"Qingdie and Shao Lecheng were returning together that day, but they were ambushed on the way. Shao Lecheng disappeared because he was trying to cover her retreat. Now, we don't know whether he is alive or dead!"
Jing Yuchen reminded Yu Fei, and Yu Fei couldn't help feeling depressed. If Shao Lecheng had nothing wrong, he should have returned long ago.
Seeing that Yu Fei looked very sad, Jing Yuchen tried to comfort her: "Looking at it now, maybe he's just hiding to recuperate."
Yu Fei's eyes flushed red. "Yes, the Second Prince is absolutely right. Perhaps he is recuperating from his injuries. We have been searching for half a month and still haven't found any trace of Yueshan. Perhaps there really isn't any Yueshan here. We should follow the waterfall down, walk across the river, and go straight down."
But the river is too long, where will Ni Yueshan’s body be washed to?
"I'll go with you to find it!"
Jing Yuchen had become thinner, and his beard had grown longer without shaving. He looked much more mature, almost like a completely different person.
"Okay." Yu Fei agreed readily.
With Jing Yuchen joining, the team began to search downwards, and the people around the cliff gradually evacuated.
Ni Yingying had been looking for Chu Ningyang's arrow. She searched the horse's body and the place where Ni Yueshan fell off the horse, but she couldn't find the arrow shot by Chu Ningyang!
Ni Yingying suddenly realized that it was already half a month later, and only half of the deadline Zou Yangyao gave her was left!
She gradually felt panicked and ran to find Jing Yuchen.
"Second Prince, that's great. You are now recovered and can go out!" Ni Yingying looked very happy.
Jing Yuchen had no patience for her, only hostility.
His eyes were filled with a deep, bone-chilling coldness, and when they fell on her, there was no warmth at all, as if he was looking at a dead person...
Ni Yingying couldn't help but take two steps back, looking at him warily: "Second Prince, I came here to tell you what happened on the day of the incident, but you have been recuperating for the past half month, so I haven't had the chance to tell you."
Jing Yuchen's eyes were still cold, without a trace of emotion.
"Second Prince, please excuse me and talk."
There were many people passing by, and she seemed a little hesitant. Jing Yuchen stood there without moving, completely uncooperative.
Ni Yingying felt somewhat helpless and had no choice but to step forward: "Second Prince, I was at the scene that day and saw with my own eyes the princess draw her bow and shoot an arrow at my eldest sister!"
Jing Yuchen's eyes immediately became sharp. Ni Yingying said helplessly, "I was too slow to react, so I didn't have time to stop it. If the princess hadn't shot the arrow, startling the horse and throwing my sister to the ground, how would the thief have had the opportunity to jump off the cliff with my sister in his arms?"
Jing Yuchen looked at her, pursed his lips coldly, and said nothing.
Ni Yingying realized she was acting out her own drama. She coughed awkwardly twice, "So, Second Prince, please ask your people to take the arrows away when they cleaned up the scene. Where did they throw them?"
Jing Yuchen looked at Yu Fei: "Let's go!"
Ni Yingying said so much, but Jing Yuchen just said simply, "Let's go..."
Ni Yingying's face was distorted with anger, but in the end she could only stare at Jing Yuchen's leaving figure.
Jing Yuchen led people to continue searching for Ni Yueshan's whereabouts. In order to welcome the princess from another country, the capital city began to clean up the street vendors' stalls and strengthened the defense in the city. After nightfall, there were more sentries and patrols.
In the capital, people were required to dress appropriately when traveling, and beggars were driven out of the city to beg for food...
Jing Yuchen led his men to search a village located at the bottom of a river. There were only a dozen households in the village. After searching one by one, they still found nothing.
"The river is too fast. If someone falls into the water at night, how can we see them?"
"I haven't heard of any female corpse being salvaged recently. You should go further downstream."
The responses from several villagers were almost the same: there was no news, and they concluded that Ni Yueshan was most likely dead.
Jing Yuchen planned to lead his men to follow the current, no matter where it led or how far it was, they would keep searching along the current until they found a body...
"Since there were two people who fell off the cliff, why did their bodies disappear so cleanly?" Yu Fei said a little depressed.
Jing Yuchen was silent.
The team continued forward, but a eunuch dressed as a palace servant came over and said, "Greetings, Second Prince. I'm here on the orders of the Emperor, saying he wants to bring you back to discuss matters!"
Jing Yuchen frowned, didn't move, and didn't want to leave like that.
The eunuch continued to persuade him: "Second Prince, after you finish talking about the emperor's affairs, you can continue to look for the eldest lady of the Ni family!"
"She is now this prince's concubine!"
"Yes, the Second Prince is right. As long as the Emperor's affairs are settled, you can come back to look for him. Now, please follow me to the palace!"
Jing Yuchen was unhappy. He glanced at Yu Fei and said, "Be careful!"
Yu Fei nodded: "Okay."
After Jing Yuchen left, he went to the palace to meet the emperor. At this time, in the southern study, not only was there the emperor, but also many ministers...
"Your son greets His Majesty." Jing Yuchen stepped forward and saluted.
The emperor and his ministers stopped talking. The emperor, dressed in a bright yellow robe with five claws, sat on the high dragon throne, with a gilded crown on his head. He reached out and gave a light hand, saying, "Get up."
"Thank you, Father."
"During this period, you have been recuperating. There are some things happening in the capital that you may not be aware of. After discussing with the ministers, I have decided to let you welcome the princess from another country!"
Jing Yuchen looked up and saw that his once evil face was now only cold and calm, without any trace of his former dandy temperament.
"Father, I am unable to calm down right now, so I am afraid I am not up to the task."
"Do you want me to release your fourth brother to go greet the princess?"
Although Jing Yuchen has been isolated for half a month, it does not mean that he is isolated from the world. How could he not know the purpose of the princess coming to Xianchang?
If we ask him to go and greet her now, we also want him to take good care of the princess and then marry her, right?
"Fourth brother attempted to murder Young Master Tian. If the people in the Shangshu Mansion are willing to forgive fourth brother, it would not be a bad idea to let fourth brother go and greet him!"
The emperor casually picked up the inkstone on the table in front of him and threw it towards Jing Yuchen: "How dare you!"
The inkstone hit Jing Yuchen's forehead hard, and blood immediately flowed out...
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" All the ministers knelt down in fear.
But Jing Yuchen didn't even frown, letting the bright red blood hang on his forehead.
He spoke again with a determined look in his eyes, "Father, you don't want Fourth Brother to stay in the prison forever, do you? This is a chance for him to redeem himself for his crimes!"
Jing Yuchen's willingness to give up the opportunity made the ministers present feel complicated.
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