Today, the people of Dayong Dynasty are in panic.

In one day, the entire family of Duke Qing and Minister of Rites Xin were convicted and executed.

The Spring Examination, which was known as the most rigorous and formal, turned out to be involved in a shocking scandal of buying and selling rankings, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among students across the country.

The story of how Tan Hanchi, as a candidate, beat the drum to enter the Golden Palace, met the emperor and recited articles also spread, and he became famous overnight.

Another incredible thing is that the Duke of Qing's legitimate son and daughter, Sheng Mingcheng and Sheng Xiuran, actually escaped, and it is said that they have not been captured until now!

The Jinwu Guards were ordered to post notices and offer a reward for his capture, causing a huge uproar in the capital!

Meng Guxue was trying to make her modern version of soap when she heard the news.

"The Duke of Qing's Mansion is destroyed? The Xin Mansion is gone too? A bounty has been put on Sheng Xiuran's head?"

Meng Guxue suddenly froze there.

This is different from what she dreamed of!

In the dream, Sheng Xiuran became the Crown Princess, and she was still alive and well even when the Crown Prince died suddenly. Because of his contribution to the Emperor, Shen Lang even conferred a higher title on him, Duke Qing!

Could it be that it was really just a dream?

But, could a dream be so clear? There were even many people she had never met in the dream!

The maid Xiaotao was still retelling interesting stories from outside with a look of surprise on her face.

"Miss, this time the Spring Examination cheating case was solved and a great hero emerged. He is a candidate from Zhuozhou named Tan Hanchi!"

"Everyone says that this candidate Tan has won the emperor's favor and will surely rise to great heights in the future!"

Meng Guxue was stunned!

Tan Hanchi actually became successful? In the dream, he was just a counselor who followed Shen Lang and was not allowed to see the light of day!

No, she must hurry up, otherwise when reality and dreams are completely different, she will have no one to rely on!

Damn, this soap is so hard to make!

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"Have you found the person?"

Shen Yuanbai sat in the teahouse with a gloomy face and an extremely cold voice.

Zhu Feng had beads of sweat on his forehead and shook his head in fear, "Your Highness, not yet..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuanbai clenched his right fist and raised it angrily, but after taking a deep breath, he gently put it down.

Don't panic, don't rush.

Sheng Qishan is not a stupid person. If he wants to preserve the last bit of blood of the Sheng family, he will definitely give the list to Sheng Mingcheng and ask him to come find him.

Now the streets are full of Jinwu Guards chasing Sheng Mingcheng, so it is understandable that he dares not show up.

He had already given orders to deploy personnel in the restaurants, teahouses, and brothels that Sheng Mingcheng frequented.

Even those friends of Sheng Mingcheng were not spared, so they should be able to contact him before he was captured by the Jinwu Guards.

This Sheng Mingcheng is such a fool. I had clearly asked him to meet in this teahouse before, just to prevent the situation today.

After he came out of the Duke Qing's Mansion, he didn't even know to come here to see him directly, and was still hiding outside. He is really a hopeless case!

"Go look for it again, and bring it here directly when you find it."

Shen Yuanbai spoke coldly, and Zhufeng immediately obeyed the order respectfully.

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The eastern suburbs of Beijing.

There is a villa here that provides a place for young men and women who attend poetry meetings to stay.

Outside of poetry gatherings, the doors of this villa would be locked and no one was allowed to enter without permission.

When Sheng Mingcheng woke up from his coma, he found himself lying on the cold ground.

He sat up dazedly and suddenly felt a sharp pain at the back of his neck.

The next moment, all the memories came rushing back, slowly taking the color away from Sheng Mingcheng's face.

"That's right, sister! Sister!"

Sheng Mingcheng turned pale with fright when he thought of his sister who had been knocked unconscious before him.

At this time, a soft moan was heard not far away. Sheng Mingcheng looked up and saw his sister lying on the bed.

He crawled over and saw Sheng Xiuran dressed neatly. Then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately... Fortunately, my sister did not encounter any accident.

Sheng Xiuran opened her eyes in a daze, and after reacting for a while, she suddenly screamed!

Sheng Mingcheng was startled and quickly jumped up to cover Sheng Xiuran's mouth.

"Sister! Sister, don't scream! We are fine for now!"

Sheng Xiuran cried out several times before finally calming down after being comforted by Sheng Mingcheng.

She lowered her head and tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Brother, how could this happen... We were all fine before today."

"Shall we go find the Second Prince right now? Ask him to save Grandpa, and save Mom and Dad."

When Sheng Mingcheng heard the words "Second Prince", a sinister look immediately appeared on his face.

"Sister, why are you still thinking about Shen Yuanbai? Do you know that the one who knocked us out was Shen Yuanbai's man?"

"What! This is impossible!" Sheng Xiuran screamed again and tried her best to deny it.

Sheng Mingcheng was furious when he saw Sheng Xiuran was so obsessed with the second prince.

"I heard it with my own ears, how could it be false! Sister, please stop being stupid, okay!"

Sheng Xiuran's mind was completely confused. She tightly grasped Sheng Mingcheng's hand and said with a glimmer of hope:

"But the Second Prince didn't kill us, brother. Is he actually helping us?"

When Sheng Mingcheng heard this, he began to feel a little hesitant.

Sheng Xiuran's eyes lit up when he saw this, "Brother, this must be the case! He knocked us out so that he could rescue us more easily!"

"Look, we are all fine, Your Highness...Your Highness must have good intentions!"

Sheng Mingcheng stood up with a look of surprise. Only then did he have the mind to look around carefully. The decoration here seemed... somewhat familiar.

Thinking of this, Sheng Mingcheng walked to the door carefully. After listening for a long time without any sound, he bravely pushed the door open.

It was already dark outside. In front of me was a wide courtyard with a row of locked rooms on both sides.

Sheng Mingcheng's whole body shook violently.

He recognized it. This was clearly the East Suburb Villa!

Why did the second prince send them here?

"Brother, how is it?"

Sheng Xiuran followed with an expectant look on her face.

When he saw the scene clearly, Sheng Xiuran couldn't help but feel confused.

East Suburb Villa?

Sheng Mingcheng's mind raced. He touched his chest and suddenly seemed to think of something. His face gradually turned pale and panic crept into his heart bit by bit.

Sheng Xiuran was so frightened when she saw him like this, and asked in a trembling voice: "Brother, what...what happened?"

Sheng Mingcheng twisted his face and gritted his teeth as he said, "Grandfather gave me a list. That was all we could rely on, but now it's been taken away by the Second Prince."

"I brought a lot of banknotes with me. Even if we don't have the list, we can at least escape to the ends of the earth and have no worries about food and clothing."

"But now, even the banknotes are gone..."

Sheng Mingcheng looked at his sister with red eyes, and only then he realized that all the jewelry on Sheng Xiuran's head, neck and wrists had been taken away.

"What a cruel heart! The Second Prince has such a cruel heart!"

"It wasn't enough that he stole the list, he even abandoned my brother and me in this East Suburb Villa, not even leaving us any money or cash!"

"He is destroying the bridge after crossing it. He wants to force us to death!"

Sheng Xiuran was frightened by the hatred in Sheng Mingcheng's eyes. She tightly grasped Sheng Mingcheng's hand and said pleadingly:

"Brother, wait a little longer, wait one more night. Maybe His Highness is just not convenient now, he will definitely come to find us tomorrow!"

Sheng Mingcheng looked at his sister with tears on her face, feeling bitter and painful in his heart. Finally, he could only sit dejectedly on the door frame, looking at the gate and muttering:

"Just wait for him one more night. If he is really so heartless, don't blame me for making a big fuss!"