"When did you leave?"
"It's been two hours. There are four guards following him. All of them are skilled in martial arts. Don't worry, Prince."
Lu Yanli's heart sank, his expression changed, and he said sternly:
"Send someone out to look for it until they find it."
When Defu saw the prince's face change, he immediately took it seriously.
Go out quickly and arrange for people to look for it.
Lu Yanli stood up and found that he was no longer dizzy and his fever had subsided, but his heart was still beating like a pounding horse. He didn't even have this feeling when the army was approaching.
Some things cannot be caught.
He looked at the sachet on the bedside, took it and held it tightly in his hand. Next to it was the household registration he had prepared.
He had never bent the law for personal gain for anyone, but now he did such a thing. He just felt a little regretful that he forgot to give her what he intended to give her yesterday.
I felt a little comforted. Fortunately, she had no household registration. As a weak woman, she shouldn't be able to go far, right?
The room still lingers with the scent of her peach blossoms.
I'm still worried.
He put on his coat and wanted to go out and look for it himself, not even realizing that the wound on his body had reopened.
Defu walked in from outside and hurriedly stopped the prince:
"Prince, you can't do this. Your fever has just subsided, and the doctor said you are very ill this time. You must not go out and get exposed to the wind."
Lu Yanli's face was gloomy as he handed the token in his hand to Defu:
"Send a few more people to check the exits of the city. If you find anyone suspicious, immediately detain them and wait for me to personally identify them."
After a pause, he continued:
"Don't hurt her. If I don't return in an hour, notify our people and begin searching the city."
"No, half an hour."
Defu opened his eyes wide. Such a large-scale search for someone in the capital was bound to attract some people's attention.
After looking at the prince's expression, he didn't dare to say anything.
Lu Yanli thought of what she said yesterday.
"You shouldn't be confined to the backyard, you should shine on the battlefield."
He cursed himself for being so confused at the time that he didn't even hear what she said. It was all his fault that she saw him getting injured and made her sad.
I can't think about anything else anymore.
He rode a big horse and took his men out of the house.
The noisy commotion in the mansion naturally reached Qinghui Hall.
The old lady sent Nanny Yu out to find out the news.
Not long after, he came back with a worried look on his face.
The old lady asked hurriedly:
"Did something happen to Yan'er?"
Nanny Yu replied:
"Xu Zhiyi had been out of the house for two hours and hadn't returned. The prince was worried and took people out to look for her."
The old lady's face turned cold and she threw the teacup in her hand to the ground:
"He's only been out for two hours, isn't that worth him going out in person to look for him? He's not even recovered from his illness yet. He's really a vixen, he's bewitched my son to such an extent."
Nanny Yu couldn't hide her worry. She glanced at the old lady but said nothing in the end.
Lu Yanli left the house and went to the place where Xu Zhiyi usually went.
They searched everywhere but couldn't find her, even the guards sent to protect Xu Zhiyi couldn't find her.
He was very worried. If Xu Zhiyi had run away on her own, the guards should have come back to report it.
Could it be that she was kidnapped? After all, she looks more and more beautiful now.
His heart was gripped tightly.
He stood blankly on the street, the scene of him playing with her before flashing in his mind. She liked to eat candied haws, but she always gave him the first bite.
He didn't like eating oranges because peeling them would get the juice on his hands, making them sticky. Her fingers, as slender as white onions, would peel the oranges completely every time and hand them to him.
She didn't like walking, but when she went to the temple, she would walk up the mountain step by step from the bottom to the top to pray for his safety.
But where is she now? Why can't he find her?
Finally, Defu came to report:
"Reporting to the prince, the people who were sent out have found the lady's personal guards."
A glimmer of light flashed in Lu Yanli's gloomy eyes:
"Where are they?"
Defu: "We found them at Chunxiaoxuan. Madam said she wanted to go to the theater, and the four guards went to the back row of seats in the box. But for some reason, the four of them lost consciousness. We had to wake them up after we arrived."
He then handed Lu Yanli a piece of paper:
"This is when they wake up and find a piece of paper on the table."
Lu Yanli took the paper and saw only four words on it:
"Don't punish them."
Lu Yanli sneered. That was good. Everyone left without saying a word to him, but instead pleaded for others.
In her heart, is she not as good as the guard?
Looking at the four people kneeling on the ground with their heads hung, he wanted to punish them with twenty lashes, but in the end he did not give the order.
When he returned home, he gathered all the servants in the yard.
Lu Yanli is now full of murderous aura, as if he is going to kill someone in the next moment.
His eyes were filled with anger as he glanced at the people kneeling below:
"Tell me everything the Madam has done these past few days, anything unusual, and who has said anything in front of her."
Everyone was shocked by the title of General, but no one dared to say anything.
On weekdays, the two of them were as close as one person, and it seemed like they had never seen each other before.
Now that Miss Xu is missing, it is not surprising that the prince has collapsed.
Defu stood up with a pale face:
"That day, the general was ill, and I told my wife that the old lady forced you to marry."
Someone kneeling below said:
"I often see Madam painting a picture these days."
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