When Morong Gan woke up in the morning, his right eyelid was jumping. He didn't know why, but he had a bad premonition.
Standing outside the camp and looking around at the towering mountain tops, he called several of the captains over and ordered them to send out more patrolling troops. The closer they got to the end, the more they had to pay full attention. Although the current situation was stable, and the country was peaceful, they still had to guard against spies from the enemy, plotting against them. After all, the Emperor was on patrol and couldn't be careless in the slightest.
When it was almost noon, Morong Gan was about to go eat together at the Emperor's tent, when Jia Tong came in and reported, "Your Royal Highness, Minister Zhou requests an audience. He said that he caught a sneaky man and said that he wanted to meet Your Highness."
Morong Gan frowned, "Who is it?"
"Your subordinate doesn't know yet, he hasn't been brought over."
Just as Morong Gan finished speaking, his right eyelid jumped again. His heart stirred, "Wait, this king will go over personally."
As they walked towards the outer most camp, they didn't even get close when they saw a man dressed as a manservant being tied up with a bundle of cloth in his mouth. He was crying out 'Ah Yi Yi'.
Ning Jiu's eyes were good as he said, "My prince, it seems to be an easy task."
The unease in Morong Gan's heart gradually grew bigger. Shunzi was a person who specialized in errands, and was a good rider with pretty good legs. Hao Pingguan had sent him here, what happened?
He walked over with large strides. "Untie it, it's someone from my residence."
Several soldiers quickly loosened their bindings, and Shunzi Putong kneeled down. "Your Highness, the Head Steward sent a servant to inform you that Princess Hua-Yang has disappeared!"
Morong Gan's mind buzzed, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, "What do you mean disappeared? Is she gone? "
"This servant doesn't know, that the wangfei was walking in the backyard yesterday afternoon and then disappeared without a trace. When this servant left, she still hasn't found him."
Missing? How could he not return for the entire night? What had happened? Morong Gan's heart was in a mess, as though he was being tormented by fire, he turned around and walked away, instructing Ning Jiu, "Prepare the horses!"
Jia Tong was startled, "Your Highness, you want to return home? "But the emperor here …"
"Go and sue for This King on behalf of His Majesty. Say that This King has something to do first."
Jia Tong, "..." Why it was always his turn.
But before he could understand, Morong Gan mounted his horse and galloped away with the whip in his hand. Ning Jiu followed closely behind on his horse as well.
In the entire morning, with no results from the search, Hao Pingguan sat silently with a pale face. It was already dinner time, how could he possibly eat?
A few stewards came over and asked him, "Head Steward, everyone has been searching for an entire morning. Why don't you let them eat something to replenish their stamina before continuing the search in the afternoon?"
Hao Pingguan waved his hand dispiritedly, "Let everyone come back and eat." With such a search, it was highly likely that the princess was no longer in the mansion, so he could only wait for the prince to come back to deal with her.
He estimated that it was about time for the prince to arrive. However, just as he took a nap, he heard a servant shout at the entrance, "The prince has returned to his residence. The prince has returned to his residence!"
Hao Pingguan hurriedly tidied up his clothes. When he left the house, Morong Gan's horse had already arrived in front of him and stopped too quickly.
He hurried forward to beat Qian'er up. "Your highness is finally back."
"Did you find the wangfei?" Morong Gan jumped down from the horse, "Tell the people in charge to wait for them to come over to ask."
Hao Pingguan did not dare to delay any longer, and sent all the servants out to call people.
Not long after, a few stewards came over. After they saw them and bowed, they fearfully stood to the side, then Qi Hong from the Huailin Pavilion, and then Yue Xiang from the Moon Reaching Pavilion. As soon as they entered the door, they kneeled on the ground, not daring to cry, they only kowtowed and trembled like a sieve. Soon after, Xiu Yuanshuang and Gu Qingdie also arrived.
Along the way, he was always conflicted. Would Bai Qianfan have to leave by herself? Was it because she was unhappy with him pulling at her face before he left that she had to leave? However, with the connection between the two, he knew that she was preoccupied. The little girl did not leave, she had indeed disappeared from the mansion.
How was this possible? Prince Chu Palace talked about their small size and couldn't possibly be big. With so many people searching, how could they not find it?
His sinister gaze swept across the faces of the crowd one by one before landing on Yue Xiang and Yue Guang. "Get up, before you can find your wangfei, this duke will leave you with your lives first. It's best if you keep your wangfei safe or else you two will be sentenced to death and won't be able to escape!"
Yue Xiang trembled as she agreed. He crawled up and stood to the side, not blaming Morong Gan for punishing them too harshly, but if Bai Qianfan really did fall for it, they would have acknowledged it even if they died.
If they could not find him like this, it was either the person who searched couldn't, or Bai Qianfan was already no longer in the palace. Otherwise, they would be able to see him if they were alive, or her corpse if they died.
He called Ning Jiu over in a low voice. "Turn over your Pro-guard and enter the manor. Search every inch of the place carefully.
"Yes," Ning Jiu accepted the order and left.
Morong Gan pinched the center of his brows, his expression was a little tired. The journey of four hours had been compressed into two hours, it was fake for him to say that he was not tired when he rushed back, but there was a fire burning in his heart, causing him to become anxious. He was worried that Bai Qianfan had left on her own accord previously, but he knew that it was not the case.
Xiu Yuanshuang slowly walked over and said in a low voice, "Your Highness has worked hard all this time, why don't you go back and rest for a bit? When you have some news, you can report it to Your Highness."
Morong Gan glanced at her. "Lateral Princess thinks that this king can sleep after such a huge incident?"
Gu Qingdie interrupted, "Your Highness said that the princess' whereabouts are unknown and everyone is worried. I didn't sleep last night, unlike the Elder Sister Xiu, and only woke up when I heard it was morning."
When a perceptive person heard this, they could tell that Gu Qingdie was adding insult to injury, but when Morong Gan heard it, he asked coldly, "Is what Concubine Princess said true? I entrusted the internal affairs to you because I trusted you, but what did you do? If we did not meet yesterday, we should have immediately sent someone to report. Lateral Princess might even know about this, right? "
Xiu Yuanshuang unknowingly received training as her face alternated between red and white. She stuttered, "I thought wangfei was purposely hiding …"
"Bullshit!" Morong Gan shouted loudly, "Why would Princess Wang Fei purposely hide in the middle of such a torrential storm? She's not an ignorant child! "
Gu Qingdie snorted, "So that's what Big Sister thought. No wonder Big Sister was begging Yue Gui to look for someone last night, she tried to reject her, but only Miss Lv He came to personally request for help later on, before she finally agreed."
Morong Gan frowned and asked Lv He: "Is that so?"
"Yes," Lv He said truthfully, "Yue Gui went to beg Lateral Princess first, but Lateral Princess didn't respond to her. That's why she came to Huailin Pavilion to look for Qi Hong and me."