Tang Chen quickly stared at the small porcelain bottle in the hands of the two and asked, "Um, this, this thing can we not eat it?"
"No," he said, and then Song Xiaoqi grabbed Tang Chen's chin and was about to pour the cartilage powder in his hand into her.
Tang Chen wouldn't be afraid of just taking some cartilage powder, but she didn't know what kind of mess was put in the medicine. It didn't matter what happened to her, but the child must be safe. If these two criminals knew she was pregnant, who knows what kind of trouble they would cause. She should just try to dodge them first!
"Wait! I promise I won't run! Forget about the medicine. All medicines are toxic. What if I die from an allergic reaction? Hey, my two best friends, I took tonic medicine before I came here. If the medicines conflict with each other, it might actually kill me!"
The two of them seemed to have some meaning in Tang Chen's words. After discussing it for a while, Song Xiaoqi said, "I heard that Madam, you can't tell north from south. After all, the princess is just a little girl. Okay, you can skip the medicine, but untying them is impossible."
When Tang Chen heard this, he quickly said, "Just tie them up, it doesn't matter. Thank you, brothers!"
Tang Chen looked at the two men's faces. They didn't look like the murderers she had seen before. While they were chatting and in a good mood, she asked nervously, "You two, I, I want to ask, why is my maid not with me?"
Song Wu let out a long howl and said, "You're lucky about that little girl you mentioned. She's a loyal and brave woman. But she should be drinking soup at Naihe Bridge right now."
“…Wh, what!”
Before Tang Chen could rush up and bite the two scum to death, Song Xiaoqi loaded the dry food and other items into the car. At the same time, he used a knife to make Tang Chen continue to sleep quietly.
At noon, Meiwu was unusually quiet. Tang Chen didn't like too many people serving him, so usually Lian Qiao was the only one left in the house after nightfall. They all rested in the side room, working when told to and resting when not.
Normally, Lian Qiao would come out before noon to ask everyone to prepare hot water and breakfast. But today was strange. Not only was Tang Chen sleepy, but Lian Qiao also didn't seem to come out.
The maids, who had already prepared everything and were waiting outside the door to pass on the message, waited and waited, but no one came out. They couldn't help but whispered, "What's going on today? Why haven't the Madam and Sister Lianqiao made any noise?"
"Yeah, usually Sister Lianqiao would come early to deliver the errands, what happened today?"
After three or five maids chatted for a while, seeing that it was really late, they all said, "It's almost noon, we should go and wake up. It's not a good thing to sleep too long."
...Yan Shaoqing finished lunch early and came to chat with Tang Chen. By the way, when he helped Wang Yanzhou to check on her, before he even reached the door, he saw a group of maids and guards gathered at the door. It was very lively. "What are you doing here?"
Seeing Yan Shaoqing approach, everyone quickly dispersed from the doorway, clearing a path. The guard who was picking the lock with tools stopped, sweating profusely as he spoke, "Master Yan, we were thinking of calling Madam to get up, but we called for ages and no one answered. Now, upon closer inspection, we see the doors and windows are locked from the inside. He's probably busy in the barracks and won't be able to leave. We're left with no choice but to resort to this last resort..."
Yan Shaoqing heard this and thought to himself, "Get out of the way. I'll do it!"
When he kicked the door into several large pieces, the scene inside the room frightened several maids to faint on the spot: "Ahhh!"
Lian Qiao fell in a pool of blood with his skin torn and flesh exposed. The originally elegantly decorated room became extremely eerie after being stained with blood.
Yan Shaoqing still held a glimmer of hope in his heart. He rushed forward to pick up Lian Qiao, but found that her body had already stiffened: "Lian Qiao, Lian Qiao!"
After Yan Shaoqing put Lian Qiao down, he told the guards that they had searched the entire Meiwu inside and out, but could not find any trace of Tang Chen. It was as if a living person had disappeared out of thin air.
"Quick, send someone out to look for him, and then send someone to notify Zhong Qin!"
The shocked crowd suddenly realized what had happened: "Yes!"
...Tang Chen, who had been quiet and cooperative, woke up to an unfamiliar environment. But none of this mattered. What mattered was that these two murderers had brutally murdered a weak woman, kidnapped the pregnant princess of Qingliang Valley, and attempted to further complicate the already turbulent situation in Liang State. They were worse than beasts!
Even though Tang Chen's hands and feet were tied, she still had a mouth and could still speak. She could scold these two people for three days and three nights without any problem! They'd better not let her find a chance to escape, otherwise, she would make them pay with blood!
Song Xiaoqi covered one ear in annoyance and said, "Fifth brother, you should shut her mouth."
Song Wu looked at Tang Chen coldly and warned: "Madam Wang, if you make any more noise, don't blame me for being unreasonable."
"..." Tang Chen, who had been cursing without a second thought, was immediately silenced by Song Wuzhe's murderous eyes. As the saying goes, if you have green mountains, you will never lack firewood. She couldn't provoke them now, otherwise, the child would definitely be lost. She had to endure it.
After seeing Tang Chen calm down, Song Wu turned around and took the reins from Song Xiaoqi. He said with contempt, "Oh, this cowardly little girl is really scared. How could the Qingliang King be interested in her?"
Song Xiaoqi glanced at the disheveled, foul-mouthed woman behind him and said with a smile, "As the saying goes, everyone has their own preferences. Their love affairs have nothing to do with us. Now that this shipment is delivered, we can take a break."
"Yes, let's hurry up and get going."
...Tang Chen's disappearance and Lian Qiao's death were witnessed by so many people that it was impossible to conceal them. After Wang Yanzhou learned the news, he quickly restricted the actions of the maids and guards who knew about the incident, strictly forbidding them from any contact or communication with anyone outside the palace, not even eye contact.
In the secret room of the palace, several famous coroners and military doctors under Wang Yanzhou were invited to examine Lian Qiao's body together, trying to find some clues.
In the silent chamber, Wang Yanzhou appeared surprisingly calm, but everyone knew that he was the one most worried about Tang Chen's disappearance. In the past, he would have been the first to rush out to look for him, but in the current situation, all this had to be suppressed, and he had to force himself to remain calm.
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