that his father had long wanted to deal with these noble families. After Shi Jiarui's case was settled, he would settle accounts with them all together later.

In order to avoid trouble at night, the eldest prince did not dare to rest even after capturing people, and led his people to the capital city in the rain all night. This time, the eldest prince impressed Yuwen Mu. The rain was heavy, and wearing an oil coat was of no use, but the eldest prince never said a word of tiredness, and he could even eat rain water and cakes with great relish.

The rain stopped when the group was almost in the capital. It had been raining so heavily recently that they could see traces of fallen gravel on the roadside.

Yuwen Mu shouted, "Everyone be careful, there may be a landslide."

Just as Yuwen Mu finished speaking, he saw someone sticking a piece of cloth in the middle of the road not far ahead. On the cloth was written "Landslide Ahead, Please Take a Detour."

Yuwen Mu saw the banner, turned around and stopped the team, and told the eldest prince to go forward to see if the situation was true. Yuwen Mu rode forward alone and found that it was indeed a landslide that blocked the official road. He immediately rode back to inform the emperor of the news.

The eldest prince immediately decided, "Let's go around it and take the small path."

The group immediately turned their horses around and went back along the path. On the side of the path, they saw a carriage abandoned on the roadside. The horses had been taken away, leaving only the carriage.

The path ahead was narrow, so people and horses could pass through it without any problem, but carriages could not. I guess it was because of this that the people ahead left their carriages behind.

The small path was not as smooth as the official road, and it became even more muddy and difficult to walk on after the heavy rain. Yuwen Mu and the eldest prince and his entourage saw a group of people in front of them, pulling a horse and moving forward with difficulty. They thought they were the people who had abandoned their carriages.

"Please stay, sir."

As Yuwen Mu and his men approached, they saw a woman waving at them, signaling them to stop.

The eldest prince muttered, "No way, the Shi family's beauty trap has been used to this extent? But why does this girl look so familiar?"

"Your Highness, I will go over and take a look. Your Highness, please stay here and don't come forward."

Yuwen Mu rode forward himself and ordered the imperial guards, "Protect His Highness."

"Hello, sir. I am the daughter of Si Nanbo of the capital. I went back to Ezhou to visit my relatives. On the way back to the capital, I encountered a landslide and my maid was injured. If you are going to the capital, could you take my maid to the capital for medical treatment?"

Yuwen Mu turned his head and saw the maid on the horse. It seemed that her foot was injured. It was bandaged casually with a little cloth, but the blood had already soaked through the cloth.

The horse under her was also injured. It stood with one leg raised and breathed heavily through its nostrils, looking very painful.

Yuwen Mu looked at Lu Shuyan again. Due to walking in the mud, the lower half of her dress was already extremely dirty, and her upper body was also stained with mud in many places, but she still had her back straight, and spoke to him in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, and in a clear and logical manner.

"Did you leave the words on the official road?"

"Yes, there were rubbles falling from time to time. My guards went forward to investigate, and a landslide occurred just after they passed by. My carriage was left behind and was hit by the rubble. The remaining guards were also injured while trying to protect me. I asked someone to take the seriously injured guards back to the capital first, and I took the rest of the people back to the capital via a small path."

Lu Shuyan had previously returned to her maternal grandparents' home in Ezhou to visit her relatives. Not long ago, she received a letter from a maid in the mansion saying that her mother was seriously ill and even the management of the family's food had been handed over to the concubine by her father. She then hurried back to Beijing, but she did not expect to encounter a landslide when she was almost in the capital.

Now she only has a horse, a maid and two guards by her side. One of the maids is injured. The person who went back to Beijing to report the news will definitely bring people back to pick her up, but she can wait, but Qiulan cannot.

It was only when she saw that the officers and soldiers behind her were wearing the uniforms of the imperial guards that she dared to ask for help.

She wanted to say something else when she saw the adult in front of her making a gesture to the back.

"You two, send her to the capital quickly, first to the Ruyi Clinic which is closest to the city gate."

Seeing that Qiulan had been sent away, Lu Shuyan also breathed a sigh of relief.

At some point, the eldest prince rode up on horseback and asked in surprise, "Are you the daughter of Lord Si Nan?"

Well, his mother had shown him her portrait before...

Lu Shuyan was also surprised when she looked at the newcomer, "I have met the eldest prince."

"Why are you here?"

"My mother was seriously ill, so I hurried back to the capital, but I didn't expect to encounter a landslide."

"It's pitiful. Fortunately, you met Lord Yuwen today. Lord Yuwen, why don't I take Shi Jiarui back to the capital first, and you stay behind to see Miss Lu off."

The eldest prince felt sorry for Lu Shuyan. He had also heard about how Si Nanbo favored his concubine and killed his wife. But he let it go because he had a family. If he sent Miss Lu back to the capital, what would he do if his wife Cancan got angry when she found out?

Yuwen Mu turned around and asked Lu Shuyan: "Can you ride a horse?"

Lu Shuyan nodded: "I will."

Yuwen Mu gave up his horse and went to ride with his men. His horse was more humane and easier to ride. Fortunately, the injured horse was not seriously injured and could walk on its own, so Yuwen Mu asked his men to take the horse with him.

"Then you guys go slowly, I will go first!"

Before arriving in the capital, I met people from the Lu family.

"Miss, my lady heard that you were in trouble because of a landslide, so she asked me to come and pick you up."

Lu Shuyan recognized this nanny as someone who worked for her father's concubine Gao. She frowned and asked, "A concubine is worthy of being called Madam?"

The visitor also saw Yuwen Mu behind him, his eyes rolled, and no one knew what evil idea he had come up with. Lu Shuyan didn't want to waste time talking at this time, she just wanted to go home to see her mother as soon as possible.

Yuwen Mu saw the nanny's gaze. He didn't understand the dirty things in the backyard, but he was not a fool. He immediately stepped forward and said, "I am here on the orders of the eldest prince to escort Miss Lu back home."

When the nanny heard that it was the eldest prince, her little thoughts disappeared and she dared not say anything.

…

The imperial palace.

"Father! Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and have escorted Shi Jiarui to the Dali Temple."

"Well, you've worked hard this time."

Normally, a smart person would say something high-sounding at this time, but the eldest prince was not an ordinary person. He nodded with sympathy, "It is true. Father, you have no idea how much the Shi family has gone too far. They actually wanted to bribe me! They also wanted to protect Shi Jiarui and let him escape! I wanted to arrest them all, but I thought the case was urgent, so we'll slowly settle the Shi family's account."

The emperor naturally knew that his son was not a particularly smart man. He was honest but not cunning enough. If not, he would not have allowed the Liu family to run around behind his back for so many years.

In his opinion, it would be in vain for the Liu family to jump around any more. With the eldest prince being in such a condition, he doesn't have the ability to become the emperor even if you ask him to!

"You have done a good job this time. You are already an adult, and it is time for you to do some serious work. Is there any government office you would like to go to?"

The eldest prince was flattered and asked, "You want me to choose by myself?"

"You speak first."

"Then I want to go to... the Imperial City Division!"

——Small Theater

The eldest prince: Cancan, listen to me, I have nothing to do with Sinanbo’s Mansion, it was Yuwen Mu who slandered me!

Yuwen Mu: It’s your fault.