The storm ended here. Although Chu Xuan was poisoned, fortunately the antidote was found in the end and he was finally fine.

The banned drugs were burned, and the government posted notices stating the dangers of banned drugs, cutting off the channels for smuggling banned drugs in Tianji. As a result, drug addicts also began a long withdrawal process.

The truth of the Yan Shaobai case also surfaced. It turned out that the servant in the Yan Mansion was a traitor arranged by Li Tingzhou. On the day of the incident, the servant overheard the conversation between Lu Yanluo and Yan Shaobai outside. Knowing that the matter was exposed, in order to prevent Li Tingzhou from being implicated, the servant took the initiative and shot a silver needle outside the door, killing Yan Shaobai.

Afterwards, he pushed the blame onto Lu Yanluo. When Li Tingzhou found out, he was furious and sent people to kill the servant to silence him.

Now that the truth was revealed, the emperor could not say anything more. Lu Yanluo left the palace with peace of mind and went home to take care of Chu Xuan.

A few days passed and Chu Xuan was in good health. Lu Yanluo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The winter sun was shining brightly, and Chu Xuan had been lying in his house for several days. His body was almost moldy. The two little ones could not sit still and started clamoring to go out and play early in the morning.

There happened to be a temple fair in the evening, so Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo took their two children out after dinner.

The streets were bustling with people coming and going, with no sign of the depression caused by the drug case that day. The streets and alleys were filled with all kinds of stalls, and the dazzling array of goods attracted the attention of the two children.

Chu Yuan was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, pulling Chu Yao to look here and there.

At first, Lu Yanluo was chasing after the two children, but as she walked, a person suddenly ran over from the side and bumped into Lu Yanluo.

Chu Xuan was so focused on pulling the person back into her arms to avoid getting hurt that she didn't notice the two children walking away.

When the man moved out of the way, Lu Yanluo looked over and found that there were no two children on such a big street.

"Chu Xuan! Where are Yuanyuan and Yaoyao?" Lu Yanluo quickly walked to the stall where the two children were last seen and asked anxiously, "Where did the boy and the girl go just now?"

The stall owner shook his head. There were so many people coming and going on this street, how could he remember where everyone was going?

Chu Xuan followed closely behind, walked to Lu Yanluo's side and comforted her, "It's okay, the two children must have gone out to play. Yaoyao is sensible, and Yuanyuan will be fine with him around. I have sent people to search nearby and they will be found soon."

However, things went against their wishes. Shen He and his men searched the entire street but did not find a single person. As the sky gradually darkened, Lu Yanluo became more and more anxious.

What she was worried about was not that the two children would get lost, but that they would be kidnapped by someone with ulterior motives. The two children were powerless, so wouldn't they be at the mercy of others?

Everyone expanded the search area, and Lu Yanluo and Chu Xuan searched along the streets together.

At this moment, an old man slowly walked to Lu Yanluo's side and asked softly, "Are you looking for two children? A boy and a girl. The boy is older and the girl is younger."

After asking for so long, she finally got a clue. Lu Yanluo nodded anxiously: "Yes, has the old man seen them? Where?"

The old man turned around and pointed: "I saw them at the entrance of the alley before. The little girl fell and was injured. Her knees and arms were covered in blood. The older one was also dirty. I felt sorry for the two children, so I brought them back home. They are at home now. Come with me to take the children away."

Although she was heartbroken to hear that Chu Yuan was injured, Lu Yanluo was overjoyed to finally hear the news about the two children, and she decided to follow the old man without thinking.

Chu Xuan stopped the man from behind and said, "Wait." He felt that something was strange. For some reason, he always felt that there was something odd when he looked at the old man.

Lu Yanluo understood that Chu Xuan was on guard, but she didn’t want to miss the news that there was finally a child.

"Let's go and take a look. What if it's really Yuanyuan and Yaoyao? The child is injured. We must bring him back quickly. I wonder how scared Yuanyuan must be."

Hearing Lu Yanluo say this, Chu Xuan felt extremely distressed. He could only temporarily suppress his worries and follow the old man home.

After going around in circles, they stopped at the gate of a small courtyard. The old man hesitated and said, "There are too many of you. I still have my grandson at home. Why don't you come with me to take a look?"

Lu Yanluo now only wanted to see her two children, and she would agree to any request. Upon hearing this, she immediately asked Chu Xuan to stand outside to guard the door, and she followed the old man in.

The yard was extremely small, and the old man walked slower and slower, gradually falling behind Lu Yanluo.

Lu Yanluo was so focused on looking for the child that she didn't notice that the frail old man was now walking behind her with a wooden stick in his hand.

"Where is the child you mentioned? How come..." Before Lu Yanluo could finish her words, the wooden stick behind her had already hit her. Lu Yanluo seemed to sense something and quickly dodged to the side, but was still hit on the arm, and half of her body was paralyzed with pain.

The old man revealed his true face and looked at Lu Yanluo fiercely: "Don't look for it, there is no child. I just used the child as an excuse to lure you here."

Lu Yanluo's eyes flashed coldly as she questioned, "Who are you? Where is my child? Why are you doing this?"

The old man chuckled, extremely vulgarly: "Someone told me that if I can catch you, I will let you be my concubine. From now on, you can live here peacefully and serve me well!"

As the old man spoke, he stepped back, closed the door behind him, and locked it from the outside.

Lu Yanluo stepped forward and knocked on the door, warning: "My husband is right outside the door, let me out if you don't want to die!"

The old man laughed again when he heard this, and said disdainfully: "Don't worry, when your husband comes to ask, I will say that you have left. What can he do to me? Is this still the yard you just came in?"

Lu Yanluo left in such a hurry that she didn't notice the mystery in the yard at all. The old man deliberately took her around and had already gone around to the yard next door.

She couldn't help but worry whether Chu Xuan could find this place.

In a blink of an eye, two quarters of an hour passed. Chu Xuan stood outside the door and hadn't seen Lu Yanluo come out yet, so he pushed the door open to look for her.

The old man looked at Chu Xuan in surprise and said, "What happened again?"

Chu Xuan suddenly had a bad guess: "Where is the woman who just came in with you?"

The old man replied with his eyes wide open: "As soon as your daughter-in-law came in and saw that the child was not hers, she hurried away from the back. Didn't your daughter-in-law tell you? She is no longer here."

"Gone?" Chu Xuan frowned unconsciously.

"Yeah, let's go."