Meng Wanjie shook her head: "We sent people to look for the child, but they haven't found him yet. We don't know what happened to the child."
It's already afternoon, and Zhou Jing'an hasn't come back yet?
Jiang Ling frowned, a little worried.
She couldn't ask Meng Wanjie anything.
Meng Wanjie didn't know that this was a trap. She just thought that it was a robbery by bandits. Zhou Jing'an just accidentally entered the forest while chasing the bandits and got lost temporarily and didn't come back.
If she asked too many questions, Meng Wanjie would inevitably become suspicious and worry for no reason.
Forget it, she believed that Zhou Jing'an would come back safely.
After all, he is the male lead.
But you can ask other people.
"Mom." Jiang Ling asked her, "Did those bandits hurt anyone? Are all the ladies okay?"
She wanted to know about Shen Qingru's situation.
Meng Wanjie replied, "Everything is fine. Although those bandits looked ferocious, they were killed in a short time. Their families are hiding in their tents, so they are fine."
Jiang Ling looked at Meng Wanjie and didn't know what to say.
She is so naive. Her father has spoiled her mother into a child.
She ate a bowl of wontons, drank the pheasant and mushroom soup cooked by Meng Wanjie herself, and ate two chicken legs. She was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes, so she decided to take a nap.
Before going to bed, she asked Zizhen and Luzhu to have a rest as well.
The two girls were so worried that they didn't sleep for two days and their eyes were red.
"By the way, call Xiao Yi over. I have something to tell him." Jiang Ling thought that he had to check on Shen Qingru's situation.
Xiaojia followed her searching for two days and one night, and then she let him go to rest.
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Jiang Ling had a good sleep and when she woke up she felt refreshed and very satisfied.
As a result, just as she finished washing up, she heard the emperor give an order for everyone to pack up immediately and return to the capital without delay.
The carriage slowly moved back, and the return was obviously faster than the coming. The mountain road was bumpy. By the time they reached the foot of the mountain and set up camp, Jiang Ling felt like his bones were about to fall apart.
Xiao Yi has already returned from the investigation as ordered. "Miss, I have secretly gone to investigate."
"Shen Qingru was not in the camp the day the bandits appeared. She returned only after they were wiped out. Although she has been active in the camp for the past two days, I noticed that one of her maids is missing."
Maid?
Speaking of maids, Jiang Ling thought of Aruo. Although she was young, she had extraordinary skills.
Xiao Yi continued, "It's her personal maid named Bixing, who hasn't come back yet."
Jiang Ling nodded, "Then she hasn't left the camp in the past two days?"
Xiao Yi replied: "No."
As the two were talking, Xiao Jia suddenly came over and nodded with a fist clasped: "Miss, Shen Qingru is missing."
Jiang Ling's eyes narrowed, "What?"
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The eunuchs, palace maids and guards were all busy setting up the tents, while some were diligently preparing food, hoping that their masters would have a good rest as soon as possible.
The night breeze blows, and without the coolness of the mountains and forests, it is quite comfortable.
But Jiang Ling couldn't relax.
As he listened to Xiaojia's report, his brows gradually furrowed.
"Mrs. Shen had just gotten off the carriage and went to the back carriage to look for her, only to find that she was gone. She immediately reported it to Shen Gu, saying that her daughter's safety was at stake. Shen Gu then begged the Emperor to send someone to look for her. It was unknown when she disappeared along the way..."
Xiaojia's voice came into his ears, only serving as a consonant for Jiang Ling's thoughts.
She frowned and asked, "What about her maid?"
"Miss, when she went down the mountain, she was accompanied by only a maid named Bi Yue, and she is also missing." Xiao Jia nodded.
"Has the Emperor sent anyone to look for him?"
Xiaojia nodded. "It concerned the life of a distinguished lady from a noble family. The Emperor immediately sent two teams of guards to look for her. This happened a quarter of an hour ago."
Jiang Ling remained silent.
What's going on here?
Could it be that... he ran away?
Jiang Ling chuckled. Could it be that Shen Qingru had seen the truth and was taking advantage of the chaos to escape? Or had someone sent her a message asking her to leave?
The disappearance was so silent, it was definitely not a robbery.
Recalling the scene last time when Shen Qingru was chasing her quickly, this Shen Qingru should know martial arts, right?
I don’t know how the traitor is being caught, but we must not let Shen Qingru escape.
She asked again, "Where's my dad?"
Xiaojia replied, "The master is still with the emperor."
Jiang Ling nodded and told them to be on high alert and vigilant at all times.
She was afraid that Shen Qingru would come back and bring people to kill them, so it was better to prepare for the worst.
But this time Jiang Ling thought too much. There was nothing unusual until he fell asleep. He sent people to inquire about it. Half of the people sent to look for Shen Qingru returned empty-handed, and the other half were still looking.
I heard that Shen Gu and his wife were so worried that they didn't even have dinner and were waiting for news. They tried to go look for him on their own several times but were stopped every time.
Jiang Ling sighed inwardly, not knowing how devastated they would be when they learned that their daughter had actually met with an accident a long time ago, and that the daughter they had raised for several years was the murderer.
After all, if it were based on Shen Qingru's personality, she would definitely kill the real Shen Qingru just in case and to prevent future troubles.
She was just sighing to herself when she saw Meng Wanjie come in with a maid holding a quilt in her hands.
She didn't know what was happening with the Shen family, but Meng Wanjie was already frightened by Jiang Ling's disappearance, and when she heard about the disappearance of the girl from the Shen family, she became even more frightened, so she simply moved in with her.
Jiang Ling was helpless, "Mom, I'm fine, right? Don't worry."
But no matter what she said, Meng Wanjie just waved her hands and refused to listen, and ordered someone to make the bed.
"Mom, does Daddy have any objection to you coming over to sleep with me like this?" Jiang Ling blinked.
Meng Wanjie snorted softly: "What can he have against me? I sleep with my own daughter, how can he stop me?"
In the end, persuasion was fruitless. Just after midnight, Jiang Ling was urged by her to wash up and go to bed.
However, she did enjoy the pleasure of sleeping in her mother's arms.
Meng Wanjie also told her many stories about her childhood. The two of them lay down and chatted, and it was very heartwarming at one point.
I just wonder if her father is secretly feeling aggrieved and sulking. He must be very depressed that he can't hug his beloved wife at night.
However, what Jiang Ling didn't know was that Jiang Lianshan had no time to sulk. He was staying up all night with Feng Yu and several other close ministers.
They are anxiously waiting for news.
At the first hour of the first lunar month, a tall and straight man returned home exhausted under the moonlight.
"I'm back, and I pay my respects to the Emperor."
The voice was low and cold, and seemed to be mixed with frost flowers in the cold night.
It was Zhou Jing'an.
He was accompanied by the half of the group that went to look for Shen Qingru. The other two people were carried in and placed in the tent. Their eyes were closed and they had fallen asleep. They were Shen Qingru and Biyue.
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