Chapter 317 Only those who are not loved should not exist!
The guards, disregarding the weather, immediately ordered people to dig.
The sudden arrival of these important figures today must mean something serious has happened. I just hope they won't be implicated.
The Emperor would certainly not be satisfied with the current state of the descendants of the King of Li.
Shen Lanxi immediately issued another order: "Search the entire area within a ten-mile radius!"
The number of people she led was clearly not enough.
"Go find the Prince of Zhennan and demand the release of the prisoners!"
"yes!"
Zhou Ruyuan quickly ordered a troop of soldiers to be dispatched. Shen Lanxi watched silently; the number of these soldiers was clearly greater than the number he had brought.
It seems these people are also lying in ambush in the shadows.
Searching an area within a ten-mile radius is a huge undertaking. Shen Lanxi and Zhou Ruyuan tacitly kept quiet about it, which was also a gesture to show Emperor Renxiao.
The descendant of the King of Li remained unconscious and showed no signs of waking up until the morning of the next day.
However, the place where he had been before had been almost completely dug up.
"Reporting to my lord, no secret passage has been found."
Shen Lanxi nodded expressionlessly and said, "Record it in detail, and report it to His Majesty when we return to the capital."
Zhou Ruyuan was not in the room, so he sent six people to guard the room, both inside and outside.
When Shen Lanxi looked around, she happened to see Zhou Ruyuan taking a walk with a woman wearing a veil.
"Your Highness, you bring your female relatives with you when you go out on official business. You are truly thoughtful and have made thorough arrangements."
The blatant sarcasm was obvious to anyone.
Now that she had been seen, Bai Qingling decided not to keep quiet.
"Shen Lanxi, are you trying to commit insubordination by speaking to the Prince like that?"
Shen Lanxi looked at Zhou Ruyuan with amusement: "Your Highness, what did I say? Was there a single lie in what I said?"
Bai Qingling angrily took off her veil and said, "Chen Lanxi, stop being sarcastic. Aren't you just jealous because the prince loves me?"
Shen Lanxi sneered, looking at Zhou Ruyuan with a puzzled tone: "How could the royal family allow her to live until now, this disgrace to the royal family?"
Bai Qingling's face turned deathly pale instantly, and she subconsciously took a step back behind Zhou Ruyuan.
Zhou Ruyuan frowned and said angrily, "Enough, stop talking!"
A flash of smugness crossed Bai Qingling's eyes. So what if the Shen family were reinstated? The prince wouldn't like her.
Only those who are not loved are the ones who should not exist.
Zhou Ruyuan turned to Bai Qingling with a cold face and said, "Go back to your room first. Don't come out again without my permission."
Bai Qingling looked stunned, her smug look still lingering.
The prince actually spoke ill of her?
The prince actually reprimanded Shen Lanxi because of her?
Zhou Ruyuan: "There are too many people here. If others see you coming to the imperial mausoleum with me, they will definitely make a big deal out of it, and Father will be furious again."
Bai Qingling's face turned pale again.
She had finally managed to beg the prince to take her along, and she couldn't let Shen Lanxi put her in danger.
Shen Lanxi, the humiliation you have inflicted on me today, I will make you pay back tenfold in the future!
"Your Highness, I will return now." Bai Qingling gave Shen Lanxi a cold look before putting her veil back on.
Zhou Ruyuan waited until Bai Qingling had walked a little further away before awkwardly explaining to Shen Lanxi.
"Lanxi, please don't misunderstand, I..."
Shen Lanxi's face was full of a nonchalant smile, as if she didn't care about anything about Zhou Ruyuan.
"That's the prince's family matter, no need to explain it to me. The prince and this woman are truly deeply in love; even when they're out on official business, they're inseparable. It's truly enviable!"
Zhou Ruyuan knew that Shen Lanxi was just saying things out of anger and was deliberately mocking him. He wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to begin.
"I'll go check on the descendant of the King of Li again; he's the most important person now!" she said, turning and leaving.
Looking at Shen Lanxi's unwavering demeanor, Zhou Ruyuan felt both regret and resentment.
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"Why hasn't he woken up yet?" Shen Lanxi asked the imperial physician.
The imperial physician was somewhat evasive about the illness and did not directly answer her questions. Instead, he said, "His body is too weak, and he has some difficulty eating, which is why he has not woken up yet."
Looking at the person with a pale face and chapped lips, Shen Lanxi thought for a moment and said, "If you can't eat anything else, can you drink goat's milk?"
The imperial physician considered it for a moment and nodded: "Yes, goat's milk is nourishing and beneficial to the body."
However, he dared not allow anyone to prepare nourishing foods for the descendants of disgraced officials; even when making porridge, he used broken rice.
"This man is involved in the case; we can't afford to let anything happen to him. Go get some goat's milk and force-feed it to him!"
Upon receiving the order, the subordinates immediately went to carry it out.
While we were waiting for the goat milk, news came from the capital.
Zhou Ruyuan and Shen Lanxi listened to the imperial decree together.
"His Majesty's decree: immediately escort the criminal Prince Li back to the capital, without fail!"
Shen Lanxi remained silent and accepted the answer in a muffled voice.
Seeing that Shen Lanxi remained silent, Zhou Ruyuan braced himself and asked, "The descendant of the Li King is currently unconscious. If we rush on our way, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the capital."
The imperial guard relayed the order: "His Majesty has decreed that people must be saved."
Zhou Ruyuan merely reminded them to have the guards bring the condition of the Prince Li's descendant back to the capital. Since the Emperor had ordered that the person be kept alive, there was no need to rush.
After Shen Lanxi left, the guard who delivered the imperial decree secretly slipped a letter to Zhou Ruyuan.
Soon someone brought the news to Shen Lanxi: "We only saw the guards giving a letter to the Prince of Zhennan, but we don't know the contents of the letter."
The goat's milk was quickly found, and Ban Si Cao examined it before having it given to the descendants of the King of Li.
That night, Ban Sicao secretly drugged someone, went inside to investigate, and upon returning, muttered curses at the royal family for being cold-blooded and heartless.
"I thought His Majesty was so generous as to pardon a guilty official, but it turns out it was all just for show. That person was exterminated long ago."
What waves can a rootless person stir up?
Shen Lanxi's eyes turned cold, and she remained silent.
"My lord, how about I give Emperor Renxiao some medicine?" Ban Sicao joked, seeing that Shen Lanxi seemed to be in a bad mood.
Shen Lanxi said quietly, "He can't be allowed to get into trouble right now!"
Ban Sicao, quick-witted as ever, thought, "So, maybe it can happen later?"
The next day, the descendant of the King of Li woke up. After consulting with the imperial physician, Zhou Ruyuan sent someone to get a Roman carriage.
The search operation is too large, and there has been no response yet. However, the guards of the imperial tomb have searched all their quarters at least three times, but found nothing unusual.
This is not something I can easily explain to Emperor Renxiao.
After the descendants of the King of Li were carried onto the carriage, they slowly set off.
What should have been a day's journey took two days to reach the capital. After handing the people over to the Court of Judicial Review and the Ministry of Justice, Shen Lanxi went to the palace to report to Emperor Renxiao.
"Uncle, the person has been brought back." News has been arriving in the capital every day for the past few days, so there's no need to say anything more.
Emperor Renxiao was furious when he saw that she looked travel-worn and then saw that his son was so clean that he looked like he had never left the capital.
"Lanxi, I'm granting you three days' leave. Go back and get some rest."
"Thank you for your concern, Uncle."
No sooner had Shen Lanxi stepped back than Zhou Ruyuan was struck on the forehead with an inkstone by Emperor Renxiao.
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