Lu Xingjian was impatient. In front of everyone, he could no longer lose his temper, lest people think that the emperor and empress were at odds.
Based on his male intuition, he knew that Liu Qi's feelings for Su Wanwan were definitely not as simple as master-servant affection.
He ordered: "Search for Liu Qi with all your might, and capture him alive!"
Wanwan's medicine is tied to Liu Qi; no matter what, Liu Qi cannot be killed.
His gaze swept across the crowd, then suddenly returned, focusing on Xiao Bin.
Xiao Bin happened to look up, and their eyes met briefly in the air.
Lu Xingjian's face remained completely expressionless.
He gripped Su Wanwan's hand so tightly it hurt.
Su Wanwan noticed that something was wrong with him and lowered her voice:
"It was Xiao Bin who saved us from Liu Qi, so don't make things difficult for him."
Lu Xingjian glanced at her lightly.
"How could that be?"
"I will reward him."
It was still dark when everyone was resting and recuperating in the village.
Various urgent reports kept coming in.
Xiao Bin did not linger and planned to return to his Xuanfu border army at dawn.
...
Li Dongqian's face was grim: "The child hasn't been found?!"
"Yes. Yang Xiuzhuan taught two young eunuchs all day today."
Li Dongqian looked at Yang Ting with a cold yet polite expression.
“Jiefu, you have raised a good son.”
Yang Ting glanced at Li Dongqian and gave a helpless, bitter smile.
I thought to myself, "Chief Minister Li has come to hate me and Yongxiu."
There are currently only three cabinet ministers.
Li Dongqian, Yang Ting, Liang Chu.
Liang Chuxin is not qualified to join the cabinet and recently surrendered to the emperor.
Yang Ting has always kept a low profile, even more so than Liang Chu.
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